Friday Face Off : All things fire – red hair, red covers, fire breathing dragons, simply fire?

FFO

Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme created by Books by Proxy .  This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite book covers.  The rules are fairly simple each week, following a predetermined theme (list below) choose a book (this doesn’t have to be a book that you’ve read), compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite.   Future’s themes are listed below – if you have a cover in mind that you’re really wanting to share then feel free to leave a comment about a future suggested theme.  I’ve also listed events that take place during the year, that I’m aware of, so you can link up your covers – if you’re aware of any events that you think I should include then give me a shout.

I have a new list for next year – I’ve added the themes in below. For information, I’m trying out some new ideas so along with coming up with particular items for book covers I thought we could also look for certain elements contained within the book or that play a large part in the story – this really broadens things out because I have plenty of more ideas with this – I’ve gone for a few of the Tough Travel Themes (so a book with that theme – just choose any book – the theme isn’t necessarily on the cover, then compare covers), also, I’ve thrown in some genres and some colours.  Hopefully this will open things out a little and give us some more freedom to come up with new books.

This week’s theme:

All things fire – red hair, red covers, fire breathing dragons, simply fire?

This week I’ve gone for the whole series.  Of Blood and Bone by John Gwynne.  A face off between the three covers of a series that is simply excellent.  I loved this series and can’t recommend it highly enough.  Here are the covers:

I haven’t chosen a favourite this week – I like all three.

Do you have a favourite

If you know of an event that’s coming up let me know and I’ll try and include covers that work for the event itself so that you can link up to the Friday Face Off and, as always, if you wish to submit an idea then leave me a comment – or if you’d like to host a week then simply let me know.  Also, I would just mention that it’s very possible that some of these might be repeats from previous FFOs although I have tried to invent more ‘open ended’ prompt that can be interpreted differently and also prompts that relate to emotions.  Finally, don’t struggle with any of these, this is meant to be a fun way of highlighting books.  If you can’t come up with a book you think fits for a particular week use a freebie – perhaps a recent read for example:

Next Week  – What’s your catnip – if it’s on a cover you have to pick it up

2021

December

31st – What’s your catnip – if it’s on a cover you have to pick it up

2022

Jan – Vintage Sci-Fi
7th Simply the Best – A top 10 read of 2021
14th As pure as the driven snow – a cover that is white
21st Like a fine wine – a sci fi book written on or before 1975 –
28th In space nobody can hear you scream – murder mystery in space
Feb The month of romance
4th  brooding and dull like a cloudy sky – a cover that is grey
11th Sealed with a kiss – lips, or the impression left by a kiss
18th Tough Travel Tropes – Hate to Love
25th Made for each other – interpret this any way you please
March
4th Genre – Gadgets and airships – a book that is ’steampunk
11th The most recent book you’ve read that has covers to compare
18th – Somewhere over the rainbow – a very colourful book cover
25th – A book of few words – a one word title
Apr
1st Spring forward – compare the covers for two books you’re excited about
8th – Fresh and Green – a cover that is predominantly green
15th Genre – a book or series that is urban fantasy
22nd – Tough Travel Tropes – unknown magical ability
29th – Long/pointed ears
May the Month of Wyrd and Wonder
6th All about the women – kickass moms, daughters, grans, etc
13th A favourite book to film
20th Sunny and bright  – a cover that is predominantly yellow
27th Books with ‘You’ in the title
Jun
3rd  Under the Sea – anything you like
10th Sparkling like the sea – a cover that is turquoise
17th So pretty – exactly what it says
24th Daddy Dearest – a book with a strong father role
Jul  
1st Genre – epic – any book that fits into the genre
8th Hazy and hot – a cover that is predominantly orange
15th Tough Travel Tropes – Snarky sidekick
22nd Off the TBR
29th Gigantic – monsters, giants, buildings,insects – anything at all
August
5th Tough Travel Tropes – out for summer – school or academic setting
12th Dark/sky/navy  – a cover that is blue
19th Scantily Dressed
26th Tough Travel Tropes – Vacation time – the quest
September RIP
2nd Fallen leaves – covers that are brown
9th Armour/Protection
16th Rage against the machine – anything, cogs, clockwork, AI
23rd Tough Travel Tropes – Coming of Age
30th Genre – horror
October – Horror/Dark
7th Guess who’s back?  – Vampires – popular again?
14th Witches vs warlocks
21st Tough Travel Tropes – Good vs evil
28th  Covers that are black
November – Scifi Month
4th Red skies at night – Covers that are red
11th Tough Travel Tropes – The gang
18th Genre – Swords and Sorcery
25th Genre – And they all lived happily ever after – fairy tales retold
December
2nd Tough Travel Tropes – Assassins
9th Tough Travel Tropes – Darklord
16th Genre – Grimdark (most recent/favourite, etc)
23rd Decadent and rich – a cover that is purple
30th Completions – a satisfying conclusion to a book or series

12 Responses to “Friday Face Off : All things fire – red hair, red covers, fire breathing dragons, simply fire?”

  1. WordsAndPeace

    I prefer the way the fire is depicted in the first one. Here is my post on a famous classic with fire: https://wordsandpeace.com/2021/12/24/friday-face-off-fire/

    • @lynnsbooks

      Hi
      I enjoyed your post. Nice choice of book for the theme.
      Lynn 😀

  2. Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum

    I agree with you, I’m a fan of all three of those as well!

  3. maddalena@spaceandsorcery

    Great choice! I *loved* that trilogy… 🙂

  4. Tammy

    I love all three too, these are amazing covers😁

  5. Lexlingua

    I’d have chosen the easy way, using a bookset with dragons. But I like your choice lots better! 🙂

    • @lynnsbooks

      Oh, I don’t know – dragons are always impressive and eye catching.
      Lynn 😀

  6. WordsAndPeace

    I see the comment I left 2 weeks ago is still awaiting moderation. Is it because I left a link? So, how are we supposed to link up to our own post for this meme?

    • @lynnsbooks

      Hi. No. It’s okay to leave a link. I got very behind with comments over the past couple of weeks because my dog went missing and I was out mostly searching for him. He’s back home now so I’m starting to catch back up. I did used to add a Mr Linky but it was never really used so I gave up. Thanks for taking part I’m looking forward to checking out your posts 😁 Lynn

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