I'm sure people on here have seen it before me but lol at this Choosing Yiddish book cover I encountered on Internet Archive just now. love it
https://archive.org/details/choosingyiddishn0000unse/
I'm sure people on here have seen it before me but lol at this Choosing Yiddish book cover I encountered on Internet Archive just now. love it
https://archive.org/details/choosingyiddishn0000unse/
This was on the shelf for years and I resisted it even though I love Anne Enright because the cover made me think it was a sassy city-office comedy, which I was never in the mood for.
It's not that at all, but it is (patchily) great. And it's not a bad cover, just unsuitable, I think.
Book Challenge DAY 20: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers.
#20books #20books20days
#BookCover #CoverIllustration
#Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art
#CanadianLiterature #Novel #CanadianNovel #CanadianNovelist #TheEnglishmansBoy #CanadianCulture #Folklore #HistoricalFiction #TheWestern
#Canada #GuyVanderhaeghe #Literature #PaperbackCovers #CanadianFiction #Paperbacks #CinemaHistory #CanadianHistory #MysteryNovel
#McClellandAndStewart #GovernorGeneralsAward
Because of a glitch in the c.im matrix, I had had to postpone the post.
Book Challenge DAY 17: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers.
#20books #20books20days
#BookCover #CoverIllustration
#Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art
#CanadianLiterature #Mythopoeic #Symbolism #CanadianNovels #CanadianWriter #TayJohn #CanadianCulture #Folklore
#Canada #CanadianNovel
#HowardOHagan #Literature #PaperbackCovers #CanadianFiction
#Paperbacks #HistoricalFiction
DAY 16 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #PlanetBarbecue #SteveRaichlen #BBQ #Barbecue #GrilledFoods #Breads #FoodHistory #Travel #Culture #Society #History #Spices #Geography #TravelJournal #Books #Art #CoverIllustration #Recipes #Photography #Cover_Art #Book
This month's book covers post is up on the blog:
https://www.casualoptimist.com/blog/2025/04/22/book-covers-of-note-april-2025/
DAY 13 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #TheBoatsOfTheGlenCarrig #WilliamHopeHodgson #WeirdFiction #WeirdLiterature #BritishLiterature #HorrorLiterature #FantasyLiterature #CosmicHorror
#CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #Eldritch #PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks #RobertLoGrippo #LinCarter
DAY 12 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #TalesOfTheCthulhuMythos #WeirdFiction #WeirdTales #CthulhuMythos #Cthulhu #HorrorLiterature #HPLovecraft #Cosmicism #AugustDerleth #FantasyLiterature #CosmicHorror
#CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #PulpFiction #PulpMagazines #ClarkAstonSmith #FrankBelkapLong #Eldritch #EldritchFriday #PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks
This is good: funny, involving, illuminating, full-on. It could do with being a hundred pages shorter, but the sprawl has its reasons
DAY 10 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #Gormenghast #BritishWriter #BritishLiterature #CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #Mystery #TitusGroan #MervynPeake #Gothic #GothicLiterature #Literature #AlternativeReality #FantasyLiterature
#PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks #PenguinBooks
DAY 9 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #Mystery #JudeTheObscure #ThomasHardy #Victorian #VictorianLiterature #Literature
#PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks #MertonCollegeOxford_Painting1771 by #Michael_Angelo_Rooker
Book Challenge DAY 8: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers.
#20books #20books20days
#BookCover #CoverIllustration
#Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art
#CanadianLiterature #WorldWarI #CanadianNovels #CanadianWriter #TimothyFindley #Canada #CanadianNovel
#TheWars #Literature #PaperbackCovers
#Paperbacks #HistoricalFiction
Book Challenge DAY 7: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers.
#20books #20books20days
#BookCover #CoverIllustration
#Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art
#Philosophy #Theodicy #Predestination #FreeWill #NeoPlatonism #Allegory
#TheConsolationOfPhilosophy #Boethius #Richard Green_Translator
#Ostrogoths #KingTheodoricTheGreat
#WesternRomanEmpire #PrisonLiterature #Literature #PaperbackCovers
#Paperbacks
Book Challenge DAY 6: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers.
Medieval #Monks Used Surprising Material as #BookCovers
https://www.onlygoodnewsdaily.com/post/medieval-monks-used-surprising-material-as-book-covers
DAY 5 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #20thCenturyDrama #SerjeantMusgravesDance #JohnArden #Playwright #Plays #Theatre #20thCenturyLiterature #Literature
#EnglisDrama #BritishPlaywright #BritishDrama #PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks