Cover Characteristics is a meme by Sugar and Snark- every week a characteristic is selected and we post 5 books with that week's theme.
This week's pick- Clocks
This week the topic is clocks. I immediately thought mysteries for this one- there's just a plethora of covers with clocks in that genre, so this one wasn't too bad.
So clocks work with mysteries
ReplyDeleteI guess they do!
DeleteI like the cover for Ice Blue with the blueish look to it.
ReplyDeleteI like that too!
DeleteOh wow, those old Nancy Drew covers bring back some good reading memories from my childhood. Loved that whole series.
ReplyDeleteI know, I love those old Nancy Drew (and the Hardy Boys too). I've thought about doing a post of my favorite Nancy Drew covers...
DeleteMysteries and clocks seem to go together... loved Nancy Drew when I was a kid. The first non-mystery clock cover that popped into my mind is Saturday by Ian McEwan.
ReplyDeleteThey do! I love some of thos old covers...
DeleteYes, love that Nancy Drew cover! I loved those books when I was a kid (although, I'm not quite that old, I was reading my aunts' old books!).
ReplyDeleteYeah they're classic. I re- read a few Hardy Boys a few years ago...
DeleteI still have that Nancy Drew book packed away somewhere!
ReplyDeleteHa do you? I don't have that one but I have a few of the other ones...
DeleteGreat covers that manage to make clocks look interesting. I wouldn't think that was possible lol
ReplyDeleteFor What It's Worth
I know! Who knew clocks and mysteries??
DeleteAh the Nancy Drew cover bring back so many memories! And I love that particular kind of Agatha Christie covers :)
ReplyDeleteI do too. There are so many Christie editions with those kinda covers, I've got a post coming up that collects a bunch of my favorites. It was SO fun to put together- and yes to the Nancy Drew as well.
DeleteLove the Nancy Drew cover!
ReplyDeleteI do too- so classic.
DeleteReally like the Agatha Christie covers! Can't say I have read any of these books, though, but they look interesting!
ReplyDeleteI've never read agatha but I LOVE some of those covers!!
DeleteI remember reading The Secret of the Old Clock in third grade and loving it; I was obsessed with Nancy Drew for a while haha. I haven't read the others, though; but they look great! I'll have to check those out. I do love covers with clocks! Awesome post, Greg :-)
ReplyDeleteI read the Hardy Boys books so many times, and then when I needed something new I read the Nancy Drews- not all of them, but a few. Ah memories...
DeleteI like the Agatha Christie clocks! They're like, retro but in a good way. The Nancy Drew one is so old school, I love it! I had one of those as a kid because Claudia from The Baby-Sitters Club loved Nancy Drew, but I could never get into it haha.
ReplyDeleteI do too! Love that retro look. In fact, obsessive as I am, I just did a wHOLE post on retro Christie covers. I need a life...
DeleteAh, I was going to say I couldn't really think of any clock covers off the top of my head...and then I saw the one with Big Ben and suddenly the floodgates were opened. Never a shortage of famous landmarks on book covers!
ReplyDelete~Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
True! And clocks were surprisingly common- once I started looking. And the Nancy Drew one I thought of right away.
DeleteYou have so much patience rooting these out!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
Maybe too much! Some of these posts go up quick, and others... take more time.
DeleteHa! You know when I saw this topic I immediately thought of Nancy Drew!
ReplyDeleteDarn it I had this post ready, but I've been so discombobulated with blogging lately that I didn't even realize it was this week. Oh well, I'll post it tomorrow or next week or something lol. I love the Agatha Christie covers! And I like the colors on the last one.
ReplyDeleteI love those Agatha Christie covers! 4:50 from Paddington is my favorite I think though I love a Nancy Drew cover too!
ReplyDeleteI of course immediately thought of the Nancy Drew one myself! Great picks! I didn't have quite as many as I thought I would find.
ReplyDeleteCheck out my Cover Characteristic Post.
Nice selection, I do like the cover for Ice Blue the best :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by mine.
Yay for all the Nancy Drews!! Thanks for joining in last week :)
ReplyDeleteSugar & Snark
I have a weakness for clocks! the AG's ones are my fav :)
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