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January 25, 2011 by Travis Jonker

Mega Cover Curiosity: Quadruple Trend Update

January 25, 2011 by Travis Jonker   6 comments

I don’t really know how this happened, but in my travels and perusings I’ve encountered a batch of covers that fit in with trends I’ve posted about in the past.

Let’s see if we can plug them in where they belong…

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Dark Souls by Paula Morris

Ah, yes, this one goes in the Gothic Gates file:

I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett

Add this cover to the popular Holding Stuff group:

Tighter by Adele Griffin

Another one for the Psycho file:

And, of course…

Nerd Girls Alan Lawrence Sitomer

A new addition to the Socks crew:

Any to add?

Filed under: Cover Curiosity, Covers

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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  1. elizabeth dulemba says

    January 25, 2011 at 8:09 am

    Oh! I especially love all those great socks! 🙂 e

    • www.linthesoutheast.com says

      February 18, 2014 at 6:04 am

      You’ve really captured all the essentials in this subject area, haven’t you?

  2. Katie says

    January 26, 2011 at 11:44 am

    Somehow those sock-themed covers look even cuter when they’re all together!

  3. Kristin says

    January 26, 2011 at 10:57 pm

    The Ashton Place books don’t technically have gothic gates, but they sure are close! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061791121/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0061791059&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1MWTEXRPFK02ZWJAAAPN

  4. Taylor says

    February 2, 2011 at 10:39 pm

    The first thing I noticed along these lines when I worked at a used paperback store in Burbank was that every gothic romance novel ever published seemed to have a painting of a woman in a nightgown (with occasional fully-dressed variants) racing away from a turreted mansion (with rare standing-still variants) at night (with very rare daytime variants).

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