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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Top 10 Books of 2012 Day 2- Best Book Covers and a Giveaway!



Merry Christmas!!!!!!!Today’s topic is Best Book Covers of 2012 (MUST be a book released in 2012. Would be best if it's a book you've READ in 2012, but it's not required) and it’s become pretty apparent that this was the year of the cover with a girl in a pretty dress on it lol and while I liked most of those covers only a few made my list.

And make sure to stop by my co-hosts sites Fiktshun, Confessions of a Bookaholic, A Life Bound By Books, and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads for their lists! Oh and make sure to sign up with the linky to share your lists! And don’t forget to enter the giveaway for a box of ARC’S including Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi Spellcaster by Claudia Gray, Silence in the Shadows by Courtney Allison Moulton, and more! Today’s giveaway is hosted by ME US only! 

Best Book Covers of 2012

1. Incarnate Jodi Meadows. I loved the butterfly and I thought this was absolutely breathtaking!

2. Embers & Echoes by Karsten Knight. I loved the simplicity of the cover and it's really beautiful!

3. Defiance by CJ Redwine. Not a girl in a dress! I loved the forest above and the castle illusion below and the redhead heroine stands out so well!


4. Everneath by Brodi Ashton. K I said there were a few and this is one of my favorites! I love the smoke at the bottom!

5. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi.Loved this book and I loved this cover! The lightening and the blues were just so pretty!

6. Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey. I thought this was a smart cover with a girl in a dress. I love how she's levitating above the water.

7. Masque of The Red Death by Bethany Griffin. The cover artist who did this one got it all right! I loved the MC didn't have a face it was blocked by the parasol. And I'm a huge fan of reds and greys!

8. The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa. I just saw the cover remake for this series and I'm pretty mad. I loved this original and thought it fit the series so well. I loved that the MC was crying a tear of blood since she is a vampire.

9. Gravity by Melissa West. This cover is brill and I'm not just saying that because I work at Entangled. It was another simplistic one but it just said soooo much!

10. Luminosity by Stephanie Thomas. If you've read the book; which I hope you all will. This cover is a perfect fit! I love the darker covers and this definitely fits Stephanie's dark story!

Did any of my favorites make your list? Fill out the linky and let me know! And good luck with the giveaway!


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107 comments:

  1. You picked some great covers! It was really tough for us to choose, so here's our list!

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  2. We share some gorgeous covers on our lists! I somehow missed Incarnate though, and I do really love that one. :)

    My Top 10 Book Covers

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  3. CREWEL has a GORGEOUS cover! <3

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  4. My favorite cover was Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin. It had the same theme as Unbecoming, but looked like the girl was rescuing the boy this time around.

    Thanks for the giveaway!!

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  5. I REALLY liked the cover for Under the Never Sky too! <3 Also, timepiece

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  6. You mean I can only choose one?! I had to spend HOURS trying to decide on only ten! Umm.... I suppose my favorite would be Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst, but there are so many awesome ones out there this year!

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  7. There are so many pretty covers. I love Cinder! Thank you for the giveaways.

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  8. I really like the covers for Unspoken, The Diviners, and Crewel :)

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  9. I really love Partials cover by Dan Wells, but I also love Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent

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  10. Black City by Elizabeth Richards!

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  11. My favorite is Incarnate! And I also really love The Selection and Everneath!

    My Top 10

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  12. I just love the cover of Everneath! It made my honourable mentions of "Books I haven't read yet but I'd read it just for the cover" haha.

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  13. I think Under The Never Sky, Unraveling or Pure would be my favourite :D

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  14. Well, like you, I also loved Everneath's cover! I had a lot more though, HERE

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  15. Everneath is on my list too! Seriously love that cover! Great picks!

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  16. I LOVE Incarnate's cover as well! Awesome list. :D As for my favorite cover, uh, I can't really narrow it down... O.O Here is my Top 10, though, if that counts.

    Also, I typed too fast and misspelled my last name as "Hlms" in the GFC follower section of the giveaway. Oops. >.<

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  17. ...Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff. Hands down.

    Mystic City comes CLOSE though.
    Lilian @ A Novel Toybox

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  18. My favorite is Everneath!!!!! I also love Masque of Red Death and Under the Never Sky. Defiance and Echoes & Ember are also pretty! Thanks for hosting and for the giveaway!
    My Top 10

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  19. I love Echoes and Ember's cover. :)

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  20. I LOVE the Incarnate cover although I've never read it *hides*

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  21. Great choices!! I loved the cover for incarnate and Under the Never Sky. I also really loved the covers of Cinder, wake and Dreamless :)

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  22. I loved Onyx's cover by Jennifer L. Armentrout!

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  23. Lovely covers! I had Everneath as #1 and then Incarnate 2nd, but from then on we diverge. There were some fantastic covers this year.

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  24. Oh my, it is SO hard to narrow it down to just one! That's why it's a top 10, right?! lol
    I love Everneath's cover the most! The red dress and the smokey swirls - gorgeous!

    Happy holidays :)

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  25. I don't think I have a number one, but some of my favorites were Origin by Jessica Khoury, Ten by Gretchen McNeil, and Of Poseidon by Anna Banks.

    Thanks for the giveaway, great list, and Happy Holidays!

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  26. The Gravity cover is really beautiful! :)

    Best,
    Danielle
    http://thereaderscommute.blogspot.com

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  27. My favorite book cover this year was The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski! I just loved the reflection in the puddle kind of look and the fact that it matched the story so well was awesome =D

    Emily @ Falling For YA

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  28. Ooh, I love your list! Thanks so much! On your list my fav is defiance but on mine it's Soulbound by Heather Brewer:) Merry Christmas!

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  29. I was very close to putting Immortal Rules on my list because it does represent the book extremely well!!! Great call on putting it on your list. I'm curious now what the paperback cover/redone cover looks like.

    My favorite cover is still Splintered, even though it's next year's release ;)

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  30. My favorite cover for a book is Splintered by A.G. Howard, even though it won't be coming out until next year. It is still so amazingly beautiful, with the dark green's, the subtle lightness around her face, and the whimsy of a dark and alluring Wonderland.

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  31. I love the cover of Defiance. That red hair against the black clothes is gorgeous!

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  32. I really love the Masque of the Red Death cover!!

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  33. My absolute favorite cover of 2012 was the cover for the re-release of Singing the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman. But if re-released books don't count, then my favorite would be the cover for Cinder by Marissa Meyer.

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  34. I love, love, LOVE the cover for Pure by Julianna Baggott!! I can't stop staring at it. Alice in Zombieland comes in close second, that egg-blue color dress is so pwetty =D

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  35. i like the everneath cover

    kmichellec87(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  36. Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi or Incarnate! Here's my full list: http://booksasyouknowit.blogspot.com/2012/12/top-10-book-covers-of-2012.html

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  37. I think mine is Black City.

    vsloboda(at)gmail(dot)com

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  38. Great choices! I really enjoy the cover to Unspoken, by Sarah Rees Brennan.

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  39. Great picks! I love Embers & Echoes and Dragonwood! They are gorgeous :)

    My Top Ten is here if you'd like a look :)

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  40. So many pretty covers!! I loved Luminosity too. But, my favorite of 2012 is For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund.

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  41. The new covers for the Shatter Me series. They look so cool. :)
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  42. I haven't seen Embers and Echoes before. How pretty!

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  43. Omg...I have no idea what my favorite cover was of 2012...I loved so many!

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  44. So many great covers this year! Two of my favorite would have to be Under the Never Sky & Code Name Verity.

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  45. Thanks for the awesome giveaway! I'd have to say for me it's a tie between Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff and Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

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  46. Stormdancer was my number one! Our tastes in covers are pretty darn close, I had Under the Never Sky and Everneath on my top 10 with Incarnate in runner up. Defiance, Immortal Rules, and Embers & Echoes were some I wanted to include but had to cut. D:
    Thanks for hosting the giveaway!

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  47. Incarnate has my favorite cover but I haven't had the chance to read it yet. Thanks for the great giveaway(:

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  48. Awesome picks! I really like Under the Never Sky too. My favorite YA cover of 2012 is Sweet Evil and my fav non-YA is Iced. Hope y'all have had a Merry Christmas!

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  49. I loved Incarnate as well! I'm actually a big fan of, The Best Night of Your [Pathetic] Life as well :D

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  50. I'm still smitten with the Dragonswood cover. It's elegant and simple and mystical. I love it!

    - Jackie

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  51. Love your picks. Everneath has a gorgeous cover.

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  52. We have a few of the same picks!

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    1. I had enough trouble getting a top ten I don't think I could pick just one as a favorite.

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  53. My absolute favorite cover of 2012 is STORMDANCER by Jay Kristoff. You really get a feel for the world and the way the lotus is killing the world and the plants and the people and animals. Grey and Red skies. And, the picture of Yukiko and her griffon, Buruu are amazingly rendered. I also liked the lotus petals overlaid in the background. Such an amazing cover, and the book had me gasping to the VERY. LAST. PAGE. It's definitely in my top 3 books of 2012. I liked several of your picks, too. UtNS is one of my faves, too.

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  54. My favorite cover was Ceaseless by Abbi Glines.

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  55. The Immortal Rules was awesome!!!

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  56. Wow, that's a tough question, what with all the great covers to choose from! You picked some great ones, for sure. I would have to narrow my favorites down to 'Grave Mercy' and 'Mystic City' this year. thanks for the chance!

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  57. Wow, that's a tough question, what with all the great covers to choose from! You picked some great ones, for sure. I would have to narrow my favorites down to 'Grave Mercy' and 'Mystic City' this year. thanks for the chance!

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  58. Agree, it was a great year of covers!!!
    I personally love Under the Never Sky. I haven't read it yet but am always drawn to it.

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  59. I loved so many covers this year but I have a real soft spot for Elixir by JLA.

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  60. i loved everneath and i still wan to read dragonswood

    gr8 list

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  61. Out of your covers I really liked Dragonswood. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  62. Crewel by Gennifer Albin! :) Awesome giveaway!

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  63. I really love the incarnate. So colorful and unique! BUT all of these are beautiful covers.

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  64. Hmm... so hard to decide. I would probably say The edge of Never.

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  65. I love Defiance! the cover is amazing!

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  66. Great picks... I loved Incarnate's cover!

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  67. Love the blog design :) New Follower. I really like the Incarnate book cover, but all of them you posted are spectacular!

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  68. Well, I loved The Fault In Our Stars by John Green cover, False Memory and Easy had pretty good covers :)

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  69. I love the covers for Masque of The Red Death and Cinder!

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  70. I love the cover of The Selection by Kiera Cass. What's not to love about a pretty, poofy dress?

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  71. I loved the covers for Defiance, Grave Mercy, & For Darkness Show the Stars.

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  72. I loved the covers for Defiance, Grave Mercy, & For Darkness Show the Stars.

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  73. I loved the covers for Purity by Jackson Pearce and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith!

    Thanks!

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  74. Favorite book cover? Wow...Everneath's is nice! Meg Cabot's Underworld is pretty cool. The Selection by Kiera Cass.

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  75. I would say the Entice series has amazing covers! There are so many though. I purchased The Immortal Rules as a book rather then Kindle version because of the cover haha! Thanks for the chance to win!
    Brittany S

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  76. Insurgent, that tree is amazing and the coloring.

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  77. There are so many gorgeous ones to choose from, but my favorite is probably The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden. Thanks and Happy New Year

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  78. My favorite book cover of 2012 was Hopeless!! <3 Sarah Hansen and Okay Creations.

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  79. The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

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  80. These are great. Incarnate is one of my favorites of all time. I had it on last year's list. This year, I put Alice in Zombieland on the top of my list, although there are several others I could say was THE favorite.

    The full list: http://proudbooknerd.com/2012/12/25/top-10-of-2012-best-book-covers/

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  81. My favorite book cover of 2012 was The Edge of Never!

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  82. I loved the covers of Black City and Falling Kingdoms! Oh, and Masque of the Red Death and Everneath were gorgeous as well.

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  83. I totally agree with your top pick. I think Incarnate has a gorgeous cover!

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  84. How did I miss this post!! I wasn't on the computer at all on this day that's why!! Anyways! Love your picks! SO many pretty covers. We have a few of the same!!

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  85. I'm going to have to go with Crewel.

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  86. I loved the cover of The Selection!

    Thanks,
    Leanne

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  87. I am in love with Onyx cover..I think bc its purple,which is my favorite color

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  88. My favorite book cover of 2012 is Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffins

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  89. I loved Everneath. And The Immortal Rules. Mostly anything red that looked striking... Thanks for the giveaway!

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  90. Aghhh, the hardest question ever. I loved Unspoken, Crown of Embers,Seraphina, Shadow and Bone, Throne of Glass... and so many others.

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  91. Agghhh that is a hard question! I think I have to go with Alice in Zombieland though - it's gorgeous and I love the card0like detailing that borders it. I also love Meant To Be, it's so whimsical and totally fits the book.

    Thank you for the giveaway, happy holidays!

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  92. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

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  93. My Favorite this year is The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe. It was so simple but that bright yellow color really sticks out on the shelf and I always instantly know it at a glance.

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  94. I LOVE the cover of incarnate!! It is so pretty :)

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  95. That's a hard one!
    I LOVED the cover for Crewel and also Dragonswood is so gorgeous!

    Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
    Fingers crossed :]

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  96. I actually really loved the cover for Shadow and Bone.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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