Amazon discontinued the ability to create images using their SiteStripe feature and in their infinite wisdom broke all previously created images on 12/31/23. Many blogs used this feature, including this one. Expect my archives to be a hot mess of broken book cover images until I can slowly comb through 20 years of archives to make corrections.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Ooo, Ahhh, Pretty

I traipsed over to Susan Wiggs' web site for another purpose entirely and immediately got swept off my feet by the reprint cover for The Charm School (May 1). I then went to Amazon to look up release date information, so I could pimp the prettiness on my blog, and I also came across the new cover for the sequel, The Horsemaster's Daughter (June 1).

Let's take a moment to bask in the pretty and shiny.

This is where I'm once again going to reveal that I am The Freak, because while many readers tend to rave about The Charm School, I found it highly enjoyable but not super, fantastic terrific. On the other hand I adored The Horsemaster's Daughter which Charm School Ravers tend to say, "Meh, not as good as Charm School." But honestly - that's splitting hairs, because both books are very good.

Sigh, I know Wiggs is probably making bigger bucks writing contemporaries but I selfishly dream of the day when she'll see the error of her wicked ways and return to historicals. Not bloody likely. And with my luck, she'd probably return to historicals to write something set in Regency London. Bah.

But back to the subject at hand - these new pretty, shiny reprints. Even though I already have copies stashed away with my keepers, I'm thinking they're not in pristine condition. And dang, did I mention how pretty these covers are? Maybe The Boyfriend's right and I really am a sick little monkey. Because dang, only I would be contemplating buying new copies of books I've already read just because the Harlequin cover art people had a really good day.

6 comments:

nath said...

Well seriously, those covers are lovely :D So you're not very sick, just appreciative of art :D

Evangeline Holland said...

Bring on the American historical!

Debora said...

One can only hope she'll write a Regency historical.

Debora, ducking...

Wendy said...

La Belle: I would love to see more (hell, any!) early 20th century American settings. That's such an exciting time period!

Debora: ::sticking fingers in my ears:: La la la, I can't hear you!

sybil said...

but the covers are the purdy... and if you buy them maybe more will come...

ag said...

I second your call for more Wiggs historical. To this day, my greatest regret is not keping a copy of her Kingdom of Gold. I've been hunting it ever since.

These two books sounds like my cup of tea