The Friday Face-Off was created by Books by Proxy, where each week bloggers can showcase books with covers centered around a weekly theme. You can visit Lynn’s Books for a list of upcoming themes. Join in the fun each Friday by finding a book whose cover is based on the theme!
So I feel like I’ve been abandoning my blog the past couple of weeks, so I decided to throw up a quick Friday Face-Off post this week. There are a LOT of covers for my choice, but I’m limiting myself to just four, mostly because I’m tired and I want to go to bed! This week the theme is:
“I got no strings to hold me down.” – A cover featuring a doll or puppet.
The book that immediately came to mind this week is Stephen King’s Desperation, companion book to The Regulators. There are some creepy covers for this one:
From top to bottom: 1996 Viking hardcover edition | 1997 Signet paperback edition
1996 Luitingh-Sijthoff paperback edition | 1996 Spanish hardcover edition
For my favorite, I’m going to have to go with the edition that I own, the US hardcover:
Would someone please kill that spider??!!
So creepy! My first thought was Night of the Living Dummy by R. L. Stone with Slappy on the cover!
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I’m not familiar with that book, but it sounds like it would fit this theme perfectly:-)
Slappy is one of the recurring monsters in the Goosebumps series. Definitely one of the best ones! 🙂
It’s a hard choice but honestly, I think I prefer the 1996 Luitingh-Sijthoff paperback edition . There’s just something about the desert feel and of course we still get a creepy doll. The teddy bear head reminds me of my all-time favorite Twilight Zone show where Andy wishes people into the cornfield!
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Oh you’re right! That was such a creepy Twilight Zone episode. Now I’m in the mood for a marathon!
They are all kind of creepy! I like the first or third one the best. 🙂
I think they go with the story pretty well, although the eye cover is a bit out there.
If you want to go for totally creepy, your choice is perfect, down to the reddened and enlarged left eye of the doll…
(((shudder)))
And sorry, I don’t do spiders! eeeek! 😀 😀
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Oh I hadn’t even noticed that detail! lol.
Something about the top-right cover reels me in easily! It has that spooky, second-hand book vibe to it and its probably a super creepy story too hahah 😛
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It is, Lashaan! It’s been a while since I read this, maybe time for a reread so I can remember all the details;-)
Oooh those covers are super creepy! I don’t do creepy but the cover you picked it actually really cool. It is by far my favorite!
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Ha ha, you should stay away from this book if you don’t like creepy:-)
They are all so creepy – and not in a good way:). My favourite is the reptilian eye featured in the Spanish version – but that’s because it doesn’t look quite as horrific as the other and I love that beautiful background colour.
I really like the eye cover as well, the colors definitely make it jump out:-)
I was like, what spider? Then I saw it and was like oh THAT SPIDER! That one was going to be my pick for favorite cover, but eek, not anymore! 😛
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Yeah, that spider sort of creeps up on you (no pun intended!) when you’re looking at everything that’s going on with this cover:-)
Ooh these are all kind of freaky in different ways. I think I like the third one the best, the one with the wolves howling. And yes somebody needs to step on that spider!!
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LOL, I don’t actually want to kill anything, but I do want all the spiders to just go away:-)
These are some creepy looking dolls! Is the US hardcover the first one? That’s my fave one too!
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Yes, the first is the US hardcover. Definitely the best:-)
Those first two are horrendously creepy!! I definitely agree with your choice. The spider and that red eyeball.. yikes!!
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It’s funny how you don’t notice the spider right away, and then bam!
I have always loved the cover for Desperation. I love the first one on the top right. I haven’t read the books yet, but it on my Eventually TBR. Thanks for sharing these!
I’d love to do a reread of this book someday, it’s been a while:-)
*shivers* The Viking Hardcover and the doll’s eyes? CREEPY!
Yes, so creepy! But it’s a creepy story, so it makes sense:-)
I love your choice – it’s the one that immediately stood out from the crowd. The perspective nails it I think.
Lynn 😀
The perspective is interesting, I agree:-)
Holy creepy cover art, Stephen King! Haha. There’s just something about the second one that really gives me the wiggins.
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Definitely a fan of the original hardcover version. And another King I really need to make time for. 🙂
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