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Just finished Here by Richard McGuire and about to start Diaries of War by Nora Krug
Book cover for Here by Richard McGuire Book cover for Diaries of War by Nora Krug
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Book Cover Design for SLAUGHTER-HOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.: White background with blurry black and white image of a large eyeball and eyebrow at top. Illustration of hanging man on top of vertical American flag (with blue swastikas in black of what would normally be a blue background with white stars in the flag). Arabic script in black at bottom. Book Cover Design for SLAUGHTER-HOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.: Light yellow background/border. Rectangular artwork at top third depicting two hands with eyeballs in their palms. Blocks of text in Russian follow below. Book Cover Design for SLAUGHTER-HOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.: Illustration of signpost (with book title) with farm hill in background, large yellow cloudy sky, silhouettes of small military planes at top right, and a falling bomb leaving behind a large red trail with author's name inside the curved red streak. Book Cover Design for SLAUGHTER-HOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.: Blurry artwork of soldiers marching through a fading city with stressed stencil of author's name and book title on top half (very large number 5).
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Veterans Day Edition of the Multiple Book Cover Design Thread:
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Book Cover Design for SLAUGHTER-HOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.: Olive background with large V on whole cover. Small illustration at top with moon, bomb, and building. 4 stripes across center of cover with author's name in two of them followed by book title in the other two. All type sans serif. Book Cover Design for SLAUGHTER-HOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.: White cover with illustration of black bomber plane seen from above covered with dirt or splatters of ink and a yellow X in the center of the aircraft. Painted black type. Yellow border. Book Cover Design for SLAUGHTER-HOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.: White cover with illustration of old alarm clock--bells at top of clock are shaped like large bombs. Book title runs circularly in side of clock. Author's last name at top left on what looks like a price tag attached to the clock. Book Cover Design for SLAUGHTER-HOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.: Bright red cover with author's name at top in yellow, illustration of yellow an black skully and crossbones at center, and book title at bottom in handwritten black type.
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The Starlet & The Spy (Ji-Min Lee) — this weekend’s library book discussion picked by @amayna60.bsky.social
Book cover for The Starlet & The Spy (Ji-Min Lee) featuring a photo of Marilyn Monroe singing to soldiers with a transparent pink flower illustration running up the left and the image of an Asian female’s face at top right faded into the blue sky.
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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It’s the rare month when my StoryGraph is actually updated and has more than 3 covers so it doesn’t look so sad! 🤣
Collage of books covers for titles read in October.
November 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Last minute holiday spirit from me… HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃
Amigurumi crochet ghost (pattern by Yarnhild) Rubber hose style cartoon drawing of crow perched on a log that says Happy Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Wet Leaves (composition by Mother Nature) #photography
Yellow and brown leaves on the sidewalk after the rain A large light green leaf with large drops of water on it
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Just started Emma (Jane Austen)!
Dog sitting next to single volume collection of Jane Austen novels. First page of book with EMMA in caps followed by “(First Published 1816)”
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Tobi claims not to be a mongrel nor a werewolf…
Photo of dog on bed next to book (Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones).
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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The cover by R. Kikuo Johnson is worth showing in better detail…
New Yorker cover illustration by R Kikuo Johnson showing robots walking down the sidewalk and one of them dropping coins into the cup of a human sitting on the ground panhandling.
October 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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My first issue (#37) of 3x3 Magazine @3x3mag.bsky.social (Apparently, it’s their last print issue.) #illustration #art
3x3 Illustration Magazine issue #37 sitting on a coffee table in front of a cat.
October 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Book Cover Design for THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James: Distressed duotone photo of large staircase with ornate bannister. White semitransparent rectange overlaid near bottom of ccover with book title and author's name in black serif type. Book Cover Design for THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James: Garish yellow and green cover with bright orange rectangle at top containing book title in black serif type. Darker green and yellow square illustration of Victorian woman pulling back in fear at the image of a man outside the window. Author's name in black sans serif type at bottom. Book Cover Design for THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James: White cover with photograph of wooden rocking horse emerging from right side of the cover near the bottom. Book title in dark red at top left in sans serif type followed by author's name in thin black sans serif type.
October 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Book Cover Design for THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James: Orange-yellow background with silhouetted illustration of two children at bottom of cover shown in profile looking in opposite directions. Author's name and book title in serif black type above children and silhouetted barren tree branches on either side of the cover at middle and top. Book Cover Design for THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James: Black background with wavy illustration of a candelabra, blue smoke or tendrils, and two black silhouetted figures set against a red background that looks like it could be on fire. Book title in white serif type flush left near bottom followed by author's name in smaller blue serif type. Book Cover Design for THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James: Photo negative or inverse image of two children in front of foliage on top portion of cover. Strip of dull lavender rectange underneather with book title in serif white type. Dark grey square bottom left with publisher's name and black rectange bottom right with author's name.
October 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Monday's Multiple Book Cover Design Thread:
THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James
#booksky 💙📚 #books #design
Book Cover Design for THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James: Illustration of two children (a girl and boy) as silhouettes in front of a large moon with barren tree branches circling the border of the cover reaching towards the moon. Title in serif dark red type with author's name underneath in dark blue sans serif type. Book Cover Design for THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James: Muted green pointillist paining ot a large gothic ohouse in the woods. Large dark blue square at bottom right with book title and author's name in yellow serif type. Book Cover Design for THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Henry James: Silhouette print artwork of woman standing in doorway with two children lit from behind and casting long shadows into the room but only for the two children. Light color is peach and everything else is a dark brownish black. Author's name in off-white serif type near bottom followed by title in dark peach serif type.
October 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Photo of a dog and a hand holding up a postcard with an illustration of a giant woman sitting on top of a house and reading a book.
October 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Currently enjoying Mongrels (Jones), but only a few chapters in so far.

(Saw you at the library earlier this week but you were at the computer, there was turmoil at the service desk, and I had to drop off some books and run.)
Photo of novel by Stephen Graham Jones , Mongrels.
October 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Absolutely! Although... Someone is still fighting for their modeling gig despite the title being more appropriate for this newcomer...
Photo of cat lying on bed in front of a pile of books with Stephen Graham Jones's Mongrels being the top book.
October 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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This meme feels very Monday morning to me...
Wishing everyone a great start to the week!
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3 row image showing the various ways different generations make a heart sign with their hands. - Row 1 is labeled Gen Z and shows the first two fingers of each hand coming together to form a heart - Row 2 is labeled Millenial and shows all fingers of each hand coming together to form a heart with the thumbs touching to form the bottom of the heart - Row 3 is labeled Gen X and shows a scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom where a sacrifice is being made and a man with a skull cap with horns holds a bleeding human heart in his raised fist
October 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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This month’s @deepvellum.bsky.social bookmail!
What Remains by Leylâ Erbil
#booksky 💙📚
Photo of a book, What Remains by Leylâ Erbil (white cover with distorted image of a series of classical arches reflected along a horizontal axis)
October 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Just came home with the newest adopted member of the family, Tobi.
Photo of a small mixed breed dog wearing a sweatshirt with dolphins on it. Photo of small dog lying down on a rug.
October 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Sketchbook doodle #ink #art #drawing
Sketchbook line art in black ink. Page covered in patterns of concentric circular forms that are abstract and vaguely organic.
October 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Illustration of abandoned sedan in a field at night with headlights still one and a buck standing in front of the vehicle. Stars speckled the dark blue night sky and a pine tree line stretched across the cover. Title in white on three lines at top. Author's name in black on top of white rectangle at right, slightly above the center of the cover. Book Cover Design for The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones: Painting of blizzard-like scene with four heavily clothed figures walking through snow. One carries a rifle. A truck seems to be traveling along with them. Mountains are in the background with a large deer head emerging from the mountain tops. Title and author's name at bottom left in distressed red sans serif type on 5 lines. Book Cover Design for The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones: Black cover with illustration of woman in robe/cloak wearing a crown of deer antlers. More antlers or bones reach up around her stomach. She and the background are yellow and are surrounded by black tree silhouettes that blend into the cover. Author's name in off-white serif all caps near bottom followed by book title in yellow lowercase serif type
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Monday's Multiple Book Cover Design Thread:
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
#booksky 💙📚 #books #design #reading
Book Cover Design for The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones: Black cover with realistic image of top of buck's head in profile with most of the cover taken up with the deer's antlers. Title in all caps on four staggered lines of white sans serif type. Author's name in white all caps across the bottom of the cover. Book Cover Design for The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones: Cover roughly cut in half diagonally with lower portion in dark brown. Author's name on bottom half in white bold sans serif type on three lines followed by much smaller, serif white type of the book title. Top is white background with red blood veins or roots over tip of a brown buck that looks in distress. Book Cover Design for The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones: Black border with illustration of dark blue night sky, large yellow buck, and silhouettes foregrounded of 4 males and pine trees. Author's name in red on three lines at top followed by larger white text title on three lines. Book Cover Design for The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones: Illustration of female human body, naked but in shadows, but with a buck's head and antlers. Yellow and brown pelt in the background with curving black border at upper right when the author's name and book title appear in yellow.
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Trying to get this one back to the library before my last renewal expires. Very curious how he wraps it all up…
Photo of a book: The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgaard
October 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Could have sworn I had done a few more drawings than this that I could share for #WorldOctopusDay
Ink drawing of octopus Ink drawing of Octopus spinning records as a DJ
October 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM