Get Under the Covers with FOUR of This Week's Hot New Releases!

We all love books. What makes us want to pick up a book and check it out at the store?

Good cover design, of course!

For me, it goes a step further. I love covers, yes, but I'm also obsessed with fonts. With the binding. With the endpapers. With the deckled edges. With chapter headers. With the innovative way pages are sometimes numbered. To me, the interior of a book can--and should--be just as gorgeous as the exterior.

..After all, it's what's on the inside that counts, right?

When the inside looks good, it helps keep me engaged in the story by reiterating the book's mood.

I was browsing this week's new releases and there are SO MANY gorgeous books. Seriously so many.

Four in particular stood out to me as being beautiful both inside and out:

• LIBRARY OF SOULS by Ransom Riggs (Quirk Books)
• A MAD ZOMBIE PARTY by Gena Showalter (Harlequin Teen)
• SIX OF CROWS by Leigh Bardugo (Macmillan)
• THE SLEEPER AND THE SPINDLE by Neil Gaiman with Illustrations by Chris Riddell (HarperCollins)

SPINES!!!

Oh, la la, TATTOOED SPINES!!!

Let's start with...

LIBRARY OF SOULS
by Ransom Riggs:

Look what's hiding under that dust jacket!!!

ENDPAPERS!!!

Chapter One Looks Like THIS!!!
(Ignore the fact that my nail is growing out and needs to be repainted.
Sorry it looks gross!!!)

Next up...

A MAD ZOMBIE PARTY
by Gena Showalter: 

I LOVE that there's a secret message hiding underneath the dust jacket for those who dare to take a peek!!!

ENDPAPERS...
...for a TEA PARTY!!!

Love how they're framing this quote!!!

Another gorgeous frame!!!

CHAPTER HEADING!!!

CHAPTER ONE is so, so, SO gorgeous.
LOVE this treatment!!!

We've all been waiting for...

SIX OF CROWS
by Leigh Bardugo:

The dust jacket is black...
And can you see that crow!?

Can you see the crow NOW?
(If you can't, he's there. Check him out in person!)

Can we talk about how awesome it is that the pages are BLACK!?
They look so cool!!!

...Just because we need to see those pages again from another angle!!!

ENDPAPERS!!!
That pop of red really makes an impact,
doesn't it!?

I love when books break their segments down with gorgeous art!
(Again, ignore my gross nails because ew. Sorry!!!)

Chapter One!
Oh, the gorgeous artwork that brings the cover immediately to mind!!!

Finally, the gorgeous picture book of a short story...

THE SLEEPER AND THE SPINDLE
by Neil Gaiman
with illustrations
by Chris Riddell:

First, you have to see the full effect of the cover...

...because it's a trick of the eye!

That's right, this dust jacket is SHEER!!!
I love how it creates a fun effect!!

ENDPAPERS!!!
I love that it's a map!

No chapters splitting this pretty baby up,
but how gorgeous is this title page!?

Which books are you excited to pick up and read?
Can we just talk about how PRETTY they all are!?