Thursday, July 15, 2010

Bookanista Feature: Julia Karr's XVI

The Bookanistas are a group of writers - in various stages of the publishing process – who have decided to band together and review the special books of our peers. We – as fellow writers – have decided to only post positive reviews, therefore, only reviewing the book we LOVE. No negative reviews here! We post every Thursday and cover various topics– upcoming ARCs, books we love, special diamonds in the rough, classics, and even cover reviews.

This fashionable badge represents our group (club/gang/posse/secret society/peeps). Here is a list of the Bookanistas: Christina Fonseca, Jamie Harrington, Michelle Hodkin, Kirsten Hubbard, Shelli Johannes-Wells, Myra McEntire, Shannon Messenger, Bethany Wiggins and Suzette Saxton, Beth Revis, Lisa and Laura Roecker, Sarah Frances Hardy and Katie Anderson, Scott Tracey, and Carolina Miller







XVI by Julia Karr
 

Today on the Bookanistas, I'm spreading some cover love. Julia Karr is my fellow writer at The League of Extraordinary Writers, and will debut this beauty next year in January. Her book takes place in a near-future world where "sixteen years old" may as well be your "sex-teenth" birthday. But the book's not just about love and sex--there's murder, secrets, and an ex-government agent, too!

When I first heard about the title for XVI (on her agent's blog), after thinking "Whoa! Cool premise!" I wondered how they'd do the cover. After all, the title's just three letters long--how can you make that stand out?

Well, the people at Puffin/Speak sure know their business. I love how the title literally IS the cover, and how the girl's face is broken up not only by the lines around the title, but also by her dark hair. Even though her face is a little blurry (making the title pop more), her eyes draw me right in.

So, what do you think? Cool cover, right?

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20 comments:

Elana Johnson said...

I love this cover!! Can't wait for January!

Hermana Maw said...

Very cool cover. Thanks for sharing.

JEM said...

Love it! And the girl behind the title...very cool.

Christine Fonseca said...

GORGEOUS!

Unknown said...

Love the cover! It brings to mind jail cell bars. Very cool.

Myra McEntire said...

Awesome - and Julia is such a doll!

Candyland said...

Schweeeettt!!!!! The cover is cool!

Jennifer said...

That is a WICKED cover. Want, want, want!

Stephanie said...

Great cover!! I really like it!!!!! Book sounds really interesting too!

Very cool...love your posse!

TerryLynnJohnson said...

This is such and eye-catching cover. I LOVE it!
Wow, it must be 11Z day. I've also bragged about covers.

Carolyn V. said...

Awesome cover! I can't wait to read the book! =)

Carolina M. Valdez Schneider said...

That is an amazing cover! So edgy. Love it.

Katie said...

DEFINITELY a cool cover! Love it! And I agree with Carolina: very edgy.

Shelli (srjohannes) said...

kinda looks like knives of something. like slashes....

Shannon Messenger said...

Wow--that is so cool. I love when writers get awesome covers, and that one is very powerful. Can't wait to read it! :)

Julia said...

Beth, thanks so much for featuring XVI!

I hope everyone loves it!

And, Myra - you are soooo sweet!

Jemi Fraser said...

Love this cover - awesome! :)

Natalie Aguirre said...

I love the cover too.

Lola Sharp said...

Cool cover, indeed. Intriguing.

Sadako said...

That book looks so nice. Love the cover too! :)