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A. Riverabloodravenlib@mas.to
2025-09-26

New on my #blog: "20 More Books That Influenced Me: a Second List."
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So here we are again with another list of 20 books that influenced me.

#20Books #20Books20Days #books #reading 💙📚 #list

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Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-28

Bonus Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. ** Cheat: Bland book cover #TitlePage instead.

#WilliamShakespeareTheCompleteWorks #PenguinBooks

#20books #20books20days #BritishTheatre #RenaissanceTheatre #ElizabethanTheatre #Poetry #Theatre #RenaissancePoetry #Shakespeare #RenaissanceLiterature #Literature #WilliamShakespeare #AlfredHarbage_GeneralEditor #Books

William Shakespeare The Complete Works General Editor Alfred Harbage The Pelican Text Revised Penguin Books Baltimore Maryland
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-26

Book Challenge DAY 20: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers.

#20books #20books20days
#BookCover #CoverIllustration
#Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art
#CanadianLiterature #Novel #CanadianNovel #CanadianNovelist #TheEnglishmansBoy #CanadianCulture #Folklore #HistoricalFiction #TheWestern
#Canada #GuyVanderhaeghe #Literature #PaperbackCovers #CanadianFiction #Paperbacks #CinemaHistory #CanadianHistory #MysteryNovel
#McClellandAndStewart #GovernorGeneralsAward

Most of the cover is a sepia photo of a cowboy carrying gear over his shoulder. Winner of the Governor General's Award The Englishman's Boy Guy Vanderhaeghe
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-26

Because of another glitch in the c.im matrix, I had had to postpone the post.
Book Challenge DAY 19: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers.

#20books #20books20days
#BookCover #CoverIllustration
#Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art
#CanadianLiterature #ShortStories #CanadianShortStories #CanadianWriter #InTheVillageOfVigerAndOtherStories #CanadianCulture #Folklore #SmallTownLiterature #Quebec
#Canada #DuncanCampbellScott #Literature #PaperbackCovers #CanadianFiction #Paperbacks

New Canadian Library N 92 "...a perfect flowering of art [and a] most satisfying individual contribution to the Canadian short story." ~ Raymond Knister Duncan Campbell Scott In The Village of Viger and Other Stories Lower Half: Abstract illustration suggesting fence posts or walls.
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-25

DAY 18 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #BritishNovelist #BritishRaj #India #Imperialism #Racism #Sexism #EdwardianLiterature #BritishLiterature #LiteraryImpressionism #ColonialLiterature #MysteryLiterature #EMForster #India_BrtishRule #FrankWilliamBrangwyn
#CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #Mystery #Literature #Imperialism #Colonialism
#PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks #PenguinBooks

Top Left: Penguin Book Logo Top Left: Penguin Modern Classics E. M. Forster A Passage to India Bottom two thirds is a part of the painting, Indore (from India Ancient and Modern, 1867) by William Simpson.
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-24

Because of a glitch in the c.im matrix, I had had to postpone the post.
Book Challenge DAY 17: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers.

#20books #20books20days
#BookCover #CoverIllustration
#Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art
#CanadianLiterature #Mythopoeic #Symbolism #CanadianNovels #CanadianWriter #TayJohn #CanadianCulture #Folklore
#Canada #CanadianNovel
#HowardOHagan #Literature #PaperbackCovers #CanadianFiction
#Paperbacks #HistoricalFiction

New Canadian Library ~ 105 Mystic and as haunting as an Indian myth, Tay John is a novel of outcast love, and merciless greed, a work that strikes a resonant primordial chord. Howard O'Hagan Tay John Bottom half: Abstract circle image.
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-23

DAY 16 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #PlanetBarbecue #SteveRaichlen #BBQ #Barbecue #GrilledFoods #Breads #FoodHistory #Travel #Culture #Society #History #Spices #Geography #TravelJournal #Books #Art #CoverIllustration #Recipes #Photography #Cover_Art #Book

Title is in the centre. Surrounding are small photos of food and food preparation, with identification of country and the food. Bottom Right corner: Raichlen poses with a rack of BBQ ribs.
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-22

DAY 15 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #CanadianBooks #JeffreyAlford #NaomiDuguid #Baking #FlatbreadsAndTheirFlavors_ABakersAtlas #BakingBread #Bread #FoodHistory #Travel #Culture #Society #History #Flatbreads #Geography #TravelJournal #Books #Art #CoverIllustration #Recipes #Photography #TheJamesBeardAward #Cover_Art #Book

Around the edge of the photo of various flatbreads are the names of different flatbreads from around the world: Fougasse Matzoh Chapatti Bannock Pita Lavash Focaccia Dosa Tortilla Injera Naan TOP: Flatbreads & flavors BOTTOM: A Baker's Atlas Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-21

DAY 14 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #PhilosphiesOfLove #DavidLNorton #MaryFKille #Philosophy #Love #Freedom #Identity #Culture #Society #History #TheKiss_1908_Sculpture #ConstantineBrancusi ##AJWyatt_Photographer #RKeithRichardson_BookDesign
#CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks

TOP: Philosophies of Love DavidLNorton and Mary F. Kille (editors) Most of the cover is a tinted photo of the 1908 sculpture, "The Kiss", by Constantine Brancusi.
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-20

DAY 13 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #TheBoatsOfTheGlenCarrig #WilliamHopeHodgson #WeirdFiction #WeirdLiterature #BritishLiterature #HorrorLiterature #FantasyLiterature #CosmicHorror
#CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #Eldritch #PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks #RobertLoGrippo #LinCarter

Ballantine Books - Unicorn Logo (Adult Fantasy) William Hope Hodgson The Boats of The Glen Carrig "A variety of malign marvels..." - H. P. Lovecraft Introduction by Lin Carter Cover art by Robert LoGrippo depicts a medieval ship being menaced by a sea serpent. The artist style emulates Medieval Flemish artists.
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-19

DAY 12 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #TalesOfTheCthulhuMythos #WeirdFiction #WeirdTales #CthulhuMythos #Cthulhu #HorrorLiterature #HPLovecraft #Cosmicism #AugustDerleth #FantasyLiterature #CosmicHorror
#CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #PulpFiction #PulpMagazines #ClarkAstonSmith #FrankBelkapLong #Eldritch #EldritchFriday #PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks

Ballantine Books Tales of The Cthulhu Mythos (Vol1) Edited and with introduction by August Derleth H. P. Lovecraft and others. Grotesque pulp art - a skull, with eyes intact, and some skin still clinging has holes in the top from which sprout strange growths.
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-18

DAY 11 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #LordJim #BritishWriter #BritishLiterature #LiteraryImpressionism #NauticalLiterature #AdventureLiterature #JosephConrad #TheBurialAtSea_Painting_1890 #FrankWilliamBrangwyn
#CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #Mystery #Literature #Imperialism #Colonialism
#PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks #PenguinBooks

Top Banner: Penguin Logo Penguin Modern Classics Joseph Conrad Lord Jim The rest of the cover features a portion of the painting, The Burial at Sea, 1890 by Frank William Brangwyn
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-17

DAY 10 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #Gormenghast #BritishWriter #BritishLiterature #CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #Mystery #TitusGroan #MervynPeake #Gothic #GothicLiterature #Literature #AlternativeReality #FantasyLiterature
#PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks #PenguinBooks

At top Penguin Logo Modern Classics - Mervyn Peake Titus Groan Cover illustration sketch by Peake of the character, Fuchsia.
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-16

DAY 9 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #Mystery #JudeTheObscure #ThomasHardy #Victorian #VictorianLiterature #Literature
#PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks #MertonCollegeOxford_Painting1771 by #Michael_Angelo_Rooker

Bantam Classic - Jude The Obscure by Thomas Hardy Cover illustration, a portion of a painting of Merton College Oxford (1771) by the painter Michael Angelo Rooker
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-15

Book Challenge DAY 8: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers.

#20books #20books20days
#BookCover #CoverIllustration
#Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art
#CanadianLiterature #WorldWarI #CanadianNovels #CanadianWriter #TimothyFindley #Canada #CanadianNovel
#TheWars #Literature #PaperbackCovers
#Paperbacks #HistoricalFiction

Top: The Classic Award Winning Novel of The Great War Now a major motion picture Penguin Books Logo Illustration: Photo of men in the trenches -blue monochrome. Timothy Findley A Red Poppy In Red Text : The Wars
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-14

Book Challenge DAY 7: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers.

#20books #20books20days
#BookCover #CoverIllustration
#Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art
#Philosophy #Theodicy #Predestination #FreeWill #NeoPlatonism #Allegory
#TheConsolationOfPhilosophy #Boethius #Richard Green_Translator
#Ostrogoths #KingTheodoricTheGreat
#WesternRomanEmpire #PrisonLiterature #Literature #PaperbackCovers
#Paperbacks

A stylized symbolic representation of a figure in blue with raised up. This figure is echoed in a larger figure in green, representing a higher reality.
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-13

Book Challenge DAY 6: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers.

#20books #20books20days #BookCover #CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #FantasyLiterature #TheKingOfElflandsDaughter #LordDunsany #FaerieTale #LinCarter #BeyondTheFieldsWeKnow #HighFantasy #LancerBooks #Faerie #LSpragueDeCamp #LinCarter #PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks #FantasyArt #BobPepper_Artist #Literature #BobPepper_Illustrator

Top: "A fantasy novel in a class with Tolkien books." L. Sprague de Camp The Lancer Fantasy Unicorn Logo & Adult Fantasy The King of Elfland's Daughter Lord Dunsany Bob Pepper illustration of a Unicorn being attacked by wolves, as a red-headed man in medieval stylized, with a sword, looks on.
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-12

DAY 5 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #20thCenturyDrama #SerjeantMusgravesDance #JohnArden #Playwright #Plays #Theatre #20thCenturyLiterature #Literature
#EnglisDrama #BritishPlaywright #BritishDrama #PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks

John Arden Serjeant Musgrave's Dance Monochrome photo, white background - a man in military uniform, to his right legs of a human skeleton hang down.
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-11

DAY 4 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #20thCenturyPoetry #20thCenturyPoetryAndPoetics_3rdEdition #GaryGeddes #Poetry #Poets #20thCenturyLiterature #Literature
#CanadianPoets #AmericanPoets #BritishPoetry #PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks
#GershonIskowitz

Image takes up much of the cover - untitled abstract work by Canadian painter, Gershon Iskowitz Background is black with text in white. Third Edition, 20th Century Poetry & Poetics Edited by Gary Geddes
Of Bookish ThingsJPK_elmediat@c.im
2025-04-10

DAY 3 - Book Challenge : 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just #BookCovers. #20books #20books20days #BookCover #CoverIllustration #Cover_Art #Book #Books #Art #Mystery #TheMoonstone #WilkieCollins #Victorian #VictorianLiterature #Literature
#MysteryNovel #Detective Mystery #PaperbackCovers #Paperbacks #PaperbackBooks #LadyInAGardenByMoonlight_Painting_1882
#JohnAtkinsonGrimshaw

Green cover with image in the middle (Painting - Lady in a Garden by Moonlight, 1882 artist John Atkinson Grimshaw). Upper area: In small print -Bantam Classic Bottom area: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

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