Follow Me Friday (#44)

Wow is it really my Follow Me Friday post #40!!!  Time has flown! This is the day of the week where we get to know each other better by answering a question devised by our lovely hostesses Parajunkee & Alisoncanread. We also gain new followers by joining each other's sites via GFC, so please let me know if you're a new follower. And now for this week's question....

 

Q.  What is the best cover of a book you read and didn't like?

 

A. This one is easy for me.... Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children.

 

I love this cover.  I love the creepy pictures in the book and on the back cover.  I just love it.  But this book fell flat for me.  And I was really disappointed that it is going to be a series.   I believe it should've ended with book one but we are left with an open ending.  You can read my review about the book here.   

What is your great cover bad book list?

 

Top 10 Book Covers of 2011

  My top 10 book covers in 2011 are:
(click the picture above to find out how to participate).

The Night Circus... I just love this cover!  

 Witch Song by Amber Argyle

Have not read...

Incarnate by Jodi Meadows

Have not read....

Crossed by Ally Condie

I just love the covers on Matched and Crossed

Remembrance by Michelle Madow

Have not read...

 Dust and Decay by Jonathan Mayberry

have not read.. I think it is a great horror book cover

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Anathema by Megg Jensen

have not read....

Ingenue by Jillian Larkin

The Pledge by Kimberly Derting

have not read....

Hummm... seems like I like dark covers with girls in capes!! hahaah!   What is on your list?  Can't wait to see!

Miss Peregrin's Home for Peculiar Children Review

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Randsom Riggs

Just finished reading this book for my Young Adult Book Club 's September book club pick!  Here is the goodreads description:

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.

I really thought this book was unique.
It was different then most YA Books I have been reading lately. I thought that the world that the author created was neat. I could really imagine the surroundings while reading. I did have a problem again though with the parents. Another YA Book that just removes the parents so the story can not have them involved. Sick of that.
I enjoyed the pictures and thought that made for a real interesting book. These pictures are what made me pick the book up and read it so fast.  I found myself looking forward to whatever the next picture in the book was going to be.  And I found it interesting that these pictures are real, found at flea markets.  The author has said only two of the pictures have been altered (I am dying to know which two).
I was kinda bummed when I found out that there is going to be a sequel.  I love how the book ended and am disappointed that there is going to be another one. Everything seems to have to be a series anymore.

Spoilers: to be honest I thought this book was going to be more of a horror book but instead it was just a bunch of kids who are called peculiar people which reminded me a lot of Xmen and mutants.  So this would kinda be like Xavier's school for the Xmen.   It was a peculiar book!!