Hey bookworms, Happy May! I’ve been enjoying the warmer days because I can take my pup on longer adventures. I love seeing all the flowers bloom and all the lush new growth on plants everywhere 🌱!
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday theme of “May Flowers” is perfect because something else that I love to see grow is my TBR 😜. I’m excited to share the 10 most recent flowery book covers I’ve added to my TBR.
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Don’t forget to check out her post and link up!
Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
Author: Shahnaz Habib
Genre: Nonfiction (Travel, History, Memoir)
Why I added it to the pile: I love to travel but lately I’ve been thinking about the ethics around travelling. Then I saw a friend give this book a good review and I couldn’t resist adding it to my list (even if nonfic is not a genre I pick up often).
Cover Designer: Dana Li
Death’s Obsession
Author: Avina St. Graves
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Why I added it to the pile: I always love it when a book has “Death” as a character and I was looking for more fantasy romance books I might like so this might work on two levels.
Cover Designer: Beholden Book Covers
The Light Eaters
Author: Zoe Schlanger
Genre: Nonfiction (Life Sciences, Plants)
Why I added it to the pile: I enjoy learning about the environment and nature and this cover screams “Read Me”. This one comes out May 9th.
Cover Designer: This is the UK edition and honestly can’t find a credit for this anywhere! I wish giving credit to cover artists/designers was standardized.
Snowblooded
Author: Emma Sterner-Radley
Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction
Why I added it to the pile: I keep seeing early reviews for it and it’s being compared to The Princess Bride so I’m immediately interested. I adore the movie and the book was good but I hope Snowblooded is more like I imagined the book while being its own thing. It also comes out on May 9th.
Cover Designer: Natasha MacKenzie
Goddess of the River
Author: Vaishnavi Patel
Genre: Mythology Retelling
Why I added it to the pile: I can’t get enough myth retellings, especially those told through a feminist lens and I need to explore a wider range of mythologies from around the world.
Cover Designer: Lisa Marie Pompilio
Bloom
Author: Delilah S. Dawson
Genre: Horror, Romance
Why I added it to the pile: I mean, have you seen this deliciously gothic cover? A “booktuber” I was watching mentioned this book and on the list it went! I don’t know much about it other than it’s gothic and queer.
Cover Designer: Julia Lloyd
Hills of Heather and Bone
Author: K. E. Andrews
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Why I added it to the pile: I was looking at the list of SPFBO 9 finalists and the premise sounded intriguing.
Cover Designer: Jade Mae Yee
The Bone Season
Author: Samantha Shannon
Genre: Fantasy Dystopian
Why I added it to the pile: The Bone Season has been on my radar for a while and a few people have recommended it to me. Now that there is a gorgeous revised edition, it seems like a good time to pick this up!
Cover Designer: Ivan Belikov
Love Letters at the Borrow a Bookshop
Author: Kiley Dunbar
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Why I added it to the pile: While contemporary romances are very much not my vibe, what IS my vibe are any books set in bookshops or libraries. So if I’m in the mood I may give this a chance. Plus, I like the painterly style of the cover.
Cover Designer: Can’t find credit.
Dragonfruit
Author: Makiia Lucier
Genre: YA Fantasy Romance
Why I added it to the pile: See the same reasoning as for “Goddess of the River”. I’ve never read any Pacific Island mythologies and looking to fix that!
Cover Artist: Tran Nguyen
Let’s chat in the comments!
What book are you most excited to read in May? Did you add any flowery book covers to your TBR recently?
That’s an adorable photo of Cheeto with the tulips! 😍 These are all very beautiful covers as well. Great picks!
Thank you, I figured it was a perfect time to introduce him on the blog lol 🙂
Cheeto is adorable!
Bloom was an interesting read. Hope you like it.
Here is my Top Ten Tuesday.
Thank you 🙂 & oh fantastic, I am so glad to hear that I look forward to getting to it!
Nice work–the cover of Airplane Mode really caught my eye.
Yeah it caught mine too when I saw my friend’s review, I thought it had an interesting design.
Cheeto is absolutely adorable. Great that he has his own special carrier. I am impressed that flowers can be used so effectively on different genres and books with different themes. Lots of interesting covers here.
Haha yes so when he gets tired he can still be part of the adventures, lol! Thank you! Yes that’s such a good point, flowers are kind of universal in that way I suppose, it’s just what the designer does with them that sends a different tone!
First I have to say Cheeto is adorable! Lots of great picks here, I think I like your last pick best! Thanks for visiting my post earlier!
🐕🧡 Thanks & yeah Dragonfruit looks super cool! & my pleasure thanks for visiting mine too 🙂
Cute pup! And I hope you enjoy reading all of these books when you get the chance.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/may-flowers-book-covers-with-flowers/
Thank you Pam 🙂 I hope they are great too haha although who knows when I’ll get to them all. 🤔
This looks like a fun variety of flowery books! I hope you enjoy them!
Here’s my TTT this week.
🌷🌸Thank you kindly! Here’s hoping for sure lol
The Light Eaters looks really interesting! I love that you researched the cover designers and gave credit where credit was due, they really deserve the kudos for these amazing covers!
Thank you, I think so too, I’m always amazed by their awesome work!
Some great covers here! I love that issue of The Bone Season. I also really enjoy the Dragonfruit and Goddess of the River covers as well.
Yeah all three are gorgeous for sure 🙂 Thank you!
Goddess of the River has a gorgeous cover, and I’ve been missing reading mythological retellings too! Dragonfruit is also on my TBR, but I’ve been seeing mixed reviews on it so far. D: Also THANK YOU for mentioning these awesome cover designers! ♥
Yes I hope to read more mythology retellings soon since I haven’t in a while! and Thank you so much, giving credit to the designers/artists of the covers is important to me I just wish the info was easier to find/more normalized!
Cheeto is so adorable! And great to see Love Letters at the Borrow a Bookshop on here. I really enjoyed that one.
I’m pretty sure I got the rec from one of your posts actually because I had never seen it before haha 😂 & Thank you 🐕
Awww, your pup is cute! I bet he loves being out and about on fun adventures 🙂
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
oh my gosh yes, the backpack is actually his fav lol and thanks so much!
That new cover of The Bone Season is absolutely fantastic. Happy reading! My TTT https://readwithstefani.com/top-10-books-with-flowers-on-the-cover/
I agree, there’s just so many gorgeous details to look at!! & Thanks for dropping your link, I’ll go check it out 😀
Great list! The covers are all so pretty, and there are so many really interesting books on the list. I’m super excited for Goddess of the River, and will have to add Snowblooded to my TBR since I adore The Princess Bride.
Thank you and I love The Princess Bride too, and I’m honestly super hoping to love both of those!