Late post, as I’m just back from my official University of London graduation! Those reading here regularly might remember I attended a ceremony last month; that was from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, for the same degree. This was the more formal occasion, complete with a bow to and nod of acknowledgement from the deputy vice chancellor of the university, so I have now properly officially fully received my MSc (to add to my BA, MA and BSc).
Please don’t ask me what’s next. The only thing that’s next right now is my TTT post, and after that, bed! I will probably study again, but not soon. I had a rough time last year and need recovery time.
So without further ado, this week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is a freebie, and I decided I’d focus on book covers again: I’d hoped to do that last week, because it was kinda fun when I recently spent time focusing on book covers (which spawned a post about them!)… so here we go!
Let’s take a look at some covers which beautifully showcase the main relationships of the books in question:
In order, these were: Xie Lian and Hua Cheng, Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe, Li Yu and Mu Tianchi, Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan, Istvhan and Clara, Kate Daniels and Curran Lennart, Fu Wanqing and Yu Shengyan, Nicolas-Marc, Comte de Valois de La Motte and Titus Pilcrow, and Cassian, the Duke of Severn and Daizell Charnage. I wouldn’t cross any of these characters alone, and certainly not when they’re united!
I could’ve picked a lot more covers to show off, especially because there are a bunch of danmei covers that are just gorgeous (many more than just the five showcased here). Really, there’s an embarrassment of riches out there for covers which show off the strength of relationships — though for my money my favourites here are Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation and The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System, for the intimacy and tenderness they convey between the characters.
Congrats on the final ceremony.
Thanks for sharing your #TTT
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Thank you! Good to be done with it and officially acknowledged, haha.
I love the Paladins couples! ❤
I was tempted to share multiple of those covers, tbh!
They are stunning though
Yeah, I really like them, they grabbed my eye from across the store the day I grabbed them all at once, ahaha. The UK covers of Kingfisher’s books are great.
Congratulations on graduating!
Thank you!
What a fun idea for a list! I’ve always loved the cover of How to Fake it in Society, and the others are strong examples too.
I love the way most of them give you a good idea of what the character dynamics are like!
Congratulations on completing the MSc – I remain in awe of your commitment and achievement here.
Thank you! Also I was randomly thinking I can’t believe how long we’ve known each other, my goodness… time has flown.
Congrats! Have a good week.
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Thank you!
I’d put KJC’s “Any Old Diamonds” here as well. Admittedly, it’s not an especially pretty cover, but I think it conveys the dynamic of the couple very well and also that you do not want to mess with either of them. Also, part of me hates that the current trend in Regency covers is to tone down Regency men’s fashion, though at least the KJC covers let them have *colour*. The boring trends started by Brummel didn’t take real hold until William IV and were cemented under Victoria, and men’s fashion has never recovered…*sigh*
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Definitely! I really need to reread Any Old Diamonds…
There aren’t even as many books about men’s fashion as you’d hope. The V&A books I have are like 90% women’s fashion, even when they’re not specifically about women’s fashion.
I know! I wish there were more. And what resources there are, are often wildly inaccurate, relying on unreliable sources (tertiary, or satirical primary mistaken for serious).
I think I last re-read Any Old Diamonds for Christmas season, not that it is Christmas themed but I was re-reading Masters in this Hall so……
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I haven’t reread it in ages, because I was stubbornly rereading Charles’ books in publication order for… some reason, and then got myself stalled because I didn’t so much like the one that was up next. (Thought it was a good book, did not find it 100% enjoyable for me.)
I love a good power couple – definitely something that I enjoy about Ilona Andrews’ books. I also definitely see power couple vibes in Hua Cheng and Xie Lian’s future (I’ve only read the first two so far).
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Xie Lian and Hua Cheng become such a power couple. I love them so.
Congratulations!! How exciting to be done and able to rest! I keep toying with getting my doctorate in medieval history.
Thank you! And wow, good luck if you do! I think a master’s degree is the highest I will go, because I’m more interested in synthesis than original research, and while I think synthesis is important and undervalued at times, we don’t give PhDs for it!