Top Ten Creepiest Book Covers

                  Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovelies over at The Broke and The Bookish.

Halloween, I love it. I adore all things scary. Certain things freak me out and I love that feeling of fear in my stomach. So, along with scary movies I love scary books. This weeks Top Ten Tuesday is what are the ten book covers that freak us out.
These are in no particular order.

The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

I still haven't read this book yet, but the cover is still creepy. 

It's very reminiscent of a few of my favorite horror movies all rolled into one. 

The unease that the surgical instruments above a baby carriage leaves me with is great.

Cujo by Stephen King
Those teeth *shivers*

Sleepless by Thomas Fahy

I tried reading this one a while ago and couldn't get into it...but I really want to like it because that cover creeps me out. Bleeding eyes. Eek.

Miss Peregrine #1 & #2

By Ransom Riggs

I love the old photographs used for the covers. 

Both of these are creepy and I like 'em!

The Metamorphosis 

by Franz Kafka

Seriously, you guys...The Metamorphosis has some of the weirdest and creepiest covers...ever.

The Raft by S.A.Bodeen

This isn't in your face creepy or scary. But just look at it and think about it for a minute. The title is THE RAFT...and she's obviously in the ocean...alone. That's scary, alright?

Joyland by Stephen King

Love love love this cover sooo much. The idea of something written by Stephen King happening at an amusement park is just too perfect. No joke. I think more scary stories should take place in carnivals, circus', and amusement parks. They just seem like the best setting. 

She looks terrified, it's dark, that tagline...and Stephen Kings name is on it...you know it's creepy already.

I had about 8 other covers I could have put here, but these are my favorite so I thought I'd be a minimalist this week.

So tell me fellow book lovers, what are your favorite creepy and scary book covers?

If you did a TTT leave a link in the comments and I'll go check it out!

3 Years and a Thank You.

Just a little over 3 years ago now I started this blog. It was created on a sort of planned whim which, I know, that's an oxymoron, so let me explain a little.
In October of 2009 I got married to a military man and moved away from my home and family for the first time. I didn't know anyone in the city we moved to and I wasn't working...so I had a lot of time on my hands. So I read. Reading had always been something that I loved and I was thrilled for a while to have time to read whatever I wanted. Since I wasn't working and couldn't go to school I decided to start looking into what I could do from home and reviewing books was something that came up. Looking further into it one helpful hint that I found regarding breaking into the reviewing world was to set up a book blog to garner a following and credibility. Never having heard of book blogs before I googled that and the first blog I came across was The Story Siren. To me, Kristi was fantastic and I wanted to be like her. She was talking about books and authors and all kinds of cool stuff and people were commenting and talking about books with her and it was amazing!
For months I scoured other blogs to see how they were run, what were popular posts, what posting style I liked, etc. Then when I felt a bit more confident, I decided to launch my own blog in August of 2010.
The welcome was incredible. I started gaining followers, getting comments, partaking in memes, and met some all around great people. Y'all don't know how much I've actually needed everyone over these past 3 years.
This blog has seen me through times when my life and marriage were falling apart to times when I've had to pick up the pieces and start over again. It has been a crazy couple of years, but books and my bookish friends have been my constant. You all are amazing. Not many people in my life understand what I went through with my ex, but somehow my bookish friends, without even fully knowing my circumstances, always seemed to know the right book to suggest that would help me push through whatever I was feeling. Y'all helped make me stronger.

I forgot about my 3 year blogoversary so I don't have some big giveaway planned, or a party post, or anything like that. Hopefully next year for the big 4 I'll be better at remembering and will plan something awesome.
This post is really just to say thank you.
Thank you to my followers that have continued to hang around even though I have been incredibly inconsistent during the past year. Thank you to my blogger friends who continue to email, tweet, and comment to check up with me. Thank you to the publishers that have kept contact with me and continue to send me review books despite my inconsistency in posting or my tardy emails.
Every single one of you are amazing. Y'all will never know how much each and every tweet, comment, and email means to me and how much they remind and encourage my love for literature, reading, and writing.
Y'all are amazing.