The back cover of THE WATER SEEKER has a tree reminiscent of CALPURNIA‘s. Both are set in the mid to late 1800’s.
I read CALPURNIA last year and am half way through THE WATER SEEKER. Has anyone else read these books? Do you see the similarities I see?
Be sure to stop by (fellow Elevensie) TerryLynn Johnson’s blog and congratulate her on signing with an agent!
I haven’t read either book. But you are right, the covers are similar.
I just heard Terry’s awesome news. It’s great you posted about it. It’s so important we pass on our friend’s good news.
I have only read Calpurnia, but I enjoyed it. I felt like I was truly transported to another place in time. I’ll have to look up the other title. I love comparing covers. Such beautiful artwork.
Yep, totally noticed! And the writing style in both is kind of rambling, with lots of outdoor scenes… did you notice in The Water Seeker how she kinda breaks the kidlit rule of close 3rd person by jumping into a lot of characters’ heads? And LOTS of adult characters. Love it when writers break the “rules”!!
I love both the covers — the use of silhouette and the black on yellow. Very nice. I haven’t read either of them yet. Must get my act together!
Amy
Whoa. That’s strange. Cool post! I sorta had in mind some hands holding an apple for my (future) book cover… I’m sure no one else has taken that one!
*pops collar*
Irene, yes! I did notice that about the POV. In fact, I had to pull away and think through the different POV options. It works, doesn’t it?
I almost felt like the Oregon section was it’s own book.
Kathryn, 🙂
Caroline, have you seen this gallery of lookalike covers? It’s really fascinating to see how the stock images turn up in many places.
http://readingthepast.com/gallery/reusable-covers.htm
Rosslyn, thank you! What a great link! I have a few of these books and have read others. So interesting (and discouraging) to see the same images used over and over.
I haven’t read either if these books. But very weird if the story and covers are so similar…
I’ll head over TerryLynn’s blog now. I’ve been out of the loop for awhile. 🙂