Cover Snark: “Mourning Wood”

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Duke of Rath by Mariah Stone. A headless woman in a red cap-sleeve dress in a yellow gold drawing room. I think she's supposed to be perched on the edge of a couch, but it looks like more like she's about to squat to poop.

Amanda: Is she poopin?

Elyse: The moment you realize it wasn’t just a fart.

Sarah: That’s what the rose is for. She might need a few more for poo-pourri purposes.

(Also, hand to heaven, if you have to share a bathroom, especially while traveling, Poo-Pourri works REALLY well.)

Mourning Wood by Heather M. Orgeron. A floppy haired man is looking at you from bed, peeking over a pillow.

Elyse: I hope that’s a typo.

Sarah: $10 says the title came first and the book was built around it.

Elyse: Did a 12 year old boy come up with it?

I’m all for a good double entendres but lord.

Maya: So is the pitch she’s a grieving widow and he has priapism?

Sarah: If it lasts longer than three chapters, please call your doctor.

Before Girl by Kate Canterbary. A shirtless man on a bed with his arm over his eyes.  There is a creeping red and orange blur coming up from the bottom of the cover.

From PamG: It’s definitely not the original nor illustrated, but it’s all kindsa ugly. Looks like a gruesome assemblage of body parts in a puddle of blood. It’s pretty repellent to me.

Sarah: Are they melting? Too close to the space heater? Sunbathing on a volcano that woke up? What on earth?

Amanda: Is Before Girl like a timeframe indicator like BC and AD?

Sarah: Judging by the cover, it marks the start of catastrophic global warming.

Misdirected Male by Cassidy Lish. A male torso in jeans. A white mail box, with letters spilling out is positioned right by his crotch and the mail flag is up.

From Leslie: Misdirected Mae? And why is the guy dead? At least, his torso is dead. Maybe what is in his pants (or in the mailbox) is not dead. Hard to say.

Sarah: I can’t believe I’m typing these words, but: the mailbox penis is not subtle.

Amanda: I thought that was a stack of maxi pads at first.

Tara: My first thought was “dick in a (mail)box.”

Sarah: If step one is to cut a hole in the (mail)box, and step two is to put your dick in that (mail)box, is step three a visit from the postmaster general?

 

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