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Gissy

You'll Never Know, Dear: A Novel of Suspense | Hallie Ephron

#NewYearNewBooks Day 2 #ToyCover

A creepy toy cover😳☺️

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Leftcoastzen

Keepers of the Beast | Jacke MacLane

#NewYearNewBooks #ToyCover I never saw blocks that looked this sinister!💀

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LeahBergen What a great retro cover! 11mo

Leftcoastzen @LeahBergen well , it was published in 1988. The 80s had a certain horror look. It was funny , I worked in a bookstore in that era that liked to shelve as many as possible , like 90% face out. This family used to come down from the mountains & shop the store about quarterly. They complained we didn‘t have a horror section, blended w/ fiction. They wailed , how can we find them! I said , Maybe the covers hold a clue! 11mo

LeahBergen 😆😆 Really?? You can spot them from a block away! I know, because I was a big horror shopper myself in the ‘80s. 😆😆 11mo

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Leftcoastzen @LeahBergen Yep!They would buy about a grocery bag full. Every horror book they didn‘t already have. 😂 11mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it 😱 11mo

Eggs Well played! 11mo

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Kappadeemom

Poppet | Mo Hayder

I think this qualifies as a #toycover?? It‘s creepy as %* for sure, so I wouldn‘t be playing with it if I were a kid. These books are 10/10 creepy. Hate that Mo Hayder passed away - she was a favorite of mine. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks #NewYearNewBooks

Eggs Definitely a creep factor😱🥳 11mo

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lynneamch

The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood | Bill Bryson

Had this on my shelf for a long time. Picked it up to read because of the #ToyCover prompt. It's such a hoot! Such fun reminders of growing up in the1950s as he did: No novocaine dentist, Sky King on Saturday TV, Chuckles candy (always gave my mom the black one), Fels-Naptha soap (which I still use on poison ivy), Jello "salads", "circular-spoke stitching" Maidenform bra ads, and a hilarious story about bleaching Lincoln Logs.
#NewYearNewBooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 📚 11mo

dabbe I love his books, but especially this one. I snort-laughed throughout the whole book! 🤩😂😍 11mo

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DebinHawaii

The Land of Lost Toys (Classic Reprint) | Juliana Horatia Ewing

#NewYearNewBooks

This #ToyCover book is old (published in 1900) but new to me. I found it while searching for a cover with toys on it.

There‘s a Project Gutenberg e-book edition online & I took a quick skim through. The titular story about lost & mis-treated toys taking revenge on their owners is kind of creepy. I may have to read the rest! 😉 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/33880/33880-h/33880-h.htm

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Itchyfeetreader That cover is amazing 11mo

Eggs Beautiful art! 11mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 💚📚 11mo

rubyslippersreads Sounds like this could be The Revenge of the Velveteen Rabbit. 🤣 11mo

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dabbe

The Little Friend: A Novel | Donna Tartt

#NewYearNewBooks
#ToyCover
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Megabooks Creepy! 11mo

dabbe @Megabooks I know! Dolls like this creep me out! 😱 11mo

Eggs The side-eye😱 11mo

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Very creepy 😱 11mo

dabbe @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ... Yes! I've only read A SECRET HISTORY, which is fairly dark. What on earth must this one be about? It's been on my shelf for ages. I'm scared to read it! 🤩😂😃 11mo

lynneamch I really liked A Secret History and The Goldfinch, so I'm going to give this a try. 11mo

dabbe @lynneamch I might have to read them, too, based on your thoughts! 🤩 11mo

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