American Weekends Cover Wars: I Think I Love You by Allison Pearson
Out February 8th 2011 here in the US, Allison Pearson’s newest novel I Think I Love You has a new cover and a new synopsis. I’m actually quite partial to the US cover actually (which, to be honest, doesn’t happen often), but Chloe was initially quite taken with the UK cover (on the left). For me, it has a lot to do with growing up with a mother who was in love with the Beatles as much as these girls seem to have been with David Cassidy and the cover reminds me of all of those old records we had around the house. I’m eager to read and review I Think I Love You in the very near future. Take a look and tell me what you think…
Wales, 1974. Petra and Sharon, two thirteen-year-old girls, are obsessed with David Cassidy. His fan magazine is their Bible, and some days his letters are the only things that keep them going as they struggle through the humiliating daily rituals of adolescence—confronting their bewildering new bodies, fighting with mothers who don’t understand them at all. Together they tackle the Ultimate David Cassidy Quiz, a contest whose winners will be flown to America to meet Cassidy in person.
London, 1998. Petra is pushing forty, on the brink of divorce, and fighting with her own thirteen-year-old daughter when she discovers a dusty letter in her mother’s closet declaring her the winner of the contest she and Sharon had labored over with such hope and determination. More than twenty years later, twenty pounds heavier, bruised by grief and the disappointments of middle age, Petra reunites with Sharon for an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas to meet their teen idol at last, and finds her life utterly transformed.
Funny, moving, full of beautiful observations about the awakenings of both youth and middle age, Allison Pearson’s long-awaited new novel will speak across generations to mothers and daughters and women of all ages.
So, what do you think? US cover or the original UK cover?
Make sure to keep your eyes open for my upcoming review, interview and possible giveaway of this newest Allison Pearson novel!
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January 29th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
The US cover is really nice, and I love what you’re saying about the record, but the UK cover wins for me hands down because it’s just so beautiful (and is just as beautiful in real life!)
January 29th, 2011 at 6:55 pm
For me it has to be the UK Cover. It is beautiful and really eye catching - I’d be much more likely to pick it off the shelf than the US.
January 29th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
As usual, the UK one trumps the US one, I don’t think I have ever preferred an American cover to an English one, they’re just not good.
January 30th, 2011 at 8:52 am
I have read this book, I loved it, prefer the UK cover.
January 30th, 2011 at 10:33 am
Defintely the UK version - it stands out a lot more than the US one.
January 30th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
not sure about the title. But both covers looks good.
February 14th, 2011 at 3:28 am
LOVE LOVE LOVE the UK version…I’m going to be posting about these covers this week on BookFinds and I’ll be linking back to you girls!
xo
Jocelyn