Every week, Danielle (from Danielle’s Book Blog) and Cátia (from TheGirlWhoReadTooMuch) host a feature called Book Traveling Thursdays on Goodreads. They give you a topic each Thursday and you choose a book that you think fits. Then comes the fun part: a cover showdown! You post the original cover, the cover from your country (which I won’t be doing because the books aren’t published here), and then your favorite and least favorite cover from any edition around the world.
This week’s topic is a book I want to read this summer. This one was an easy pick Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Albertalli because I’ve been hearing amazing things about it ever since it came out (pun not intended… well, maybe a little bit intended) and it seems like a cute fluffy read, perfect for summer. So let’s check the covers out:
ORIGINAL COVER
This is the original US cover and the most popular because there aren’t many variations and I don’t think any new editions exist yet because the book is quite new. I think it’s very eye-catching. I like the contrasting colors and the playful irregular font on the speech bubble. It’s fun, so I’m hoping the novel will be as well.
FAVORITE COVERS
My favorite covers are the original US and the Dutch one. I think the cookie is cute and I’m guessing it has a significance or else I’ll think this cover is really strange. I really like that it kept the colors but the design went for something completely different, like a superhero theme. That’s something I like to see sometimes in different editions, a different take, but that you can still relate to the original somehow.
LEAST FAVORITE COVERS
This one is from Vietnam. Imagine you’ve never heard of this book and you see this cover. What is it telling you? No, sorry, what is it yelling at you? LGBTQIA+ REPRESENTATION HERE, RIGHT HERE, LOOK AT IT! It is so over the top. Not only does it have the rainbow flag on top of the hands, but they deemed necessary to also add the little rainbow heart. If it had just been the little heart, maybe I would have liked it, but both things is trying to hard.
Chapter Adventures 
The US and the Dutch covers look really beautiful. I haven’t read this book but it sounds really interesting.
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It does, it sounds cute. I hope it lives up to the hype.
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Totally agree that Vietnam’s cover is just NO. I do LOVE these posts, though. It’s so interesting to see how different cultures and what appeals to the most readers is reflected on the cover.
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I love them because of that too! I’ve noticed several things, for example, the Dutch covers tend to be super terrible or pretty cool, there’s usually no in between. And Russia has been, with one incredible exception, consistently awful. I really would like to know if they like the covers there and if it’s just a cultural difference.
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YES! Russia’s are HORRIBLE!! (At least the ones I’ve seen) I would curious about that, too…
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A few weeks ago or maybe longer I remember seeing this book everywhere. It sounds very interesting. I agree with you about the Vietnam cover. It’s just too much! The original is pretty cool though.
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Right? I really like the original because it’s very unique.
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That Vietname cover is over the top! I can’t shake my head enough at this!
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I’m glad you agree, for a moment I thought I was being too harsh 😛
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Not at all. I want to shake my head and ask what they were thinking.
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I cannot agree more with the Vietnam one! WHAT IS GOING ON?!
i actually really like the Dutch one. It took me a while to actually decide whether I did or not but I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s actually created quite nicely. I think it’s pretty damn cute.
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Right?! I had my doubts too with the Dutch one, but I thought the same, it’s a cute concept.
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