Cover Snark: Saint Nick the Oil Slick

Jun. 30th, 2025 07:00 am
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Posted by Amanda

Welcome back to Cover Snark! It’s a real “Christmas in July” edition.

Gift Wrapped in a Kilt by Anna Durand. A very oily, shirtless man in a santa hat and red pants. He's really shoving his hand in those pants. A snowy Christmas tree is in the background.

From Sharon

Sarah: At thumbnail size, it looks like he is grabbing hold of an entirely different package.

Elyse: Greasy Santa …

Sarah: Shiny Claus

Claudia: I understand that chimneys can present a challenge, but all that slickness is not appealing!!

Sarah: WHEEEE!

Amanda: All that soot is really going to stick to that baby oil. Also…those lights are on, which I fear poses another risk.

Sarah: if those tiny bulbs get hot like I think they will, the oil will only amplify the burn. Seems unwise.

Shana: I was promised a kilt, not an oil slick. Can I send this gift back?

Unhinged by Vera Valentine. An image of a white door with a white door frame and the apartment number of 69.

From Christine: I just can’t stop giggling over this book. This perhaps doesn’t quiiiite fit cover snark. The 69 looks a bit photoshopped, but otherwise it’s fine. And the cover shows the male romantic lead character. Very normal. Except. I mean. It’s a door! A door!

Sarah: Yes. The hero is the heroine’s front door. “When a man claiming to be her front door enters her dreams to warn her about an imminent threat to her life, Tana initially chalks it up to her weird late-night snacks.”

I have to admit, the “69” is a…nice touch.

Amanda: I think Elyse read or was going to read this one!

Elyse: I think not

I may have said that in a moment of insanity

Amanda: I’m looking at this cover with new perspective after playing Date Everything.

Shana: Mmmm look at that sexy wood grain.

Sarah: Is it me or is the doorknob lower than it would usually be?

I can’t believe I have stared at a door for this long.

Baby Duke by Samara Dark. The torso of a man. He has on jeans and his t-shirt is being pulled up to his pecs. He has one hand in a front pocket. Another set of hands are wrapping around him and sliding into his pants.

From Sara: While I know what they were going for, the result is slightly disturbing.

Sarah: Have we snarked this before, or am I thinking of another more different cover with extraneous arms?

Also if her hands are cold, she won’t be impressed by what she finds after splunking down that way.

Amanda: Two thoughts! Is “Baby Duke” what he calls his peen? And the nail color is…bad because of how well it blends into her skin tone.

Sarah: This is a cover that at its smallest size will give folks a double take.

Special Agent Finnegan by Mimi Barbour. A headless man in a black t-shirt takes up the left half of the cover, but there's both a translucent Christmas tree and a woman's face overlapping his body.

From PamG: Said the FBI guy to the thirsty girl,
Do you see what I see?
Growing from my pants, thirsty girl.
Do you see what I see?
A star, a star, totters at the peak.
Let us hope that Thirsty doesn’t freak.
Let us hope that thirsty doesn’t freak!

(Who knew that pining was so chic?)
Bonus challenge: come up with a final refrain.

Sarah: EXTREME PINING ALERT. The pining is emerging from his pants!

Even his peen is pining. It’s not even subtle.

 

 

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