More Fun With Weird Art On Book Covers!

Cover Snark: Lord Gumbert Rubberthwaite

by Amanda · Jan 12, 2026 at 2:00 am

Welcome back to Cover Snark!

Amanda: This gives me Barbie animated movie vibes.

Sarah: His head is so big, and his neck is so long, and I’m also confused by the size of her head and the length of her arms.

This is giving me the uncanny valley vibes of that one Julie Anne Long Cover – not the smirking git one, the giant head lady one.

This one:

Sarah: “Head too big, arms too short” will be the name of my podcast about disturbing cover art.

Elyse: That’s similar to my favorite kitten/puppy stage “ears too big, legs too long”

Sarah: His neck is long, right? It’s not just me?

Elyse: I think it’s not long, it’s broken.

Sarah: “How.”
” How what?”
” How did you know that my father was Gumby?”
” Everyone knows your father is Gumby, my lord.”

Elyse: LMAO

Sarah: “I thought we had hidden it.”

“You thought you had hidden your lineage and connection to Lord Gumbert Rubberthwaite, Earl of Stretetshingtonshoreley?”
…
“Which is pronounced ‘Stretchley?’ Really, you thought that was a secret?”

Elyse: I would read that book.

From Kelly B: One-the title is Behind the Net but they are clearly in front of the net. And two-the physics required to sit on a hockey net like that.

Sarah: This is just awful on so many gravitational and proportional levels.

Amanda: Girl has got to be engaging her core like crazy.

(snip-go read it-it’s hilarious! And post your own comments below!)

https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2026/01/cover-snark-lord-gumbert-rubberthwaite/

Some Fun

with book covers that just shouldn’t be. (Aww, it didn’t reblog; click through to enjoy the whole piece, and you will; keyboard alert!)

Cover Snark: Crabs, Gynos, & Dragons – Oh My

by Amanda · Nov 24, 2025 at 2:00 am · View all 6 comments

Welcome back to Cover Snark!

Elyse: Is this a PSA?

Tara: Or a how-to guide? Do you need hats and/or scarves to transport the crabs after you catch them?

Sarah: Gloves, too.

Tara: Oh yeah, the tiny ones can go in the fingers.

Claudia: Hmm my mind went to pubic crabs, I’m so sorry…

Sarah: Oh, me, too. I figured that was why their hair was covered.

(snip-go read this, it’s hilarious!)

https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/202hi5/11/cover-snark-crabs-gynos-dragons-oh-my/

Freshen Your Beverage, Prepare For Some Fun

It’s time for another “Cover Snark”! (Now usually WordPress sets this up just like a reblog, but not today. So, click through for the full effects and article. It’s not long, but is full of laughs!)

Cover Snark: Let Fate Decide!

by Amanda · Nov 10, 2025 at 3:00 am · View all 3 comments

Welcome back to Cover Snark!

Twist of Fate by Lexie Nicholas. A couple stands on a road, watching a tornado in the distance.

Kiki: Hey friends, have we considered moving to shelter and NOT standing in the middle of the road while a tornado heads towards us?

Elyse: Pretty fucking relaxed about that tornado.

Sarah: It’s the tornado of love don’t you get it.

It’s going to bring them even closer together. By smashing them with debris.

Tara: They are letting fate decide!

Sneezy: I need them to not with this “first characters to die in a horror movie” energy.

Becoming Mrs Lockwood by K.I. Lynn. A floppy haired man leans back on a couch with his white button-down shirt wide open and his tie untied. He has his hands at his mouth, kind of dragging his bottom lip down.

Snip-go see it on the page-it’s only 1 click!

https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/11/cover-snark-let-fate-decide/

Christmas Eve Cover Snark!

Cover Snark: Best of 2024

These are so funny! Worth the click. I have AdBlock Plus on my puter; the link shows disable ad blocker even though I did because I love SBTB. Just ignore that on this page, and go read-it’s worth it, and the ads interestingly sometimes correlate (they’re all for books)!

Happy Thanksgiving, However You May Observe It!

Protect your keyboard, and enjoy some Cover Snark!

Cover Snark: A Possible Bathroom Emergency

by Amanda · Nov 25, 2024 at 4:00 am · View all 18 comments

Welcome back to Cover Snark!

Star Crossed Captive by J.E. McDonald. A scruffy shirtless man in space. He is turned away from us and looking of his shoulder. It looks like he's wearing black dress slacks and has a big ol' juicy booty. The background is space with a big glowing space station in the back.

From Jen: Maybe it’s me but this head does not look natural on this body.

Sarah: Definitely not the head that body came with. Also, is that the dude from Downton Abbey?

Elyse: Looks like Sebastian Stan to me.

Maya: It looks like BBL Spaceman had one too many surgeries.

…

I think we need some input from all of you! Does this cover say:

Stain-Crossed
Stair-Crossed
Stan-Crossed
Other

(See on the page.)

His Darkest Desire by Tiffany Roberts. A green glowing forest. A greenish gray man with long dark hair and dark green, translucent, veiny wings has his arms wrapped about a curvy woman. She has wavy, light brown hair and is wearing a light blue bikini top and matching, gauzy skirt. Glowing blue jellyfish are floating around them.

Sneezy: Why is his left hand in a different plane of existence than the rest of everything? Are push-up bras in fashion again? Where did her legs go? Are those flying jellyfish? Inquiring minds want to know

Shana: I wish more covers incorporated flying jellyfish.

Sarah: I too am most curious about the glowy flying jellyfish! Like, are they buddies? Do they follow the Cursed One around like little night lights?

The Balance of Fates by Raquel Raelynn. An illustrated cover. The background is a full moon behind a multicolored fall of water. One woman has a blonde bob. She has on a red dress with thin straps and a long chain necklace. Her arms are around the woman in front. That woman is Black with afro style hair with a gilded headband. She has on a blue and silver long-sleeved dress. Her hair is producing swirling streams of light.

Shana: Something is wrong with their bodies but I can’t put my finger on what…

Elyse: They look like mannequins.

Sarah: The one on the right has a very very long sternum.

And the hand on the shoulder seems detached? Not touching anything?

Katee Roberts quoted someone when I interviewed her saying that looking for AI in a cover is like trying to see the fae.

That’s how this feels.

One is Never Enough by Kali Noir. A very red and smoky cover. There's just a headless and shirtless man, but he's positioned upside down, as if he's lying on his back and lifting his hips up at an angle. He appears to be struggling to pull his pants off. He's also covered in water droplets.

From Kareni: Here is a cover to consider for cover snark. Frankly, I have a difficult time figuring out what I am looking at.

Sarah: WHEEEEEEEE!

Elyse: Does he have to pee? Is that why he’s pulling on his pants?

(snip)

Something different

I’ve linked it here before, but not since I started posting. It’s called “Cover Snark,” done by the Smart Bitches, Trashy Books writers. It’s sooo funny, and there is eye candy for most, as well. The Smart Ones are good people. Enjoy.