Everyone knows the saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover." I try my hardest not to just look at the cover. I want to look at the synopsis, the title, author, you know everything about the book. But sometimes I just see the cover and I am like I need to read that!
Some covers are pretty wrappings with a pretty package inside. Some Examples:
All of these covers are beautiful! I have read Angelfire and Falling Under and the cover is perfect for the book. And form what I heard the cover for The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer is just right.
Some covers have me laughing and shaking my head. An example:
This cover can fool anyone! It looks kind of childish, right? Wrong! Do NOT let a kid read this book. The cover is funny, but misleading.
Some covers just don't interest me. Some examples:
I really do not like these covers. I think they are just kind of boring and outdated. But I was fooled here! Speak was actually a really good book, despite the cover.
Let me set on thing straight: I do judge books by their cover. I can't help it! If it's pretty I will most likely get it. I love adding pretty books to my shelf :D
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The cover for Mara Dyer is quite possibly my fav. cover ever. I am guilty of setting a book aside based on the cover- although it's usually a combo of cover and not being sold on the blurb. I was totally turned off by the cover to Speak, although, after reading it, I "get" it, but yeah, not the prettiest. Another cover I didn't love, The Mockingbirds. I don't like cartoony type things, I'm just not drawn to them. Still, I bought the book because of the blurb and hype around it.
ReplyDeleteI always judge a book by it's cover and it just makes it even better when the book is really good and the cover is nice to look at! I would never have read Divergent if I didn't read so many raving reviews about it because I just don't like the cover. Now that I've read it, the cover is fitting but it's just not appealing to the eye. Great post!
ReplyDeleteCrystal @ Elegantly Bound Books
I know that judging book by its cover is wrong. I try not to do it, but sometimes it is really difficult. When some book has really creepy cover, I have no desire to read it.
ReplyDeleteI think I have been mislead when I pre-ordered book Tris & Izzie. Just look at that cover and say that you don´t want it in your bookshelf! :D But the reviews of this book are horrible. Predominant 2 stars reviews. By the way, haven´t you read that book by yourself?
I almost always judge a book by it's cover, I usually pick up a book by its spine or cover. I have read Speak, it was really good. I just didn't like the cover :] && I'm usually right about a book when I judge it by it's cover. But there are times when I just refuse to read a book because the cover is just so outdated and old.
ReplyDeleteI was mislead when it came to the cover of Tris & Izzie. It is a truly amazing and beautiful cover. It made me think the story would be the same...but I was so so wrong. It was light and sometimes just really cheesy. Not something you would expect from a book with that stunning of a cover.
ReplyDeleteAnd then the opposite happened with Vampire Academy. Hate the covers. I almost didn't pick them up because of it. But when I did I felt so silly because they are amazing books. Now it's one of my all time favorite series.
But, even though I have been fooled more then once by covers (whether it be a bad cover/good story or vice versa), I can't help being a cover judger.