Thursday, April 21, 2011

Booking through Thursday - Covers?

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This week's question...

CAN you judge a book by its cover?

My answer...

No, absolutely not! Even though I started a book cover meme last Saturday (hint hint...stop by and play every Saturday - LOL), you can't judge the quality of the book by the cover. Some of the chick lit covers are kind of cartoonish and if I went by the covers, I never would have read some really good books. Even some of the paranormals and ebook covers can be cheesy. OTOH, there are some books with beautiful covers and not so beautiful stories. So, it works both ways.

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14 comments:

  1. jlshallApril 21, 2011 at 8:12 AM

    Even though I know I shouldn't, I still sometimes buy books just for their lovely covers! I must have missed the new cover meme - I'll have to go take a look.

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  2. Lisa (Lisa's World of Books)April 21, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    They do tend to draw me in. That is the problem.

    http://www.lisasworldofbooks.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday_21.html

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  3. Nise' April 21, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    I love it when I am proven wrong when I first judged a book by its cover.

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  4. Laurel-Rain SnowApril 21, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    Most people seem to be saying that cover is a part of the selection process...I certainly think this is an intriguing issue.

    Here's MY BTT POST

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  5. AnonymousApril 21, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    It is definitely the truth that some great books have ugly covers and some horrible books have beautiful covers.

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  6. Jo KApril 21, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    I agree, book covers are often misleading. Here is my BTT http://beyondstrangenewwords.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-cover.html

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  7. AnonymousApril 21, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    I totally agree,but I'm still guilty of doing it.

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  8. AnonymousApril 21, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    It's the first thing that attracts your eye.

    Stop and see mine and my giveaways.

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  9. SukoApril 21, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    You are right about book covers!

    Thanks for the cat scan! :)

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  10. SallyApril 21, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    Totally agree. You can't judge the quality of a book by it's cover.
    Sally.
    http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-14.html

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  11. BlodeueddApril 21, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    Sometimes I do judge, it they are boring or just horrible drawn

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  12. SenatorApril 21, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    I have to admit, being a very visual person, the cover is the first thing that catches my eyes. There are some books that I absolutely LOVE but will not buy because their newly printed covers are hideous to me. But there are very few books that I read just because the cover "looks pretty" -- the blurb has to be interesting too.

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  13. SarahApril 21, 2011 at 5:34 PM

    Agreed! And lol to the cat scan!
    Love your layout btw ;)

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  14. DarleneApril 22, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    I don't necessarily judge a book by it's cover but I'm definitely drawn to books with covers that attract me. Often that is what will make me pick up a book in the first place. However I have read many terrific books that did not have very appealing covers at all.

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