Booking Through Thursday is a weekly meme which asks a bookish question which you have to answer. This weeks question is:
CAN you judge a book by its cover?
No you most definitely cannot judge a book by it's cover. A cover can sometimes tell you the genre but it can never tell you how good or bad a book is going to be. I think it's terrible to judge a book by it's cover but I know many people do it.
I myself have never bought or rejected a book based on it's cover. I buy books because I like the description or because it's by an author I love and will read anything they write. Sometimes I buy a book because I have read a really great review but I don't do this too often because everyone has different tastes and just because someone else hated it doesn't mean I wouldn't love it and vice versa.
However I will say that a really great cover can get my attention but I would never just look at the cover and say I must have that book I would have to read the description and then decide.
So for an example here is a cover that caught my attention recently.
I love the cover of Dearly Departed but I wouldn't have put it on my wishlist if I hadn't read the awesome summary that goes with it.That's all for now.
I have and am learning to not just pick by cover through the arcs I receive. I would have missed some great books too had I not read the summary.
ReplyDeleteI'm wioth you. Never rejected or bought a book by its cover. They are ridiculously misleading.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I'm guilty of being attracted to books because of the cover, and even buying them just because I'm attracted. I know it's foolish, but sometimes I'm very very weak!
ReplyDeleteGreat points...thanks for visiting my blog.
ReplyDeleteAs you know, I am guilty of picking books by their covers. (: I'm working to become better at it though!
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Couldn't agree more! Thanks for visiting my blog! :)
ReplyDeleteDearly Departed is a cool cover -- kind of romantic and sarcastic at the same time! Not an easy thing to pull off.
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Great answer...I completely agree with you. You really can't judge a book by its cover.
ReplyDeleteI'm with on that cover...way too hot for me! It would take a good blurb for me to actually open it up.
ReplyDeletehi sally. thanks for stopping by our WoW post. i agree with you about covers. it's the cover that catches my eye first and makes me pick up a book to read the blurb but there are many whose covers do not match the story/how good it is.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, you can't judge a book by its cover.
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