LOL

Nothing against Nicholas Sparks - I'd only watched the Note Book (note - WATCHED, not even read...) but this is funny :)



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Pretty covers!

Was browsing around goodreads.com and saw some pretty covers! Don't know anything about the books but the covers caught my eye. Yes I judge a book by its cover! If I see these books on the selves at the library or at a book store, I'd totally pick them up to read the blurb, and if the blurb interests me, the first page or two. When there are so many books out there, the cover plays a crucial role.

How about you, do you judge a book by its cover?

3 Did Not Finish this month so far?!?! And Interesting Book Cover

This May alone, I already gave up on 3 books (The Lens and The Looker, So Much Pretty and The Good Patient). Almost 300 pages of wasted reading. Could've finished another book by now!

Saw this book, Bella Maura, on the library shelf the other day. What an intriguing design! I didn't end up borrowing the book because I want to finish what I have already borrowed first... Seen any interesting book covers lately?

Musing

• Reading had been slow this week - trying to read 300 pages in one day (The Emancipator's Wife) so I could finish it by book club night, then had a big project at work so didn't get much sleep... but this coming week should be better. Well I hope so anyway!

• I started reading Cecelia Ahern's The Book of Tomorrow. Should be a pretty fast read but due to my tiredness and busyness it's not going as fast as I'd hoped. I started on Monday and had only read 130 pages... this books is coming out on 1/25/11! By the way, if you are interested in one of her backlist titles, Thanks for the Memories,  it’s being offered at $1.99 through all major retailers, and it includes an excerpt from the new book. The price goes back up to $9.99 on 1/25. You can find it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony, the Apple iBookstore (just search for Thanks for the Memories and it comes right up), and other e-book retail sites. I haven't read this book myself, but thought I'd pass the deal along!

• I wonder if I need to impose a Library Ban! Every time I go there, I tried not to borrow more than what I had just returned, and I failed 99% of the time... I just love browsing around to see what is new! And all for free too! Can you believe that I have 64 items checked out right now? 7 of them are audio books (will they motivate me to use the elliptical? It hasn't so far oops...), 1 DVD (Hoarders Season 1), 2 cookbooks (dessert!), 8 books in Chinese... then the rest are various fiction and non-fiction! Plus there are 3 ARC... gosh I wish I could just take time off work and read, read and read! 

• While I rode the bus the other day, I saw this guy reading a book covered in butcher paper - it made me think: (1) Is he (or his significant others) one of those who loves everything looks neat and orderly in the house, so they cover every book in butcher paper so everything matches (yes I'd seen some decorating bloggers do that! So all books are tan color on the white book shelves...), or (2) he's reading something he's embarrassing or scandalous about, and this way he can still read in public? Too bad I couldn't take a peek :) Okay maybe I don't want to...

• One of the free books I'd received from the publisher is Habit of a Foreign Sky by Xu Xi. I love the cover! It looks very interesting, I guess I have to read the book to see if it's relevant though. I love that the paper back has a smooth, matte cover that just feels so nice to touch.

Cover Love - Perfume by Patrick Suskind

I love this cover! Very eye-catching at first glance, and then it's intriguing when you look closer. I haven't read the book though so don't know how well it relates to the story. But if I see it at a bookstore or library, I'll definitely pick it up to read the back (or inside flap). Yeah, I totally judge a book by its cover, as my blog tagline said!

Musing - Book Cover Art: The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control by Ted Striphas

 

The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control by Ted Striphas  

• I loved this cover the first time I saw it at the library - I think it's my love for books, and how a book can be turned into an art/sculpture piece!
  
• It reminded me of some book art I saw on Etsy (seller: theshophouse) - isn't it beautiful?

Book Cover Musing

Is it just me? Every time I see this cover, I thought I was staring at Angelina Jolie.