One of my favorite books
Alright, I have no shame in admitting this, but I judge my books by their covers. Don’t you judge me! It’s just that I love to walk around in book store, and really, what else is going to catch your eye if not a beautiful or interesting book cover?? It is because of this judgement that I have read and discovered authors such as Neil Gaiman for the first time. I was in a book store years ago with a friend and his book Neverwhere caught my eye. I showed it to my friend telling him how much I loved the cover, I believe my exact words were something like “I want to read this because of this cover” – not the first or last time I have said that, and he just said, “oh, that’s Neil Gaiman, it should be good, he’s a famous author, you haven’t heard of him?”. No I hadn’t. So I read the book and LOVED IT! No regrets there!
I guess I am just a sucker for visuals and graphics. Take for instance, Lemony Snicket’s Who Could That Be at This Hour? Oh my goodness, I was recently at Barnes and Noble picking up a Percy Jackson book for my nephew when this book caught my eye. I rushed over to get a better look. The colors, the graphics – I loved it! Of course, I bought it. I just couldn’t resist! I still haven’t read it yet, but will hopefully soon. I have no doubt it will not disappoint being that it comes from the same author as A Series of Unfortunate Events.
How could I resist a beautiful cover such as this??
Just this past week, I was in London, and my Scottish friend, Elaine (but you don’t sound Scottish!) and I stopped by a Waterstones (we just can’t resist a bookstore), and you could constantly be hearing us say something like , “Oh oh, I want to read this book again, but with this cover…” or “look at this beautiful book…”. It was hard, but we managed to walk out of there without buying the whole bookstore — really, it was mainly because it wouldn’t all fit in our suitcases… But I didn’t manage to escape completely unscathed, I did walk out with The Great Gatsby. CONFESSION: I have actually not read The Great Gatsby or any other F. Scott Fitzgerald book or really any classic books in general. I know, you are judging me and rightfully so! For someone who loves to read, gets lost in the worlds created by an authors amazing gift of words, I have just not been able to do it. I tried years ago to read Pride and Prejudice, but couldn’t get through the first couple of pages. So the reason I walked out with The Great Gatsby was because I was taken with the beautiful “vintage” edition of the book. Both Elaine and I were fangirlling the cover big time! So now, just because of the cover, I am extremely excited to read this book now, but I guess I have to wait until I finished re-reading Percy Jackson’s The Battle of the Labyrinth…
Yes yes, I know, this is all very superficial of me, but it is the way it is. There are so many books and so little time. It is the cover that attracts not only me, but so many. In this world of words that I love so very much, it is an image that draws one from the aisles and into the world of the book.
Seriously, how adorable??
