Booking Through Thursday asks a random question to bloggers each week. This week’s question:
Are there any good books that you read IN SPITE OF the cover and ended up wondering what on earth the artist and publisher were thinking to pair up a cover that so badly represented a perfectly good book?
And … if you didn’t like the cover, what made you pick up the book? The author? Assigned reading from school? A recommendation from a friend?
I’m going to get blasted for this one, but I did NOT like the Harry Potter book covers. I thought that they were cartoony and childish. Despite all of my friends saying how awesome the books were, I waited until book 5 was released before I finally picked up the book. I loved it. I’ve read it probably 10 times since then. I wrote Harry Potter fanfiction. I played Harry Potter RPGs. I took hundreds of sorting quizzes online – I’m a Slytherin by the way.
Don’t judge a book by its cover. Seriously, I was so wrong on this one.
I completely agree! I like the covers for the latest editions much more.
Oh, yeah. I liked how “dark” the last three books were both in subject and for the cover.
Yes…”cartoonish” is a good description. I don’t like covers that seem childish, unless, of course, they’re on children’s books. Perhaps the audience for these books is children…but the adults have taken them over….lol
Here’s MY THURSDAY MEMES POST
Maybe it was how “silly” Harry looked on the Sorcerer’s Stone. I actually liked the covers for Order of the Pheonix and Half Blood Prince.
You know, I almost put these in my post, too, after I slammed the Sookie Stackhouse series covers for the same reason. I agree. They do seem cartoonish. Here’s my BTT: http://meganm922.blogspot.com/2012/10/booking-through-thursdaycover-story_25.html
I still haven’t read Sookie Stackhouse for that reason…and I own the books!
heres my answer 🙂
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Absolutely agree. It doesn’t look like there’s anything there that will appeal to anyone over the age of twelve.
Yes, definitely.
Here’s mine:
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/10/booking-through-thursday_25.html
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I have the same answer. They are awful!
http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2012/10/booking-through-thursday_25.html
Funny how great minds think alike. 😉
I agree also, not a fan of those covers.
http://citygirlwholovestoread.blogspot.com/2012/10/booking-through-thursday_25.html
I’m so surprised everyone seems to have the same opinion.