So, my Twin Lucy
asked me if I wanted to do a guest spot on her gorgeous blog. I, of course,
agreed. I could talk for England, so why not to Lucy's followers?!
We aren't real twins
of course. We met on Twitter a few months ago and bonded over our mutual love
of book cover art. I adopted her as my twin there and then.
**LUCY: If anyone has read the House of Night series by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast, you may remember Erin Bates and Shaunee Cole calling each other Twins constantly. I had found it slightly annoying the first time I read it. Now Keren and I call each other that non-stop. #oopsie. Anyway, back to Keren..**
I have to admit, I am
a self confessed magpie when it comes to book cover art. I collect shiny, pretty
books. And that is the topic I decided to talk about today.
My question to you
all is this: Do you fawn over a gorgeous book cover? Are you turned off by a
mediocre cover, or will you pick it up and read the blurb regardless? Okay, so
technically that's two questions, but no-one said I had a limit and y'all can't
answer me back as I am typing so...! :)
My own answer to that
question....
Well as I previously
said, I am a magpie. It's the shiny, pretty covers that catch my eye. I know
the old saying is to never judge a book by it's cover, but seriously, whoever
said that is a lot deeper than me. I am as deep as a puddle when it comes to
covers.
The honest truth is,
I love the whole YA genre. From romance to paranormal, from fantasy to
dystopian. I love it all. BUT, when I go into my local Waterstones, I head
straight to the section and look for all the pretty ones, then take a look at
the blurb. If something doesn't catch my eye instantly, I pass it over.
Shallow? Yes. Stupid? Probably.
But it's the cover
that hooks me and the blurb that reels me in. So if it doesn't have a good
blurb, I will pass it up, no matter how stunning the cover.
Same thing when I am
on Amazon looking for books for my Kindle. But in actual fact, I have been
known to pick up books on Amazon where the cover isn't all that great. There's
been books recommended to me that are not eye-catching but have a good blurb.
It doesn't seem to matter so much on the Kindle because they aren't physically
sat on my bookshelf in my living room.
So am I just shallow
and pathetic? Quite probably. Does it really matter what other people think of
me? Probably not. I am the way I am and it makes me happy.
I know that there are
books out there with a mediocre cover that actually hide a wonderful story.
Maybe as I get older I'll get less judgemental. Or maybe I'll get worse. Who
knows?!
So I will leave it to
you if you comment, all I ask is that you don't make rude comments about me.
Remember, I am as entitled to my opinion as you and everyone else.
Constructive
criticism is fine, but please, don't make snap judgements about me as a person!
Thank you for reading
this post regardless. And thank you Lucy, my Twin, for having your
ever-judgemental opinionated Twin on your gorgeous blog xoxo
Lucy: No, Thank you Twin for coming over and talking about this. As it kind of is what brought us together :)
ABOUT KEREN:
I used to be a huge Stephen King fan when I was younger. So much so I would
never read anything else. Then I had my Calum and Barry bought me the 7 Harry
Potter books. That got me into reading something different and it just went from
there. The first thing I really read after Harry Potter was Twilight. I have to
say I am not a big fan (though I used to be) Now I like to read a mix of things
and my favourite authors include Charlaine Harris, Laurell K Hamilton, Carrie
Jones, Becca Fitzpatrick, Lauren Kate, and Rachel Caine. I have an addiction to
indie authors at the moment and my favourites include: Caroline Hanson, Kira
Saito, Alycia Linwood, Lucy Swing, Penelope Fletcher, Katie M John, Christy
Trujillo, Christopher Buecheler, Devyn Dawson, Amanda Hocking, Suzy Turner,
Heather Killough-Walden, Susan Bischoff and Jessie Harrell. Don't see your name
on that list? Send me a book to review and we'll see if we can set that right!
Find me on Twitter @Gothic_Angel28
