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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Judge a book by its cover.

Sometimes, it's okay to judge a book by its cover. Otherwise, I wouldn't have discovered The Time Traveler's Wife until the movie came out. I was perusing the shelves during one of Border's (RIP) B2G1 paperback sales during the summer, and this cover jumped out at me:


I picked up the book, read the first paragraph and was hooked. Here are a couple other books I've picked up and read recently based purely on the cover. Click on each cover to see my review on Goodreads:



And, of course, there are some just plain gorgeous book covers out there. Here are some of my favorite Pinterest finds:

Source: bookriot.com via Book on Pinterest


Finally, I absolutely love Penguin's classic covers. How gorgeous are these?


Check out my "Bookworm" board for more beautiful book pictures.

Note: This post was originally created for Jessica's Book Chat link-up on July 12, 2012. It was re-used for another cover-related Book Chat on September 12, 2013. Click the buttons below to see the other posts from each link-up:

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9 comments:

  1. JoslinJuly 12, 2012 at 7:19 PM

    I love pretty books! Those Penguin Classics are going to be on my wishlist from now on. How did you like The Time Traveler's Wife? I saw the movie, but haven't read the book yet.

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  2. WhitneyJuly 12, 2012 at 7:59 PM

    I definitely judge a book by it's cover. I've really got to discover a library over here.. I'm dying without one!

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  3. FranJuly 14, 2012 at 2:01 PM

    Love those Penguin Classics... those are so going on my wish list haha

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  4. Kate @ DaffodilsJuly 16, 2012 at 1:24 AM

    All these covers are gorgeous. I am such a sucker for a good pic on the front.

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  5. TiggerRDJuly 21, 2012 at 1:39 AM

    I love a gorgeous cover! One of the reasons I still love, love, love a hard copy of a book and not just audio or digital versions. I really like the Ally Condie Matched trilogy covers too. And cookbook covers just have to have food on them to please me!

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  6. The Royal RecordJuly 23, 2012 at 3:46 AM

    I'm OBSESSED with the Barnes and Noble Leatherbound classics!! I first saw one on Pinterest about a year ago, but I didn't realize they were from somewhere as accessible as B&N! My roomie just got the Edgar Allan Poe anthology, which has a creepy-cool cover, and on my Tech-Free Day I got 3 of the children's classics with pretty covers - The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Anne of Green Gables. They were only $10 each! The Complete Shakespeare Collection and Alice in Wonderland are next on my list. I've never seen the Penguin classic covers, and I like those, too! I think pretty books make reading even more of an indulgence :)

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  7. danielleSeptember 12, 2013 at 5:12 PM

    Since I'm a sucker for a cover, I do judge books by them when browsing sometimes. Going to check out your book board now! These are lovely.

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  8. thesubtlehipsterSeptember 12, 2013 at 9:39 PM

    Okay, I admit. I do judge books by their covers (sometimes). I picked up the curious incident novel just because of that. I remember discussing this topic in elementary school. "Do not judge a book by its cover", the librarian actually told us this. So, I pretty much always read the back of the book before I buy it! But, how can I resist a unique cover!?

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2013 at 9:58 PM

    The Penguin classics are just gorgeous.

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