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SIXTEEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT BOOK COVERS OF BOOKS I’VE READ AND/OR REVIEWED IN 2018

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Book Covers that don't represent the story inside.Half naked people who don't have anything to do with the story.Crazy colours and zany patterns on covers of serious non-fictions.Animation on the cover of non-comic or non-graphic novels.Women posed on covers that seem out of place and who are not part of the story.Women in fancy dresses … Continue reading SIXTEEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT BOOK COVERS OF BOOKS I’VE READ AND/OR REVIEWED IN 2018

SOME OF THE CHEESIEST BOOK COVERS I’VE FOUND

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You ever find a book cover and ask yourself what does THAT have to do with the story? Or, worse yet, it's soooo bad, you can't help but pick it up and read it just to see if the story matches the cover only to find that it doesn't and the story is actually good? … Continue reading SOME OF THE CHEESIEST BOOK COVERS I’VE FOUND

THE LIBRARY, by Stuart Kells, Counterpoint/Perseus/Hachette Book Group

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  "If you think you know what a library is, this marvellously idiosyncratic book will make you think again." —The Sydney Morning Herald   Libraries are much more than mere collections of volumes. The best are magical, fabled places whose fame has become part of the cultural wealth they are designed to preserve. Some still … Continue reading THE LIBRARY, by Stuart Kells, Counterpoint/Perseus/Hachette Book Group