9 March 2012

Follow Friday (5)

Follow Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read!
This week's question is
"Have you ever looked at a book 's cover and thought 'This is going to be horrible'? But, was instead pleasantly surprised? Show us the cover and tell us about the book.
 
 We all know we shouldn't judge a book by it's cover but face it, it's something we've all been guilty of at once stage... On that note, I thought "Oh, wow. THAT looks fascinating" *insert sarcasm here* about the following book. The only reason I bought this was because it was released in Australian 2 weeks earlier than the US (and I wanted to feel special), and I liked the premise.

In all honesty, I can't stand this cover. Sure, it's meant to look 'pretty', but the girl looks like a runway model/bride, I hate the dress and it just doesn't look very exciting at all. The cover designers have tried to be all sparkly and exciting, but it just didn't do it for me. It looks boring to me... Thank god the book is awesome :) -Why, hello there self-promotion!

13 comments:

  1. I have to agree with you on that. I thought the cover didn't really have much to do with the story at all :/ But I did love Shatter Me! It was a fantastic book. Great pick :)
    New follower: GFC
    - Jenni (My FF)

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  2. haha Taneika you're so funny! That was hilarious! :D I don't like the cover of Shatter me either :P I still need to read it tough :P I've heard it's great!

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  3. I like the cover of Shatter Me, but it doesn't fit the book. I wish they had gone in a different direction with it. :\

    Thanks for stopping by LIO!

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  4. New follower :)

    Yeah, when I first saw the cover, I really thought the book was about a runway model LOL

    http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2012/03/follow-friday_09.html

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  5. I really like this cover, but it does look like a model haha. New follower here :)
    My Friday Hops

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  6. I agree, I saw this cover and wasn't really the biggest fan of it.

    New follower!
    Stop by my blog sometime! :)
    http://jbkantt.blogspot.com/2012/03/follow-me-friday-7.html

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  7. Yeah, I agree--it's supposed to be pretty, but I don't personally think it is. The gown is all frumpy and weird, plus she's actually dressed in rags most of the time, hah! Nice pick for this meme, Taneika.

    Wendy @ The Midnight Garden

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  8. Yeah, I agree--it's supposed to be pretty, but I don't personally think it is. The gown is all frumpy and weird, plus she's actually dressed in rags most of the time, hah! Nice pick for this meme.

    Wendy @ The Midnight Garden

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  9. Agreed! I know that most people love the dress, but I think the dress is pretty strange! :P

    New follower here! :)

    my follow friday

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  10. I actually like this cover, it's the reason why I intially wanted to read it, new follower, here's mine

    http://www.headstuckinabook.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/feature-and-follow-friday-18.html

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  11. Hopping through. I can't decide whether I like this cover or not. I want to read the book though.
    My Hop

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  12. Yor sound funny.New follower here.
    My FF

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  13. AAAAAAAAAAAAH! Taneika! I actually think the cover's pretty in a shallow, 'uh, what is this even about? A model' kind of way, but I had no IDEA what it was about, and I thought it was silly, and the cover, while being pretty was silly, but OMFG!!!!!!!!! I LOVE SHATTER ME!

    Hehe... so, I LIKE the cover, but I think it's silly. And despite liking it, I think the EXACT same things as you about it. So! My point! GREAT POINTS AND PICK! AND SHATTTTERR MEEEE! ♥

    Errr... Sarah needs less caffeine... or more. Yes. Definitely more. THOUGHTS?

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