in the mood to complain about how bad most book covers have gotten recently (specifically the ones that fall in line with an overly-simplistic lineless art style that does Absolutely Nothing for the book)
okay mini rant: the main conclusion I’ve drawn when it comes to looking at books with very simple, lineless cover art is that these covers give off such a lifeless, boring vibe that to me personally it really detracts from my ability to get into a book that I know nothing about. i know the whole “don’t judge books by it’s cover” phrase has some merit to it but these covers do have a direct impact on how readers perceive the book! book covers are such a massive tool for marketing that it’s a shame that they all look exactly the fucking same. you can have book covers with simple typography, graphic design, or cover art that look incredible because they match the energy and themes of the book but this does not (and shouldn’t be forced to) work for every single romance or ya or new fiction book that comes onto the market.
BOKSAMTAL PÅ LITTERALUND! Vårens boksamtal fortsätter, och nästa snack är i Lund! Kom gärna och lyssna! Samtalet är på Lunds Stadsteater (Kiliansgatan 13) klockan 13.00-13.45, måndag 25 april. Det visas även digitalt! Klickahärför mer info. Vi ses! <3
Eng: I’m having another book talk! This time at the litterature festival Litteralund. It’s at Lunds Stadsteater (Kiliansgatan 13), 13.00-13.45, Monday April 25. It will also be streamed digitally! The talk is going to be in Swedish. More info here!
bookblr community….what were your LEAST favorite books of 2021? the ones that made you seethe, ones you have been wanting to complain and rant about, whether you loved to hate it or hated hating it. I am here and dying to know
I usually DNF books that I don’t care about in the first fifty pages, so there aren’t many books I hate. There are some that are boring, but… there’s not the case of this post.
HOWEVER, I did finish A dowry of blood because I got it through Netgalley and needed to write the review. And oh, boy, it’s a queer retelling of the Dracula’s brides and how can queer vampires be so boring!!! I didn’t like the characters, the writing style, the letter format… ugh.
Also,Vita Nostra. I finished it because I wanted to know how it would end, but that book doesn’t make sense. And not in a cool way.
How about you? I also want to read some rants!!
The road trip by Beth O’Leary
I feel this book was advertised completely wrong !! I don’t know if it’s because the authors previous books where lighthearted, nice reads and this was kind of presented in the same way . But It wasn’t the slightly angsty road trip I was expecting. It’s a book that needs trigger warnings for many things including sexual assault. The back and forth between the past and present was frustrating and To be honest none of the characters were that likeable.
I always thought it was a lighthearted road trip story?? The cover is so ~ cute summer vibes ~.
I hate it when the advertising is misleading!! I read Meet Cute Diary (that was advertised as a Cute romcom with fake dating), and it kind of subverted the trope? I’d like if it was what I expected, but it was not the cute trope-y story I wanted to read
Exactly ! If it was advertised correctly then maybe I would have liked it because I would have read it when I was in the right mood and I wouldn’t have been as shocked at the darker twists of the story
bookblr community….what were your LEAST favorite books of 2021? the ones that made you seethe, ones you have been wanting to complain and rant about, whether you loved to hate it or hated hating it. I am here and dying to know
I usually DNF books that I don’t care about in the first fifty pages, so there aren’t many books I hate. There are some that are boring, but… there’s not the case of this post.
HOWEVER, I did finish A dowry of blood because I got it through Netgalley and needed to write the review. And oh, boy, it’s a queer retelling of the Dracula’s brides and how can queer vampires be so boring!!! I didn’t like the characters, the writing style, the letter format… ugh.
Also,Vita Nostra. I finished it because I wanted to know how it would end, but that book doesn’t make sense. And not in a cool way.
How about you? I also want to read some rants!!
The road trip by Beth O’Leary
I feel this book was advertised completely wrong !! I don’t know if it’s because the authors previous books where lighthearted, nice reads and this was kind of presented in the same way . But It wasn’t the slightly angsty road trip I was expecting. It’s a book that needs trigger warnings for many things including sexual assault. The back and forth between the past and present was frustrating and To be honest none of the characters were that likeable.
On June 10th there will be a virtual book talk presented by the Penn Libraries’ Biomedical Library and the Kislak Center. “Rediscovering Benjamin Rush, Yellow Fever & the Revolutionary Early Days of Penn Medicine” will feature award- award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Stephen Fried discussing the monumental life of the unsung Founding Father. This talk will be given in conjunction with Fried’s book “RUSH: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush”, which is available to purchase through our independent bookseller People’s Books & Culture (formerly the Penn Book Center). Registration is required for this free event, please visit the following link for more information: http://ow.ly/DtRS50zSG20
in sunshine our titular heroine tells of a book she reads when she’s sad wherein a gothic heroine transforms herself into a waterfall to escape the villain and i have wanted to read that specific book for years.
