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Happy 5th Anniversary Love Bytes. I have enjoyed every review I have done since January 2017, and I look forward to many more wonderful books.
Having just moved into a new house I am enjoying discovering all the best reading places. My absolute favourite so far is the pool. Sitting on the step in the cool water enjoying the beautiful outlook with a wonderful book just makes me so happy. And where else is better to cool off after those steamy scenes (lol). It also gives me plenty of great opportunities to drop my phone or tablet into the water (I haven’t yet, but just give it some time).
For me the way I am feeling always influences what I want to read. But a good book can change my mood (though in the same way, a bad book can change my mood too, just usually not in a good way). When I sit down to read, I am always looking forward to a new adventure, a new set of feelings and experiences. That wonderful feeling when a character talks to you. And I believe that a book should speak to its readers. You should go away from a book and feel like you have been a part of the story.
But even before you get to the story there is the cover. I am one of those people who looks at a book’s cover and decides to read the blurb based on what it looks like. I know, judging a book by it’s cover is bad – but that has always been what I have done. Joining Love Bytes meant that I read the blurb first, and I think that has done me the world of good!
I do think that the covers of books are so important. They really are the icing on the cake. You are drawn to the subject matter, they should tell you the tone of the book. A picture painted to kick start your imagination. The words inside the cover should then carry your forward into the world the author has created for us.
Thank you Love Bytes for giving me the opportunity to read and review so many great authors and books. I am thrilled to part of such a wonderful team of reviewers.
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“For me the way I am feeling always influences what I want to read.” I totally agree with that sentiment. Also, I’m glad to hear that you could change your habit since becoming a reviewer =)
I agree with you, Louisa, covers are important. The only way I can buy a book when the cover is not appealing if it is recommended by somebody I trust.
A great cover does demonstrate that extra bit of care!
I do agree that covers help a book but a good book can really go unnoticed if you just judge by the cover. I learned this young and I was glad I discovered it when I did.
Yes, a good cover can attract you to a book but I do always read the blurb too – and as HB says, a good read can be missed if it is a bad cover.
I usually dont then refer to the cover but sometimes the models are much younger or trendier than the MCs and that can be distracting!!!
Thanks for the post, and for reviewing for Love Bytes. You mentioned mood, and I like how reading can bring up different moods I’m not feeling then, and though a good book can linger, I’m not one to have a reading mood carry over to RW.
I read my first m/m because the cover snagged my attention. I kept coming back to it and couldn’t get it out of my mind, so i caved and bought it and haven’t looked back since.
I still give a hard look at covers, but it won’t necessarily deter me from buying the book 🙂
I love a good cover but some of the best books i read had covers i didn’t find attractive or fitting for the story. So i guess it is true to not judge a book by his cover 😉