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Mini-Challenge #7:Visit the Garden Cover Hunt
Mini-Challenge #8:The dark side of the moon
thank God for that series with the moons on the cover! Now I feel like I should read it in payment!!
Leslie wrote: "thank God for that series with the moons on the cover! Now I feel like I should read it in payment!!"I know - I thought phases would be easier to find but not really. Found a ton of full moons though,lol
Mini Challenge #9 - A Rose by any Name: MelissaBooks picked that we have both read & rated 4 or 5♥
M Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (Rebecca ~ Moonstone)
E Edge of Sight (Zina ~ Leather Jacket Black)
L Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor (Ilovebakedgoods-Teresa ~ Cadet Blue)
I Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews (Sonia ~ Cadet Blue)
S A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (Stacie ~ Tickle me Pink)
S The Host by Stephenie Meyer (Steven ~ Mango Tango)
AGunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews (Sonia ~ Cadet Blue)
Haha, you ladies are cracking me up!!! :D
Barbara ★ wrote: "Team MauvelousMini-Challenge #9: A Rose by Any Name
B: Unspoken - Sara Rees Brennan (Ashley Marie)
A: Alpha Girl - Kate BLoomfield (Jennifer J)
R: Mice - Gordon Reece (Erica)
B: Big Brother - Lionel Shriver (Faith)
A: The Amaranth Enchantment - Julie Brry (Midu)
R: Loyalty in Death - J.D. Robb (Suzanne)
A: The Adoration of Jenna Fox - Mary Pearson (Sandy)"
Thinking how easy it would be just to steal the first four letters from Barbara's list LOL But no, I'll play fair -- it's just going to have to wait till later today :)
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Tempting, huh? LOL!
Mini-Challenge #9: A Rose by Any NameJoanne from Tickle me Pink
J~ Julie Kagawa ~ The Eternity Cure: Ezinwanyi (Cerulean Aka. Hobbit Blue)
O~ Oliver, Lauren ~ Delirium: Stacie (Tickle Me Pink)
A~ Anne Rice ~ Interview with the Vampire: Eni (Tickle Me Pink)
N~ Nicola Cornik ~ The Confessions of a Duchess: Skandia (B'Dazzled Blue)
N~ Nowlin, Laura ~ If He Had Been With Me: Christal (Purple Mountain's Majesty)
E~ Eowyn Ivey~ The Snow Child: Pigletto (Leather Jacket Black)
Mini-Challenge #9: A Rose by Any NameBarb, from Mango Tango
B - David Baldacci - True Blue: ilovebakedgoods (Teresa), cadet blue team
A - Adriana Trigiani - The Shoemaker's Wife: Leslie, moonstone team
R - J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Steven, mango tango team
B - Brian Kittrell - The Circle of Sorcerers: Claire, atomic tangerine team
Mini-Challenge #9 A Rose by ANY NamePhyllis from Atomic Tangerine
P -Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible: A Reader's Guide Evana (Mango Tango)
H-Hugs and Popsicles Madilyn (Leather Jacket Black)
Y-Yesterday's SunJodi (Purple Mountain Majesty)
L-Little WomenErin (Wild Blue Yonder)
L-Low Tide Elinor (Magenta Mix-up)
IThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Karen (Leather Jacket Black)
S-Six Hours One Friday: Living in the Power of the Cross Evana (Mango Tango)
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How important are book covers for you? Would you read a book if you don't like the cover at all even if it sounds interesting? Or would you read a book just because you like its cover but the content doesn't much appeal to you?
Suggested by Team Magenta Mix-Up
Book covers are not that important to me overall, but a cover I find very appealing will get my attention. I do prefer to read pretty books that have a story or characters that interest me, rather than just picking out a pretty one and reading it without liking the premise. I don't think I've ever rejected a book with interesting content just because I didn't like the cover. I do love looking at covers, either way! Even if I'm not going to read the book, I sometimes can't help but love those covers.
Team Mauvelous◈Mini-Challenge #10:Uncover the cover
Sure a cover with a seriously hot dude on it will get my attention but if the premise doesn't appeal to me, I won't read the book. Conversely if a cover totally unappeals, but the premise is interesting, I will probably give it a try. So yeah the cover is important but not necessarily a deciding factor.
Mini-Challenge #10:Uncover the coverHow important are book covers for you? Would you read a book if you don't like the cover at all even if it sounds interesting? Or would you read a book just because you like its cover but the content doesn't much appeal to you?
While an eye-catching cover will often make me stop and look at a book I hadn't heard of, if reading the book summary doesn't also snag me, I won't bother reading the book. That said, if I've heard about a book that sounds good, an unattractive cover won't stop me from reading it.
Mini Challenge #10 - Uncover the CoverI have to admit to being totally swayed by covers. When I would go to the library I would only pick out books that had nice glossy covers. And I don't want to read a book if the cover is unappealing. I'm so shallow (shakes my head in sorrow).
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Now that I read books based on book club and online reading groups recommendations, the covers actually mean nothing to me!
"Back in the day" when you would browse bookstores, they definitely made a difference!
◈ Mini Challenge #10 - Uncover the CoverI tell myself over and over again NOT to be swayed by covers. But, alas, I finally had to make a shelf entitled "i-am-a-cover-ho" - an idea I stole from Shawna. However, I just "tag" those books I bought strictly for their covers.
I am waiting for the day I get arrested in a bookstore for caressing a beautiful cover. I just love them and totally forget myself. And I'm NOT just talking about the ones with a hunky guy on the cover.
Mini Challenge #10 - Uncover the CoverI would love to say that cover doesn't matter to me, but I'm as LK said 'cover ho'. I will read book recommended to me no matter what cover looks like, but when I'm choosing book myself cover is first thing I notice (and sometimes last). :D
I have my books put in calibre and from time to time I go to cover view just to look all those pretty covers :D
MINI-CHALLENGE #10 : DONT JUDGE ME",
/KAMI GARCIA ." DO NOT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS'COVER
Covers definitely catch my eye. On rare occasion, I add a book just because the cover is intriguing. But honestly, the content has to be good too for me to really find time to read it!
I need a recommendation from someone in order to get past the cover. I'm such a visual person. The funny thing is my kids have the same reaction. They didn't like libraries when they were little because they said the books were all ugly. They wanted pretty books!! I love children's books for the same reason. I love to look at the pretty covers!! But then I also love really old books as well. I love the feel and look of old books. And Tea - I've been known to do the same thing with Calibre!!
LOL! Yes, I do have my favorite covers that I just look at from time to time, without rereading the book. I also have a habit of stopping an looking at the cover while I'm reading.
It really bugs me when they get something wrong. The hair color, of course, is big. Especially when they put the hero in an embrace with a woman's whose hair is that of the rival's. Eep! Don't these cover artists - or publishers - know their audience?
One of the worst offences was when the got the uniform wrong! The hero was wearing the wrong branch of the service. Duh!
Mini-Challenge #10:Uncover the coverBook covers are usually the way I chose books to read. I usually won't read books with ugly or creepy covers such
. I just can't bring myself to read that book even though people seem to like it.
Ezi, I have to agree - that is one ugly cover. I wouldn't even want that one in my library or on my nook. Yuck! Now there's a mini challenge for us all. Post your ugliest covers!!
And I agree, LK - I think that's why I always hated the covers on the historical romances I read. The book might have been wonderful and historically accurate but they would have a completely cheesy cover. I know some people really like those covers - but I never did. They had nothing to do with the story.
Lisa Kay wrote: "LOL! Yes, I do have my favorite covers that I just look at from time to time, without rereading the book. I also have a habit of stopping an looking at the cover while I'm reading.
It really..."
Oh, those little details really irritate me, too! Haha, yes, the rival's hair color on a cover is such a big no-no! The uniform thing cracks me up because I know I have had the same reaction as you!! Or they'll be wearing an officer's uniform but their rank is Enlisted, grrr! Do a little bit of research, it's not that hard.
LOL! I can't bring myself to read that book, either, Ezin! For the same reason. But, it is supposed to be really good.
Yeah, Leslie. It depends on the artist. I do like Jon Paul. He paints beautifully.
◈ Mini-Challenge #9: A Rose by Any NameSpell out your first name or nickname using books from another members shelves.
Cadet Blue
L. - Larissa Ione = Sin Undone - ShoSho - Atomic Tangerine
I. - If I Were You, by Lisa Renee Jones - Jessica W - Cadet Blue
S. - Shalvis, Jill = Forever and a Day - Dawn (Kat N Hat) - Blast Off Bronze
A. - Amy Noelle =Code Red - Susan - Atomic Tangerine
K. - Kiss of Steel, by Bec McMaster - Michelle [Helen Geek] - Radical Red
A. - Anomaly, by JC Emery - JenniferJ - Wild Blue Yonder
Y. - York, Rebecca = Edge of the Moon - Dawn (Kat N Hat) - Blast Off Bronze
Lisa Kay wrote: "Yeah, Leslie. It depends on the artist. I do like Jon Paul. He paints beautifully."I love your new moniker!! And I agree, some covers are really beautiful! I guess I have such memories of my family finding my book and exclaiming in horror "what are you reading!!" And trying to explain that it was actually a really good book.
Yes, Leslie, thank goodness Romance books have, for the most part, gotten rid of those "heaving bosoms" covers.
Mini-Challenge #2:“Behind Enemy Lines”Atomic Tangerine
Taken from Barb on Team Mango Tango:
LOL I chose this book not only because it is on my own TBR but because Barb and I are participating in a challenge called "Help Me Decide" and I picked this book for her to read ☺
Mini-Challenge #3:"Series Showoff"Atomic Tangerine
Mini-Challenge #4:Dark Forces Creature BuilderAtomic Tangerine
Vampire + Werewolf + Angel= Pirangewolf
Pronunciation: Pie ran juh wolf
Mini-Challenge #5: Dream CharacterAtomic Tangerine
I would want to be Alexia because she lives in the steampunk world and is very unique and different!!! HOLD UP...WAIT A MINUTE HERE...forgot to mention she's got a hot sexy alpha werewolf eating from the palm of her hand ☺
If I could meet a character it would have to be Bella so I could beat the snot out of here for being such a stupid,selfish,annoying little twit with no goals,ambitions,dreams,independence.....the list could go on forever.
Robin, your "meet a character" answer might just be my favorite. HAHAHA
Steven wrote: "Robin, your "meet a character" answer might just be my favorite. HAHAHA"I almost choke on my pizza when I saw it. AWESOME!!!!
Mini-Challenge #6:Oh no, I like it!Atomic Tangerine
I have never read a book just to mock it. I have read books just to see what all the hype was and most of them I DON'T like and don't really see what is so great about them especially these:
was highly recommended to me and I was very leery about reading it. It seemed every group I went to there was a disscussion going about this book. My first thought was "another Twilight" but was pleasantly surprised when I read it and it was nothing like what I thought!!!
Mini-Challenge #7:Visit the Garden Cover HuntAtomic Tangerine
HAHAHAHA SONIA LOOK!
LOL @ who you want to meet, Robin. Great choice. I haven't read Twilight so far be it for me to judge but I've read excerpts and I've seen clips from the movies and I figure I'm educated enough to know that I would want to slap Bella silly.Aw, I loved The Book Thief. It always saddens me when I find out someone didn't like it. I wonder how much of it is related to having it hyped up for you (for anyone, I mean), as opposed to if you'd read it without the hype. I really hate overly hyped books because oftentimes I end up disappointed. I hadn't heard anything about The Book Thief when I bought it on a whim. I just thought it sounded good. Cried for roughly the last 50 pages. Max's comic slayed me. I may be a sap...
Soulless is on my radar. I read a really negative review that made me hesitate but it's been awhile since I read it so I will still read the book sometime. I try not to read the low star reviews for books I think sound fun but that the more critical literary types like to pick apart, heh. If I read a really bad review that nitpicks things I think might bother me now that they've been pointed out to me ahead of time, I tend to take time before reading the book so my perceptions as I read aren't skewed by the negative reviews.
ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "LOL @ who you want to meet, Robin. Great choice. I haven't read Twilight so far be it for me to judge but I've read excerpts and I've seen clips from the movies and I figure I'm educated enough to ..."I cried for most of the last part of that book and feel exactly the way you do. I was also quite upset when I tried to read I Am the Messenger because it didn't live up to The Book Thief. Hi, my name is Stacie and I hold authors to unfair standards.
Steven wrote: "HAHAHAHA SONIA LOOK!"
Are you kidding me?? I love those! How funny!
Stacie wrote: "ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "LOL @ who you want to meet, Robin. Great choice. I haven't read Twilight so far be it for me to judge but I've read excerpts and I've seen clips from the movies and..."LOL at your disclaimer. I can be the same way.
I actually really loved I Am the Messenger. I don't remember much about it now but I just remember liking it so much when I was finished. Sometimes, it's just my mood, too. One day I'll love a book because my mood says it's a good idea to and then I might re-read it later and I think, "Hm... it's good but not quite as great as I thought before." I'm very very mood-oriented when it comes to reading. There are times my mood is extremely forgiving of things that I might normally be bothered by, too. On a 'normal' day, I might pick apart some really questionable things in a book but when my mood is lighter I just think, "Oh, that's really silly/ridiculous/insane/unrealistic but I don't care! I'm just in the mood for whimsy!", lol.
Moody Reader? You and me, both, Teresa.
Mini-Challenge #10:Uncover the cover How important are book covers for you? Would you read a book if you don't like the cover at all even if it sounds interesting? Or would you read a book just because you like its cover but the content doesn't much appeal to you?
Here's my thing about books covers: I don't care what they look like. I just care about whats in the book and if it's gonna interest me. The first thing I really look for in a book is that title and then the synopsis. The cover comes last. Don't get me wrong, I love a beautiful cover as much as anyone else but its not a deal breaker for me. I've read awesome books with beautiful covers, awesome books with ugly covers, horrible books with beautiful covers and horrible books with ugly covers. I wouldn't read a book with a beautiful cover if its content didn't interest me and I would read a book if the cover is ugly but its content interests me. Its always a bonus if the content interests me and the cover is beautiful but it's not necessary.
Oh, you're so good, Joanne♥! I try. Honestly, I do. I just break down and buy a book every once in a while and buy a book based 99% on the cover. **Lisa Kay hangs her head in shame**
Lisa Kay wrote: "Oh, you're so good, Joanne♥! I try. Honestly, I do. I just break down and buy a book every once in a while and buy a book based 99% on the cover. **Lisa Kay hangs her head in shame**"Oh its ok :D. I don't know, covers just don't really interest me all that much. Maybe I'm weird :D
Mini-Challenge #6: Oh no, I like it!I've never actually read a book because I wanted to mock it but I have read books because they were popular and surprised myself by enjoying them. Twilight is one example (didn't necessarily like modern vampire stories but now I love them!)
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Every time I wrote fruit madness dance the scene that pops into my mind is the one from the Lion King when Simba needs to infiltrate the hyena's headquarters and needs a distraction and Timon asks: what do you want me to do? Use a skirt and do the hula dance? And next thing we see is Timon doing the hula dance and Pumbaa with an apple on his mouth *giggles*