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But yes I think covers can catch the attention of a reader in person, but they can be deceiving!
Covers sometimes creep me out. My mother loved to read horror books when I was a kid. I am still haunted by the book cover from "IT by Stephen King. That darn clown!!! I hate him! I have always been afraid of the whitefaced, creepy mouthed, and weird haired fellows, (I still cringe today as a thirtysomething), but Stephen King nearly drove me over the edge. And how about that monkey on the cover of Skeleton Crew? Scary. Creepy.
And how about that book Magic from the 80's - with the entriloquists dummy on it? Chuckie had nothing onb this thing. I hate those maniacal dolls to this day.
And how about that book Magic from the 80's - with the entriloquists dummy on it? Chuckie had nothing onb this thing. I hate those maniacal dolls to this day.
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WOW this has to be the most interesting post we have had in the whole DBJ group! I have to agree though "IT" by Stephen King haunts a lot of kids from our generation. I have not seen the monkey on Skeleton Crew. Actually I am a big creepy book fan. I might be interested in this one. You'll have to tell me a bit about this book.
Chuckie and ventriloquists are definatly high on my creep factor! You forgot about wax museums! EEK! Good post Jenn!
Skeleton Crew is a collection of short stories (some of King's best writing is in this book). The introduction alone is worth the read. There are two stories in this book that are just outstanding. The first is more of a novella than short story and is called "The Mist". I don't want to give too many details, but it is a group of people stuck in a grocery store and lots of stuff happens to them. The second must-read is called "The Reach". You can probably pick this up at a library or a used book store for about 25 cents.
King is a master storyteller and a great writer - one of the best of our time in my opinion. He has a non-fiction book called "On Writing" about his writing processes.
King is a master storyteller and a great writer - one of the best of our time in my opinion. He has a non-fiction book called "On Writing" about his writing processes.
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about "IT", I was always scaredof clowns for some reason and balloons when I was little, then the movie "IT" came out, why, why, why? did I ever watch it???I have read the Skeleton Crew collection, I've probably read all of Stephen Kings books up into the past 5 years??? but most I cannot remember exactly. Didn't they make "the mist" into a movie?
I think he also wrote the langoliars or something,about these people on a plane that go through this porthole,maybe and they're the only people left on earth??? It's been so long, I can barely remember, but it was soooooo good... at that time anyways.
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do u think my kids can watch it and like it? because they want to see it and I don't know if it's too grown up.. but then again I did take them to see wolverine, because I LOVE Xmen, bad mama.
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I'd let my kids watch it, if they wanted to, which they didn't really care to lol.
Avatar was AMAZING! I agree completely, Jennifer. I didn't want to see it either because of the cover. As far as for kids goes... it's pretty much like a Pocahontas story in space. I'd recommend seeing it in theaters; there's nothing else like it!As far as books go I'll admit I judge a book by its cover. I don't mean to, but it is the thing that grabs at me when I'm browsing at a library or bookstore.
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One of my first books I read had a terrible cover, I do not even remember why I bought it... but I had cici read it (gosh I cannot remember the name)! She liked it too, but I wish the cover was better, because the book was amazing.
(Cici what is that book we read a long time ago with the yellow cover about the white doctor who married the african american woman, they both had sons? and the african son ends up homeless, etc.)...
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the fortunate son by walter mosley, yes it was soooo good, my frind loved it too and had her boyfriend read it and he loved it!I don't like the vampire acedemy book covers either, alot of books I've read have ugly covers, very disapointing..
I see Jessica marked the fortunate son to read, you will like it!!!
Yes I did! I read the review and it sounded excellent, plus you two recommended it! :) I look forward to reading it.
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I seem to always read books because of the cover and/or title. I don't understand why I do that though.
Lisa S wrote: "I seem to always read books because of the cover and/or title. I don't understand why I do that though."
This is human nature. I cannot tackle a book with a creepy cover or one that is too shiny (all my fingerprints on the cover have me constantly wiping it off - stop laughing!). That is why I love my kindle (no covers) and now I am kicking myself because the iPad is out and there is a kindle app - oh well, I will have to wait for the second generation iPad :-(
This is human nature. I cannot tackle a book with a creepy cover or one that is too shiny (all my fingerprints on the cover have me constantly wiping it off - stop laughing!). That is why I love my kindle (no covers) and now I am kicking myself because the iPad is out and there is a kindle app - oh well, I will have to wait for the second generation iPad :-(
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Jennifer wrote: "I just seen "Avatar" wow it was good! I didn't think I would like it, but it was awesome. (I know this is a movie) but it made me think how covers can be deceiving because the poster didn't really ..."Hey I just gotta say Avatar was friggin so cool oh and there will be a sequel...oh yes there will. Also like I told my wife big huge alien chicks are way hot...now I just need to dip my wife in a big pail of blue paint :o)
Oh and for all you scared of clowns people, you have to check out the Violator Clown from Spawn that guys a rip and creepy as ever. Plus there's alway Killer Clowns From Outer Space that will turn you in cotton candy which is scary cause then I might become cannibalistic and have to eat myself. Oh and Zombieland...zombie clowns..that's just way way way creepy. It's like mixing a possum with a naked mole rat...just shouldn't happen.
Steven wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "I just seen "Avatar" wow it was good! I didn't think I would like it, but it was awesome. (I know this is a movie) but it made me think how covers can be deceiving because the post..."Everyone is saying Avatar is awesome, gotta check it out.
Steven wrote: "Oh and for all you scared of clowns people, you have to check out the Violator Clown from Spawn that guys a rip and creepy as ever. Plus there's alway Killer Clowns From Outer Space that will turn ..."as for clowns I will never watch another scary clown movie, as a little girl I was scared of clowns and balloons and then I watched "IT" why in the world would stephen king make such up such a thing! Worst part I had that stupid clown toy that was in the movie, that got buried deep in the garabage after I watched that.-
oh yeah we all need to send you some clowns Cici :o) maybe just send you a box with a little red nose in it :o)
Steven wrote: "oh yeah we all need to send you some clowns Cici :o) maybe just send you a box with a little red nose in it :o)"
oh no!
Oh yes, infact we got one of those Oriental Trader cataloges in the mail the same day I said that and in it, believe it or not, was a box of a dozen clown noses and...get this an adult clown costume :o)
Steven wrote: "Oh yes, infact we got one of those Oriental Trader cataloges in the mail the same day I said that and in it, believe it or not, was a box of a dozen clown noses and...get this an adult clown costum..."creepy... I do like the Oriental Trader catalogs though!
I do think the book jackets and even the name of the book can have a small part in choosing a book. Even though, I've learned never judge a book by it's cover, my eye still gets drawn to the best looking books and if I don't like the cover than sometimes I try to get it in a different edition.