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I love beautiful covers, even super cheesy covers. Sadly enough, I've bought books or skipped books based on thier covers. I'm very visual, I like looking at pretty things. And some covers are very yummy! I'll buy a physical book instead of a Kindle book just so I can have the step back to look at. I agree that a cover makes the story stick. On my Kindle I have the Moaning's Fever books, and one of them does not have a cover and I can't remember what the plot was just that it bugged me that there was no cover. Really distracted me from reading.
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Golden god/goddesses amass. :D Lol I believe I will start foregoing a trial period, before reading the novel, to glimpse their visuals...otherwise I'm bleeding through these novels and can't rightly recall any remarkable points!
<>I agree with this. It's superficial, but I like to know how the characters will look like: hair color, clothes, etc. And even if I don't recall the plot of a mediocre book, I always remember the cover if it's a pretty one.
Sometimes I just look at my collection of Zebras and loose myself in a hypnotic trance. The colors, how pretty!
Step-backs are ok, only if what's inside is memorable. Lisa Kleypas has a ton of them, and to me they're quite blah. Here's Devil in Winter:
Then, there's this step-back by Pino, which is TERRIBLE, but would you ever forget it?:
Where are her freaking legs?
And well, don't get be started on Fabio, because I thought his covers were hot. Topaz Man had nothing on him.
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One of my favorite hero covers is this:
Of course, the raven hair'd brute has that nightfall magic that allures me quite shamelessly! Dark hair represents a dark, intangible soul that is dire need of 'fixing'. Lol But the heroine is somewhat freakishly appalling. She reminds me of the invalid sister in the attic, in the Pet Sematary movie.
"Sometimes I just look at my collection of Zebras and loose myself in a hypnotic trance. The colors, how pretty!" OMG!! I thought I was the only one who did that. I have a bunch of Catherine Coulter oldies with beautiful covers and some pretty racey Johanna Lindsay.
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Oh those old Robert McGinnnis Lindsey covers rocked! Even better than the Duillo ones (sacrilage, but true).Back in the day when I fancied myself an artist, I would copy and do my own versions of Lindsey covers, like Fires of Winter and Savage Thunder. Naked man thighs and and chest and everything.
My mom would smile and say, "Wow, you really are talented!" And sadly, I think she meant it.
I never liked that female cover model. There was something about her nose and profile that didn't seem right.I think you captured the essence of why I never liked her. Creepy.
But his ass and thighs I like fine.
I don't know why I don't have this book!
I really enjoyed Prisoner of My Desire! Loved the step-back too, even if Fabio had retired as a model by then and was no longer posing for Duillo. But that particular model worked it well and the expression between Rowena and Warrick was hot!
Prisoner of my Desire is my favorite Lindsay book, I've read it several times and have it plastic wrapped!! I'm an art preservationalist.
SaturNalia wrote: "I don't know why I don't have this book!"
Fanning myself! Another excellent one. The story is good, but the cover is better!
Uh-oh. Now I know I'm in trouble. :) My hubby just looked over the monitor and joked you want to see men like that, then I can pose for you.
See you later. ;-)
"My hubby just looked over the monitor and joked you want to see men like that, then I can pose for you."Hahaha!! You have Fabio's twin? What are you doing looking at a computer screen?!
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Wendy, that's hysterical. LOL I was watching that movie "Sanctum" earlier in the week and on one of the scenes, the man was lying broken at the bottom of the cavern, so the main guy held him underneath the water, as a sign of compassion. I asked, would you ease me into the water/drown me, if I was crushed and broken like that? He said.."No, I'd have sex with you." Just as cool, and darkly twisted as you please. LOL
Also, Wendy..you should make a thread/post your artwork! That would be an interesting angle to the site! I mean, we can even post satiric renditions of heroes/heroines too. Lol I jus' know Karla has a few angry-crayola scribbles of shittastic heroes out there floating about. LOL
Edited: Apparently Wendy went for the best visual. LOL
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@ Wendy I see what you mean about the women on JL books never noticed it before..but then I was looking at other things on the cover :D
Mermarie wrote: "I jus' know Karla has a few angry-crayola scribbles of shittastic heroes out there floating about."
Haha! Like Rolfe from The Conqueror?? :D He's been the only one to inspire me to artistic endeavors.
As for being visual, I am so that. I remember nothing about plots and whatnot unless I read a book at least a half-dozen times, and then it's usually just the dirty stuff I remember if there was something out of the ordinary, like the wooden dildo scene from Adora, the villain shoving grapes into the heroine's hooha (and then sucking them out) in Hellion or Hero #1 bending the heroine over the kitchen table in Blaze Wyndham with bonus voyeurism from Hero #2 thrown in.
Hmmm....I guess what I'm saying is that from my old high school romance-reading days, I only remember the stuff that came straight from Bertrice Small's deliciously pervy brain. :D
But there have been a few books I've re-collected just because I came across the cover online, recognized it IMMEDIATELY, but couldn't remember dick about the actual story, including these:
I'm definitely visual, and I always stare at the cover of my book a bit before I open it (yes, every single time) to reacquaint myself with the characters and the mood. Can't do that with ebooks, and I hate the lack of versatility with these e-things. :-\ Trying to "find" something that didn't seem important THEN when you read it, but is important NOW later on in the story is a total bitch. I like to be able to flip back through what I read when I need to. Ebooks are space-savers, but that's about the only benefit I've seen so far because they really aren't that memorable. Pixels vs. paper.
Haha! Like Rolfe from The Conqueror?? :D He's been the only one to inspire me to artistic endeavors.
As for being visual, I am so that. I remember nothing about plots and whatnot unless I read a book at least a half-dozen times, and then it's usually just the dirty stuff I remember if there was something out of the ordinary, like the wooden dildo scene from Adora, the villain shoving grapes into the heroine's hooha (and then sucking them out) in Hellion or Hero #1 bending the heroine over the kitchen table in Blaze Wyndham with bonus voyeurism from Hero #2 thrown in.
Hmmm....I guess what I'm saying is that from my old high school romance-reading days, I only remember the stuff that came straight from Bertrice Small's deliciously pervy brain. :D
But there have been a few books I've re-collected just because I came across the cover online, recognized it IMMEDIATELY, but couldn't remember dick about the actual story, including these:
I'm definitely visual, and I always stare at the cover of my book a bit before I open it (yes, every single time) to reacquaint myself with the characters and the mood. Can't do that with ebooks, and I hate the lack of versatility with these e-things. :-\ Trying to "find" something that didn't seem important THEN when you read it, but is important NOW later on in the story is a total bitch. I like to be able to flip back through what I read when I need to. Ebooks are space-savers, but that's about the only benefit I've seen so far because they really aren't that memorable. Pixels vs. paper.
Wow! I love those covers. I have saved a few of my books because they now being considered collectables if you have the original cover not a re-issue. I also like the Gothic Romances covers of the 60's and 70's . But, I have a kindle and they often include the cover if you have the color type or a fire. You can go back and look at them later since they are stored forever in the cloud, even if you removed it from your device. It's not the cover I remember, it's the book. At my age you would think I would have more of an old school attitude but I really love,love,love my kindle fire. You can pull that thing out anywhere and stare at the cover all day without anyone knowing what you're looking at or what you're reading. I still like to collect books though just for shelf decoration. But, one day I hope to have all of my books on my kindle.
I gotta say I like the covers. I don't read on an ereader, but as far as print books go, if I've a choice between a plain cover or an awesome cover like the ones above, I'ma go with the awesome cover every time.
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Shamefaced, I've also came to the conclusion that I've admired a few books more, once I've uncovered their risque covers. ;x LOL