Today's Musing Monday's question is:
We all know the old adage about not judging a book by it’s cover, but just how much sway does a book cover have when it comes to your choice of book – whether buying or borrowing? Are there any books you’ve bought based on the cover alone?
Yup, I'm guilty of the above. If a cover *looks* interesting, I will pick up the book. Of course, if the blurb at the back of the book is uninteresting, I'll drop it like a hot potato. However, most publishers have this annoying knack to make any gist sound interesting. That's daylight robbery, in my opinion.
In the recent past (last two months), I've picked up two books based solely on their covers, and ironically enough, for very different reasons.
A Murder Of Quality by John le Carre was one such book, where the cover was simple, and classic, but the title of the book was written in a nice sprawly font.
And then there's Angela Carter's The Magic Toyshop, where the title and the cover intrigued me. It's a busy cover, which looks like something out of a fantasy book. Normally, I wouldn't be attracted to covers like this, but... there was just something about it that caught my eye.
How about you? Do you tend to impulse buy, based on the cover of books, or are you a more pragmatic well-researched buyer?