Subject Tag: covers

Judging a Book By Its Cover Again

Filed under: Pondering Reading, Writing about Reading

I wrote the other day how I visited the library and got a number of novels.

Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Handmaiden’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Atonement by Ian McEwan

I am very interested in reading all of them. I’ve only heard great things about them. I [...]

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Filed under: Fiction, Reviews

I knew that Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert was about an adulterous woman. But for some reason, I assumed that the title character was a despicable, ugly, tricky middle-aged woman. “Madame” makes one sound old. Besides, when I was young, my mother had a copy of Madame Bovary; it must have been an old copy [...]

“Used” Books Giveaways Poll

Filed under: Blogging Miscellany, Polls

I’m new to blogging giveaways. I have some books that I was going to mooch via Bookmooch but I then I thought I’d give them away on Rebecca Reads! (Bookmooch doesn’t seem to have any of the books I want anyway.)
However, when I mentioned this to my husband, he thought that was a strange idea. [...]

Judging a Book by Its Cover

Filed under: Challenges, Libraries, Pondering Reading, Writing about Reading

It’s not Maupassant’s fault, but I have a grudge against him already: his book stinks.
The librarian had to retrieve it from The Stacks. The first thing I noticed as she returned was its size. At more than 1300 pages, it thudded on the counter. Then, as she swiped my library card and pushed the book [...]

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