Wednesday, September 21, 2011

All things bright and Shiney

I can already tell you-  You read better books than me.  Every once and a while, I'll take Grace and I over to chapters and peruse the shelves.  I like to check out authors I love and see whats new.  But should there be nothing new or nothing that appeals to me, I start randomly, anywhere in chapters and pull out books that's titles catch my eye.  This is reason #1 I know you choose better books than me.  You can never find a good book based solely on its title--TRUST ME.

Secondly-  You know that old saying "don't judge a book by its cover?   I do.  I can't help it.  Its a sickness.  I am immediately attracted to bright color.  Bright pink?  yup.  Turquoisy Blue, all over that.  Yellow with Plaid letters- Sigh.  Cartoon cover, well, lets just say, your going in my cart. 

Its sad really.  Needless to say, I'm not reading books that are gonna change my life.  I mean, honestly, I can, and every once in a while, I do.  But I would really rather prefer a book that's funny.  Easy.  Comfortable.  And Its not to say you cant find something in those books that means something to me or that can stick with me for a life time.  But I'm not going to join a book club any time soon.  And there is only a small hand full of people I'd actually pass along my books to.  Books, to me, are like movies, Never recommend one-  you never know who you'll offend or who'll criticize. 

But yes, I do judge books by there cover- first and foremost.    And I can honestly say, in this life I really don't know much about anything, but I can tell you this-  You probably read better books than me..

"'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read."
Mark Twain

1 comment:

  1. read the help. it will change your life.
    that being said, i pick books out to read like you as well judging by the cover..

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