Before blogging I never knew what to read next. I was desperate for suggestions like a mouse scrounging for crumbs. So when my roommate took a book out from under her messy bed and said "here read this" I decided what the heck.
The cover looked stupid and the title sounded ridiculous. It looked to me like Laguna Beach which I never had any desire to watch. But like I said, I was desperate so I tried it. And let me tell you, that cover deceives. The book has nothing to do with six girls being friends taking a picture on a beach. In fact, there's only like three girls in the whole book...none of which are blonde. I also hate that the title makes it sound like they're "dumb blondes". But it was a fantastic summer read surprisingly. It's one that I reread every summer just because I like it that much.
Covers are such important parts of determining if we are going to try a book. It seems when one book becomes a best seller all other covers try to mimic them. Some trends:
*Twilightish: solid color with one object
*Girl in a pretty dress
*Girl with no head
*New Adult: Girl and Guy half naked doing something scandalous
Sometimes I see these trends and they make me not want to pick up the book (unless...lets be honest...if the dress is really pretty like The Selection I'll read it anyway). I just feel like since the cover is nothing unique the content won't be either.
Covers are such important parts of determining if we are going to try a book. It seems when one book becomes a best seller all other covers try to mimic them. Some trends:
*Twilightish: solid color with one object
*Girl in a pretty dress
*Girl with no head
*New Adult: Girl and Guy half naked doing something scandalous
Sometimes I see these trends and they make me not want to pick up the book (unless...lets be honest...if the dress is really pretty like The Selection I'll read it anyway). I just feel like since the cover is nothing unique the content won't be either.
