"Quell the rage that deeply seethes, the extremes of these devotions."

[greygirlbeast]

1. No idea why I'm using the cute Bjork icon the morning. I just couldn't seem to help myself.

2. Still happy about The Red Tree, A is for Alien, and "Galápagos" having all three landed on Locus Magazine's 2009 Recommended Reading List. It's always nice to know someone has noticed

Comments

[muneraven]

You know, I was attracted to the Patricia Briggs' covers because the main character was an auto mechanic, not because of the tats, lol. But that was early on in this trend. Now my eyes just skim right over this type of cover and I move on. I KNOW a book can't always be judged by its cover but when one is browsing for a new read without the benefit of recommendations or other good info one has to cull the herd somehow.

That being said, I don't hate the tramp stamp covers as much as those awful photo covers of "hunky" guys with terrible fake tattoos and a woman draped all over him. Where do they find models that bland? They are like human velveeta.

[greygirlbeast]

They are like human velveeta.

Sorry. The phrase "human velveeta" seems perfectly suited to the tramp-stamp covers, as well. So far as I'm concerned.

[muneraven]

Somehow the tramp stamp covers remind me more of that cheap processed American cheese food . . .the kind that they are too cheap to individually wrap, so it comes in a presliced, globby block. Each slice is supposed to be individual but it sure ain't easy to peel one away from another.

I seem to be into cheese today.

It may well be that I hate the photo-hunk covers more just because I'd rather look at generic female tramp-stamped behinds than photo-shopped male chests.

Sometimes I long for the old days when books were just covered in blue,, brown, or green cloth over cardboard and all you got was a title, author's name, and maybe a sketchy imprint of something in one corner of the front cover.

[greygirlbeast]

Sometimes I long for the old days when books were just covered in blue,, brown, or green cloth over cardboard and all you got was a title, author's name, and maybe a sketchy imprint of something in one corner of the front cover.

Yes, please.

[weremonkey]

I am swiping the phrase "human velvetta" if you don't mind. That is too good not to spread around. Especially in the SE.

[greygirlbeast]

Agreed.

LOL

[muneraven]

Feel free. :-)