Rainbow Awards

[queerlyobscure]

I completely and totally meant to bother everyone with strange and exciting facts about history (Friday, promise - hold me to it!), but, round 7 of the rainbow book awards is on! (... I missed rounds 1-6 because I am ill-informed).

I mention this because the cover of The Sartorialist is up this month. For those who have not seen it:

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[apple_pathways]

OMG, AWESOME! *falls over self to go vote for your amazing cover*

I was just talking with one of my co-workers today about how we love a particular printing of Vonnegut's oeuvre, because they're all just different colors with a big 'V' on them. Like so:



Honest to God, I can barely remember what's on the covers of my favorite books. (And many of my favorite books are coverless, as I have a habit of removing and subsequently losing dust jackets.)

[queerlyobscure]

<3

I love those covers! I would personally have had them even less busy, but the concept appeals to my love of art deco. And Kurt Vonnegut.

What are dust jackets even for? I mean, presumably to protect the cover from dust, but why? Is dust especially hazardous to book covers? (This is a thing that has bothered me since I was very little and couldn't get them to stay on with my tiny hands and was generally frustrated by them. Still am, mind).

[apple_pathways]

(I'm looking at the voting post now, and the cover for The Snow Vampire makes it look like an eerie, but touching, tribute to The Snowman:

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(Yes, I just used closed parentheses around an image. Shut up! :P)

Yes, the covers could have been even more minimalist, but I love the colors, and the idea that they all match! (Also, I know I own Slaughterhouse Five and Breakfast of Champions, but cannot for the life of me remember what color they are...)

Art deco rules.

Dust jackets are for irritating the shit out of me, apparently. Seriously, if I own a book that's still got its dust jacket, it's a pretty safe bet that's a book I haven't read.

I mean, I suppose dust is bad for books, but then the only parts that tend to get really dusty are the tops of the pages, and the jacket does not cover that part.

[queerlyobscure]

I want to know what a snow vampire is. Are they even more pale than usual? Or just those Siberian vampires from 30 Days of Night? These are important questions that demand answers!

Dust jackets irritate me too, but I feel obliged to keep them on the books. I have no idea why this is, I just do /strange

[apple_pathways]

I need to see 30 Days of Night. I also desperately need for snow vampires to be a Thing. (Are they a Thing? I am always so out-of-the-loop...)

I want to be someone who takes really, really good care of her books, but aside from loving them a lot...I don't. I mean! I don't dog-ear the pages or leave them out in the rain or anything. (Ok, once I did...it was maddening! I had to dry pages as I was reading them. It was a really good book!)