Oh and what makes it worse for book sales, I will also avoid whichever author praised a book I didn’t like because I start to doubt their credibility as well in writing a good book. Yet they do everything to lower my opinion of a book when a book cover quote is full of praise and I wasn’t feeling it. They do nothing to elevate books in my eyes because they do not have concrete connections. Then there are all these references to other authors. Not from some completely unrelated source. That is to say, if a quote is placed on it, that quote should be from the book itself. Any text that goes onto the front cover should be in relation to the book itself. There they don’t interfere with beautiful cover designs, and I’m also less likely to bother disagreeing with them. If they really have to be slapped onto books, then book cover quotes should go onto the back. Not when they’re on the front covers, vying for everyone’s attention. I don’t think enough can be said in book cover quotes to make them worthwhile. They are often snippets from lengthier reviews, so they might even have been taken out of context or are missing their explanations and elaboration. In the defence of book cover quotes, they are meant to be short. Those sentiments are still very accurate even after more than a year has passed. Also, if that really is how first love is supposed to be, then that is really sad.Ĭouldn’t have said it better today. There was no part where I laughed because I thought something was funny. So the cover has a quote from Robin Palmer that states, “Funny and sweet, just like first love ought to be.” I kinda wonder if we read the same book. I read The Fine Art of Truth or Dare before I started book blogging, so I reviewed it on Goodreads. This is the cover quote of all cover quotes that really got me reeling. It’s the kind of book that makes you late for school because you stayed up way too late the night before reading.” Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. Great books help you understand and they help you feel understood. That’s why we go to movies and say: Oh, the book is better. “Funny and sweet, just like first love ought to be. The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. The Fine Art of Truth or Dare by Melissa Jensen
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