tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post115859410416760220..comments2024-03-14T00:16:32.077-07:00Comments on 50 Books: BOOKS: How to Judge a Book by Its CoverTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613804843380827691noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1160737586761509502006-10-13T04:06:00.000-07:002006-10-13T04:06:00.000-07:00I just found your blog and boy, am I glad I did! ...I just found your blog and boy, am I glad I did! Loved this post - do you think you might do one like this for the Giller shortlist or how about the GG's? Enjoyed this very much. I am going to have to bookmark you so that I can return often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1158893124004942332006-09-21T19:45:00.000-07:002006-09-21T19:45:00.000-07:00congrats. I have just ths minute logged into your ...congrats. I have just ths minute logged into your blog to read the post I am listenning to right now on the best of DNTO podcast.<BR/>As for the books, you declaration makes me want to go out to find and read Sarah Waters book right now.<BR/>I havent read the book or any of the others yet. I'm sure some of them will find their way onto my reading list.Melanie J Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265452434129642917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1158768797077546042006-09-20T09:13:00.000-07:002006-09-20T09:13:00.000-07:00I just caught this on the DNTO podcast. Very nice...I just caught this on the DNTO podcast. Very nicely done. I have a copy of Sarah Waters that I received as a present from an editor I know. They didn't even review it for the paper. You're right, the cover is unimpressive.<BR/><BR/>I'm in the midst of choosing my own cover right now, for a book to be published in 2007 (ECW Press). It's truly difficult to choose a cover, to know that this is what will make the readers either pick up the book in interest, or ignore it completely.<BR/><BR/>Check out my blog - shelf-monkey.blogspot.com. It's covering the trials and tribs of the whole process (at least, when I remember to update it). The book is called <I>Shelf Monkey</I>, and as the name implies (I hope), it is about bookworms. Manic depressive bookworms.Coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18287835957314437176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1158696201219583212006-09-19T13:03:00.000-07:002006-09-19T13:03:00.000-07:00DNTO has a podcast which can be found here and her...DNTO has a podcast which can be <A HREF="http://www.cbc.ca/dnto/podcast.html" REL="nofollow">found here</A> and here is a <A HREF="http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/dnto_20060917_1057.mp3" REL="nofollow">direct link to the mp3</A> - your segment starts at about the 22min. mark. <BR/><BR/>Great stuff.Rgscarterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512204390208970510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1158681958305545002006-09-19T09:05:00.000-07:002006-09-19T09:05:00.000-07:00I have to wonder what your thoughts would be on a ...I have to wonder what your thoughts would be on a paperback of Les Fleurs du Mal which I picked in Dijon about twelve years ago. It features -- I am NOT making this up -- a mermaid giving head to an angel (I think. He had great big white wings, so...), surrounding by the crashing surf on the beach. I really wonder how many people began reading Baudelaire just because of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1158673400910057272006-09-19T06:43:00.000-07:002006-09-19T06:43:00.000-07:00genius, sheer geniusi think that this approach sho...genius, sheer genius<BR/>i think that this approach should be reversed and applied to such fine art judging as the turner prize. I did read nightwatch, and found it a little less fantastic than tipping the velvet and fingersmith - longer on war time trauma and cerebral over analysis and lighter on the gothic explorations of obsession and passion which she does so much better than Jeannette Winterson and Joanne HarrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1158672929921682312006-09-19T06:35:00.000-07:002006-09-19T06:35:00.000-07:00The Night Watch is the only title that I've heard ...The Night Watch is the only title that I've heard of on the list, and I've actually read it. I loved Sara Waters' other books, but this one just didn't gel together for me in the same way. I was unable to put her other books down, but The Night Watch is set later in time (WWII) and somehow this period wasn't as captivating to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1158629995201486402006-09-18T18:39:00.000-07:002006-09-18T18:39:00.000-07:00While I consistently use the Cover Art Approach to...While I consistently use the Cover Art Approach to determining what to read, applying it to literary prizes is something I never thought of. Yet, why not? Makes sense. Ever thought of putting together a coffee table book with winning cover art...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1158614970407158772006-09-18T14:29:00.000-07:002006-09-18T14:29:00.000-07:00Doh! I have no excuse. I feel shame. But I'm glad ...Doh! I have no excuse. I feel shame. <BR/><BR/>But I'm glad you're inspired to read some of the titles. I'm thinking of hitting <I>The Night Watch</I> first, then Hyland's novel. Since I wrote this piece, I've read actual descriptions of the books, and none of the rest particularly float my boat.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16613804843380827691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-1158609751103318072006-09-18T13:02:00.000-07:002006-09-18T13:02:00.000-07:00Oh, I really liked this post, I'm glad I could tak...Oh, I really liked this post, I'm glad I could take a look at these books here on your site at least. Unfortunately they only have the first one, with the oh-so-predictable cover art in my library, so I'll try reading that by the time they announce the winners. At least I'll have one covered.<BR/>And I don't mean to be nozy, but the nobel laureate person's name is Coetzee. I only know cause I read his novel 'Disgrace' this summer in one day, and liked it a lot. Funny name, that is. :)Krisztihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941185559998503424noreply@blogger.com