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Cover Conversation of the Day

I was looking a list of novels coming out in 2012 and noticed this trend: Girls in fancy dresses with their faces hidden. When did this become a thing? They seem to be predominantly for paranormal books with female protagonists and a love story. I don’t really get it. Most of these plots seem like the gals would not be running around in prom dresses, or hiding their damn faces.

I am so confused. The covers tell you nothing about the story. This is not my jam.

-Becky

Leave your thoughts in comments. 

I concur. I think novels like “The Fault in Our Stars” and “Where Things Come Back” stand out not only because of their stories but their covers. They are more accessible and as a prolific YA reader you are less likely to judge them. Usually when I see covers like these I quickly just say “This is not my jam.” and move onward.  I think covers like these are made for light YA readers. But I can be completely wrong. Also, I am a hypocrite. I should not be judging books by their covers. Arrg. 

Spaz, I know what you’re saying. While I’m very much against judging a book by it’s cover, I still focus on covers an awful lot. I think the reasons covers fascinate me so much are that while they often don’t tell you much about the story, they tell you so much about the intended audience and trends in YA publishing. These stories may be my jam, but I am uncomfortable with the covers. There’s just no sense of reality, and even fantasy books are grounded in some form of reality—even if that reality is way different from our own. 

-Becky

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    im a big reader XD
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    Even though you arent supposed to judge a book by its cover, I generally wont even pick up a teen fic book with a cover...
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