{"id":136414,"date":"2014-12-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danversreads.wordpress.com\/?p=136414"},"modified":"2014-12-15T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T15:00:00","slug":"go-ahead-judge-a-book-by-its-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=136414","title":{"rendered":"Go Ahead Judge a Book by it&#8217;s Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jim and Michelle<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We all do it (even though we&#8217;ve been admonished not to). Standing there looking at shelf after shelf of books we automatically are drawn to the covers. More importantly publishers know we do and create some really gorgeous covers to tempt us. Here are just a few of our favorites. Oh and we want to know what your favorite covers are. Leave them in the comments. (Bonus points if you can guess which of us picked which cover.)<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/danversreads.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/the-hobbit.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-136419\" src=\"http:\/\/danversreads.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/the-hobbit.gif?w=181\" alt=\"The Hobbit\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/danversreads.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/00018yf3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-136422\" src=\"http:\/\/danversreads.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/00018yf3.jpg?w=194\" alt=\"00018yf3\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/danversreads.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/night-watch-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-136423\" src=\"http:\/\/danversreads.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/night-watch-1.jpg?w=200\" alt=\"night-watch-1\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/danversreads.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/republic_of_thieves_by_scott_lynch_cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-136424\" src=\"http:\/\/danversreads.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/republic_of_thieves_by_scott_lynch_cover.jpg?w=195\" alt=\"Republic_of_Thieves_by_Scott_Lynch_Cover\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/evergreen.noblenet.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/3393573?locg=11\"><strong>The Hobbit<\/strong><\/a> by J. R. R. Tolkien. 1973 Ballantine Paperback cover. | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/85838178\"><strong>Dreadful Skin<\/strong><\/a> by Cherie Priest. The paperback cover. | <a href=\"http:\/\/evergreen.noblenet.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/2066303?locg=1\"><strong>Night Watch<\/strong><\/a> by Terry Pratchett. The British hardcover. | <a href=\"http:\/\/evergreen.noblenet.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/3454865?locg=1\"><strong>Republic of Thieves<\/strong><\/a> by Scott Lynch. Hardcover.<\/p>\n<h2>And if those aren&#8217;t enough&#8230; Here are a couple of series with awesome covers<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/evergreen.noblenet.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/3282682?locg=11\"><em>The Harry Potter Series<\/em><\/a> with cover art by Kazu Kibuishi<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-136429\" src=\"http:\/\/danversreads.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/9780545582889.jpg\" alt=\"9780545582889\" width=\"234\" height=\"360\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/evergreen.noblenet.org\/eg\/opac\/record\/2351982?locg=11\"><em>Percy Jackson and the Olympians<\/em><\/a> with cover art by John Rocco<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danversreads.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/9780786838653.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-136430 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/danversreads.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/9780786838653.jpg\" alt=\"9780786838653\" width=\"240\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Library&#8217;s copy may not have the cover shown here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all do it (even though we&#8217;ve been admonished not to). Standing there looking at shelf after shelf of books we automatically are drawn to the covers. More importantly publishers know we do and create some really gorgeous covers to tempt us. Here are just a few of our favorites. Oh and we want to know what your favorite covers are. Leave them in the comments. 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