5 Things Thursday: Judging books by their covers

I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but I have to admit that, while ultimately the innards are what sell me on my reading material, I’m never too upset when the outside at least hints at the joys that await me once I crack the cover.

Call me shallow all you want.

But I’ll still love…

1. Pretty Bibles.

 

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I really like these tooled leather options in fuchsia and lemon.

A plus is that I think there’s a much stronger chance of being able to engage someone in a conversation about what I’m reading if a cover like this catches their eyes than if I’m toting around a big black book that screams, “I’m religious!” (Because I’m not. If this confuses you…feel free to ask me questions).

2. Classed up Classics

Penguin Classics makes these fantastically colorful and funky clothbound covers for titles like The Odyssey, Emma, Oliver Twist, and many more. I want, every. single. one.

In fact, I loved the look of dressed up classics so much that I ordered a set of leather bound lookers from Barnes and Noble a while back, and I love how they jazz up the transitional shelf between our living room and kitchen.

 

3. Lovely Cookbooks

From vintage…

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to DIY paper-covered…

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to Penguin {again! who knew they published cookbooks??}…

 

4. Eye-catching journals.

Here’s my current version:

It was $4 from Ross, and it doesn’t hurt my feelings a bit that it coordinates so well the super-cute Fossil wristlet that Mandy gave me.

Some others I love are these graphic options:

 

And these jewel-toned ones as well!:

 

5. Catalogs that double as art.

Of course, the chief of these is Anthro’s, and it’s so prettily staged that I end up wanting even the most outlandish pieces for my closet (until I look at the prices, of course).

I brought the latest issue with me to the Mickey D’s playground yesterday afternoon,, but I never even had the chance to make it past the cover.

I sure do love all the color on the model’s wrists, though.

I see a knock-off in my future!

So, what about you?

Are you a shallow book-cover judger (or, at least, appreciator) like me?

Or could you not care less?

(Odd, awkward side note: one of my geeky pet pets is when people use the phrase: “I could care less” to indicate that they don’t care at all. Because, surely they know they’re actually saying the opposite of what they mean…right?).

Have a thrilling Thursday for me, k?

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