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CAN you judge a book by its cover?

Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

And also–don’t forget, folks–sometimes WordPress’s spam filter seems to decide that a lot of perfectly valid answers are spam. I periodically check throughout the day for lost comments. But, PLEASE–if your comment doesn’t show, don’t post it four more times in the hopes that one of them will go through. I get very, very tired trying to sort out the duplicates (grin).

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55 responses

  1. jlshall (Joy's Blog)

    Good question. Another good question – why am I up at 3AM? But I digress. Here’s my answer:

    http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-cover.html

  2. readingwithtea

    Good question – I think genres yes, content no. http://wp.me/p1t7Ho-61

  3. Pepca

    Good question. My answer: http://beyondstrangenewwords.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-cover.html

  4. vampira2468

    http://dementedreading.blogspot.com/2011/04/can-you-judge-book-by-its-cover-in-most.html

  5. iwriteinbooks

    I feel like…sometimes? Yeah!

    BTT: I’m a Cover Not a Fighter.

  6. Karen

    My answer is now up – http://bookworldinmyhead.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday_21.html

  7. Ana C. Nunes

    I really like this weeks theme, because it’s always a great topic among readers.
    My answer: http://florestadelivros.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-capa.html

  8. Cat SaDiablo

    Heres mine!
    http://abibliofila.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursdaycapa.html

  9. The Literary Omnivore

    Here’s my answer.

  10. Yvonne

    My answer is here

  11. Cheryl "Mash"

    Here is my response to today’s BTT

  12. DawnTreader

    You’ll find my answer here: http://dawntreader-island2.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-cover.html

  13. Anna D.

    Here’s mine! Happy Thursday, everyone. (:
    http://dooliterature.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/booking-through-thursday-0421/

  14. Lisa M831

    http://www.lisasworldofbooks.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday_21.html

  15. Karen @ Scobberlotch

    Always love a discussion about book covers!

    http://scobberlotch.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-judging-book.html

  16. Tobe

    Good question! I’ll show my book bias http://tfrances.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/btt-covers/.

  17. Carrie Nilles

    With the rise of self-publishing, my answer has changed. Find it here: http://wvredreads.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-42111.html

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  19. Book Nympho

    My answer: http://booknympho.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/booking-through-thursday-cover/

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  21. Mary Ann Langan

    Booking Through Thursday: CAN you judge a book by its cover? http://t.co/oQU1ulq

  22. Julie -Manga Maniac

    Covers are something I try to resist all the time, but I am too shallow!

    My answer is here Manga Maniac Cafe

  23. laurelrainsnow

    I like this one…here’s what I wrote:

    MY BTT POST

  24. Shannon McGee

    Hard question..I think.

    http://confuzzledbooks.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-judge-book.html

  25. dragonflyy419

    My Answer …

    Booking Through Thursday — Cover

  26. Chelsea

    Great question, BTT! And here’s my mildly-great answer:

    BTT: Judgement Day

  27. bookpolo

    Here’s mine: http://bookpolo.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/booking-through-thursday-april-21st/

  28. mervih

    Depends on what you are judging: http://mervih.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/cover/

  29. Valentina

    Good question.

    Here’s my answer:
    http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday_21.html

  30. Cheyenne

    Nice question! 🙂

    http://thecheyshow.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursdays-april-21.html

  31. Sally

    Noooo don’t judge a book by it’s cover.

    http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-14.html

    Sally.

  32. Tasha

    My answer is here

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  34. Joy Weese Moll

    These days, I seem to be judging the cover by the cover, but not so much the book:

    Booking Through Thursday: Cover

  35. sara

    can you? of course you can! do you, or should you? yes, and maybe!
    http://readandbead.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-cover.html

  36. Sarah

    http://readawaytheday.blogspot.com/2011/04/can-you-judge-book-by-its-cover-ive.html

    Happy Thursday!

  37. Sarah

    http://readawaytheday.blogspot.com/2011/04/can-you-judge-book-by-its-cover-ive.html

  38. Haley

    Mine’s here:

    http://hmweasley-blog.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-cover.html

  39. faith

    Here’s Mine:

    http://2faith2.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday.html

  40. Sissy

    Here’s mine: http://wing-heart.org/blog/?p=3723

  41. therrreader

    I wrote quite an essay about it! lol
    Read my analytical view here: http://readingromances.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/thursdays-events/

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  43. Matthew

    I can actually do it quite well.
    Full answer is posted now.

  44. Walt

    My post’s up at http://comicreviewsbywalt.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/booking-through-thursday-cover/

    Kinda bounced around, but ultimately I’d say this is a really deep question, and the answer’d be more case-by-case, influenced by context and not any set “rule of thumb” or such.

  45. Stephanie

    Hello this was a lot of fun, here’s my response:

    http://smhasty.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-cover.html

  46. Stephanie

    here’s my response:

    http://smhasty.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-cover.html

  47. Meg @ A Bookish Affair

    Okay, I judge.

    http://abookishaffair.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday.html

  48. Bonnie Jacobs

    Sure, we can and we do judge books by their covers. Here’s my response:
    http://bonniesbooks.blogspot.com/2011/04/btt-3-cover.html

  49. BettyMc

    My answer: Reflections with Coffee

  50. Becca

    My answer…

    http://ireadthatonce.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-cover.html

  51. Sara Harricharan

    Here’s mine!

    http://fictionfusion.blogspot.com/2011/04/cover-bbt.html

  52. elizabethwillse

    I’m late to the party….
    Here’s My answer

  53. Anne

    I recently read a thought by a writer – I want to say it was Salman Rushdie – that there is a way to judge a book by its cover.

    If the author’s name is larger than the title of the book, then the book isn’t worth reading. The assumption seems to be that if the marketing people are trying to sell the book on the strength of the author’s popularity, something must be wrong.

    I sort of dig this. With some qualifiers:

    http://chicagovolunteering.blogspot.com/2011/04/btt-cover.html

  54. MizB

    a week late, but here’s my answer:

    BTT: Judging By a Cover

    ~MizB

  55. briwilcox

    http://lonestarprep.blogspot.com/2011/04/booking-through-thursday-cover.html