tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post6083630832747858489..comments2023-10-28T05:14:04.796-07:00Comments on AN AERIAL ARMADILLO: SeductionTessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05233122532137654099noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-82110865547887572442009-07-17T21:04:34.699-07:002009-07-17T21:04:34.699-07:00tessa, how many posts i've missed while mud wr...tessa, how many posts i've missed while mud wrestling with blogger.<br /><br />my most interesting title this month is book on writing called 'shitty first drafts.'<br /><br />how apt is that?!<br /><br />i also am drawn to the book ribbon mentioned, "They F#@k You Up". i must be into quite expressive colorful foul language words lately!<br /><br />when the muse(s) FINALLY kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-77060473756754625782009-07-10T03:27:03.228-07:002009-07-10T03:27:03.228-07:00Gosh, thank you so much, everyone, for your input....Gosh, thank you so much, everyone, for your input. I can't begin to tell you how much I appreciate your comments. I really enjoyed this particular exchange of points of view. Overall, it seems we are drawn by both title and cover, don't you think?Tessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233122532137654099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-51764398756259373122009-07-09T22:52:18.265-07:002009-07-09T22:52:18.265-07:00Aaah, in light of the above post, this musing make...Aaah, in light of the above post, this musing makes even more sense. For me it's a bit of both. I have chosen several of those on your list for their titles too, most recently read The Earth Hums in B Flat - loved the title AND the cover!<br /><br />While I won't buy a book solely because of its cover, I might not buy it because of its cover, if that makes sense? I find it hard to buy a kendaleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085858988070461010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-24579045431228297032009-07-09T22:50:43.757-07:002009-07-09T22:50:43.757-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.kendaleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085858988070461010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-23535325085751429792009-07-09T02:14:53.589-07:002009-07-09T02:14:53.589-07:00Tessa
Thank you for the kind words about my book ...Tessa<br /><br />Thank you for the kind words about my book cover.<br /><br />Please - if you buy my book and the front acknowledgement says "Sandy" instead of "Alexander"... it's the old version that wasn't proof read properly. I had the name change in the front to make it easy to check. <br />Old version with errors - 304 pages and Sandy.<br />New proof read copy - Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284595314525240584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-19923811405887781472009-07-08T06:25:49.112-07:002009-07-08T06:25:49.112-07:00Tessa, boy there are so many I don't even know...Tessa, boy there are so many I don't even know where to begin.<br /><br />But I definitely get hooked to a book by the title.<br /><br />Love Renee xoxoReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785932958464359112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-31158571474587468212009-07-08T01:21:33.138-07:002009-07-08T01:21:33.138-07:00Well, what seduced me about your post was the rich...Well, what seduced me about your post was the rich and exuberant language you used, the language we all have in common: the language of books. It is a secret lingo that unites kindred souls yearning for the same intellectual satisfaction.<br /><br />Even before amazon came up with its 'Readers Who Choose This Book Also Chose...' I already had the same inclination. I read a lot of good andA Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-79217987279601708312009-07-07T17:07:27.114-07:002009-07-07T17:07:27.114-07:00Oh gosh. Once again, you have me. I was comparin...Oh gosh. Once again, you have me. I was comparing, trying to get at the heart of what makes for a good title for you, reading along.... and then.<br /><br />Thank you, Tessa.<br /><br />I was just talking to a few people who won't read The Elegance of the Hedgehog because of its title. Which is such a shame because it is SUCH a fabulously good book. <br /><br />As for STILL LOVE IN Beth Kepharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236487532413398431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-46450196187429581742009-07-07T13:06:26.073-07:002009-07-07T13:06:26.073-07:00I love this post! I often wonder about what compe...I love this post! I often wonder about what compels people to pick up a book and read it. The biggest draw for me is a good review in a newspaper or blog or a recommendation from a friend. You are right that some covers and titles are irresistible. <br /><br />Dancing to the Precipice is the best title. You are reminding me to read The Tree Where Man Was Born, resting in my bookcase. I Sarah Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-48207282826323746612009-07-07T11:03:52.033-07:002009-07-07T11:03:52.033-07:00I guess that everyone is thinking of their summer ...I guess that everyone is thinking of their summer reading, Tessa! Just today, I was in Borders Bookstore -- scanning the featured titles on their "Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price" table. I picked up <i>The Elegance of the Hedgehog</i>, partly because of its intriguing title and partly because it is set in Paris.<br /><br />Although you say that you choose more by title than by illustration, I Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-50088882238349646802009-07-07T08:07:08.508-07:002009-07-07T08:07:08.508-07:00What a wonderful collection of books.
I recently ...What a wonderful collection of books.<br /><br />I recently asked a similar question on my own blog, since I had no choice in the cover the printers gave my own book. A cover I'm a bit "ambivalent" on. It worries me that others might ignore the book based on the cover. :-\<br /><br />As for my own reading choices... it's been a mix of both, but I realised that although an Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284595314525240584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-65514785717059681252009-07-07T06:38:36.291-07:002009-07-07T06:38:36.291-07:00You are quite right about book covers.
I used to t...You are quite right about book covers.<br />I used to think it would be a wonderful job -like the covers of Penguin classics.<br />Sarah Laurence did a recent post about the different covers of the same book in the US and in England.<br />I loved the cover of Austerlitz by WGSebald.<br /><br />I'm currently reading "The Fortnight bt the Sea"<br />by R.Sherriff --a Persephone book.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-90872151351939884362009-07-07T00:11:27.830-07:002009-07-07T00:11:27.830-07:00There's a compilation of Pablo Neruda's po...There's a compilation of Pablo Neruda's poems: "Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon: Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda". That title makes just makes me blush! ...And imagine standing under a fruit tree on a hot summer's night in South America. Incredible.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16139934537625548823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-83981770416848388592009-07-06T22:54:13.560-07:002009-07-06T22:54:13.560-07:00Haha I was pulled in just by the title of your pos...Haha I was pulled in just by the title of your post. Love that word.<br /><br />I've just been loaned The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, my friend practically shoved it in my hands and said you MUST read this! <br /><br />Great great selection of books Tessa, i'm off to Amazon to fill my cart!<br /><br />I LOVE books of all kinds. <br /><br />love to you,<br />loriLori annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02860428306713379828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-75464020990997292312009-07-06T20:40:34.700-07:002009-07-06T20:40:34.700-07:00This came at just the right time! I'll be nee...This came at just the right time! I'll be needing a new book and will search out one from your list! Often I go for the cover, but then see another with an intriguing title and can't make up my mind between them (typical Libran trait!) so have to buy both! I'm currently working my way through Doris Lessing's novels having first been seduced by both the title 'The Grass is Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851668813182425335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-13510959857796305072009-07-06T20:24:21.087-07:002009-07-06T20:24:21.087-07:00Thanks for the heads-up on all of these, many of w...Thanks for the heads-up on all of these, many of which I haven't read! I'm headed to look at Beth Kephart (I remember reading A Slant of Sun)...Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-79526706539006217972009-07-06T18:15:30.189-07:002009-07-06T18:15:30.189-07:00Lovely to have you visit my blog and leave such a ...Lovely to have you visit my blog and leave such a nice comment. And lovely to be led here! Thanks so much! I know I shall be a frequent visitor, and Edward and I welcome you at our place anytime!<br /><br />I share your love for book covers. They seem to have replaced the hole that was left by the demise of the record album for me. I have stood in front of that statue from Midnight in the Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-52069985655189352372009-07-06T13:10:13.703-07:002009-07-06T13:10:13.703-07:00(originally i posted this in "shaky" by ...(originally i posted this in "shaky" by accident)<br /><br />i am seduced by both the title AND the art on the cover...i guess i'm easy that way?<br /><br />i really needed a new book...The Good Life sort of stopped me in my tracks - now where to begin with this incredible list??? xoxoadrienne traffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12121010202318322278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-45071956928904878872009-07-06T12:26:02.908-07:002009-07-06T12:26:02.908-07:00I admit my mind was captured by the cover with the...I admit my mind was captured by the cover with the magnificent tree. Other than that, I prefer my books to have leather binding and gilded with gold and a page where they describe and origin of the font used for printing the acid-free paper. Thus I only try to invest in books worthy to be printed in such expensive quality which means I don't read a lot modern love stories and romance novels, Ces Adoriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17338000465619901229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-39995472516010566772009-07-06T09:12:33.875-07:002009-07-06T09:12:33.875-07:00I'm sad to say that in this moment of my life,...I'm sad to say that in this moment of my life, I am unable to read literature anymore. I don't know what has happened, but it fails to catch my imagination like it once did very much. I used to be such an avid reader and now, nothing, although all the covers of your books appeal to me and I want to own them all for the day when I'll start reading again. If that day ever comes.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-84759407520247740122009-07-06T07:23:27.779-07:002009-07-06T07:23:27.779-07:00Tessa:
I've returned for my second look in two...Tessa:<br />I've returned for my second look in two days and I realize I've been gone too long as I lost track after you took off on an excursion!<br /><br />Thank you for the book suggestions:<br />You're the second to suggest the Gurnsey book so I'm going to have to start with that one.<br /><br />As to what makes me decide? I'm attracted first by the artwork, next by the Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10972581158834240144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-12533630534639410342009-07-06T07:06:50.335-07:002009-07-06T07:06:50.335-07:00I am an advertisers dream. Bright, big and bold d...I am an advertisers dream. Bright, big and bold do it for me every time ... and I wonder why I always end up with children's books! ;0)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-8149528267112114052009-07-06T06:52:12.246-07:002009-07-06T06:52:12.246-07:00Thanks for the lovely suggestios. I've only re...Thanks for the lovely suggestios. I've only read the Guernsey. I'm drawn by both the titles and the covers!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-59983319094623264092009-07-06T06:41:26.204-07:002009-07-06T06:41:26.204-07:00Its the visuals that do it for me Tessa. But when ...Its the visuals that do it for me Tessa. But when i read the titles here, i think i would have bought all of these...pRiyAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238366312590419659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096225945040235557.post-32102421131378474982009-07-06T06:27:13.924-07:002009-07-06T06:27:13.924-07:00I get attracted to both the cover and the title.If...I get attracted to both the cover and the title.If I like an author I will read anything by them - such as Barbara Kingsolver, Tracy Chevalier, Pearl Buck, Amy Tan, Alexander McCall Smith, Jhumpha Lahiri.<br /><br />Great list of recommendations - I have only read two from this list.pink dogwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938574807898718022noreply@blogger.com