bibliophilefat's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
melissapalmer404's review against another edition
4.0
Book #7 Read in 2017
The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri
This was a short, quick read. The author describes the role of cover art in the world of reading. Authors are not really involved in creating the cover art for their books but they have very powerful reactions to the cover art that is chosen. It was an interesting perspective. I received a copy of this book from Amazon Vine in exchange for a honest review.
The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri
This was a short, quick read. The author describes the role of cover art in the world of reading. Authors are not really involved in creating the cover art for their books but they have very powerful reactions to the cover art that is chosen. It was an interesting perspective. I received a copy of this book from Amazon Vine in exchange for a honest review.
maddness22's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
As an author who publishes her own books, I guess I didn't realize the privilege of being able to clothe and identify my own words without considering how others would interpret and visually represent my writing. I agree that there often is too much distraction on most jackets these days - I gloss over blurbs and reviews in my efforts to identify the heart of the book. Not a bad quick read but I'm not sure why this needed to be fully published. It would make a nice article or blog post somewhere.
ericadeb's review against another edition
2.0
This book is super meta. I want to like it, but my overall feeling was meh. And there were time where the author sounded like a pretentious artist complaining that no one understands their art. There’s something to what she says about book covers, but it just wasn’t an enjoyable read for me.