Saturday, January 24, 2009

Are You A Book Snob ???


When I got a phone call from a fellow book club member asking if I would like to accompany her to a book store .... I thought for a WHOLE second ..... And said LOVE TO ........

So with a short list of books that I would like we headed on down .... We excitedly headed on down to the Young Adult Section to locate Shannon Hale and Susanne Collins books ... To find to our horror that there is only one HARD BACK version available and we would have to order them in .... The shop assistant asked if we needed any help which we gratefully answered YES PLEASE and began to run through the books that we require ...

Up on the screen is the book titles but with different covers ...... OK what is it with the different covers .... The book covers in the store where terrible so we asked if we could order a different cover ... YES she replied but it will be dearer and we would have to get it shipped in for you ( OK - No surprise there ) ... The books appeared on the screen in paper-back and I asked her to scroll down until she came to the HARDBACK version ... To which she replied "That will be more expensive" and to which my reply is "YES I KNOW BUT I AM ABIT OF A BOOK SNOB - I LOVE MY PRETTY COVERS AND ADORE HARDBACKED BOOKS IF POSSIBLE " I glanced over at my friend who was nodding and smiling at me ........

Which begs the question then .... Am I there only one out there who is a sucker for a nice cover and would buy a book which you already have IF there was a prettier cover :)

4 comments:

Vanessa Contessa said...

This topic is always under much debate here in you sister book club (The Literachicks.) There are some of us who are definite 'keepers of the book' shall we say. Everything must be hardcover and it MUST be kept pristine... a breaking of the spine is of the utmost offense! There are others who don't care one way or another.

I, myself am a little of both. I want a hardcover of my favorite books and I want it for my very own and to by MY copy, however, it certainly should never remain in perfect condition. Every tear of the flap and chocolate smudge on the pages reminds me of all the readings and it makes me feel closer to the book.

Please please please tell me the Suzanne Collins book you were ordering is The Hunger Games!!! This has to be the best book I have read this last year and I would LOVE to know your take when you are through.

Irish said...

Yup !!! I have been guilty along with a few of our members to lurking on your book blog ... lol .... And decided to see about getting The Hunger Games but they don't have it here and will not have for at least another month ... :( ... And it is a different cover ....

We are going to band together and get order some books via the internet from America to get the copies which we would like ...

I have my favourite books which some of them are worn but I do think it is a sin to bend the spine of a book and I am really fussy who I lent my books too as well .... lol .....

But will definately post a review once we get it ...

Jeanette said...

I love looking through book covers and will pick which edition to buy based on the cover. Sometimes the covers in other countries are so much nicer looking than the ones here. Like that cover for The Book of a Thousand Days. Beautiful. Never seen it before.

Irish said...

Was lucky to pick up the only one ... And your right it is so pretty and hardbacked as well ... Bonus :)

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