tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094562384038868734.post1173373343340704040..comments2024-03-05T20:33:06.615-06:00Comments on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions: Judging books by their coversUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094562384038868734.post-16179424343830055812009-10-04T15:42:11.843-05:002009-10-04T15:42:11.843-05:00Guilty! The one screw-up that really stands out i...Guilty! The one screw-up that really stands out in my mind is a time I went out looking to buy . . . I was just in the mood to bring home something new . . . and I was about to buy a book that was on my wishlist (Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje) but I couldn't stand the cover. It was ugly. So, I picked up a book with a gorgeous cover (The Blood of Flowers) and bought it, instead. Stupid, stupid, stupid!!! I still haven't been able to get into The Blood of Flowers. <br /><br />Fortunately, I don't make that mistake often. I've found that I'm definitely more hesitant to buy a book with an ugly cover, though, even if it's on my wish list. Instead, I'll wait to acquire the uglies from a swap site.Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094562384038868734.post-34071398765717172592009-10-02T08:54:37.567-05:002009-10-02T08:54:37.567-05:00I've seen Awful Library Books (I made the mist...I've seen Awful Library Books (I made the mistake of reading some of it while at the reference desk - I had to stop before it got too hard to keep myself from laughing uncontrollably). I haven't seen Judge a Book by its Cover, though. Yes, another fun one!<br /><br />I might post both of them on our staff blog - in a slow, roundabout way, I'm trying to convince people that it's time for us to weed. I have two supporters so far, although unfortunately none of them are directly involved with the actual process of weeding. Apparently, people have tried to weed in the past, only to discover that the people in technical services who were supposed to handle the record and holding removal steps just gave the books back to Circulation to reshelve. But I'll keep at it. We don't need THAT many medical and computer books from the 60's and 70's.A Library Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144279685884011943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094562384038868734.post-30396943009911891472009-10-01T20:16:51.975-05:002009-10-01T20:16:51.975-05:00Have you seen these fabulous blogs?
Awful Library...Have you seen these fabulous blogs? <br /><a href="http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Awful Library Books</a><br /><br /><a href="http://judgeabook.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Judge a Book by its Cover</a>Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04350150539736994791noreply@blogger.com