Day 37: Reflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers

Author says: I must firstly apologise for my rather plump fingers distracting from the actual task at hand. I'm sorry.

Upon taking to google, to well google this book in an attempt to further my knowledge of it, I discovered it was first published in 1970 as a paperback. This very book my sausage roll fingers are touching is actually an original.

And my, this book cover is really something else isn't it. Amongst the themes of sexuality, violence and voyeurism that jump out at me, it was (most importantly?) only 25c!

Ok so I may be demonstrating very poor moral judgement by valuing something on its dollar worth but srsly guise, what costs 25c these days? Certainly not too many things spring to mind.

Gone are the days of catching a bus for 50c, buying a 5c mixed bag of lollies, and getting into the public pool for just a buck. And the price of books. Like, I just want a book. I don't want a book made from the paper of trees born into the Caribbean that grew up in the South of France only listening to classical music that bathed in the tears of Jesus. I don't want to have to convert to the kindle, wah.

I love the feel of a physical book. I don't know if I can covert. Pro's and con's welcome.

Day 36: Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

Three quid for a classic? Now that's what I'm talking about. However it'd still be cheaper than buying from New Zealand with the exchange rate and shipping. Damn.

I love these little Penguin books! They are simply delightful. It would be great to have a collection of these books in my library. See https://einkeread.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/for-those-who-love-paperback-books-the-complete-penguin-classics-collection/ It would also be great to have a library. See http://www.onekindesign.com/2013/08/02/50-jaw-dropping-home-library-design-ideas/

I'm attracted to the simplicity of these books. I love the way they say it best, when they say nothing at all. (Keating, Ronan, 1999).

Why is simplcity so attractive to me? Stumbling upon a Leonardo da Vinci sums it up quite nicely. I take that back I searched for quotes, one does not just stumble upon da Vinci am I right?

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

Plus I love the colour teal! Is that teal? I love it. 

Day 35: Start With Why by Simon Sinek

When I first saw this book cover I really liked it! It's bold, confident, and brilliant. And what's even better is that, from my initial thoughts, I had no idea what it was about! Alas, I have now realised that it's a leadership how-to book. Probably a really boring one too. So although this cover is actually quite deceptive. So nice work Sinek you got my attention then you threw it away. And even if it's not boring and it's as good as its cover, oh well, it's calling judging a book by its cover not not-judging a book by its cover.

Sinek should have gotten rid of all the white space, all the extra text, subheading, and his name and just had a book half the size with the title Start With Why exactly the same. Shit that would have been cool. I would see that book and think about reading it at the very least. I think it's the metallic red. I don't know what certain circles think of it, but I think it's pretty damn cool.

Day 34: Popular Science's 1954 Auto Show by Tom Riddle

This is SUCH a 50's book cover. And by a 50's book cover I mean such a little boys book cover. Which probably explains why my boss bought it. He's a man. And by man I mean a 10-year-old in an adults bod. Nevertheless I think this is a cool book cover, I'd like to have a book like this in my (teeny weeny) book collection. It'd be a nicely, diverse addition to the family. Buuuut I don't actually know if I would read it, oops. 

It's a kinda one of those books that I like the look of..and that's it. Haha. I am so deep. I'd also probably flick through it every now and then, you know, just to feel better about owning a book I wouldn't actually read. The book pages would have a nice feel to it though. Slightly browned and crispy, the kind of pages that you know have history. 

Maybe I could find interesting facts inside that I could use to show-off about. 

Day 33: Voices of the First Day: Awakening the Aboriginal Dream by Robert Lawlor

This is a cool book cover! It does, however, give everything away. I can tell this is an Indigenous Aboriginal type book from one glance really. And although I'm not saying that this is a bad thing, there are other things that I would rather read about. But, if this is a picture book, I'm in. Well, I'd be in for about ten minutes and a quick flick through of the pages and that'd be it.

The saying, "A picture paints a thousand words," would be appropriate in this case. I can only imagine the intricacy of the images. The book would definitely not do it justice. And can you imagine the colours? Where does one start with an image like this.

This probably isn't even a picture book. Why am I still talking.

Day 32: A Taste of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl

What I really like about this book cover is the simplistic, yet busy feast of illustration. Although they are all different in their own right, I really enjoy the way that they all come together on this one cover. Who know's what I'm really saying though. I don't. I'm scrambling.

There's something about illustration that I really enjoy. I put it down to the fact that it's because I cannot draw to save my life. True story. I even struggle with stick men, as simple as they may seem. So really I admire anyone with the skills of art. Art in the broadest of terms.

Buuuut I do have one suggestion towards the improvement of the cover. It could be nicer if it wasn't such a common blue. Right? It seems like the artist simply drew it on a napkin with a blue pen from the bottom of his bag and pasted it to the cover of this book. Is that potentially the purpose of this cover? Well if it is then yeah I got it.

I like Roald Dahl though. So, you know. I could read this.

Day 31: Hark A Vagrant by Kate Beaton

Aha! This book cover is pretty damn hilarious. Don't you think? The expression on the face of the soldier (?) is classic vagrant. It reminds me of the little kids that wear the same cowboy/spiderman/superman/fairy outfit to school for six months because their parents gave in on the second week. Cheeky!

But the book looks a bit boring. What's on the inside? I kinda feel like it's just pages and pages of that same pasty yellow used on the background of this cover. Or that there'd be no images throughout the rest of the book and just big, random words pasted everywhere. Like, "yellow" and "blah" and "yah" or some shit.

But it might be pretty interesting, if the vagrant in question did some interesting shit. Like, if he went on an adventure. And the adventure was interesting. So really what I'm trying to say is what this needs is more of a background. Rather than have that pooey yellow it would be nice to have a background where shit was getting done. He could be on a pirate ship, or in a jungle, on a beach, or in a bull ring or you know anything apart from that damn yellaaa!