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I honestly don't think it requires that much dedication, it's fun to read but you can go really deep on it if you choose. It's also terrifying. Favorite author, tied for my favorite book with his new project. Definitely get it at some point.

edit: just saw your above post, carry on

 

Still good to know. I don't know if I can justify paying £28 pound when most books are between £8 and £12 here though. Cheapest I've seen is £20 on Amazon so far.

 

It's not just standard print, there are a lot of different typographies/format/use of color that make it more expensive to print but are totally essential to the story which is why there's never been an e-book format. It's definitely a commitment but once you hold it in your hands I think you'd understand the value if you're on the fence.

 

Yeah, I can justify that price if there are reasons like that involved. I can't really say much when I bought Name of the Wind when the 10th anniversary edition came out....

 

I actually don't think House of Leaves is that much of a commitment, it looks more intimidating and involved than it really is. It's pretty straightforward narrative-wise for the most part, it's just that there's a lot of interpretations you can apply to it. It doesn't answer a lot of questions it raises.

 

I was looking into horror books (recs welcome), be it standalone or series and this was fairly new and mentioned quite a lot.

 

Anyone see the bashing from Terry Goodkind to an artist? Damn.

 

that's messed up lol

that's not even that bad of a cover, I've seen way worse

 

Did that guy call his own book a "great book"? And did he not see the cover before today? And yeah, I've seen way worse covers. No idea what that book is about but the cover gave me no pause or anything.

 

Shit most fantasy books have bad covers. That’s no worse than a lot I’ve seen. He must not have had any say in it before publication. Either way messed up to call out the artist so publicly like that.

 

Oh shit, the artist responded in the comments. What a weird thing to do unless you purposefully wanted to burn bridges and get shit on.

 

In a Facebook page the author says he isn't making fun of the ARTIST but of the PUBLISHER and that it is the PUBLISHERS fault the artwork is so bad yet that somehow is not shitting on the ARTIST in his eyes....

Omg I'm gonna be reading his fucking Facebook posts all night with how absurd this guy is and his logic

 

I never usually judge a person, especially an author, but I definitely won't be picking up this series as he's blatantly a fucking bad person.

 

So the only way that logic even makes an ounce of sense is the publisher hired the artist and basically told him or her exactly what it was supposed to be of and the author isn’t calling out the quality of the drawing itself but just the decisions behind it and the theme. But that’s a lot of what ifs and if that’s the case maybe don’t make your post look like you’re calling out the artist.

 

fwiw authors rarely have any say in cover art or artists. you have to make a lot of money before they even think to ask if you like it, let alone take your opinion.

I have a friend with a book coming out in a few months and heh changed the cover on her last week to a horrible one and she can’t do or say anything.

I imagine when you get to Terry Brooks’ level you snap. And yeah, that’s a pretty bad cover haha

 

Read Building Strong Brands by David A. Aaker recently. Good read if you want to learn more about branding. Next up I’m reading Dreaming the Beatles by Rob Sheffield. Then I have the upcoming Steven Hyden and Chuck Palahniuk books to review.

 

I’m jealous of your ARC game

 

I forgot to mention that I finished The Little French Bistro. It was very charming overall, although I felt the ending was probably a bit unnecessarily wishy-washy. Now I've moved on to the Lumberjanes Vol. 4, a quick read in between novels.

 

Do you ever read the GN out loud too like you do other books?

 

I'm so sorry but what is a GN? My goofy self can't think what you mean...

 

Graphic Novel!

 

Oh! Of course, lol. No, we haven't tried that yet! It would be fun though. We could try divvying it up into parts, like they used to make us do in school, haha. :)

 

Hah, it felt like a long shot for physical copies of both, but I'm glad I got them. Going to try to get through the Sheffield book ASAP so I can dive into those.

 

This is really cool.