Book covers

I read a lot of genre fiction, Sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, romance.

Typically I don’t have any qualms about people knowing what I am ready. I am proud to be holding a book by Lois McMaster Bujold in my hands on bart. I want people to see what it is I am reading. If they look down on it and consider me not worth talking to, those are the people I wouldn’t like anyway and I am pleased to have them run them off. If they are drawn to me because of the book, they are the type of people I want to talk to and we can geek out together.

I find this works until I get to the romances. Some of them with the “romance” covers (de-shirted men, women in some form of undress) are not things I want to be seen reading. I find I feel much more comfortable wrapping the book cover up in a sheet of white paper like I did with my text books in school to protect the book. I don’t care to be seen as a Bodice Ripper Only Reader.

I am fine as a Sci-fi Only Reader. Or Mystery, or Fantasy. Just not Romance. I am a little leary of Best Seller type books too. Guess this says a lot about my attitudes about types of books. I would rather be seen reading the obscure then the mainstream/popular.

6 thoughts on “Book covers

  1. Oh, the delusions of anonymity I seem to be entertaining when reading on the BART… self-help books, fantasy, D&D books, other gaming books. I empathize with your reasoning. However, I have reserved that commute time for reading all manner of things, else I would get scarcely any reading done otherwise! Though you have a good idea: I should probably engineer some sort of book-cover for my more scandalous reading.

  2. I have (had?) a paperback book cover designed to a) protect your book cover and b) shield your choice of reading materiel from others. If I can find it (I *think* I know where it is) would you like it?

    1. Nah,
      That would be too much like taking your own grocery bags to the grocery store. It would require planning ahead and I rarely do that.

      Right now, if I find a book with an objectionable cover, I just use a piece of 8.5×11 paper to make a cover. I can even draw or doodle on it. I think it is cool that paperback books fit with 8.5×11 paper so well.

  3. I feel the same way which is hard because I also feel that, ftmp, romance novels aren’t worth buying so when I want to read one I’m usually reading in the breakroom at work :o ) And trying not to let my coworkers see

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