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nekare at 10:33am on 07/08/2007 under book rec, recs, s.meyer's worlds of sparkle and dazzle, the libertines, twilight
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So Pete Doherty is a brunette again and THANK GOODNESS because the blond was SCARY, YO. Like, really. I don't know what he was thinking. That with the thankfully normal-again hair and the disappeareance of the bint that was always hanging from his arm (i.e. Kate Moss, attention whore extraordinaire), he can now go and win Carlos back. If, you know, Carl would get away from his new wife. (I kid, I kid, Annalisa looks awfully sweet and Carl's finally smiling again, so.)
Anyway, I'm halfway done with Twilight. ( I do have to say, the book's catchy, at least. (in which I'm not that incredibly great about it, so better skip if you're a rabid fan of the book) )
ANYWAY, the real reason I wanted to read these books? (apart from fiding out who the fuck Edward was and why everyone was swooning about him) THE COVERS. The covers are wonderfully designed and constructed, and they give off an air of mystery and darkness about them (as well as temptation, that with the apple and stuff). The colors invoke vampires so well, and the typography is edgy and interesting. I have mad LOVE for the covers. BUT, the cover sells a dark story of cross-stared love in an evocative and heady dark atmosphere and the book is rather, rather different. AND THAT, KIDS, IS WHY I LOVE GRAPHIC DESIGN SO MUCH. It plays with one's mind and makes one make assumptions and then, well, it's kinda late to turn the book back, isn't it? It's the covers that have sold the book, no one would've bought it otherwise and okay, people started liking the writing later, but it's that first look that catches your eye what really makes the book.
*This rant was brought to you by the obligatory, 'hi, I wanna be in Editorial Design when I grow up' front.
Anyway, I'm halfway done with Twilight. ( I do have to say, the book's catchy, at least. (in which I'm not that incredibly great about it, so better skip if you're a rabid fan of the book) )
ANYWAY, the real reason I wanted to read these books? (apart from fiding out who the fuck Edward was and why everyone was swooning about him) THE COVERS. The covers are wonderfully designed and constructed, and they give off an air of mystery and darkness about them (as well as temptation, that with the apple and stuff). The colors invoke vampires so well, and the typography is edgy and interesting. I have mad LOVE for the covers. BUT, the cover sells a dark story of cross-stared love in an evocative and heady dark atmosphere and the book is rather, rather different. AND THAT, KIDS, IS WHY I LOVE GRAPHIC DESIGN SO MUCH. It plays with one's mind and makes one make assumptions and then, well, it's kinda late to turn the book back, isn't it? It's the covers that have sold the book, no one would've bought it otherwise and okay, people started liking the writing later, but it's that first look that catches your eye what really makes the book.
*This rant was brought to you by the obligatory, 'hi, I wanna be in Editorial Design when I grow up' front.
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