/lit/ - Literature

Wow. /lit/, the last place to talk about books.

Have you ever been to this forum before?

>>830743
wow, 5 mins and you're already complaining.

>>830757
It occurs to me in the time you wrote that you could have pretended you've ever had an opinion about a book.

/lit/ - Bitches Bitching

>>830749

>forum

>>830758
Try using some punctuation.
It helps people understand your idiot ramblings.

haven't read it because i enjoy reading good books with non-shitty covers.

>>830768
I see you haven't read my book. It's called "Suck My Balls Until You Black Out"

>>830776
Good one.
I think there's a board for that kind of humor.
>>>/b/
gb2 where you belong broseph.

>>830774
>I judge books on the cover

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>>830781
True, they probably have better opinions on books than /lit/, so I'm gonna take off. Later bitch.

>>830743
>>830749
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>>830786

Holy shit, look at all these trollers trolling trollers trolling trollers trolling trollers.

>>830783

Not the same guy, but everyone judges books by covers. If you say you don't, you are just a liar.

>>830798
I don't and I'm not a liar.

>>830801
I'm talking strictly about books.

>>830801

Yeah, you are. You just have different opinions on a good cover.

Hearing about a book beforehand or being recommended it is why we forgive good books with bad covers, but when you have nothing to go on, just a cover, that's how you judge it.

>>830815
I judge it by
1) If it's a author I know
2) The summary on the back


u troollin nigga.

>>830815
I go by the synopsis on the inside jacket or back of the book, plus flipping through a few pages to get an idea of possible style or content.

> this thread

>>830822
>>830823

But you don't even pick up the books with bad covers. You don't get to the synopsis on the back unless the cover interests you.

And I already said I wasn't talking about books you already knew about beforehand.

>>830895
No, I really don't pay attention to the cover. The title on the side, when I'm browsing in the library, is what I'll go by as a first indication of whether to get it or not. Some books I've picked up and thoroughly enjoyed had terrible covers.

>>830921
>implying the title isn't a part of the cover.

You judge it like everyone else, you just go by different details.

i judge a book by:

1. its title
2. its cover
3. its summary
4. the author
5. the first page

>>830933
You're really having fun with this, aren't you?

does twilight have a good cover?
no.
is it a good book?
no.

i think I've made my point

>>830935

It's not rocket science. I'm just saying that when you've never heard of a book before, or its author, you only have a cover or title to go on. A bad cover doesn't mean a bad book, but we see a cover we like and it sparks our interests and then we read the synopsis to learn more.