Author: Julie S.

Chat Between Chapters: Book covers that are turn-offs

 Let’s chat covers some more. What book covers just turn you off a book?  Julie: List time! These types of things turn me off a cover. Swords. Only swords. Blurry weird floating heads. Bright crazy colors that blind. Unreadable fonts. Overly vulgar looking covers. Awkward positioning of characters. Overuse of a stock photo. Cutting off […]

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Check out my Dracula-quoting bookish scarf!

Thanks to Storiarts for sending me this lovely scarf for me to enjoy and share with you. We’ve all seen the trend of bookish gifts, especially clothing. I mean, why not wear your favorite words? We like to hang our favorite words or characters up on the walls or display them on shelves – it makes perfect […]

Posted May 25, 2016 by Julie S. in General / 4 Comments
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Chat About Covers: The Viking

  We’re starting a new feature here on Chapter Break called Chat About Covers. ‘Cause you know we all judge books by covers, whether we admit it or not. We judge the style, the color and font choices, and just the overall look. That might not keep us from reading the book, but we do […]

Posted May 23, 2016 by Julie S. in Chat About Covers / 6 Comments
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Armchair BEA 2016 – Day 3 – Beyond #ArmchairBEA

Beyond the Book and Beyond the Blog Beyond the traditional form of the novel, what are your favorite alternative forms (graphic novels, audiobooks, webcomics, etc)? Do you have any favorite works within these alternate forms? How do you think the changing format affects the reading experience? Our secondary topic, beyond the blog could focus on […]

Posted May 13, 2016 by Julie S. in ArmchairBEA / 5 Comments
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