Winner from Cover Comment Drawing!

Thanks to everyone who commented on the cover post!
I thought the comments were very interesting!!  I chose those two covers because I wasn't sure either of them was the best choice! ;o)
I think the majority agreed that the "busy" cover caught their eye but for the subject matter the more sedate cover on the right would get the attention!

CONGRATULATIONS

to the WINNER OF THE DRAWING

I will e-mail Sandy to pick a book from the Friday Pick lists!!

I enjoy the comment drawings and it gets you bloggers thinking and chatting so I will no doubt do more of these!  I hope you like them too!

Is that Cover REAL? Does it REALLY Matter?? [With Giveaway!]

I was planning on something else today but it just wasn't quite ready --- soon though!
As second choice I thought I might continue my "realism" theme one more week!! Here is today's question!

How "real" should the cover be?????
Does it every bother you if the cover doesn't match the book?
Do you feel deceived sometimes if you got pulled in by a cover and discover the book is nothing like that?

I can think of a few times when I was annoyed that the cover showed a blonde and the heroine was a brunette (or visa versa!).  And many times the clothes on the cover are not as described in the book. I like my covers to match the story!  I can think of a particular book where I think the cover looked VERY interesting but the story didn't match!  As a courtesy, I won't single it out.  But it was annoying because I would not have gotten the book for review except for the pretty cool looking, but ultimately misleading, cover.

One more point that is interesting - as I was looking for graphics for this post [does anyone know how time consuming that can get??] I found these two book covers on the topic of art and graphics.  What do you think??                                                                                                                                                 

Which catches your eye?? Which book would you be inclined to pick for information on graphic art??

DOES THE COVER REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Again this week there will be a drawing from all comments made on this post - leave your e-mail please so I can reach you! I will draw a winner Friday morning to chose a book from the Friday Pick books!