Books & Their Covers

Don't judge a book by its cover.

or

You can't judge a book by its cover.

or

You shouldn't judge a book by its cover.

What is all this about books and covers, you ask? It's something to think about. Something I've been thinking a lot about for the past several months (maybe even for the past couple of years).

Let me ask - would you walk into a book store, pick up a book, look at the cover (not read the synopsis, just look at the cover), guess how much the book weighs, note the color(s) on the cover and of the pages and then make a decision on whether to read the book based solely on the physical attributes of the book? How can you when you don't know what the book is about? Or what the book is capable of teaching you? Or where the book will lead you?

You can't.