My Two-Cents: Always Judge a Book by its Cover

This advice is mediocre at best, leaning heavily on the ill-advised side. Always judge a book by its cover. How else are you supposed to judge it? At every Scholastic book fair, I would obviously pick the prettiest cover – it’s not a foolproof method, but I really don’t see another alternative. 

For a while in my life, I thought I was different. Then I had the heart-wrenching realization that I am actually just like everyone else. Belingernetly basic at best. Another fake blonde with a poor attention span who loves athleisure and caffeine. Though this revelation crushed my girl-interrupted syndrome, it was also a bit freeing. If I am not different, no one else is different. Whoofta, that took some edge off. Additionally, it made what was once complex seem more simple: other people were free to judge me by my cover. You see what you get. Now, I could return the favor and judge those around me by their covers – which is really the only way to do it. Presuming everyone else has some deeper hidden meaning is time-consuming and inefficient. Judge from what you see – judge based on the cover. There are already plenty of things worth getting offended over in this world, no need to judge past the cover and invent more.

I think the reason Dr. Seuss was such a successful writer probably had less to do with his writing and more with his pretty covers. I can vividly remember the cover of Oh The Places You’ll Go with ease; I hope that man thanked his illustrator. Covers sell stories! Headlines drive sales! The pretty picture on the front gives you all the basic information you need. I rest my case.