If you’re a bookworm, there’s an astronomical chance that you LOVE covers. I’m not talking about puppy love, peoples. I’m talking about true, deep, lifelong, passionate love. Covers aren’t for glancing at with a “Hmm”. They’re for RAVING over. Hugging. Stroking. Crooning softly words like precioussss into the dark night.
Covers + bookworms = true love.
But what kind of covers inspire that deep passionate love within you? HMM? We all have our preferences and our types.
SO! With the help of this quiz (made by yours truly) I’m going to attempt to predict your favourite style of book cover*. If, of course, the quiz totally fails (because this is the first time i’ve made a quiz quite like htis) then BLAME THE QUIZ NOT ME. I, as your overlord, am practically perfect in every way.**
* Basically YA covers. I am a YA reader. Adult books are scary.
** Or is that Mary Poppins? Nope, pretty sure it’s me.
THE MINIMALIST
It’s all about clean, crisp and simple designs. Something about them speak to you on a deep level, to be honest. Is it the simple, eye-catching design? Is it the meaningful illustration? Is it the thick block colours? You love how it’s simple and no-cluttered.
THE QUEEN OF SPARKLY DRESSES
Let no one ever say that they’ve had enough of those gorgeously wonderful dresses on book covers. THEY ROCK YOUR WORLD. The colours! The layers! The sparkles! You’re pretty extra sure you were born to be queen of a fantasy land because you need dresses like that in your life. But for now? These books grace your shelves with their beautifulness.
THE PERSONA
You are the one most likely to say “LOOK AT ME WHEN I’M READING YOU”. Covers with faces rock your world because you like a clear idea of your new bookish BFF or crush or both at the same time.
THE ARTIST CONNOISSEUR
Please, let’s have EVERYTHING by hand drawn. Art is life, and you know this for a fact. Plus they would totally make perfect wall art. Is it socially acceptable to plaster your walls with book covers? YOU SAY YES.
THE ACTION FIGURINE
You like covers were things are happening. ACTION! ADVENTURE! STAB THE ENEMY! Weapons? Yes please. Kick-butt heroes and heroines? Sign you up ASAP.
THE STARRY-EYED
There is something utterly entrancing about the sky, right? It’s absolutely starrily magical. You basically can’t go wrong if you throw a galaxy over the top.
THE FONT FANATIC
Titles are important. Fonts are fantastic. So let’s just focus on these beautiful hand drawn fonts. Possibly fall in love with them. Possibly run away and marry them.
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Love this quiz! Your quizzes are the best, seriously Cait. I got the Minimalist, which is pretty much accurate. I love lots of kinds of covers, but minimalist covers are my favs. Seriously, every time I design a cover I so very simple and clean with lots of space. Also, how can a pineapple tart be disappointing?
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Oh interesting, I’ve never thought about this before! I got the action covers, which I think is probably more accurate in terms of content, because I’m usually drawn more to minimalist covers, or covers that have awesome color schemes, BUT you win at life in my book simply for making the Iron Man suit an option in the outfit question. 😀
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Great idea for a quiz! I got the action figurine. Not the first one I would have chosen for myself, haha. I enjoy covers in all the categories. But I think the starry-eyed ones draw my attention more. Unfortunately I don’t own any of those.
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I love this quiz! I got the Artist Connoisseur which I think is pretty darn accurate! I usually tend to be drawn to covers that closely resemble works of art and with intricate/complicated patterns. It’s like you read my mind. 😉
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Umm, well, the quiz didn’t actually get it right. I got queen of sparkly dresses though I am not exactly a dress-on-the-cover person.
However, I loved the quiz! Because I love quizzes no matter how wrong the results are. I am a Buzzfeed addict after all:)
I personally am a fan of the The Artist Connoisseur. I like intricately detailed and artistic covers, though I myself am crap at art unless it’s drawing stick men:)
I am also a font fanatic! I adore looking at different fonts, and I especially love the ones which look authentic.
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You put two of my favorite things in a post – quizzes and book covers. Thank you. I actually like all the categories minus the action figurine so your quiz had high chances of placing me correctly. I got minimalist and love all the covers you used as examples. WOOHOO!
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It’s like you’ve known me all my life!
I got the art connoisseur! which is exactly what I like!
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I was GONNA be offended that you called doctors’ handwriting ugly but then realised I had ugly handwriting and I want to be a doctor. SOOOO. And apparently fairytale retellings is a genre now. And OMG I nearly chose the chocolate cake without noticing the book cake. THE BOOK CAKE WINS. (But have you seen the Wikipedia cake? That one is fabulous.)
So I got the artist connoisseur which is quite close, but then I am also a sucker for the sparkly dresses, so maybe that one too. (I watched Cinderella just for the dresses. Aaaaah. I could not decide between Cinderella and Iron Man for the fashion question.) The font fanatic is one I love to gaze at but for some reason I don’t really have a book with that type of cover. Hmm.
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THIS QUIZ IS THE BEST. Because pretty covers = instant purchase for me 😉 OKAY SO I LOVED THIS QUIZ BUT THE ARTIST CONNOISSEUR IS NOT MY FAVOURITE. Don’t get me wrong! Those covers ARE gorgeous, but… I’m either a starry-eyed or a sparkly dress or an action figurine kinda cover lover 😛 Actually, you know what? I’ll go for anything pretty.
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Hi Cait! I have nominated you for the Beautiful Bloggers Award! <3 Check out the rules on my blog haha hope you can join! 🙂 <3 https://yooheereadsinneverland.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/beautiful-bloggers-award/
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My favorite covers are the ones with stars on them but I got The Minimalist. It’s okay because simple designs really attract me!
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Well you pegged me right 🙂
The Artist Connoisseur
I adore those kinds of covers, they make me stop dead in my tracks in bookstores, because they are lovely.
Was happy to see Blue Lily, Blue on there, need to read all of those books.
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Hah, well… I like most of them. Except for the dresses, the action figurine, and the persona. And you didn’t give me those as a result, so I guess you did good! 😀
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I got Starry Eyed! But I do prefer minimalistic covers. It’s okay though, because I love all book covers (and galaxies ARE actually very aesthetically pleasing). I have the other versions of The Lost Hero and Eleanor & Park, and boy do they look beautiful. Every once in a while I’d just peek at the cover whilst reading because…it pleases my eyes. >:) Awesome post!
Apparently I’m a font fanatic. Which is good to know… I thought I just liked pretty books!
Beth x
I got The Action Figurine.
Eh, close but no cigar. XD
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YAY! I’m the Queen of Sparkly Dresses!
This quiz is accurate!
And I loved it 🙂
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I SAY YES, you got it right. [the minimalist] HOWEVER, i’m more than one..I’d also say the font fanatic and the artist connoisseur..YOU DIDN’T GIVE AN OPTION FOR DIVERGENTS. humph. ;P
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This is great Cait! I’m the action figure, and you know what, I think I am you know, I just can’t help it.. I love me some badassness on the cover, something that says ‘this is going to be gooooooood’ you know? SUCH A GOOD QUIZ, ALL OF THE POINTS!
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I DO like fonts, you clever thing. Fonts are love.
Although to be honest I love ALL COVERS unless there is like a half naked man/woman in a haystack/riding a motorbike or some other terrible stock photography.
Also… I want that chocolate cake that you teased me with in one of the questions. Bake it for me now please.
YES I’M THE MINIMALIST. EXCELLENT DECISION QUIZ OF CAIT. I would also have accepted Artist Connoisseur and Font Fanatic 😀
Also I had an excellent time gazing at all those beautiful, beautiful covers…
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I got THE ACTION FIGURINE and I’m pretty darn happy with that! I actually have that Aussie edition of SABRIEL and I LOVE IT! 😀
It’s these awesome quizzes and your boundless enthusiasm that makes me love your blog so much Cait! Everything you do just oozes fun – this was so cool! ^_^
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I got “Queen of the Sparkly Dress.”
I guess that’s applicable … but I love action covers, too. And pretty much anything bold and eye catching. And I love books that have a main character or three on the cover so I can see what they look like.
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I got the Minimalist, and OMG it’s so true! I love clean, simple covers and I always gravitate towards them in bookstores and libraries. What a fun, adorable quiz!
Oh yes, you did very good. 😉 I was 99% sure that I would get Minimalist, and I did. 😀 Awesome job!
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Nope. I got Sparkly Dresses, which is actually my second least favourite cover (least being people/persona). 😛
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I love it when you have quizzes, Cait!
I got The Action Figurine. Honestly, even when I looked through all of these, I still wasn’t sure which one I would be. So, i’ll just take you word for it. Action Figurine it is. I do love the Percy Jackson and Throne of Glass cover, all of which have people on them.
The only other category I really liked was the fonts one. I’m a sucker for a book with a nice font.
I loved this quiz and i’ll definitely be looking forward to the next one!
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This was super fun! I got Font Fanatic!
Awesome quiz. It came very close to getting it right (which is better than most of these quizzes do). I got The Minimalist. I would have picked The Artist Connoisseur for myself.
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Yay, a quiz! XD
I got The Starry-Eyed – probably true but I am also a lover of big titles that TAKE UP THE ENTIRE PAGE (so the font fanatic) and love a good Action Figurine cover too. I adore dark covers as well. 😉 Most of the time I actually pick books based on blurb but, every now and again, I HAVE to have one because of the cover. Case in point: The Sin-Eater’s Daughter (…which I still haven’t read).
yay i got the sparkly glitzy bazaaam-araaam dresses *-* on point, girl, on point (during the test i actually kept envisioning the beautiful the winner’s curse lol so even better! plus i am gonna start reading it asap)
I got The Artist Connoisseur, but I think I’m more of a mix between The Minimalist and The Persona. Still, this was really fun! I liked it! I think The Starry-Eyed ones are gorgeous, but they tell me the book is going to be sci-fi, so depsite being gorgeous, they’re a sign that I don’t want that book in my life and put me off. Haha! This was so cool! The cake question though… I was all, “But I don’t like cake! Ughh…. ooh, that one has books on it and looks cool, so let’s go for that one, even though I wouldn’t want it in my mouth.” Haha!
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Haha, you actually kinda got it right. I got ‘The Starry Eyed’, and I love anything to do with stars and the night sky, but I don’t actually own a cover like that. I guess I’ve never found a book with a starry cover that sounded interesting enough. I mean, the book has to live up to an amazing cover.
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Aw XD you guessed right, Font Fanatic. I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE Font :)! It is just so beautiful…
What a great idea!!!
I’m definitely a ‘queen of sparkly dresses’ or ‘a persona’ but when I took the quiz I was the ‘artist connoiseur’. Sooo, yeah. Sorry about that. 😛 I probably would’ve got the ‘queen of sparkly dresses’ if I changed like, one or two of my answers, because there were some where I was doubting a lot. Like the ‘pick a colour’ question. How to choose, man? I like ALL the colours! 😀
Loved the quiz though! Always happy to see a quiz here – they’re my favourite kind of posts. 🙂
~ Naomi
The first thing I did was looking at the outcomes and I decided I’m either Artist connoisseur or font fanatic and I ended up being the first one. So with me, you were spot-on 😀 Covers with drawings on it are the best, that’s why I always love MG covers.
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YAAAY GO ME AND MY QUIZ. *awards quiz for awesomeness*
I do love minimalist book covers. They’re what tend to catch my eye. I also need to figure out how to make a quiz, because I would have a new one on my blog like every day.
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You should totally try it!! Just play around on playbuzz! I’m actually not 100% sure I make them right?! But I can’t seem to find any tutorials. 😐
I love these quizzes! Your questions and answers are actually fun and not super obvious like some quizzes I’ve taken (the “which Hogwarts house would you be in?” ones, for example, where the answers to the question “How do you make a sandwich?” are like this: 1. Bravely 2. Intelligently 3. Like a snake and 4. I make a sandwich and give it to someone else). I got the Action Figurine, though I definitely prefer minimalist covers. So does my mom. She actually bought Eleanor & Park in hardback because of the cover alone. Although These Broken Stars and Throne of Glass are gorgeous. 🙂
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OMGGGG, I’M LAUGHING MY BRAIN OFF RIGHT NOW. Like a snake… but too true. When I take quizzes and they go like that, I just bale, because I know I’m directing my answers then and it’s totally cheating. AGH. But quiz fail for me still then, since it guessed you wrong. 😉
YOU GUESSED WRONG, CAIT!! Your quiz gave me the action figurine, but I prefer the starry-eyed or the font fanatic when it comes to covers (or at least the ones you showed here). Ah well, it’s not the end of the world… 😉 Also picking between fantasy and fairy tale retellings was the HARDEST thing I’ve had to do in ages!!! WHY, CAIT, WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME??!!! ;D
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OMG. Blame the quiz. Clearly I am above reproach. BUT THE QUIZ IS TOTALLY FALLIBLE. *sends quiz to corner of shame*
This was such a great idea! I actually hadn’t thought about it much, but now that you mention it a lot of covers can be categorized by similarity. I didn’t realize there were that many designs with galaxies and dresses! I got the starry-eyed. I think it’s pretty accurate, I mean, who doesn’t like looking at the sky :). I do like all the other covers too, though. Most of the covers you pictured above would’ve caught my attention at the bookstore.
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There are just sooo many beautiful covers in the world, right?! I think I love all the categories — provided they’re well designed!!
The Queen of Sparkly Dresses. I am actually a little bit scared with how accurate this is. So much fun! Definitely do more of these in the future!
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YAAAAY. SO MUCH WIN FOR MY QUIZ MAKING SKILLS. hehe. 😉
As usual you are very accurate, Cait. I got The Minimalist. My love for minimalist design doesn’t just include book covers but also web design! 😀 I guess I’m also a font fanatic because I love me some great fonts…
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I now crown Cait Drews Queen of Making Quizzes. Seriously, though. Your quizzes are always completely accurate for me. I got the Artist Connoisseur, and that is SO me. I’m not an art fanatic in the sense that I don’t often take the time to create art, but when I actually sit down and take my time with art I can do it pretty well. However, I truly appreciate pretty art. I love covers that are artsy and have gorgeous covers to boot. That said, I also have a love for typography and minimalism, so when those two elements are mixed with gorgeous art, then…wow…my dream book cover. My future book better have a cover like that. 😛
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AHHHH I AM THE QUEEEEEEN!!!! *prances around in new crown* And I’m an Artist Connoisseur too so we are totally TWINS as well. I am awful at art, but it somehow makes me appreciate everyone else’s a lot. My future book better have an arty cover too. *nods* That’ll be my first question to any publisher. “BUT IS THE COVER GONNA ROCK??” I am mature, I know.
I love your quizzes! I seem to thwart them every time, though. 😉 I got The Persona, which is so far from the truth, I had to laugh. The only one in that category I like is To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. Out of the other choices, I think The Artist Connoisseur would be the best fit, because I actually love all of those colors. None of the other covers really do much for me, except for TATBILB and Ruin and Rising. Are you going to go through the comments and calculate your success rate? I’m very curious!
I am totally the Artist Connoisseur too. SO WE ARE TWINS IN THIS. But bahhhh, the quiz. *glares at quiz* *sends it to the corner of shame* TOTALLY it’s fault and not mine. Totally. I should totally see my success rate. XD So far it’s probably more accurate than not, but most people seem to be Divergent book cover lovers. I should’ve had that for an option!!
I got “The Font Fanatic”. I mean, I like lots of different types of covers, but that’s probably a pretty good choice. Fonts are important. If they’re not done correctly, they can really bring down the style of your cover and make it look like a high school project you threw together in MS Paint.
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I TOTALLY agree. I’ve seen a lot of self-published books with great covers…and just horrendous fonts. Fonts are uber imporant and it takes quite a lot of talent to mix them exceptionally well. IT DOES.
YOUR QUIZZES ARE FANTABULOUS (yes, we’re going with that word, okay!). I got The Starry Eyed, which is absolutely true. I mean, admittedly, I’ve not read any of the books featured but give me a cover that’s blue and purple and starry or even just has a beautiful picturesque cover – I will love every inch of it.
I’m also a little bit of the Artist Connoisseur and a Font Fanatic but STARS BEAT THEM ALL.
What would you be though, Cait???
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I can’t take the quiz, since I made it buuuuut, tbh, I think I’m an Artist Connoisseur. THOSE are the covers that melt my heart each time. But can I claim to be a bit of all of them?? I read scifi purely for the starry gorgeous covers. XD #noregrets
CAIT I’M GOING TO CRY NOT ONLY DID YOU GET ME PERFECTLY SPOT-ON, BUT YOU ALSO INCLUDED FABLEHAVEN AS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES YOU ARE A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING I LOVE YOU
WELL, YOU ARE COMPLETELY WELCOME AND I’M SO GLAD THE QUIZ WORKS. CLEARLY I AM AN EPIC QUIZ MAKER. MWAHAHAHA. XD
I honestly didn’t even know what I liked myself, LOL! I got THE ARTIST CONNOISSEUR, which I would really agree with. I also LOVE the Starry-Eyed and the Font Fanatic types of covers. I love this quiz, Cait! 😀
I AM THE ARTIST CONNOISSEUR TOO. I could seriously run off and marry those covers, tbh.
This is so awesome! Quizzes are so much fun.
I got the Art Connoisseur . 🙂 I think that’s fairly accurate. Though Miminalist is cool from time to time too. Or swords. Basically if you put a sword on a cover I will pick it up. I know it’s the most cliched fantasy cover ever, a lone sword. *shrugs* Maybe that’s why I love fantasy. But art- awe! You don’t see that often and it really catches the eye.
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ART AWE FOR SURE. (Omg I even rhyme!…*ahem*) I don’t even care how cliche fantasy covers are sometimes…if the colours are gorgeous then I cannot resist it. I CANNOT.
Awesome quiz although I will have to blame it because The Minimalist is not my style. I think I’m more of a font fanatic. It wasn’t a disappointing pineapple tart though. It was fun and the categories are spot on.
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AWK. I’m glad it was fun even if the quiz did not understand your true inner feelings. *glares at quiz* TOTALLY its fault. Not mine.
I got the Starry-Eyed, no surprise there! This is an awesome quiz, seriously, make more!!! We bookworms always like to say we don’t judge a book by its cover, but we do! There is no hope in denying it. I’m more drawn to something glittery and shiny than a boring book cover. Which is why it is a shame when a series has BEAUTIFUL sparkling covers, and then the publishers change them to HORRIBLY bland abominations! Why do publishers do this to us…?
AGHHH. I hate it when publishers change covers and they’re awful. (I’m not a fan of the Fire & Flood overhaul. I think the first versions were sooo much nicer. BUT ANYWAY.) And totally am addicted to covers. THERE IS NO PRETENDING OTHERWISE. *nods*
Purty much nailed it, Cait–I like “The Action Figurine.” ^_^ I suppose it all depends on what KIND of book I’m looking for, because some of those galaxy covers or gorgeous font covers are drool-worthy too, IMO. But because I most often read those fantasy/action-y books, the quiz pegged me with that one.
Speaking of beautimous covers, this is one of the favorites on my bookshelf: http://www.amazon.com/The-Errant-King-Dark-Annals/dp/0899578780
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THE QUIZ SPEAKS TRUTH. HUZZAH!!! And phewf. 😉 Ohh, that Errant King is definitely actiony!
Oooh, I like these quizzes. You should totally do these more often. I got the artist connoisseur, which I am, but I think I’m many things. Like, I’ll go for the hand drawn fonts, if they’re tasteful, and I love books like stars (I’ve been drooling over the Across the Universe cover even though I haven’t read it yet though I really, really want to). I loved the Divergent cover because of the coloring and the detail, and I loved the Insurgent cover for the same reason (mainly I think it was how the coloring and the detail conspired to make a wonderful atmosphere). I will say I didn’t like the Allegiant cover as much–the coloring failed to capture the atmosphere as well. (Oh, and just so we’re clear, I’m talking about the American (?) covers with the symbols on them and the bits of Chicago skyline.) Let’s see, and I loved the covers for Legend, Prodigy, and Champion (though I didn’t feel they captured the essences of the books as well, but who cares?). And I liked the cover for The Fault in Ours Stars (haven’t read that one yet, either), but I wouldn’t exactly spend hours drooling over it. Hmm, let’s see…other covers (can you tell this is a topic I love?). Usually I prefer covers with a darker color scheme, like, dark blues and reds, but I also like greyish greens and greyish blues and greyish greys (that’s totally a thing). But I’m going to stop now before I go into a book cover induced coma.
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It is a completely glorious topic. AND AN ENDLESS ONE. There is so much to say about covers…they’re like the whole book represented in art, and it needs to be glorious. I will absolutely clutch at anything artistic and drawn and very colourful. Dark = I love. The brightly coloured ones don’t grab me as much, but I still like them because they’re eye catchy.
I totally agree about the Legend series!! Pretty but I don’t know if they fit or not. xD Champion’s cover though. <3
This is such a great idea for a quiz! I got the Action Figurine one, which is pretty true, at least for fantasy covers. I’m also drawn to the Font Fantastic and The Artist Connoisseur covers too. Pretty pretty pretty! And who doesn’t love the Starry-Eyed covers?!?!? SPARKLES AND STARS AND PRETTY. 😀
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I COMPLETELY AGREE. Tbh, I have a severe coverlove weakness for all of these. XD
This was so fun! I’m the Font Fanatic! That doesn’t surprise me, because whenever I see good typography, I’m drawn to a book cover.
Great little quiz! As far as I could see, the quiz was accurate:D
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*awards quiz*
*awards self*
There is something especially entrancing about a gorgeous font, right?!
Can I just say I adore that cover of Sabriel?! I’ve never seen it before. Amazing.
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It is so totally pretty!! It makes me want to read that book. XD
I figured that Garth Nix was required reading Down Under. 🙂 I’m reading Clariel right now. Well, I’m trying. I’ve been so very tired at night that I can’t seem to stay awake more than 5 minutes once I settle down to read.
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It probably is. I FAIL AT BEING AN AUSTRALIAN. *packs bags and moves to Neverland*
May I join you in Neverland?
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THIS IS SO CREATIVE. Can I suck out your creative juices? Thanks.
And yes the quiz guessed correctly, or excuse me you guessed correctly! I do love books with incredible fonts, but I also like when a book has an artsy cover 🙂
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ONLY IF YOU ARE A CREATIVE VAMPIRE.
I got the starry eyed, and I know it’s right because I smiled the moment I saw all the covers put together! I love the Art Connoisseur as well, but it’s definitely second 😀
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The Art Connoisseur is me tooooo. I LOVE BEAUTIFUL ARTISTIC COVERS. *happy sigh*
LOL! The quiz was certainly amusing, but honestly… well, I got The Queen of Sparkly Dresses, which is my LEAST favorite out of any of the cover types listed here. 😛 My actual favorites are probably the Font Fanatic or the Minimalist. 😉
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AAAAH OH DEAR. EPIC FAIL. But blame the quiz, not me, of course. I am blameless.
Oh how fun! I got The Minimalist, which is pretty true. I like things that are simple, yet striking. I do really like cool fonts and the Artist…covers too. 🙂
-Lauren
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Ohh, minimalist is AWESOME. I love the simple things too. XD
My result was the Action Figurine which is true for the most part. I like badass heroine covers a.k.a Truthwitch, TOG but I also like font fantic covers. I feel sometimes books don’t even need pictures on them, the font is usually enough. Great quiz idea though!
Yessssss!! Sometimes fonts are totally enough. I LOVE EPIC FONTS.
Oh wow! What an awesome idea Cait! I never really thought about there being a “style” of book covers that I prefer – I kind of thought it just depended on the cover – but now that you mention it there are definitely some underlying themes in my preferences. I think you nailed it! Thanks for sharing this – it was super fun! ♥
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OH I think about this ALL the time. Like what books I’m 100% likely to fall in love with. I’m mostly the arty-lover. I just love the handdrawn covers and the amazing cacophonies of colours. BUT COVER LOVE. BASICALLY <3
I got the action figure, which is true, I do like those covers. But, looking these categories over I’m all of them to an extent–I love all well-done covers I guess, haha!
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I should’ve made an “ALL THE PRETTY COVERS” option, right?!! That would be me too. I have such severe cover love problems. XD
I don’t know if you guessed perfectly, because I like most book covers, but I do like simple ones. This was a super fun quiz, Cait! It was really well made. I should learn how to make quizzes sometime… 😀
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It’s not hard to make them on playbuzz.com!! Time consuming = yes, but not too hard. XD
YES! I’M A MINIMALIST!
For some reason opposites attract for me. I’m a naturally messy and lazy person who occasionally cleans up, but somehow I like clean-cut covers. (I LOVE the Eleanor & Park one, and also the Fangirl one, and basically all of Rainbow Rowell’s covers.) But if it’s a beautiful cover, I’ll go for it every day.
What confuses me is when covers don’t match up with the blurb. Like there was this one book whose spine was pink, and since I usually read contemporary/action-adventure/sci-fi, I thought it was going to be about, you know, a typical funny middle school girl. But nope. It was about a BOY. And I’m pretty sure it was about something deep.
Anyway, this is a long comment, but your quiz was on point!
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Minimalist covers hold a really special place in my heart. I LOVE minimalism art. Zomg, I would have my walls covered with it if I was rich or could make them talentedly (totally a word) myself. XD
ERK. yes. I don’t like it when covers contradict the blurbs. I think covers do need to match the style/tone of the book. *nods*
HAH! You were definitely right about that one, Cait! I just love covers that feature the sky or space or the universe in general. I just love how romantic it is and how the alignment of the stars has a sort of poetry to them that just resonates with my soul. This quiz is more legit than a Buzzfeed one, that’s for sure!
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YAAAAY IT WOOOOORKS. *awards self chocolate cake* It’s hard making quizzes because I can’t test-run them on myself because I know all the answers. I have to corner and trap my sister to be my guinea pig. XD Heheeh. BUT SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT. <3
You know it’s a Cait quiz when there’s a cake question! I love this quiz. There are so many categories that I love equally though SO HOW TO KNOW WHICH ONE IS THE ONE? But I got the action figurine, which is pretty accurate. Although I do love my fonts. DON’T MAKE ME CHOOSE OKAY.
Jolien @ The Fictional Reader recently posted…Review: From Italy With Love by Jules Wake
IT IS A CRUEL QUIZ, ACTUALLY. There should at least be an “all the covers” option, right?!! Because pretty covers are life.
AGREED! It was even more cruel to make me choose between all those delicious looking cakes though.
Jolien @ The Fictional Reader recently posted…Review: From Italy With Love by Jules Wake
Got the action figurine. I thought I would’ve liked the artist connoisseur or the minimalist because I do love those covers as well.
Pretty covers are the bane of my existence, I swear. And kick-ass characters. And THE FEELS READING BOOKS WILL BRING OUT OF ME.
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BEING A BOOKWORM IS A HARD LIFE. IT IS. Non-bookworms don’t recognise the huge struggles we go through and the feels we destroy for books. :’)
FANTASTIC quiz, Cait, as always. How do you even make them all? And I got the Starry-Eyed, which I love, but I’m also probably partly The Font Fantastic. 😀
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YAAAAY THANK YOU!! (I just make them on playbuzz.com. It’s basically easy but time consuming. xD)
I got the starry-eyed! It’s true, though I also like the artist connoisseur, the font fanatic, the queen of sparkly dress, and the minimalist (I can’t choose, okay? They’re so pretty!) Anyway, love the quiz, Cait <33
Tiffany @ The Bookish Thought recently posted…Review : A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
ALL THE COVERS ARE THE BEST. I should’ve made that an option right?! XD
I think ‘action figurine’ works pretty well for me. Now I want a copy of Sabriel with that cover!
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I need to just read Sabriel, yet. XD But total cover love.
PERFECTLY. THIS QUIZ WAS AMAZING AND SPOT ON. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. THANK YOU CAIT
WELL THIS IS GLORIOUS NEWS. THANK YOU!!!XDXD
You sure got me. I’ve definitely got a weakness for minimalist covers, maybe because of how little says a lot, y’know? But I also love the starry, the fonty and the arty covers. HOW GORGEOUS ARE THEY. Oh wow. *.*
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THEY ARE SO GORGEOUS. I have a severe weakness for starry-eyed covers.
That was so much fun! On the quiz, I got THE ACTION FIGURINE, which is pretty accurate. Though I think could also be pegged as THE FONT FANATIC, THE STARRY-EYED, or THE PERSONA. Like I said about my Myers-Briggs, clearly, I cannot be put in a box. 😉
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Nice quiz! I got the action cover, and it’s pretty accurate! I love covers that show what’s happening in the book. And it’s even better when it’s really detailed, so you see how it matches the story as you go through the book.
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Yesss, I totally adore that! I like it when there are little plot hints on the cover. 😉
What a fun quiz! I got The Minimalist. I think that is pretty accurate. And now I must go eat cake because for some reason that quiz gave me a craving . . .
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It gave me a craving too. I think I scrolled through way too many cake pictures than was necessary. #amnotsorry
I got “The Action Figurine” and you got me spot on! I’m a Fantasy-devourer and whenever I see something cool going on on the cover, it’s usually an autobuy…as the quiz says…I’m not ashamed. 😛
Great quiz and this was such a fun post and test!
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HHHH YAAAAY!!! QUIZ WIN!! *awards self*
*awards the quiz*
I love doing quizes. I got the minimalist which are covers that I adore, but my all time favourites are those involving dresses. Maybe it is because I want the dresses on the covers 🙂
Charlotte recently posted…Review: The Last Honeytrap by Louise Lee
I have a special place in my heart for dresses. THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL THO. I probably would never wear them, but look? YES.
this is such an awesome idea!! I got Starry eyed which is very true but I do have a special place in my heart for fonts!
Lily @chapterspageswords recently posted…Review: Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
Basically YAY TO ALL THE PRETTY COVERS, amirite?!
CAIT I’M SO TORN. Because fabulous dress covers might be my favorite, though they don’t have to be sparkly, but I love fantasy action covers too, and who doesn’t love fabulous fonts??
I took the test and wanted to answer yes to ALL OF THE THINGS. *pout* Ahem. It tagged me as a star lover. Which may be true… stars are scrumptious. But DRESSES… And oh my goodness, the cake question. HOW DARE IT ASK ME TO CHOOSE BETWEEN CAKE??? I WANT TO EAT THEMMMM ALLLLL. *flailing like a pineapple* (Where did you find that cat. I think it is secretly you. Best. Gif. Ever.)
What is YOUR favorite kind of cover? *eyes you suspiciously* I WANT TO KNOW.
BUT THIS POST IS AWESOME. I LOVE COVERS. THEY ARE MY FAVORITE. One of my favorite covers right now is this one: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24605019-the-word-changers ALL THE GORGEOUS AAHH.
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Uh, so, you didn’t guess my favourite type, but this was such a cool quiz idea, who cares?! Instead of The Persona, I’d say I’m more THE ARTIST CONNOISSEUR. I love a good cover, but I’m not a cover snob. If I’m interested in a book, I’m interested in it. After all, the authors have no say in the matter, so sometimes there will be unsightly covers, but as long as the insides are good, I’m happy. One of my favourite covers is US edition of The Last Leaves Falling, which also happens to be one of my favourite books of all time, which I HIGHLY RECOMMEND everyone needs to read. *pushes book*
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The Minimalist. Yep. I don’t typically like faces on the cover (unless it’s a perfect representation of the main character, in which case it helps me visualize what’s going on), which also often rules out sparkly dresses and action figurines…
I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by it’s cover, but I totally do. If I don’t find the cover interesting/attractive, I’m probably not going to pick up the book. Great quiz!
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I tooootally judge too, and I’m not really ashamed of that. Because for me, reading a book is about the story between it’s pages, but I also love book photography. So visually appealing books = my favourites.
Yes you can! I’m a font fanatic apparently (which is funny because I was wondering what my book cover would look like and it was pretty much a font color) but I love ALL of these! (except the action ones)
I’m actually reading the Winner’s Curse right now!
It’s a good quiz! But what are you?
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I AM MARVELLOUS AND WONDERFUL AND ALL FABULOUS — erm. Wait. You meant what am I according to the quiz, right? **sigh** Okay. Well I couldn’t take it because I made it, but I reeeally have a soft spot for the artistic books and handdrawing ones. XD
Haha! I loved the cover of Made You Up! That’s one I first found on your blog, too, and intend to read (someday!) I think it’s hard to pin it down to one for me, because I love minimalist, too.
Nooooooooooo…. bwahahahaha! I hate books with faces, especially if they are, or look like, real photographs. I love the Septimus Heap covers and the Inkheart series artwork. I adore the Valente Fairyland books’ cover art, even though they have faces because they don’t look realistic. I loathe covers with girls in ball gowns, and ones with amateur looking photos with scribbly lettering. And what’s up with this new thing of the author’s name being HUGE and the title, tiny? Even not well known authors have been doing it. *scratches head*
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I am also posting your quiz to my Facebook book page. 😀
OMG. DID THE QUIZ GET IT HOPELESSLY WRONG?! *glares at quiz* Clearly quiz’s fault, not mine. I am perfect.
AWW. THANKS FOR SHARING THO. XD
Haha this is fun. XD I got Starry-eyed, though I’m probably a mix between that and the action figurine lol. I like both of those.
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AGH. Quiz fail. Blame the quiz! The quiz is fallible.! I, of course, am not. *nods sagely*
Omg I love this idea so much! I got The Action Figurine and YES, that is true. As much as I love fancy fonts and artsy poster-like covers, I love creative explosion most of all, especially when it’s showing the characters being badass. *_*
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Zomg, yesssss. I love it when the cover just makes you want to be in awe of the character. (Basically, for me, all the Throne of Glass covers.) XD
I got the Font Fanatic, although I have to admit that I am more a fan of the Starry Eyed covers. Although the font ones are some of my favourites too. Love these quizzes though, they are always so much fun!!! 🙂
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The quiz has betrayed you. It isn’t you, really, it is the quiz. I got Action Figures, which is really my LEAST favorite kind of cover. Buuuut, I think it is probably because I wanted to wear Hazel Grace’s slumming outfit as opposed to a fancy dress. Because I like to LOOK at fancy dresses but who wants to be bothered with wearing them!? (Actually, on second thought, it isn’t the quiz’s fault either, it’s mine.)
My favorite is probably a tie between the dresses and the starry eyed. Then the font ones. Then the art connoisseur, then minimalist, then persona, then action figure. I am going to take the quiz again, maybe I clicked a wrong answer. I totally must have clicked a wrong answer 😉 Either way, I LOVE the post AND the quiz, because it contained both covers AND cake. Talk about a win.
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Ironically, the cake messed me up! I had been torn between two cakes, and when I went back and picked the other cake? SPARKLY DRESSES!!!! So see, it was just my taste buds’ fault. All is right in the quizdom.
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Pretty spot on with “The Starry-Eyed” (I want the old Across the Universe covers baaaaack) but it was cruel to make us chose a genre! *cries* I think the font fanatic might be close behind for me.
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*CACKLES CRUELLY* 😉 Hard quizzes are the worst and the best simultaneously. hehe. So glad it was right though! YAY!
Ooh I got the artist connoisseur. I love minimalist too, but I definitely agree with that result! I’m always finding pretty art to stick on my walls, but I’d never thought about using book covers… This may happen soon xD
You guessed it. The action figurine! Yes, please… But oh, I do have this incredible love of starry skies. They speak to me. They call me. I’m torn.
You pegged me right. I am indeed the Starry-Eyed. Persona/Action Figurine both are very close seconds for me. Of course, as I answered in the quiz, it’s generally the blurb that convinces me to pick a book up, though I have been known to snag books off the shelf solely because of their covers.
Yaay! I’m glad the quiz worked for you though!! *dances*
I got “The Queen of Sparkly Dresses.” I was kind of surprised because I don’t really own a lot of books with girls in sparkly dresses on the cover, but I’ll go with it. I do have a tag on Tumblr called sparkly dresses saved. lol
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I got The Font Fanatic, though I’m all of the options you listed haha!
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