You know that saying ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover?’ Everyone should know it, everyone says it and everyone does it.

Beautiful covers always capture our attention, or maybe it’s something particular on the cover that pulls you. Each and everyone one of us has something that without a second thought will make our eyes travel towards that book. Then you will pick the book up read the synopsis and then decided how you feel about the book, if you think you will like it or not.

You may not fully judge a book by its cover, but you still do in a way. A cover is meant to attract readers, if you have a gorgeous or interesting book cover someone is going to pick it up. If you have a, let’s just say it because we all know it’s true; an ugly and dull cover in front of you, most people will not pick it up. Even if it is one of the most amazing books written. But then you can get gorgeous covered books with dull content. You can never know unless you pick up the book, read the synopsis and (if you like that) read the book.

Yes, don’t judge a book as a whole by its cover, but covers are, for the most part, what a reader will see first. No one should judge a book by its cover, but people do without even realising it. You are looking at shelves upon shelves of books and what is the book that catches your eye? The one with bright colours will be picked up first.

The phrase ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ is true. You shouldn’t judge a book by what it looks like. But it is difficult not to. You don’t know what the inside is going to be until you start reading it.

I know that it is hard not to judge books by the cover because is what our brain just does, so I say don’t be ashamed about doing it. It just happens. All I say is if you see a cover that catches you attention, pick it up, read the synopsis and think about if you will like it. That is all that you can do really.

The saying is something that every reader, or any person, will always have on the back of their mind and yes, it does have some truth.

In the end it does happen and I think that the saying is just a saying, that is it. Don’t be ashamed about going straight to a book with a nice cover. It happens and no one should be judge you for it. Because in the end they will do it too, maybe without even realising.

What do you think about the saying? What is it about covers that grabs you attention?