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Judge A Book By It’s Signature: Smoke – Ellen Hopkins

 
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I don’t know about you, but my signature is downright ugly. And lame. Let’s not forget lame. Every time I sign my name on something, whether it be a receipt or a new credit card, I wince inside. I don’t know how people come up with such awesome pretty signatures. I’m totally out of the loop with that.

One day, after getting multiple books signed, I thought what if instead of judging a book by its cover, you judge the book by the author’s signature? Will the author’s signature attract you to the book? Will you still buy the book then?

This week, I’m featuring Smoke by Ellen Hopkins.

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I love how the cover Smoke matches the title exactly – smoke. In fact, I can’t think of any other better covers that can go with a book titled Smoke. I mean, won’t a bunch of steam-like smoke on the cover look a lot worse than the actual cover of Smoke?

 
 
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Hmm…it really depends on the mood I’m feeling.

 
 
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I love Ellen Hopkins’ signature! I love her curly her “E”‘s are, her loopy “l”‘s, and her “H”‘s. I also love how she writes the date of the time she signed the book. It makes double signing or even triple signing fun.

 
 
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Definitely!

 
 
Will you buy Smoke based on the author’s signature alone?
 

*All pictures are mine unless otherwise stated.

 

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-Kelly

Posted by Kelly on 12-16-13 · 4 Comments
Categories: judge a book by its signature

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  1. La La in the LiBrArY says

    12-16-13 at 2:53 PM

    I had an ugly signature until I was about 14-15 years old. My cousin, who has a beautiful signaure, told me that you have to, in a way, draw your letters in a signature. I practiced for about a month, or so, and now have an original, halfway decent, “autograph”.

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    • Kelly says

      1-04-14 at 9:01 PM

      Draw your letters in a signature? Hmm…that’s advice I’ve never heard of before.
      I’m glad the advice worked for you! Maybe I’ll try it too! (:
      Kelly recently posted…Stacking the Shelves [65]My Profile

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  2. Gabrielle says

    12-16-13 at 4:04 PM

    Same here. My signature is pretty basic right now, but I’m trying to get that swoopy feel to it to make it just right.
    Gabrielle recently posted…12/15/13: My Life Next Door by Huntley FitzpatrickMy Profile

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    • Kelly says

      1-04-14 at 9:02 PM

      My signature is really basic right now too. Maybe in a year our signature will be so much better!
      Kelly recently posted…Stacking the Shelves [65]My Profile

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