Instant Recognition

I brought up trend of showing the women's back/side of face with an intricate tattoo design on covers lately. Here are some cover trend memories from the comments yesterday.

1) Fabio, Fabio, everywhere.

Yes, who can forget those women sitting adoringly at his feet, head of hair strategically placed in front of his loins? ;-) Actually, these are still very popular among cover collectors, especially Johanna Lindsay covers.

2) From Leilani: Gothic darkness with woman in nightgown carrying a candle.

Those were popular in the seventies, weren't they? There were a lot of gothics being written then. They were the new sexay because the hero was always so mysterious and scary.

3) From Fern: Pretty fonts on covers, with a stepback showing scenes from the story.

Those were pretty! That was also in the seventies and maybe early eighties. I enjoyed artwork very much, especially the medieval ones.

4) Sarah: Tiny pictures, huge titles/author names

I didn't like those. The colors of those covers were always green too, if I remember ;-). But the embossed fonts look good from the shelf.

5) Me: Running couple

Made popular in romantic suspense. Never liked it.

6) Male chest

There were quite a few for a while! Not so much any more unless it's an erotica. I liked some of them, especially when ones depicting a cowboy hat hiding the face and the male's wearing some nice jeans ;-). Disliked the ones showing faces, for some reason, like the smugly grinning Sandra Hill one, with his come-here finger. Yuk.

7) A chair. Or a bench. Or a swing. No one is ever sitting on these items.

Women's fiction, anyone? These never tempt me. They just seem to suggest that the stories inside will be bland.

8) Very pretty fans.

9) Very pretty back of some Regency gown, with hand holding fan or something lacy.

8 and 9 are now popular in historical novels. Along with bottom half of Regency gown showing a leg.

10) Historical clinch covers don't bother me. I find some of them very pretty to look at. I know many readers don't like them because they are embarrassed to read the books in public. But hey, blame that infamous movie photo of Rhett carrying Scarlett off! They started it ;-). The women do have impossibly thick heads of hair, though, LOL.

That's all I can come up with right now.

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For something completely differently, check out this video of Filipino prisoners doing Michael Jackson's THRILLER while incarcerated. While watching it, I kept thinking of the TV show Prison Break ;-). I don't think Michael and Linc(from PB) would be dancing with their criminal pals. But I could see Tea Bag playing the role Michael Jackson's girlfriend in the video. LOL.

Seriously, I wonder how many hours of practice these dudes put in?!



And now will we get rival prison Dance videos from all over the world? I smell a trend....

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