More Work for the Undertaker
Margery Allingham
RM 35.90
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
RM 34.30
More Work for the Undertaker is a recommendation from 501 Must-Read Books : category Thrillers. I’ve not read any books in the Thrillers list, and admittedly I don’t read mystery as a matter of preference. Even growing up with my mother’s collection of Agatha Christie novels staring down from the bookshelves had no effect. I just didn’t do the type of stories from P.D.James and gang. Well, its time I started.
The Color Purple, I thought was also a recommendation from the same. But turns out it’s not (I must carry a list!!), I’ve most probably picked up this recommendation from Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust. I like this book for its pages, they’re just the way I like them: clear font, good spacing between words and lines, good page margins. Compare The Color Purple (below)
to Penguin Popular Classic standard page (this is the older brown version).
With a choice, won’t you pick the first one too?
Yes, I’m a sucker for presentation. ;-)
3 comments:
Always judge a book by its cover, or in this case, font and layout. If you alraedy don't like they way it looks, like hell you're ever gonna like the book.
Yup, now I always check the font & layout before buying any book.
I have a few mistakes I've never read cos the font spacing was too intimidating.
I love The Color Purple, I had a really old version that I put on top of my graduation cap :)
nice finds
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