Misleading Marketing - Why You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover

June 09, 2022 by D.M. Ritzlin

Whether browsing the shelves of a bookstore or the catalog of an online dealer, when you come across a really striking image, you’re going to want to pick it up and find out what the book is all about. Unfortunately, sometimes the contents of the book don’t match up to what’s promised on the cover.

Quick Reviews: The Little People and Kill the Dead

January 09, 2018 by D.M. Ritzlin

This book has a whip-wielding Nazi leprechaun on the cover. I thought this would be one of the trashiest novels I’ve ever read, but hopefully it would be some good dumb fun, too. Neither expectation was met. Instead of the wild, pulpy “novel of pure terror” the cover promises, we get a psychological drama.