Judging Books By Their Cover?

We've all heard of it. Never judge a book by the cover. Meaning, it's what's inside that counts, not the outer shell you see when you first glance at someone or something. 

Today I'm going to be doing the opposite: I'll be judging books by their cover. I had my cousin send a whole bunch of them, so shout out to her. I also asked over on Instagram, and since I got a lot of responses, unfortunately I won't be able to talk about them all. 

Just so you know, this is just for fun! 

Right, here goes nothing: 

1. 

Reminds me of 2010's dystopian era books with smudges of fantasy. I might pick it up from school's library if there's nothing else, or if I see someone reading it, but maybe not actually buy it (without reading the blurb, of course)

2.

Also dystopian vibes, but a bit more recent-y? I don't know. Not gonna lie, I'd probably be interested in reading it just by the cover. Ooh also sci-fi! The title makes it seem like the kind of stuff for more smart people, but otherwise it's fine.

3.

Yess fantasy! Gives me How To Train Your Dragon vibes. I might read this one, too. But I'm a little less interested as there are a bunch of short stories.

4.

This one reminds me of classical books, so eh. But the little illustrations on the corners are beautiful.

5.

I have never been more confused by a title, cover and the subheading thingy- how do they link together? A little bit creepy, honestly, haha, but reminds me of Daughter of the Deep's cover. If you changed the cover to a person's face, it'd be one of the freaky toxic books on Wattpad - not saying there aren't great stories on Wattpad, just that some of them are very, very questionable.

6.

It's nice, but it looks a little bit plain? I don't know, I guess I'm just used to Shannon Messenger's books having really bright and intricate covers, like Keeper of the Lost Cities.

7.

This looks soo cool!!! I just love the little details, and the green-golden color combo. This is probably the only book from the list that was actually on my TBR (to-be-read) list prior to making this post haha.

8.

For some reason this reminds me of The Lion King? Yeah, I do tend to think of similar stuff I've seen to a cover. This book looks a little older? Definitely seems like the kind of book I'd find at a library.

9.

Ok, no, this was on my TBR too, I'd just forgotten the name. I really love the sketchy-vibe of the cover. Not very complicated, but fantastic.

Well then, that was fun! I honestly was judging all of the books by their cover only, and hadn't read the blurb for most if not all of them. But of course, you can't really judge a book by its cover, so the chances of my 'reviews' being wrong are pretty high. This was just done for fun, and is not meant to be taken seriously.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this! Do you judge books by their cover? Are you planning on reading any of these? Should I do a part 2? Let me know in the comments! Thank you for reading this post, and hopefully I'll be seeing you guys next time!

Here's the link to the Goodreads shelf I made for all the books mentioned above: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/125004756-waffles?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=judging-books-by-their-cover

Note: Not sponsored, and just my opinions. Also, the link of the books aren't mentioned 'cause I got most of these from Goodreads, and that link has been mentioned above. Some of the covers were sent by my cousin, and so I don't know where she got them from.