CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

I've found you really can't judge some books by their covers.

When I either purchase a book or take one out from the library, I go by the cover page and the blurb on the back, as probably most readers do, but like me, have you ever arrived home with what promises to be a plot you're looking forward to reading, only to be disappointed and frustrated by what's written on the inside?

Here are a few things that get up my nose:

*The blurb gives you the impression that the book is a contemporary romance only you find once you start reading that it's set in the late 1800s-early 1900s.
*That the author rambles on so much about back story or unnecessary details that you find it hard to keep track of the actual plot.
*That by the time you struggle to read your way to chapter three, the hero and heroine have still yet to meet.
*The promise of a good plot is ruined by what I call (bad writing) where the author has used such a passive voice that the story moves so slow I lose track of whats happening.
*Characters with names that start with the same letter, I find this really confusing and have to go back to double check on who said what or who did that.

I've lost count of the amount of books I've given up on reading by page fifty, I put them in the too hard basket. Why struggle to read something when you can start on something less frustrating, reading is supposed to be relaxing and entertaining after all.

But on the flip side of all that, I have been pleasantly surprised by some authors. I enjoy reading Sandra Brown's books, and the other day I read one of her older titles Sunny Chandler's Return it delivered what it promised, sensuous, witty, unforgettably romantic. I was hooked from start to finish.

Tip: Don't be fooled by the hunk on the front cover.

Have any of you got little things that bug you about books that you've read or am I the only picky one?

Well that's the end of my Sunday ramblings, enjoy your weekend.