Tuesday, April 16, 2013

{Do} Judge a Book By Its Cover {no. 3} // A Handful of Flowers by Rebecca Rash

Product DetailsIn the last month or so I've had four new requests on my Requests page. It's very exciting--thank you to all of you who have requested! This was the most recent: A Handful of Flowers by Rebecca Rash, a short story collection published in 2012. Sorry the image is blurry; there wasn't any matching image on Pinterest (which I generally use now for higher-quality photos).

I see
  • An army-green-colored cover.
  • A sunflower.
  • Maybe a little lupine?
  • A road going off in the distance, with empty grassland around it.
I think
  • Army-green . . . hmm. In looking it up on Wikipedia, I can't find anything about its symbolism--though it having any symbolism is probably unlikely. It's a war color . . . what else would it mean? But as I doubt that the color surrounding the photo would have much to do with the story itself, I also doubt this means anything.
  • The sunflower. Teleflora.com says, "Their open faces symbolize the sun itself, conveying warmth and happiness, adoration and longevity." So this must be at least a somewhat happy story.
  • Lupines, according to www.livingartsoriginals.com, symbolize imagination. A happy, imaginative story. . . . I am finding a problem here, peeps. Where's the conflict?
  • Although, of course, this is actually a collection of stories. But I think the conflict, or something close to a conflict, is found in the emptiness of the land beyond the flowers. Could this mean either a meaningless, hopeless future--in the eyes of one of the main characters--or a bright future full of dreams which will one day fill the now-empty horizon?
Haha, I'm so bad at this. But anyway, I hope you enjoy my ramblings trying to figure out the inside of the story based on its outside. And because Layla asked me to, this is now a linkup :) Have fun, linky people!


10 comments:

  1. Okay, I'll do the link up ASAP!!!!! So, sometime today, I hope:)

    Layla.

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  2. Hannah, thank you for doing a cover review on my book! This actually had me laughing, not because it was humorous, but because you hit quite a bit of it head on! I never thought how much someone could learn through the cover. :)
    If you are ever interested in reading my book, I would be willing to email you a PDF of it in exchange for a review (either on your blog, or amazon is wonderful :)
    Either way thank you, and your blog is very much interesting!

    Rebecca

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    1. How funny, Rebecca! I'm amazed I did okay.... I am very interested in reading your book, but right now I have several other reviews lined up, so would it be okay to wait a bit? If not it would be fine to get the PDF file to me as soon as you want ;) Thanks, Rebecca!

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    2. I shall certainly wait! :) I will try to send it shortly, and then you can just hold it in case you ever want to read. If not, not a problem!

      Nope, thank you!

      Rebecca

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    3. Okay, great! Do you need any contact info for that...?

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    4. Is it the same email you have under the contact tab? :) And I'll just title it Simply Hannah Elise Reviews?

      Rebecca

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    5. Yeah it is :) You can actually title it whatever you want...I guess I was kind of OCD or something to make criteria for subject lines. Thanks!

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  3. I really really really want to read this! even if I'm a bit late for commenting here. ;o )
    Whoa cool! Lupines mean IMAGINATION?! Then that should so be my flower. :o D
    Fascinating, Hannah!

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    1. It's a very good book--so God-glorifying and sweet!

      I know--isn't symbolism very cool? I'm happy to be learning more about it this school year. And Imagination and Lupines--I think that should be my flower, too!

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