The Monsters of Templeton is a hoax!
I have undertaken to judge books only by their covers. In the hyper-marketed hyper-branded age we currently reside in, the design of everything is specifically calibrated to appeal to a target demographic. Or at least, should be. So I went to my local library and browsed the fiction section. I wanted to find a book based solely on my aesthetic reaction to its packaging. No reading the back cover, no asking the librarian for suggestions, no authors that I had read before. The first to catch my eye was The Monsters of Templeton, a hardback by Lauren Groff. The cover is black white and red and features an intricate tree wi...Read more