Do you ever judge a book by the cover?

I sure do. I know that is a classic saying that we have heard and it is true. The problem is, we all judge books by their covers. When we see something that looks good we want it. This is true whether it is a book or a video game.

One book that I made the mistake of judging by its cover was The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp. I love this book. At first when it was recommended to me a few years ago I wasn't too excited to read it. The title did sound exciting but the cover of the book looked cheesy and not very interesting. Boy was I wrong. This book was absolutely extraordinary. The good thing is that they improved their book covers and made them much better over time as new books came out in the series. The original book cover is on the left and the new one is on the right. The right does a much better job of showing how the book is an extraordinary adventure. That cover screams excitement to me. Below are book number 2 and 3 covers.


Here is a quick summary of book one in the series. Alfred Kropp is the last person you'd think could save the world. But when this oversized underachiever gets roped into a suspicious get-rich-quick scheme, his life takes a turn for the extraordinary. Little does Alfred know he has been tricked into stealing Excalibur — the legendary sword of King Arthur — and the most powerful weapon ever wielded by man.

With an ancient order of knights in hot cars, thugs on motorcycles, and a mysterious international organization following his every lumbering step, Alfred undertakes a modern-day quest to unravel a thousand-year-old mystery and return the sword to its rightful place.