Confession Time!

We're ready to tell the internet a deep, dark secret about us.

*deep breath*

We judge books by their covers.

We know! We know! We're sorry! (And we both have English degrees, which we think makes it even more grievous.)

One small comfort, though, is knowing that everyone else does it too. 

And you guys are all like, "Sure, 'everyone' does it, you're just trying to make yourselves feel better about being terrible people" but this time we have hard evidence to back it up.

Literary blogger Robert Bruce recently pulled some classic books off his shelf, showed the covers to his two year old son and asked, "What do you think this book is about?"

The result? Absolute gold.

A few of our favourites are below, but make sure you check out the full post above for every shred of brilliance.

The Great Gatsby: 

“This book is about singing. It’s about singing ‘Barbara Ann.’ Those are the lights, and there are lions in those lights.”

We say: Gatsby. So hot right now. Gatsby. Also, insert "rrrrrroaring Twenties" pun here!

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret?:

“This book is about feet. They are lion feet and they stomp things.”

We say: Well, "Margaret" and "Mufasa" both start with M. Seems legit. 

Atonement:

“It’s about babies, and they are swinging into the water. They don’t got any shirts on. They are going to go right in the hole and that is their house and they are going to play with toys. And there is a lion in the house.”

We say: This is oddly accurate.