You may or may not have seen my post at Punctuality Rules Tuesday, about a book I recently bought that had the actual TITLE misspelled on the spine of the book. A glaring typographical error that really (really!) should have been caught. So, using that as a springboard, today’s question: What’s the worst typographical error you’ve ever found in (or on) a book?
Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!
Wena Says:
Alright, I’m not one of those readers that catches every single error in books but I do catch those glaring errors, especially if they involve, the heroes. Like, In Julie Garwood’s The Bride, the hero, Alec Kincaid had brown eyes but he returns in The Wedding, his brother Connor’s book and he no longer has brown eyes but a piercing silver gaze or something like that and I remember my sister, Helen could not get over it. I told her about it and she read it for herself and it bothered her, a lot. That, for me was the worst error that I’ve ever caught myself….and it was a whopper of an error if you ask me. =)
Holly Says:
I seem to be one of the few readers who catches every error in novels. But the ones that drive me especially batty are the inconsistencies in clothing/appearance. Take Dangerous Tides for example. At one point the heroine of the piece was wearing pants that hugged her bottom on the way down the stairs, but 5 minutes later, she was wearing a skirt that flirted about her legs. Crap like that annoys me.
Casee Says:
In a book I recently read, the heroine got dressed in jeans and a t-shirt. Two minutes later, she had on gym shorts. I can’t stand inconsistencies like that. Spelling errors don’t bother me quite as much, but I’m kind of anal about spelling too.
I catch way more spelling and grammar errors than I do with clothes or description inconsistencies. I have no idea why.
Izzy Says:
I rarely catch errors. I think there was a Julie Garwood book where is the heroine is described with having a certain eye color in one book and another color in the sequel. Since I can’t really remember which book it was, it must have not bugged me that much.
For the most part, I don’t really notice them until Holly points them out to me.
Although! I was just reading my book and I came across this sentence: “I don’t thing about Daniel so much anymore.”
What about the rest of you?
I’m like Isabel… I don’t catch incnsistency often and so, it doesn’t bother me… as for grammar and speeling, well I only catch the major ones and that does bother me.
Recently I read a trilogy by a new to me author. Book 1 was fine but there was a character name introduction in book 2 that was changed in book 3. Then there was also an age mistake. Stepson was 11 in book 1, in book 2, two years later, he was 13 but he was 13 in one chapter and a few chapters later he was 12. *G*
I don’t know if this counts but several years ago I bought a Pamela Britton book…the cover said Pamela Britton but it wasn’t until I got home and opened the book that I realized that even though the cover said one thing, the book inside was a Constance O’Day-Flannery book. There had been a mistake in the printing of it.
I’m with Holly on the clothing thing. It really bugs me because I pretty much picture things like a movie in my head as they are happening so when clothing changes it jars me out of the story and I have to readjust my picture.
You want to talk errors in books?Have you read a certain vampire series by a certain author you know? *cough**cough* lmao
Errors have never bothered me unless they’re so glaring they actually make go “WTF?”. 🙂
Holly, you, my love, are just an anal bitch and that’s reason #4,981,046 that I love you.
Errors don’t bother me enough to answer this kind of question easily!
Psstt….the Thursday thing in the title is deliberate isn’t it??
Just checking!
The book I just finished had a pretty big error in it. About a third or so into the book, the heroine gets called a different name. lol At first I was like, who is that? Then I realized that the author somehow put in a different name when referring to the heroine. It began with the same letter, F, so maybe that’s how? It was kinda weird.
Nath,
I hardly ever catch those kinds of things unless it jumps out at me! LOL.
Mad,
Oh wow, that Pamela Britton error just about smacks you in the face, huh? One author on the cover and a total different one on the inside? Whoa, who does that? LOL.
Rosie,
I know what you mean, things like that when caught can totally take you out of the story and that sucks.
Rene,
I don’t remember what you’re talking about, hehe…maybe I choose to not remember them, =)
Marg,
Of course it was diliberate, you should treat yourself to a cookie for catching it, you were the very first! =) Good on ya sweets!
Erin,
LOL…are you serious? what book is this?
Rachel Gibson has lots! I don’t usually catch grammatical errors, but I have caught a few in RG’s book (different books too). The most glaring of hers is the use of “you’re” and “your”. I was so shock that I had to re-read the sentence several times.