This was definitely worth it...

[Rain]

I'm a book nerd although $60 is more than I like to spend on a book, but an inexplicable urge pushed me to order this one. It turns out to be worth every penny, imho.

Even though I don't consider myself a die hard Maiden fan, I have seen enough documentaries and photos and read enough about them that I can't say that I'm really learning much reading this book - but it is so well put together... It reminds me of the feeling I used to experience back in the days when I would pick up a Maiden vinyl and spend inordinate amounts of time scrutinizing the sleeve and studying every little detail. It pulls you into that nice little bubble.

I guess there is something about holding the book in your hands, looking at a printed picture... You can find digital versions of all those album covers online, but you just can't get lost into them the way you can with a physical copy, it just doesn't pull you in quite like the printed copy.

And I guess I am a bigger fan that I thought.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Rain