Knocking at the Door; More Interface Issues

Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein The 351 Books of Irma Arcuri - David Bajo

Both Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land)  and Bajo (The 351 Books of Irma Arcuri)  are clamoring for my attention, however.

 

Am I an idiot? Or should it be easier for me to "refer to" a book with an active link or cover image within the body of this text? What if I don't want to use the "Connect Your Post with Books" function to do this? I was reduced to a clunky copy-paste operation to refer to Murdoch's The Nice and the Good two posts ago; this should not occur.