diff --git a/src/activities/home/HomeActivity.cpp b/src/activities/home/HomeActivity.cpp
index 2add5a51..6f27e39c 100644
--- a/src/activities/home/HomeActivity.cpp
+++ b/src/activities/home/HomeActivity.cpp
@@ -327,8 +327,7 @@ void HomeActivity::render() {
   if (hasContinueReading) {
     // Invert text colors based on selection state:
     // - With cover: selected = white text on black box, unselected = black text on white box
-    // - Without cover: selected = white text on black card, unselected = black text
-    const bool invertText = coverRendered ? bookSelected : !bookSelected;
+    // - Without cover: selected = white text on black card, unselected = black text on white card
 
     // Split into words (avoid stringstream to keep this light on the MCU)
     std::vector<std::string> words;
@@ -412,7 +411,7 @@ void HomeActivity::render() {
     // Vertically center the title block within the card
     int titleYStart = bookY + (bookHeight - totalTextHeight) / 2;
 
-    // If cover image was rendered, draw white box behind title and author
+    // If cover image was rendered, draw box behind title and author
     if (coverRendered) {
       constexpr int boxPadding = 8;
       // Calculate the max text width for the box
@@ -450,7 +449,7 @@ void HomeActivity::render() {
     }
 
     for (const auto& line : lines) {
-      renderer.drawCenteredText(UI_12_FONT_ID, titleYStart, line.c_str(), !invertText);
+      renderer.drawCenteredText(UI_12_FONT_ID, titleYStart, line.c_str(), !bookSelected);
       titleYStart += renderer.getLineHeight(UI_12_FONT_ID);
     }
 
@@ -471,7 +470,7 @@ void HomeActivity::render() {
         }
         trimmedAuthor.append("...");
       }
-      renderer.drawCenteredText(UI_10_FONT_ID, titleYStart, trimmedAuthor.c_str(), !invertText);
+      renderer.drawCenteredText(UI_10_FONT_ID, titleYStart, trimmedAuthor.c_str(), !bookSelected);
     }
 
     // "Continue Reading" label at the bottom
@@ -487,9 +486,9 @@ void HomeActivity::render() {
       const int continueBoxY = continueY - continuePadding / 2;
       renderer.fillRect(continueBoxX, continueBoxY, continueBoxWidth, continueBoxHeight, bookSelected);
       renderer.drawRect(continueBoxX, continueBoxY, continueBoxWidth, continueBoxHeight, !bookSelected);
-      renderer.drawCenteredText(UI_10_FONT_ID, continueY, continueText, !invertText);
+      renderer.drawCenteredText(UI_10_FONT_ID, continueY, continueText, !bookSelected);
     } else {
-      renderer.drawCenteredText(UI_10_FONT_ID, continueY, "Continue Reading", !invertText);
+      renderer.drawCenteredText(UI_10_FONT_ID, continueY, "Continue Reading", !bookSelected);
     }
   } else {
     // No book to continue reading