Sunday, June 25, 2017

#MadLibMonday - Diving Under by Ginna Moran

When I was growing up, I loved Mad Libs. The excitement of sort of writing your own story really appealed to me. So I thought it would be fun to mesh that love with my love of books by turning blurbs into mad libs and letting you guys write your own book blurbs. 

For anyone that doesn't know how Mad Libs work, I will ask you for certain parts of speech or other specific things (i.e.: date, age, color, etc.) which you will write down. After you have completed your list, scroll down below the cover image to find the redacted blurb. Then read through it substituting your words where applicable. Try not to laugh. (Laughing is actually strongly encouraged, because this is supposed to be funny.)

Some brief definitions of the parts of speech.
Noun: Person, place, or thing.
Verb: Describes or indicates action.
Adverb: Modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb expressing manner, place, time, or degree (gently, here, now, very).
Adjective: Names an attribute of a noun (pretty, blue, large)
Pronoun: A word that can function as a noun (I, we, they)
Preposition: a word that combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that usually acts as an adverb, adjective, or noun (on, after, for)

And with that, here we go.

1: Number
2: Noun
3: Verb
4: Adjective
5: Plural noun
6: Name
7: Verb ending in ing
8: Mythical creature
9: Noun
10: Preposition
11: Verb


Genre: YA Fantasy
Published: June 27, 2017
Pages: 278

(    1: Number   ) years after her older (    2: Noun   ) was swept out to sea, eighteen-year-old Ava Adair still (   3: Verb   ) off the ocean. It takes a promise of the (   4: Adjective   ) vacation of her life aboard the Ocean Jewel with her (   5: Plural noun   ) to get her even within reach of the waves. When she steps aboard the luxury yacht to sail the California coastline, the last thing she expects is to gain the attention of gorgeous (   6: Name   ) Stevens, the yacht’s deckhand, who becomes the perfect distraction against her fear of the open water.

On the yacht, a freak accident involving Carter reveals a secret he’s been (  7: Verb ending in ing  ) from Ava. She discovers that he’s a (  8: Mythical creature  ) and by saving her, he changed her life. One misstep could reveal the new (   9: Noun   ) they share and ruin the life on land she’s desperate to maintain. Torn between a future on land (  10: Preposition  ) her family and a new life at sea, Ava must decide—is her former life worth fighting for, or can she (   11: Verb   ) that she belongs to the ocean?

Now that you've had your fun, here's the real synopsis for Diving Under by Ginna Moran.

Eight years after her older sister was swept out to sea, eighteen-year-old Ava Adair still swears off the ocean. It takes a promise of the best vacation of her life aboard the Ocean Jewel with her friends to get her even within reach of the waves. When she steps aboard the luxury yacht to sail the California coastline, the last thing she expects is to gain the attention of gorgeous Carter Stevens, the yacht’s deckhand, who becomes the perfect distraction against her fear of the open water.

On the yacht, a freak accident involving Carter reveals a secret he’s been hiding from Ava. She discovers that he’s a merman and by saving her, he changed her life. One misstep could reveal the new secret they share and ruin the life on land she’s desperate to maintain. Torn between a future on land with her family and a new life at sea, Ava must decide—is her former life worth fighting for, or can she accept that she belongs to the ocean?

If you enjoyed this mad lib, comment with your list below (if you dare) so that the rest of us can get a chuckle out of it as well. - Katie 

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