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)
And with that, here we go.
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)
And with that, here we go.
1: Age
2: Noun
3: Plural Noun
4: Adjective
4: Adjective
5: Proper Noun
6: Verb
7: Adjective
8: Pronoun
9: Noun
10: Verb
11: Adjective
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: November 22, 2016
Pages: 550
September 11, 1973: ( 1: Age )-year-old Alejandro Penda watches from his apartment window as Santiago, Chile falls to a military coup, destroying his ( 2: Noun ) and his childhood. Arriving alone in America, he’s taken in by the ( 3: Plural Noun ): a prominent family in the town of Guelisten. Though burdened by ( 4: Adjective ) grief for his disappeared parents, he becomes fiercely loyal to the Larks, eventually marrying one of their daughters, Valerie.
September 11, 2001: Javier Landes watches from his apartment window as ( 5: Proper Noun ) falls to terrorism. As one of Manhattan’s top-paid male escorts, this professional lover has never lacked for company and is loyal only to himself. But in the wake of 9/11, Jav is named guardian for an orphaned nephew in Guelisten and must ( 6: Verb ) his carefully-guarded heart to pain he's long suppressed.
Alex, Valerie and Jav meet first in their twenties, with a sudden attraction each finds ( 7: Adjective ) and compelling. When they meet again in their forties, ( 8: Pronoun ) discover(s) not only is their bond still strong, but their life experiences are strangely similar. All have been shaped by separate 9/11's, and their unfinished ( 9: Noun ) from the past will change everything they know about love, loyalty and friendship.
"Life has rules. You cannot come in the middle of the night and ( 10: Verb ) what we agreed isn't yours."
Across three decades and two continents, Suanne Laqueur's fifth novel explores the unpredictability of ( 11: Adjective ) attraction, how family ties are forged, torn and mended, and how love's downfall can turn to exaltation.
September 11, 2001: Javier Landes watches from his apartment window as ( 5: Proper Noun ) falls to terrorism. As one of Manhattan’s top-paid male escorts, this professional lover has never lacked for company and is loyal only to himself. But in the wake of 9/11, Jav is named guardian for an orphaned nephew in Guelisten and must ( 6: Verb ) his carefully-guarded heart to pain he's long suppressed.
Alex, Valerie and Jav meet first in their twenties, with a sudden attraction each finds ( 7: Adjective ) and compelling. When they meet again in their forties, ( 8: Pronoun ) discover(s) not only is their bond still strong, but their life experiences are strangely similar. All have been shaped by separate 9/11's, and their unfinished ( 9: Noun ) from the past will change everything they know about love, loyalty and friendship.
"Life has rules. You cannot come in the middle of the night and ( 10: Verb ) what we agreed isn't yours."
Across three decades and two continents, Suanne Laqueur's fifth novel explores the unpredictability of ( 11: Adjective ) attraction, how family ties are forged, torn and mended, and how love's downfall can turn to exaltation.
Now that your fun is through, here's the actual blurb for An Exaltation of Larks by Suanne Laqueur.
September 11, 1973: Eleven-year-old Alejandro Penda watches from his apartment window as Santiago, Chile falls to a military coup, destroying his family and his childhood. Arriving alone in America, he’s taken in by the Larks: a prominent family in the town of Guelisten. Though burdened by unresolved grief for his disappeared parents, he becomes fiercely loyal to the Larks, eventually marrying one of their daughters, Valerie.
September 11, 2001: Javier Landes watches from his apartment window as New York City falls to terrorism. As one of Manhattan’s top-paid male escorts, this professional lover has never lacked for company and is loyal only to himself. But in the wake of 9/11, Jav is named guardian for an orphaned nephew in Guelisten and must open his carefully-guarded heart to pain he's long suppressed.
Alex, Valerie and Jav meet first in their twenties, with a sudden attraction each finds strange and compelling. When they meet again in their forties, they discover not only is their bond still strong, but their life experiences are strangely similar. All have been shaped by separate 9/11's, and their unfinished business from the past will change everything they know about love, loyalty and friendship.
"Life has rules. You cannot come in the middle of the night and take what we agreed isn't yours."
Across three decades and two continents, Suanne Laqueur's fifth novel explores the unpredictability of sexual attraction, how family ties are forged, torn and mended, and how love's downfall can turn to exaltation.
September 11, 2001: Javier Landes watches from his apartment window as New York City falls to terrorism. As one of Manhattan’s top-paid male escorts, this professional lover has never lacked for company and is loyal only to himself. But in the wake of 9/11, Jav is named guardian for an orphaned nephew in Guelisten and must open his carefully-guarded heart to pain he's long suppressed.
Alex, Valerie and Jav meet first in their twenties, with a sudden attraction each finds strange and compelling. When they meet again in their forties, they discover not only is their bond still strong, but their life experiences are strangely similar. All have been shaped by separate 9/11's, and their unfinished business from the past will change everything they know about love, loyalty and friendship.
"Life has rules. You cannot come in the middle of the night and take what we agreed isn't yours."
Across three decades and two continents, Suanne Laqueur's fifth novel explores the unpredictability of sexual attraction, how family ties are forged, torn and mended, and how love's downfall can turn to exaltation.
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 too. - Katie
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