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: Adjective
2: Noun
3: Verb, past tense
4: Adjective
5: Plural noun
6: Verb
7: Noun
8: Noun
9: Verb ending in s
10: Noun
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: Adjective
2: Noun
3: Verb, past tense
4: Adjective
5: Plural noun
6: Verb
7: Noun
8: Noun
9: Verb ending in s
10: Noun
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Published: August 14, 2012
Pages: 410
"The ( 1: Adjective ) pools of dark chocolate drew me in and made my ( 2: Noun ) crackle. She was beautiful, breathtakingly so. before this moment, I don't think I truly ( 3: Verb, past tense ) just how beautiful she is. A new ache formed in my chest."
Christopher Mason, front man of the band The Forgotten. He's hot, he's famous and everything a ( 4: Adjective ) rock star can be. But despite his fame and bad boy look, inside he battles ( 5: Plural noun ). Demons so powerful they may ( 6: Verb ) him. All hope seems lost. Slowly, his star is falling.
Mia Ryder, lead vocalist of the band Hushed Mentality, enters his ( 7: Noun ). Energetic, fun, and laidback, Mia is just about everything Christopher isn't. And he definitely doesn't want her on his ( 8: Noun ).
But one night ( 9: Verb ending in s ) everything. For the first time in his life, Christopher Mason becomes sure of one thing, and it's the one ( 10: Noun ) he's tried so hard to push away.
Christopher Mason, front man of the band The Forgotten. He's hot, he's famous and everything a ( 4: Adjective ) rock star can be. But despite his fame and bad boy look, inside he battles ( 5: Plural noun ). Demons so powerful they may ( 6: Verb ) him. All hope seems lost. Slowly, his star is falling.
Mia Ryder, lead vocalist of the band Hushed Mentality, enters his ( 7: Noun ). Energetic, fun, and laidback, Mia is just about everything Christopher isn't. And he definitely doesn't want her on his ( 8: Noun ).
But one night ( 9: Verb ending in s ) everything. For the first time in his life, Christopher Mason becomes sure of one thing, and it's the one ( 10: Noun ) he's tried so hard to push away.
Now that your fun is through, here is the real blurb for Falling Stars by Sadie Grubor.
"The haunting pools of dark chocolate drew me in and made my skin crackle. She was beautiful, breathtakingly so. before this moment, I don't think I truly realized just how beautiful she is. A new ache formed in my chest."
Christopher Mason, front man of the band The Forgotten. He's hot, he's famous and everything a famous rock star can be. But despite his fame and bad boy look, inside he battles demons. Demons so powerful they may destroy him. All hope seems lost. Slowly, his star is falling.
Mia Ryder, lead vocalist of the band Hushed Mentality, enters his life. Energetic, fun, and laidback, Mia is just about everything Christopher isn't. And he definitely doesn't want her on his tour.
But one night changes everything. For the first time in his life, Christopher Mason becomes sure of one thing, and it's the one thing he's tried so hard to push away.
Christopher Mason, front man of the band The Forgotten. He's hot, he's famous and everything a famous rock star can be. But despite his fame and bad boy look, inside he battles demons. Demons so powerful they may destroy him. All hope seems lost. Slowly, his star is falling.
Mia Ryder, lead vocalist of the band Hushed Mentality, enters his life. Energetic, fun, and laidback, Mia is just about everything Christopher isn't. And he definitely doesn't want her on his tour.
But one night changes everything. For the first time in his life, Christopher Mason becomes sure of one thing, and it's the one thing he's tried so hard to push away.
If you enjoyed this mad lib, please comment below with your list (if you dare) so that the rest of us can get a chuckle out of it as well. - Katie
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