Monday, July 17, 2017

#MadLibMonday - Pucked by Rachel Walter

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: Noun
2: Verb ending in s
3: Noun
4: Adjective
5: Verb
6: Verb
7: Plural noun
8: Adjective
9: Verb
10: Noun


Genre: YA Romance
Published: February 8, 2015
Pages: 328

Does life get in the way of love or does love get in the way of life?

Riley Silk, (   1: Noun   ) of the Warrior’s Ice Hockey team at Dalesburg High, doesn’t think life can be lived if love is present. If there’s two things in life he (   2: Verb ending in s   ) to be true, it’s that love causes pain and (   3: Noun   ) is his ticket to a better life. He’s worked hard to maintain his Frozen Silk reputation in order to stay focused on his duties and goals.

Audrey Jacobs, the Warrior’s number one fan, believes life can’t be lived without love. She can find love and beauty in the (   4: Adjective   ) of situations. Her best friend, Riley, is under a lot of stress at home, so she does her best to (   5: Verb   ) his mood whenever she can.

When lines cross and blur, they (   6: Verb   ) to keep control of the simplicity their friendship once held. With Audrey’s outlook on life usually surrounded by light, the growing darkness of her (   7: Plural noun   ) and insecurities threaten to deflect her toward the wrong path. 

Can she find her (   8: Adjective   ) self before her world burns around her? When truths become lies, can Riley find the strength to (   9: Verb   ) his way through his own personal darkness that clings to his mind and soul? Can he win this face-off that life has dropped in his zone, or will fate take him out of the game completely?

Who keeps the (   10: Noun   )?

Now that your fun is through, here's the real blurb for Pucked by Rachel Walter. 

Does life get in the way of love or does love get in the way of life?

Riley Silk, captain of the Warrior’s Ice Hockey team at Dalesburg High, doesn’t think life can be lived if love is present. If there’s two things in life he knows to be true, it’s that love causes pain and hockey is his ticket to a better life. He’s worked hard to maintain his Frozen Silk reputation in order to stay focused on his duties and goals.

Audrey Jacobs, the Warrior’s number one fan, believes life can’t be lived without love. She can find love and beauty in the muddiest of situations. Her best friend, Riley, is under a lot of stress at home, so she does her best to brighten his mood whenever she can.

When lines cross and blur, they struggle to keep control of the simplicity their friendship once held. With Audrey’s outlook on life usually surrounded by light, the growing darkness of her doubts and insecurities threaten to deflect her toward the wrong path. 

Can she find her true self before her world burns around her? When truths become lies, can Riley find the strength to fight his way through his own personal darkness that clings to his mind and soul? Can he win this face-off that life has dropped in his zone, or will fate take him out of the game completely?

Who keeps the puck?

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

5 comments:

  1. I have never been to a hockey game but they seem to be a popular book genre of late. Too lazy to do mad libs today.

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  2. I like this idea. Here's my list?
    dog
    shoes
    lemon
    bulky
    dissect
    cross
    houses
    gray
    ran
    barn

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  3. I'm so bad at mad libs.
    I really need to read this book though.

    Here's my crappy list:
    1. bowtie
    2. swimming
    3. desk
    4. orange
    5. tie
    6. trip
    7. posters
    8. squishy
    9. slip
    10. shoe

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    1. And now I need to know who keeps the shoe. It's quite important. - Katie

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