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: Verb
3: Noun
4: Preposition
5: Noun
6: Adverb
7: Noun
8: Verb
9: Noun
10: Verb ending in ing
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: Verb
3: Noun
4: Preposition
5: Noun
6: Adverb
7: Noun
8: Verb
9: Noun
10: Verb ending in ing
Genre: Romance
Published: February 4, 2014
Pages: 294
Separation.
We all get one ( 1: Adjective ) love in our lives, and it’s up to us to ( 2: Verb ) it. Fate will act and try to push us together, but ultimately it’s up to us to recognize who that one ( 3: Noun ) is when he’s standing ( 4: Prepositional phrase ) us.
It turns out that I recognized who my one person was when I was separated from my ( 5: Noun ).
Anxiety.
On the same day I determined that I was ( 6: Adverb ) going to file for divorce, I confessed my secret to Jesse Drake, my swoon-worthy ( 7: Noun ) known for his womanizing ways. Jesse invited me to ( 8: Verb ) with him, and with each new piece of the enigmatic Jesse puzzle that I started to fit into place, I found myself wondering if Fate had pushed us together for a ( 9: Noun ).
If only my husband would stop ( 10: Verb ending in ing ) in the way of the man with whom I was meant to be.
We all get one ( 1: Adjective ) love in our lives, and it’s up to us to ( 2: Verb ) it. Fate will act and try to push us together, but ultimately it’s up to us to recognize who that one ( 3: Noun ) is when he’s standing ( 4: Prepositional phrase ) us.
It turns out that I recognized who my one person was when I was separated from my ( 5: Noun ).
Anxiety.
On the same day I determined that I was ( 6: Adverb ) going to file for divorce, I confessed my secret to Jesse Drake, my swoon-worthy ( 7: Noun ) known for his womanizing ways. Jesse invited me to ( 8: Verb ) with him, and with each new piece of the enigmatic Jesse puzzle that I started to fit into place, I found myself wondering if Fate had pushed us together for a ( 9: Noun ).
If only my husband would stop ( 10: Verb ending in ing ) in the way of the man with whom I was meant to be.
Now that your fun is through, here is the actual blurb for Separation Anxiety by Lisa Suzanne.
Separation.
We all get one true love in our lives, and it’s up to us to find it. Fate will act and try to push us together, but ultimately it’s up to us to recognize who that one person is when he’s standing in front of us.
It turns out that I recognized who my one person was when I was separated from my husband.
Anxiety.
On the same day I determined that I was finally going to file for divorce, I confessed my secret to Jesse Drake, my swoon-worthy colleague known for his womanizing ways. Jesse invited me to crash with him, and with each new piece of the enigmatic Jesse puzzle that I started to fit into place, I found myself wondering if Fate had pushed us together for a reason.
If only my husband would stop getting in the way of the man with whom I was meant to be.
We all get one true love in our lives, and it’s up to us to find it. Fate will act and try to push us together, but ultimately it’s up to us to recognize who that one person is when he’s standing in front of us.
It turns out that I recognized who my one person was when I was separated from my husband.
Anxiety.
On the same day I determined that I was finally going to file for divorce, I confessed my secret to Jesse Drake, my swoon-worthy colleague known for his womanizing ways. Jesse invited me to crash with him, and with each new piece of the enigmatic Jesse puzzle that I started to fit into place, I found myself wondering if Fate had pushed us together for a reason.
If only my husband would stop getting in the way of the man with whom I was meant to be.
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
Separation.
ReplyDeleteWe all get one ( bad ) love in our lives, and it’s up to us to ( bang ) it. Fate will act and try to push us together, but ultimately it’s up to us to recognize who that one ( loser ) is when he’s standing ( underneath sand and rock ) us.
It turns out that I recognized who my one person was when I was separated from my ( Pyschic ).
Anxiety.
On the same day I determined that I was ( dramatically) going to file for divorce, I confessed my secret to Jesse Drake, my swoon-worthy ( Doctor ) known for his womanizing ways. Jesse invited me to ( bathe ) with him, and with each new piece of the enigmatic Jesse puzzle that I started to fit into place, I found myself wondering if Fate had pushed us together for a ( liaison ).
If only my husband would stop ( driving ) in the way of the man with whom I was meant to be.
This is awesome! - Katie
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