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: Number
3: Adjective
4: Verb ending in ing
5: Noun
6: Verb ending in s
7: Plural noun
8: Verb
9: Adjective
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: Noun
2: Number
3: Adjective
4: Verb ending in ing
5: Noun
6: Verb ending in s
7: Plural noun
8: Verb
9: Adjective
10: Noun
Genre: NA Romance
Published: May 20, 2014
Pages: 372
Cali Parker is poor. She has a lot on her ( 1: Noun ) - her father is dying, she's working to help pay the rent, and she's ( 2: Number )-years behind in college.
Griffin Brooks is ( 3: Adjective ). He has not a care in the world - he's acing his engineering courses, his hobby is ( 4: Verb ending in ing ) his fifty-thousand dollar classic car, and he has a different girl on his arm every week.
When Cali sees Griffin on her first day of ( 5: Noun ), she's immediately smitten and thinks she's found the perfect guy. When Griffin ( 6: Verb ending in s ) Cali at the bank, he immediately forgets the blonde he was with that morning. Then they meet, and their ( 7: Plural noun ) collide.
Cali doesn't belong in Griffin’s world, and he doesn't ( 8: Verb ) hers. But just when Griffin convinces Cali that their two ( 9: Adjective ) worlds can blend, a secret is revealed that tears them apart.
Is their ( 10: Noun ) strong enough to bring them back together, or will their worlds drift further apart?
Griffin Brooks is ( 3: Adjective ). He has not a care in the world - he's acing his engineering courses, his hobby is ( 4: Verb ending in ing ) his fifty-thousand dollar classic car, and he has a different girl on his arm every week.
When Cali sees Griffin on her first day of ( 5: Noun ), she's immediately smitten and thinks she's found the perfect guy. When Griffin ( 6: Verb ending in s ) Cali at the bank, he immediately forgets the blonde he was with that morning. Then they meet, and their ( 7: Plural noun ) collide.
Cali doesn't belong in Griffin’s world, and he doesn't ( 8: Verb ) hers. But just when Griffin convinces Cali that their two ( 9: Adjective ) worlds can blend, a secret is revealed that tears them apart.
Is their ( 10: Noun ) strong enough to bring them back together, or will their worlds drift further apart?
Now that your fun is through, here is the real blurb for Calling California by J.P. Grider.
Cali Parker is poor. She has a lot on her plate - her father is dying, she's working to help pay the rent, and she's two-years behind in college.
Griffin Brooks is rich. He has not a care in the world - he's acing his engineering courses, his hobby is restoring his fifty-thousand dollar classic car, and he has a different girl on his arm every week.
When Cali sees Griffin on her first day of class, she's immediately smitten and thinks she's found the perfect guy. When Griffin sees Cali at the bank, he immediately forgets the blonde he was with that morning. Then they meet, and their worlds collide.
Cali doesn't belong in Griffin’s world, and he doesn't understand hers. But just when Griffin convinces Cali that their two different worlds can blend, a secret is revealed that tears them apart.
Is their love strong enough to bring them back together, or will their worlds drift further apart?
Griffin Brooks is rich. He has not a care in the world - he's acing his engineering courses, his hobby is restoring his fifty-thousand dollar classic car, and he has a different girl on his arm every week.
When Cali sees Griffin on her first day of class, she's immediately smitten and thinks she's found the perfect guy. When Griffin sees Cali at the bank, he immediately forgets the blonde he was with that morning. Then they meet, and their worlds collide.
Cali doesn't belong in Griffin’s world, and he doesn't understand hers. But just when Griffin convinces Cali that their two different worlds can blend, a secret is revealed that tears them apart.
Is their love strong enough to bring them back together, or will their worlds drift further apart?
If you enjoyed this mad lib, please comment with your list so that the rest of us can get a chuckle out of it as well. And be sure to share it with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, etc. - Katie
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