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: Plural noun
2: Number
3: Verb
4: Plural noun
5: Adjective
6: Verb ending in s
7: Noun
8: Adjective
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: Plural noun
2: Number
3: Verb
4: Plural noun
5: Adjective
6: Verb ending in s
7: Noun
8: Adjective
9: Adjective
10: Noun
Genre: Horror
Published: August 13, 2013
Pages: 275
Cherry blossom lipstick: check
Smokey ( 1: Plural noun ): check
Skinny jeans: check
Dead kid in the mirror: check
For ( 2: Number ) year old Mattie Hathaway, this is her normal everyday routine. She’s been able to see ghosts since her mother tried to ( 3: Verb ) her when she was five years old. No way does she want anyone to know she can talk to ( 4: Plural noun ). Being a foster kid is hard enough without being labeled a freak too.
Normally, she just ignores the ghosts and they go away. That is until she see’s the ghost of her ( 5: Adjective ) sister… Sally.
Everyone thinks Sally’s just another runaway, but Mattie ( 6: Verb ending in s ) the truth—she’s dead. Murdered. Mattie feels like she has to help Sally, but she can’t do it alone. Against her better judgment, she teams up with a young ( 7: Noun ), Officer Dan, and together they set out to discover the ( 8: Adjective ) truth behind Sally’s disappearance.
Only to find out she’s dealing with a much bigger problem, a ( 9: Adjective ) killer, and she may be the next victim…
Will Mattie be able to find out the truth before the ( 10: Noun ) finds her?
Smokey ( 1: Plural noun ): check
Skinny jeans: check
Dead kid in the mirror: check
For ( 2: Number ) year old Mattie Hathaway, this is her normal everyday routine. She’s been able to see ghosts since her mother tried to ( 3: Verb ) her when she was five years old. No way does she want anyone to know she can talk to ( 4: Plural noun ). Being a foster kid is hard enough without being labeled a freak too.
Normally, she just ignores the ghosts and they go away. That is until she see’s the ghost of her ( 5: Adjective ) sister… Sally.
Everyone thinks Sally’s just another runaway, but Mattie ( 6: Verb ending in s ) the truth—she’s dead. Murdered. Mattie feels like she has to help Sally, but she can’t do it alone. Against her better judgment, she teams up with a young ( 7: Noun ), Officer Dan, and together they set out to discover the ( 8: Adjective ) truth behind Sally’s disappearance.
Only to find out she’s dealing with a much bigger problem, a ( 9: Adjective ) killer, and she may be the next victim…
Will Mattie be able to find out the truth before the ( 10: Noun ) finds her?
Now that your fun is through, here is the real blurb for The Ghost Files by Apryl Baker.
Cherry blossom lipstick: check
Smokey eyes: check
Skinny jeans: check
Dead kid in the mirror: check
For sixteen year old Mattie Hathaway, this is her normal everyday routine. She’s been able to see ghosts since her mother tried to murder her when she was five years old. No way does she want anyone to know she can talk to spooks. Being a foster kid is hard enough without being labeled a freak too.
Normally, she just ignores the ghosts and they go away. That is until she see’s the ghost of her foster sister… Sally.
Everyone thinks Sally’s just another runaway, but Mattie knows the truth—she’s dead. Murdered. Mattie feels like she has to help Sally, but she can’t do it alone. Against her better judgment, she teams up with a young policeman, Officer Dan, and together they set out to discover the real truth behind Sally’s disappearance.
Only to find out she’s dealing with a much bigger problem, a serial killer, and she may be the next victim…
Will Mattie be able to find out the truth before the killer finds her?
Smokey eyes: check
Skinny jeans: check
Dead kid in the mirror: check
For sixteen year old Mattie Hathaway, this is her normal everyday routine. She’s been able to see ghosts since her mother tried to murder her when she was five years old. No way does she want anyone to know she can talk to spooks. Being a foster kid is hard enough without being labeled a freak too.
Normally, she just ignores the ghosts and they go away. That is until she see’s the ghost of her foster sister… Sally.
Everyone thinks Sally’s just another runaway, but Mattie knows the truth—she’s dead. Murdered. Mattie feels like she has to help Sally, but she can’t do it alone. Against her better judgment, she teams up with a young policeman, Officer Dan, and together they set out to discover the real truth behind Sally’s disappearance.
Only to find out she’s dealing with a much bigger problem, a serial killer, and she may be the next victim…
Will Mattie be able to find out the truth before the killer finds her?
If you enjoyed this mad lib, please comment with your list below so the rest of us can get a chuckle out of it as well, and be sure to share with your friends! - Katie
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