Booking Through Thursday

A weekly meme about (mostly) books and reading.

Blurb October 29, 2009

Filed under: Wordpress — --Deb @ 1:13 am

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Suggested by Jennysbooks:

Something I’ve been thinking about lately: “What words/phrases in a blurb make a book irresistible? What words/phrases will make you put the book back down immediately?”


Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

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65 Responses to “Blurb”

  1. Violet Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 1:29 am

    Here is my link.

    Happy Thursday everyone!!!

  3. Amy Reads Good Books Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 3:23 am

    Great question! I actually had to do a little book blurb research. :)

    http://amyreads.com/?p=694

  6. novelinsights Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 4:24 am

    Hello Everyone,

    Looking forward to the weekend?

    Here are my thoughts -
    http://novelinsights.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/booking-through-thursday-blurb/

  7. Booking thru Thursday « Life,Love and everything else Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 5:19 am

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  10. Carol Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 5:55 am

    My post is up. Happy BTT!

  11. Jennifer Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 5:58 am

    Here’s mine. Interesting question :-)

  17. West of Mars » Blog Archive » BTT: Blurbs Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 7:05 am

    [...] so back to Booking Through Thursday I come. That’s because I have to weigh in on today’s question. [...]

  18. Susan Helene Gottfried Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 7:06 am

    I haven’t been here in awhile. It’s almost a shame to return with a cranky post.

    http://westofmars.com/2009/10/29/btt-blurbs/

  20. Tracee Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 7:31 am

    Interesting question – here’s my post:

    http://reviewfromhere.com/?p=465

  25. mizb17 Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 8:20 am

    Ha! Making me work to answer this morning! LOL… here’s mine. :P

    ~MizB

  28. justabookreader Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 8:44 am

    Here’s mine. This was a fun question. :-)

    http://justbookreading.com/2009/10/29/booking-through-thursday-4/

  30. Liz K Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 8:58 am

    Hello people. Very interesting topic this week, I had to think a little about this one.

    http://busyisreading.blogspot.com/2009/10/booking-through-thursday_29.html

  31. ireadnow Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 9:10 am

    Whoa, this seems to be a real hot topic. I look forward to reading your responses.

    Here’s mine

    http://ireadnow.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/booking-through-thursday-2/

  32. BooksPlease Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 9:15 am

    Good question. Here’s my answer.

  34. Sherrie Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 9:49 am

    Hi!
    Great questions this week! Mine is posted at my place, Just Books. Come have a look. Have a great day!!

    Sherrie

  36. kaye Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 10:15 am

    interesting question this week. If you want to wander down my road I’m home.

  38. Suey Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 11:34 am

    Fun question! My answere here.

  40. mervih Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    Blurbs are my pet peeves. Warning: a long rant:
    http://mervih.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/898/

  41. pussreboots Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    I came up with five books where the blurbs persuaded me. My answer is here.

  43. La Coccinelle Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    Great question this week!

    My answer is here.

  45. Helen Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 2:23 pm

    I’m a new book blogger and this is my first Booking Through Thursday!

    My post is here:
    http://helenlovesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/10/booking-through-thursday-blurb.html

  50. This That & The Other Thing Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    I had to think about that but glad the questions were asked!

  54. Matthew Says:
    October 29, 2009 at 7:06 pm

    Short (and a little off-topic) answer because I don’t really read blurbs.

  58. MissMeliss Says:
    October 30, 2009 at 1:02 am

    It’s technically Friday in MY timezone, but the sun hasn’t come up yet, so fiscally, it’s still Thursday night.

    My link? It’s here.

  59. Elena Says:
    October 30, 2009 at 1:47 am

    Hey this is my first BTT! Great question and MissMeliss – it’s Friday here as well! Huzzah for international time zones :P

    http://withextrapulp.com.au/?p=456

  63. Ashley Ladd Says:
    October 30, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    I just found your meme and I’m impressed so will be joining in Thursdays (or as soon as I can).

    I’m getting bored by secret babies and the cowboy’s secret baby or the CEO’s secret baby or the :P rince’s Mistress + their secret baby. This leads me to believe I don’t want to see only captains of industry mentioned – CEO’s, Princes, Kings, Shieks – up against a woman with much less clout.

    I do however take positive interest in “desperate” situations and people. (Think “Desperate Housewives”). I like things that depict action and adventure mixed with humor. A title I loved was “Phi Beta Bimbo” and I was intrigued and more than half sold before reading the blurb as it made me laugh. I also like smart sounding titles that have double innuendos or a play on words.

    Next week I’ll post my answer actually on my blog. :) I have this week’s posts already up and scheduled.

    http://www.ashleyladd.blogspot.com

  65. bitsy8 Says:
    November 1, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    First time in a long time coming back to this! Interesting topic too, I had fun with it. Mine is here.


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