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Streaky Steve Reading Gladiatrix by Linda Gruchy

07 Oct 2012, 11:44 AM | Post: #1

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Any examples of excellent 'blurb' that made you buy a book?

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I'll start of with the first sentence of the blurb for 11.22.63 by Stephen King. Of course the fact the novel was by Stephen King was I big reason I bought it but the blurb was what convinced me:

"WHAT IF you could go back in time and change the course of history? WHAT IF the watershed moment you could change was the JFK assassination? 11/22/63, the date that Kennedy was shot - unless . . ."

I think it's because in just a couple of lines he's summarised the whole plot and got over a sense of how intriguing an answer to the what-if's could be.

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07 Oct 2012, 02:28 PM | Post: #2

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RE: Any examples of excellent 'blurb' that made you buy a book?

As a strap-line, I think this is fantastic
"What happens when ancient magic meets the internet? One thing is certain, modern life will never be the same again."

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07 Oct 2012, 03:00 PM | Post: #3

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RE: Any examples of excellent 'blurb' that made you buy a book?

And it wasn't quite the blurb, but the acknowledgements on the look inside and I just had to get this one:

"Also, I dedicate this book to hedgehogs. Because they're cool and endangered and because anyone who deliberately runs over one has a serious issue with the workings of their (most likely his) genitalia (gals got more sense than to run over Mother Nature most of the time)."

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RE: Any examples of excellent 'blurb' that made you buy a book?

This post was last modified: 14 Oct 2012 11:44 AM by petesortwell.

(07 Oct 2012 11:44 AM)Streaky Steve Wrote: I'll start of with the first sentence of the blurb for 11.22.63 by Stephen King. Of course the fact the novel was by Stephen King was I big reason I bought it but the blurb was what convinced me:

"WHAT IF you could go back in time and change the course of history? WHAT IF the watershed moment you could change was the JFK assassination? 11/22/63, the date that Kennedy was shot - unless . . ."

I think it's because in just a couple of lines he's summarised the whole plot and got over a sense of how intriguing an answer to the what-if's could be.

Steve

That made me want to read that book too, and I don't regularly read King. I kind of like the questioned ones. If done right.

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14 Oct 2012, 02:10 PM | Post: #5

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RE: Any examples of excellent 'blurb' that made you buy a book?

(07 Oct 2012 03:00 PM)joo Wrote: And it wasn't quite the blurb, but the acknowledgements on the look inside and I just had to get this one:

"Also, I dedicate this book to hedgehogs. Because they're cool and endangered and because anyone who deliberately runs over one has a serious issue with the workings of their (most likely his) genitalia (gals got more sense than to run over Mother Nature most of the time)."

Joo, I see you've finished Matchbox Memories - did you read the acknowledgements?

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