tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post165579245249426341..comments2024-03-29T04:41:10.099-05:00Comments on ***The Starry-Eyed Revue***: Thoughtful Thursdays: Blurb, Blurb, Blurb is the Wordstarryeyedjenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841350560201331032noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post-12218416340477758892013-09-04T06:52:34.280-05:002013-09-04T06:52:34.280-05:00I find book blurbs helpful as a first step screeni...I find book blurbs helpful as a first step screening a book and I'll certainly use them when just wandering the library. The majority of the time I'll also read reviews though, since book blurbs can be misleading and obviously only share the good things :)DoingDeweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902496432225294188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post-50239111794771952782013-09-01T10:09:32.455-05:002013-09-01T10:09:32.455-05:00I find I'm more likely to read the blurbs of Y...I find I'm more likely to read the blurbs of YA books. There was one instance where I deliberately avoided a book because Veronica Roth had a blurb on the front cover, and I hate her books. I figured if she enjoyed this book, I definitely wouldn't. Abriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05092374383539387770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post-58384822494738765842013-08-30T16:00:28.360-05:002013-08-30T16:00:28.360-05:00I drink Dark Magic sometimes. It's yummy. I al...I drink Dark Magic sometimes. It's yummy. I also just don't care at all about blurbs and rarely pay attention to what they say or who is saying it. Fun post!Natalie @Natflix&Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12738039522965794238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post-58171357776485132832013-08-30T01:59:55.888-05:002013-08-30T01:59:55.888-05:00I rarely read the book blurb because I don't f...I rarely read the book blurb because I don't find them extremely helpful. It doesn't make me want to buy it. The synopsis (and the author) is usually what makes or breaks the book for me. I want the book to speak for itself, not have blurbs that clutter the beautiful cover art. <br /><br />And most of the times, the blurbs are terrible. On the paperback version of <em>If I Stay</em> by Gayle Forman, the blurb actually says, "Will appeal to fans of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight." That's an extremely misleading blurb because it seems to suggest that <em>If I Stay</em> and <em>Twilight</em> are similar books when it is totally not. And, if I had read that blurb, I wouldn't have picked up <em>If I Stay</em>. A lot of the times, I feel like whoever wrote the blurb did not read the book at all and they're just grasping at really popular YA books. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post-48957767341097045392013-08-30T00:44:09.482-05:002013-08-30T00:44:09.482-05:00I love the coffee blurb. What great inspiration fo...I love the coffee blurb. What great inspiration for a post.<br /><br />I never read blurbs. I really couldn't care less about them. I'm more likely to read the summary, and check out reviews, even if they are like long, drawn out blurbs sometimes.Sarah Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10671051704990208661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post-59054251236652655112013-08-29T17:54:12.196-05:002013-08-29T17:54:12.196-05:00That coffee 'blurb' is hilarious because i...That coffee 'blurb' is hilarious because it is so generic that you wouldn't guess coffee. I honestly don't pay attention to author's blurbing on the cover of books. It's very rare if I do.Sara @ Forever 17 Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472364638348056306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post-67406765597925573852013-08-29T08:07:28.260-05:002013-08-29T08:07:28.260-05:00I mostly don't read blurbs, I'm more focus...I mostly don't read blurbs, I'm more focused on the description/synopsis. If there's a tagline at the top, I mostly skip that without even realizing it (I tend to ignore headlines and stuff written in bold, and I know that sounds strange).<br />If there's a blurb by an author I really like and respect, I might take a chance on a book that has left me unsure with only the description. But I'd never by one solely on the basis of a blurb, because as you said, mostly they mean nothing. Especially if they're just a couple promotion-sentences about the book that are not by another author.<br />What I HATE though is if there are only blurbs/review excerpts on the back cover of a book!! I want to know what it's about, not what some person I don't even know thought of it!<br />Also, these reviews/blurbs all sound pretty much the same and it's obvious they wouldn't put bad ones on there.<br /><br />P.S.: sorry for the long comment ^^' And I'd have some of that coffee ;)Carmen B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04477953957925317205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2773985780576975329.post-48544996806728550352013-08-29T00:28:50.554-05:002013-08-29T00:28:50.554-05:00I find blurbs helpful but often times the blurb fo...I find blurbs helpful but often times the blurb focuses on such a small part of the book that once I read it it doesn't seem anything like the blurb. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10702366874779315384noreply@blogger.com