I've pretty much stopped soliciting blurbs. I don't think we've gotten blurbs since Tenth of December. That whole practice is...so fraught. Those are mostly from reviews of the other books, Mary's included. The one from Oprah Daily is new and is specifically about Liberation Day. Maybe we can do an Office Hours on the topic of blurbs someday soon...
I've pretty much stopped soliciting blurbs. I don't think we've gotten blurbs since Tenth of December. That whole practice is...so fraught. Those are mostly from reviews of the other books, Mary's included. The one from Oprah Daily is new and is specifically about Liberation Day. Maybe we can do an Office Hours on the topic of blurbs someday soon...
Hah. Now I have a new exercise to explore: I will write (in my mind) the missing question. We have the answer but not the question. It's like playing Jeopardy!
"What larks Peers ... spooky stuff, this getting an answer to posted Comment quicker than you can decide to Delete ... explains how some conversation threads come to read somewhat akin to 'Gorgonzola' that taste of cheese and air ... even may give rise to a new sub-disciplinary avenue for arcane literary commentators to chew on: 'Blurbology' ... perhaps even an appearance of new local penalty notices: 'No Soliciting Blurbs in Our Town. By Order.'"
My name isn't Pip and I'm not listening to Joe Gargery opining in The Snug of the Blacksmith's Arms but Stacya's right in signposting us to seeking the funny side of this thread and seeing more thanks to letting our Imaginations (odd we should all have ridden into town on horses bearing the same name?) go their own ways ...
Kurt's comment is funny(Jeopardy)...we'll never know if Mary's comment was funny or not! She seems to be fun/funny in general. But this still remains one of Story Club's greatest mysteries.
Mary's comment was, without doubt, honestly, of import.
Mary, 'g', that tantalisingly is, and consistently has been, since George first invited to crack the tender eggshells of our passing curious thoughts, an ever-giving enigma.
To me, at least; to others, I venture to think, also?
I've concluded that I hate blurbs. They are destructive. They distill all the hot words into very short passages. Consider all these from the back of one new novel I'm reading: "astonishing debut, visionary writer, propulsive, lyrical and intimate, gorgeous, tender, dynamic writer, truly something special." Yuck. Who could achieve such--although it is a very fine novel.
Well, the vast majority of blurbs aren't "real." They come from friends/colleagues of the writer and therefore can't always be trusted. (Of course, the blurbs for George's book CAN be trusted because they all say how fabulous his writing is--and who can argue with that?) I still check a book's blurbs when browsing at a bookstore, but try not to be too influenced.
I've pretty much stopped soliciting blurbs. I don't think we've gotten blurbs since Tenth of December. That whole practice is...so fraught. Those are mostly from reviews of the other books, Mary's included. The one from Oprah Daily is new and is specifically about Liberation Day. Maybe we can do an Office Hours on the topic of blurbs someday soon...
Oh, i just deleted my question because i didn't want you to have to take the time to answer! Thanks for getting back to me.
Hah. Now I have a new exercise to explore: I will write (in my mind) the missing question. We have the answer but not the question. It's like playing Jeopardy!
That's funny.
Ha!
"What larks Peers ... spooky stuff, this getting an answer to posted Comment quicker than you can decide to Delete ... explains how some conversation threads come to read somewhat akin to 'Gorgonzola' that taste of cheese and air ... even may give rise to a new sub-disciplinary avenue for arcane literary commentators to chew on: 'Blurbology' ... perhaps even an appearance of new local penalty notices: 'No Soliciting Blurbs in Our Town. By Order.'"
My name isn't Pip and I'm not listening to Joe Gargery opining in The Snug of the Blacksmith's Arms but Stacya's right in signposting us to seeking the funny side of this thread and seeing more thanks to letting our Imaginations (odd we should all have ridden into town on horses bearing the same name?) go their own ways ...
Kurt's comment is funny(Jeopardy)...we'll never know if Mary's comment was funny or not! She seems to be fun/funny in general. But this still remains one of Story Club's greatest mysteries.
Mary's comment was, without doubt, honestly, of import.
Mary, 'g', that tantalisingly is, and consistently has been, since George first invited to crack the tender eggshells of our passing curious thoughts, an ever-giving enigma.
To me, at least; to others, I venture to think, also?
I've concluded that I hate blurbs. They are destructive. They distill all the hot words into very short passages. Consider all these from the back of one new novel I'm reading: "astonishing debut, visionary writer, propulsive, lyrical and intimate, gorgeous, tender, dynamic writer, truly something special." Yuck. Who could achieve such--although it is a very fine novel.
Well, the vast majority of blurbs aren't "real." They come from friends/colleagues of the writer and therefore can't always be trusted. (Of course, the blurbs for George's book CAN be trusted because they all say how fabulous his writing is--and who can argue with that?) I still check a book's blurbs when browsing at a bookstore, but try not to be too influenced.
I've stopped reading blurbs and scan for names of blurbers--assuming they indicate that if I like their books I will love the current book.