Book Blurb Friday #11 - Shifting Sonoran Sands

Well, better late than never!

The Great Google Blogger Debacle ate my original Book Blurb Friday piece, slated to post last night at nine p.m.  I'm happy to be up and running again, but finding my post had evaporated was not a pleasant surprise. I know many of you feel my pain. I guess if having to rewrite my blog post is the worst thing that happens today I'll be in great shape. Onward and upward! It is still BBF, after all!

If you are new to this blog, please click HERE or click the tab under the blog header for details of the Book Blurb Friday meme.  This is the shortened, abridged version:

Write a book jacket blurb (150 words or less) so enticing that potential readers would feel compelled to buy the book.

And so, in keeping with BBF rules, I offer up my book blurb of 150 words or less to match this week's pretend book cover (photo provided by the talented and kind Lynn Obermoeller):

 

Shifting Sonoran Sands

Caleb Cohen has no interest in spending his summer visiting his father in the isolated Arizona desert town of Wrangold, population 43. And when a misunderstanding lands Caleb in jail for an afternoon, his budding friendship with the sheriff’s daughter, Jenna, evaporates into the Sonoran sky.

With the summer yawning before him, Caleb begins early morning explorations of the desert, finding unexpected pleasure in the creatures and shadows of the valley. Then he makes an intriguing discovery: a vintage auto half buried in the sand.

Delighted, Caleb returns the next day, and the next.  But his discovery uncovers secrets, embroiling Caleb in a mystery of missing lovers, stolen millions, Indian talismans, and mystic predictions. And when Jenna unwittingly puts herself in harm’s way, Caleb will have to use every power at his disposal to save her; every power that lays hidden in the Shifting Sonoran Sands. (146 words)

Please remember to feed Mr. Linky so others can link to your blurb, and then scroll down for a look at next week's "book cover."



Here is next week's pretend book cover, offered for our use by the wonderful artist and writer, Sandra Davies.

Thanks for playing!
Lisa

Book Blurb Friday #5: The Colors of Rose AND A-Z Challenge

Welcome to Book Blurb Friday and the first installment of the A-Z Challenge! Since I'm running them together my A-Z post is coming a tad early, but I figure it's already April 1st in some parts of the world, so technically I'm right on schedule.

As part of the challenge (the brainchild of Arlee Bird at Tossing It Out) I'll be posting every day (except Sundays) through the month of April, going through the alphabet and beginning April 1st with "A."  I've opted for a theme:  Pawsitive Pondering.  Were our pets able to talk they would offer sage advice, so every day through the month of April, one of my four-legged furries will offer a "Pawsitive Pondering" to make you smile. Here is the first:

PAWSITIVE PONDERING

A is for Attitude:   

You are the only one who can decide if you will be a sour-puss or a waggy-tail.  

Join me and choose to be a waggy-tail. 

It will make you and those around you happy,  

and you'll see an increase of belly rubs!

See you tomorrow for day #2 of the A-Z Challenge: B is for Beauty.

Keep on reading for today's Book Blurb Friday! If you're new to this meme, give it a try. C'mon, be a waggy-tail! It's fun!

TGIBBF! I can't believe this is week five already. I'm having fun writing and reading the book blurbs, and I'm finding that sticking to the word count is easier as the weeks go by.  If you're new to Book Blurb Friday, please click the tab for details, located under the blog header.  Here is my blurb to go with this week's photo:

The Colors of Rose

Bryan Harte sees the world in shades of gray. Born with monochromacy, a severe form of color blindness, he has never experienced a fiery sunset or cerulean summer sky.  Bryan’s world is steeped in gray.

Until now. . .

Her name is Rose, and she is the only thing in Bryan’s world imbued with color.  Her auburn hair, ruby lips and eyes of emerald green hold him in thrall from the moment he sees her sitting in the park.  With his world a cloudy gray, the vibrant Rose becomes his obsession.

Why is she different?  What is it in her that allows him to see the green of her eyes and the red of her hair?  When at last Bryan questions the anomaly, it is too late to run, too late to hide. It is too late to pretend he cannot see. . .the colors of Rose. (147 words)

Please scroll down to see the "book cover" for next week's Book Blurb Friday, and if you are participating this week, please remember to feed Mr. Linky. He is hungry for your URL so other readers can enjoy your creative blurb.



Here is the "book cover" for next week's BBF.  Thanks to Sandra Davies for offering up this terrific photo prompt:

Several folks have provided some great "book covers," and you'll see them here as the weeks progress. Thanks to everyone for participating.  

Have a great weekend!  See you tomorrow for A-Z and the letter "B."

Lisa

Book Blurb Friday #4: Paranormal Passages

Welcome to Book Blurb Friday!  Please look to your right and see the new badge for BBF. Go ahead.  Ooh and aah.  I'll wait! 

I'm so excited that I got the darn thing to work! It took me two solid weeks to figure it out because, as you know, I'm a technodweeb. Anyway, there it is! If you feel so inclined, please copy the HTML code below the badge and use it to install the BBF badge on your own blog.  I won't be insulted if you don't, but I'll surely love it if you do.

If you're new to this meme, please click on the tab above under the blog header for details, and play along.  The photo below represents the cover of this week's fictional book, and my blurb (150 words or less) is right below.  Here goes:

Paranormal Passages

 

Blood Cemetery; Aquia Church; Tower of London; Chillingham Castle.  All are known for unexplained auditory emanations, ghostly sightings, hauntings. . .

But none compare to the Hôtel Fantôme d'Avignon, site of the unsolved axe murders of six tourists in 1963.  For years, hotel employees and guests claimed to see bloodied apparitions walking the narrow halls.  Sightings began to include violent physical manifestations, and the hotel closed its doors in 1987.

Dr. U.B. Grimm and Dr. Ima Reaper, paranormal researchers with the Gravestone Institute for Paranormal Studies spent decades documenting paranormal activity around the globe. In a courageous effort to unravel the mystery of the Hôtel Fantôm, Drs. Grimm and Reaper resided alone in the hotel for two weeks. The terrifying events they detail will horrify you.  Prepare to start looking over your shoulder. Long after you turn the last page, you will be haunted by these bone-chilling Paranormal Passages. (150 words)

If you are participating in BBF, please remember to add your link below so others can find you and your blurb.  Thanks for playing!  Please scroll past Mr. Linky to see the "book cover" for next week's BBF.






 Here is next week's "book cover." Have fun with it!

I can't wait to read your blurbs! Thank you so much for playing along.

Til next time -
Lisa