tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post232144476059523136..comments2024-02-10T03:45:25.354-05:00Comments on Blogalicious: The Blurbification of Poetry BooksDiane Lockwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07614479152159652577noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829168697372726752.post-17183649964588755362019-01-30T20:57:40.284-05:002019-01-30T20:57:40.284-05:00I was coincidentally just skimming the blurbs of a...I was coincidentally just skimming the blurbs of a book my wife is reading, no judgment on the book, which I haven't read, but the hyperbole! On the first of three pages, "hypnotic," "revelatory," "intensely powerful," "erotic" (of course) and "dazzling" (double of course). "Luminous" and "transcendent" may have been there, but my brain was hypberboled to death at this point.<br />This might be why I'm so often disappointed when I read a book that has been wildly praised. It actually becomes unfair to the book, when it's overpraised to such an extent, to live up to the outlandish hype.<br />I might add that I was skimming the book my wife is reading when I should have been reading a friend's novel, which the friend asked me to write a blurb for. A whole other topic, writing a blurb for a good friend.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230452880449947668noreply@blogger.com