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Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

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Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 23, 2026 12:05:30 pm PDT #28628 of 28631
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.

Why I am distrustful of book rankings on Amazon, Exhibit A:

As fire-breathing unicorn shifter Bailey and her new husband, incubus police chief Quinn, struggle to take care of two orphaned gorgons, all hell breaks loose! A hilarious urban fantasy with over 1,600 five-star ratings on Amazon.

Jessica - Apr 23, 2026 12:50:13 pm PDT #28629 of 28631
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

With a blurb like that they should ALL be five-star ratings!

bennett - Apr 23, 2026 1:26:34 pm PDT #28630 of 28631

I wonder whether anybody actually buys something with a blurb like that. Maybe so, but that's so over-the-top I wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole. But then, I feel like that for most blurbs. These days, I'm only buying off recommendations from people I know. And even then, I try to get something from a new author via Libby just to be on the safe side. Mind you, I'm noping out of a lot of books these days.

Jessica - Apr 23, 2026 1:36:32 pm PDT #28631 of 28631
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

The whole shifter/monster-fucking thing isn't my particular jam but I'm not going to judge anybody for enjoying bananapants unhinged escapism. These days, the farther a fictional premise is from reality the more I want to live there.

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