Blurbing Book Club

project · in 17 videos (2008–2011)

Mentions by year: 2008: 14 · 2009: 2 · 2011: 1

Threads

• Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club (2008) — stage, restart, 2008–2008
• Hank asks Nerdfighters to buy and read 13 Little Blue Envelopes for the Blurbing Book Club (2008) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
• Hank asks Nerdfighters to write and send blurbs of 13 Little Blue Envelopes for a vote (2008) — ask, reported back, 2008–2008
• John: read all the 13 Little Blue Envelopes blurbs (2008) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
• Hank asks Nerdfighters to read the first Blurbing Book Club blurbs and list favourites in the forums (2008) — ask, reported back, 2008–2008
• Hank asks Nerdfighters to get Slaughterhouse-Five for the second Blurbing Book Club (2008) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
• John asks Nerdfighters for regular and LOLbook blurbs of Slaughterhouse-Five by Wednesday midnight (2008) — ask, reported back, 2008–2008
• Hank asks Nerdfighters to pick favourite Slaughterhouse-Five blurbs in the forum (2008) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
• John asks viewers to suggest the next Blurbing Book Club book (2008) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
• Hank asks Nerdfighters for ten-word Paper Towns blurbs for the Blurbing Book Club (2008) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
• John: two videos answering questions about Paper Towns for the Blurbing Book Club (2008) — promise, kept, 2008–2009
• Blurbing Book Club 2011: group reading of The Great Gatsby — stage, milestone, 2011–2011

What the videos say

2008

• 2008-02-12 · Nerdfighters Blurbing Book Club! — Hank launches the Nerdfighting Blurbing Book Club: the brothers and participating Nerdfighters read a book every two weeks and each writes a blurb of ten words or less. (00:01:31)
• 2008-02-12 · Nerdfighters Blurbing Book Club! — Hank asks readers to post their blurb in a blog post and send it to him; he will set up a poll, and the winner gets a free Nerdfighter t-shirt and their face saying the blurb on the Vlogbrothers channel. (00:02:00)
• 2008-02-19 · Your Spying Thieving Valentine: Hank — Hank urges viewers who haven't bought 13 Little Blue Envelopes to buy it so they can take part in the Blurbing Book Club, saying Amazon delivery will be fast. (00:00:32)
• 2008-02-26 · Best Wishes! — To take part in the Blurbing Book Club and maybe win prizes, Nerdfighters must write a blurb of 13 Little Blue Envelopes in 10 words or less and post it as a Ning blog post by Sunday midnight. (00:02:12)
• 2008-02-26 · Best Wishes! — The next Blurbing Book Club book is Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, chosen because it's really good, John hasn't read it in a long time, and it's published worldwide so international Nerdfighters can join. (00:02:32)
• 2008-03-08 · Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing — Hank asks everyone to read through the blurbs and list favourites in the forums to decide the best blurb and the prize winner. (00:01:26)
• 2008-03-08 · Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing — New rules for the second Blurbing Book Club: post blurbs in a specific forum topic, blurbs only, no discussion; one blurb per person, ten words per blurb, or no entry. (00:01:26)
• 2008-03-15 · Ruins, LOLBooks, and the Blurbing Book Club — John announces the winner of the first Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club: a blurb that is an anagram of Maureen Johnson's 13 Little Blue Envelopes. (00:01:30)
• 2008-03-15 · Ruins, LOLBooks, and the Blurbing Book Club — Starting with Slaughterhouse-Five, the Blurbing Book Club will run two contests: a regular blurb and a LOLbook blurb. (00:02:05)
• 2008-03-15 · Ruins, LOLBooks, and the Blurbing Book Club — John invites both a regular and a LOLbook blurb for Slaughterhouse-Five; the deadline is Wednesday at midnight. (00:02:35)
• 2008-03-22 · Twitter After School Time — The Slaughterhouse-Five round of the Blurbing Book Club is complete; all submissions are in the forum at nerdfighters.com. (00:03:36)
• 2008-03-22 · Twitter After School Time — Hank asks Nerdfighters to pick their favourite blurbs and list them in the new forum post he has just made. (00:03:36)
• …and 18 more statements in 2008 (most important shown)

2009

• 2009-02-11 · Paper Towns Tastic Question Tuesday — John finally answers real Nerdfighters' questions about his new book Paper Towns, for the Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club per the description. (00:00:00)
• 2009-02-18 · Winners and Winners and Ningmasters — Sarah (Maddy's Grace), an English teacher, becomes books editor: she will promote book reviews on Fridays and help organise the Blurbing Book Club, which Hank admits they have completely neglected. (00:02:33)

2011

• 2011-06-15 · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) — Since summer in Nerdfighteria means SPF 30 and classic American literature, John announces The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald as the new Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club book. (00:01:22)