I'm glad to see people are trying out the exercises, and I'm definitely glad to see such good results.

RAMINUS: I think the blurb would be stronger if you varied the sentence structure a bit:

Victor von Frankenstein was a man obsessed with the idea of bringing back the dead. Working alone in his dark laboratory, he hid his endeavors from the outside world that would not approve. He risked his career in medicine and the honor of his family name to bring about the realization of his nightmare.

The blurb was well-written, and definitely caught my attention.

Shoshanna: great idea. I wouldn't have thought to pick the Bible for a book blurb. It was a very creative and challenging choice. I think some of the verbs and verb tenses you used removed the reader from the story. Grab the reader by the throat and don't let go:

God's anger is eternal.

He created a world and set them in it. Alone of all the mortals, they were created in his image.

You can keep the nice parallelism that you set up in the second set of sentences while keeping the more direct verb tenses:

God's mercy is eternal.

He sent his only son, Jesus, made mortal and vunerable, to redeem his people from the mire.

Also, you have some sentence fragments that are awkward. Contrary to 4th grade English teachers, the occasional sentence fragment can really add to a story, but they have to accentuate something. "He saw a pink elephant wandering down the street. A neon pink elephant."

And, yes, I do hear the omniscient voice-over when I read these. ;-)

I ended up with a lot of last minute chores this last week, so I couldn't get my blurb in on time. Well, miss a deadline, suffer the consequences.