Red is for Remembrance (Blue is for Nightmares, #4)

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Red is for Remembrance (Blue is for Nightmares #4)

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"I know you're alone . . ."

Shattered by her boyfriend's tragic death, Stacey is struggling in her first year of college, hoping that somehow, somewhere, Jacob is still alive. Now her nightmares are back, haunted by ghosts and misery. Casting healing spells brings Stacey closer to Porsha—a troubled girl who's also dreaming of death—and to a strange boy whose life is in dang...more

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Published August 8th 2005 by Llewellyn Publications

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Apr 01, 2009 Annies rated it 4 of 5 stars

I read 'Red is for Remembrance'. This is the fourth and final book in the 'Blue is for Nightmares' series by Laurie Faria Stolarz. I thought this book was excellent. It rolled humor, mystery, suspense, and some action all into one book. Stacey Brown, the main character, is having weird dreams again. She is accepted into a prestigious college with a full scholarship, and with her below average grades, she wasn’t quite sure why. But, she soon finds out that the president of the college’s daughter...more

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Mar 13, 2009 Steph Su rated it 3 of 5 stars

Stacey Brown can't believe that she's going to the prestigious Beacon University mere months after the disappearance of her boyfriend Jacob, whose body was never found after the accident on the cruise. How is she going to deal with a normal life? To top it all off, she has a freakishly happy and bubbly roommate, Janie, in addition to her good friend Amber, she's been having trouble sleeping, and she's not dreaming about Jacob at all, no matter how hard she tries.

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Sep 10, 2012 Jen McConnel rated it 5 of 5 stars

When I used to work at Barnes and Noble, I was drawn to this series by Laurie Stolarz. I kept meaning to read it, but somewhere in between work and school, that never happened. I finally picked this one up, and I wish I'd read it sooner! Again, I started at the backwards end of a series (woops), but it was easy to get into the world, and I loved it.

Stacey is in mourning. She delayed her college admittance by a semester, but she still isn't over the death of her first love Jacob. To make matters...more

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Aug 03, 2011 Rojo rated it 2 of 5 stars

This was a book that got really confusing to tell the truth. It took me about three times as long to finish it than I had expected, and it wasn't the best I would say. There really was no sense of horror or suspense except for the parts where Stacey is having a nightmare. The whole first half of the book is pretty much kinda like Bella in New Moon...she's just barely going through the motions of life and moping over her now-ex-boyfriend. It was kind of boring. The multiple POVs from Jacob/Shell...more

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Jun 08, 2011 (´*•.¸ღBexღ¸.•*´) rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Five months after her boyfriend fell overboard and was never seen again, Stacey Brown is now at university with a full scholarship. Even though she doesn't actually attend lectures, and when she does she fails tests. And forget sororities, sports and shagging - all she does is down tranquilisers, and perform spells that used to help her but don't anymore.

The uni's president brought Stacey here to help his troubled teen daughter, who's having nightmares of a death not yet committed. At first Sta...more

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Mar 07, 2011 Clarabel rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Quatrième et dernier tome de la série.
Que dire ? Je crois que je me suis lassée de cette série. Je la trouve classique et tristement banale. Un peu pimentée de suspense, avec un zest de crimes et une mêlée de psychopathes pour relever la sauce, la recette ne laissera pourtant pas un goût inoubliable.
Six mois ont passé depuis la disparition de Jacob. Lucy est totalement à l'ouest. Contre toute attente, elle a obtenu une bourse d'études pour une prestigieuse université. Elle comprendra pourquoi lo...more

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Dec 30, 2010 Karissa rated it 3 of 5 stars

The final book in the Blue is for Nightmares series by Laurie Faria Stolarz. This book was a good read and good conclusion to the series. I didn't think it was as good as the previous books though. This book didn't have nearly the suspense elements of the previous books.

In this book Stacey is at college and rooming with Amber. After Jacob's death she is fighting to not succumb completely to depression, when she starts having nightmares again. The president of the university contacts her and want...more The final book in the Blue is for Nightmares series by Laurie Faria Stolarz. This book was a good read and good conclusion to the series. I didn't think it was as good as the previous books though. This book didn't have nearly the suspense elements of the previous books.

In this book Stacey is at college and rooming with Amber. After Jacob's death she is fighting to not succumb completely to depression, when she starts having nightmares again. The president of the university contacts her and wants her to help his daughter Porscha, who also has strange dreams about death that are driving her crazy. Stacey's dream are hinting that maybe if she can help Porscha than she can save another boy's life; why does Stacey get the feeling this all has something to do with Jacob?

This was an easy read, a well-written book, and a nice conclusion to the series. That being said I was a little disappointed with the book in general. This book never had the creepiness of the previous books. In fact there weren't really many horror elements at all. There was a little mystery but not nearly to the degree of the previous books. As for the chapters alternating between Stacey and the mysterious Shell; I figured out the part that Shell would play in the story right in the beginning and was disappointed to find out I was right. I kind of felt like Stolarz was sick of writing this series and just wanted to wrap it up in the quickest way possible; and in a way that would leave her readers happy and not disgruntled.

This was a fine conclusion to the series but I really felt like Stolarz didn't put much into the story; she is extraordinary at writing creepy horror scenes but she kind of skipped out on that for this book. I was just so disappointed. Should you read the book? Well you kind of have to given how "Silver is for Secrets" left us all completely hanging mid-scene. Will I read more books by Stolarz after reading this series? Probably not. Although it would be interesting for her to do a couple books about Porscha. (less)

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Sep 04, 2009 Bella rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: summer-reading

So far, this is the last book in the Blue is For Nightmares series. In this one, Jacob is lost and Stacey is heartbroken. She believes he is alive, and helps a troubled girl named Portia who is having nightmares about a mysterious boy that is going to be killed. Portia leads Stacey to a camp to find the boy, and they find someone unexpected at the camp as well.

I can connect Portia to Callie from Cut. They both have issues they don’t want to deal with, so instead of trying to get help they cut t...more

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Aug 30, 2009 Cindy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 11th-grade

this book is the fourth book and last book of the chilling series. This book started out like a narrative point of view of two character. The main character Stacey had just lost her boyfriend Jacob is a tragic accident. Stacey is in college. She has some kind of nightmares that can predicts someone death. Stacey always wanted to dream of about her boyfriend death and what had caused it, but she can never get it. stacey practiced witch craft. Then the book talks about Shell's point of view. Shell...more this book is the fourth book and last book of the chilling series. This book started out like a narrative point of view of two character. The main character Stacey had just lost her boyfriend Jacob is a tragic accident. Stacey is in college. She has some kind of nightmares that can predicts someone death. Stacey always wanted to dream of about her boyfriend death and what had caused it, but she can never get it. stacey practiced witch craft. Then the book talks about Shell's point of view. Shell was in the camp called Brutus. the camp didn't have any electricity. Shell doesn't have any clue why he's in this camp. the camp leader is Mason and his assistant is Clay. During the night, they would go to people houses and steal things. they don't neccessary say "stealing", because they don't take valuable things from the owners. Shell doesn't know why they are doing this, and his friend Brick doesn't know either. The president of the school really needed Stacey for help. his daughter is also having weird nightmare of someones death. Stacey wanted to help the daughter, which her name is porsha. porsha has weird burns on her arm, and one of them is the letter T. Stacey stared to have nightmare of Porsha mom and her mom told her that in order to figure out Porsha's nightmare is to tell her some things that she ans Porsha only knew. Porsha always blamed herself of her mother's death. stacey told Porsha some things that she and her mom only knew, and that is when Porsha finally wants Stacey to help. Shell and Brick are really close friends. Brick knows some secrets of Clay and when Clay heard that he was talking about him, he was furious and wanted to talk to him alone. Shell thought that this was a bad idea because he somewhere heard the words before"i know you're alone....". one night Shell pull out his red candle, in which it was supposed to mean for remembrance. Shell always know some witch craft stuff. Brick finally remember his real name, which is Trevor. Porsha suddenly had this dream and remember where to go, in order to save this boy life. When Shell woke up, he saw that Brick was gone. He knew that he must have gone with Clay. Shell made his way up and saw Brick, and he was badly injured, and that Clay was holding a gun. Stacey and Porsha quickly went to the camp and saw that Shell is really Jacob. Jacob wasn't dead yet, but he doesn't know who was Stacey. the Letter T on Porsha arm meant to save Trevor. the book realy did have a happy ending and i really enjoyed it because i really felt like i was in the book!!!(less)

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Jul 28, 2009 Tez rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Apr 19, 2009 Maura rated it 4 of 5 stars

I read Red is for Remembrance by Laurie Faria Stolarz which is a mystery and romantic novel. It is the fourth book in this series and Stacey Brown, a girl who is in high school and enters college in Red is for Remembrance is the main character. But in this book the author switches between Stacey’s life and Shell’s life, which have nothing to do with each other until the end. Stacey has struggles with nightmares that have come true in the past, and she is beginning to have them again. She receive...more I read Red is for Remembrance by Laurie Faria Stolarz which is a mystery and romantic novel. It is the fourth book in this series and Stacey Brown, a girl who is in high school and enters college in Red is for Remembrance is the main character. But in this book the author switches between Stacey’s life and Shell’s life, which have nothing to do with each other until the end. Stacey has struggles with nightmares that have come true in the past, and she is beginning to have them again. She receives a full-scholarship to college, even though she does poorly in school, and she soon realizes that the president of the college’s daughter, Porsha, is having nightmares as well. The president went to the High School Stacey went to so he has heard all about what she is experiencing, and believes Stacey can help Porsha.

The main conflict in this book is that Stacey has to help Porsha understand her nightmares which she later finds out are about her long-lost boyfriend Jacob who “drowned”, while Stacey is trying to help Porsha communicate to her deceased mom through her dreams. While, Shell is a boy who is in a cult because he hit his head and couldn’t remember anything so the cult took him in and he doesn’t understand their way of life and why he is there, but he cant remember his past.

I really liked this book because it was entertaining and it was a different kind of mystery than I have ever read, but I was confused when each chapter switched off between Stacey and Shell. I didn’t understand who Shell was and the point of him being in the story. The chapters about him were his boring way of life at the cult, and nothing interesting ever happened. But, the ending tied the two characters together and the whole book made sense. I thought the ending was perfect! Some parts, usually about Shell, were so boring I wanted to put the book down but I am glad I read the whole thing because it made sense and was really creative.

I recommend this book mostly to the girls, but I suggest you read the first three books first or it won’t make sense. It is not specifically for girls but I don’t think the boys would like how it ties in Stacey’s romance and it’s about two girls saving each other.
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Aug 06, 2009 Tringa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 10th-grade-advisory

Ever since Stacey's boyfriend, Jacob, died, everything has changed for her. Life just isn't the same without him. She still believes he's alive here somewhere, but everyone else know's he's long gone. Now attending school at Beacon University (on a scholarship she doesn't deserve), things have gotten even worse-she's having nightmares again. Stacey is no stranger to nightmares, she's been having them for years. These nightmares are different, though; they involve a girl whose also been having n

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Mar 07, 2012 Miranda Travis is currently reading it

This book is the last book in the sequal and it's about a girl named Stacey that tragicly lost her boyfriend after having nightmares about his and many people's deaths. She was able to save the other people, but not the love of her life. She is a collage student on a full ride scollarship to a very nice collage. She has a nightmare about a girl that is going to die, and the next day is called down to the presidants office, Mr. Wallace. He sits her down and tells her about his daughter who she ha...more

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Mar 20, 2012 Jenn rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Jenn by: Noelle

Shelves: borrowed-from-friends, reading-challenge-12, young-adult, withcraft-and-wizardry, series, annoying-protagonist

I don't even know where to begin with this book. 2 stars according to Goodreads means it was ok, and that's what this was. First off, this was the first one that was told through two point of views: Stacey (who we're used to) and Shell. Stacey is told in first person whereas Shell is third person. Kind of took me out of the book every time it switched.

The whole story line with Shell seemed pointless to me. I don't know if the author thought she was writing this huge mystery, or if she just thoug...more

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May 11, 2010 Ernesto gutierrez rated it 3 of 5 stars

I am a big fan of the series. silver is for secrets is my favorite so far. This book leaves my dissapointed. It is not bad but it is not as good as the other books. I was able to figure out one of the big twist in the story on page 80. i dont know if the author intended for the twist to be figure out so easily or maybe i just happened to figure it out. When i was reading this book i felt like the main character stacy was doing nothing but complain about everything and everyone. She seemed like s...more

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Oct 28, 2007 Lena rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: sophmoreyear

I really enjoyed this book. It is the fourth book of the Blue is for Nightmares Series. This book is really good and I like how there is like two different perspectives in the book. At first I didn't know why but at the end i figured it all out. It 's really good and it's one of the best of the series. This is the last book which I wish it wasn't because the series is really good.

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Jan 02, 2010 Jocey rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Danielle

Red is for Remembrence is a book about a girl named Stacey Brown. In this book Stacey has to struggle with college but she also has to get through the fact that she might never see her soulmate again. This book takes place in Stacey's college. Stacey's main internal struggle is that she believes that her soulmate is still alive. Her main external struggle is that she has to help this girl name Porsha or a boy will die.

During my time reading this book I made a text-to-text connection. There was...more

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Apr 19, 2010 Angela rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya, sci-fi-fantasy, mystery-suspence, library-book

Definitely my favorite book in the Blue Is For Nightmares series (maybe because the dreaded Drea wasn't in it). I liked the other three, but they were no where near as good as Red is for Remembrance.

Overall, I just felt it was a stronger story and that I got to know Stacey so much better than any of the other books. She went from a completely one dimensional character I hardly cared about to one I was routing for and loved. I just couldn't put this book down!

I do think the ending was a little...more

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Dec 24, 2011 Jianne rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: borrowed-books

Red Is for Remembrance is the fourth book in the Blue Is For Nightmares series. And you know what? It's such a guilty pleasure book because I totally forget what happened in the other books and really is blank about it but I still managed to enjoy this book.

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Just after Jacob's death, Stacey strives to bring her life back to normal. She's got a scholarship in Beacon University and her friends are supporting her to move on about Jacob's death. But nightmares are starting to haunt her again...more

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Feb 10, 2011 Cherylann rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fav-authors, paranormal-romance, ya, series

I wasn't going to get the fifth book in this series, Black is for Beginnings, because I was so not enchanted with Silver is for Secrets. And then I picked up Red is for Remembrance. Stolarz continues series by narrating the novel through two different voices: Stacey's and Shell's. In addition to blending two narrators, she also blends two different storylines. Finally, when Stacey narrates the story it's in first person, and when Shell narrates, it's in third. I felt like she was moving beyond t...more

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Jun 09, 2009 Susan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Wow, Stacey got a full scholarship to Beacon University! I mean, wasn't she practically failing out of prep school?

Stacey hasn't dream since Jacob had fallen overboard. Gone. When the nightmares comes back she is dreaming about a dead woman. Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. She is trying desperately to move on with her life, but nothing in life is a coincidence. Amber and PJ is still comic as ever, leaving me chuckling out loud. Anyhow, the book did get a little boring, here and...here. Predictable to th...more

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Apr 01, 2010 Ashli Barnes rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was very intresting. From the moment I started reading this book I was hooked. I couldn't put it down, somedays I read 100 pages until i actually finished it. This book might be hard for you to understand if you don't read the whole series thats includes; Blue is for nightmares, White is for magic, Silver is for secrets, and my favorite Red is for remembrance. Red is for remembrance is about Stacey a girl who is struggling in her first year of college, she is trying to deal with her b...more This book was very intresting. From the moment I started reading this book I was hooked. I couldn't put it down, somedays I read 100 pages until i actually finished it. This book might be hard for you to understand if you don't read the whole series thats includes; Blue is for nightmares, White is for magic, Silver is for secrets, and my favorite Red is for remembrance. Red is for remembrance is about Stacey a girl who is struggling in her first year of college, she is trying to deal with her boyfriends 'death'. Stacey has to put Jacobs(her boyfriend)death behind her to help a troubled girl Porsha who is also dreaming about a boys death. They both have to put their powers and magic together to save him.

Mean while, on the other side of the story. A boy named Shell, a very, very important character in the story and you will see why if you read it. Shell wakes up in a camp that he does not remember, he doesn't remember anything to be exact. Shell then is told that he has to help the fellow campers on a missonary to help people outside of the camp share with them. This means that 4 or 5 campers including Shell go to a random persons home and steal something that the person does not need but the campers do. Once we get deeper in the story Shell finds out that one of the campers is out to kill him. He is having premontions about his own death but does not remember that these premontions are real he just thinks it's nightmares.

Stacey and Porsha soon find out where this camp is and the boy that Porsha is suppose to save. Both girls drive over to the camp in a hurry because, Porsha has another dream that this boy(Shell) is going to be killed when the sun rises. When they reach the camp and spot Shell and his killer and an unknown man on the ground a shocking, suprise washes over Stacey at who Shell is or looks like.

This book is behond amazing, you have to tear this story apart just to keep up with it. Post its come in handy with that. This book has me so hooked on it that I can read it everyday and never get bored with it. It's a mix of Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, and Literary fiction. This is a must read!!! If you do read it trust me you will never want to put it down!!!(less)

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Feb 12, 2011 Julie rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Omdog, people interested in witchcraft stories

Recommended to Julie by: read the previous 3

Shelves: 2011, paranormal, young-adult

Well. I started this series in the first place because I'd picked up this book at a book sale, and then it turned out to be book 4 in the series. So it sat on my shelf for a couple of years while I tracked down and read books 1-3. In the end, this was my favorite of the four—maybe because it involved less bodily fluids, maybe because the author is coming into her own a bit after three previous books, I don't know. Anyway, it made a good conclusion to the series, seeing Stacey pass on the knowled...more

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Aug 03, 2009 Haley Ellis rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: best-books

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Aug 06, 2011 Justin added it

I loved this series so much but I will have to admit that this book has to be my least favourite of the series. The characters were really well written and the experiences with Porsha, Stacey's roommates, and her trying to move on were very thrilling. However, I will say that the main story and reason about why she was having nightmares or more accurately, why Porsha was having the nightmares, wasn't as major as the other three books. I felt it was lacking in the reason or excitement as the othe...more

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Dec 16, 2009 Ashley Manzueta rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: school-books

Red is for Remembrance is about a girl named Stacy Brown who is recovering from her boyfriends death. Stacy is a witch and has the power to see visions of when people are dying. She does to college on a scholarship and fins out that the only reason Dr. Wallace gave her that scholar ship was to help his daughter with her dreams.

Text to text connection. This book reminds me of the book Blood Promise. Rose is recovering from her boyfriends death just like Stacy. Not only do they have that in common...more

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Oct 28, 2009 Rebecca aka Becky rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I just started this book like 7 days ago.This book is good because a lot happened.
Its about this girl named Stacey and she's been having nightmares.Her boyfriend Jacob died and her two other friends died they were named Veronica,Maura.Stacey thinks that it's her fault that Jacob died.
I really like this book because its good and a lot has happened.Stacey is in college now,but in high school she didn't have good grades because she has been through a lot.
Stacey and the president's daughter are wo...more

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May 09, 2010 AH rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Young Adult

Shelves: zzread-may-2010, young-adult

Red Is for Remembrance continues the story of Stacey who is now a scholarship student at college. Stacey is grieving the loss of her boyfriend and soul mate Jacob. She continues to have her vivid nightmares that foreshadow future events.

The president of the college summons Stacey to a meeting and she is introduced to his daughter Porsha, who is also having nightmares. Stacey must help Porsha understand what her dreams mean.

What I liked about this book was that I felt Stacey's grief and how it p...more

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Dec 09, 2009 Alicia rated it 5 of 5 stars

I'm in love with this Wiccan mystery series. The main character, Stacey, who practices Wicca has dreams that foretell tragedy upon, family, friends, and herself. In this fourth installment, she feels as though her soulmate, Josh, who was never found after a boating accident isn't dead as everyone tells her to accept. The love is amplified by the knowing that Josh is not only alive but living in a communal, which Stolarz explains in alternating chapters. Although she doesn't come out and tell you...more

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Jan 02, 2010 Nicole rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Laurie Faria Stolarz grew up in Salem, MA, attended Merrimack College, and received an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College in Boston.

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