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    <body><![CDATA[I've read the first two books in the Blue is for Nightmares series and they kind of helped me to understand Black is for Beginnings. I wasn't really sure where this book stood in the scheme of things to do with the novels. I think that if you want to read the books but don't want spoilers then you s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76281356">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I like is  book because in the book the people have  prison that are called pizza prison and they get anything they want. The pizza prison is were teens can hang out and adults give them anything they want. They ask you if you want anything and if you dont even want more of it. Sometimes there are t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81662599">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>It's happening again...</strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;The BLUE IS FOR NIGHTMARES series that put a spell on more than half a million readers continues – in graphic novel format! &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Prophetic dreams. Near-brushes with death. Killers pursuing her and her friends. Stacey Brown knows that being a hereditary witch isn't all it's cracked up to be.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Stacey's nightmares are back. And all she wants to do is go to Colorado and work things out with Jacob, who hasn't been able to remember her since he lost his memory in his brush with death. But before Stacey and Jacob can have a future, they must face their pasts. <em>Black is for Beginnings</em> reveals the never-before-seen backstory—and what lies ahead—for the young, spellcasting lovers.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>Praise for <em>Black is for Beginnings:</em></strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;<br/>&quot;Taking Stolarz's Blue Is for Nightmares series into the graphic-novel realm is a bold idea, and it pays off in this morbidly entertaining and surprisingly romantic page-turner.&quot;—<em>Booklist</em>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt; &quot;The half-million readers of Laurie Faria Stolarz's paranormal mystery series will be happy with this shift to graphic style, offering as it does the pleasure of putting faces on characters, its visualized eeriness and vibrant displays of emotion...The graphic style allows Stolarz to distill the story while simultaneously dropping hints about Stacey and Jacob's supernatural talents, luring new readers to the series.&quot;—<em>Kirkus Reviews</em>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>Awards and Praise for the Blue is for Nightmares series:</strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;• A 2007 YALSA Popular Paperback<br/>• A 2005 YALSA Quick Pick<br/>• A 2004 YALSA Teen Top Ten Nominee&lt;/p&gt;  <p> </p>  <p> </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This isn't a book review since I don't have the whole book. It's just a bound preview edition that's the first 99 pages of the book itself. I figured why not put in some cents on it, right? It's not going to get a rating or anything since I don't think it's fair to rate something based on a portion ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77202325">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[For me, this book ruined the series. I have nothing against this style, but I don't like how this was the only one that was like this. On top of that, I didn't like how Laurie Stolarz finished it either. The entire book showed that she only wrote it because she wanted people to buy it, not because s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77087679">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[well i avnt read it but.. im so disappointed how could she turn such a good book into a comic like WTF im soo sad but this is my fav series so i have to read it :/ im not against comics oranything its just..it was such a good book and i like the way i imagine the characters i dont need people showin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80079634">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>It's happening again...</strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;The BLUE IS FOR NIGHTMARES series that put a spell on more than half a million readers continues – in graphic novel format! &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Prophetic dreams. Near-brushes with death. Killers pursuing her and her friends. Stacey Brown knows that being a hereditary witch isn't all it's cracked up to be.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Stacey's nightmares are back. And all she wants to do is go to Colorado and work things out with Jacob, who hasn't been able to remember her since he lost his memory in his brush with death. But before Stacey and Jacob can have a future, they must face their pasts. <em>Black is for Beginnings</em> reveals the never-before-seen backstory—and what lies ahead—for the young, spellcasting lovers.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>Praise for <em>Black is for Beginnings:</em></strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;<br/>&quot;Taking Stolarz's Blue Is for Nightmares series into the graphic-novel realm is a bold idea, and it pays off in this morbidly entertaining and surprisingly romantic page-turner.&quot;—<em>Booklist</em>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt; &quot;The half-million readers of Laurie Faria Stolarz's paranormal mystery series will be happy with this shift to graphic style, offering as it does the pleasure of putting faces on characters, its visualized eeriness and vibrant displays of emotion...The graphic style allows Stolarz to distill the story while simultaneously dropping hints about Stacey and Jacob's supernatural talents, luring new readers to the series.&quot;—<em>Kirkus Reviews</em>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>Awards and Praise for the Blue is for Nightmares series:</strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;• A 2007 YALSA Popular Paperback<br/>• A 2005 YALSA Quick Pick<br/>• A 2004 YALSA Teen Top Ten Nominee&lt;/p&gt;  <p> </p>  <p> </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just loved the Blue is for Nightmares series; so, I cannot tell you how dissappointed I was with Black is for Beginnings.  This &quot;graphic novel&quot; is nothing more than a 160 page glorified comic strip that retells what happened in the first four books and yields very little new information....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62639515">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>It's happening again...</strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;The BLUE IS FOR NIGHTMARES series that put a spell on more than half a million readers continues – in graphic novel format! &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Prophetic dreams. Near-brushes with death. Killers pursuing her and her friends. Stacey Brown knows that being a hereditary witch isn't all it's cracked up to be.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Stacey's nightmares are back. And all she wants to do is go to Colorado and work things out with Jacob, who hasn't been able to remember her since he lost his memory in his brush with death. But before Stacey and Jacob can have a future, they must face their pasts. <em>Black is for Beginnings</em> reveals the never-before-seen backstory—and what lies ahead—for the young, spellcasting lovers.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>Praise for <em>Black is for Beginnings:</em></strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;<br/>&quot;Taking Stolarz's Blue Is for Nightmares series into the graphic-novel realm is a bold idea, and it pays off in this morbidly entertaining and surprisingly romantic page-turner.&quot;—<em>Booklist</em>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt; &quot;The half-million readers of Laurie Faria Stolarz's paranormal mystery series will be happy with this shift to graphic style, offering as it does the pleasure of putting faces on characters, its visualized eeriness and vibrant displays of emotion...The graphic style allows Stolarz to distill the story while simultaneously dropping hints about Stacey and Jacob's supernatural talents, luring new readers to the series.&quot;—<em>Kirkus Reviews</em>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>Awards and Praise for the Blue is for Nightmares series:</strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;• A 2007 YALSA Popular Paperback<br/>• A 2005 YALSA Quick Pick<br/>• A 2004 YALSA Teen Top Ten Nominee&lt;/p&gt;  <p> </p>  <p> </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I cant wait for this book but why did they have to turn it into a manga they did that 2 my other series and i finished one book in like 10 minutes]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>It's happening again...</strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;The BLUE IS FOR NIGHTMARES series that put a spell on more than half a million readers continues – in graphic novel format! &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Prophetic dreams. Near-brushes with death. Killers pursuing her and her friends. Stacey Brown knows that being a hereditary witch isn't all it's cracked up to be.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Stacey's nightmares are back. And all she wants to do is go to Colorado and work things out with Jacob, who hasn't been able to remember her since he lost his memory in his brush with death. But before Stacey and Jacob can have a future, they must face their pasts. <em>Black is for Beginnings</em> reveals the never-before-seen backstory—and what lies ahead—for the young, spellcasting lovers.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>Praise for <em>Black is for Beginnings:</em></strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;<br/>&quot;Taking Stolarz's Blue Is for Nightmares series into the graphic-novel realm is a bold idea, and it pays off in this morbidly entertaining and surprisingly romantic page-turner.&quot;—<em>Booklist</em>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt; &quot;The half-million readers of Laurie Faria Stolarz's paranormal mystery series will be happy with this shift to graphic style, offering as it does the pleasure of putting faces on characters, its visualized eeriness and vibrant displays of emotion...The graphic style allows Stolarz to distill the story while simultaneously dropping hints about Stacey and Jacob's supernatural talents, luring new readers to the series.&quot;—<em>Kirkus Reviews</em>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>Awards and Praise for the Blue is for Nightmares series:</strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;• A 2007 YALSA Popular Paperback<br/>• A 2005 YALSA Quick Pick<br/>• A 2004 YALSA Teen Top Ten Nominee&lt;/p&gt;  <p> </p>  <p> </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a graphic novel, (comic book), but once you read the previous 4 books in the series, (which I recommend), you will have to read it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[uh whats with the cover.....]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excited to read this!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[For a graphic novel this book was really good! I don't like graphic novels at all, but I read this because it was part of another series I have read and loved, and I wanted to know what happens. I still hope that it's not just going to be a graphic novel and that it will become a regular novel, but ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59267224">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[waiting... September 2009<br/>What's up with the ugly cover?]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>It's happening again...</strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;The BLUE IS FOR NIGHTMARES series that put a spell on more than half a million readers continues – in graphic novel format! &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Prophetic dreams. Near-brushes with death. Killers pursuing her and her friends. Stacey Brown knows that being a hereditary witch isn't all it's cracked up to be.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Stacey's nightmares are back. And all she wants to do is go to Colorado and work things out with Jacob, who hasn't been able to remember her since he lost his memory in his brush with death. But before Stacey and Jacob can have a future, they must face their pasts. <em>Black is for Beginnings</em> reveals the never-before-seen backstory—and what lies ahead—for the young, spellcasting lovers.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>Praise for <em>Black is for Beginnings:</em></strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;<br/>&quot;Taking Stolarz's Blue Is for Nightmares series into the graphic-novel realm is a bold idea, and it pays off in this morbidly entertaining and surprisingly romantic page-turner.&quot;—<em>Booklist</em>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt; &quot;The half-million readers of Laurie Faria Stolarz's paranormal mystery series will be happy with this shift to graphic style, offering as it does the pleasure of putting faces on characters, its visualized eeriness and vibrant displays of emotion...The graphic style allows Stolarz to distill the story while simultaneously dropping hints about Stacey and Jacob's supernatural talents, luring new readers to the series.&quot;—<em>Kirkus Reviews</em>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>Awards and Praise for the Blue is for Nightmares series:</strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;• A 2007 YALSA Popular Paperback<br/>• A 2005 YALSA Quick Pick<br/>• A 2004 YALSA Teen Top Ten Nominee&lt;/p&gt;  <p> </p>  <p> </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't even read this whole book, but it was really stupid.  All the other books were summarized in the beginning and th rest of it was just idiotic, not worth my time, because it's obvious that's how it's going to end.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>It's happening again...</strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;The BLUE IS FOR NIGHTMARES series that put a spell on more than half a million readers continues – in graphic novel format! &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Prophetic dreams. Near-brushes with death. Killers pursuing her and her friends. Stacey Brown knows that being a hereditary witch isn't all it's cracked up to be.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Stacey's nightmares are back. And all she wants to do is go to Colorado and work things out with Jacob, who hasn't been able to remember her since he lost his memory in his brush with death. But before Stacey and Jacob can have a future, they must face their pasts. <em>Black is for Beginnings</em> reveals the never-before-seen backstory—and what lies ahead—for the young, spellcasting lovers.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>Praise for <em>Black is for Beginnings:</em></strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;<br/>&quot;Taking Stolarz's Blue Is for Nightmares series into the graphic-novel realm is a bold idea, and it pays off in this morbidly entertaining and surprisingly romantic page-turner.&quot;—<em>Booklist</em>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt; &quot;The half-million readers of Laurie Faria Stolarz's paranormal mystery series will be happy with this shift to graphic style, offering as it does the pleasure of putting faces on characters, its visualized eeriness and vibrant displays of emotion...The graphic style allows Stolarz to distill the story while simultaneously dropping hints about Stacey and Jacob's supernatural talents, luring new readers to the series.&quot;—<em>Kirkus Reviews</em>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;<strong>Awards and Praise for the Blue is for Nightmares series:</strong>&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;• A 2007 YALSA Popular Paperback<br/>• A 2005 YALSA Quick Pick<br/>• A 2004 YALSA Teen Top Ten Nominee&lt;/p&gt;  <p> </p>  <p> </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this author and this series but the cover looks terrible. And I have to admit, I do sometimes judge books by their cover.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ITS HAPPENING AGAIN!!!<br/>THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT!!!]]></body>
    
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