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Only in Your Dreams (Gossip Girl #9)
Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where the girls are dazzling, the guys are gorgeous, and the summer heat is the perfect excuse to throw a fabulous roof-deck pool party. As if we need a reason It's our last summer together before heading off to college, and things are sizzling -- no, it's not just the weather. Despite that steamy kiss on graduation night, Blair,...more
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Published
August 1st 2008
by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
(first published May 1st 2006)
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Heart-aching-teen-throbbing-moviestar fans are not to be messed with. We know what we want- cliche breakups, Big City drama, drugs, sex.. The whole 20 yards that the star quaterback on the football team would throw just to see the hot girl with no sense of reality, cheer him on. All of that, with a dramatic twist. But, don't forget the cherry on top of that sundae.
Cecily Von Ziegesar delivers all that gossip in "Only in your dreams," (The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series, $9.99). From the...more
Cecily Von Ziegesar delivers all that gossip in "Only in your dreams," (The #1 New York Times Bestselling Series, $9.99). From the...more
The name of this book is called Only in your dreams by Cecily von Ziegesar. Of course as part of the gossip girl series it has a lot of drama and its very intense with much gossip around with everyone in the book. Its the summer before they all head off to college and its a very sizzling one because Blair goes to London with her boyfriend Lord Marcus. He of course is very high in his power and in where he lives in. Chuck is a bit jealous of their relationship. Nate goes back to the Hamptons. The...more
Things I liked:
-book 9 and beyond tell you about the summer after there senior year so I think this series *could* end right before they are all freshmen in college.
Cecily could've ended this awesome series after our favorite upper east siders graduated from Contance Billard but she didn't, she's keeping this story going and that makes me really happy!
-The interesting storylines!
Serena becomes an actress in a movie and Blair gets a job on the set working for Bailey Winter who is one of the mos...more
-book 9 and beyond tell you about the summer after there senior year so I think this series *could* end right before they are all freshmen in college.
Cecily could've ended this awesome series after our favorite upper east siders graduated from Contance Billard but she didn't, she's keeping this story going and that makes me really happy!
-The interesting storylines!
Serena becomes an actress in a movie and Blair gets a job on the set working for Bailey Winter who is one of the mos...more
This book is another good book by Cecily von Ziegesar. It takes place during the summer after everybody's senior year at high school. Blair is happy with her new French boyfriend and Nate is spending the summer on his parent's vote. Serena is staying in New York, living life like the actress that she is and is going shoppping everyday. Vanessa's sister is back in town and her new boyfriend is taking Vanessa's room. Hence, Vanessa has to go to live with Dan, who is nervous about it. Their summer...more
The book Only In your Dreams, is about the group of friends, Serena, Blair, Dan, Vanessa, Jenny and Nate who are back for the summer. They all have graduated, and are ready for summer.They know about thier colleges and are working for the summer. Serena has a hollywood job, Nates working for his coach and Dan works at the library. Blair meets a guy in London but decides to leave. Jenny ofcourse the fun youngest one is with her mom in Prague studying art. At the end they all get together except f...more
I am shamelessly addicted to the CW show Gossip Girl, so I figured I should read one of the books. In Book 9, the characters were similar. I kept comparing as I read, but realized that I liked them just the same. Oh, Cecily von Ziegesar, you are a smart cookie. Writing a book aimed at teens about rich teens who do all the bad things real teens dabble in. Writing a book that's centered around a blog. Writing a book that offers chapters in short snippets to capture teen TRL attention spans. I wish...more
Gossip Girl books are very entertaining. Even though there is a t.v show for the series,in every book you can picture everything thats going on; just as if you were watching the show itself. Basically, the Gossip Girl books are about the lives of the Upper Eastside's richest most popular i-have-everything-and-more type of teens. Most people think these types are stuck up and snotty. But in reality, they have problems just as everyone else. In this particular story, everyone is preparing for coll...more
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Sep 11, 2007
Catherine
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
GIRLS WHO LOVE DRAMA BOOKS
THIS BOOK HAS A LOT OF DRAMA AND ITS A VERY GOOD BOOK
i'm so entertained right now, review soon
march 21 post
this is also posted in my blog THE DAILY FATRICK
The ninth book in the Gossip Girl series creatively written by the ever-catty Cecily von Ziegescar, Only In Your Dreams, is the eight book I’ve read in the year 2013.
Have you ever tried reading a book where in the first fifty pages were just plain boring and you almost gave up reading the whole thing and then you realized it’s the last page? Well, this book is certainly entertaining. In the begi...more
march 21 post
this is also posted in my blog THE DAILY FATRICK
The ninth book in the Gossip Girl series creatively written by the ever-catty Cecily von Ziegescar, Only In Your Dreams, is the eight book I’ve read in the year 2013.
Have you ever tried reading a book where in the first fifty pages were just plain boring and you almost gave up reading the whole thing and then you realized it’s the last page? Well, this book is certainly entertaining. In the begi...more
What do I REALLY think of this book? Let me spell it for you: B-O-R-I-N-G! At least Nate finally got over his crying spurts. Actually, this book makes it feel like that never even happened. But anyways, let me just break down the repetitive storyline for you: Serena attempts to be an actress and falls for her co-star, Thad (surpirse, surprise). Vanessa and Dan are on the mend and then break up again after Vanessa finds Dan with another girl (surprise, surprise). Blaire looses that Lord guy, fall...more
Dec 01, 2008
Yasmina
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
7th-grade-ir-books-jen
Only in Your Dreams takes place during the last summer before the gang heads off to college. Blair is across the Atlantic with Lord Marcus. Serena is given an apartment as she prepares for her new movie role in the modern version of Breakfast at Tiffany's; Vanessa is also working on the film. Daniel has a job at the famous Strand bookstore, while Nate is working off his graduation deal by fixing his coach's house. Blair is put into a hotel by Lord Marcus, who introduces her to a kissing cousin w...more
Sep 30, 2008
Ashley Swift
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
any one that likes to read about the rich and famous
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There aws a lot to like about this book. I liked that even though all of the rich students that go to the private school in the upper East Side of Manhattan dont think that they dont need to go to School because thier parents have alot of money. They dont just think that they dont have to get a good educationto get a good job because mos rich kids think that their praents will pay for everything. . instead these students look foward to graduating high school so they can go to a good unive...more
There aws a lot to like about this book. I liked that even though all of the rich students that go to the private school in the upper East Side of Manhattan dont think that they dont need to go to School because thier parents have alot of money. They dont just think that they dont have to get a good educationto get a good job because mos rich kids think that their praents will pay for everything. . instead these students look foward to graduating high school so they can go to a good unive...more
I'm importing a lot of these reviews from my blog, so these are from the point at which I read these books. This was the first Gossip Girl book I read, and I went on to read the first book within a week of reading this one, so I must have liked it more than it sounds here:
This book wasn't very good, but I still read it in pretty much one sitting. The most surprising thing about it wasn't the sex (a lot of sex was alluded to, but no one actually had any) but how much the characters smoked. They a...more
This book wasn't very good, but I still read it in pretty much one sitting. The most surprising thing about it wasn't the sex (a lot of sex was alluded to, but no one actually had any) but how much the characters smoked. They a...more
Dec 30, 2009
Brittany
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
People reading the GG series
How I Came To Read This Book: I just kept on reading the GG series…I think this is one of the last, if not the last one I read / own, other than the prequel.
The Plot: Graduation is over, but we’ve still got a summer with our stars before they go their separate ways and the series runs it course (unlike the TV show, which has actually flourished outside of that pesky high school environment). Blair is off in London with her British Lord of a boyfriend with wedding bells ringing in her head. Seren...more
The Plot: Graduation is over, but we’ve still got a summer with our stars before they go their separate ways and the series runs it course (unlike the TV show, which has actually flourished outside of that pesky high school environment). Blair is off in London with her British Lord of a boyfriend with wedding bells ringing in her head. Seren...more
Jun 19, 2008
Candy Boisvert
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Girly girls
Title: Only in your dreams (Gossip girl book #9)
Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
Copyright date: 2006
Publisher: Little, brown
How many pages: 232 pgs
How long it took me to read: 9 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: being in the loop.
This book was purchased at: Coles
This book is: pretty amusing.
Other books by these authors: Gossip girl, Gossip Girl 2 and It girl series
Favorite characters: Blair, Jenny, and Chuck
When and Where the story takes place: New York, the Hamptons
Plot in a nutsh...more
Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
Copyright date: 2006
Publisher: Little, brown
How many pages: 232 pgs
How long it took me to read: 9 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: being in the loop.
This book was purchased at: Coles
This book is: pretty amusing.
Other books by these authors: Gossip girl, Gossip Girl 2 and It girl series
Favorite characters: Blair, Jenny, and Chuck
When and Where the story takes place: New York, the Hamptons
Plot in a nutsh...more
I agree with what some of the other people are saying this book is no where near as good as the other books, it seems as if ever since the kids graduated the author has run out of ideas. And those reviewers who are complaining about how this book isn't apporiate for younger readers, shoud know this book is for ages 16 and up and every 16 year old has heard or used the "f" word at least once in their lives. Yes there is a lot of sex, drugs, and bad language but that's a part of the real world.
Hm. I think I've simply outgrown Gossip Girl novels. I used to love reading them a few years ago but now that I'm older and watched (& enjoyed) season 1 and 2 of the series, it's just like a lolly that has been licked too many times. All the mentioning of clothing labels and designer brands in every chapter were annoying all of a sudden and the characters did their same old same, Serena and Blair ex-friends, best-friends again, Blair over Nate, Blair still into Nate, Dan not with Vanessa, Da...more
After reading "Nothing Can Keep Us Together" It show some promising start. I just felt like the story left a bad-taste in my mind and left me just unsatisfied. I felt like the plots didn't go well and there was no really explanation. I mean you can't expect much from Gossip Girl, but at least give us a reason. Like Blair with Marcus, Serena and Nate. As for Dan and Vanessa, I didn't really cared for them thought. I might read the next one, but probably won't be awhile.
While I liked this somewhat more than the last book, I just want to shake these characters. They are all so caught up in themselves, and it usually takes them until the end of the book to figure out what is going on. And that can get pretty boring for the reader. Especially if you're me and you're just rereading these books, you kind of already remember what happens. If you're a pre-teen person, read the series, if not, go find another book.
It's the month of June and Serena's playing a modern version of Holly Golightly in a movie, Blair spends some time in London with Marcus, Nate's doing construction in the Hamptons, and Dan & Vanessa are living in the city breaking up and getting back together and whatever. I'm a little tired of how quickly these kids jump into and out of relationships, but I still can't wait to find out what crazy stuff they do next.
This is the last gossip girl book before, Blair, Serena, Nate go to College. Blair is with Lor Marcus. Serena is working on therter here in NYC, Remaking Breakfast at Tiffany's (Fred's) Nate is hooking up with girls and trying to hide the fact that he still likes Blair.
I can make a text to world connection. In this book, all the people who are going to College forget about their old friends. Blair and Serena are in a maybe Fued and Nate is hating himself for hooking up with Jenny in the bathro...more
I can make a text to world connection. In this book, all the people who are going to College forget about their old friends. Blair and Serena are in a maybe Fued and Nate is hating himself for hooking up with Jenny in the bathro...more
after this one, I stopped reading these books, because they didn't represent a life. They represented a bunch of spoiled brats who were idiots due to the fact that they were privileged. Yes, some dealt with major issues, but the rest.... I kept reading these, hoping there would be more to these people than just the dope they had the next morning. but obviously there wasn't.
These books are my brain candy. I enjoy them, but I don't love them. One a year about fills my craving.
This particular book mainly discusses the difficulties characters have in finding or keeping a job after high school graduation and stabilizing their relationships. Most of the characters make me laugh in some way or another. They're all really meant to be over the top and ridiculous, or just plain stupid at times.
I have to say that with this book, I finally started to notice that Ziegasar has...more
This particular book mainly discusses the difficulties characters have in finding or keeping a job after high school graduation and stabilizing their relationships. Most of the characters make me laugh in some way or another. They're all really meant to be over the top and ridiculous, or just plain stupid at times.
I have to say that with this book, I finally started to notice that Ziegasar has...more
ok, so besides the fact that this is NOT AT ALL how movie-making goes, i am a fan of this one just because nate and serena aren't together anymore. plus, serena is unable to do something and is bothered by it! and blair can help her out! such nice round characters. i mean characterization, of course. not waistlines.
Apr 27, 2009
Kate
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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I didn't like the plot of this book. It was stupid. It was kind of nice to see that the girls had a "real side" with Serena not being able to act even though everything kind of comes easy to her but the whole idea that all of a sudden she's a star is kind of dumb. I didn't really like this book.
I think this was a great book. I would recommend this book to girls more than boys. It is something that got me reading on and on. I learned how girls are in this world today and how like they want everything . We can't ever get enough of anything.We always expect more and more.
I read the whole series of gossip girl. I loved these books when I was in high school. They definitely are a read for older kids, may not be appropriate fro thise of a younger age. However, it is definitely a good read that keeps you turnig the page.
Jan 05, 2013
Jane
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Gossip Girl readers
Shelves:
young-adult
This book is pretty good and the story is also nice as well. Even though some chapters are a little disappointing, I still think this is a good book for everyone. Love this book and overall; a good book for everyone but an excellent book for Gossip Girl readers.
I felt like very little happened in this book. I also found some continuity errors and typos.
One of the things that annoys me about Serena, Nate, and Blair is that they sometimes seem so dissociative and vapid in their thinking...like thinking is just soooo hard and they can't quite wrap their brains around something obvious. They feel annoyed, confused, or unsettled, but because they don't like the unpleasant feeling, their brains circumvent thoughts that would lead to that feeling.
I just pictu...more
One of the things that annoys me about Serena, Nate, and Blair is that they sometimes seem so dissociative and vapid in their thinking...like thinking is just soooo hard and they can't quite wrap their brains around something obvious. They feel annoyed, confused, or unsettled, but because they don't like the unpleasant feeling, their brains circumvent thoughts that would lead to that feeling.
I just pictu...more
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Cecily grew up in Manhattan and went to an all-girl's school on the Upper East Side.
She resides in Brooklyn with her husband Richard, the Deputy Director of the Public Art Fund, their children, Agnes and Oscar, and their two Cornish Rex cats. Von Ziegesar also owns an Appaloosa horse, Golden Rain. She is dreams of having a 'ranch full of cattle' when retired.
More about Cecily von Ziegesar...
She resides in Brooklyn with her husband Richard, the Deputy Director of the Public Art Fund, their children, Agnes and Oscar, and their two Cornish Rex cats. Von Ziegesar also owns an Appaloosa horse, Golden Rain. She is dreams of having a 'ranch full of cattle' when retired.
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