Comments on: The Dream Thieves

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:45:41 +0000

It was so amazing! And that is a great question, because she did mention that her characters are based on real people. Some of them are people she knows and some of them are people she just met in passing, by sitting next to them on an airplane. She never reveals who her characters are based on though, except for mentioning that a lot of characters include a bit of – Ronan is some of her rebellious side, for example. I really enjoyed hearing her speak and would definitely recommend going to see her if you get a chance. Shee seems like such a fun person

By: moonglint

moonglint — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 17:25:54 +0000

I have to agree with you. It’s one of those books that you can’t contain your enthusiasm for. Tell me, when you met Maggie Stiefvater, did she give you any indication that these characters actually exist? I have a working theory that they must considering how dynamic and rich each one of them is.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:34:45 +0000

Wonderful! This is one of those ones I loved so much, I just want everyone else to read it

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:29:50 +0000

I can’t wait to hear what you think of these when you get to them! I’m curious if you’ll love The Dream Thieves as much as I did, since I do think it had a lot of the things that made me love The Scorpio Races so much, especially the beautiful writing

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:28:53 +0000

Me too! There aren’t many authors who come to central NY, but Oblong Bookstore seems to get some pretty famous ones

By: Aylee (@AyleeArgh)

Aylee (@AyleeArgh) — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 04:05:20 +0000

Oh man, I can’t believe I’ve had to put this off for so long! I’m so with you on The Scorpio Races!! The only issue is finding time for The Raven Boys and then The Dream Thieves. I’m jealous you got to see Maggie in person! She sounds awesome.

By: RebeccaScaglione - Love at First Book

RebeccaScaglione - Love at First Book — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 22:31:37 +0000

Um soooo cool to meet the author! I love meeting authors that I enjoy reading!!!

By: Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)

Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 20:56:08 +0000

I JUST got a copy of The Raven Boys from the library. I can’t remember why I wanted it, but seeing how much you liked the sequel made me excited to read it. Maybe i’ll take a break from nonfiction and start it tonight.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 22:50:44 +0000

I think having heard the author read an excerpt really made a difference to how I “heard” the book in my head. For instance, I thought this was a lot funnier than her previous book that I loved and it’s possible that it was hearing her intonation that made me notice her dry sense of humor. Either that or it’s actually just funnier And I definitely feel happier to be reading her book because she seems like such a cool person.

By: DoingDewey

DoingDewey — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 22:48:04 +0000

Me too! I adored The Scorpio Races, but even though The Raven Boys was good, it wasn’t quite in the same league. Hopefully like me, you’ll find that The Dream Thieves is just as amazing as The Scorpio Races. I thought the feel was a bit different, with some really enjoyable dry humor I don’t remembering noticing in The Scorpio Races, but it did share a lot of the things I loved. And I could be imagining things since the author said she loved this book, but I thought the writing felt more inspired