DREAM BOY
By: Mary Crockett & Madelyn Rosenberg
Publication Date: July 1, 2014
DESCRIPTION:
If dreams can come true…then so can nightmares
One night Annabelle dreams of the perfect boy: tall and handsome with impossible blue eyes. Then, just as suddenly as he appeared, he’s gone…until he walks into her science class the next day. Perfect and REAL. The boy of her dreams. And when he brushes past her, he whispers “Annabelle.” Suddenly, Annabelle’s got the perfect boyfriend and a date to homecoming. Her life is like a dream come true…until her dreams stop and the nightmares begin.
EXCERPT:
I’ve always been a dreamer. Daydreams. Night dreams. Dreams of grandeur and dreams of escape. If I were an onion and you peeled back the papery outside, you’d find layer after layer of eye-watering dreams. And in the center, where there’s that little curlicue of onion heart? There’d be a puff of smoke from the dreams that burned away.
It was all just brain waves, I thought—disconnected, like the notebook that my friend Talon keeps. She draws a line down the middle of the page; on the right she writes everything she remembers about a dream, and on the left she puts notes about the stuff that’s happening in real life, things that might trigger her subconscious. Reality on one side, dreams on the other—a clear line between the two.
But it turns out there are no clear lines, just a jumble of what is and what might be. And all of it is real.
BLURBS:
“Dream Boy explores the mysterious world of dreams, where we access our deepest desires…the authors expertly weave fantasy and the real world in a perfect blend.” — Erica Orloff, author of In Dreams
“Eerie, twisty, fast and funny, Dream Boy will forever change the way you see your dreams–and your nightmares. An exciting, imaginative look at what might happen when people from the corners of your mind suddenly show up in your real life.” — Lois Metzger, author of A Trick of the Light
REVIEWS:
“Hits the chick-lit and romance buttons, adding suspense and an intriguing idea as well for nicely rounded entertainment.” — Kirkus Review
“Five stars… Perfect writing, perfect characters … perfect plot.” — Paperback Wonderland
About Mary & Madelyn:
Mary Crockett likes turtles, licorice, and the Yankees. Madelyn Rosenberg likes cats, avocados, and the Red Sox. Luckily they both like the weirdness of dreams (and each other) enough to write novels together. The friendship has survived three moves, six kids and countless manuscript revisions. Madelyn lives just outside of Washington, D.C. Mary remains in the mountains near their hometowns in southwestern Virginia. You can find them on Twitter @marylovesbooks and @madrosenberg or their blogs at www.marycrockett.com and www.madelynrosenberg.com.
Top 10 Fashion Tips from DREAM BOY
by Mary Crockett
I’m not much of a fashionista. Truth told, I regularly fail at finding even matching socks in my sad, disorganized closet. (I call them “fun socks!” on those days because it makes me feel better about myself.)
Needless to say, I was amazed when I reflected on how much Madelyn and I had to say about fashion in Dream Boy. Or rather how much our characters had to say.
While Annabelle and her friends are swooning and snarking and trying to figure out what makes their lives worthwhile, they are simultaneously making dozens of decisions about fashion and footwear. I guess it makes sense. You write 300+ pages; your characters are bound to be wearing clothes at some point or the other, right?
So in honor of everyone out there who, like me, occasionally gets creative when matching socks, I’m offering these fashion insights from the cast of Dream Boy.
1. Whenever possible, color-coordinate with your dreams.(Annabelle)
What was I wearing in that dream (at least for the clothes-wearing portion of it)?
I couldn’t remember. No, wait. White.
I changed into a long-sleeved white V-neck with a little leprechaun on the pocket and the words “Erin Go Bragh” on a pot of gold. It was six months until St. Patty’s day, but that was the only white shirt I could dig up other than one of my dad’s old undershirts, which I still wore sometimes when Mom was at work. Anyway, the leprechaun shirt made my boobs look bigger than usual, which wasn’t much, but was something.
2. And while you’re at it, color-coordinate with your eyes. (Martin)
He’d somehow found a tie that perfectly matched his eyes and I wondered how he did that—acquired an entire, eye-matching wardrobe.
3. Old jeans double as a notebook. (Will)
He was wearing his holey jeans, the ones with last week’s chemistry homework scribbled in ballpoint pen on the left knee.
4. No one said hikers can’t be chic. (Serena)
I looked down at Serena’s feet, now clad in industrial-strength pink boots. “Nice.”
5. It’s not used, it’s “recycled.” (Annabelle, Talon and Serena)
Some amazing stuff comes into Goodwill. If Chilton weren’t so small, no one would know where it came from.
Of course Talon, who has plenty of money, is the one who found a dress.
It was filmy, sleeveless and black, like something Aria Timpane would wear in one of her music videos. She spun and put her hands in the air, then back to her side.
“You are so getting that,” Serena said. She found a white scarf and swooshed it around Talon’s neck. “The picture of elegance, n’est-ce pas?”
“It’s really beautiful,” I said. In my mind’s eye I saw Will pinning a white rose on the black gauze just above Talon’s breast.
6. Antique dresses are the keepers of memories.(Annabelle)
I touched the skirt, thinking about all that dress must have lived through: first kisses, romantic sunsets. And it was still here, still treasured enough that someone had saved it for years, maybe taking it out of the closet every so often just to stir up memories. A true-love dress.
7. Pink chiffon isn’t for everyone. (Annabelle)
The dress was a puffy chiffon explosion in Pepto-Bismol pink. “Oh!” I exclaimed, standing up. I took the dress in front of me and studied myself on the full-length mirror attached to the inside of the wardrobe door. It looked like I should be starring in a douche commercial.
8. The discomfort of wearing hose is the price of looking fabulous. (Stephanie)
The cheerleaders marched by next. It was cold, so they were wearing panty hose under their skirts, which made their legs look tan and shiny. They were doing this skip-step-shake-their-bootie kind of thing. Lots of pompom action. All culminating with them putting their fingers on their butts and making a sizzle-hiss to rhyme with “class.”
9. Stilettos are best accessorized with an art-project pedicure. (Talon)
“I borrowed [the nail polish] from my mom. Except the black,” she added. “I bought the black at CVS. And this white nail marker, so I could do a skull and crossbones on my big toe. Pretty, right? And check out the shoes.” She held up a pair of black stilettos with spiked silver heels. “These could be considered concealed weapons in most states.”
10. The T-shirt makes the man. (Will)
Most of the time Will was the mellowest guy I knew. Of course today the back of his T- shirt read “WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER. Unless the question is ‘What is raw spelled backward?’”
His T-shirts were kind of like mood rings. And even though his moods were generally in the meh range, there were slight fluctuations:
giddy meh (“Free Shrugs!”);
grumpy meh (“Three Things I Hate: T-shirts, Irony, Lists”);
annoyed meh (“Dear Math, I’m not your therapist. Solve your own problems.”);
annoying meh (“It’s Tuesday!” which he only wore on Wednesdays).
And the War T- shirt? Well, maybe I should have expected a little more edge from the offset.
Thank you so much to Mary & Madeline for stopping by today and to celebrate the upcoming release of Dream Boy (I’m so excited to read this one!) Sourcebooks is providing us with a copy for giveaway!!
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