Comments on: Tap & Gown Spoiler Thread

By: Geovana Camargo

Geovana Camargo — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:49:07 +0000

I’m brazilian and I just read Rites of Spring (Break), and Tap & Gown has not translated into Portuguese yet! And this is driving me crazy! My friends and I love your books! can not wait to tap & gown! kisses!

By: Ariel S.

Ariel S. — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 05:03:38 +0000

Right now I am so speechless to what to say, because this series was the best chick lit/young adult lit I have ever read. I felt the emotions that were running through Amy. I wanted to scream at her when I felt she was acting too irrational in certain predicaments. At times I felt like she was being a jerk when she was fooling around with George, when she knew that Brandon liked her. I was rooted for Brandon, but I’m glad that she went through all of that to finally realized what the true meaning of love was.
I am highly sad that there are only four books. I’ve been so caught up in the Roses and Graves for so long that, I feel so connected that it’s not even funny. I truly admire Amy and the things that she stood for. At time I doubted her perspective of certain problems, I felt like she was callow, but like I said before, it helped her to become the woman, friend, digger, and girlfriend she graduated into being.

Great job Ms. Peterfreund! I really enjoyed it.

p.s: you should write some more stories about Amy and Jamie, and the rest of the diggers of course Thanks for the experience, it was amazing and life changing.

By: MarisaEaton

MarisaEaton — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:11:44 +0000

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By: Caroline

Caroline — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:29:59 +0000

I’ve read this book twice and not get tired.I love.

By: Jillian

Jillian — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:59:12 +0000

Diana, could you picture any of your society stories becoming movies? and who can you see playing the roles?

By: Jillian

Jillian — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:11:32 +0000

Diana I just want to thank you for these stories. Whenever Im going through a hard time at college I pick up the third and fourth books and re read them. Don’t get me wrong all four are great but these last two give me the fix I need to pull through college. YOur books make me want to attend an Ivy league school. I was in New Haven a few months ago and took a drive with my cousin who lives right by yale and I got so excited b/c I have read about the tombs in your stories. SO thank you again

By: Silvia

Silvia — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:52:26 +0000

So…WHY IS IT OVEEEEEEER??????
now that I’ve got that off my chest, it was a pretty good ending, haha, amazing actually, but there was nothing about the book that rubbed me the wrong way, maybe in the begining of Amy and Jamie’s (love the rhyme) relationship I thought there were a few strained moments, but I think it was just them finding their rythm around each other and the new parts of the other they were just getting to know.
I agree with everything Tiff wrote in this thread, the woman can really write an essay about SSG and I would eat it up!! and Zee, I too just found the series this past friday, read all 4 books in the space of 4 days (counting the hours I had to convince my stepmom to buy the ebook for me because they don’t have T&G in Brazil yet) and I’m already rereading the series…talk about addiction!!
Also, what this series did to me was transport me to the world of american college lifestyle (specially Ivy League) that I,beeing a Brazilian could never experience and I’m very grateful for it, it was amazing, the description of the rooms, the life, the dorms, I really had a case of the envy there (but then, I really got into the “wish I was Amy BOGABOO Haskel” quite early on, a tryst with George Harrison Prescott? YES! Dating Pajamie? YESYES!)
And I also love the growth ALL this characters went through…George, Jenny, Josh, Clarissa and Lyds are all pretty big faves for me and I had a sense of acomplishment and maturity out of all of them, specially George, players always find out they can love, just has to be the right girl for them, GG enthusiasts will understand as is what happened to Logan, he fell hard for Rory and left the lifestyle..
I’d like to write more after I wrap my head around it when I read it a couple more times
if there’s more secret stories then YAY, if not, I think we were left in a really brilliant place to work with, I mean, we can be SURE Poe and Amy will be seeing a lot of each other, seeing not only him but also her best friend are there in Eli and she’s just a short train ride away?? Amy+Jamie 4 ever

Diana, as many have said here, THANK YOU for providing me with this amazing story!! It truly was magical for me!

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By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:04:12 +0000

Zee, you’re right. It was a nod to Poe’s obsession with not just Eli, but Old Eli, the traditional, all-boys network that the school once was.

Dink Stover was at Yale in a really really old-school time.

Thanks for reading!

By: Zee

Zee — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:46:39 +0000

Ok, I’m late to the party, but I just discovered and devoured this series. (Twice, straight through, as a matter of fact) I echo all the love for the books expressed here. I loved the characters, the plot, the setting, the dialogue – everything. I do have one question that I haven’t seen asked or answered yet: The significance (if any) of Jamie’s screen name when he and Amy are IM’ing at the beginning. I googled “Dink Stover” and went straight to Amazon to look at the book. Is this a book (series?) that you have read and recommend? Is it an archetype for Jamie? Or just a reference to a character that all Yale students know?
Thanks for you time and thanks again so much for your books – I really loved them. Certainly one of my best reads of the year!
Off to purchase and read Rampant now…