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Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan
Oh Dash. Oh Lily. God, I love you both.
Summary: It's like PostSecret on crack.
Let me start by saying that I was searching for books on my beloved NYC, and found this one on a list. Having loved the movie version of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, I thought I would give it a try. So glad that I did. It was like walking the streets of midtown, LES and Washington Square with two super cool kids who are just off the track of normal.
A lot of the action takes place in the Strand, truly one of the coolest bookstores in which I've ever had the pleasure of loitering.
Lily is so young, but has an old soul quality to her. I love the ties to her family that are so traditional, and that Lily bear is at the age where she is trying to find her footing in the world. Dash, a slightly damaged young guy finds a red moleskine stuffed into the shelves at Strand. Lily, the original author of the moleskine, leaves clues for him to follow in order to get to the next bit of info. Not realizing the extent (and relationships)of on-the-ground spies, Dash goes about solving the clues and then leaves the notebook in return, with his own set of dares. The back-and-forth of their courtship feels organic and wonderful. Given the number of YA books that include lurid scenes of heightened sexuality, the brain work of getting to know someone, sight unseen, is staggeringly refreshing.
I can't say enough about my favorite dog walking majorette and snarly child snowball attacker. Just read it.
Summary: It's like PostSecret on crack.
Let me start by saying that I was searching for books on my beloved NYC, and found this one on a list. Having loved the movie version of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, I thought I would give it a try. So glad that I did. It was like walking the streets of midtown, LES and Washington Square with two super cool kids who are just off the track of normal.
A lot of the action takes place in the Strand, truly one of the coolest bookstores in which I've ever had the pleasure of loitering.
Lily is so young, but has an old soul quality to her. I love the ties to her family that are so traditional, and that Lily bear is at the age where she is trying to find her footing in the world. Dash, a slightly damaged young guy finds a red moleskine stuffed into the shelves at Strand. Lily, the original author of the moleskine, leaves clues for him to follow in order to get to the next bit of info. Not realizing the extent (and relationships)of on-the-ground spies, Dash goes about solving the clues and then leaves the notebook in return, with his own set of dares. The back-and-forth of their courtship feels organic and wonderful. Given the number of YA books that include lurid scenes of heightened sexuality, the brain work of getting to know someone, sight unseen, is staggeringly refreshing.
I can't say enough about my favorite dog walking majorette and snarly child snowball attacker. Just read it.