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The first edition of the novel was published in october 26th 2010, and was written by rachel cohn. Dash, in a bad mood during the holidays, happens to be the first guy to pick up the notebook and rise to its challenges. Lily leaves a notebook in the strand bookshop in new york, hoping to make a connection with a likeminded stranger over the holiday season. Dash and lilys book of dares is the third collaboration between writers rachel cohn and david levithan. The notebook is full of clues that promise to be the beginning of an adventure. If you dont, put the book back on the shelf, please. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Dash and lilys book of dares by rachel cohn, david. In this novel, dash finds a notebook in his favorite bookstore. Dash and lily, 16, find themselves on their own in manhattan at christmas. Levithan writes dashs perspective and cohn writes lilys, alternating chapters. While i turned pages excitedly and squeed over the concept, a lot of the execution left me seriously cold and rolling my eyes. Dash and lilys book of dares text connection critique plot text to world. Or will they be a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions.

Dash and lily are each spending the winter holidays without their parents, and they begin sending each other on more ridiculous and risky missions, abetted by friends. Dash isnt exactly a people person, but that doesnt mean he isnt looking for that special someone. I wanted something light and fun and this book was not only that but much more. Dash and lilys book of dares by noah crouch on prezi. A red moleskine notebook passed back and forth between strangers provides the context for sharing desires and dreams. My brother, langston, said, lily, you dont understand because youve never been in love. Left alone in new york city during the holidays, dash and lily embark on a strange journey after one of them finds the others red notebook.

In a way, i loved this book as just a nod to the nostalgic days of 20, and when i was still in the habit of reading seasonal books in their appropriate season. This unique approach sets the book apart from the typical teen novel. The book features many christmas traditions and new york locations including a visit to macys santa claus, madame tussauds wax museum, and fao schwarz. This post contains affiliate links you can use to purchase the book. I wasnt expecting to like the characters so much, or for them to be witty, or for the story to be so honest and smart. The story unfolds in alternating viewpoint chapters narrated by dash and lily, two bookish, lonely teenagers living in new york city. A scavenger hunt that takes place in wintertime new york. The main conflict of the story and the character of lily remind me of lindsey stirlings story for her album shatter me. It is there that he finds a red notebook tucked discreetly among some shelved books.

Dash and lilys book of dares the perpetual pageturner. Dash and lilys book of dares by rachel cohn, david levithan. Dash is alone by choice hes told each of his divorced parents that hes spending the holiday with the other, leaving them both to take vacations out of town. Normally, i would have finished a 250 page book in a day or so, but dash and lilys book of dares just seemed to take so much longer to read. Part of it was an effort to get into the christmas spirit, and part of it was a desire to finish up my reading challenge with some books that i dont usually read. It was announced that this would be the first of two new collaborations. Langston has a new boyfriend and all i understand from that is a sorry state of codependence. This year, i wanted to read some christmas inspired books. Their second, naomi and elys no kiss list, was named a new york public library book for the teen age. Dash and lilys book of dares is a contemporary romance young adult novel which takes place in wintertime new york. The story switches between dashs and lilys point of view. Each chapter gives entertaining and insightful excursions into both of their lives and emotions. I was never really into it and i had to force myself to read the last fifty pages.

Although they did not pass the chapters back and forth in a red moleskine notebook, they did email them to each other without planning anything out beforehand. I wasnt a big fan of lily or dash but i think lily was the most likeable of the two. I didnt love it as much as id hoped, but i was interested enough in finding out what happened to dash and lily. David levithan is one of my favorite authors and he is definitely in full force in this book, with his humor and writing that is so beautiful, its ridiculous. I didnt notice any big change of voice from chapter to chapter since rachel wrote lilys point of view and david wrote dashs, but it looks like is wrote by just one person. Both she and lily have a fear of breaking the shell theyre encased in, but they. Twelve days of dash and lily is an unexpected sequel to dash and lilys book of dares, one of the first books i remember reading when i first joined booktube. Please contact us if you need additional description or info. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 260 pages and is available in hardcover format. That person to spend christmas with or grow old with or just to take a nice silly walk in central park with. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Dash is a teenage boy, who upon visiting his favorite book store, finds a scavenger hunt between the pages.