Since November 2009American Saturdays Book Review: Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Posted on Saturday, December 4th, 2010 by Danielle
“I’ve left some clues for you.
If you want them, turn the page.
If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.”
So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across New York? Could their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions? Or will they be a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions?
Rachel Cohn and David Levithan have written a love story that will have readers perusing bookstore shelves, looking and longing for a love (and a red notebook) of their own.
Posted in 2010 releases, American Saturday, Book Reviews, Rating: 5/5 | 2 Comments »
Christmas has recently been a sad time for Holly Brown. Her beloved husband Dan died at Christmas after falling into a frozen lake, and therefore Holly has decided she doesn’t actually want to celebrate the festive season anymore. So when she gets a call from her house-sitting boss about a remote house in the middle of nowhere for the Christmas period, Holly jumps at the chance of being alone so she can ignore it altogether. However, when she gets there she discovers that the home of the Martland family isn’t as deserted as she thought, and that are quite a welcoming family who like to get involved with their guests. Couple that with Holly’s gran’s diaries that she is reading, and Holly doesn’t have the quiet festive season that she anticipated… not to mention the fact that it seems Holly has more of a link to the Martland’s than she ever could have imagined. Will Holly finally be able to enjoy the Twelve Days of Christmas?
Caroline was pretty sure she had made the right decision when she ended her engagement, and comes out of the relationship she has been in since she was at school. She knows she has hurt her ex but realised that to be happy, she had to be free to do what she wants. However, Caroline’s plans are scuppered when her 17 year old half sister Lexi turns up on her doorstep and announces that she has come to stay for the summer. Caroline doesn’t know what to do with a 17 year old, and so tries her best to make it work with Lexi despite the upheaval in her own life. She knows she has to make some decisions about the direction of her life, and whether her on/off relationship with married lover Toby will last, whether she will ever find happiness with Mr Right despite her family’s less than successful rate with relationships, and whether a 17 year old has anything to teach her about living?
