OMG, Brooke has a proper book post up on a Monday morning. Just like the good old days. Praise be to all things holy. Seriously. Merry effin’ Christmas, y’all.
The Litwits met yesterday and we had another kick ass meetup/discussion. Our Christmas selection this year was Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares which I absolutely dreaded reading. Not just on my own behalf, but on everyone in the group’s as well. I had nothing to worry about, however, as the read was mostly painless and even pleasurable for most ladies.
The book is really your typical YA fluffy contemporary. Dash and Lily are 16-year-old Manhattanites who meet through a moleskin journal they trade back and forth, completing tasks and dares they dictate to each other. It’s cute, cheesy, schmoopy, and filled with Christmas cheer and holiday cynicism.
Our group decided it’s not amazing writing or anything mind-blowing, but Levithan and Cohn have created a simple story that should be satisfying to most teenagers and way less than painful for adults to sit through. You might even find yourself smiling at bits along the way.
What’s not to like? Plenty if you’re reading with a fine-toothed comb, but there’s no need for that! Yes, Dash is pretentious and Lily is immature. Yes, many of the episodes are cliche, over-the-top, and just downright implausible. And yes, even the writing suffers due to the back and forth alternating perspectives. Cohn and Levithan are playing with the traditional writing format which sometimes works and sometimes ends in EPIC failure.
Even still, most of us liked it against our better judgment. Perhaps it’s just the Christmas magic?
Speaking of Christmas magic, how about some Norman Reedus while we suffer through the TWD midseason withdrawals?
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Yes, nice suit Daryl!
This book is totally cheesy and cute and kind of ridiculous, but I’m glad it was overall liked! It’s a good Christmas read.
Can you ever imagine Daryl in a suit? Haha. A very good read for Christmas even for cynical types like me.
Oh my! Helllllloooo Norman! 😉 Hubba hubba
I know, right? YUM.
Nice GQ photo. All he needs now is a crossbow
Yes, ma’am! You can never go wrong with a crossbow.