Now Listening To… Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares
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For the past few weeks, almost months! even, I’ve been listening to the audiobook of Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, narrated by Ryan Gessell and Tara Sands. I’m not a huge audiobook listener, but I like to listen to them on my long drives to and from school, on occasion. Plus, I’m a Gold Member at Audible.com, which means I purchase 1 credit a month for an audiobook-I am amassing quite the collection!
Dash & Lily has been one of my favorite audiobooks to listen to thus far. Each chapter switches point of view between Dash and Lily, and the narrators are perfect for the voice of the characters, in my opinion. I’m pretty picky about listening to someone read me a book-I can’t stand annoying voices, but these two people are perfect!
Cohn and Levithan have again crafted a really great read. The story begins when Dash finds a red moleskine notebook in a bookstore in NYC, daring him to take on the tasks listed by the author of the notebook. He does so, and then dares Lily on to another task, the game goes back and forth between the two, with each gradually learning more and more about each other, all over the Christmas holidays. Dash and Lily are witty, unique, well-read, and intellectual beyond their teenage years, but still extremely relatable and very funny.
I have a little over an hour to go on this one, and can’t wait! The suspense on what is going to happen with these two is killing me, and I look forward to hearing the end. It’s a short audiobook that will appeal to many ages, especially those that may lose interest easily while listening. Can I get any recommendations for my next audiobook? I can’t wait to try another!
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