Dash and Lily's Book of Dares Picture Summary

I just finished reading the novel Dash and Lily's Book of Dares and I can honestly say it was one of the best, if not the best, books I have read in a very long time.  I enjoyed the way the characters grew as the story progressed, as well as the witty and sarcastic humor.  However not just the humor had me hooked from the first chapter, it was also the author's deep philosophical thoughts on many different topics of everyday world that often get overlooked.


 

http://smalltalkbigresults.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/my-new-best-friend-a-moleskine-notebook/
The first image I chose to represent this book was a red moleskin notebook with writing in it.  I chose this because for the majority of the book, Dash and Lilly commune only through a red moleskin notebook that is left at different drop spots throughout the city.



http://www.perpetualpageturner.com/2010/12/dash-and-lilys-book-of-dares.html
The next image i chose to represent this incredible book was a girl standing in front of a bookshelf.  This is because Lily feels very at home in the Strand which is an immense used book store.  This is where she secrets away the red moleskin notebook and where Dash, who also loves the Strand, finds it.  This is the beginning of their communications.




http://www.nycinsiderguide.com/NYC-Hidden-Secrets-Dec09.html#axzz2CJlj6rU2
I chose the Rockefeller Christmas Tree for my next picture because it is the symbol for Christmas in New York, which is when this story takes place.  A lot of the things that they tell each other to do revolve around Christmas, such as getting something from Santa, or going to Macy's on Christmas eve.



http://fungang.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-holiday-skills.html
This picture from the movie Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer was the Christmas movie that Dash sent Lily to see on Mommy and Me Movie Day and Lily hid the notebook behind a cutout of the grandma from the movie.



http://dc.about.com/od/photosofmuseums/ss/MTussaudsPics_11.htm
This picture of the Jonas Brothers with their wax counterparts was chosen because Lily made Dash go to Madam Tussuad's Wax Museum to get the notebook and Dash wondered if people like the Jonas Brothers think about how some day their fame will fade and their wax figurines will be moved to a back storage room with all the other forgotten superstars.



http://guydavis.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/review-the-muppets/
Dash set up something that allowed Lily to create her own Muppet and, unknowingly, allowed her to complete one of her dreams by allowing her to create her own version of a toy company's design right in their very own store.  Lily made a snarly Muppet like she imagined Dash might look.




http://guestofaguest.com/hamptons/nightlife/the-best-2k-i-ever-spent-degenerate-hipsters-invade-yacht-club
This is a club scene like Lily saw when she went to the club on Christmas eve like Dash told her to.  Lily was intimidated because she doesn't often do things like this.  Lily is so nervous that she forgets to leave the notebook and just runs away.  She thinks this means she she will never talk to Dash again.




http://www.overstock.com/Clothing-Shoes/Boots/2747/subcat.html
These boots are like the one that Lily accidentally left at the club when she ran away.  This is what Dash uses to find her again.



http://treebeard31.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/large-dogs-of-the-planet/dog2/
This is like the large dog that Lily was walking when she ran into Dash in the park.  They might not have met again after a bad first meeting in a bar, but when they met again in the park they decide to forget the bar incident.

 

http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/3463
This is like the jail Dash and Lily where in while they were being held for questioning because people thought they were trying to kidnap a baby.  Dash and Lily bonded a lot during their stay in the holding cell.