{"id":11174,"date":"2011-04-06T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=11174"},"modified":"2011-04-02T14:05:02","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T20:05:02","slug":"the-lovers-dictionary-by-david-levithan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-lovers-dictionary-by-david-levithan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lover&#8217;s Dictionary by David Levithan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2307622\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11259\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/levithan1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/levithan1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/levithan1.jpg?w=334&amp;ssl=1 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>David Levithan is a prolific YA author whose books I normally enjoy, so I was very interested to see that he released his first novel geared towards adults, called <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2307622\" target=\"_blank\">The Lover&#8217;s Dictionary<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 The format of this book is very unique, as the story is told in short &#8220;dictionary&#8221; entries.\u00a0 In each entry, the unnamed narrator defines a word like &#8220;ubiquitous&#8221;, &#8220;autonomy&#8221;, and\u00a0&#8220;idea&#8221; by describing profound moments (big and little) in his longtime relationship with a woman, who is also unnamed.\u00a0 Since it&#8217;s told through dictionary entries, which are of course alphabetical, the story isn&#8217;t told chronologically and it is up to the reader to determine which events happened when.\u00a0 It&#8217;s filled with romance, humor, and heartbreak.<\/p>\n<p>The way this story is told reminds me a lot of the movie <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2231949\" target=\"_blank\">500 Days of Summer<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, which I loved. The mixed-up\u00a0timeline is interesting and\ufeff makes sense with the story rather than feeling like a gimmick.\u00a0 \ufeff\ufeffIt allows Levithan to pair the sad moments in the story with the more lighthearted and fun moments of their relationship, which gives the story a nice balance and feels more realistic.\u00a0 It&#8217;s no sugar-coated love story; it feels gritty and real, and Levithan knows how to make you feel it right along with the main character.\u00a0 If you have enjoyed Levithan&#8217;s other books or are looking for a unique and realistic love story, I recommend picking up a copy of this book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Levithan is a prolific YA author whose books I normally enjoy, so I was very interested to see that he released his first novel geared towards adults, called The Lover&#8217;s Dictionary.\u00a0 The format of this book is very unique, as the story is told in short &#8220;dictionary&#8221; entries.\u00a0 In<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-lovers-dictionary-by-david-levithan\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[1588,248,680,408],"class_list":["post-11174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-staff-picks","tag-heartbreak","tag-love","tag-relationships","tag-romance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-2Ue","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11174"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11283,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11174\/revisions\/11283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}