SOLVED. word for every letter of the alphabet and a paragraph/anecdote about a situation in his relationship that has to do with the word (bought at anthropologie) [s]

[giulia]

About 2 years ago I bought a book from the home section of Anthropologie. It's a square-ish white book, and I believe it has red writing on the cover. I'm 90% sure it's written by a male. Anyway, each "chapter" is a letter of the alphabet, and there is a word for every letter. For each word, there is a couple paragraphs/anecdote about a situation in his relationship that has to do with the word. The chapter situations aren't in chronological order, either. Just alphabetical order according to the word.

[Andria]

The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan

[giulia]

Andria wrote: "The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan" i am screaming thank you so much!!!!!! :D :D

[Andria]

You are so welcome! He's one of my favorite authors and that's my favorite of his books. :)

[Moloch]

I have shelved it

[Kate]

So, I am wondering about where to shelve this book. Loosely, it could go into the Other Solved folder, since it is not a usual book. On the other hand, it is a book that has been solved, and would want to put it into the folder to which it belongs. Which brings me to the question of folders:
Young Adult: or are the themes more mature?
Adult fiction: the art of story is used to develop the content for the dictionary.
Adult Nonfiction: It is a dictionary, which goes in the reference section.
Where oh where shall this worthy book go?

[Moloch]

Kate wrote: "So, I am wondering about where to shelve this book. Loosely, it could go into the Other Solved folder, since it is not a usual book. On the other hand, it is a book that has been solved, and woul..."

(I can't help you but... you have reminded me that when I shelve a book here I have to tag it with the genre! Will do next time :-))

[Andria]

For what it's worth, at our public library, we have this shelved with adult fiction. Even though David usually writes YA, the themes here a bit more adult. It's definitely a narrative of a relationship, but the format is unusual. And even though it's set up like a dictionary, it's not intended to be used as one.

It's a really neat book and I highly recommend it!

[Cheryl]

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