Here's my first on "Goodreads (Kimball HS)."
Before cell phones, before caller-ID, a guy could find a phone number, find out it's the girl next door, call her, hang up, call again, have a conversation with her, and repeat nightly. What happens next? Read "Not Exactly a Love Story" to find out. It's 1977, and 15-year-old Vinnie Gold is about to drop a Valentine into the locker of the girl he's had a crush on for the past two years to find out she's moved without even a goodbye. Next, he goes home and discovers his parents are getting a divorce. All kinds of changes are in store for Vinnie...turns out they're not all bad.
What did I think? My, how things have changed. No more secret calls at midnight - it's called stalking now. No more secret Valentine cards slipped in lockers - video cameras are everywhere.
Changes are changes. You'll never know what it really was like unless you lived it (It was suspenseful, secretive and fun - most of the time). More innocence, less "Catfish," - times were different then. Better? Worse? It's your call.
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