Saturday, June 15, 2019

Wildfire #55 Love Games and #56 Call Me

55. Love Games, Deborah Aydt, 1984

Molly has always loved her mother, and her stepfather, who raised her as his own.  Now she loves Sam Rutledge, too.  Then the father who left her as a baby comes back, expecting Molly's love.  He's tearing her family apart—and Sam seems to be on his side!  Is that any way for the boy you love to act?

Who cares?  The only thing about the book that I slightly like is the quote on page 10 where Molly describes her mother and stepfather as sitting on a couch "looking like the Bobbsey twins."  That is pretty much the only marginally entertaining statement in the book.

This book did not interest me at all, and I skimmed through it.

56. Call Me, Jane Claypool Miner, 1984

Michelle and Adam promise not to date other people when Adam moves away.  Their phone calls are their only contact.  But Michelle finds that her days are lonely and lonesome, and her parents urge her to go out with anyone.  Michelle chooses good old Charlie. 

She doesn't expect to have fun—but she does.  She doesn't think Charlie is handsome—but he is.  She doesn't want her life to be any more complicated—but it is.  

Adam is coming back.

My problem with this book was that I didn't like either boy.  I can't care about Michelle and her romance problems when both boys are nothing to me.  

I don't care for this book.

1 comment:

Tai said...

The covers are getting too much like 'TEEN Magazine covers to me. I prefer the earlier, more earthy covers. They look a little silly in 2019, but that's their charm.