Be True to Your School

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Be True to Your School: A Diary of 1964 | Bob Greene

Reviewsbylola One of my FAVORITES! 5y

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Be True to Your School: A Diary of 1964 | Bob Greene

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I chose to reread one of my favorite books for #pop19 #nostalgic. BTTYS is the diary that former Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene kept during 1964. It covers his junior and senior year of high school. Growing up in the same town, and graduating from the same high school (albeit 37 years later), this one is quite a #timewarp.

Shown are Bob Greene (‘65), his love interest Lindy Lemmon (‘68), my dad (‘77), and me (‘02). #musicalnewyear

Cinfhen, vivastory

Megabooks Definitely a time warp! 5y

Crazeedi So neat! 5y

Cinfhen Your dad is a total hottie!!! Lucky lady @Mdargusch 🔥🔥🔥😁This might be my favorite post ever!!!! You look exactly the same 🙌🏻❣️❣️❣️ 5y

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Reviewsbylola Those were his glory days. 😂 @Cinfhen 5y

Cinfhen Everybody has their glory days!!! No shame in that!!! 5y

BarbaraBB Great post! Love the pics of you and your dad 🧡 5y

Reggie Is it weird that at first looking at this picture I thought your dad and Lindy were brother and sister. 5y

LeahBergen I love this! And I‘m with @Cinfhen - your Dad‘s a “hunk”. 😆😆 5y

Reviewsbylola Hahahaha I guess I can see a resemblance. I actually met Lindy once at my cousin‘s wedding and I was star struck. I was drilling her about the book and her relationship with Bob Greene. She was probably mortified. 😂 I remember asking her if she was freaked out to read how obsessed Bob was with her. 😂 @Reggie 5y

Reviewsbylola Lol he certainly thought so. 😂 We love hearing stories about his teenage years. @LeahBergen 5y

mrp27 Fantastic! 5y

keithmalek I love Bob Greene! I've read about a dozen of his books (including this one). 5y

Reviewsbylola @keithmalek I definitely hope to read more of his books this year. I just bought American Beat. Any others you recommend? I think the only other book of his I read was

And You Know You Should Be Glad: A True Story of Lifelong Friendship

IamIamIam LOVE the yearbook photos!!! 🤟😍 5y

Mdargusch Thanks @cinfhen! ❤️ 5y

emilyhaldi Lol, love this 😍 5y

keithmalek @Reviewsbylola Homecoming: When the Soldiers Returned From Vietnam, Cheeseburgers, Chevrolet Summers Dairy Queen Nights, Johnny Deadline Reporter, He Was a Midwestern Boy On His Own, Duty, Once Upon a Town 5y

vivastory Wasn't familiar with this story before. Stacked! 5y

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Be True to Your School: A Diary of 1964 | Bob Greene

Trying out a new bath bomb tonight for my #bathandbook. 🙌🏻🛁

Linda_Bloodworth_Author Ooooh! 5y

Hollie Looks lovely! 5y

youneverarrived What bath bomb is it? 5y

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Reviewsbylola I got it from Lush UK. It‘s called Tadaemi Okaeri and it‘s one of the exclusive bath bombs released in the new Japan bath bomb superstore. 🤩🤩 @youneverarrived 5y

youneverarrived Thanks! I just looked online but looks like it was a limited edition in the uk. Hope they bring it out again here it looks lovely. 5y

Reviewsbylola It was really nice. It reminded me a lot of Yoga Bomb, which was one of my favorites but was discontinued. @youneverarrived 5y

Mdargusch Looks nice! 🛀🏻 5y

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Be True to Your School: A Diary of 1964 | Bob Greene

When you have no idea what to read next so you being a stack of possibilities to your bath. 😆 The weird looking blob on top is my solid bubble bath.

#bathsandbook

Susannah I read Be True to Your School many, many years ago when I was a freshman in high school. I recall it was pretty fun. (I hope I‘m not wrong! 😁) 5y

Reviewsbylola It‘s one of my favorite books. I grew up and still live in the town Bob Greene lived in so it‘s very nostalgic for me. @Susannah 5y

Susannah Oh, that‘s awesome! 5y

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emilyhaldi I always bring atleast 3 options to the bath with me 😆 5y

LeahBergen I‘ve done the “take a stack to the tub to decide” thing soooo many times. 😆😆 5y

Mdargusch I‘m intrigued by Chocolate Cake With Hitler 5y

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Reviewsbylola

Be True to Your School: A Diary of 1964 | Bob Greene

One of my favorite books ever, this is the actual diary of Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene. Kept over the course of 1964, when Greene was in high school, it takes place in my hometown. Greene was infatuated with a classmate, Lindy Lemmon, and a good portion of the diary deals with his feelings for her. It will immediately transport you back to your own high school years.

#takeachanceonme #abbainaugust

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Cinfhen I STILL need to read this book....I remember when u posted it last year 😀thanks for the reminder ❤️ 6y

emilyhaldi I'm still not sure I've actually read this whole book?🤔 6y

Reviewsbylola Wtf!!! @emilyhaldi 6y

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Reviewsbylola It‘s so good!! @Cinfhen 6y

Meredith3 I need to read this 😬 6y

ValerieAndBooks I read this many years ago!! I think not long after it first came out. I still remember parts of it, even though I no longer have my copy of it. 6y

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Reviewsbylola

Be True to Your School: A Diary of 1964 | Bob Greene

#aprilbookshowers #localauthor Columnist Bob Greene grew up in my hometown and his book Be True to Your School is one of my favorite books ever. In 1964, while he was in high school, Greene resolved to keep a daily journal. Despite the awkwardness and naked truths of a high school journal, he later went on to publish it. It is an amazing glimpse both into the 60s, as well as just a great coming of age narrative. Highly recommended.

Eggs I've been a Bob Greene fan for close to 20 years. Once upon a town is a favorite. I think I've read most of them several times. 7y

emilyhaldi Wow how many times have you and dad read that copy!? 😂 i definitely want to reread this sometime soon. 7y

Cinfhen Sounds fascinating, I haven't read much about the 60's...I'm stacking it! 7y

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