Who will you call if you have a Magic Landline?

More than a week ago, I read Landline by Rainbow Rowell. I loved it. It was good, although it's not my favorite Rowell book. For the 4th time in less than a year, Rainbow has managed to amaze me with every book, every character. The girl simply can't do no wrong.

For those who've been living under a rock and don't know what Landline is about, here's the blurb:

Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble. That it’s been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but that almost seems beside the point now.

Maybe that was always beside the point.

Two days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can’t go. She’s a TV writer, and something’s come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her — Neal is always a little upset with Georgie — but she doesn’t expect to him to pack up the kids and go home without her.

When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she’s finally done it. If she’s ruined everything.

That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It’s not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she’s been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts . . .

Is that what she’s supposed to do?

Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened? [Source]

The landline is a mystery (and it's the reason why instead of 5, I gave the book a rating of 4 stars -- still high but could've been better). Without giving anything away (I hope) let's just say that a X is able to call Y through the landline. But the Y that X is talking to is not the real Y, but the Y from the past. Present time X is not really X, but future X for past Y -- wait! I lost myself there. I swear that it's not as confusing as it is in the book (only a little bit). So let's just call it the MAGIC LANDLINE. It has this power to call someone from the past. Equal parts fantastic and creepy. You want? I do!

Yes, a magic landline would be awesome, wouldn't it?

So here's a little game for you with easy peasy instructions! Just answer the following questions:

1. Who will you call if you have a magic landline? (From the past or from the future? Up to you!)


2. Why?


3. What will you say?

I know, I know, I find it tricky myself. But I want you to share your thoughts (and humor me) so here I go...

1. My English teacher back in high school, Ms. Platon


2. We used to be really closed, even when I was already in college. Our conversations go beyond school-related things. We talk about her life, but mostly we talk about my crushes. She used to tell me that she saw herself in me. But by sophomore year in college, I already lost contact with her and I learned that she migrated to the US. And I can't find her anywhere online. I miss her!


3. It will go something like this:

I'm calling from the future and you probably think I'm nuts but that's okay... It's just that I miss you! Yep, in the future, we lost communication because you left and you didn't even give me your email address!

I think about you, here in the future, whenever I hit a milestone in my life and I know you would've been proud. I miss the days when you used to leave comments on my diary (a school requirement, guys) and I'd pore over them. It didn't seem much then but now I realize how right you were about boys. We're so much smarter than them. Hahahaha!

And I really wish we get to talk as often as we did before. There's so many things I want to tell you. Like how I think I've found The One. I'm still crossing my fingers but you know the guys I liked in high school, right? Well, they're nothing compared to him. :)

And so on...

I realized just now how hard this is, since I'm writing (or typing). But it'll most likely be easier if I do have a magic landline and I can chatter away. Wouldn't that be nice?

Okay, so YOUR TURN now. Tell me how your call goes by leaving a comment (or by tweeting me). Or, if you blogged about your phone call instead, do share the link to me. :)