My book club of 4+ years is morphing into a supper club so I am testing out new book clubs in my area. Our local library branch has a Pardon My Youth club focusing on young adult literature, so I’ve signed up for this month’s meeting. January’s book is Laura Ruby’s Bone Gap, something I’d never heard of – which I’m sure will be true of most of their selections even though I do enjoy reading YA stuff. Bone Gap is the story of two […]
Mind the Gap
I was seriously afraid that I’d be wasting my time on yet another damsel in distress story where the awkward boy gets to find himself and be the hero, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that Bone Gap played with all those expectations and tropes in an unexpected way. This was shortlisted for the National Book Award, so I was hoping it’d be good. It was! Bone Gap is a strange town with some serious secrets. Finn and Sean are two young men/boys just […]