Eerie Indiana Virtual Book Club: "Bone Gap" Discussion Post

[evilinsanemonkey]

First, I apologize profusely for forgetting to put this up on Saturday. But I figure I'll get it up today and we can spend the week just chatting about the book. Have it be a nice relaxed thing!

So without further ado, let's talk about Laura Ruby's Bone Gap!

Some questions to get you started:

General

+ Do you think Petey is right about why Finn likes her? Do you think it matters?

+ What do you think the place Roza was taken is?

+ How does this book handle family?

Eerie

+ In what ways does this book make you think of Eerie?

+ What do you think the characters of Eerie and the characters of Bone Gap would think of each other?

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Next book: The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
Discussion: April 22

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Also we need a tie breaker! "May Bird and the Ever After" and "Lumberjanes" are tied, so let me know which one you'd like to read first!

Comments

[deifire]

Finn reminds me so much of Simon ohhhh my god.

So much!

There's also something about Sean that's a little bit Simon--or at least a more world-weary Simon--and a little bit Sara Sue.

The Rudes would fit right into the background of Eerie. So would Charlie Valentine.

Oh, yes, the corn! It was mostly knowing there was something weird going on with the corn in this book that made me suggest it for Eerie book club, and I'm glad I did. (It also indirectly influenced the background of a scene in my Eerie fic, where the person skating with the corn comes back.)

[froodle]

The Rudes are the guys that the Bob brothers hero worship.and they're the kids that Nick and Eddie occasionally hang out with when they're feeling a bit wild, only to retreat in horror after a bit because the Rudes take it way too far.