@internrachel @julia1
Hello book club. Over the weekend, I finished She Bop II by Lucy O’Brien, a 530 page guide to women in music. You should only read this if you have hours and hours of free time and a comfortable pair of headphones; half the fun is listening to all the bands and singers mentioned. The writing style is accessible and occasionally fangirlish. It’s also clear that any chapter (or, really, any of the women mentioned) could easily be the subject of its own book.

While I read She Bop II over several weeks, The Coffins of Little Hope by Timothy Schaffert (272 pages) was impossible to read ten pages at a time; it needed to be read in one sitting. This story is set in the kind of small town that only exists in fiction: everyone, even the criminals, is adorable and quirky. But I liked this book. It’s unlike any other missing child story. And there’s an interesting subplot involving a YA fantasy series, which is obviously a welcome addition to any story.