Category: Banned/controversial books
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Rachel Kim Jiyoung is a new wife and young mother living in Seoul. One day she begins channelling dead women from her past, speaking eerily. The book is a look at important events in her life and the way in… Continue Reading “Kim JiYoung, Born 1982 – Cho Nam-joo”
Category: Banned/controversial books, Contemporary fiction, Cultural, Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Female Experience, Feminism, Literary fiction, National Book Awards, Political, Psychological, Realist, TranslatedTags: Free Range Bookclub 2024
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine Seventeen-year-old Isabella Swan moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen, whom she comes to consider her immortal soulmate. About three things I… Continue Reading “Twilight – Stephanie Meyer”
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Ros In this 1891 book, a poor young woman discovers she may be descended from nobility and goes in search of a better life ❚ “Tess Durbeyfield is a complex character considered by some a hopeless victim and by… Continue Reading “Tess Of The D’Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy”
Category: Banned/controversial books, Classic literature, Coming of Age, Faith & Religion, Family drama, Female Experience, Feminism, Literary fiction, Philosophical, Political, Psychological, Realist, UK authorTags: Free Range Bookclub 2009
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy Considered Agatha Christie’s masterpiece, this whodunnit is set on an island where the invitees of a party must work out who is killing off the guests. ♥ “An interesting assortment of strangers are summoned as weekend guests to… Continue Reading “And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie”
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine A brooding tale of passion and revenge set in the Yorkshire moors ♥ Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel details the arrival at Wuthering Heights of a man named Heathcliffe and the close bond he forms with his benefactor’s daughter,… Continue Reading “Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte”
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy Considered the original non-fiction novel, In Cold Blood details the 1959 murders of Kansas farmer Herbert Clutter and his family who were found bound and shot in their home. Capote follows the search for the killers, as they travel… Continue Reading “In Cold Blood – Truman Capote”
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine This novel discusses who should be loved, and how. And how much. It describes how small things affect people’s behaviour and lives ♥ “The God of Small Things details the lives of fraternal twins Rahel and her brother… Continue Reading “The God Of Small Things – Arundhati Roy”
Category: Banned/controversial books, Booker Prize, Coming of Age, Cultural, Family drama, Female Experience, Feminism, Indian fiction, Literary fiction, Political, PsychologicalTags: Booker Prize, Free Range Bookclub 2008
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy D.H. Lawrence wrote Lady Chatterley’s Lover in 1920 amidst much controversy over its content, mainly an upper class woman’s affair with her gardener in order to give her war-paralysed husband an heir. This type of love and passion… Continue Reading “Lady Chatterley’s Lover – D H Lawrence”
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