Category: Domestic Fiction
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Suzy Keiko is a young Japanese convenience store woman who enjoys the repetitive nature of her job, often referring to the store manual to act and respond to requests appropriately. Her simplistic life is ridiculed by friends and family for… Continue Reading “Convenience Store Woman – Sayaka Murata”
Category: Domestic Fiction, Female Experience, Japanese, TranslatedTags: book-recommendations, book-recs, book-reviews, bookclub-blog, bookclub-recommendations, Books, convenience-store-woman, fiction, must-read-books, what-to-read
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jodie In a type of anti-memoir, McEwan has created Roland, a character who has lived the same years as him, observed the same global events and pondered the same questions about humanity and society. Roland has even lived in some… Continue Reading “Lessons – Ian McEwan”
Category: Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Historical Fiction, Literary fiction, UK authorTags: book-recommendations, book-recs, book-reviews, bookclub-blog, bookclub-recommendations, Books, fiction, Lessons, must-read-books, what-to-read
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jo The lives of two African-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia in the early to mid 20th Century are detailed in The Color Purple. Celie is raped by her stepfather and bears two children to him who are sent… Continue Reading “The Color Purple – Alice Walker”
Category: Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Feminism, Historical Fiction, LGBT, Literary fiction, US fictionTags: book-recommendations, book-recs, book-reviews, bookclub-blog, bookclub-recommendations, Books, fiction
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Suzy The Hilderbrandts are a clery family from New Prospect, Illinois. The minister father heads a youth group named Crossroads, yet this reference also pertains to the members of the Hilderbrandt family, who are all in a quandary of sorts… Continue Reading “Crossroads – Jonathan Franzen”
Category: Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Literary fiction, US fictionTags: book-recommendations, book-recs, book-reviews, bookclub-blog, bookclub-recommendations, Books, Crossroads, fiction, must-read-books, stone-yard-devotional, what-to-read
READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Greta and Valdin are brother and sister, both gay, with mixed heritages and living together in Auckland attempting to navigate life and all its triumphs and tribulations. Greta is a student/English tutor with a misguided crush on friend and… Continue Reading “Greta & Valdin – Rebecca K Reilly”
Category: Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Kiwi lit, Literary fictionTags: book-recommendations, book-recs, book-reviews, bookclub-blog, bookclub-recommendations, Books, fiction, greta-and-valdin, must-read-books, nz-fiction, stone-yard-devotional, what-to-read
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jo Set in a dystopian future, all women, on the first day of their menstruation, are allocated a future at random: a white ticket grants marriage and children; a blue ticket grants a career and freedom. Women are told this… Continue Reading “Blue Ticket – Sophie MackIntosh”
Category: Domestic Fiction, Dystopian, Feminism, Literary fiction, Science Fiction, UK authorTags: Best Books, Blue Ticket, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, Dystopian, Handmaid's Tale, Literature, Must Read Books
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Nearing her 100th birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital, where she’s spent the best part of her adult life, prepares for closure. ♥ “Set in an Ireland besieged by conflict, The Secret Scripture is… Continue Reading “The Secret Scripture – Sebastian Barry”
Category: Domestic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Irish, Literary fiction, Psychological, UK authorTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Books To Read, Irish, Literature, Must Read Books, Sebastian Barry, Secret Scripture
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Covering 1974 to 1996, The Northern Clemency is a portrait of an era, a novel concerned with the lives of two ordinary Sheffield families, the Glovers and the Sellers, and history on the move. ♥ This book encapsulates an era and… Continue Reading “The Northern Clemency – Philip Hensher”
Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, Domestic Fiction, Family drama, Literary fiction, UK authorTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Literature, Must Read Books, Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Vivien Kovacs is on a search to reveal the truth to the secrets kept from her by her timid Hungarian refugee parents ♥ “Two Jewish brothers are at the heart of this novel. One escapes Hungary prior to the war, marries… Continue Reading “The Clothes On Their Backs – Linda Grant”
Category: Booker Prize, Domestic Fiction, UK authorTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Books To Read, Clothes On Their Backs, Linda Grant, Literature
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: Booker Prize, Cultural, Domestic Fiction, Literary fiction, PsychologicalTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Books To Read, God Of Small Things, Literature, Must Read Books
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