The Free-Range Bookclub
Bookclubbers without boundaries in Nelson, New Zealand
Category: Ghost story
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home – Lorrie Moore
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jo A tragic-comic ghost story set in the 19th and 21st centuries. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home is a story of death and passion via characters who are haunted by the past and history and their… Continue Reading “I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home – Lorrie Moore”
The Seven Moons of Maali Ameida
READ FOR BOOKERTHON A war photographer dies in 1990 during the Sri Lankan civil war and is caught inbetween life and the afterlife. He has seven days, or seven moons, to discover who killed him, ensure a series of important photographs he has taken… Continue Reading “The Seven Moons of Maali Ameida”
Treacle Walker – Alan Garner
READ FOR BOOKERTHON From GoodReads: Treacle Walker is a stunning fusion of myth and folklore and an exploration of the fluidity of time, vivid storytelling that brilliantly illuminates an introspective young mind trying to make sense of everything around him. ❝ I will admit… Continue Reading “Treacle Walker – Alan Garner”
Lincoln In The Bardo – George Saunders
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Abraham Lincoln spends a night in his son’s tomb, a place populated by ghosts of the recently passed and the long dead. ◉ “Told through footnoted attribution derived from various texts, speeches or dialogue, Lincoln In The Bardo can be difficult… Continue Reading “Lincoln In The Bardo – George Saunders”
Wake – Elizabeth Knox
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Jo One sunny spring morning the Tasman Bay settlement of Kahukura is overwhelmed by a mysterious mass insanity. A handful of survivors find themselves cut off from the world, surrounded by the dead. As they attempt to care for… Continue Reading “Wake – Elizabeth Knox”
The Shadow Of The Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Jo In 1940s Barcelona a boy named Daniel lives with his father who owns a bookshop. One day, the father takes his son to the Cemetery of Forgotten books – a secret labyrinthine library that houses rare and banned books.… Continue Reading “The Shadow Of The Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon”
The Turn Of The Screw – Henry James
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel The Turn Of The Screw is a gothic ghost story from 1898 set in an old English house on a sprawling estate. The novella is a first person account of a governess who, caring for two children at a… Continue Reading “The Turn Of The Screw – Henry James”
The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Jo The Little Stranger is a mixed genre story set in a dilapidated mansion in Warwickshire, England in the 1940s. It features a country doctor who calls on an old family of declining fortunes who own the old estate that… Continue Reading “The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters”
The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters
READ FOR BOOKERTHON The Little Stranger is a mixed genre story set in a dilapidated mansion in Warwickshire, England in the 1940s. It features a country doctor who calls on an old family of declining fortunes who own the old estate that is crumbling… Continue Reading “The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters”
Darkmans – Nicola Barker
READ FOR BOOKERTHON A jester haunts this book, possessing the characters at inconvenient moments. They are a collection of interesting folk living in Ashby, England. An erratic, embitted old man; a drug dealer; a chiropodist with mysterious bruises; a man with schizophrenia; a boy building… Continue Reading “Darkmans – Nicola Barker”
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