The Free-Range Bookclub
Bookclubbers without boundaries in Nelson, New Zealand
Category: Ghost story
The Seven Moons of Maali Ameida
READ FOR BOOKERTHON ❝ I was reading The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida while struggling night after night with very little sleep – awake for hours at a time in the early hours of the morning while endeavouring to get through a book about a soul caught… Continue Reading “The Seven Moons of Maali Ameida”
Treacle Walker – Alan Garner
READ FOR BOOKERTHON ❝ I will admit that I struggled to understand the meaning or plot of Treacle Walker. It is a novella with very few words, some of which are old-fashioned, nonsense, rhyme and riddles, only a few characters and a fragile plot.… 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, and surrounded by the dead. ➤ “The horror scenes at… Continue Reading “Wake – Elizabeth Knox”
The Turn Of The Screw – Henry James
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel A gothic ghost story from 1898 set around an old English house and the governess who comes to take care of the motherless children. ✎ “Spine-chilling and riveting from the outset. There were so many possible outcomes and I… Continue Reading “The Turn Of The Screw – Henry James”
The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Jo A 2009 gothic novel set in 1940s England. The local doctor, Dr Faraday makes friends with an old gentry family of declining fortunes who live in a dilapidated and haunted mansion. ❖ The Little Stranger is a ghost story set in a dilapidated mansion named Hundreds Hall… Continue Reading “The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters”
The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters
READ FOR BOOKERTHON A post-war ghost story set in a dilapidated mansion with an old gentry family of declining fortunes ❚ “The Little Stranger is a ghost story set in a dilapidated mansion in Warwickshire, England in the 1940s. It features a country doctor… Continue Reading “The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters”
Darkmans – Nicola Barker
READ FOR BOOKERTHON The reality of English families set over two days in a small town in England, with a hovering jester haunting every page. ⚈ “A jester haunts this book, possessing the characters at inconvenient moments, forcing broken language out of their mouths and “ducking and… Continue Reading “Darkmans – Nicola Barker”
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