The Free-Range Bookclub
Bookclubbers without boundaries in Nelson, New Zealand
Category: Gothic
Hoods Landing – Laura Vincent
READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS In the rural reaches of Auckland, the women of the eclectic Gordon family gather for Christmas. Rita, the 50-year-old baby of the family, is planning to tell them she has cancer. Drifting between past and present, she considers the… Continue Reading “Hoods Landing – Laura Vincent”
The Empusium – Olga Tokarczuk
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jodie Mieczysław, a student suffering from tuberculosis, arrives at the Wilhelm Opitz’s Guesthouse for Gentlemen but discovers there are many mysterious goings on, involving deaths, misogyny and the occult. Set in a Polish sanatorium in 1913, The Empusium blends horror,… Continue Reading “The Empusium – Olga Tokarczuk”
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 Scarecrow – Hugh Morrieson
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel Neddy Poindexter worries about his pretty sister Prudence when it’s discovered there’s a killer on the loose. Part adventure, part small-town comedy and part horrifying thriller, The Scarecrow is classic Kiwi Lit noir. The same week our fowls… Continue Reading “The Scarecrow – Hugh Morrieson”
Coraline – Neil Gaiman
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Sophia A children’s horror in which a girl called Coraline travels to another world through a mysterious locked door in the living room. ☁ “A young girl called Coraline fancies herself an explorer and spends the first weeks of… Continue Reading “Coraline – Neil Gaiman”
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”
The Vintner’s Luck – Elizabeth Knox
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine The unorthodox story of a French winemaker and his homosexual love affair with an angel. ❚ “One summer night in 1808, Sobran Jodeau sets out to drown his sorrows in his family’s vineyard when he stumbles upon an angel. Once he… Continue Reading “The Vintner’s Luck – Elizabeth Knox”
To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine Scout Finch is the young daughter of an Alabama town’s principled lawyer, Atticus. She and her brother Jem learn about prejudice and upholding human dignity through the example of their father who has taken on the legal defence… Continue Reading “To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee”
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