The Free-Range Bookclub
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Category: UK author
Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell
Posted on October 11, 2024 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Suzy Set in the 1580s, this book is about Shakespeare and the events that led to him writing the play Hamlet. It is told not from his point of view, but from that of his wife, who is left in… Continue Reading “Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell”
The Girl With All The Gifts – M R Carey
Posted on March 22, 2023 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jo The Girl With All The Gifts is set in a medical facility in a dystopian reality. There, a group of young children are held in cells and transferred to a sterile concrete classroom strapped into wheelchairs with loaded weapons… Continue Reading “The Girl With All The Gifts – M R Carey”
Lessons – Ian McEwan
Posted on January 27, 2023 by thefreerangebookclub
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”
The Dictionary of Lost Words – Pip Williams
Posted on October 17, 2022 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jodie ❝ Esme Nicholl is the daughter of a lexiographer, raised in the Scriptorium where the first dictionary is collated. She hides beneath the table and collects slips of paper containing words that are lost or deemed unsuitable. As she… Continue Reading “The Dictionary of Lost Words – Pip Williams”
Sisters – Daisy Johnson
Posted on November 10, 2021 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Rachel Born ten months apart, July and September are almost like twins. They do not look the same, they do not have the same personalties, but they are becoming inseparable and September increasingly exhibits dark influences over July. Their closeness… Continue Reading “Sisters – Daisy Johnson”
Category: Coming of Age, Female Experience, Psychological, UK authorTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, Daisy Johnson, Literature, Must Read Books, Psychological, Sisters
Blue Ticket – Sophie MackIntosh
Posted on September 22, 2021 by thefreerangebookclub
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”
Summerwater – Sarah Moss
Posted on July 1, 2021 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Jo Apt for a loch setting, there is dark and mysterious element at work in Summerwater. Its title is a reference to “The Ballad of Semerwater” by the poet William Watson. This was based on a legend in which… Continue Reading “Summerwater – Sarah Moss”
Category: Contemporary fiction, Literary fiction, UK authorTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, Literature, Must Read Books, Sarah Moss, Summerwater
Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell
Posted on May 1, 2021 by thefreerangebookclub
Chosen by Becks Political satirist George Orwell’s nightmarish vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one man’s attempt to find individuality.. ⫸ “Winston Smith is both an anti-hero and an everyday man who re-writes history for a living. He lives in Oceania in an… Continue Reading “Nineteen Eighty Four – George Orwell”
Shuggie Bain – Douglas Stuart
Posted on November 16, 2020 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON A story of addiction, love and hardship in a working-class Scottish family. The main character is Hugh “Shuggie” Bain, a boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down Glasgow public housing attempting to establish his true identity. ✚ “I knew I… Continue Reading “Shuggie Bain – Douglas Stuart”
Category: Booker Prize, Literary fiction, UK authorTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Booker Prize, Books, Books To Read, Douglas Stuart, Literature, Must Read Books, Shuggie Bain
Burnt Sugar – Avni Doshi
Posted on October 17, 2020 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON A story of love and betrayal between a woman and her mother. ✚ “Though dementia is the vehicle for the plot, the real story in Burnt Sugar is the toxic co-dependent relationship between Tara and her daughter Antara. Despite Antara’s sense… Continue Reading “Burnt Sugar – Avni Doshi”
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