The Free-Range Bookclub
Bookclubbers without boundaries in Nelson, New Zealand
Category: UK author
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”
Category: Historical Fiction, UK author
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 author
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”
Category: Domestic Fiction, Dystopian, Feminism, Literary fiction, Science Fiction, UK author
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 author
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”
Category: Classic literature, Dystopian, UK author
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 author
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”
Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, Female Experience, UK author
Normal People – Sally Rooney
Posted on May 25, 2020 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Jodie Marianne and Connell struggle to define themselves in their on-again, off-again relationship ✚ “Normal People follows the lives and relationship of Irish students Connell and Marianne. Born to different social classes, the two experience fluctuating power struggles and divisions.… Continue Reading “Normal People – Sally Rooney”
Category: Coming of Age, UK author
The Man Who Saw Everything – Deborah Levy
Posted on February 10, 2020 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel In the opening pages of The Man Who Saw Everything, Saul Adler, a young historian, steps onto the famous Abbey Road pedestrian crossing and is hit by a vehicle. This is the key event of the story, against… Continue Reading “The Man Who Saw Everything – Deborah Levy”
Category: Booker Prize, Literary fiction, UK author
The Long Take – Robin Robertson
Posted on October 6, 2018 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON A war veteran tries to assimilate back into every day American life post war. ➽ “I was completely consumed by The Long Take and while the storyline and themes were far from uplifting I felt captivated by the events that were occurring. “Initially… Continue Reading “The Long Take – Robin Robertson”
Category: Booker Prize, Contemporary fiction, Goldsmith Prize, Poetry, UK author
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