Annie Kapur
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Book Review: "Southern Mail/Night Flight" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
You've probably read my review of Flight to Arras by Saint-Exupéry and if you haven't then I suggest you check it out. I'm making it my business to read his other books and not just The Little Prince, no matter how legendary The Little Prince may be. There's something incredibly moving about his words, the way he writes is constantly embued with atmosphere and philosophy. When I read Flight to Arras there was that extract about the clocks which I have to say, once I finished the book, I went back and reread. His books are all so well written, so why limit yourself to just one? Let's take a look at his book Southern Mail/Night Flight which was just as fantastic...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "My Oedipus Complex and Other Stories" by Frank O'Connor . Top Story - October 2025.
I'm going to admit it: I've never read any Frank O'Connor before and I'm not really sure what to think of him. I was kind of avoiding it because of the title - not sure I wanted to read more of this stuff after having recently encountered The Holy Sinner by Thomas Mann. Anyways, at least this book was remotely funny which is more than could be said for the Thomas Mann text I read. I wasn't really looking for a short story anthology and to be honest, I'm biding my time until Tim Curry's autobiography comes out. I'm writing this on the 9th of October 2025 and so, there's not long to wait now. Oh fine, back to Frank O'Connor.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
Published in 1915, The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan is a great work in the adventure and spy thriller genres. Buchan, a Scottish novelist, historian, and politician, wrote the novel as a form of escapism while recovering from illness. The book was serialised in Blackwood’s Magazine before being published in book form, achieving immediate popularity during the early years of the First World War.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Selected Poems: 1947-1995" by Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg was one of those poets that really divided people. There are those out there who thought he was a genius and others who thought he was a nutcase. Me, I'm in the middle. I appreciate some of his poems but others, I feel like there is definitely room for improvement. I read the hardback to The Best Minds of My Generation when I was in university and Howl I read whilst I was in school, so some of this rememberance is coming from a pretty long time ago. I have to say that I appreciate Kaddish more than Howl and yet, Wait 'Till I'm Dead is my favourite alongside Television was a Baby. Now it's time to revisit the selected poetry of one of the most divisive poets of the 20th century...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Amadeus" by Peter Shaffer
You're probably wondering why I'm doing so many rereads and perhaps it's because I'm feeling a bit nostalgic, but perhaps it is also because I'm yearning for great literature that I have enjoyed in the past. In the ways of repairing my mental health from the years 2024/2025 which was horrific for me (I mean it was quite possibly the worst year of my life), I have decided to reread some classics I have enjoyed. I'm not going to go for the usual classics I've enjoyed in the past, but I'm instead going towards things that when I first read them, moved me in a way I didn't think was possible from a book that didn't appear in my top 20. If you've read my review of Night by Elie Wiesel then you'll understand. Amadeus is my next one...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Wake Up" by Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac was definitely a prolific writer and there was so much released after his death that was never actually intended to be released ever. When I first read The Sea is My Brother, I couldn't help but think about whether Kerouac would have ever released this thing had he lived a little longer. I came to the conclusion that he would've probably done a Bob Dylan-esque 'Bootleg' situation and released them as writings from the past himself. When it comes to Wake Up though, I feel like it reads a bit like something Kerouac was working on but never really saw a future in. It's a bit overly simple and not quite exactly what I was hoping for out of him.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Loitering with Intent" by Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark is a wonderful author. One of my most recent reads by her before this one was The Driver's Seat and it was so dark and delicious that I was captivated from start to finish. The philosophy that drives the novel is often quite flexible, and therefore not very strong - and that's the whole point. The character is painted as floundering, barely keeping their head above the surface of the proverbial water and once they drop, they end up somewhere they didn't intend to with someone they didn't intend to be with. The Driver's Seat, unfortunately for this book, is still my favourite Muriel Spark novel. But that doesn't mean that this one wasn't worth the read. It definitely was...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Death by Disney
Disney is meant to be the happiest place on earth and more than often, that is exactly what people think of it. It is one of the most visited locations on the planet no matter which resort you look at. But sometimes, things go wrong and sometimes, people die. In this episode of Why It's Shifty, we are looking at the horrors that go down in such a location. Welcome to Death by Disney. Instead of covering every single death that has ever been recorded at Disney, we will look primarily at one where to this day, the site of the wreckage is said to be haunted. And even though it was closed, until only around a decade or so ago, some say you could still hear the theme music play across the barren land.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Flight to Arras" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Suddenly an absurd image comes to me: stopped clocks. Every clock, stopped. Church clocks, station clocks, Mantelpiece clocks in empty houses. The clock-maker has fled: in the window of his shop, an ossuary of dead clocks. It's war...no one winds the clocks. No one gathers the beetroot. No one repairs the carts. And the water, captured and piped to quench thirst or to whiten fine Sunday lace for village girls, runs into a spreading pool outside the church. And we die, in summer..."
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "POPism" by Andy Warhol and Pat Hackett
You have probably read my review of The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and if you haven't then you probably want to get yourself over there. POPism is a much longer book and has more of Andy Warhol himself in it - it is less about his philosophy and more about his life. It begins in a pretty odd place and sometimes he even talks about getting shot. At the moment, I'm pretty confused about the state of Jackson Pollock but on the whole, I've enjoyed this text. Don't worry, there's no narrative about weird stuff I find in a book to go with this one. But the book itself is a whole different story...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Sons and Lovers by DH Lawrence
Published in 1913, Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence is a semi-autobiographical novel that draws heavily from Lawrence’s own experiences growing up in a working-class mining community in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. The novel was Lawrence’s third, following The White Peacock (1911) and The Trespasser (1912), and it marked his emergence as a significant literary figure.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
