Annie Kapur
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Book Review: "The Butcher" by Jennifer Hillier
I've never read a book by Jennifer Hillier before and well, I got this one on my phone because it was cheaper. I want to read more creepy and scary novels because obviously, Halloween is coming up. The Butcher is a book that fits that scary vibe but alongside that it also has a comment on power dynamics in which we can see the modern world through the lens of something that is horrifically wrong. There are so many possibilities in this book and though it keeps you on the edge of your seat, it also gives you a lot to think about.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Maggie Cassidy" by Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac is one of those writers I read a lot of in university. I had a great time in my teens with books like On the Road and The Town and the City. But when I got to university, I found a whole new sea of books to read by him with one of my favourites being The Sea is My Brother. When it came to Maggie Cassidy, I think I must have skipped over this one or just missed it out. Books like Mexico City Blues got me obsessed in my university years too - I have no idea how Maggie Cassidy missed my gaze though. Well, the language is beautiful and the writing is simply fantastic. Let's see what it is about then...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Soft Gingerbread Men
Yes, I'm watching scary stuff on Netflix and well, it's not really as scary as everyone was making it out to be but here we are. Halloween is coming and well, I wanted to use some more autumnal flavours to create a perfect soft gingerbread. We can all make a snappy gingerbread with tons of sugar and all of its very unhealthy. But, softer gingerbread creates a meltier flavour and has a little bit less sugar in it for those of us looking to cut down. There's some heat involved here and the chilling takes about an hour to do it properly. One thing that is pretty good though is that the cooling of the biscuits don't take too much time. I hope you enjoy reading this recipe as much as I enjoyed making it...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Feast
Book Review: "The Holy Sinner" by Thomas Mann
One of the great novels of the 20th century is Thomas Mann's Lotte in Weimar and, if you've been paying attention, I've also written about his book Death in Venice in the 'Why it's a Masterpiece' series. His novel Dr Faustus is, in my opinion, one of the great novels of his time and The Magic Mountain has often inspired other great novels such as Olga Tokarczuk's The Empusium (which I also enjoyed and reviewed). How I completely missed The Holy Sinner I will never know but here we are, with another used book costing a very small amount of money. The book is practically falling apart but isn't that all the fun of it?
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Raisin and Ginger Cupcakes
Welcome back to my recipes. If you'd like an overview of them then simply go to my profile and click on 'Feast'. Anything published in the last 1-2 months is part of the autumnal baking series I'm doing. As you know, I'm personally not a huge fan of cake and biscuits, but when I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed or a bit sad, it gets me up and doing something that isn't on my laptop. It's also close to Halloween which means of course I was making myself feel better by watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre last night. Yes, it was the original one. I'm quite excited for Halloween. As you can see I've also been making my soups and I will be continuing with some of those later on.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Feast
Book Review: "Night" by Elie Wiesel
I've read this one before but it was a while back now. It was definitely time for a reread because since a couple of years' ago, I have been seeing it everywhere. Forgive me for this statement of pure idiocy but: the 'universe' was telling me to reread this book. I honestly forgot how upsetting this book was, some of the images are just harrowing and the fact that it is a real account of what happened from a person who was actually there just makes it all the more horrifying. So without further introduction, let us explore one of the most important books of the 20th century...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol" by Andy Warhol
Note: If you don't want to read the little narrative at the beginning, please skip to the 'review' heading. *** Okay, so I have to tell you a story so you might be here for some time. This isn't the review but it has something to do with the book so stay seated. I bought this book used for like 50p to £1 and it is a little worse for wear to be perfectly honest, though it is still readable and that's all I care about.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Leave No Trace - Japan’s Evaporating People
Welcome back to 'why it's shifty' and today we are looking at a strange phenomenon: Japan's evaporating people. Commonly known as johatsu, these people just randomly vanish, leaving behind their family and friends to wonder exactly what happened. Popularised in the 1960s and 1970s, there's something that has never sat right with me about this. But, at the end of the day, it is up to the individual. Even if the individual may not be in a sound state of mind when they commit to something that will come to redefine everything about who they are...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Imagist Poetry" ed. by Peter Jones . Top Story - October 2025.
Hopefully you and I can skim over the legacy of the poet Ezra Pound, who was basically the leader of this movement, and concentrate on what the movement itself was actually about. Imagism: a subculture of poetry focused on deliberate imagery, blossoming in the early 20th century at roughly the same time as Modernism and including a whole range of poets that we've probably heard of, and some that fell into obscurity. I was quite surprised that I became interested in this anthology but I've been waiting a whole long damn time to read it, so here we are.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Night and Day by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day was published on 20 October 1919 by Duckworth & Co. It is Woolf’s second novel, following her debut The Voyage Out (1915). The book reflects Woolf’s exploration of traditional Edwardian narrative structures, which she would later reject in favour of her modernist style seen in works like Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Buffalo Hunter Hunter" by Stephen Graham Jones
I've encountered Stephen Graham Jones quite a bit over the course of the last few years. The anthology When Things Get Dark in which several horror writers attempt to write in the style of Shirley Jackson was perhaps one of my personal favourites he has been involved with. The Only Good Indians was a pretty good one and I have yet to read a couple that I really want to including: Don't Fear the Reaper and The Ones Who Got Away. Stephen Graham Jones is perhaps one of the most intriguing voices in contemporary horror because of his mix of folk, cultural horror and suspense. Now, on to the review for The Buffalo Hunter Hunter...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Enchanted April" by Elizabeth von Arnim
This book was recommended to me by the wonderful world of the internet. I saw someone talking about its tone and I was definitely in. The book itself is gorgeous, atmospheric and funny and the characters are brilliant. Starting off by being set in Hampstead, our main character Mrs Lotty Wilkins is enamoured by an advertisement of a Medieval Castle in the newspaper. As her husband encourages her to 'save for a rainy day' she has become so thrifty with her clothes that she practically dresses in rags. But now, she's come to her 'rainy day' and she's wondering what to do next...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
