Annie Kapur
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The Case for Social Media
Sometimes, social media can be demonised way more than it should be (I should know, I do it quite often). But honestly, it has been one of the greatest inventions after the internet. For everyone bashing how social media has 'destroyed' everyone there's also a bunch of things that social media has actually made better.
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Visions of the Vampire" ed. by Sorcha Ni Fhlainn and Xavier Aldana Reyes
As you know, I love tales of Vampires as long as they aren't Twilight. I mean, Interview with the Vampire is one of my favourite films and books of all time and I adored The Vampire Chronicles books whilst at school. I know there are some people that read my work that are perhaps more sceptical of vampires but honestly, each to their own. I've owned this book for ages and perhaps read it once or twice. I'm really into these collections and re-reading is another thing I'm doing at the moment. So I hope you enjoy me going on about vampires for a bit...
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Let the Lord Sort Them" by Maurice Chammah
Four years' ago I reviewed a book called Let the Lord Sort Them by Maurice Chammah and I'm back revisiting that text in a bit more detail. It is a fantastic book about the death penalty and teaches the reader about why perhaps it is not the best way of dealing with things. If you would like to know my stance, I am entirely against the death penalty because of a) the cost and b) it basically is the chicken's way out. Someone who has committed a crime should have all their freedoms taken away. The death penalty isn't really justice at all. But let's see what Maurice Chammah has to teach us about why the death penalty is ineffective.
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
What's In a Scary Reading Experience?
Welcome to my newest instalment on the theme of 'reading experiences'. We can all Google what a book is about but what the 'experience' of reading it was is something special to you and you alone. Previously, I had published an article relating to reading experiences and what they are all about, giving you some of mine from the past decade that have stuck out to me. A reading experience doesn't necessarily have to be you reading your favourite book. It just needs to be a memorable and meaningful experience that you can recall. However, for the sake of this article, I will be diving into the scariest books I have ever read and what my experiences of them were. Yes, we are all aware of The Exorcist and American Psycho being fairly terrifying, but what about these absolute horrors...?
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Recollections of My Non-Existence" by Rebecca Solnit
I've had this book for a while and well, I read it back in the May of 2021. I've decided that I might revisit some old classics. Rebecca Solnit is a pretty good writer and I enjoy the idea that a book may also speak to me (as often as I do feel fairly invisible in the real world and ironically, I also feel incredibly paranoid from time to time). Recollections on My Non-Existence isn't just a book about not existing, it's about one's experience of existence not being acknowledged or respected in any way. From time to time, it's reality can get depressing but honestly, it is all true. I love the writing in this book and if you haven't read it already then I highly recommend it.
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Glow" by Jessie Gaynor
It's August 2025 (where has time gone?) and I'm reading more wellness horror/thriller novels. I'm going to admit it, the more I read of this trend, the more tired it seems. It was super original to begin with but there are only so many stories you can write about basically the same thing and each time, they get worse. Ling Ling Huang's Natural Beauty will always be the original book because, in my opinion, it is the best written. After that, we take a bit of a turn with EK Sathue's novel Youthjuice. But, I think The Glow by Jessie Gaynor is really toeing the line between what we would consider a good novel and what we can pick apart and say 'this isn't original at all.' Let's take a look at where it stands...
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Youthjuice" by E.K Sathue
As you probably know from my review of Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang, wellness horror is on the rise. Youthjuice is another one of these that is definitely on-trend when it comes to themes, story and characters. However, are we at the tipping point for where wellness horror is becoming fatigued? I could not help myself whilst reading this book, I constantly kept comparing it to Natural Beauty. I definitely thought about whether it was becoming a tired subgenre or whether I had become too used to it. Needless to say, this book had both its ups and its downs. Let's take a look at why...
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
The Dudleytown Curse
This is a curse that has always interested me mainly because it has so much scope to become legend in the future. We have accounts so far of things that have happened, strange shadows being seen, situations taking place that make no sense and much more. Dudleytown is one of the most famous cases of haunting across the USA and, since I absolutely love horror. I ate this one up.
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Night Watching" by Tracy Sierra
At the moment, I'm actually trying to discover my next read and by the time this review comes out, hopefully I would have solved the problem. I was also recently involved with a friend of mine who stated that they would like to watch all of the MCU movies again. I politely declined stating that I had already seen them all, many more then once and if we were going to start at Iron Man 1 and work through week by week, we would both be a year older at least by the time we caught up to the current MCU again. Anyways, Night Watching was a fantastic book from start to finish...
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, first published in 1900, is one of the most celebrated works in American children’s literature. Written during a time of rapid industrialisation and social change in the United States, the novel reflects both the optimism and the struggles of its era. Baum was inspired by his storytelling sessions with his children and a desire to create a distinctly American fairy tale. Unlike European counterparts steeped in moral lessons and dark undertones, Baum’s work aimed to entertain while subtly addressing themes of self-reliance and personal growth.
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Complete Ghost Stories" by M.R James . Top Story - August 2025.
M.R James is perhaps one of my favourite short story writers purely for the fact that many of them are pretty bloody terrifying and have scared the pants off me in the past. There are certain stories in here where I have said to myself that I would never read again because when I read them the first time in my teens, I was really quite frightened. However, I have read them since then and I can confirm: still frightened. I'm actually working on a list of the scariest stuff I've ever read and if it has come out already by the time this review is released then I've done well there. If it hasn't, well then you might have to wait a bit longer for it.
By Annie Kapur6 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Summer of the Monsters" by David Sodergren
I am back reading David Sodergren novels. In the past, I have enjoyed The Haar and The Forgotten Island and honestly, nothing has topped that first one as of yet but some have been pretty close. I've often praised David Sodergren's novels for being more than just meaningless gore. Instead, they have this weird extended metaphor that runs beneath them, the gore simply adding a layer to the horrors of all that is happening. Sodergren's novels are written often in atmospheric and quite fun ways - often creating whole backstories to characters and situations in a novel that also doesn't overwhelm the reader with information. Let's take a look at this one then, entitled Summer of the Monsters...
By Annie Kapur6 months ago in Geeks
