Annie Kapur
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Book Review: "Falls to Pieces" by Douglas Corleone
I have never ever heard of this writer and I have never ever heard of this book. But one day, I was browsing through Amazon and this randomly popped up. It had never been in my recommendations before, there was nothing that had ever suggested it to me but once I saw it and read the blurb, I was interested. Packed with tension and atmosphere, this book lays in on well and carries it along the whole text, through every character and in every crack and scratch. I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed it to be honest. Let's take a look at in then...
By Annie Kapur9 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Mad About Shakespeare" by Jonathan Bate
Ooh as we are on the topic of the books I read in university and now I'm re-reading them (or, in fact I started reading them in university and then had to abandon them for other books that were more required, boo), I would like to go through this one because as much as I read Jonathan Bate - I must have completely missed this one.*
By Annie Kapur9 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Bloom" by Delilah S. Dawson
We in Britain are experiencing a heatwave and I was at the library lately. I borrowed quite a few books and a lot of them seem to be very cool (but also very dark) novels. I was really looking for some Joyce Carol Oates and yet, they only had one or two that I had not yet read, the others I had not read were not available. Sometimes, that can be a pretty good thing and here, it has been. I managed to borrow a book called Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson. It was absolutely awesome and to be fair, I have to tell you all about it.
By Annie Kapur9 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Natural Beauty" by Ling Ling Huang
Oh alright, I never actually meant to read this book but it was cheap on Kindle. And plus, I'm sick and tired of people and Amazon recommending me David Foster Wallace books. I will say this on behalf of 99% of the female reading community: we cannot stand the man. He's mostly a terrible writer who got lucky once or twice. Anyways, Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang is a book about a woman who goes to work in a high-end beauty shop called Holistik which specialises in all the rubbish wellness routines you see on Instagram and think: wow, that's a scam. So, let's take a look into what actually goes on within...
By Annie Kapur9 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "A Sunny Place for Shady People" by Mariana Enriquez
I've read quite a few Mariana Enriquez books. I think her best one has to be The Dangers of Smoking in Bed - it is probably one of the better anthologies of its year as well. When it comes to her writing, it is more than often following this sense of being deeply emotional, but also quite conceptually frightening. In her anthology Things We Lost in the Fire, it is the outcasts who are followed into the psychological depths. This made me quite excited to read her other efforts, one of them being the renowned Sunny Places for Shady People. The stories within this anthology have proved to be some of her best. Will it knock The Dangers of Smoking in Bed off the top spot for me? Let's have a look...
By Annie Kapur9 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "My Search for Warren Harding" by Robert Plunket
I'm always happy when a Penguin Modern Classics' book comes out on Kindle for cheap and this book was no exception. My Search for Warren Harding was described as a book that would make me laugh out loud and even though it didn't do that (since I don't actually laugh very often at anything, nothing about the book), I still enjoyed it quite a lot. At the moment, the world is getting over the AI Studio Ghibli art crisis and has completely ignored the Myanmar earthquake. It's a tough world filled with entitled idiots but here we are, to get reading about one more and his name is Elliott Weiner.
By Annie Kapur9 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Genius of Shakespeare" by Jonathan Bate
I have had this book for years. It's true that when your mental health is bad, you should read Shakespeare or at least, something about him. It's March 2025 and I'm going full circle back to books I've read in the past. The last time I read this book was perhaps a few weeks before writing this review but, I have read it many times over the course of my degree and that was nearly ten years' ago now. If you think 'I can't read Shakespeare Literary Theory because I didn't do a literature degree' I want you to eject that thought from your mind because there is absolutely no reason you can't do it. It's like I always say, even if you read a paragraph a day and you finish the book in ten or fifteen years - you still read it. So if you want to read it, go ahead. There's no competition and you have your entire life to do it. That time will be wisely spent! Now on to the review...
By Annie Kapur9 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Bat Eater" by Kylie Lee Baker
This book has been quite literally everywhere. I've seen it on Amazon, on social media and even in real life. I've wanted to read it for a while but obviously, had to wait for it to become a price I could afford. Finally, it came down to something reasonable and I got it on my Kindle. Not able to sleep, I stayed up to read this book and honestly it was hilarious, underlined with deep social commentary and I think I saw a lot of myself in the young Cora at the beginning of the book. I would highly recommend everyone who wants a huge ride through the pandemic in a whole different way to read this book. It is fantastic.
By Annie Kapur9 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Isaiahs in the Void" by Kendall Defoe
Check out his full page below: Have you ever wanted to read a book by your favourite creators on Vocal? Well, I have. I actually wish some of my favourite creators would write books so that I could read them. I was in luck when Kendall Defoe published his book (you should get it) and definitely supports my claim that there is nothing else I could give it but 5/5. Full marks. Brilliant. Awesome. In these hot spring days, one thing I can say I need more of in my life is poetry and who better to go to than one of my favourite poets on this entire site (and possibly anywhere if I really think about it), than Kendall Defoe? I'm so glad I read this.
By Annie Kapur9 months ago in Geeks
How Books Shape Our Lives
Previously, I wrote about 'What's in a Reading Experience?' to find out about how we can recall the experience of reading certain books and that, in turn creates a memory for us. These memories become more important when we return to those books. For example: I have read Cloud Atlas many times and every time I read it, my mind returns to the first experience of doing so - and because it was positive, I enjoy the new reading experience more.
By Annie Kapur9 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Literature for the People" by Sarah Harkness
As I have discussed previously, I have recently found a great love for reserving books at the library and then picking them up instead of sticking around in what is less of a library and more of a social club. Yes, I'm ranting about why people can't be quiet in a library these days. I will have to say though that back when I was in Birmingham, most people were quiet in the library and the library itself was bigger with far, far more people in it. Perhaps it is just this one that's like this (I hope so). But I reserved this book and I am so glad I did. Big and chunky, it is all about the history of Macmillan Publishing.
By Annie Kapur9 months ago in Geeks
War and Peace - The Nazis and the Pope
During World War II, the relationship between the Vatican and Nazi Germany remains one of the most contentious and mysterious chapters of history. The central figure in this debate is Pope Pius XII, whose actions, or lack thereof, during the Nazi regime have been the subject of intense scrutiny. Some claim that Pius XII was sympathetic to Hitler’s regime, citing his silence in the face of the Holocaust and his controversial negotiations with Nazi officials. Others argue that he worked behind the scenes to protect Jews and sabotage Nazi plans. With conflicting accounts, limited evidence, and decades of secrecy surrounding Vatican archives, the truth remains elusive, leaving us to question whether Pius XII was a passive bystander, a secret collaborator, or a cautious diplomat caught between a tyrannical regime and a neutral church.
By Annie Kapur9 months ago in Geeks
