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Book Review: "Coin Locker Babies" by Ryu Murakami
Japanese Literature has never ceased to amaze me. Whether it be the modern golden age of writers such as Yukio Mishima with his wonderful “The Sailor who Fell From Grace with the Sea” or whether it is Junichiro Tanizaki with his incredible “Makioka Sisters” or even Yasunari Kawabata and his “Thousand Cranes”. From then on, Japanese Literature has really been a staple of the modern classic novel. Writers such as Haruki Murakami have made the surrealist novel a popular subgenre of literary fiction, coming across with books such as “Killing Commendatore”, “1Q84” and my personal favourite Murakami novel, “After Dark”. One of the most prominent modern voices of Japanese Literature though has to be Yoko Ogawa with the brilliant bibliography that includes both “Revenge” and “The Memory Police”. But from Sayaka Murata to Hiromi Kawakami, from the olden Natsume Soseki to the newer Banana Yoshimoto, each phase of Japanese Literature has had its own taste of greatness. Books of extreme imagination, the likes of which the west has hardly seen, get told in awe-inspiring depth and this is also true for the surrealist writer - Ryu Murakami. His book “Coin Locker Babies” being a perfect example of 80s surrealist fiction before surrealist fiction was really taking off.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
Review of 'Grace and Glory'
THE FINALE TO THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING HARBINGER SERIES Trinity Marrow has lost the battle and her beloved Protector. Even with both demons and Wardens on her side, Trin may not win the war against the Harbinger. Bringing Lucifer back to the world to fight the Harbinger is probably a really, really bad idea, but they’re out of options—and the world’s ultimate fallen angel is the only being powerful enough to impact the outcome. As Trin and Zayne form a new and more dangerous bond and Lucifer unleashes Hell on earth, the apocalypse looms and the world teeters on the end of forever. Win or lose, one thing is certain—nothing will ever be the same.
By Cyn's Workshop4 years ago in Geeks
5 Great Books I Read in October '21
Now, we are slowly approaching the end of 2021, which means you can look forward to me mapping out another birthday article as my special day follows the new year by a few weeks. But another thing I want to say is that I've got some pretty cool stuff planned for the next year - I feel like expanding a little. I mean, I already publish an article every day and well, I'm not going to lie it's a little tiring. But, I can definitely try to work on my plan since my passion is to tell you guys about all the books I'm reading and the films I'm choosing to analyse (sometimes, as you may have seen on the internet - against my will... *coughs in Quentin Tarantino*).
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
How Reading Over 100 Books a Year Changed Me . Top Story - November 2021.
Since coming back on Goodreads a few years ago, I’ve probally read more books in a few years than I did in my whole lifetime. I always try to read at least one book a week weather it’s paperback, e-book, audiobook or online. I have over 2000 books on my kindle, yet, according to my kindle app, I have only read 132. This count does not include books I have not finished. Nor does it include the books I have physical copies off.
By Chloe Gilholy4 years ago in Geeks
Speaking From the Depths
Speaking from the depths As I write this, I am sitting on my bed in Ghana. Feeling somewhat lost, but almost found. Over the past few weeks, I have had moments of perceptive clarity. Epiphanic episodes so to speak. I have been writing since I was five, however, speaking my truth has always been a terrifying fear of mine. Something changed last week when I started reading Girl Code by Carla Lewill Lebya. She writes her truth, she speaks candidly about her experiences and boldly encourages you to do what makes your heart sing. If I am to speak from the depths of my heart, I have lived my life in fear, terrified of what the outside world would think of me.
By Edina Jackson-Yussif 4 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Salt Eaters" by Toni Cade Bambara
Books about depression never go unnoticed in the world of the literary novel. Books with undertones of depression including works such as: “Absalom, Absalom!” By William Faulkner, “Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf, “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison and even parts of various Stephen King novels have managed to grasp the hearts and minds of literary critics for over hundreds of years starting with “The Anatomy of Melancholy” by John Burton. To be able to mix the heightened realms of the psychological novel that depicts depression with something as monumental as a historical event in the 20th century means that the author has succeeded in creating a heavily realistic and relative backdrop for their book. In the novel “The Salt Eaters” by Toni Cade Bambara, we get various instances of the political narrative blended with the ideas and researchers related to the depression of the main character - this creates a more experimental tone and sets the novel apart from many other of its counterparts in the same era.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
The 10 Best Books by Agatha Christie
Born September 15, 1890, in the UK, Agatha Christie has written more than 60 mystery novels and more than a dozen short story collections, as well as a few other non-police books (among them her autobiography, published posthumously in 1977) . In 2015, the official website of the Queen of Crime set out to discover which are the best books by Agatha Christie. For this, it carried out a worldwide survey with the author's fans, who could choose their favorite books among all the works produced by her.
By Borba de Souza4 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Luminaries" by Eleanor Catton
Yes, I know - I’m only reading “The Luminaries” by Eleanor Catton now. So where was I in 2013 when it was first released? Well, I was probably crying on my bedroom floor about how hard all my work was and having various nervous breakdowns. The last thing I needed was an almost 850 page novel on top of everything I was already reading and re-reading and analysing and preparing for. It was all a little bit touchy in that year and I hate to say it, but I knew that the novel existed well enough to know that it was probably not the best time to read it. After that, I was completely bogged down by everything else that “The Luminaries” fell into the black hole of the ‘to be read’ list and never really seemed to surface again. I am not going to lie to you, I have no real reason for that and I have even seen other people reading it over the course of my periods at university. Last week, I finally gave up and bought myself a copy, sitting down every morning with a cafetière of “Skull Crusher” coffee and began to read this intense, oversized and incredible novel. I was completely immersed in it every morning of that week.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "When Things Get Dark" ed. by Ellen Datlow
Shirley Jackson was a genius of fiction. When I was a pre-teen, I read the book "The Haunting of Hill House" and scared myself silly. It made my list of 20 most terrifying books I've read. Check it out here. After reading that book, my life changed towards what was capable with terror and how horror can create feelings of absolute fright. Since then, I made a point of reading everything Shirley Jackson had written. With things still being discovered and collated to this day, I'm not sure I will ever finish that promise to myself and yet, I cannot wait for the next discovery. My most recent Shirley Jackson book was called "Raising Demons" and it was brilliant. But, I am a bigger fan of her classic mystery and terror. I think far more people need to read Shirley Jackson's short stories as they are some of her best works - the stories are strange realities in which nobody seems to know exactly what will happen. For example: a woman who is being mistaken for another woman but she doesn't know why, and apart from things going bump in the night it is rather things that go bang in the day.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Whistling" by Rebecca Netley
One of my favourite books in the whole world is Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre”. Yes, I have read “Wide Sargasso Sea” by Jean Rhys as well. But “Jane Eyre” always had a haunting quality about it. It always had a lot of atmosphere. Another book I enjoyed in my youth that also scared the ever-living daylights out of me was “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James. I honestly think that you can only really be frightened of these books if you understand word for word about what is happening. The emotional connections to certain characters plus the atmosphere can make for excellent reading and some brilliant spooky season material. Recently, I have finished reading “The Whistling” by Rebecca Netley which not only reminds me of those two great books, but uses their best parts to create an indulgent halloween read composed of all the best parts of the classic Victorian Ghost Story. A masterclass in atmosphere and mood, this novel gives a tone to the 1860s and colours it every shade of eerie. It feels like a cross between those two books and the works of Susan Hill in the fact that we are given so little ‘background’ as to the ‘why’ and yet, we are thrown into a novel that we cannot pull ourselves away from.
By Annie Kapur4 years ago in Geeks
