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Book Review: "Voices from Punjab" by Anita Goyal and Aastha Singhania
As a woman born in Britain to Punjabi Indian parents, I have constantly reminded of being an outsider to the inspiring quotation and actions of my white female counterparts. When I found this book though, I was suddenly opened up to this world in which there were other women like me, other women who had experienced similar rules and regulations to the Punjabi girl lifestyle and yet, had come out on top. Even if they were in their forties and fifties when they did - it did happen eventually. As a Punjabi woman, there were certain rules for me that did not exist for my white friends and so, this book helped me to discover how we can use our own moral rules and lifestyles to achieve something special - even though we must work twice as hard to be noticed for the same amount.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Professor Woodbeck's directive.
Professor Woodbeck’s directive. It was the third pen that had run dry that week, and Professor Woodbeck was becoming concerned. Ever since the night of the 3rd of July, a dull and languid oppression had settled upon the house. That night had been a glow with green evanescent orbs, hurtling through the atmosphere at 50 miles per second, like iridescent tadpoles. The morning papers had raved about the possibility of a Soviet attack on the U.S; amateur astronomers posited a case for meteoric activity within the Earth’s atmosphere, whilst ‘Talula’s Tarots’ of the New Orleans Daily’s ‘weird and wonderful’ column prophesised ‘a wave of wealth and prosperity’ for the intrepid amongst her readers.
By Zak Walters 5 years ago in Geeks
Birthday Clues
It’s been three weeks since I found it underneath the bench. I’ve thought about handing it over to the police but…what if, y’know? What if it was left for me? What if it means something? So far, I haven’t been able to make heads or tails of what’s inside, but I’m sure it’s significant somehow. It has to mean something!
By Joan Yordán5 years ago in Geeks
The Gift
It was deep winter when a young writer walked into a secondhand store. The outside noise of car tyres slopping through slush and blistering wind was muffled by a raggedy carpet and shelves stuffed to the brim with people’s previous lives. The original broiler warmed the shop and the writer’s limbs from the biting cold.
By Emrys Csato5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Housewarming" by S.E Lynes
"The Housewarming" is a book that centres around a housewarming party hosted by a family called the Lovegoods. A set of fairly rich and flashy people in a part of town full of average folk who like simple things. Ava has a daughter called Abi and one day, Abi goes missing. Ava is frantic and pregnant, but still searches for her daughter, not giving up in the lengths that she will go to find out what happened - even if it is detrimental to her marriage. I don't though, feel like Matt, the husband and father, cares enough about his daughter's disappearance. He seems distant from it all and out to protect other people instead of his wife. Arriving at the party, Ava finds out from her husband that there is a lie that he wants to share with her - it changes everything almost immediately. She cannot implicate anyone with her daughter's disappearance without evidence. The police may be scaling back the search but Ava is desperate to find out where her daughter is. She befriends Jennifer Lovegood - the woman of the house. But it will be Jennifer's daughter, the adorable SEN child named Jasmine, that is of the most interest to Ava.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
A Pact of Kingdoms Part III
Gaspar and Juba stood silently as they watched the training of new recruits taking place in the courtyard. Juba was still dressed in his robes but carried his spear with him, and a dagger on his left hip. He traded his slippers for leather riding boots and fashioned a heavy dyed yellow sheepskin cloak to protect him from the Apheasean snow. The recruits were getting schooled in the art of combat by a lean rough looking brute with long and tangled brownish-blonde hair down to his neck. He sported black leather trousers with calf high boots that were standard issue in the king’s army. The brute was training shirtless and didn’t seemed bothered by the freezing temperatures. His cool grey eyes were half focused on his opponent, half focused on the wine sack near the rest of his equipment. He and the recruit were in a training circle with wooden swords. The recruit was pressing his attack, but the brute parried every blow with ease while laughing. The crowd of recruits were cheering for their fellow comrade until he made the unfortunate mistake of knocking the sword out of the brute’s hand and connecting with a punch to the face.
By Andrew Thomas5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Wake" by Vikki Patis
Thrillers are some of my favourite books to sit there and read for hours on end. They contain engrossing stories with many twists and turns, mixed up identities and strange happenings that would cause the nature of families and friendships within the novels to collapse. I love reading about these secrets that people keep from each other that only come out when they are forced out, found out or happen in a mysterious way to be pulled out during a tense moment. I have to say, this book contains all the logic and tension of the thriller that you love but then, there is a lot more to it than that. There is so much more to the book than that. It is written brilliantly and in a style that is consistent with multiple perspectives. It is an incredible work.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Tales From The Void
Gabriela set about really going through the things she had taken from the snake creature that had attacked her. Most of the trinkets were silver or gold cups, some jewelry, and scant amount of coins. There was however a bracer that caught her eye. It was high tech with a readout display that popped up when you tapped it. “This could definitely come in handy.”
By Nathan Cleve Durham5 years ago in Geeks
