literature
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Book Review: "The Boy from the Woods" by Harlan Coben
I've read quite a bit by Harlan Coben and his novels are always very much of interest when we start to investigate both past and present. Things come to light throughout a main character's past that we may have not know before and now, everything needs to be resolved before it is too late. His books are written with deep and often driving descriptions but there is also a sense of urgency that makes the novels so exciting to read. In this book, the back and forth of dialogues, the nature of 'the boy from the woods' and the entire tale of backgrounds into people like Laila and Hester, Gavin and Saul make you wonder about the true nature of the characters, their motivations and what their future might be like within them.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Moon and the Bonfires" by Cesare Pavese
I read a book by Cesare Pavese previously and I'm going to be honest with you, I did not like it very much. This one though, this one was one of the better ones and I was really impressed. This full novel is a great example of Cesare Pavese's descriptive writing. About a man who returns to his hometown expecting some amount of respect and heartwarming welcome, but instead gets an unexpected welcome of outstandish nature. People are strangely adverse towards him.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
5 Books I Got From Lulu
What is Lulu? Lulu are a publishing company that has been around since the beginning of the millennium. They helped authors who struggled to get their work published through the traditional route. Before Amazon brought in their kindles and paperback option, the only choice, for many indie authors was publishing their book through Lulu Press.
By Chloe Gilholy5 years ago in Geeks
Review of Crown of Coral and Pearl’
"A fabulous interweaving of fantasy, politics, and sisterhood--this unusual, tense tale will have you on the edge of your seat!"--#1 New York Times bestselling author Tamora Pierce Red Queen meets House of Salt and Sorrow in Mara Rutherford's debut YA fantasy Crown of Coral and Pearl, which follows a young woman from a village on the sea who must impersonate her twin on land to save everyone she loves from a tyrannical prince. For generations, the crown princes of Ilara have married the most beautiful maidens from the ocean village of Varenia. Nor once dreamed of seeing the mysterious mountain kingdom for herself, but after a childhood accident left her with a scar, she knew her twin sister, Zadie, would likely be chosen to marry the crown prince. Then Zadie is injured, and Nor is sent to Ilara in her place. She soon discovers her future husband, Prince Ceren, is as forbidding and cold as his home. And as she grows closer to Ceren's brother, Prince Talin, Nor learns of a failing royal bloodline, a murdered queen...and a plot to destroy her village. To save her people, Nor must learn to negotiate the treacherous protocols of a court where lies reign and obsession rules...but discovering her own formidable strength may cost her everything she loves.
By Cyn's Workshop5 years ago in Geeks
Literature and Classism
Literature is a wide subject filled with fantastical energy penned by passionate people who want to write something to connect with someone somewhere. They can be crime, romance, artistic, classic, contemporary, poetry, plays, tragedy, comedy, young adult, erotica, horror and even down to memoir or academic literature. All of these are included from the classic novel to the graphic novel. In a perfect world, none is above the other in terms of importance.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
3 Great Non-Fiction Books on the Renaissance
When I was doing my undergraduate degree, I loved to learn about the Renaissance. I cannot tell you how many plays from that era I have read and seen performed because it would make me look like a freak. Anyways, whilst writing essays etc. about such things and writing papers for my own comfort (I know, I'm strange), I have also liked to delve into books about the Renaissance that could have not only helped me but have also been captivating to read.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
3 Great Novels by Vladimir Nabokov
Honestly, I have to say I adore the works of Vladimir Nabokov. His books are written beautifully, there are many layers to each reasoning of morality and the characters always seem on the brink of some massive change within their souls - whether good or bad we will have to wait and see.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Top 3 Books You've Probably Never Heard of...
"Everything was symbolic to him. How he dressed, how he spoke, how he thought, who he associated with. Everything had to be prolific or why do it and his attitude was always tongue-in-cheek. Jean was always watching himself from outside of himself and laughing." - Widow Basquiat
By Alicia Renee5 years ago in Geeks
Surmounted, Comprehended, Possessed
Salt Lake City is an easy town to know. You can see it all. Lying in a great bowl valley, it can be surmounted and comprehended and possessed wholly as few cities can. … The streets are marked by a system so logical that you can instantly tell not merely where you are but exactly how far you are from anywhere else … Looking into the blank walls of cities … breeds things in people that eventually have to be lanced (At Home in the Fields of The Lord).
By Charly Kuecks5 years ago in Geeks
Redemption (or lack thereof) in Heidi and Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist and Heidi are the two books I most recently finished reading. I enjoyed them both in different ways. And they both really had an overarching idea of redemption, though one had it in abundance and the other had an absence of it.
By Sasha Nichols5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Magician" by W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham is an amazing writer and honestly, I have read quite a few novels and short stories by him including his very famous novel "Of Human Bondage" which was made into a film starring Bette Davis (which was also a brilliant film). "The Magician" though was also a really different novel by W. Somerset Maugham in the sense that it was darker, it had more superstition and it was not necessarily comfortable from time to time. It is about a couple of people who meet a man called Oliver Haddo - who I think is supposed to be based on Aleister Crowley but I'm not sure. The book explores the philosophy of the occult and its beliefs. It also explores aspects of dark magic and superstition. There is a ton of stuff to explore in this novel and again, it is very different to most W. Somerset Maugham novels I have read.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Elephant's Journey" by Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century and his prose has often conjured overwhelming emotions within me. This book is no exception. Even though the book is supposed to be a bit witty and a bit odd, I found it also very emotional because it still contains these moments within Jose Saramago's novels that characterise them for the reader: these moments of pure emotion, these philosophical introspective thoughts, this moving storyline that normally involves growth of being.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
