literature
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Literary Snobbery...
Literary Snobbery is when people who read literature think that there is a ‘right’ kind of literature to read. Normally these are people who think that if you read then you should read the ‘classics’. These ‘classics’ are the sort of old-world literature that is normally found in the ‘great western canon’ by Harold Bloom or something like that. Now, there is nothing wrong with reading the classics. I love to read classics and mostly, that is what I read. However, telling people that this is what they should be reading and using that to gate-keep the literature community is just downright wrong. Not everyone is going to enjoy reading classic literature and to say that someone is lesser of a bookworm that you because they like to read something else is a form of bullying.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Weights and Measures" by Joseph Roth
Ever since I read “The Radetzky March”, I have been totally and utterly interested in the works of Joseph Roth. Unfortunately, I kind of put him to one side in order to finish my TBR. But now we’re back and I am going to be reading more of him. I know people who have read quite a bit of Joseph Roth and know far more than I do about his works. “Weights and Measures” is one of those books I have seen talked about a lot. It is a very short book and much shorter than what I’m used to. Standing at about one hundred pages, there is not much to take in since the typeface is also quite large. But, this means that you have to focus on what the story actually is. Unlike his book “The Radetzky March”, Joseph Roth now crams in one man’s partial lifespan into this tiny book and is able to cover storylines and emotional breakdowns at an efficiency rate that you will not even realise it is happening. Anselm goes from being the model citizen to being a man in need, to being a man corrupted. Whilst he works at the border, whilst he conducts his life which is crumbling, he quickly tries to keep it together by any means necessary. When it becomes impossible, he turns to the implausible and at first, it seems entirely out of character, but as the book progresses, it is more and more normalised.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Series That I am Hooked On
1. A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest I am always a huge fan of vampire books especially when there is a love story thrown in there. However so far I am book 5 of this series and there are so many plot twists and the author really makes you feel a connection with each character. If you like supernatural books with a romantic touch this is a series you should definitely try.
By Katrina Chamberlain5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Aller Retour New York" by Henry Miller
The book “Aller Retour New York” is possibly one of the most engaging works that I have read by Henry Miller in all my reading years. It is yet another of these identity crisis novels in which the main character seeks to find themselves by dislocating from their current location and moving to somewhere that is somewhat new. Henry Miller goes from living in Paris, France to living in New York, U.S.A and this is one of the biggest steps he has taken in years. When he gets there, the things he experiences are all the way from “New York is the best place in the entire world” to “America is declining at a rapid speed” - those are not quotations from the book by the way, I just needed to separate them up. However, the time he spends in New York is also special not just because of the way he sees this place, but also because of the way this place brings out some of the most existential and philosophical quotations from the brutally mundane. The way this place just extorts a lexicon of honesty, vividness, vitality and ultimately, one of the biggest philosophical breakdowns I have ever seen, out of the author is something to be witnessed and something to be read, enjoyed and inhaled.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
The Beauty of Brandon Sanderson
With the imminent release of Brandon Sanderson's new novel 'Rhythm of War' there's no better time to celebrate the skills and ability of the author but if he's a new name to you then here are a few reasons why you should dip your toes into his ocean of work.
By Joseph Verney5 years ago in Geeks
Best Kindle Recommendations Of 2020
Living in the 21st, we have so many options and choices on anything and everything it seems like. Truthfully the thought of it can be overwhelming at times. Everything from the countless hours of Netflix we can binge to multiple ways to order your coffee at Starbucks.
By Kayla Lindley5 years ago in Geeks
Review of 'A Curse of Ash and Embers'
A dead witch. A bitter curse. A battle of magic. Some people knit socks by the fire at night. Gyssha Blackbone made monsters. But the old witch is dead now, and somehow it's Elodie's job to clean up the mess. When she was hired at Black Oak Cottage, Elodie had no idea she'd find herself working for a witch; and her acid-tongued new mistress, Aleida, was not expecting a housemaid to turn up on her doorstep. Gyssha's final curse left Aleida practically dead on her feet, and now, with huge monsters roaming the woods, a demonic tree lurking in the orchard and an angry warlock demanding repayment of a debt, Aleida needs Elodie's help, whether she likes it or not. And no matter what the old witch throws at her, to Elodie it's still better than going back home.
By Cyn's Workshop5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Penitent" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
I have not read anything by Isaac Bashevis Singer for years now and the last time I did, I remember it being a grand experience - but then his books all got too expensive and I became an adult, so I had to pay for them myself. So, it has been at least eight years since I have read anything by this author. To come back to reading him with his identity crisis tale “The Penitent” was a brilliant idea.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Raura
Here you shall read, the background of the main character of my book. This shows you the main character's story up to the point where the book actually begins. Raura, the main character, born of a royalty among the Shamial species but taken as a slave after her home was raided. Read how her story starts, which will continue through the book itself.
By Brittany Seebo5 years ago in Geeks
Queer Authors in British Literature
Virginia Woolf lived from 1882 to 1941, and was from a large family; she had three full-siblings and four half-siblings. When she was an adolescent, she studied Greek, German, and Latin, taking books from her father’s study to read and learn from because she was not allowed to attend Cambridge like her brothers did. She had a nervous breakdown as a teenager, contributing factors of which were that at age six, two of her half-brothers sexually abused her, at age thirteen her mother died abruptly, and at age fifteen her half-sister died; these were also factors in her lifelong struggle with depression. When Woolf was twenty-two years old, her father passed away as well, and this most threatened her mental health and she was temporarily institutionalized. She would spend periods of time at Burley House, a nursing home for women with a nervous disorder, in 1910, 1912, and 1913 (Pearce, 7). What social life Woolf cared to maintain was often disrupted by her difficulties, but by and large her literary prolificness remained unimpeded.
By Clara Reinke5 years ago in Geeks
