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Book Review: "The Hearing Trumpet" by Leonora Carrington
A book about the mundane human life of living to old age and then being shoved into a facility. A 92-year-old woman who believes she is perfectly capable of living on her own is admitted to an institution where she observes that everyone has given up in the name of weird cult-like religious sermons and living in igloo-style houses. Whilst she gets to know her institution, she also gets to know the Abbess’s story. It is one of adventure and trouble, mischief and love. Renewing her sense of life in this mundane living facility may be difficult, but the book slipped to her about the Abbess seeks to save her.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Mumbo Jumbo" by Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed is a writer who James Baldwin called “great” and since the 1960s, he has been writing satirical works criticising American Popular Culture. I was reading “Mumbo Jumbo” as a part of my random read for Black History Month and honestly, I don’t think I have been more impressed with free expressionist Black Liberation Literature since I first read James Baldwin or the speeches of Malcolm X. Throughout the book, there are references made the the socio-political culture of Black people in Harlem and the aspect of forced monotheism and control. It is a way of controlling the new Jazz and polytheistic movement in which, you guessed it, the Knights Templar try to prevent people from listening to music and expressing themselves. It is one of the smartest novels I have ever read. The main character searches for a book and tries to return treasures looted from different countries to their homes. Not only that, but there are a great amount of Black Cultural Civil Rights’ stars that appear throughout the novel including: Claude McKay, W.E.B Du Bois, Countee Cullen, James Weldon Johnson, Wallace Thurman and, you guessed it, Malcolm X.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Armies of the Night" by Norman Mailer
“You, Lowell, beloved poet of many, what do you know of the dirt and the dark deliveries of the necessary? What do you know of dignity hard-achieved, and dignity lost through innocence, and dignity lost by sacrifice for a cause one cannot name. What do you know about getting fat against your will, and turning into a clown of an arriviste baron when you would rather be an eagle or a count, or rarest of all, some natural aristocrat from these damned democratic states.”
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Review of ‘Renegade’
Book Synopsis “The time for Kiero’s reign in prosperity is over.” Six years before the Black Dawn Rebellion, Adair Stratton and Emory Fae are following in their parent’s footsteps and living at The Academy, a home for those who are gifted. The pressure to uphold the future of their parent’s dream falls on them. An outcast and feared by most, Adair longs to break away from the expectations dictating his future. Even if Emory tries to make him see differently. An unexpected group of friends keep him there, but as whispers of unexplained disappearances start reaching from the capital, Adair starts to doubt The Academy is all it seems. An unexpected visit ignites new tensions as the roguish king from across the Black Sea, Tadeas Maher of the Shattered Isles, and his heir, Marquis Maher sail to Kiero. Notorious for their pirating and wrath- for the first time in years, they demand the Fae’s listen to their proposition for a new treaty, holding the news of Nei’s father’s abrupt death over them. Caught in the middle of politics- Adair and Emory, with the help of their best friends Brokk and Memphis search for the one thing that matters most- finding out the truth. In this gripping prequel to Black Dawn, their world is tipped upside down as unlikely alliances are made. War ravages through Kiero and is torn apart by acclaimed Kings. Through the throes of betrayal, lies, hidden magic and love, Adair is faced with a life changing decision- to fight or to bow to the darkness within him.
By Cyn's Workshop5 years ago in Geeks
Reading on a November Day
Reading on a November Day That is November 17, 2012 you know Have you ever worked for a company that was lucrative in its time? This is addressed to the writers. When the company owners sold the profession or sadly went out of business, did they wish you the best for all your contributions? What about those contributions from a by gone time period? As a writer, it is good for you to keep them in your portfolio of works. Whether it is journalism or creative, keep all of it.
By James Lynch5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Corrigan" by Caroline Blackwood
I don’t really know what to think about this book and I was about to give it four out of five. Instead, I had to reduce it to three because of the way it reads. I really can’t get into comedy that well, but it does its best to show the change in Mrs. Blunt’s behaviours and love life. It starts off with her husband dying and her coming into this very mundane lifestyle where she just goes back and forth to and from his grave every now and again. She lives alone with a daughter and her life seems to be a constant downer for the first few chapters of the books. Just check this out:
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Ringolevio" by Emmett Grogan
This book is possibly one of the coolest and most intense autobiographies I’ve ever read. It starts off like a game and teaches you how to ‘play the game of life’. Just check out the opening of the book and see if you can resist:
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Terra Amata" by J.M.G Clézio
From the prologue of this novel I knew I was absolutely in love with it. The beginning is just so powerful, leading you into this person’s life from the very beginning (not in a Tristram Shandy way but you get what I mean). From his youth to growing up and growing old, this book is a testament to a fictional character’s life that feels at most times, all too real. Clezio really outdid himself with this one and I want to share with you the various things that made this book as amazing as it was to read. It was not just the character and what he did in his days of being within the text, instead it was also the way the character spoke directly to the reader with first and second person in conversation. It felt like I was reading something that was addressed to me in order to make me feel something. And it did. It made me feel like I was in a world where every problem, every issue and every moment of human suffering was something to be built upon and directed towards a better few moments of happiness. It showed me how to be happy knowing that one day, every single thing you did both mattered and, in the grand scale, did not matter. It showed me to appreciate what 209 pages I might have before I too must write my epilogue. It’s mind-blowing.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Lessons From Factfulness
Hans Rosling was one of the most recognized and renowned health activists, striving for international awareness on global issues that the world is facing. He dedicated the last part of his life, finishing his magnum opus, 'Factfulness' while being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and spending time for its treatment. Even in this state though, he never gave up and strived for his book till the last moment. He would scribble notes and small amendments all the way till the end of his life, to finalize what he aspired to be a medium "that would help the global audience understand the world better". His book provides a breathtaking perspective on how the world works and how certain things work. Bellow is a small analysis of one of the themes of the book and how it's teaching can propagate to other lessons as well.
By Philip Baker5 years ago in Geeks
