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5 Badass Book Reviews
Why I Read When we arrived at this house sitting gig in New Hampshire, our host introduced us to the house and gave us the lay of the land, including the guest room with a bookcase full of random, interesting books. From pop fiction to how to win poker hands and the stock market, to the Holy Bible and more, it seemed to have something for everyone, including me. He recommended The Book of Joy and I, recognizing a sign when I hear it, immediately dug in.
By Annette Kim6 years ago in Geeks
20 Books of 2020 (Pt.16)
Recently, someone asked me how I read so much in one day. I didn't really have much of an answer but they asked me whether I was a speed-reader. Now, I don't like that term because I don't think I read at all, for speed. I simply read. As I have grown up reading, my speed has simply developed even though things like my eyesight and my social skills have severely deteriorated. At this point, I'm 24 and I have what some people would call, an impressive reading speed. I honestly don't care for reading speed. I care for other things - enjoyment, entertainment, analysis and how immersive the book is. As long as those things are within the realm of which I am reading, I can honestly say I do not care for speed or how long/short the book is.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
My Top Ten War Novels of All Time
War novels always make great reads for when you're looking for the intense life experiences of some of history's greatest heroes. When you're looking for what extremes the human condition can go to, when you're interested in how much we can endure and when you need a bit of a brush up on your history - war novels are always there to turn to. But most importantly, they give you an image that you and I would probably never know. They give us that image of harshness and of near-death experiences on battlegrounds already littered with dead bodies of best friends.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
The Lady Within “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Most stories come prepackaged with a general roadmap of where the reader’s emotions should go: twists, betrayals, revelations, and even exposition are expected to make the reader think, feel, or perhaps even experience a call to action. The road an author takes the reader down is often tied to some lesson or theme it is meant to embody, whether that theme is a point along the road or found by viewing its scope. Defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as, “Any narrative which is concerned with the idea of storytelling,” metanarratives are more than a linear path built on reactions and expectations. Metanarratives speak to a theme or idea by demonstrating it extrinsically, be it through the reader’s experience with the work or through the work’s interactions with dominant tropes in the genre. Enter “The Yellow Wallpaper,” a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Its narrator, a young woman temporarily living in an old manor with her husband (and eventually his sister), writes an account of her observations and experiences throughout her stay, with the wallpaper in her room becoming a focal point therein. Though the wallpaper appears hazy and abstract, behind the buds and stalks of fungus and strangled visages, in the daylight she eventually makes out the figure of a woman. She is frozen by daylight, but at night that woman creeps about the back-pattern, thrashing the front pattern and bars that hide behind it. As the wallpaper continues to clear, the narrator becomes increasingly obsessed with it, and obsessed with the lady she sees behind it. The lady seems to multiply as her pattern recurs, and she attempts to escape, strangled by the front pattern every time. Eventually the woman does seem to escape out from behind the wallpaper into the garden during the day, and she seems to multiply there as well. Strangest of all, she seems to slip back into the wallpaper by nightfall. The journey through the narrator’s writings, particularly her journey with the lady, invokes a curious metanarrative which, in a sense, can place the reader in her uncertain and contemplative shoes. The use of a mentally ill and unreliable narrator in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” creates a metanarrative concerned predominantly with a search for truth within the reader, which begins with the titular wallpaper and its illusory prisoner, continues into its vague ending, and leads the reader to question the veracity of the people and places around her.
By Ryan Burnett6 years ago in Geeks
7 Must-Read Nigerian Books of 2020.
For every book lover. I am an avid reader. I love books. It's one of those things I wish more people were into. The advent of movies and television as great as it is has made a lot more people opt for that mode of storytelling. But to me, books will forever be the O.G.
By Jide Okonjo6 years ago in Geeks
Geminus
Geminus by Cory Swanson is a beautifully written novella that flows smoothly from beginning to end. The dialogue is rich and engaging, immediately capturing the attention of the reader and making it hard to put down. Although it is a very entertaining novel it also engages your mind in various ways. It truly makes you question what you believe about the past and future.
By Katrina Thornley6 years ago in Geeks
10 Reasons I'll Buy a Book
You’ve heard it said a hundred times, and you’ve probably said it yourself too: so many books, so little time. I’m too scared to count the unread books on my shelves, but I estimate that, between the hardbacks I’ve bought at author events, the many bargains I’ve bagged at Strand Books, and all the e-books I’ve accumulated on both my Kindle and my Kobo, I probably have enough reading material for the next five years. Maybe more. Maybe quite a lot more.
By Claire Amy Handscombe6 years ago in Geeks
Bury me, Danielle. Rescue me, Gabriel
To borrow from the Blur, “modern publishing is rubbish”. Paradoxically, instead of becoming a wonderland of stylistic and POV plurality thanks to the digital era, the industry has turned into a conformist, sycophantic cyclops obsequious to demographics with good credit scores and suitable ad targets. One that ultimately serves the white majority rather than challenge them, and systematically drowns any dissenting voices.
By Salomea Becquerel6 years ago in Geeks
20 Books of 2020 (Pt.15)
As we approach Part 15, I would like to thank everyone who has been continuing to support me throughout this. That means everyone reading this right now and all the people on Instagram who are thoroughly convinced that I am an AI and not a human. I hope you think I’m human, because I am. Part 15 is a very special part because well, it’s five away from 20 and when we reach 20, we reach another round number. This is very close to my heart and it’s far better that I share them like this rather than doing one big list at the end of the year (oh god, do you remember when we tried that in 2019 and it definitely didn’t work? Well, yeah - that’s how it goes when I do that…) What I wanted to talk about today though was what I’m planning to read more of as the year goes on. Let’s have a short look at it…
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
My Top Ten Favourite Authors of the 20th Century
I love 20th Century Writing because there is so much rich history all over the changing world at this time. From the beginning of the 20th century in which we have World War One all the way to the fall of the Berlin Wall - from the rise of Hitler all the way to the March on Washington. There are so many different aspects of life to explore in the changing of different cultures throughout the 20th century.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Percy Jackson Could Be The Next Shadow Hunter's or Better
I logged onto the twitterverse at almost midnight and let's just say you probably should always plan on going to sleep a minimum of 1 hour later because it seems as though all the best trending topics get posted late at night.
By Misha Alsleben6 years ago in Geeks
