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20 Books of 2020 (Pt. 14)
During these uncertain times, I love to curl up with a good book. Everyone has their favourite reading styles. For me, I wake up at 3am and by 4:30am, I'm sitting down with a mug of coffee and a good book to read. Why? Well, I love the morning time and seeing the sunrise, I love that time of the day because it's all quiet and calming and also because it's one of those times where you really can just kick back and relax for the first few hours of the day.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Artemis fowl book review
Ok so I love reading. Yes I do run a paranormal hunting group and we do a lot of investigations but in between my investigations unlike Steve and his cousin who play video games or Maddy who goes to the gun range (or shoots cans with a metal pellet gun in the RV), I read books or listen to audiobooks, and review them, and I just re-read one of my most favorite book series from when I was a kid and that is non-other that, Artemis Fowl....
By John beckson6 years ago in Geeks
Reading my Fiancé: ‘Ready Player One’ by Ernest Cline
This review of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is the second instalment in my 'Reading my Family' series in which I read and review novels as recommended by various family members. You can read my previous review of Rain by Virginia Andrews here.
By Tyler Turner6 years ago in Geeks
The Red Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk
For a long time, I was intimidated to grab a copy of Orhan Pamuk’s novels with ‘myths’ constantly reminding me that “it is too difficult to understand”. At one point, this is what his latest novel The Red Haired Woman is telling: to believe in myths or not to believe in myths. Had I believed that ‘myth’, I wouldn’t be writing this review but here I am mesmerised by Pamuk’s major talent.
By Mergim Ozdamar6 years ago in Geeks
Ranking all 13 'I Am Canada' Books
Overall thoughts Let me get something out of the way: I didn’t want to read these books. Maybe that’s too strong of a statement. I’m something of a purveyor of children’s historical fiction. Previously, I fulfilled an insatiable decade-old desire lodged in the back of my brain to read and rank all 33 Dear Canada books, and determined that some of them are fantastic. Then, I set my sights a little further south and read and ranked all 43 Dear America books with slightly less exciting results. Then, I was supposed to read and rank The Royal Diaries—which is Dear Canada/America for kids who haven't developed class consciousness yet or, are really into Elizabeth Tudor/Cleopatra/Anastasia Romanova—and then I didn’t. It wasn’t for lack of resources, all of the books were at my local library. Instead, I fell into a reading slump last summer that I’m still crawling my way out of. My chance to include a Royal Diaries installment of this series vanished right before my eyes.
By kit vaillancourt6 years ago in Geeks
Novels to Discover: "Ready Player One"
Hello and welcome to Novels to Discover! Last week featured Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”, an exploration into the novel which you can read here. This week though, we’re turning to Ernest Cline’s 2011 dystopian novel “Ready Player One”. This adventure novel shows what a futuristic world could be like, with a heavy nostalgia and retro aesthetics weaved throughout.
By Leigh Hooper6 years ago in Geeks
My Top 10 Most Dramatic Novels of All Time
Dramatic novels are always the best, I think. I love the mix of emotion alongside these wrenching stories of survival, love and death. It's a brilliantly gushing way to use your reading time. There are many, many dramatic books out there, but I really wanted to go through my top ten most amazing of all of them...
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
20 Books of 2020 (Pt.13)
I think I've identified the kind of literature I'm reading more and that's Golden Age British Crime Fiction. However, I'm still concentrating on keeping myself attached to reality by reading nonfiction. Unfortunately enough, I haven't really had the taste for fantasy or YA recently as I normally would - which is bothering me. I don't want to think I have grown out of it because they are some of my favourites. However, I won't read something I'm not in the mood to read. I only ever read this much for entertainment.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Books for When Anxiety Makes It Hard to Concentrate
Books can make for a wonderful escape in anxious times — but sometimes, in those times, it’s hard to concentrate for long, especially when we first pick up a book. That’s when a particular type of read can come in really handy: the book that comes in short chunks. Maybe it’s in the form of a diary, or letters, or maybe the chapters are really short. We can pick it up, even if we don’t feel like it, and force ourselves to read a page or two. And then, out of nowhere the magic happens: a really good book will lure us in with short chapters but then keep our attention and draw us in so that we keep turning pages and forget to check our phones.
By Claire Amy Handscombe6 years ago in Geeks
