Annie Kapur
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English Lecturer
🎓Literature & Writing (B.A)
🎓Film & Writing (M.A)
🎓Secondary English Education (PgDipEd) (QTS)
📍Birmingham, UK
Stories (1997/0)
Book Review: "The Ghost Stories of M.R James" ed. by Roger Luckhurst
With formidable quickness it moved into the middle of the room, and, as it groped and waved, one corner of its draperies swept across Parkins's face. He could not—though he knew how perilous a sound was—he could not keep back a cry of disgust, and this gave the searcher an instant clue. It leapt towards him upon the instant, and the next moment he was half-way through the window backwards, uttering cry upon cry at the utmost pitch of his voice, and the linen face was thrust close into his own. - Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad by M.R James
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Phantom Thread (2017)
Introduction From: Pinterest Paul Thomas Anderson is no stranger to making films about neuroticism and narcissism and he is also no stranger when it comes to the meticulous work of Sir Daniel Day-Lewis. In his final film before retirement, Sir Daniel Day-Lewis brings the fashion designer Reynolds to life in a fantastic effort at creating one of the most charismatically crazy characters of the last 25 years of cinema. A blend of psychodrama, romance and high drama, Lesley Manville holds her own as the sister trying to keep this man well grounded, the backbone to the whole movie. As for Vicky Krieps, she is the only person who could match the level of intensely thrilling and passionate that Sir Daniel brought to the film himself.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Jigsaw Murders" by Jeremy Craddock
This happens to be one of the strangest books I have read this year so far. I have had it for a while and I have only just read it. The reason for this is because I had so much other stuff to read and honestly, I didn't know I wanted to read about a doctor who went around doing murder since that time a few years' back when I decided to read about Harold Shipman for some unknown reason.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
A Bookstore Review: Queer Lit, Manchester
I have been to Manchester recently, staying with my brother and hanging out with pals. I was looking for a bookshop that could entice me and make me want to sit down and take it all in. Then I found the Queer Lit bookshop. Serving up coffee and cocktails, it is the largest LGBTQ+ bookshop in Europe. With an incredible atmosphere of plants and a decor that whispers instead of shouts, it is beautiful bookshop in central Manchester that actually appeals to people who read. Let’s go through the things that I loved and noticed about this bookshop.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Strangers" by Taichi Yamada
This book was part of my Amazon Recommendations and though I have heard of the author before, I will be taking this as one of my random books of the week by an author I have never read before. The truth is, I have actually been meaning to read this author for about a year, but have never got around to it. I know that this book has been made into a film but even though the book was fairly good, I have no intention of actually watching the movie. This is not out of any dislike, I just do not want to start any new TV shows and films at this moment in time. Perhaps I will someday and then, I will let you know how good it is in comparison to the book.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Movie Review: "Argylle" (2024)
As you know, I am not the biggest fan of comedy movies. More than often, they do not actually resonate with being funny, but instead come across as what Hollywood thinks is funny to ‘normal people’. There have been many occasions where Hollywood has thought something was really funny and the rest of the world sat back and unanimously stated it was not funny at all. This is not really showing Hollywood as being ‘out of touch’ but rather ‘out of time’. People have moved on from trashy comedy films to liking intelligible cinema and quality comedy (enter *Barbenheimer*).
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "A Treasury of British Folklore" by Dee Dee Chainey
If you did not think I was going to eventually read an anthology of folklore this year then you really don't know me at all. Folklore is one of the most interesting genres of literature I have ever encountered because it is basically stories, customs and traditions that have weird narratives attached to them that get passed down over generations to create strange things we do and say without fully paying attention to its significance. From Halloween to the Mari Lwyd to Pancake Day to St Stephen's Day being called 'Boxing Day'. Folklore explains what happened here and why. It gives us stories about how we might understand them and what we might gain about the understanding of our country and ourselves through that process. There are hundreds of thousands of folklore all over the world, but for now I am reading about my home country of Britain. Note: I am actually interested in all folklore, I generally do not care which country of culture it's from. I like all of it.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
3 Great Novels About Human Limits...
We have all heard about those books that keep getting published by ex-Navy Seals etc. that for some reason, a lot of people read but it does not look like a lot of people implement into their lives. However, when it comes to fiction it is a bit different. It has nothing to do with being pushed physically to places normal humans cannot go, but it is more about the things that our minds can make us do. It is what happens when our mind is our only limitation and what happens when we are forced to make deadly choices. It is a brilliant theme that underlines a lot of literature and there is by no means a best-fit for anything. These are probably not the absolute best ones you could read, but they are three great novels on the topic. So, should you wish to do so, read three great novels about human limits...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Sam: A Horror Novel" by Iain Rob Wright
“May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.”
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Hide" by Kiersten White
After reading Mister Magic, I became really interested in the works of Kiersten White and so, I read her other novel entitled Hide. I am going to say this before anything else, Hide was written before Mister Magic and so I did not expect it to be as good as the latter novel. However, it was actually really quite interesting. The storyline was pretty original but for me, there were too many characters. Apart from Mack, I did not feel like I could remember many of the characters because there were a) so many of them and b) some of them had very similar personalities. So there are some clear advantages and disadvantages of this story. Let's have a look at what it is actually about.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Wager" by David Grann
Now, I’m going to be perfectly honest with you, I had already heard about the ship known as ‘The Wager’ before hearing about the film being made or the book by David Grann. However, I was not clear on many of the details. It was like one of those useless pieces of trivia you have stored in your skull that only comes out if someone asks a very specific question about it. To date: nobody has. Apart from this, I came across this book in my Amazon Recommendations. Having read ‘The Killers of the Flower Moon’ when the book came out and movie was first rumoured, I thought I would give this one the same shot. Let’s take a look at what makes this book a really good read and some things that kind of make it a bit boring for a reader who wishes to learn whilst being entertained.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
- Top Story - February 2024
3 Literary Conspiracy TheoriesTop Story - February 2024
A conspiracy theory is defined as: an explanation for an event or situation that asserts the existence of a conspiracy by powerful and sinister groups, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable. (Wikipedia)
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks