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House of the Dragon Series Review (Season 3)
2026 has been a big year for A Song of Ice & Fire, following the smaller-scale debut of Dunk and Egg , it’s time for the next chapter of House of the Dragon. After a somewhat lacklustre build-up in the second season , the war of succession has reached a boiling point in the third entry. For the most part, it’s a very satisfying offering.
By Robert Cain3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "When She Returned" by Lucinda Berry
Lucinda Berry very rarely misses when it comes to shocking thriller literature. I reviewed her book Saving Noah and the one thing that I was constantly thinking was how terrifying the book was without being gory. It was far more conceptual. I would like to say that this book is along the same lines, dealing with difficult topics and lots of tension. However the one thing I could not ignore was the fact that there were a few contradictions and questions that were constant throughout the book for me. I'm not sure whether that was a drafting issue or done on purpose though I cannot see how it would have been done on purpose at all.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Burnout" by Sophia Kinsella
So, sometimes I do like to read something a bit funnier and a bit lighter and considering I have had this book sitting around for about six months, I probably should have started it earlier. I don't know whether anyone else feels this way but there is a specific time when you just know you are going to enjoy a certain book a lot more and today was that day for this book by Sophie Kinsella. Now unfortunately, we lost Sophie Kinsella recently and though I grew up in the millennial era with her Shopaholic series, I cannot help but think there's a ton of her literature I probably haven't read. That was initially why I bought The Burnout. And honestly, it did not disappoint. Not even in the slightest...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson
The author is probably best known for creating The Moomins, but The True Deceiver is definitely a shift towards more mature fiction in the latter decades of the 20th century. This novel was first published in Swedish in 1982 under the title Den Stora Bedragaren . Written during Jansson’s own later years, the book is set in a remote, snow-covered Finnish village, showcasing her interest in themes such as: isolation, honesty, and deception.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Bibliotherapy" by Bijal Shah
I heard about this book whilst searching for therapeutic reads that could possibly relate to works by Alain de Botton. Bijal Shah writes Bibliotherapy in a deeply comforting way, looking through the different authors and experiences that help with understanding how literature can give us something to cling on to. I definitely agree with this perspective. Literature is the single most comforting thing ever and I have made many friends along the way.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Final Episode" by Lori Roy
Do I tend to read thriller after thriller? Yes. Does this foresight mean I am going to stop? Absolutely not. I love a good, original psychological thriller and that means that The Final Episode by Lori Roy should have been right up my street. Complete with a strangely twisted storyline and writing that touches heavily on atmosphere and mystery, this book tries to give us everything. The question therefore is not about originality but it is of whether the book actually succeeds in doing everything it promised to do. I can say that it probably did in most ways...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Coup de Grâce" by Sofia Ajram
There's something about using the case of Elisa Lam to support your story and no, it's not a Black Mirror episode. Sofia Ajram comments on the modern day in this horrifying stream-of-consciousness novel which feels like a backrooms-esque liminal space version of Mrs Dalloway in its structure and storytelling where we all lose track of time - the protagonist included. And this book might reveal some of our own biggest philosophical insecurities as the narrator, a man, walks us through a suicide attempt gone dystopian. But perhaps this book isn't all just elevator games and urban legends, it is also a ton of lyricism and atmosphere. This has to be one of the best written books of the last few years...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Offspring" by Jack Ketchum . Top Story - August 2026.
Five years' ago I published a list of twenty books which scared me in order to celebrate Halloween. On that list was the beloved horror-enthusiast novel, The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum and yes, it is still a brilliant book.
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "She Waits Where Shadows Gather" by Michelle Tang
Oh how I love getting cheap horror on Kindle Unlimited and there is only one thing I love more than that: getting cheap folk horror on Kindle Unlimited. Would I class this book as folk horror? Yes because it seems to base itself on the local and national legends of the Philippines. Just because it isn't Western folk horror doesn't make it not folk horror. Set within a modernised context, this book takes urban legends and makes them visceral, haunting and realistic as we start the book with a movement, a nonbeliever and a fatal car accident in which one of our main characters almost doesn't make it...oh but we're just getting started...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
Rereading Review: "Go Down, Moses" by William Faulkner
I was recently rereading Intruder in the Dust and thus, after rereading that I was itching to reread Go Down, Moses, of course as those are both part of the same 'universe' (if you can call it that. Go Down, Moses is the predecessor to Intruder in the Dust). Now, even though my favourite book by William Faulkner is Absalom, Absalom! I am really into rereading the lesser known novels as well. Why is this? I'm not fully sure but I'm no longer trying to ignore the itch to reread a certain book. If I feel like it, I'm going to reread it. I've been rereading Dickens, Austen, Faulkner and even more authors and I feel better than ever about it! Any book that is worth reading once is worth reading again...
By Annie Kapur3 months ago in Geeks
