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Book Review: "The Escape" by Matthew Slater
I don't always read action-packed fiction but when I do, I have a request: it has to be done like this. It was Sunday and I was probably also halfway through a few other books include The Devil and Sherlock Holmes by David Grann. I hope that you know when you're reading David Grann, you have to actually go for something that is more..I don't know...fun, I guess. (Not that David Grann is no fun but that is not the reason anyone ever reads David Grann... apart from probably Martin Scorsese). Matthew Slater's book filled with great dialogue, tons of atmosphere and a wicked version of a prison break episode directed by Guy Ritchie - this book was what you probably call a wild ride.
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Orbital" by Samantha Harvey
‘Maybe humankind is in the late smash-it-all-up teenage stage of self-harm and nihilism, because we didn’t ask to be alive, we didn’t ask to inherit an earth to look after, and we didn’t ask to be so completely and unjustly darkly alone.’- Orbital by Samantha Harvey
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller, published in 1979, is one of Italo Calvino's most famous and creative books. The novel is unique because it makes the reader a character in the story, blending multiple narratives together in an unusual way.
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Long Island Compromise" by Taffy Brodesser Anker
I very almost bought this as an e-book on eBay at one point because I was dying to read it but I stopped myself and would wait until I could actually afford the book itself. I waited, I waited and I waited. I had waited for a few months before I decided that: well, you only live once, so let's go. I bought it despite my financial state. Long Island Compromise was the book that people kept recommending to each other and so, it was only natural that someone was going to recommend it to me to which my response was: I just bought it, at least let me read it first. It was all very exciting because it opens with a kidnapping. Yes, a kidnapping. With a lot of reviewers having mixed opinions or not even finishing the book, let's see what I thought of it.
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Ordinary Thunderstorms" by William Boyd
When I said I was binge-reading William Boyd, I wasn't lying. As you can see, this blog is still going regardless of when (a few days ago) I stated that I had a momentary lapse of judgement in which I was about to shut it down forever. I have taken a hiatus before but this was different. This felt entirely different - almost like it was depressing. It's not happening though. As I have said, I bought myself some nice coffee, a pizza and watched a movie. I thought about it long and hard and decided that some mental clarity was a good idea because shutting the blog down was most definitely a bad idea. At the moment, I'm between a couple of novels and have decided that Saturday is the best day to write about them until the cows come home mainly because I am more than exhausted when I get home from work. Hopefully, our schedule of every day will not be disturbed. Let's take a look at this book then...
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Blue Afternoon" by William Boyd
William Boyd's novels are quite amazing and so far, his novel The Romantic, is still my favourite book of this year. I thought that after this reading, I would seek out other books I had not read by him yet. Of course, I was already familiar with Any Human Heart and a couple of others, but there were many I had never even heard of. The book The Blue Afternoon was one of these and yet, most of the people I had seen review it had absolutely loved the novel. Of course, I was hoping that I too, would love the book. In the classic atmospheric, descriptive and slow burn style of William Boyd's writing is always a treat to read on a lazy Saturday when all you have to do is sweep your apartment and then chill out.
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Moriarty the Patriot — An Innovative Retelling, or a Disappointment?
Professor James Moriarty is a famous and fairly important antagonist in the original Sherlock works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He was created by Doyle to be the man to “end” Sherlock Holmes himself, who sacrificed his own life to die with Moriarty in the famous story “The Final Problem” (and he’s totally dead).
By angela hepworth2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Rub Out the Words" by William S Burroughs, ed. by Bill Morgan
William S Burroughs is back and it is a love-hate relationship. Sometimes, he can write some stuff that is actually readable and other times, he can write things that make me want to throw the book against the wall. In a book I read previously by him (and on a train by the way) called Queer I remember having mixed feelings, more negative than positive, and then swearing off the author as I'd given him too many chances but still here we are. Something keeps pulling me back to reading Burroughs and I think it might be for the fact (and only the fact), I want to know exactly what was going through his head when he shot his wife dead in a 'game of William Tell'. I guess you could call it morbid curiosity to some extent. However, this is a book of letters which lets us into his conscience - though it does start nearly a decade after his wife's death, it is still somewhat interesting.
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Gambler and Other Stories" by Fyodor Dostoevsky
You're not going to like me. I did some serious thinking last night that maybe it would be a good idea to shut down my blog on this website. I took a long 12+ hour interrupted (very, interrupted) sleep and came to my senses that even if I didn't feel the same as I used to, it was definitely a good idea to keep this up. Mostly, it is really the only place I can vent about books because I can't do it at work and at home, there's nobody to vent to - I live alone. Currently, I'm listening to Billy Joel, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan and other greats - and really just cheering myself up with a cup of coffee. So, we can assume that this blog will still be around: stay hopeful if you like reading my stuff.
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Megalopolis Movie Review
After many years making movies on a smaller scale, Francis Ford Coppola returns to the cinematic blockbuster with Megalopolis. Marketed as a grand comeback after many decades in development, the film is instead a major misfire, one that wastes the talents of many involved.
By Robert Cain2 years ago in Geeks
