literature
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My Top Five YouTube Channels
Maybe I am getting softer in my old age, but television and most movies do nothing for me now. Yes, I did see a few Hollywood films this past year – “Oppenheimer” and “Poor Things” – but I am more likely to rely on my own collection of DVDs and saved files that I have managed to compile and not betray by heading off to one of the online channels that gives you a taste of what’s out there, and then decides to remove them to make way for the next waste of time. I did this because I realized that someone was piggybacking onto my account, and that I preferred borrowing what I could from libraries and friends, or finding them at secondhand and surplus stores keeping the faith with us lovers of solid media.
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "In Memoriam" by Alice Winn
“Gaunt was woven into everything he read, saw, wrote, did, dreamt. Every poem had been written about him, every song composed for him, and Ellwood could not scrape his mind clear of him no matter how he tried.” - In Memoriam by Alice Winn
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Watching the English" by Kate Fox
“Tea is still believed, by English people of all classes, to have miraculous properties. A cup of tea can cure, or at least significantly alleviate, almost all minor physical ailments and indispositions, from a headache to a scraped knee. Tea is also an essential remedy for all social and psychological ills, from a bruised ego to the trauma of a divorce or bereavement. This magical drink can be used equally effectively as a sedative or stimulant, to calm and soothe or to revive and invigorate. Whatever your mental or physical state, what you need is ‘a nice cup of tea’.” - Watching the English by Kate Fox
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "No Logo" by Naomi Klein . Top Story - May 2024.
Naomi Klein is no doubt, a huge author and you're going to be quite surprised about the fact that I have actually barely read anything by her though I am aware of her existence. Her book No Logo is recommended reading in the book The Inner Level by Professors Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett and is about the way brands have aggressively waded themselves into every aspect of our existence.
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Earth" by John Boyne
“I couldn’t allow myself to return to the island. Not because I was afraid to admit failure but because I didn’t want to grow old with the eternal mud beneath my fingernails, dirt that would remain there stubbornly, no matter how hard I tried to wash it away.”- Earth by John Boyne
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Reading Lessons" by Carol Atherton
“Our relationship with books can change over time. Sometimes, as we grow older, we see the value of a novel we'd previously dismissed; sometimes we find out something about a writer that casts an uneasy shadow over their work. And sometimes, a book shows itself to be more complex and problematic than we first realized. This can make us revise our opinions completely.”- Reading Lessons by Carol Atherton
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Inner Level" by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
I am not sure how exactly I found this book but as you can probably tell, I would be getting a lot of recommendations regarding modern political philosophy since that is the weird place I am at the moment. Why am I reading lots of modern political philosophy? Not only to better inform myself of the world's workings and how screwed up everything is, but also because I vowed myself to read more nonfiction in 2024. I knew I could not just stick to the nonfiction history books if I wanted to make this worthwhile and so, I took up some political philosophy texts.
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Caledonian Road" by Andrew O'Hagan
Campbell needed William the way some people need to smoke, or the way others need to gamble or drink to excess. William was one of his risks. His outer limit. We need a friend who embodies the extent of ourselves.- "Caledonian Road" by Andrew O'Hagan
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
