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Novels to Discover "Dear Evan Hansen"
Hello and welcome to Novels to Discover! Last week I took you on an adventure in the form of Susanna Kaysen’s memoir, “Girl, Interrupted” which focused on her time in a hospital that specialised in mental illnesses. You can read that article here.
Leigh HooperPublished 4 years ago in GeeksHarry Potter and The Spell of Influence
"Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home" Those words will always manage to cause chills to run down the spines of every Harry Potter fan. The words of JK Rowling at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 will forever be the sentence that can cause my eyes to instantly go glassy. Hogwarts had always felt like home to me, more than my actual home ever had been, hearing those words felt like comfort, reassurance, and acceptance.
Avalon MorgensternPublished 4 years ago in GeeksBook Review #3 : The Binding
Author: Bridget Collins Genre: Historical Fiction/ Fantasy Publisher: Borough Press "That's the moment when I should move away. But I don't. "
Charna SansonPublished 4 years ago in GeeksDracula, takes a bite out of readers
This is my review of the Dracula novel.. ok so Count Dracula has been welcoming readers into his castle in dark, cold, and bat filled Transylvanian abode for years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years now. So by no means is Count Dracula was not in anyway the first vampire in literature, but he is easily by far the most important of the Vampire ones because he is the basis for all of them. The count has flown out, spread the black silky wings like a bat out of Bram Stoker’s classic novel and into slowly deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep into our cultural imagination. The vampires of today’s fantasy fiction all owe something to this dark and evil count. But Yet, when contemporary readers turn back to the brilliant Bram Stoker’s original novel, and they might be surprised because, pardon the pun I make, it is easy for reviewers to take a hard sucking bite out of this imperfect horror.
Dylan SharmaPublished 4 years ago in Geeks20 Books of 2020 (Pt. 20)
Now that we’ve reached part 20, I want to say another big thank you to all of you who have joined me on this journey through my reading during 2020. So far we have been through my 24th birthday reading, through the journey of my obsession with the British Library Crime Classics books and finally, through a global pandemic nicknamed “the plague”. Hopefully, we will recover from that latter one soon and so will your own countries. For part 20, I wanted to discuss something very close to my heart when it comes to books and that is what I appreciate in a good novel.
Annie KapurPublished 4 years ago in Geeks50 Great Books of the 20th Century
There are so many great books written with great intentions and some written without any intention whatsoever that just happen to be great. I have compiled a list of 50 books that I think are some of the key texts of the 20th century. However, this is simply an opinion so you may or may not find your own favourites on here and neither is this all of them. I have my reasons for choosing and leaving certain books out. They are in no particular order...
Annie KapurPublished 4 years ago in Geeks7 Reasons Why "Unscripted" Is Your Perfect Quarantine Read
Are you looking for a fun new read to take your mind off all, you know, this? Then let me submit Unscripted for your consideration.
Claire Amy HandscombePublished 4 years ago in GeeksThe Book I Can't Stop Buying
On a recent visit to Strand Books, down in the memoir section where I was looking for Arthur Miller’s, something caught my eye: a book I have owned and loved and recommended for years.
Claire Amy HandscombePublished 4 years ago in GeeksRadio Silence: Book Review
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman—book review Rating: 5/5 stars "Being clever was, after all, my primary source of self-esteem. I'm a very sad person, in all senses of the word, but at least I was going to get into university."
Liv AttersonPublished 4 years ago in Geeks20 Books of 2020 (Pt.19)
As you know I'm reading more than usual and so, I have to write these faster now. At the moment I'm actually pursuing other hobbies I have as well and that is the purpose of this section, I want to share my other hobbies with you. The first one I want to share is baking.
Annie KapurPublished 4 years ago in GeeksLOVE, CREEKWOOD, a Simonverse novella is confirmed!
YA author Becky Albertali has been a pretty big hit in the literature community. As well as writing a string of novels with diverse and LGBTQ characters at the centre, her debut novel "Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda" was adapted into a successful movie Love Simon in 2018.
Six Books That Left A Lasting Inprint
One thing that's good about reading is losing yourself in an extraordinary novel;Its one of life's healthy and trustworthy delights.
H.V.GoldsonPublished 4 years ago in Geeks