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Book Review: "Edward IV: The Summer King" by A.J Pollard
As you probably already know (and I have said this so many times now it is really becoming tedious even for me), I am reading one book about every single king and queen of England from Edward the Confessor all the way to our own times. So far, I have read a book by Edward the Confessor, William I, William II, Henry I, Stephen, Matilda, Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI and now, finally I am reading a book about Edward IV entitled Edward IV: The Summer King by A.J Pollard. Edward IV is a king I know a fair bit about having studied the Tudors and the Wars of the Roses ad nauseam at schools in the past.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory: A Book Review
The blues in the cool, crisp climate. I was discouraged and in a fix what to do. Then, at that point, it struck me why not decide to do one of my beloved things. What's more that is going over my beloved writer Sidney Sheldon's novel and composing an audit on it. Here I give an audit to one of his incredible works, "The Tides of Memory".
By Shubham Srivastava5 years ago in Geeks
"Dr Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak
Published in 1957, Doctor Zhivago is normally regarded as one of the greatest Russian novels of the modern age with its themes of nationality and romance, life and death, truth and lies at the very heart of the text rounded off with the mysterious Doctor Yuri Zhivago, a figure of grand symbolism in a world that is constantly trying to drag him down to their level.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Justine" by Lawrence Durrell
Now, you all know how I love reading a random book by someone I've never heard of at least once a week. Well, I kind of cheated this week because I had already heard of this guy before even though I haven't actually read anything by him before. To be honest, I was completely on the fence about this book when it came to the writing style vs. what the book was actually about. There were both pros and cons to this text and that is why, dear reader, I could not possibly give it full marks even though it was a somewhat enjoyable read. I have to say, there are some faults of writing to be analysed.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Sabbatical: February
February is classified as the month of love, and even though I don’t have a valentine this year, I’ve still gotten to love on some of my family and friends. There have been some coffee dates, tearful conversations, quiet evenings, and laughter. Taking time out of my busy schedule to continue building relationships is always worth it, even if it takes away from things that I usually deem “important.” The question is, what matters in the end?
By Hannah Marie. 5 years ago in Geeks
Hidden Gems of the Publishing World
How is it that Nicolas Sparks has been able to have this huge career with his romance novels, movies made from these novels, and sales that are through the roof while prolific authors like Kristen Proby do get nearly as much attention despite being a best-selling author? Well we’re about to get into my theories as to why. First, let’s talk about Kristen Proby.
By Lilith Lycanthropy 5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Devil's Whispers" by Lucas Hault
I have always said that when writing a horror novel, you need to try to make the storyline as simple as possible whilst having on the most important characters named and play a role in the story. This book does just this and it does it quite well. The success of the book truly comes from having a good amount of emotional connection to each character since the narrative shifts around so often. Unfortunately, this is also its undoing as the entire book is written in a series of diary entries by different characters in which the tone becomes so similar from time to time that you more or less lose who is talking and who is telling you which subplot.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Henry VI" by James Ross
I have probably said this countless times for those of you that have been here forever and a day - but here we are again and I am still reading one book about each and every English Monarch from Edward the Confessor onwards. So far, I have read a book about: Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror, William II, Henry I, Stephen, Matilda, Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V and now, we move on to the baby king himself - Henry VI who became king at only a few months old whilst his father died from dysentry abroad. When you think about it, a baby that little having his father die of a destabilising illness abroad - that has really got to mess the child up no matter whether he is the king or not.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Demon" by Hubert Selby Jr.
The transgressive genre is basically dominated by a few great modern authors: Bret Easton Ellis (whom I was obsessed with in my teen years to the point that I carried a copy of Less Than Zero to school every single day and even based some of my coursework on it), Hunter S. Thompson, Chuck Palahniuk and Hubert Selby Jr. I think that when it comes to Hubert Selby Jr. I haven't really read enough of him to make a very informed opinion about his writing style. I've only yet read his books Last Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem for a Dream (and obviously The Demon as of now). I feel like that whatever I say about the book here needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, especially if anything I say is negative towards the book. So here we go - The Demon by Hubert Selby Jr.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "A Jest of God" by Margaret Laurence
Romantic main plots are never a good idea for a novel because romance should always act as a subplot at most - as a main plot it ends up being shallow and the amount you can do with it is incredibly limited. Romantic subplots can really enhance a storyline such as in novels like In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and of course, the book we are looking at right now: A Jest of God by Margaret Laurence. My edition has an afterword by he author of The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood who explains why this novel is pretty perfect when it looks at the unfulfilled experience of womanhood and to be perfectly honest, this novel reminded me somewhat of the book The Post-Office Girl by Stefan Zweig. Needless to say, I really enjoyed it.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Geeks
