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Don Juan by Lord Byron
Background and Context As you know, Lord Byron is my favourite poet of all time. I have mentioned him countless times, read several books by him and about him - I have even got up close and personal with a handwritten letter by him. When I first read Don Juan, I was absolutely floored. I was possibly in my mid-teens when I first encountered it in an abridged format but afterwards, I've come across it many times and though, I personally enjoy the poem The Giaour a bit more, Don Juan is probably the one that Byron is most well-known for. His life, his words and his brilliance has endured long after the man himself died. He will always be the greatest poet in all existence to me.
By Annie Kapur16 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Hollow Tree" by James Brogden
James Brogden is an author who is really growing on me. His book Hekla's Children was fantastic, but my favourite so far has been Bone Harvest. Folk horror, as you know, is possibly one of my favourite sub-genres (if not, number one) ever. It is difficult to do folk horror well because more than often, authors get carried away with making the stories as convoluted as possible when simplicity and depth happens to be the actual key to creating a vast amount of atmosphere and mythos. Mythology and legends is definitely something you need in this sub-genre and this is not lost upon Brogden in writing this particular novel. It wasn't perfect but I very much enjoyed it.
By Annie Kapur16 days ago in Geeks
If You Want The Snyderverse To Continue, Write It!
What becomes of the tales that are never shared? This is a question that lingers over the Snyderverse. For a long time, fans have pushed to bring Zack Snyder's vision of the DC universe back into active development. Lately, some fans have turned to generative AI to produce fan-made clips, envisioning how Justice League 2 and 3 might have turned out.
By Jenna Deedy17 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Grief Cottage" by Gail Godwin
There's something to be said about how much I love atmospheric writing and that doesn't have to mean lengthy Victorian-esque descriptions, it can also be emotions and lifestyles being written on. I love it when the author sets out to create an atmosphere, set the mood and then put us into the story as we are - getting us to read into the way the main character's sense of story. It just means that we get to feel what the character is feeling, move the way they're moving and see what they are seeing. That could not be more true for this cross between an eerie story of the past and coming-of-age narrative by Gail Godwin. Grief Cottage is definitely about grief, but also so much more...
By Annie Kapur18 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Bone Harvest" by James Brogden
I've been reading a bit of this author lately since he was recommended to me on Amazon. The first book I read entitled Plague Stones wasn't great but Hekla's Children was brilliant. I have to say though Bone Harvest is perhaps my favourite so far - a brilliantly dark folk horror completely with its own mythos. Ambitious and dark, this book is awesome and, as I got engrossed into the novel I also became more immersed into the folkish nature of the text. The atmosphere was heavy and the mythos was complete with cannibalism, sacrifices and a boar-man rising out of the ground. This book definitely needs to be made into a film or TV show, that would be incredible!
By Annie Kapur20 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Moments of Reprieve" by Primo Levi
In his book Reliable Essays, Clive James goes through the Last Will and Testament of Primo Levi. I reviewed it in some detail last year and if you're interested, you might want to seek out parts one and two to the same review which covers other books and essays. Of course, it is about the contested nature of Levi's suicide and what he saw whilst imprisoned at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp:
By Annie Kapur21 days ago in Geeks
