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Book Review: "Victory" by Joseph Conrad
I don't know how to tell you this, but this is my first time reading this one. Regardless of how long I've often spent pouring over Heart of Darkness, not matter how much effort I spent in my teens acquiring a nice copy of Lord Jim, I never even came across Victory. But whilst scrolling Twitter a few weeks back I saw that someone else had read it. The writing '...by Joseph Conrad' after the title was where I basically said that I was sold. Victory was a brilliant read and I hope that I can work this into my 'Why it's a Masterpiece' series soon.
By Annie Kapurabout a year ago in Geeks
What Happens When Your Favorite Fictional Character Starts Sending You Emails
It started on a Tuesday—the most boring day of the week. I was halfway through my fourth coffee, trying to convince myself that debugging a broken analytics dashboard was somehow a fulfilling life choice, when the email came in.
By Muhammad Sabeelabout a year ago in Geeks
The Hacker Who Only Speaks in Movie Quotes
The First Message It started with an email that shouldn’t have reached me. I don’t mean “wasn’t meant for me”—I mean, my email account didn’t even exist anymore. I’d deleted it six years ago after the June Breach, when a half-dozen hacker groups tore through government servers and private emails alike like piranhas through a bleeding river.
By Muhammad Sabeelabout a year ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Visions of the Vampire" ed. by Sorcha Ni Fhlainn and Xavier Aldana Reyes
As you know, I love tales of Vampires as long as they aren't Twilight. I mean, Interview with the Vampire is one of my favourite films and books of all time and I adored The Vampire Chronicles books whilst at school. I know there are some people that read my work that are perhaps more sceptical of vampires but honestly, each to their own. I've owned this book for ages and perhaps read it once or twice. I'm really into these collections and re-reading is another thing I'm doing at the moment. So I hope you enjoy me going on about vampires for a bit...
By Annie Kapurabout a year ago in Geeks
When Time Froze in a Rose Garden – The Story of Citizen Kane
The camera drifts over wrought-iron gates. The word Xanadu looms like a warning, not an invitation. We pass over rolling grounds, statues frozen mid-stride, the skeletal frames of unfinished dreams, and finally come to rest at the foot of a towering mansion. It is there, inside that labyrinth of marble and shadows, that Charles Foster Kane lies dying. His last word—Rosebud—slips into the cold air and fades, unheard by anyone but the audience. A snow globe falls from his hand, shattering into a thousand glistening pieces. Time has stopped, but not in the way Kane ever wanted.
By Haris Raheemabout a year ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Let the Lord Sort Them" by Maurice Chammah
Four years' ago I reviewed a book called Let the Lord Sort Them by Maurice Chammah and I'm back revisiting that text in a bit more detail. It is a fantastic book about the death penalty and teaches the reader about why perhaps it is not the best way of dealing with things. If you would like to know my stance, I am entirely against the death penalty because of a) the cost and b) it basically is the chicken's way out. Someone who has committed a crime should have all their freedoms taken away. The death penalty isn't really justice at all. But let's see what Maurice Chammah has to teach us about why the death penalty is ineffective.
By Annie Kapurabout a year ago in Geeks
What's In a Scary Reading Experience?
Welcome to my newest instalment on the theme of 'reading experiences'. We can all Google what a book is about but what the 'experience' of reading it was is something special to you and you alone. Previously, I had published an article relating to reading experiences and what they are all about, giving you some of mine from the past decade that have stuck out to me. A reading experience doesn't necessarily have to be you reading your favourite book. It just needs to be a memorable and meaningful experience that you can recall. However, for the sake of this article, I will be diving into the scariest books I have ever read and what my experiences of them were. Yes, we are all aware of The Exorcist and American Psycho being fairly terrifying, but what about these absolute horrors...?
By Annie Kapurabout a year ago in Geeks
15 Fascinating Facebook Facts You Probably Didn’t Know
It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without Facebook. For many of us, it’s where we first reconnected with an old school friend, shared life updates, or got caught in endless scrolling sessions. But behind the familiar blue logo is a story filled with twists, surprising statistics, and quirky details that even long-time users might not know.
By Vocal Member about a year ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Recollections of My Non-Existence" by Rebecca Solnit
I've had this book for a while and well, I read it back in the May of 2021. I've decided that I might revisit some old classics. Rebecca Solnit is a pretty good writer and I enjoy the idea that a book may also speak to me (as often as I do feel fairly invisible in the real world and ironically, I also feel incredibly paranoid from time to time). Recollections on My Non-Existence isn't just a book about not existing, it's about one's experience of existence not being acknowledged or respected in any way. From time to time, it's reality can get depressing but honestly, it is all true. I love the writing in this book and if you haven't read it already then I highly recommend it.
By Annie Kapurabout a year ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Glow" by Jessie Gaynor
It's August 2025 (where has time gone?) and I'm reading more wellness horror/thriller novels. I'm going to admit it, the more I read of this trend, the more tired it seems. It was super original to begin with but there are only so many stories you can write about basically the same thing and each time, they get worse. Ling Ling Huang's Natural Beauty will always be the original book because, in my opinion, it is the best written. After that, we take a bit of a turn with EK Sathue's novel Youthjuice. But, I think The Glow by Jessie Gaynor is really toeing the line between what we would consider a good novel and what we can pick apart and say 'this isn't original at all.' Let's take a look at where it stands...
By Annie Kapurabout a year ago in Geeks
David Corenswet lives in a world made of cardboard
Recently, I've had the opportunity to watch the newest Superman in theaters. I absolutely loved it. I'm eternally grateful for Gunn reminding the world what exactly being punk rock is and how we all need to be a little more punk rock. Now this is not a critique on the movie, but an opportunity moving forward as well as a slight character analysis of David's Superman relative to every other live-action version we've seen in length so far. Spoiler alert for those reading who have yet to see the film or are waiting on the digital release.
By Dyllon Rodillonabout a year ago in Geeks
Book Review: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Yes, it’s another Tim O’Brien book and yes, it’s another short story collection or is it a novel? The lines blur, and maybe that’s the point. Why? Well, my library had a copy in surprisingly good condition, and it seemed like the right time to revisit Vietnam at least through O’Brien’s strange, shifting lens. I don’t own many of his books, partly because the urge to read them comes in waves, and partly because you can only carry so much war in your head at one time. Let’s take a look at The Things They Carried, a book that has been haunting literature classes and personal bookshelves since the 1990s.
By Jawad Aliabout a year ago in Geeks