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Book Review: "Sensitive" by Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo
I have to admit I only started this book because of the fact it was published by Penguin and therefore, I thought it worthy of my time. I know that sounds prejudiced but I do make it my business to read a lot of Penguin Nonfiction books. However, I did not think this one would be too deep. Reading the title Sensitive made me think it was a critique of highly sensitive people, those easily offended or people who couldn't take a joke. I was not only wrong, but the book also called me out for being wrong. Instead, it is a text about what it means to be sensitive, what it really means and how highly sensitive people are actually not only really perceptive but they are far more common that we first may have thought. In fact, I discovered that I might be a sensitive person (yeah, I know). So, let's take a look...
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "What's Your Dream?" by Simon Squibb
Now, I know I am a bit of a hypocrite when I wrote that scathing rebuke analysis of the self-help industry and this is technically a self-help book. But you'll be glad to know it's not all wonders and greatness. Instead it was a bit of help to organise myself followed by a whole lot of vapidity. But, at least it was well written.
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
What's In a Reading Experience?. Top Story - April 2025.
When I talk about ‘reading experiences’ I’m not just talking about the way in which we experience literature when reading it. A ‘reading experience’ also refers to the fact that some books stay with us. We may remember the experience of reading it at the time and then, as if taken back in time, relive that experience or at least, wish to relive it.
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Transit" by Rachel Cusk
Now, I've read a few novels by Rachel Cusk in the last few years and it really has been a mixed bag. Sometimes they can be fantastic and other times they brutally annoying. That might be more down to me than her though seeing as I've found out that perhaps, when reading Rachel Cusk at the right time, I can really sink into her novels of female experience. As I say again, I have read many Rachel Cusk novels over the last few years and so, I'm quite sure that her writing is really good - at least it is in Transit, the novel we will have a look at today...
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh was published in 1930, marking a sharp and satirical depiction of Britain’s “Bright Young Things” – a generation of wealthy, hedonistic youth who revelled in London’s party scene during the interwar years. Following his debut novel, Decline and Fall (1928), Vile Bodies solidified Waugh's reputation as a keen social commentator with a cutting sense of humour.
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Shakespeare's Fallen Women
Background and Context: I'm just going to explain this in the simplest terms for those just arriving here. Many years' ago I wrote a bunch of notes on my notes application, my notebooks at the time and all over textbooks - and these were all about various essays I wanted to write for assignments. Of course, only a couple would get chosen to be actually written. Therefore, there's tons just sitting around and that's what this series is. I'm now getting around to write about them and yes, it's a happy time.
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
