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Book Review: "Pure Evil" by Geoffrey Wansell
Now, I'm not going on a true crime binge (I don't think) so don't worry. I merely needed another book from the library to fill the week until I went back. It's the 11th of February 2025 at the time of writing this review and honestly, I can't say that I didn't enjoy the book. Even though I've never heard of the author and the book was on the same shelf as Killing for Company - which is that really famous book about the infamous Dennis Nilsen. As you know, I've already read Killing for Company and so, I didn't pick it up - but scanned the shelf until I found Pure Evil. And off we went...
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Evil Eye" by Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates is perhaps a paradox for me. One side of this paradox is that she is a brilliant author and yet, the other side of it is that she is a strange and maybe slightly bigoted human being when it comes to literature especially. I think that there is perhaps a reason for that concerning the fact that she has sold so many books across the world and yet, I cannot understand it. However, she has still written some of my personal favourite fiction regarding the strange - including but not limited to books such as ‘The Corn Maiden’ and ‘The American Book of Martyrs’ (which was phenomenal by the way). Here, we look at four very weird novellas in which she shows us her stock character of a somewhat amicable man who turns out to be someone else entirely.
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Shakespeare's London
Background and Context: I’m eventually going to stop explaining myself but here’s what it is for those of you who don’t know. I’ve found tons of essay ideas for essays that were never written on my laptop, in notebooks and on my notes application and I’ve decided to write them. So, check back for more soon and well, I’ve already written some so there’s that. You may notice that there are trends in terms of the reading and I implore you not to skip out on the secondary sources. There’s some good stuff in there!
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "House of Trelawney" by Hannah Rothschild
I remember reading Hannah Rothschild's The Improbability of Love and thinking that because it was a rom-com, it was going to be a good light read to simply fill in some time. However, it was not like that before. Written with captivating prose, jokes that actually made me laugh (you may not think it is rare but it takes a lot to make me laugh, I don't even laugh at stand-up comedy) and complete with characters that were really interesting and had serious development in the book - I knew that this was not what I thought it was going to be. Since then, I have been quite a fan of her work. I mean, I waited for four years before I could find an affordable copy of House of Trelawney and that was, of course, from the library.
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
The Five. Top Story - April 2025.
This is for Angela Hepworth's unofficial challenge that I found most intriguing and caused me to reach a full of understanding of why I was profoundly touched by this mostly obscure movie, entitled: The Five People You Meet in Heaven.
By Shirley Belk2 years ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Entertaining Strangers" by Jonathan Taylor
Through some dark, Satanic streets, down a flooded alleyway, past a half-lit business of an unspecified nature called Club Class, along the towpath of a disused canal, over an abandoned shopping trolley—until we reached The Dying Swan, a pub locked in beery twilight.- "Entertaining Strangers" by Jonathan Taylor
By Annie Kapur2 years ago in Geeks
