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Book Review: "The Hitler Years" by Frank McDonough (Pt. 2)
This review covers (Triumph) chapters 3 through to the end of 5 *** And so we continue with our review of The Hitler Years (Triumph) and thus it includes the creation of the 'family unit' ideology that is so prevalent in the language of the right wing American doublespeak today. The rolling back of women's roles to those that are confided to the home was a big deal because it meant that more women now had to have more children in order to fill the workforce later on. This comes towards the end of the second chapter and then, in the third chapter, we move into the creation of the Volkswagon and how Hitler was definitely trying to sell the idea that the Nazi Party was one for the average (rather) 'nuclear' family.
By Annie Kapura day ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Whispers in Your Mind" by Sandy Gillman
Ladies and gentlemen, Sandy Gillman has written a collection of horror stories for all of us to enjoy. I'm not going to lie to you: I went feral. These are entirely my kind of thing: uncanny, dark and kind of twisted. You can definitely see where the story is heading but you're still hopeful that something will change. Written with wonderful sparse detail and in some cases, even tracking two stories from differing perspectives on the same set of events, Sandy Gillman has really broke into the horror story world with a huge bang. I absolutely love this anthology and you can see all the work that has gone into making it detail-perfect.
By Annie Kapur2 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Rock, Paper, Scissors" by Maxim Osipov
As you can probably tell, I've found somewhere to buy New York Review of Books Classics for cheap and though they are, yes, used books, they are still readable so I don't care. Rock, Paper, Scissors to my understanding was written by a doctor and he is, to this day, considered a great writer in modern Russian literature. Drawing on his experiences regarding medicine and illness, he writes in the style described on the back of the book as being that of William Carlos Williams, or even Anton Chekhov. College stories, political landscapes and deep and philosophical character portraits are part of this anthology. It has been wonderous to read something so 'out there' that I wouldn't have picked up unless it was going cheaply on the internet.
By Annie Kapur3 days ago in Geeks
Private Lives by Noel Coward
Background and Context: I first read Private Lives in my late teens whilst I was doing work experience at an independent theatre somewhere in my hometown. All I can say is that it smelt like burning wood inside, I ended up getting sick from what I can only describe as a damp atmosphere and the words 'the show must go on' were carved on a beam above your head as you walked backstage. Until a fractured my wrist, I actually really enjoyed myself.
By Annie Kapur3 days ago in Geeks
Stephen King’s Multiverse
Stephen King’s interconnected universe isn’t just a fun bonus—it’s a structural masterpiece. His novels, novellas, and adaptations form a lattice of recurring characters, cursed towns, cosmic beings, and sly winks that reward readers who pay attention. Let’s go deeper into the most fascinating, specific Easter eggs and the narrative logic behind them.
By Kristen Barenthaler3 days ago in Geeks
The Politics of Playing Dress-Up. Top Story - March 2026.
Well, to start off I'd like to say a happy world book day to all who celebrate. I know I haven't really posted anything on my socials about it but I'm not a jubilant kind of person. I lay low most of the time. Let's start off with a popular anecdote from the vaults...
By Annie Kapur4 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction" by Timothy Lim
I'm back on reading some books from the Very Short Introduction series and this is because 1) they are cheap and 2) they are usually quite interesting. They give us an overview of a topic and allow us to make the decision of whether we want to dip our toes further down into the waters. I've read some stuff about the Dead Sea Scrolls before but nothing quite like this. I do have to say that one thing that this series does is make things that I previously thought were not extensively interesting, incredibly intriguing through the mixture between anecdotes, history, analysis and how the topic connects to us and our lives.
By Annie Kapur5 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "A Meaningful Life" by L.J Davis
The New York Review of Books classics series has always been great for discovering new writers and works by writers you wouldn't have even thought about. There's books about authors, there's books on the topic of war, of identity and everything in between. A short time ago, I wrote my article on my favourite books of the series and yet, I don't think I'm even halfway through digging through the publications. Since they keep coming out with new ones, I have always had something obscure to read. A Meaningful Life is about a man, upon turning thirty, chooses to take a look at how his life hasn't really gone quite the way he planned. He definitely feels as though it is slipping through his fingers.
By Annie Kapur6 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Great Shadow" by Susan Wise Bauer
There was no reason why I would choose this book to read apart from the fact it had an interesting subtitle and the cover looked quite telling. I like it when the cover to a book looks like it has been worked on to hide things within. I also ended up reading the blurb to the book only to realise it was not only nonfiction, but the topic was about to be expanded upon in a whole host of ways. From how survival instincts move us from cold to hot and back to cold environments all the way through to why children were dying at a similar rate as adults in some cases. We are taken through a look at how sickness, once treated as an individual thing, moved to a group thing and thus, came to change the way we buy things and spend our lives. The COVID pandemic may have taught us somewhat about that, but who knew our everyday consumerism is coated with a deep fear of getting sick?
By Annie Kapur7 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Word Watching" by Julian Burnside
There's something about words that takes me into a whole new world. I love the idea of pouring over a word's meaning, etymology and how it came to be used - the more obscure the better. Our narrator describes himself as an 'amateur philologist' and yet, goes into fanatastic depth about individual words and phrases, showing us the backstories of how they've been used socially and culturally, as idioms and in their true forms. With the insertion of the OED and Dr Samuel Johnson's dictionary plus many more, he manages to show us how words have been defined differently over time. There is a lot in language to take issue with therefore. If you've read the book then you'll understand why I wrote 'issue' in italics.
By Annie Kapur8 days ago in Geeks
