Annie Kapur
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Book Review: "The Dark Side of Genius" by Donald Spoto
There is a certain fear in imprisonment that Alfred Hitchcock surely had, Donald Spoto observes. There is a certain fear of being isolated that was explored in his films and of course, there was something about autobiography that his movies were observed for. Loner, outsider, stranger - Sir Alfred Hitchcock was a man of many sides and his darker parts were worked into the storylines of his motion pictures. Donald Spoto explores the history of Alfred Hitchcock, opening with him receiving a lifetime achievement award and moving all the way backwards into his early life. Each step of the way, we get clues as to how the master of suspense turned out to be such a genius, yet also so dark and awkward in persona.
By Annie Kapurabout 22 hours ago in Geeks
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Background and Context: As you all know by now, one of my top five favourite books of all time is 'The Brothers Karamazov' and I urge anyone who has not yet read this book to read it. I do not care if it takes you a whole lifetime - I really do urge you to read it.
By Annie Kapur2 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Lost Art of Silence" by Sarah Anderson
Silence is a lost art, I think we can all agree. In the age of over-consumption we have distractions all the time and even when we think we have silence, we don't actually have it. There are many people who are afraid of silence, people who play music all the time, or watch television in the background of doing absolutely anything at all. The true nature of silence has therefore been lost on us. We no longer sit there with our boredom and with our thoughts out of a fear of them transgressing to a place much worse. Reflection is past, revelation is fiction.
By Annie Kapur2 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Dancing by the Light of the Moon" by Gyles Brandreth
I love poetry and I love trying to memorise my favourite poems. Ever since I was a young girl, I've loved memorising poems like The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (which I managed to do when I was about 13 years' old) and of course, the famed Vincent Malloy by Tim Burton (if you haven't seen it already I would say definitely go and watch it). Poetry can convey so much in a short space of time, and some of my favourite poets include Lord Byron, Percy Shelley and of course, John Keats. I'm a big fan of Romanticism as you can see, but when it comes to Gyles Brandreth - he has allowed me to explore these favourites whilst also presenting me with nostalgia for lost poets I haven't revisited. But best of all, I have discovered new poets I have not read before.
By Annie Kapur3 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Violence and the Sacred" by René Girard
The claim that we desire things because others desire them is quite confidently the basis of many psychology books and many claims made about modern culture - especially concerning consumerism. Rather than wanting objects for their intrinsic value, humans imitate the desires of others, especially those they perceive as rivals or models. In his book All Desire is a Desire for Being, the author makes this bold claim backed up with ideas and facts to illustrate them. In my review of the book last year, I saw that Girard's maxims were anthologised as something called mimesis and that 'desire' was actually imitation. (I even depicted this through a clip from The Simpsons tagged in the review itself). But how does this then transfer to the idea of human sacrifice, religion and man's natural propensity for violence?
By Annie Kapur4 days ago in Geeks
The Big Book Review: "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman (Pt.1)
This book is split into parts but honestly, the parts themselves have so many ideas that I have no idea how I could fit everything I wanted to say into ONE review. I know I haven't done this since 'Reliable Essays' by Clive James, but I'd like to try that structure again. Sorry if it's not something you enjoy but I really wanted to share this...
By Annie Kapur5 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Haunted Library" ed. by Tanya Kirk
Full Title = The Haunted Library: Tales of Cursed Books and Forbidden Shelves edited by Tanya Kirk To be too impressionable is as much a source of weakness as to be hypersensitive: so many messages come flooding in upon one another that confusion is the result; the mind chokes, imagination grows congested. - The Whisperers by Algernon Blackwood
By Annie Kapur5 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Marshmallow Test" by Walter Mischel
In the introduction, it is clear that Mischel took his experiment very seriously. The entirety of the experiment boils down to one thing: delayed gratification. But is delayed gratification really an indicator of IQ, or status, class or whether someone will suffer certain health problems later in their life? Initially I thought the answer was no. I believed that there was correlation but no causation and yet, after reading this book my mind has been slightly changed. The Marshmallow Test is one of the most widely recognised psychological tests in the western world, but what is it and why is it so culturally important? Let's take a look...
By Annie Kapur6 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Itch!" by Gemma Amor
Cheap horror novels are definitely my thing and I've been off the scene for about a month or so, and so as you can imagine - lots of it has been released without my knowledge. I'm often glad for Kindle Unlimited because there are so many great horror novels to discover that I end up borrowing maybe ten to fifteen at any one time and just devouring them. This was definitely the case here. Itch! is a book about our protagonist Josie who, when she is young, has only memories of her dead mother, is seen as an inconvenience to her father and, can constantly feel the itch and pull of ants. She can see them, almost always. When Josie discovers a dead body in the Forest of Dean, things begin to shift and change.
By Annie Kapur7 days ago in Geeks
My Big, Unpopular Opinions
Well, it's my birthday and so, it's my time to give some more of my unsocilited opinions about things - especially opinions nobody asked for. From the fact that I don't like fruit to the movies I think are underrated, from my hatred of croissants all the way to why I'm not a huge fan of religion being taught in schools. Here's some of my biggest unpopular opinions for my birthday, I hope you enjoy them!
By Annie Kapur8 days ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Sleep" by Nick Littlehales
Okay, so I might have already read a great book about sleep entitled Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, which tends to be the go-to for many people. I've also read Alex Edmans May Contain Lies which dismantles some strange statistics in the Walker book. But I think that Nick Littlehales may take the cake for the most comprehensive book about sleep I have seen in a while. A tiny book with very little scientific research compared to the Walker book means that we are meant to rely on the fact that this man is a sleep coach in order to receive the 'message'. That message: there are many myths about sleep - some aren't all that helpful.
By Annie Kapur8 days ago in Geeks
