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Review : GHOST IN THE REFLECTION - LETTERS TO ERIN

Poems are one of the most beautiful finds by mankind. The advantage of reading poetries is that it can connect to your emotions instantly. That's why the mind feels refreshed after reading a good poem. I had been missing that majestic feeling of reading a poem for a long time as I was surrounded by the books of other genres. Then Fly on the Wall Press came to me and asked whether I can review a poetry book or not. Of course, I accepted that proposal to feed my mind and started reading Ghost In The Reflection - Letters To Erin by James F. Miller II.  This book is a collection of two chaps - Ghost in the Reflection and Letters to Erin. After turning over the first two pages, you will get a thank you letter from the poet where he has given a brief about the book. The foreword is written by Brandy Kellams where he says " The first half of this collection of poetry puts together the feelings of sadness and anger that go along with the decline of society and its so-cal...

Review: Daughter of the Sea- My Voyage to Freedom and Womanhood

I have just completed reading a fantastic memoir by Hiep Thi Le. The name of the book is Daughter of the Sea: My Voyage to Freedom and Womanhood . It was released on 22nd January 2020.  I always enjoy reading books of this genre. As they reflect a person's true stories, they always carry some great messages. This book also carries such messages which can be implemented in our daily lives. Some of them are: "A Captain without a boat is not a captain." -this sentence has become my most favourite sentence in this book. "Assume no one you meet at sea is a friend." -this sentence also carries some deep thoughts. "Stealing is always a crime, even when done by an empty stomach." From these three sentences, I think you have already started guessing the story of the memoir. The story is of an eight-year-old girl who escaped post-war communist Vietnam. It started on the shore of the Song Hang River, Vietnam. Twiggy was the author's na...