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Hope you are not affected too much by COVID 19 at the moment. For this global pandemic, I had to experience "country-lockdown" for the first time in my life (hopefully for the last time too). In this arduous situation, reading books is the only way to find an escape. So I picked up Eleny Cay 's The Love Virus . This book belongs to the fiction genre. The story of the book revolves around Katie, who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of nineteen. Because of the illness, she couldn't give physical satisfaction to her fiancé Mark, and she decided to break up the relationship. Katie was a student of psychology at Oxford University, but MS led her to drop herself out of college. She was admitted to Critten Hospital under the supervision of Dr Andrews. While undergoing treatment, it was found that Katie had incurable MS2. Dr Andrews told her that he wanted to apply an experimental drug Andratalia on her and assured her that it would cure MS2. Katie had ...

My Twitter followers know that I had a chat with Michael Maul yesterday. It was not a long conversation, but I liked sharing thoughts with him. So I thought of sharing the conversation with you. When I sought his permission to do this, Michael immediately agreed with me. Before showing you the conversation, let me introduce him with you. Michael Maul resides in Bradenton, Florida, living near Sarasota Bay. His poems have previously appeared in numerous literary publications and anthologies in the U.S. as well as in Ireland, Scotland, and Australia. He is also a past winner of the Mercantile Library Prize for Fiction, for a short story set in Siesta Key and his work was selected for inclusion in Intro 4, an anthology of new voices published by The University of Virginia Press. Maul is a graduate of the Ohio University creative writing program, where he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees. He later held faculty and administrative positions at Ohio University (Athens, Ohio,) The C...

  In this critical situation of self-isolation, reading poetries is the best way to spend time. My friend Isabelle Kenyon recommended me to read the poetry book How to Carry Fire written by Christina Thatcher and be a part of her blog tour. Her suggestion was quite interesting, and I started reading this book. Book titles play a major role in convincing a reader to pick up that book. I liked the title of this book. It will definitely make the reader curious to have a look at the contents inside it.  The book is divided into two parts. The first part contains thirty poetries, and the second part contains forty-three poetries. So there are a total of seventy-three poetries in this book.  The poems of this book are written in the first person. They expose both the dark and bright side of life. Each of the poems has an internal connection. They reveal some harsh realities of our materialistic world where there is little space for emotions. The poems reflect h...

If you are following me on Twitter, you already know about my recent read. (If you haven't followed me, after reading this review please go and follow me there. I keep updating my followers about the books I read and many more interesting things. My username is gayan_kangkan. ) It's a short story Mangal: The Salesman written by Binita Bora.  The story is plotted in India. As the name says, the central character of the story is Mangal who has an obsession of getting a government job. To fulfill his dream, he moves to the city. What will he get in return from the city? If you want to know more about Mangal, you have to read this interesting short story.  The story reflects the situation of Indian youths of the current generation. It has almost exposed the education and employment system of India. The reader will have an idea of how some social parasites are making money by taking advantage of the system.  I have sensed a lot of potential within the author. ...

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...

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...