Literary Thoughts of a Dragon Fly

I'll be honest, its my fault for the delay in review. But then of course two things prompted me, to post the review.  Those two things are :-  1. Our neighbor's dog passed away & i could strongly resonate with a story mentioned in the book about the origins of a dog's loyalty towards its master. Its a beautiful, heart warming fable and i almost cried at the end.  2. The Flipkart Reviewer called twice regarding the update of review. I know, i didn't match up to the responsibility of writing a review on time. Then i learnt the second lesson, keeping up one's virtual social credibility is also important.  But now for the review :-  Book Name - Fables from India-A collection of Short Stories Author- Uday Mane Genre -Fiction-Short Stories Publisher house - Frog Books/Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd ISBN -978-93-52016-26-6 No.of Pages - 168 Source - Flipkart Review Programme Page Turner :-   Page Turner ...

There are times, when a book chooses you. It doesn't leave you, till you finish it reading, it compels you, haunts you and we as a reader act like a demon possessed human. But once, when you complete reading , there is this strong feeling of warm blanket of words enveloping you. The characters from the book are still alive in your mind & you wish that the book never came to an end after all. This is what i felt after reading "The Borrower" by Rebecca Makkai. Here are my thoughts about the book. Book Name- The Borrower Author-Rebecca Makkai Genre- Adult & Contemporary No.of Pages- 324 The book is narrated in first person, where we are introduced to the main character of the novel- Lucy Hull, a librarian in her mid twenties working in children's section in a small town called Hannibal. The story progresses forward, where we are shown that Lucy Hull, who is concerned about a sensitive 10 yr old kid named-Ian Drake. As the story progresses further...