My thanks to Max u for the gift cards that allowed me to read some great books.
State of The Blog, August 31, 2015
I am pleased to announce Ambrosia Boussweau has accepted the position of European Correspodent of The Reading Life. She is the grand niece of Ruffington Boussweau.
New One Day Record High
A new one day record for pages views was set this month at 41,669 in 24 hours. This was driven by a very high readership from India and the Philippines.
For six years and one month the top home country for blog visitors has been the USA, for the last two months The Philippines has assumed this position, with only one third as many residents. The top city of residence by far is the great Manila metro area. The American state with the most visits is always California.
Besides older short stories by authors from the Philuppines, the most searched authors on my blog are Katherine Mansfield and R. K. Narayan.
As of today there are 2639 posts on The Reading Life.
What I Read in August 2015
In August my reading life was dominated by Clarice Lispector and Iréne Némirovsky. I am fascinated by their personas and in love with their writings.
(Iréne Némirovsky 1903 to 1942). (Clarice Lispector 1920 to 1977)
I happily received review books of new novels by Kenzaburo Oe, Salmon Rushdie, Umberto Eco, and Kevjn Barry. I posted on all these works.
I am slowly working my way through Thomas Bernhard and read his early novel Gargoyles.
My Balzac Human Comedy Project is in the final quarter at 72 of 91 works read.
I read two nonfiction works, one on the fate of Russian nobility after the revolution, Former People The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy by Douglas Smith. This, in addition to fitting in perfectly with my interest in Iréne Némirovsky, ended my long held romantic delusions about White Russians. The other nonfiction work I read was Proust's Way A Field Guide to In Search of Lost Time by Roger Shattuck. I for sure profited from this very well done work.
I read Tarrabas by Joseph Roth. It was another work of genius.
I continued reading short stories, some by classic authors and some by contemporary stars.
My great thanks to all who visit my blog and especially to those who take the time to leave a comment.
Mel u
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