The Reading Life Review - October 2021. - 6.5 Million Pages Views Surpassed

 

The Reading Life is a multicultural

book blog, committed to Literary Globalism.

Short Stories, Irish literature, Classics, Modern Fiction, Contemporary Literary Fiction, The Japanese Novel, Post Colonial Asian Fiction, The Legacy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and quality Historical Novels are Among our Interests.

Column 1

1. Sussana Clarke - UK - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
2. Matt Helm - USA - first appearance - Lovecraft Country
3. Bernadine Evaristo - UK - first appearance - Girl, Woman, Other

Column 2

1. Toni Morrison - USA - Nobel Prize- first appearance 
2. Muriel Barbarry - France - The Elegance of The Hedgehog
3. Isabella Arkadyevna - Russia - first appearance. Prolific Yiddish language author

Column 3

1. Anthony Veasna So. USA - first appearance, highly regarded debut collection, Afterparties, centering on Cambodian Americans
2. Nalo Hopkinson - Canada - Multi awarded S/f writer, I hope to read all her work
3. Alistair MacLeod- Canada. Master of The Short Story

Column 4

1. Amparo Dávila - Mexico - first appearance. Gothic and horror stories . 
2. Lizzie Collingham - UK - distinquished food historian, I have three more of her books on my TBR list
3. Colm Toibin - Ireland. Featured many times 

Home countries of Authors

1. UK - 3
2. USA - 3
3. Canada - 2
4. Russia - 1
5. Mexico - 1
6. Ireland - 1
7. France - 1

Eight works by women were featured, four by men.  Four authors are deceased, Seven were featured for The first time.

I featured Seven novels, four Short Stories and one work of narrative nonfiction.

Blog Stats 

Page view mark moved beyond 6.5 million to 6,505,202.  Very gratifying to me.  Traffic has been erratic since the Pandemic began but now trending way above old days.

There are 4011 posts online

As always the most viewed posts are on short stories by authors from The Philippines and the Indian Subcontinent.

Home Counties of Visitors in October 

1. USA
2. The Philippines 
3. India
4. Canada
5. Germany
6. Russia 
7. France 
8. Indonesia 
9. Australia 
10. Brazil 

Plans for rest of 2021

Here in Manila I am 600 plus days into a lockdown.

I hope to participate, as I have done for 10 years, in German Literature Month.

I also hope for the first time to participate in another event, Nonfiction November.

I hope by this time next year that the pandemic has ended 

My thanks to Lyn u for more than I can express 

I am very grateful to Max u for his kind provision of Amazon gift cards.

From

Mel u

Founder and Curator of The Reading Life

Ambrosia Bousweau -Managing Editor

Oleander Bousweau- European Director