The Reading Life Review- March 2022

 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, Quality Narrative Non-Fiction are among areas featured 

Column 1

1. Luca Crippa - Italian. Co-author- The Auschwitz Photographer
2. Erika Robuck - USA- author Fall Beauty and Sisters of Fog and Night .first appearance . I hope to real all Seven of her highly regarded historical novels 

Coiumn 2

1. Shari J. Ryan. USA - author The Bookseller of Auschwitz and other Holocaust novels. First but not Last appearance
2. Hiromi Kawakami - Japan. Author of The Nakao Thrift Shop and Stange Weather in Tokyo
3. Mario Zioonnis - Italian. Co-author The Auschwitz Photographer - first appearance

Column 3

1. Sadeqa Johnson - USA - author The Yellow Wife - first appearance
2. Suzuke Natsukawa - Japan - Author of The Cat Who Saved Books - Japanese best seller - First Appearance
3. Kim Michelle Richards - USA. Author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek.  First appearance. To be featured again in May

For 12 years March has been Irish Short Story Month on The Reading Life. This Month we featured Short stories by nine contemporary Irish writers.  All have been featured numerous times in The Reading Life.

Column 1

1.Brian Kirk

2. Madeline D’Arcy Lane

3. Aiden O’Reilly

Column 2

1. Pat O’Connor

2. Shauna Gilligan

Column 3

1. Steve Wade

2. Jaki McCarrick

Column 4

1. Orla McAlinden 

2. Billy O’Callagan

In March I read two books thst I did not post upon.

1. Receive Me Falling by Erika Robuck . 2009 - A Novel

2. When Books Went to War by Molly Guptill Manning. Non-fiction

Blog Stats 

Our posts have been viewed 6,654,669 times

The top ten most read posts for March were all on Short Stories

Home Countries of Visitors

1.USA

2. India

3. The Phillippines

4. Netherlands 

5. Russia

6. Canada

7. Germany

8. UK

9. Ireland 

All featured writers this Month are living, six were featured for The first time.

Future Plans

Blogging is helping me deal with a terrible loss.  I hope to continue 

Mel Ulm