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 my Interests








Wednesday, June 1, 2022

The Reading Life Review - May 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 are Among our Interests




Column One


  1. Kim Michelle Richardson - USA - author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek and The Book Woman’s Daughter 
  2. Ursula Bloom - UK - a British Library Women Writers author. First Appearance 
  3. Erica Robuck - USA- author of seven marvelous works of historical fiction.  I have read five so far.


Column Two


  1. Sherri J. Ryan - USA - World War Two Fiction focused on the Holocaust 
  2. Nikolai Leskov - Russia - first appearance 
  3. Elizabeth Von Armin - UK. British Library Women Writers - very prolific- first appearance 


Column Three


  1. Daphne Palasi Andreades - USA - author Brown Girls- first appearance - high art
  2. Kelly Link - USA - wonderful fantastic stories- I hope to read many more of her stories 
  3. Tara Westover - USA - author of Educated - a very powerful memoir.- first appearance


In May I posted on works by eight women and one man.  Three of the authors are deceased. Five appeared on The Reading Life for the first time.



Blog Stats


We have received 6,702, 918 page views since inception.


There are currently 4080 posts online.


The five most viewed posts in May were on Short Stories


Home Countries of May visitors


  1. USA
  2. India
  3. The Phillippines
  4. Netherlands
  5. Russia
  6. UK
  7. Canada
  8. Denmark Germany
  9. Indonesia
  10. Pakistan 
  11. Bulgaria
  12. Malaysia
  13. Vietnam
  14. Switzerland
  15. Italy
  16. Japan 
  17. South Korea


Additionally there were visitors from 47 othrer countries in May


In May I read but did not post on

Three Short stories by Kelly Link, one by Ivan Bunin, two by Teffi and one by Crystal Wilkinson “Endangered Species: Case 47401”


I also read a very interesting memoir, She Read to Us in The Afteroon: A Life in Novels by Kathleen Hill


I offer my Thanks to Max u for his support








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