The Reading Life Review - August 2022

 

The Reading Life is a multicultural

book blog, committed to Literary Globalism . 

  Our posts have been read over 6.7 milion times.  Our readers range from scholars from The Vatican Library,MacArthur Genius Grant Winners, publishing industry professionals to teenage   book lovers.  

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.  Narrative non-fiction also is important to us.

Top Row

1. Ida Maze - Belarus to Montreal, Canada - leading figure among Yiddish speaking writers and Émigrés to Montreal, highly regarded for her poetry-first appearance 
2. Marcus Samuelsson- Ethiopia to Sweden to USA- Celebrity Chef and Cook Book Author- First Appearance 
3. Vasily Grossman- Russia-author of seminal novels on Russia during World War Two -first appearance 

Bottom Row

1. Neil Gaiman - UK - multi-awarded S/F writer 
2. Penelope Fitzgerald- UK - Booker Prize Winner

Three authors were initially featured in August, three are deceased and three are men.

Birth Countries of Authors

1. UK - 2
2. Ethiopia-1
3. Belarus- 1
4. Russia - 1

Blog Stats

6,757,244 of our posts have been viewed 

There are currently 4106 posts online 

Home Countries of Readers

1. USA 
2. India 
3. Netherlands 
4. Canada 
5. Philippines 
6. UK
7. Sweden 
8. Germany 
9. Australia 
10. Norway

The five most viewed posts were on short stories 

In August I read but did not post upon

Koshersoul by Michael W. Twitty

And “Five Years Next Sunday” by Idza Luhumyo

Winner of the 2019/20  Caine Prize

Future Hopes. My enthusiasm for life is in decline, as reflected in the fewer  number of posts this month than 

in any prior month.