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The Reading Life Review- May 2024


 

May Nonfiction 


1. . The lost library: the legacy of Vilna’s Strashun library in the aftermath of the Holocaust by Dan Rabinowitz. - no post


2. The Wide Wide Sea : Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by  Hampton Sides - 2024 - 411 Pages - a magnificent historical narrative 


3. Blood on the River : a Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast by Marjoleine Kars. - 2020 - no post


4. Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War I by Steven Ujifusa - 2023

5, Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery by Ana Lucia Araujo- forthcoming October 2024- 620 Pages is an extraordinarly valuable addition to the history of Trans-Atlantic Slavery


May Novels


1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe by Douglas Adams - 1979. 272 Pages - no post


2. Crooked Plow : a novel by Itamar Vieira Junior ;2019 - translated by Johnny Lorenz from the Portuguese - 2023 - A 2024 International Booker Prize Finalist 


3. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Skeslien Charles - 2024 - 324 pages


4. The Awakening of Miss Prim- A Novel by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera 2023 -272 Pages - translated by Sonia Soto


5. The House of Haunting Hill by Shirley Jackson- 1959 - 208 pages


May Short Stories were three by Carol Shields 


Home Countries of Reviewed Authors 

1. USA - 4

2, Brazil - 2

3, Canada- 1

4. Spain - 1

Four May authors are women, four men, only one is deceased.  All but Carol Shields had their initial feature this month.


Blog Statistics for May


Since Inception The Reading Life has received 7,749,749 page views

In May there was 58,212 Page Views 

Origin for May Visitors

1. Hong Kong 

2. USA 

3. India

4. Germany

5. Philippines 

6. United Kingdom 

7. France 

8. Canada

9. Indonesia 

10. Cambodia 

The most frequently viewed posts were on short stories 







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