Big news of the month, vel veeter has tied badkittyuno’s single year record with her 263 review (by my count)! Congratulations vel veeter!
On with the stats!
June stats:
283 reviews (June 2016 saw 252 reviews)
Average rating: 3.72 stars (May: 3.64)
Most popular book: Life Moves Pretty Fast by Hadley Freeman (4 reviews,3.50 average,)
Most popular author: Stephen King (7 reviews, 4.30 average)
Most reviews: vel veeter (congratulations on 34 reviews!)
Fiction: 215 reviews (May: 223)
Nonfiction: 66 reviews (May: 54)
Uncategorized: 0 reviews (May: 2)
Most popular genres: Fantasy (52 reviews), Young Adult (26) Science Fiction (29), Romance (37), Mystery (22), Memoir (23), Graphic Novel (18), History (19)
Male authors: 118 (May: 100)
Female authors: 162 (May: 173)
Oldest book read this month: Pride and Prejudice (1813)
Books from 2017: 51 (May: 49)
Books from the last 10 years: 220 (May: 201)
Most common languages: English (94%)
Avg. Goodreads rating: 4.00 stars
Avg. Goodreads vote totals: 63,297
Avg. page count: 314
Longest book: Cider House Rules by John Irving
Average author age: 47
Youngest author: Malala Yousafzai (15 years old)
Oldest author: Ursula K Le Guin, Lavinia (79)
Books read for the first time: 153 (May: 130)
Book with the most CBR reviews: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (41 reviews)
Most popular book by Goodreads reviews: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Total pages read: 87,000+ (May: 88,000+)
Top 10 Reviewers averages:
vel veeter (34 reviews, 3.30 stars, 241 pages)
emmalita (16 reviews, 4.10 stars, 259 pages)
The Chancellor (15 reviews, 3.60 stars, 325 pages)
Lollygagger (11 reviews, 3.70 stars, 278 pages)
alwaysanswerb (9 reviews, 4.40 stars, 397 pages)
narfna (9 reviews, 3.80 stars, 309 pages)
Ealbrecht (8 reviews, 4.30 stars, 372 pages)
Lane (8 reviews, 5.0 stars, 258 pages)
Mikki Blu (8 reviews, 3.90 stars, 318 pages)
Our monthly review breakdown (and leader):
Jan – 502 (vel veeter)
Feb – 431 (Classic)
Mar – 446 (vel veeter)
Apr – 392 (vel veeter)
May – 280 (vel veeter)
June – 283 (vel veeter)
CBR Database:
15,439 reviews*
8,574 individual books reviewed
Top Reviewers of All Time:
Malin (910)
badkittyuno (880)
narfna (688)
bonnie (666)
Jen K (516)
alwaysanswerb (410)
Mrs. Julien (398)
scootsa1000 (366)
faintingviolet (365)
Valyruh (364)
Travis_J_Smith (353)
Caitlin (318)
Caitlin_D (315)
I have Goodreads data on 86% of reviews, sex info on 97% of authors, and the nationality on 82% of authors.
I’m still, of course, in the process of going back through CBR3-5, along with various blogs for CBR1 and 2, not to mention the Pajiba reviews section of the mothership (though, I’ve only done a handful). I think I’ve got the total review counts for CBR4-9 (though I haven’t logged each review yet), and I’ve got most of CBR3 done. So my all time ranking is, I think, fairly accurate. Big changes to look forward to: badkittyuno might catch Malin this year, bonnie and narfna are racing for 3rd on the all-time list, vel veeter may crack the top 10 in his first year, and both Caitlin and Caitlin_D has a chance of breaking in to the top 10, as well.
If anyone has suggestions for what else they want to see in the monthly stat round-up, just let me know. I’ve temporarily put the brakes on the Google Docs file for community edit.
*My user totals for CBR1-9 show that approximately 23,000 reviews have been written by the community to help raise money to fight cancer. So I’ve catalogued roughly 68% of our reviews.