Now that we’re (more than) halfway through the year, it’s time for the second quarter database update. I’m not going to lie, though, I kind of forgot to do this. That’s the bad thing about not doing this every month, I guess. You kind of get out of the habit of it.
And I kind of miss doing the more in-depth posts, but I just don’t have the time for it. Sorry about that, everyone.
On with the stats!
Monthly review totals:
January – 416 (3.68 average)
February – 316 (3.72 average)
March – 355 (3.55 average)
April – 380 (3.70 average)
May – 398 (3.60 average)
June – 377 (3.70 average)
Most popular books:
Kindred by Octavia Butler – 9 reviews, 4.2 average
Hunger by Roxane Gay – 6 reviews 4.4 average
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara – 5 reviews, 3.5 average
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi – 5 reviews, 3.4 average
After the Wedding by Courtney Milan – 4 reviews, 4.0 average
All Systems Down by Martha Wells – 4 reviews, 4.3 average
The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan – 4 reviews, 3.0 average
Circe by Madeline Miller – 4 reviews, 3.4 average
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan – 4 reviews, 3.7 average
Head On by John Scalzi – 4 reviews, 4.3 average
Most popular authors:
Seanan McGuire – 23 reviews, 3.50 average
Courtney Milan – 18 reviews, 4.30 average
Larry McMurtry – 15 reviews, 3.80 average
CS Harris – 14 reviews, 3.80 average
Ilona Andrews – 10 reviews, 3.60 average
Jodi Taylor – 10 reviews, 4.50 average
Octavia Butler – 10 reviews, 4.30 average
John Scalzi – 8 reviews, 4.40 average
Sarah J Maas – 8 reviews, 2.10 average
Kevin Hearne – 7 reviews, 3.30 average
Ursula K LeGuin – 7 reviews, 4.60 average
Popular genres:
Fiction: 922 (80%)
Non-Fiction: 179 (15.5% of fiction)
Fantasy: 187 (20.3%)
Romance: 94 (10.2%)
Mystery: 79 (8.6%)
Science Fiction: 76 (80%)
Young Adult: 110 (8.2%)
Memoir: 47 (44.7% of nonfiction)
Graphic Novel: 57 (6.1%)
Top 10 reviewers:
1. BlackRaven (158 reviews, 3.7 average)
2. vel veeter (139 reviews, 3.6 average rating)
3. Jen K (81 reviews, 3.7 average)
4. prisco (53 reviews)
5. lowercasesee (38 reviews, 3.3 average)
6. bonnie (40 reviews, 3.9 average)
7. narfna (36 reviews, 3.9 average)
8. Caitlin_D (31 reviews, 3.9 average)
9. Malin (28 reviews, 3.9 average)
10. CoffeeShopReader (24 reviews, 3.3 average)
10. TheShitWizard (24 reviews, 3.3 average)
CBR Database:
20,576 reviews*
11,539 individual books reviewed
Annual review totals (CBR2-9):
2010. 1,881
2011. 2,335
2012. 3,138
2013. 3,574
2014. 3,061 (1,713 through June 30)
2015. 3,837 (1,990)
2016. 3,447 (1,876)
2017. 4,146 (2,349)
2018. 2,242
Annual participant totals:
2010. 95 (15 cannonballs)
2011. 95 (22)
2012. 141 (33)
2013. 148 (31)
2014. 136 (28)
2015. 109 (31)
2016. 122 (30)
2017. 141 (25)
2018. 125 (19)
Top 20 Reviewers of All Time: (italics and bold for those who have been active this year, plum is someone who moved up this month)
1. Malin (1,071)**
2. badkittyuno (980)
3. narfna (862)
4. vel veeter (789)
5. bonnie (783)
6. Jen K (642)
7. Sophia (526)
8. Caitlin_D (466)
9. alwaysanswerb (446)
10. faintingviolet (429)
11. Mrs. Julien (418)
12. scootsa1000 (416)
13. Prisco (399)
14. Lollygagger (391)
15. Valyruh (364)
16. Travis_J_Smith (362)
17. El Cicco (353)
18. Caitlin (335)
19. emmalita (293)
20. BlackRaven (268)
20. yesknopemaybe (251)
20. Captain Tuttle (245)
Just outside the top 20: is yesknopemaybe (251), four inactive members (Captain Tuttle, janniethestrange, The Chancellor, and Siege), ingres77 (231), and melanir (227)
*My tentative user totals for CBR1-9 show that nearly 27k reviews have been written by the community to help raise money to fight cancer. I’ve catalogued roughly 69% of our reviews.
**Malin was gracious enough to go back through her blog and make it easier to search and count her reviews. I noticed a discrepancy in my counts compared to hers. I haven’t had the time to update her career review total – but I will. And I do appreciate all the hard work she put into helping us out in this.
***My review totals may differ slightly from the “official” numbers due to errors I made in updating my data, or errors users make in countering their reviews.
Thanks for putting this together! Always super interesting to see!
Dude, vel veeter is coming for my #3. I am powerless to stop it. I feel like one of those people in movies who have been tied to the train tracks.
Tick-tock, Narfa.
Did y’all just see this.
I wish we had an upvote system. I’d give them all to you.
Ticket sales for the VEL VEETER VS. NARFNA CBR10 CAGEMATCH will support the American Cancer Society. Popcorn during the match and bloody souvenir hankerchiefs post-match will also count as ACS fundraisers. Coming soon to Pay-Per-View!!! See newsletter for details.
I moved up? YAY!! I’ve been having a slow for me reviewing year so this is a nice kick in the pants.