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.
