Ain’t no party, like a hurricane party ’cause a hurricane party don’t…Yeah, I’m not having a hurricane party. I put the kids to bed, filled my tummy with Wendy’s, and am watching fail videos on Youtube. Close enough, I guess. All is good here (though my kids’ trampoline was ripped from its anchors and rolled over by the wind. The safety netting was damaged, but I was able to force it back into a reasonably normal position).
Anyway…This stats update is through the first week of July.
Monthly Review Totals:
January – 452
February – 368
March – 305
April – 333
May – 293
June – 241
The last six years, we’ve reviewed through June:
2014: 1663
2015: 1967
2016: 1875
2017: 2334
2018: 2242
2019: 2545
2020: 1992
I think a good portion of the drop is due to the pandemic. I can’t speak for anyone else, but it’s hard to be motivated to do much when you’re stuck at home.
Most popular books in 2020:
1. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (13 reviews, average rating of 4.60)
2. Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (11 reviews, average of 4.40)
3. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo ( 10 reviews, 4.00)
4. Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (8 reviews, 4.60)
4. Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (8 reviews, 3.80)
6. An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (6 reviews, 3.40)
6. Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow (6 reviews, 4.30)
6. The Disasters by MK England (6 reviews, 3.60)
9. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (5 reviews, 4.00)
9. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (5 reviews, 3.80)
9. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (5 reviews, 4.00)
9. The Sun Down Motel by Simon St. James (5 reviews, 4.20)
Most popular authors:
1. Stephen King (23 reviews)
2. Emily St. John Mandel (18 reviews)
2. Agatha Christie (18 reviews)
3. Rainbow Rowell (15 reviews)
4. Andrzej Sapkowski (14 reviews)
5. Leigh Bardugo (13 reviews)
6. Seanan McGuire (12 reviews)
6. Lawrence Block (12 reviews)
8. Casey McQuiston (11 reviews)
8. Martha Wells (11 reviews)
10. Talia Hibbert (10 reviews)
10. Margaret Atwood (10 reviews)
10. Christina Lauren (10 reviews)
Most popular genres:
Fiction – 1139
Nonfiction – 350
Romance – 222
Mystery -268
Science Fiction – 233
Fantasy – 272
Young Adult – 144
Graphic Novel – 128
History – 155
Children’s – 154
Most prolific reviewers (through today):
1. vel veeter (420)
2. BlackRaven (248)
3. Jake (121)
4. narfna (91)
5. andtheIToldYouSos (87)
6. octothorp (85)
7. CoffeeShopReader (70)
8. Emmalita (62)
9. Malin (54)
10. Wanderlustful (41)
CBR Database:
33,709 reviews
18,677 individual books reviewed
Top reviewers of all time:
1. vel veeter (1,738)
2. badkittyuno (1,244)
3. Malin (1,235)
4. narfna (1,117)
5. BlackRaven (1,039)
6. Jen K (802)
7. bonnie (783)
8. Caitlin_D (630)
9. Sophia (612)
10. faintingviolet (529)
11. Prisco (494)
12. scootsa1000 (490)
13. alwaysanswerb (485)
14. ElCicco (430)
15. Mrs. Julien (430)
16. ASKReviews (421)
17. Classic (421)
18. emmalita (418)
19. Valyruh (364)
20. Travis_J_Smith (353)
I think CBR 3, 6-12 are fairly complete. I still need to work on CBR4 and 5, and dig through blogs for CBR2.
And, as always, 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.