No real news for the month. So, without further ado… On with the stats! June stats: 337 reviews (July 2016 saw 298 reviews) Average rating: 3.65 stars (June: 3.72) Most popular book: Unfinished: A Graphic Novel of Marilyn Monroe by our very own Elizabeth Periale (4 reviews, 4.00 average,) Most popular author: LM Montgomery (11 reviews, 4.20 average) Most reviews: vel veeter (congratulations on 55 reviews!) Fiction: 267 reviews (June 215) Nonfiction: 74 reviews (June: 66) Uncategorized: 2 reviews (June: 0) Most popular genres: Fantasy (47 reviews), Young Adult (29) Science Fiction (31), Romance (27), Mystery (35), Memoir (24), Graphic Novel […]

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 […]

I’ve tallied the yearly totals for most users going back to CBR3, and (assuming their review counts are accurate), there are more than 20,134 reviews since 2011. The database currently has over 14,000 reviews, so I’m about 73% of the way complete. That makes me feel better. On with the stats! May stats: 280 reviews (May 2016 saw 275 reviews) Average rating: 3.64 stars (May: 3.69) Most popular book: Life Moves Pretty Fast (Hadley Freeman) and The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli (4 reviews, 2.75 and 3.25 average, respectfully) Most popular author: CS Harris (6 reviews, 4.00 average) Most reviews: vel […]

All the way back in 2009-10, CBR2 saw 103 come together to review 1,381 books. Through the end of April, 2017, we’ve reviewed 1,7771 books. For CBR6, we didn’t reach 1,700 reviews until July. In both CBR7 and 8 we reached it in June. We are having a banner year. On with the stats! April stats: 392 reviews (April 2016 saw 278 reviews) Average rating: 3.69 stars (Feb: 3.61) Most popular book: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (4 reviews, 4.50 average) Most popular author: Lemony Snicket (11 reviews, 4.00 average) Most reviews: vel veeter (congratulations on 57 reviews! That makes […]

We are on fire this year. Each of the last three months has surpassed the corresponding totals from the previous three years. And vel veeter is reading and reviewing at a record pace (the previous record for fastest to reach 128 reviews was janniethestrange, achieved on July 6, 2015. janniethestrange would go on to review 230 books that year.) On with the stats! March stats: 446 reviews (last Mar. saw 312 reviews; this is the third highest month of all time, behind Jan. 2017 and Jan 2014) Average rating: 3.61 stars (Feb: 3.57) Most popular book: The Devourers by Indra […]

Last year was a great year, and I had lots of fun. I marked a person best for books read, and I upped my participation here by starting the database. I don’t know if I’ll read as many books as I did last year, but I plan on continuing being the resident stat guru. And we’ve had an incredibly prolific month! It was hard keeping pace with your reviews. Anyway, on with the stats! February stats: 431 reviews (last Feb. saw 365 reviews, which was a then-record) Average rating: 3.57 stars (Jan: 3.56) Most popular book: Norse Mythology by Neil […]

Last year was a great year, and I had lots of fun. I marked a person best for books read, and I upped my participation here by starting the database. I don’t know if I’ll read as many books as I did last year, but I plan on continuing being the resident stat guru. And we’ve had an incredibly prolific month! It was hard keeping pace with your reviews. Anyway, on with the stats! January stats: 502 reviews (a record! The previous record was January 2014, with 458) Average rating: 3.56 stars Most popular book: Kulti (5 reviews, 3.8 average) […]

November stats: 153 reviews (-29% from last month) Average rating: 3.63 stars (-2.9%) Most popular book: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (3 reviews; 5.00 avg) Most popular author: James Patterson (10 reviews; 2-ish avg) Most reviews: badkittyuno (congratulations!; 24 reviews) Fiction: 120 reviews (-25%) Nonfiction: 32 reviews (-30.5%) Uncategorized: 2 reviews (-75%)  (the note from Mswas seemed to have helped. Great job staying on top of it this month!) Most popular genre: Mystery (38 reviews) Male authors: 58 (-26.6%) Female authors: 93 (-25.6%) Oldest book read this month: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1845) (You really […]