First Quarter Database Update!

So, as most of you probably know, I’m not doing these every month. It’s just too much work. I’ve always streamlined the post a bit, and am not putting as much information as I used to. Let me know if there’s anything I’ve left out that you really miss, and I’ll try to re-incorporate it.

On with the stats!

Monthly review totals:
January – 416 (3.68 average)
February – 316 (3.72 average)
March – 355 (3.55 average)

Most popular books:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (11 reviews, 4.00 average)
Artemis by Andy Weir (6 reviews, 3.80 average)
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (5 reviews, 4.20 average)
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (5 reviews, 4.00 average)
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (4 reviews, 4.25 average)
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (4 reviews, 4.50 average)
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff (4 reviews, 3.25 average)
Sourdough by Robin Sloan (4 reviews, 4.50 average)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (4 reviews, 4.50 average)
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory (4 reviews, 4.00 average)

Most popular authors:
Madeleine L’Engle (14 reviews)
Brandon Sanderson (12 reviews)
Ilona Andrews (12 reviews)
Naomi Novik (11 reviews)
Harry Harrison (9 reviews)
Laura Ingalls Wilder (9 reviews)
Holly Black (8 reviews)
Dean Koontz (7 reviews)
James SA Corey (7 reviews)
Rainbow Rowell (7 reviews)
Terry Pratchett (7 reviews)

Popular genres:
Fiction: 878
Non-Fiction: 207
Fantasy: 184
Romance: 127
Mystery: 118
Science Fiction: 103
Young Adult: 96
Memoir: 77
Graphic Novel: 36

Top 10 reviewers:
1. vel veeter (86 reviews, 3.5 average rating)
2. BlackRaven (47 reviews, 4.1 average
3. narfna (42 reviews, 3.6 average)
4. Caitlin_D (39 reviews, 3.64 average))
5. prisco (35 reviews)
6. Jen K (32 reviews, 3.5 average)
7. yesknopemaybe (30 reviews, 3.72 average)
8. lowercasesee (28 reviews, 3.5 average)
9. Halbs (23 reviews, 3.48 average)
10. Malin (22 reviews, 3.59 average)

CBR Database:
18,996 reviews*
10,577  individual books reviewed

Annual review totals (CBR2-9):
2010. 1,881
2011. 2,335
2012. 3,138
2013. 3,574
2014. 3,061 (1,012 through March 31)
2015. 3,837 (1,064)
2016. 3,447 (1,070)
2017. 4,146 (1,379)
2018. 1,087

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. 119 (2)

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 (1,043)**
2. badkittyuno (980)
3. narfna (822)
4. bonnie (743)
5. vel veeter (598)
6. Jen K (550)
7. Sophia (503)
8. Caitlin_D (429)
9. alwaysanswerb (427)
t10. Mrs. Julien (417)
t10. faintingviolet (417)
12. scootsa1000 (405)
13. Lollygagger (372)
14. Valyruh (364)
15. Travis_J_Smith (362)
16. Caitlin (335)
17. El Cicco (331)
18. emmalita (274)
19. Captain Tuttle (245)
20. janniethestrange (242)

Just outside the top 20: The Chancellor (236), Prisco (236) and Siege (232)

vel veeter moved up one spot to number 5. Caitlin_D jumped all the one way to 8th from 12th. Lollygagger leapfrogged Valyruh and Travis_J_Smith to land in 13th place.

 

*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.