Now that I’m finally caught up with my stacks, I peeked at the analytics.
45 re-reads and 40 new reads. That’s far more new reads than I’d have guessed, as it feels like all I’ve done is re-read my shelves this year (which is a good thing). 35 different authors over the span of 85 books is a testament to my binge reading series. If I reach 163, I’ll be pleased, though it will be far from one of my best reading years.
Another surprising stat, as it felt like the first few months of the year were ALL male authors, but obviously I rallied hugely at some point, though apparently I found the male authors’ writing to be .04th of a star better than the womens’.
The only non-surprising stat of the bunch, as I’ve been really focused on UF fiction for some time. Other is non-fiction, which is a respectable showing for my last 6 months overall.
For a half year going from binge to slump and back again, that‘s a pretty awesome showing! Love the 0.04 percentage point difference between male and female ratings averages …
I’mreally impressed by your tracking reviews as well. If I did that, I’d break out in sweat every time I look at the stats. XD
That’s the book database plug-in I’m using that tracks it automatically. I’ve been wondering about the discrepancy in the number compared to books read, but I can’t find enough curiosity in myself to track it down yet. 🙂
It might be all automated, but still great job keeping track of everything – I’d probably forget to update that too, heh. And don’t worry about thinking you slacked off on your reading, it’s still so much better than how I’m currently doing 😀
I have to say it’s a much more onerous job to keep this site updated than it was BookLikes. So many steps involved here! But the stats are nice. 🙂
Sorry to hear your reading isn’t what you’d like it to be either – it seems to be a very common theme this year.
I’m a bit surprised it wasn’t just me. I’m a pretty slow reader in general and this year I had a lot of work to deal with, so in a waybeing behind on my own reading schedule is just another day in the office for me. Then again, after last year I guess everyone had more to do than usual.
I really would have expected my reading to go through the roof last year, with our extended lockdowns, but I just lost all interest. I lost so much time to tear through my TBR to low morale, it’s disappointing. Ah well. Life happens.
It seems like you’re starting to get back into your stride.
BTW, although I’m following your site and I get email alerts, your posts don’t show up in my reader and whenever I try to add a like I’m taken to a dialog box to relogin to WP but the dialog box never finishes loading.
I don’t know if this is happening with other WP users.
This (both the reader absences and the WP login) happens to me too with certain sites, and I’ve never been able to figure it out. There have been occasions when I can’t even respond to comments on my own site without getting that wp login pop up.