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The Best and Worst of November 2014
November went by in a blur for me, to be honest. Between not having internet for half of it and not having water for the past day and a half currently, I’m really quite sick of rural life. Still, it makes me appreciate all the more the fact I’m moving to a real-life city in the summer. So overall, not a bad month but not a great month.
In November, despite spotty posting, I managed to get 6,022 views including a total of 3,875 unique views. That’s fewer views than October, but I can’t really complain because of the aforementioned spotty posting. Hopefully the internet I pay through the nose for will be slightly more consistent in the future.
So what were my best posts this month?
1. Why Girls Hate Game of Thrones—A Rebuttal
2. How to Read 100 Pages in an Hour
3. The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome
4. Best Seller by Martha Reynolds
5. The Mad Reviewer is Open to Review Requests (Temporarily)
That’s actually a pretty respectable list, with two new posts finally making it. My review of Best Seller by Martha Reynolds is still going very strong and I’m glad that the author is still promoting it. It makes me far more likely to review books by authors in the future when they promote the heck out of my reviews, even mediocre ones. As for the last item on my list, I’m quite happy with the response I’ve had to my call for submissions. I’ve got 14 locked in right now and I’ve reviewed four of them; so far, so good.
And what were the worst posts this month?
1. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
2. Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess by Carolyn Meyer
5. “Game of Thrones man hatred” and More Weird Search Terms
The only surprise there is that one of my weird search term posts finally made the list of the worst in terms of views. That’s shocking, actually. As for the rest, I can’t really complain. They’re either old articles or announcements or books that aren’t necessarily the most popular at the moment. Next month that list will totally change, just like every other list of the worst articles/reviews.
Well, that was how my November went. How was yours? Did you watch that heartbreaking mid-season finale of The Walking Dead last night?
The Best and Worst of October 2014
I had another exhausting Halloween of scaring kids and then organizing a local dance, but overall I’d say October was pretty good. The good weather is holding here in my corner of Saskatchewan and although work is getting slower, the construction industry never stops around here. Add to the fact that The Walking Dead is back on and you’ve got the recipe for a pretty decent month in my life.
It was so good that I re-opened my review requests and have been getting some awesome submissions. It also didn’t hurt my stats as I received 7,317 views including 4,778 unique views. That’s pretty good considering September was awful, with 4,861 total views.
So what were the most popular posts this month?
1. Why Girls Hate Game of Thrones—A Rebuttal
2. How to Read 100 Pages in an Hour
3. Best Seller by Martha Reynolds
4. The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome
5. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
The only new one on this list is my 3 star review of Best Seller by Martha Reynolds. It’s nice to not only get extra views from a blog tour, it’s also nice to know that some authors actually care about their reviews and promote the heck out of them. Even if they’re generally positive but not the most flattering ever. I can definitely appreciate that. None of the other top posts in October were a shocker, but it’s nice to see a new post reach the top 5.
So what were my worst posts this month?
1. Beware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn Meyer
2. The Eagles’ Brood by Jack Whyte
3. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
4. Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
5. Kane Chronicles: The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
As with my past bottom 5 lists, none of these are really a surprise and I don’t think many of them have made repeated appearances on the list. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld has appeared before and that’s a shame because it’s a very good book. However, the others haven’t been on before and they are older/less popular books in general so it’s not all that surprising.
So overall, my October was pretty good. How was yours?
“Fairy Lovers” and Still More Weird Search Terms
Yep, it’s that time once again folks: time to round up all of the weird search terms! If you’ve missed the previous installments of my weird search term series, here they are:
1. “Why do People Hate Naked Men?” and Other Weird Search Terms
2. “The Spread of Kidness” and More Weird Search Terms
3. The Return of the Weird Search Terms
4. “Game of Thrones man hatred” and More Weird Search Terms
5. “Yes I Can Do” and Other Weird Search Terms
So what weird search terms are we up against today?
fairy lovers
mad brown girls porn photo
is it bad to read 100 pages in one day
5 hours to.read.100 pages
read to me the word lynburns
mad reviews
adult vacation partils
reading pages through 1 and 100
And the weirdest of all:
old building-ajacket-being escorted around by strangers
Any of these ones stand out to you guys? What are some of the weird search terms that you’ve received recently or not-so-recently?
The Best and Worst of September 2014
September was a slow month traffic-wise, with only 4,861 views in total and with about 3,401 of those being unique page views. That’s down from even August, which would be surprising except that the same thing happened last year. However, once schools start their novel studies of The Hunger Games I think I can safely expect more views on my usual articles.
So what were the best articles in this pretty pathetic month?
1. Why Girls Hate Game of Thrones—A Rebuttal
2. How to Read 100 Pages in an Hour
3. The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome
4. The Day an Author Suggested I Kill Myself
5. Discussion: The Most Overhyped Book (For You)
For the first time in a while, we have a discussion in the top five. Considering the topic, it’s not all that surprising, but it is nice to see something new up there. My author article about a certain jerk was also strangely popular, which leads me to believe that someone Googled his name and the word spread through their circle of friends. Bringing up the incident in question isn’t my favourite thing ever, but if it keeps future reviewers from being victimized, I don’t mind all that much.
And what were the worst articles this month?
1. Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
2. Parsifal’s Page by Gerald Morris
3. The Forever Song by Julie Kagawa
4. Short Story: The Princess of Egypt Must Die by Stephanie Dray
5. Now You See Them, Now You Don’t by Gordon Korman
Stephanie Dray is one of my favourite new authors, so it kind of hurts to see that two of her pieces of work were on the worst list. But I’m not going to worry about it too much unless her name remains consistently on the list, which no author’s has in the past. The ‘worst’ articles of the month change around, providing a nice contrast to the ‘best’ articles, which seem to never change. It’s always nice to know that there’s something predictable out there.
So how was the month of September for you guys, life-wise and stats-wise?
The Best and Worst of August 2014
This month was very bad posting-wise but now that the summer rush is done at work I think you guys can reasonably expect me to go back to my regular routine of daily posts. I just need to get back in the hang of things, starting today. As a consequence of my irregular posting, my stats were significantly lower than they were in July. I only received 5,308 views as opposed to 6,344 but I expect things to go back to normal this fall as everyone falls back into their routines (myself included).
Here are the top posts this August:
1. Why Girls Hate Game of Thrones—A Rebuttal
2. How to Read 100 Pages in an Hour
3. The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome
4. Discussion: Your School Reading Experiences
5. The Mad Reviewer 1,000 Follower Giveaway
None of these are all that surprising, really. They’re either previously popular posts that have maintained their popularity for months (or sometimes years!) or they’re posts that naturally would attract a lot of attention like reading in school or $50 giveaways. I’m definitely expecting my Hunger Games article to rise in popularity as kids start to do novel studies on the book this fall but I’m still predicting that Game of Thrones will reign supreme.
So what were my worst posts this month?
2. Living with Your Body and Other Things You Hate by Emily Sandoz and Troy DuFrene
4. The Fires of Merlin by T. A. Barron
5. The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
As usual, my reaction to the worst list is ‘meh’ at best. None of these have featured before and they’re either outdated posts like the first one or books that aren’t necessarily bestsellers at this point in time. There will be a new line up of ‘worst’ posts next month so I’m not going to lose sleep over any of these particular ones appearing here.
So how was your August? Did anyone go anywhere interesting on holidays?