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The Mad Reviewer Challenge Check In #2
Yes folks, it’s the end of August which means there are only four more months left to finish The Mad Reviewer Reading & Reviewing Challenge. We’re already two thirds of the way through 2013 if you can believe it. I know I can’t.
As some of my regular readers may have noticed, my progress bar has not moved at all in weeks. Obviously from my reviews this is not because I haven’t been reading but rather because I want to be a little more selective in the books I”m counting toward my challenge. I want to be able to say that I read and reviewed 1000+ page novels for my challenge rather than count books that are only 100-200 pages. As someone who reads a lot, I have the luxury of doing this.
So what I’m curious about is this: if you’re participating, where are you in my challenge? Have you finished yet? Are you thinking of upgrading? Would you be interested in participating in my reading and reviewing challenge next year?
The Mad Reviewer Challenge Check in
Since it’s Sunday and I’m far too tired/lazy to write a very deep or thoughtful post at the moment, I thought it would be a great time for a challenge check in. If you’re participating in The Mad Reviewer Reading/Reviewing Challenge, how far are you? 25%, 50%, finished? Since it’s almost June, the halfway point, you should probably be around 50%, give or take a few percentage points. Assuming you’re pacing yourself and not procrastinating until you begin a reading frenzy in December. If you’re not participating, there’s still time to join if you want to go for one of the lower levels (click here for more info).
As you guys can see from my progress bar, I’ve read and reviewed 65 books toward my goal of 104 books, making me roughly 63% done. No, I’m not counting the short stories or novellas I’ve reviewed since I know I’ll be reading and reviewing far more than 104 books this year. I can afford to be a little more picky, which is why I’m also keeping track of how many pages I’ll be reading for the challenge. (Thanks to Caleb Flanagan of 20four12 for that idea!)
So how’s the challenge going for you? If you’re not participating, how’s your reading/reviewing in general going this year?
The Best and Worst of December
Yes, I know it’s only December 31. However I don’t think my stats will change all that much in the next 24 hours. Since it’s December and the holiday season for most people out there, monthly traffic is down from 5, 346 in November to 4, 222 views. According to WordPress’s new unique visitors feature 2, 255 different people have visited this month. So what did all these people view? It may surprise you!
1. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
2. The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome
Yes, for the first time in two months we actually have a new top 5 post! My Favourite Books of 2012 did surprisingly well, gathering 93 views since December 10. My post The Mad Reviewer Reading Challenge came in a close sixth, however. And now for the worst posts of December:
1. Introducing my New Guest Poster: Caleb Flanagan of 20four12
2. Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
3. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
4. Just Thought You’d Like to Know
5. The Three Best Books to Read in the Bathroom
Meh, I’m not really that surprised about the bottom five. I can absolutely understand why #1 was my introduction of Caleb because it’s no longer relevant and wasn’t particularly search engine friendly. The only real surprise is that Seraphina, after all the hype it received, is at the bottom. Perhaps the hype has finally died down. As for the rest, well they’re either old books or awkward non-SEO friendly articles. Oh well.
So that is how my December looked stats-wise. What about yours?