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14-month anniversary
November 1, 2002 (11:13 AM) ( link ) The end of October marks the 14th month that I've been running the book reviews portion of this web site. In the last month I've read only 2 books and written 2 reviews, for a total of 107 reviews written. Also in the last month, 284 people visited the main page (the second highest number ever), for a total of 1519 hits.
I recently discovered that my hosting company, Hurricane Electric (which I would recommend to anybody), maintains statistics on website access. (Unfortunately it only keeps statistics for half a month, so the following figures are only for the period 10/15/02 to 10/31/02.)
So, for the first time ever, the top 5 (and bottom 5) accessed reviews on this site (the numbers in parantheses refer to the number of times the document was accessed):
Top 5 - John Gardner's Grendel (184)
- James Dickey's Deliverance (107)
- Thomas Harris's Red Dragon (104)
- Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City (63)
- Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy (61)
What's interesting to note is that none of these five books are science fiction or fantasy, even though most of the reviews are. In fact, the highest accessed speculative fiction book is Connie Willis's Doomsday Book, at 7th place with 46 hits.
Bottom 5- Robert Charles Wilson's Darwinia (1)
- Robert Charles Wilson's Harvest (2)
- Tim Powers's Expiration Date (2)
- Connie Willis's Remake (2)
- Kate Wilhelm's Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (2)
Fascinating stuff.
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