Historical Fiction Reading Challenge: July statistics

Every month I share some of the statistics related to the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge. I try very hard to visit every post which has been linked (time permitting) and I find it interesting to see what are the books that people are reading and reviewing! I often end up adding a couple of books to my never ending TBR list.

July was a big month. There were 70 reviews linked up for the challenge, shared by 18 participants. There were 69 individual titles reviewed, written by 62 different authors. There were 5 reviewers who reviewed 5 or more books each. Thank you to everyone who shared their links whether it be 9 or just 1.

In the recap posts for May and June we had no books that were reviewed more than once in May and only one in June. We didn't have any authors who had more than one book reviewed in either month which was quite unusual. This month is unusual because we had a LOT of authors who had more than one book reviewed. 

First though, there was one book that was reviewed twice this month. It is the new one from Lisa See, Daughters of the Sun and Moon which was reviewed by Deb at Readerbuzz (on Goodreads) and Laura from Reading Books Again. 

We had 6 authors who had more than two books reviewed, with two authors having three books reviewed and linked up. The first was Laura Ingalls Wilder. Deb from Readerbuzz had just completed reading all nine books in the Little House on the Prairie series. Coincidentally, the second was the author combo of Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie (yes, another Laura). Laura from Reading Books Again read My Dear Hamilton, America's First Daughter and A Founding Mother.

There were quite a few books read on American history in July, which I guess makes sense when you consider that America was celebrating a big birthday (you know, one ending with a 0!)

The other authors who had more than one book reviewed were Jean Plaidy, Lee Strauss and Manda Collins.

If you enjoy reading Historical Fiction why not join us? You can find all the details here.

I am sharing this with Sunday Salon hosted at Readerbuzz and A Good Book and a Cup of Tea hosted at Hopewell's Library.

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge: January statistics

 Every month I share some of the statistics related to the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge. I try very hard to visit every post which has been linked (time permitting) and I find it interesting to see what are the books that people are reading and reviewing! I often end up adding a couple of books to my never ending TBR list.

In terms of the books read in January, there were 49 reviews linked up for the challenge, shared by 17 participants. There were 47 individual titles reviewed, written by 44 different authors. There were 5 reviewers who reviewed more than 4 books each. There were also a couple of people who contributed their first reviews for the challenge! Welcome to you all. Thank you to everyone who shared their links whether it be 6 or just 1.

So which books were reviewed more than once in January?

Cape Fever by Nadia Davids was reviewed by both Tracey from Carpe Librum and Bree from All the Books I Can Read. Nadia Davids is a South African author so it is interesting that both of these are Australian. I think the book was released here in Australia in late December which probably explains it!

It is probably not really a coincidence that Bree from All the Books I Can Read and I both reviewed Flashlight by Susan Choi. We bought it on the same day, although we didn't buy it together.  It was kind of a buddy read although I finished it much later than she did. You can read her review here and mine can be found here.

In terms of other authors who were reviewed more than once in January, we had quite a few classic authors featured this month. 

Agatha Christie is reviewed quite regularly for the challenge. This month Laura from Laura's Reviews read both A Caribbean Mystery and Cat Among the Pigeons. 

Deb from Readerbuzz (reviewing on Goodreads) shared two reviews of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie and On the Banks of Plum Creek. 

Interestingly Rosemary Sutcliff was reviewed twice this month. Hers is not a name we see very often despite having written some pretty famous historical fiction books. This month Helen from She Reviews Novels reviewed The Silver Branch and Deb reviewed Warrior Scarlet over at Goodreads. 

What else did I find interesting? Jinjer shared both a German and a Japanese book. In terms of setting we had a book set in New Amsterdam (which eventually became New York) plus a book set in Switzerland. I was pleased to see Jean Plaidy get a mention. I also read a Jean Plaidy book in January but haven't written the review yet.

You can find the list of all the books shared in January here

I am sharing this with Sunday Salon hosted at Readerbuzz and A Good Book and a Cup of Tea hosted at Hopewell's Library.