Blogoversary Day 2: Statistics About the Books I Read

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1. AHHH, I want that plugin so bad so I can keep track of this stuff. Damn you and your coolness!!!!

   I tend to have a lot of 4 and 5 stars too but like you it’s because I mostly try to read books I am pretty confident I will like.

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   1. Hehe. 😀

      I think that as book bloggers we receive/buy soooo many books that it’s pretty important that we carefully pick and choose the ones we decide to read. We usually can’t read them all so we have to be selective. And it works out quite well, I think!

2. I am also more confident with my choice of books and often pick up I am nearly sure I will love 🙂

   Oh and … I love and adore your Plugin so much!!! all those statistics are so awesome! Now, I just need to go back and index my old ones too.. I wish you were already there a few years ago :))

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3. Ashley, this is AWESOME. I admire you for putting together all these stats, because it was so cool to see your average ratings, then broken down different ways. I really ought to do something like this. 🙂

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4. You just totally made me want to switch to whatever host you use for your blog. Those plugins are awesome! I’m so HTML stupid though so I’m scared. Can you do bloglovin with your blog? What about rafflecopters or sidebar widgets? Would I have to change my blog name or URL? Agh, too many questions!

   1. Hehehe 😀 You can do Bloglovin’, Rafflecopter, Sidebar widgets, and so much more! You can actually do more on WordPress than you can on Blogger (by far).

      You should be able to keep your same name and URL, but you will have to go through a few extra steps to move it over. You can even set it up so that you have the exact same URL structure (that way if someone tries to visit an old page on your blog, they get taken to the new blog but that same page).

      And if you’re really scared, you can find someone to hire to do it all for you.

      You could check out this post to hear from people who have gone through the process: Switching from Blogger to WordPress – Interviews With Bloggers Who’ve Done It!

   2. Also it’s important to realize that WordPress.com is different from WordPress.org. The .com is the free version that you DO NOT WANT. You want the self-hosted version which is .org. Save yourself a headache and don’t get them mixed up!

5. I forgot to add this in my last comment: How funny that you think you’re a lenient rater because I don’t see you that way. Not that I think you’re a tough rater because you’re not but I think you are very honest and fair. I love coming here and seeing 2, 3, 4 and 5 star reviews. Sometimes, I even get sick of all my 5 star reviews. But I’m super picky about what books I read. I sometimes get sick of going to blogs where 70% of the reviews are 3 stars. It’s like, do you love ANYTHING? I’ve learned that the majority of those reviewers are Calculators. I trust a Feeler’s reviews more than anything else!

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6. I LOVE THIS!!! I did something similar a while back, but yours is much more interesting because you have so much more data (as in, so many more books reviewed/read) than I did. I’m hoping this stuff was captured/calculated via your UBB plugin? 😀

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7. This made me want the book blogger plugin like 100000 times more!! But these stats are really interesting – you seem to like books about space haha! 🙂

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8. Those stats are amazing! I love the way you have broken it all down 🙂 Like you, I tend to select books I know I will more than likely enjoy.

   A fab post Ashley!

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9. Wow, I would have never thought to look at these statistics! I usually just do statistics by rating. I’m really interested now to do an average rating per pub for my own reads! And for genre too! There’s certain types of books that I almost never like…such as reaper and angel books (and of course erotica…not my cup of tea), but I almost always love stuff like high fantasy and dystopian. And werewolves (which it seems like you don’t like baha). Hmm. *curiosity*
   This is a great list, Ashley!
   <3

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10. Cool stats! This year only I have been keeping track of which genres I read. I was just curious which I read the most. So far I seem to love YA fiction. 🙂

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11. That is so cool! I don’t really keep stats, but I do tend to read A LOT of paranormal books and M/M romance novels along with YA paranormal/fantasy.
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12. I love that you have all these stats, it’d be interesting to look back and see all the ratings I’ve given over the last couple of years

13. I love books + I love statistics = I love this post! So much info captured I love it. Now I want to move wordpress and get the ultimate book blogger plugin more than ever 😀

14. I LOVE posts like these. I don’t keep trackable stats, but I’m now wishing I did.

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