Summary Data

2022 All
Current cycle 4
Books read 11 32
Number of ratings 86 236
Avg days between meetings 32 30.8

Books read this year

  1. The Push: Demon child makes a woman’s life miserable, because motherhood is hell (Ryan)
  2. A Pleasure to Burn: Short story variations of Farenheit 451 (Sam)
  3. Transcendent Kingdom: PhD student from Ghana uses mice to figure out why her family is depressed (Hannah)
  4. Cemetery Boys: Santeria murder mystery with trans ghost romance (Healy)
  5. Unfollow: Survivor of Westboro Baptist Church (Julia)
  6. Cat’s Cradle: Writing about Hiroshima reveals futuristic cult (Kevin)
  7. Bring the War Home: Someone’s history doctoral thesis about the development of white supremacist groups (Ben)
  8. Blink: Gladwell analysis of impulsive decision-making (Amanda)
  9. Bewilderment: Father tells alien stories and does a bad job taking care of his son (Ryan)
  10. Gwendy’s Button Box: Spooky man in a hat gives a girl a magic box to destroy whatever she wants (Sam)
  11. Between Two Fires: A knight, a gay priest, and Joan-of-Arc-stand-in travel to let God out of a barrel (NA)

Books

Best / Worst

Pre-2022

Best: Long Bright River

Worst: Yellow Crocus

2022

Best: Bewilderment / Cat’s Cradle

Worst: Bring the War Home

All

Best: Long Bright River

Worst: Bring the War Home

Most / Least Polarizing

Pre-2022

Most: Consider the Lobster

Least: Long Bright River

2022

Most: Transcendent Kingdom

Least: Bring the War Home

All

Most: Consider the Lobster

Least: Long Bright River

Rating groups

Bookmakers

Best / Worst

Pre-2022

Best: Sam

Worst: Kevin

2022

Best: Kevin

Worst: Ben

All

Best: Ryan

Worst: Amanda

Most / Least Polarizing

Pre-2022

Most: Healy

Least: Sam

2022

Most: Hannah

Least: Ben

All

Most: Ben

Least: Julia

Raters

Highest / Lowest

Pre-2022

Highest: Sam

Lowest: Healy

2022

Highest: Julia

Lowest: Kevin

All

Highest: Julia

Lowest: Kevin

Most / Least Variable

Pre-2022

Most: Ben

Least: Kevin

2022

Most: Julia

Least: Ben

All

Most: Ben

Least: Ryan

Favorite / Least Favorite Bookmaker

Bookmaker
Amanda Ben Hannah Healy Julia Kevin Ryan Sam
Amanda 3.75 2.50 3.25 3.50 3.50 1.50 3.25 3.00
Ben 3.25 3.00 2.50 2.50 3.75 2.50 3.25 3.33
Hannah 2.25 2.50 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.75 3.00 2.33
Healy 2.00 2.25 2.75 2.25 3.25 2.00 3.00 2.67
Julia 2.67 3.00 3.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 3.75 3.67
Kevin 1.75 2.50 2.00 2.50 2.25 3.50 3.00 2.00
Ryan 2.67 2.33 2.25 3.00 2.75 2.33 3.50 3.00
Sam 2.33 3.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.25 4.00

Preference Similarity

Most / Least Similar

Most: Julia & Hannah

Least: Kevin & Amanda

Couple & Sibling Pairs

57% Kevin & Hannah
51% Ben & Amanda
44% Ryan & Julia
36% Sam & Healy

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