Sunday Salon: Historical Fiction Reading Challenge Statistics - September and October

Each month I share the statistics for the previous month for the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge,although I didn't get to do the September statistics last month as I was on holidays. So today, I am sharing the statistics for both September and October. I always find it interesting to see what are the books that people are reading and reviewing! 

 

In terms of the books, September was a good month for reviews with 84 reviews linked up for the challenge, shared by 19 participants, which is a 20 more than were reviewed in September last year.  There were 81 individual titles reviewed, written by 78 different authors. There were 7 reviewers who reviewed 5 or more books each this month. Thank you to everyone who shared their links whether it be 9 or just 1. 

Let's move onto the books. There were 2 books that were reviewed twice during September. They were:

A Lady's Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin was reviewed by both Helen at She Reads Novels and at Staircase Wit.

Mrs Porter Calling by A J Pearce was reviewed at Staircase Wit and at The Chocolate Lady's Book Review blog.

In addition, there were 3 authors who had multiple books reviewed. 

They were Agatha Christie whose books Murder on the Orient Express and Appointment with Death were reviewed by Shellie from Shellie Loves Books.

Susan at Reading World reviewed Beloved and Lost Lover by Mary Lancaster 

Christopher Morley's books Parnassus on Wheels and The Haunted Bookshop were reviewed at Belle's Library.

It probably worked out quite well that I have combined the statistics for these two months.  There were 34 individual titles reviewed, written by 33 different authors in October. There were 3 reviewers who reviewed 5 or more books in October.   However, there were no books reviewed more than once, and the only author who had more than one book reviewed was Agatha Christie. Her book Black Coffee was reviewed by Shellie at Shellie Loves Books and Halloween Party was reviewed at Laura's Reviews.

My thoughts are very much turning towards next year's challenge. My plan is to put the December linky up on 1 December as usual, and then the sign up post for the 2024 challenge will be up within a couple of days. I will also put up a linky to enable to link up any wrap ups for the 2023 challenge to be shared.

Are you starting to think about your reading challenges in 2024. I hope you will consider joining the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge.