June 2025 in Review
30 Jun, 2025
I survived another dance season. Go me.
June 2025
21 works reviewed. 11 by women (52%), 9 by men (43%),1 by non-binary authors (5%), 0 by authors whose gender is unknown (0%), and 8 by POC (38%).
2025 to Date
130 works reviewed. 67 by women (52%), 55 by men (42%), 3 by non-binary authors (2%), 5 by authors whose gender is unknown (4%), and 53 by POC (41%).
Grand Total to Date
2921 works reviewed. 1622 by women (56%), 1223 by men (42%), 47 by non-binary authors (2%), 29 by authors whose gender is unknown (1%), and 930.25 by POC (31%).
Genre Count, Books Reviewed June 2025
21 books reviewed. 6 fantasies (29%), 0 horror (0%), 0 mainstream (0%), 0 mystery (0%), 0 non-fiction (5%), 0 roleplaying game (0%), 15 science fiction (71%), of which 7 were series books (33%) and 14 were not (67%).
Genre Count, Books Reviewed, 2025 TD
130 books reviewed. 42 fantasies (32%), 1 horror (1%), 8 mainstream (6%), 4 mysteries (3%), 4 non-fiction (3%), 1 roleplaying game (1%), 70 science fiction (54%), of which 53 were series books (41%) and 77 were not (59%).
Genre Count, Books Received March 2025
18 books new to me. Genre breakdown: 9.5 fantasy (53%), 1 Horror (6%) , 0 Mainstream (0%), 1 Mystery (6%), 1 Non-fiction (6%), and 5.5 Science Fiction (31%).
I think 14 are stand-alone and 4 series. Publishers seem to want to obscure that detail, so I could be wrong. How odd to receive fewer books than I reviewed.
Genre Count, Books Received 2025 TD
181 books received. I am going redo this section when I have time and energy. Maybe July. Or maybe I will declare bankruptcy on this section.
| 2025 June | 2024 June | 2023 June | 2022 June | 2021 June | 2020 June | 2019 June | 2018 June | 2017 June | 2016 June | 2015 June | 2014 June | |
| Women | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11.5 | 12 | 10.5 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 3 |
| Non-Binary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POC | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6.5 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 8 |
| % Women | 52 | 57 | 55 | 50 | 55 | 53 | 57 | 52 | 50 | 50 | 57 | 38 |
| % Non-Binary | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % POC | 38 | 33 | 41 | 41 | 36 | 35 | 43 | 31 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 TD | 2024 TD | 2023 TD | 2022 TD | 2021 TD | 2020 TD | 2019 TD | 2018 TD | 2017 TD | 2016 TD | 2015 TD | 2014 TD | |
| Women | 67 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 69.5 | 67 | 69.75 | 69.5 | 68 | 73 | 93 | 9 |
| Non-Binary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POC | 53 | 53 | 53 | 48 | 52 | 41 | 50.75 | 48 | 39.5 | 30 | 10.5 | 0 |
| Total | 130 | 130 | 22 | 129 | 128 | 126 | 124 | 129 | 126 | 125 | 160 | 14 |
| % Women | 52 | 56 | 57 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 56 | 54 | 54 | 58 | 58 | 64 |
| % Non-Binary | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| % Unknown | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % POC | 41 | 41 | 41 | 37 | 41 | 38 | 41 | 37 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 0 |