Fairly random review statistics
... Also known as "stuff I do when I really should be doing a lot of other stuff". *cough* To start off with, let's look at when books were released and the ratings I gave them. That shows that even though we're talking three different centuries, they're fairly consistent in average quality/enjoyability: The 21st Century (2000s): 3.78 (based on 45 items) The 19th Century (1800s): 3.59 (based on 8 items) The 20th Century (1900s): 3.21 (based on 20 items) Note that unrated and/or "date unknown" have not been included here, for obvious reasons. As most of the written items are from the 2000s, I've whittled it down to a per year thing: 2000: 3.8 (1 item) 2001: 5 (1) 2002: 4 (4) 2003: 4 (1) 2004: 4.75 (4) 2005: 3.35 (2) 2006: 3 (2) 2007: 3.6 (3) 2008: 3 (4) 2009: 4 (4) 2010: 3.62 (10) 2011: 3.82 (9) There's a similar story for films as well. The 21st Century scores 3.45 on average, with the 20th Century coming in at the lower 3