I Just Read About That…

I’ve more or less stopped counting milestones on this site.  But today I hit a quarter of a million views.  Sure, some site get that traffic in a day, but it’s not bad for a site that’s all about the books I’ve read.

And since I’m at 250,000, here’s a snapshot of my most popular posts:

Pierdomenico Baccalario–Ulysses Moore series, books 1-4  (over 9,700 views).
If you Google this book, I’m pretty much the main site.  I only wish I could convince someone to publish the rest of the books!

Awkward Pauses [Ass Möde] (over 7,500 views)
Hilariously, if you Google “ass mode” I’m the #3 hit.  Thanks Craig Ferguson.

Terry Moore–Echo #23 & #24 (2010) (over 4,110 hits)
I believe this is more because of Pearl Jam than Terry Moore.  Although this reminds me that I have to order the final issues of the series.

James Joyce–[Week 4] Ulysses (1922) [Wandering Rocks, Sirens, Cyclops] (almost 3,700 hits)
Who knew so many people loved James Joyce?

Pseudonymous Bosch–The Name of This Book is Secret (2007) (almost 3,300 hits)
I have a very lengthy dialogue going on in this post about secrets and getting into the website.  Although I myself have never tried it.  Thanks, kids, you’ve made me 310 on Google.

The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis (2010) (2,350 hits)
I have no idea why this gets so many views.  It is constantly in my top search terms and that seems to have put me into the Top 10 on Google.  Cool.

Clash of the Gods (The History Channel, 2009) (just over 2,200 hits)
This post cycles in popularity whenever they re-air the series.  Everyone wants to know who the actors are, but I have no idea.  It’s a closely guarded secret apparently.

Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job Chrimbus Special (2010) (almost 1,845 hits)
I had no idea this post was so highly ranked on my site.

Jonathan Franzen–“Farther Away” (New Yorker, April 18, 2011) (just over 1810 hits)
This post received a lot of attention when it came out because, I assume, of the David Foster Wallace connection.

Pierdomenico Baccalario–Ulysses Moore–No More? (1,781 hits)
I’m surprised, given how popular the first post is, that this post doesn’t have more views. But that’s okay.  I tend to think of my site as being about David Foster Wallace and Roberto Bolaño, but clearly it’s all about Pierdomenico Baccalario!

Speaking of David Foster Wallace, his posts come in at rankings: 13, 22, 25, 26 and 27.

And poor Roberto Bolaño, who I feel like I never shut up about, he only manages 19, 64 and beyond.

Thanks for reading!

For ease of searching I include: ass mode, Roberto Bolano