Survey Results Part One: (Statistics)

So it's been a little over a week since I put the survey up, and I think now's a good time to do a post about the results. I'm thinking being open about them is a good idea, as I'm a pretty open person in some aspects this does not include confessing that I ate the last cookie. Hopefully this will be interesting and from it you guys will know what direction the blog is heading in :)

My thoughts on the polls in blue, and then I'll delve into the free respons after the statistics, otherwise this post would be monstrously long. I got about 50 responses, which is awesome!

How often do you visit In Which a Girl Reads? Looks like most of the people who take the survey visit regularly! That's awesome :D
	Almost daily 10 21% A few times a week 30 63% A few times a month 6 13% Very rarely 2 4% People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

What are your favorite features on the the blog, or why do you visit? Your favorite features were the book reviews and giveaways , followed by IMM and WoW. Your least favorite were Daily Dose (I don't know if this is because I've only participated in it once so far) and Literature Week.
	Events like Literature Week 9 19% Waiting on Wednesday 23 48% Book Reviews 43 90% Giveaways/Contests 43 90% In My Mailbox 25 52% Daily Dose 9 19% Miscallenous posts 12 25% Discussion Posts 12 25% Friday Favorites 12 25%

Rank the quality of my reviews (1 being the worst, 5 being the best) Whoo, no 1s or 2s! Majority 4s or 5s, a few 3s. Awesome!
	1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 7 15% 4 23 48% 5 18 38% People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

What do you think about my posting habits? Great, nearly everyone seems to like how often I post!
	You post way too much! 0 0% You post a bit too often 3 6% You post just the right amount 45 94% You post way too little 0 0% Other 0 0%

What new features would you like to see? Looks like people want to see author interviews the most. I wholeheartedly I agree, I really need to start interviewing authors, it's one of my New Year resolutions. And you guys also seem pretty interested with interviewing aspiring teen authors, which is something I can definitely do, yay! I will also try to incorporate some posts about book covers and wishlist posts as well as some advice/discussions about blogging.

Author Interviews 24 50% Aspiring Teen Authors Interviews 20 42% Blogger Interviews/ Blogger Spotlights 13 27% Discussion posts 12 25% Posts on Music 13 27% Rants 10 21% Advice/ discussions about blogging 18 38% Posts about book covers 19 40% Posts about what books I'm coveting 19 40% Posts on chocolate/food 7 15% Posts about traveling 8 17% Random stuff! 16 33% More shiny widgets! 1 2%

Would you like to see some posts on writing and the publishing process? So the majority of you would like to see some writing-related posts. I'll do a test-run with a few and see how it goes!
	Yes 30 63% No 13 27% Other 5 10% People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

Do you like personal content? Most of you like personal content, which is cool if I ever want to talk about myself! Haha :)
	Yes 42 88% No 2 4% Other 4 8 People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

Would you like to see more personal content? And most of you would like to see more personal content. Probably because I have next to none at this point. I'll keep that in mind!
	Yes 34 71% No 7 15% Other 7 15% People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

Would types of books should I review? Awesome, most of you like the books I review now. And a surprising amount like my Friday Favorites! I haven't done a Friday Favorite for a while now, so I'll definitely try to do those more regularly. I'll also try to keep up the other-genres-then-fantasy resolution and maybe sprinkle in some literature or middle grade reviews occasionally :)
	I'd like to see more reviews on literature 11 23% I'd like to see more reviews for middle grade 5 10% I'd like to see more reviews of your favorite books (Friday Favorites) 26 54% I would like to see review-rants on study books 4 8% You need to review books from other genres than fantasy! 12 25% I like the types of books you review now 30 63% Other 2 4%

How often do you comment? Not as many regular commenters. Which is sort of sad because I LOVE comments more than anything, they're the best part of blogging. But in the free responses most of you had good reasons. I'll get to them in the next post :)
	Every post 5 10% Every few posts 6 13% Once in a while 21 44% Rarely 14 29% Never

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Very interesting, I'm glad I did this survey! It's definitely given me a clear direction and lots of thoughts for improvements.