Happy 2013!
Looking Back at 2012: What an exciting year! First I reached my goal of reading 300 books (just under the wire). Second I posted 374 posts, most of them being reviews, keeping to my goal of being a site that posts reviews rather than memes. Third, I hosted nine giveaways (two standalones and my week-long extravaganza). Fourth I grew from 267 followers to 425-a tremendous leap. Thank you so much, everyone who stopped by. I also discovered loads of new blogs and am excited about building more relationships with those bloggers.
Looking Forward to 2013: January is off to a bang with a lot of 2013 releases as well as some 2012 titles that I had missed. Look for early reviews of Gayle Forman's Just One Day, Dance of Shadows, and Cinders and Sapphires, some of my most anticipated reads as well as lots of other cool YA and MG titles. This year I am definitely planning to read more MG after some great experiences in previous years. I am also looking forward to hosting more giveaways and growing as a blogger.
Monthly Stats:
Books Read This Month: 25
Pages Read This Month: 7803 pages
Average Length of Book: 312 pages
Average Rating of Book: 4.02 stars
Recommended Reads of the Month: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater; Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys (releases in February)
Year Stats:
Total Books Read: 300 (goal reached!)
Total Pages Read: 94,288 pages
Average Length of Book: 314 pages
Average Rating of Book: 4.01
(Month) By Genre:
Mystery/Thriller-0
YA/MG-15
Romance-3
Classics-1
Science Fiction/Fantasy-1
Non-Fiction-2
Historical Fiction-2
Short Stories-0
Other-1
(Month) Source:
Home Library-5
Own/Borrowed/Won-5
Netgalley-10
Other ebook source-2
Booksneeze-1
Amazon Vine-2
Stats for Previous Months: January; February; March; April; May; June; July; August; September; October; November;
Books Read:
276. Just One Day by Gayle Forman
277. Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
278. Forever a Lord by Delilah Marvelle
279. Not Exactly a Love Story by Audrey Coulombis
280. Rift by Andrea Cremer
281. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
282. The Scandalous, Dissolute, No-Good Mr. Wright by Tessa Dare
283. Tempestuous by Kim Askew and Amy Helmes
284. Louder Than Words by Laurie Plissner
285. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
286. Lovelier Than Daylight by Rosslyn Elliott
287. The Girl in the Wall by Daphne Benedis-Grab
288. Scent of Power by Maria V. Snyder
289. The Lady Most Willing...by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, and Connie Brockway
290. What Matters in Jane Austen? by John Mullan
291. The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson
292. The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress
293. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
294. The Tutor's Daughter by Julie Klassen
295. The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne
296. Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheldt
297. Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
298. Prettiest Doll by Gina Willner-Pardo
299. Delusion by Laura L. Sullivan
300. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer C Smith
I love your blog and I think you've done a fantastic job with it. Congratulations on meeting your goals in 2012!
ReplyDeleteWhoa -- that's a bunch of books. I'm trying to decide if I want to do monthly stats in 2013. I love reading other people's but it's a lot of work.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
I love seeing how your blog has expanded and changed over the years! Every incarnation has been wonderful. I am always so impressed with how many books and posts you read and write!
ReplyDeleteI love all your stats you do. I would love to try to do something like this in 2013 :)
ReplyDeleteI'm astounded by how awesome you did with your goals this year! yay for hitting 300 books and you read such a large variety, too. :-)
ReplyDeleteCongrats!
I feel like I should keep track of my stats.
ReplyDeleteAnd reading more MG is one of my goals too.
Wow! 300 books! That's really good! I'm hoping to get to tread 'The Raven Boys' soon!
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