December 2012 Monthly Recap

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 1, 2013 | 0 Comments


monthlyrecapDon’t forget to sign up for the 2013 Sequel Challenge (hosted by yours truly) and the 2013 Paranormal Reading Challenge (hosted by Megan from Megan Likes Books and I)!
 

Posts

Challenges
Random Reads (7): Where it Began [NOT COMPLETED – didn’t get a copy in time]
December 2012 Monthly Reading Challenge [COMPLETED 5/5]

Yay, I finally completed a monthly challenge! >.<

Music Mondays
I wanted to make this a regular, but I just don’t have the time. Sorry guys! Maybe one day…

TGIF/Follow Fridays
12/7 Follow Friday (43): What character would you be?
12/14 Follow Friday (44): Book that made you cry
12/28 Follow Friday (45): What I think everyone should read

Undersea Spoils
(a replacement for IMM)
12/9 Undersea Spoils (16): Throne of Glass novellas, Shadowhunters & Downworlders
12/16 Undersea Spoils (17): Opal, Taken, Mila 2.0
12/23 Undersea Spoils (18): Mind Games, Pivot Point

Undersea Spotlight
New Tuesday feature! Interested in being featured? Sign up here :)
12/4 Millie @ Millie D’s Words
12/11 Mariam @ Book-A-Holic
12/18 Nikki @ Fiction Freak
12/25 Hannah @ The Girl in a Cafe

Blog Tours:
12/1 Unresisting: Excerpt & Giveaway
12/8 Frost Fire Book Blitz: Excerpt & Giveaway
12/10 Renhala Book Blitz
12/12 Touch of Death: Interview w/ Kelly Hashway
12/12 Snow White Sorrow Book Blitz: Excerpt & Giveaway
12/15 Fang Girl Promo: Guest Post & Giveaway

Top Ten of 2012:
12/24 Best books read
12/25 Best covers
12/26 Best debuts
12/28 Most anticipated 2013 releases

2013 Reading Challenges:
12/15 Paranormal Reading Challenge
12/20 Debut Author Challenge
12/22 Sophomore Reading Challenge
12/22 Standalone Reading Challenge
12/29 Audiobook Challenge

Other posts:
12/3 2013 Sequel Reading Challenge Sign Ups!
12/21 Books I didn’t finish: December 2012
12/27 2012 Reading Challenges Overview
12/28 2012 End of the Year Survey

 

Book Reviews (9)

12/3 Splintered by A.G. Howard: 4.5/5 starfish
12/5 Afterlight by Elle Jasper: 2/5 starfish
12/10 The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin: 4/5 starfish
12/13 Fury by Elizabeth Miles: 1.5/5 starfish
12/17 Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout: 4.5/5 starfish
12/19 Spoiled by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan: 4.5/5 starfish
12/24 Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick: 4.5/5 starfish
12/26 Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire: 4/5 starfish
12/31 Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake: 3/5 starfish

Average rating: 3.6 (A whole starfish lower than last month…ouch!)
Pages read: 3,614 (1,769 pages more than November!)

 

At the end of December:

Total # of posts: 42
Followers at end of month: GFC=1313, NB=143
Facebook likes: 755
Twitter followers: 1,144
Pageviews: 50,058

Most commented post (besides giveaways): 
2013 Sequel Challenge Sign Ups (45 comments and a whopping 630 pageviews! Not to mention 79 participants – thanks guys!!!)

 

Jessi (Geo)

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