Challenges
Random Reads (8): For Darkness Shows the Stars [NOT COMPLETED – couldn’t get into the book]
January 2013 Monthly Reading Challenge [COMPLETED 5/5]
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
1/11 Follow Friday (46): Supernatural being you want to exist
1/18 Follow Friday (47): Favorite villain
1/25 Follow Friday (48): Books that kept you up late
Undersea Spoils
(a replacement for IMM)
1/20 Undersea Spoils (19): My first ARC package! Unravel Me, The Ward, Fragments
1/27 Undersea Spoils (20): Destroy Me, Stung, Transparent, Another Little Piece
Undersea Spotlight
New Tuesday feature! Interested in being featured? Sign up here :)
1/1 Lola @ Reading by Lamplight
1/8 Melissa @ Writer Grrl Reads
1/15 Debdatta @ B00k R3vi3ws
1/22 Ashley @ My Two Cents
1/29 Jessica @ Booked Up!
Blog Tours:
1/4 Release Promo Blitz: Excerpt & Giveaway
1/5 Doomed Tour: Review & Giveaway
1/17 Obscura Burning Blitz: Excerpt & Giveaway
1/26 Persistence of Vision Tour: Interview & Giveaway
Giveaways:
1/4 Release
1/5 Doomed
1/17 Obscura Burning
1/26 Persistence of Vision
1/31 Destroy Me & Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
Other posts:
1/3 2013 PnRC: January is for Vampires
1/6 2013 Dystopia Reading Challenge
1/12 2013 Sequel Challenge
1/19 PLAGIARISM SUCKS: It’s more than just drama!
1/23 Books I Didn’t Finish in January
Book Reviews (11)
1/2 The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour: 2.5/5 starfish
1/7 Touch of Death by Kelly Hashway: 2.5/5 starfish
1/5 Doomed by Tracy Deebs: 3.5/5 starfish
1/9 Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick: 4/5 starfish
1/10 Abandon by Meg Cabot: 2.5/5 starfish (audio)
1/14 Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick: 3.5/5 starfish
1/16 Legend by Marie Lu: 4.5/5 starfish (audio)
1/21 Blood Red Road by Moira Young: 5/5 starfish (audio)
1/28 Asunder by Jodi Meadows: 4/5 starfish
1/30 Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi: 5/5 starfish
1/31 Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi: 5+/5 starfish (King of the Sea Award)
Average rating: 3.8
Pages read: 3,933 (about the same as December)
At the end of December:
Total # of posts: 32
Followers at end of month: GFC=1372, NB=151
Facebook likes: 769
Twitter followers: 1,270
Pageviews: 59,232
Most commented post (besides giveaways):
Plagiarism Sucks: It’s More Than Just Drama (37 comments and a whopping 1,538 pageviews!)
wow you had a great month. I see you also counted the # of pages you read this month so I think you should also join my 2013 challenge! It’s a page count challenge! Check it out. http://www.avantisplace.com/2012/11/let-me-count-ways-reading-challenge.html
Sounds like you’ve had a very busy month. Hopefully you’ll have some time to breathe :) Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Wow! 11 books in 1 month! That’s awesome! :)
You had a great month. 11 reviews posted, awesome job :D!