Month in Review: January

I hope you all have had a fabulous start to 2012! Reading-wise, I DEFINITELY did. I was fortunate to be able to start the year off with almost all fabulous reads! I sure hope this is an indication of how my reading will go this year!

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Books Read in January

1. The Burning Edge by Rick Mofina ~ 3.5 stars
2. May B. by Caroline Starr Rose ~ 4 stars
3. Academ’s Fury by Jim Butcher ~ 5 stars
4. Bewitching by Alex Flinn ~ 4.5 stars
5. Percepliquis by Michael J. Sullivan ~ 5 stars
6. Hallowed by Cynthia Hand ~ 5 stars
7. Wings of the Wicked by Courtney Allison Moulton ~ 2.5 stars
8. Lifting the Wheel of Karma by Paul H. Magid ~ 2 stars
9. Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren ~ 3 stars
10. Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne ~ 4.5 stars
11. The Gospel Story Bible by Marty Machowski ~ 5 stars
12. A Girl Named Digit by Annabel Monaghan ~ 4.5 stars

Top 5 Books Read in January

1. Percepliquis by Michael J. Sullivan
2. Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
3. Academ’s Fury by Jim Butcher
4. The Gospel Story Bible by Marty Machowski
5. Bewitching by Alex Flinn

Challenges

• 2012 E-Book Reading Challenge: 3/10
• 2012 Sensational Seconds Challenge: 3/13
• 2012 Support Your Local Library Challenge: 1/12
• Free Reads 2012: 4/5
• Off the Shelf 2012: 1/5
• Speculative Fiction Challenge 2012: 4/12
• Redwall Reading Challenge: 0/22
• Follow that Blurb Reading Challenge: On hold until further notice

Special Events

• Author interview for May B. blog tour
• Guest post for Don’t Breathe a Word blog tour
• Guest post for Waiting to Forget blog tour
• Guest post for Lifting the Wheel of Karma blog tour

Traffic Report

All traffic stats are provided by Google Analytics.

Top 10 Referring Sites

1. Google (organic) ~ 1,713
2. Direct ~ 227
3. Blogger.com ~ 70
4. Facebook ~ 66
5. Google.com ~ 47
6. The {Teen} Book Scene ~ 45
7. Goodreads.com ~ 43
8. lisatawnbergren.com ~ 37
9. search (organic) ~ 22
10. Bing (organic) ~ 18

Top 10 Referring Blogs

1. I Am a Reader, Not a Writer ~ 319
2. The Write Blocks ~ 81
3. I’m Loving Books ~ 13
4. A Novel Challenge ~ 11
5. BookHounds YA ~ 10
   Stuck in Books ~ 10
   Uniquely Moi Books ~ 10
6. (8.) Some Like it Paranormal ~ 9
7. (9.) Nazish Reads ~ 8
8. (10.) Tarah Dunn ~ 7

Top 5 Keywords

1. clockwork angel summary ~ 110
2. the burning edge ~ 23
3. the lying game summary ~ 19
4. sing you home summary ~ 17
5. percepliquis ~ 15

Top 10 Viewed Pages

1. Young Adult Faeries & Fantasy Giveaway Hop ~ 830
2. Proud Book Nerd ~ 605
3. Review: Clockwork Angel ~ 308
4. Review: Waterfall ~ 136
5. Review: The Lying Game ~ 117
6. Review: The Demon King ~ 95
7. Review: The Burning Edge ~ 77
8. Review: Percepliquis ~ 68
9. Third Sentence Thursday ~ 62
10. Review: Sing You Home ~ 61

Thank you for your support and continued readership. This blog wouldn’t be nearly so much fun without you!
♥

FTC Disclosure: All items reviewed were either obtained by me for my own enjoyment or sent (from the author, publisher, publicist, via tour sites, etc.) in exchange for an honest review. I receive no monetary compensation for my posts. All opinions expressed are my own.

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