Monthly Review: August

Sep

2012

August It’s hard to believe August is ended. Where has it gone? (For the curious, I chose this picture because my family and I spent the first few days of the month on the beach! I was hoping to get lots of reading done that long weekend, but it didn’t happen. It was a lovely vacation, though!)

August ended up being a bit of a slow month, reading wise, at least. I blame the aforementioned vacation, plus back-to-school and the return of soccer (times FOUR teams this year). Fortunately, I had a slate of pretty good books to get through.

Books Reviewed in August

Dante’s Girl by Courtney Cole ~ 3 stars
Tools of Prophecy by Michael A. Rothman ~ 3.5 stars
Aerenden: The Child Returns by Kristen Taber ~ 4.5 stars
My Pop-Up Story Bible by Juliet David ~ 4 stars
Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans ~ 4 stars
The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern ~ 5 stars
Cursed by Jennifer L. Armentrout ~ 3 stars
Smashed by Lisa Luedeke ~ 4 stars
Sports Illustrated Kids Big Book of Why Sports Edition by Sports Illustrated Kids ~ 4 stars
The Stars Shine Bright by Sibella Giorello ~ 4 stars
And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman ~ 4 stars
12.21 by Dustin Thomason ~ 4.5 stars
Evergreen by Brenda Pandos ~ 4 stars
34 Pieces of You by Carmen Rodrigues ~ 3.5 stars
Captivate by Carrie Jones ~ 3.5 stars

Top 5 Books in August

The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern
Aerenden: The Child Returns by Kristen Taber
12.21 by Dustin Thomason
And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman
Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans

Special Events

Sponsored post for Mission Possible promotion
Guest post by Emmy Laybourne for Authors are Rockstars blog hop
Cover reveal for Wicked Sense by Fabio Bueno
Participated in What Do You Look for in a Review? blog hop
Cover reveal for Forged by Greed by Angela Orlowski Peart
Spotlight and giveaway for Immigration and Adaptation blog tour

Giveaways

The following giveaways were started in August and end soon. Enter now!

Immigration and Adaptation by Haskell G. Edwards, D. Min. (US) ~ Ends 9/8
12.21 by Dustin Thomason (US/Can) ~ Ends 9/15
And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman (US) ~ Ends 9/15

Traffic Report

All traffic stats are provided by Google Analytics.

Top 10 Referring Sites/Blogs

Google (organic) ~ 969
Google.com ~ 50
Fiktshun ~ 49
Goodreads.com ~ 40
Twitterfeed ~ 40
(6.) Facebook ~ 37
(7.) Bing (organic) ~ 20
(8.) Top Mommy Blogs ~ 18
(9.) Book Blogger Directory ~ 15
t.co (apparently part of Twitter) ~ 15
Two Chicks on Books ~ 15
Yahoo (organic) ~ 15
(10.) Around the World Tours ~ 10

Top 5 Keywords

clockwork angel summary ~ 39
i’d know you anywhere summary ~ 13
the false princess ~ 13
(4.) bloodrose summary ~ 7
(5.) paranormalcy summary ~ 6
the midwife’s confession summary ~ 6
want to go private summary ~ 6

Top 10 Viewed Pages

Proud Book Nerd ~ 383
Authors Are Rockstars: Emmy Laybourne (Guest Post and GIVEAWAY!) ~ 169
Review: Clockwork Angel ~ 98
Review: The False Princess ~ 46
Review: The Demon King ~ 45
Review: The Midwife’s Confession ~ 34
Review: Lone Wolf~ 33
Get Scars by Cheryl Rainfield FREE! ~ 32
Review: Don’t Blink ~ 31
Contact ~ 30

It still amazes me that there are specific reviews that keep coming out on top – Clockwork Angel, The False Princess, The Demon King, Lone Wolf! It’s kinda neat to see what reviews stand the test of time. Anyway, in case you missed it above, there are a few giveaways from last month still open! Make sure to check them out! As always, thank you for your continued support!
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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. Any exceptions to this are clearly noted in the appropriate posts.

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