December 2014/Year End Recap & Wrap-Up!

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Well, 2014 just flew by. With wedding planning, the wedding, the honeymoon, and everything else that happened this year, I barely even noticed 2014 was here. It was a very good year for my personally and reading was a bit slower, but I also think that’s a good thing. It helped me slow down a bit. I do love being able to read as much as I can but I think I’m going to take 2015 a little bit slower and not to pressure myself so much to keep up with previous years. This is my hobby, not my job, right? 🙂

FunStats

  • Number of Books Read In December: 12! Yay!
  • Popular Search Terms:  “where she went ending” (always looking for that ending… read the book! I promise!) // “books like if i stay” (woot!) // “fifth book of throne of glass” (yes, please! I mean, I’ll take #4, but…)
  • More Amusing Search Terms: “evil book sex” (hahah wtf?) // “thoughts of people about books should be stay” (… what?) // “overall opinion about a book” (yesssss I have lots of those!)
  • Most Referrals (Non-Twitter/FB/Wordpress, etc): GReads!, What Sarah Read, Gone With the Words
  • Where My Blog Most Often Leads You (Non-Goodreads/Internal Links, etc): It’s All About Books, The Book Vixen, Love At First Page

Popularposts

PopularReviews

  LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT  I WAS HERE

Other Reviews Posted

An Updated Look at my Goodreads Reading Progress

Goodreads December 2014This is also kind of rude because I lowered my goal to 120 books so it still thinks I didn’t achieve my goal. AH!  

Bloggers featured on Book and a Beverage

Other Features & Discussions

WHAT’S IN STORE FOR JANUARY?

  • The Book Blogger Organization Challenge is officially starting! It’s never too late to join and there is no way to fail this challenge. Whether you’re in for a little or a lot, come get organized with us in 2015!
  • Hoping to catch up on some reviews and review copies! (Sheesh, how often do I say that?) But this time I mean it! I think now that the holidays are winding down, I’m finally going to have time to do things again!
  • I’m on the blog tours for THERE WILL BE LIES, FAIREST (The Lunar Chronicles #3.5), and FIGHT FOR POWER (The Rule of Three #2) — whew, busy blog tour month!
  • I wanted January to be my unofficial NaNo month since I wasn’t able to do it in November but I think it’s still going to be a bit too busy. I need to catch up a little bit first but I’m hoping to write here and there a little bit more!

2014 YEAR IN REVIEW!

FunStats

  • Number of Books Read: 120. I lowered my goal twice but I am TOTALLY okay with that.
  • Popular Search Terms:  “the kill order pdf” (le sigh) // “where she went ending” (also le sigh) // “which lunar chronicles character are you” & “lunar chronicles quiz” (hooray!) // “book addicts guide” (also hooray!)
  • More Amusing Search Terms: “describe fight scenes from the lies of locke lamora” (oh, I like this!) // “what would your life be like in the lunar chronicles” (tell me more!) // “sci fi book that start with the daughter of……”
  • Most Referrals (Non-Twitter/FB/Wordpress, etc): The Librarian Who Doesn’t Say Shhh!, The Perpetual Page Turner, Rather Be Reading, GReads! — Thank youuuu!!!!
  • Most Referrals (Search Engines & Social Media): Search Engines (#1), Twitter (#2), Pinterest’ (#3), Bloglovin’ (#4), WordPress Dashboard (#5)
  • Where My Blog Most Often Leads You (Non-Goodreads/Internal Links, etc)Books Take You Places, Tripping Over Books, Allodoxophobia, Gone Pecan, The Perpetual Page Turner

Popularposts

These were not only some of the posts with the most views but also some of my FAVORITES from this year!

Other Favorite Posts

PopularReviews

CRESS  WE WERE LIARS  BETTER OFF FRIENDS  SON

  • My review for Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo was my most popular this year! That actually may have been because I was giving away a copy of my ARC…… But it was one of my favorite reviews to write so I’m glad it was the one with the most views!
  • I’m actually a little bit surprised that Sever by Lauren DeStefano was one of my top reviews! I think it actually comes up through a lot of search engines but I’m glad because I also really liked writing this one!
  • My reviews for the Monument 14 series come up a lot through search engines too and that makes me REALLY happy! I really enjoy these books!
  • My review for Libba Bray’s Beauty Queens also gets a lot of hits!

Other Favorite Reviews

  • I connected so much with Cricket in Nantucket Red by Leila Howland
  • I joined Matt Finch’s fan club with my read of Open Road Summer by Emery Lord — and it was my favorite debut of 2014!
  • Althea & Oliver by Cristina Moracho felt like one of my more “under the radar” reads and I really enjoyed sharing my review and spreading the word to others!
  • I had SO MANY FEELS for Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater!
  • I was actually kind of proud of my review of Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch.

2014 EVENTS

An Overview of My 2013 Goodreads Challenge

  • Number of Books Read 2012: 129
  • Number of Books Read 2013: 131 (+2)
  • Number of Pages Read 2012: 39,811
  • Number of Pages Read 2013: 42,285 (+2,474, ahem. See: A Song of Ice and Fire.)

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THINGS THAT WERE BORN IN 2014

WHAT’S IN STORE FOR 2014?

  • I actually don’t have a lot of plans for next year. I just really, really want to start catching up on some review reads but also really just read what I want. I had a lot of DNFs in 2014 BUT that was a good thing because I wasn’t wasting time on books that I wasn’t enjoying.
  • I couldn’t do NaNo in November because of my wedding and I’m dying to write more. I may use a month this year for my own personal NaNo event!
  • My blog will turn three!
  • Who knows what else? I’m not making too many plans so I’m excited to see where the year will take me!

That wraps up the year! Thank you to everyone who supported The Book Addict’s Guide this year!!!! I love blogging for myself but it’s so much more fun with everyone else reading and commenting and flailing with me. You guys make this hobby so much more fun for me and I love you all!

 

Hi, I'm Brittany!
Hi, I'm Brittany!

I'm an avid reader, candle-maker, and audiobook lover! Here you'll find book reviews, fun blog posts, and my other loves of photography & craft beer!

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2 thoughts on “December 2014/Year End Recap & Wrap-Up!

  1. Quinn @ Quinn's Book Nook

    120 books is amazing! Especially when you think about you also getting married. I am going to try to relax a little in my reading for next year, too. Like you said, this is a hobby not a job. But I do like all the work I put into it.

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