2012 Year in Review

[ BRIANNA’S READING STATS ]

Books read: 78
Pages read: 19,533
Books re-read: 2
Books DNF’d: 12
Books reviewed: 63

We’ve posted a list of our Top Reads of 2012 and our most anticipated 2013 book releases.

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[ MOST VIEWED POSTS IN 2012 ]

• Bloggiesta Mini-Challenge: Back Up Your Blog!
• Bloggiesta Mini-Challenge: How to Use Pocket to Save Time
• J9’s interview with MM Romance author Josh Lanyon
• Reading Challenge Progress Bars Tutorial
• Elemental Assassin Read-a-Long Information Post

[ J9’S MOST VIEWED REVIEWS IN 2012 ]

• Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James (joint review)
• Cut & Run by Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux
• After the Crux by Dani Worth
• Oracle’s Moon by Thea Harrison
• Rogues by Ava March

[ BRIANNA’S MOST VIEWED REVIEWS IN 2012 ]

• Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James (joint review)
• The Ivy by Lauren Kunze & Rina Onur
• Wallbanger by Alice Clayton
• The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
• The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks

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[ READING CHALLENGES ]

2012 Reading Challenges I completed:

1. Men in Uniform – read 10+
2. ebook Challenge – read 54+
3. TBR Pile – read 10

 

2012 Reading Challenges I did not complete:

1. Outdo Yourself – only read 78 books.
2. 100+ Books – again, only read 78 books.

 

2013 Reading Challenges I am hosting and participating in:

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[ GOALS ]

Goals for 2013:

1. Read 100 books in 2013.
2. Read 24 books from my TBR pile.
3. Read 12 freebies from my TBR pile.
4. Spend more time commenting on other blogs instead of just lurking.
5. Keep blogging as simple as possible.
6. Be more organized.

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[ MISC ]

To keep things simple, there will be only one review link up page for each of the 5 reading challenges I am hosting for the entire year. In other words, there will be one review link up post for the 2013 Outdo Yourself reading challenge for the whole year; one review link up post for the 2013 Men in Uniform reading challenge for the whole year; and so on and so forth for each reading challenge I am hosting. All 5 of the review link up posts will go up on January 1, 2013 (tomorrow) and the linky will be in reverse order (the newest entry will be in the #1 spot). Links to each reading challenge review link up post (along with their respective sign-up posts) can be found in the navigation menu on top.

J9 and I have started a new feature here on TBV called In My Pocket and we’re having fun sharing links. We love using Pocket and love sharing links, thus this feature was born.

J9 and I also plan to post some discussion posts in the new year. We have a lot of topics lined up and can’t wait to get to discussing.

Speaking of J9, I am so lucky to not only have her on the TBV team but to be able to call her my friend. I met her this year, when she joined TBV in March, and I can’t imagine not having her in my life – both online and off. She is the ying to my yang, as corny as that sounds.

 

 

Happy New Year!! We’d love to hear about your year in 2012 was and what you’re reading goals for 2013 are so leave a comment – feel free to link to your year wrap-up post if you have one.