Blog-iversary - One Year

I am happy to celebrate my one year blog-iversary.  It’s been quite a ride!  I’ve read and reviewed 82 books, interviewed 4 authors, given away 3 books, participated in 2 readathons, made several bookish crafts, and attended BEA!  To celebrate, I’m going to pretend to indulge in this beautiful cake (isn’t that the purpose of Pinterest, to pin stuff you would love to make/try but realistically never get around to?):

via Pinterest

So, back to the blogiversary celebration.  Here’s a recap of some of the highlights:

Top 5 posts (most traffic):

• BEA – The Details (lots of love from all the bloggers I met in NYC)
• BEA BCC WTF (slightly controversial, mildly regrettable, but that’s water under the bridge)
• Book Craft and Giveaway (uber fun!)
• Book Riot – Nerdiest Book Moment (lots of traffic from their Facebook page)
• Mr. g by Alan Lightman (the only review that made the list)

Top 5 non-fiction books:

• Into the Silence by Wade Davis
• Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zukoff
• Paris Without End by Gioia Diliberto
• Opium Fiend by Steven Martin
• Brain on Fire by Susana Cahalan

Top 5 fiction books:

• The three books in the millennium Series by Steig Larsson (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest)
• Bring Up the Bodies by Hillary Mantel
• Ella Minnow Pea by  Mark Dunn

5 worst books:

• There But For The by Ali Smith
• No One is Here Except All of Us by Ramona Ausubel
• The Divorce of Henry VIII by Catherine Fletcher
• The People of Forever are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu
• The Maid by Kimberly Cutter

Top 3 commenters:

• Picky Girl Jenn
• Professor Ron
• Dead White Guys Amanda

I was going to link to my 5 favorite posts, too, but I couldn’t quite decide on how best to narrow down some of my favorites.  So I’ll let you explore!  My favorite posts involve The Bestie and Book Crafts, so check them out.  Thanks for reading everyone, and cheers to another exciting year!

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