A Decade of Blogging

What a year. I’m still trying to comprehend how the last 1/3 has played out between coronavirus and global demonstrations against systemic oppression and working from home since March, like it’s just been a weird year since my last blogiversary.

Since last July 20, I have read 98 books. That is SHOCKING, but not really with the number of romance novels I’ve plowed through since March, but stills seems like a really high number. I’m glad over the past year I’ve continued reading whatever I want with little rhyme or reason, I’ve steadily inched closer to 700 books read and blogged about since I started blogging, and I surpassed 1,000 posts on here in the past year.

I’m not going to pick any favorites from the past year, with reading what I want when I want there are so many that it would be hard to narrow down, and I’m not going to reflect on the state of the book blogging world as I did a few years ago. I live in my own little bubble with occasional forays into commenting on others, but for the most part have kept this a weird personal journal that a surprising number of readers and authors stumble across. I’m going to stick with my standard four lists:

Top Book Posts from All Time Viewed July 2019 – July 2020

1. Book 272: The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood (Apr 18, 2014)
2. Book 528: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda – Becky Albertalli (Dec 18, 2017)
3. Book 345: How to Be Happy (Or at Least Less Sad) – Lee Crutchley (May 4, 2015)
4. Book 364: Burn After Writing – Sharon Jones (Aug 3, 2015)
5. [New Entry] Book 45: The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho (Jun 27, 2011)

Top Book Posts Published July 2019 – July 2020

1. Book 672: Go for it, Nakamura! – Syundei (Feb 12)
2. Book 681: Lab Partners – Mora Montgomery (Mar 6)
3. Book 703: The Names We Take – Trace Kerr (May 19)
4. Book 724: Boyfriend Material (London Calling #1) – Alexis Hall (Jul 8)
5. Book 703: The Names We Take – Trace Kerr (May 19)

Top Non-Book Posts Published July 2019 – July 2020

1. Nine Years of Blogging
2. 2019 Year-End Recap
3. May Recap 2020
4. October Recap 2019
5. July Recap 2019

Top 10 Book Posts of All Time

1. [▲1] Book 272: The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood (Apr 18, 2014)
2. [▼1] Book 356: The Witch of Portobello – Paulo Coelho (Jun 12, 2015)
3. Book 122: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot (Jul 5, 2012)
4. Book 102: Murder on the Orient Express – Agatha Christie (Mar 28, 2012)
5. Book 91: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) – George R.R. Martin (Feb 1, 2012)
6. [▲1] Book 345: How to Be Happy (Or at Least Less Sad) – Lee Crutchley (May 4, 2015)
7. Book 121: The Absolutist – John Boyne (Jul 3, 2012)
8. [▲1] Book 159: By the River Piedra, I Sat Down and Wept (And On the Seventh Day #1) – Paulo Coelho (Dec 10, 2012)
9. [▼1] Book 115: Farm City – Novella Carpenter (May 31, 2012)
10. Book 110: The Color Purple – Alice Walker (May 14, 2012)

There’s not much more to say really. I hope I continue enjoying what I read and that writing about them stays fun. I don’t have any goals or projections for year eleven other than to say I already have my photos ready because this year has been so intense I skipped 10 and started looking for 11s when I was out on my walks.