Sunday, September 13, 2009

BBAW giveaway announcement & belated happy blogiversary to me!

Technically I started my blog a year ago on July 15, but I consider that I started blogging on August 25, 2008. This is in part because before that I didn’t really understand the near-dailiness of blogging and did foolish things like post all the reviews I’d already written for LibraryThing one after another on two different days even though nobody was reading my blog yet. August 25 also happens to be the day I set up Google Analytics, so my stats start from that day. Unfortunately, however, I never finished writing my “happy blogiversary to me” post before I went on vacation in August so the big day slipped by with nary a word from me about it. So now that Book Blogger Appreciation Week is just around the corner, this seemed like the perfect occasion to celebrate both my one year of blogging and BBAW with a few giveaways!



I have four different giveaways in store for you next week and each will involve a choice between two brand-new books that I’ve read (and loved) since I started blogging. (Each winner will only receive one of the two books offered.) All giveaways will be open worldwide, as I want all my readers to be able to enter. Giveaways will be announced every day from tomorrow to Thursday next and winners will be announced on Monday, September 21. Come back tomorrow for the first giveaway!

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And now for a few stats for the year (more or less)...

Total number of posts: 318
Total number of visits: 13,157
Total number of pageviews: 26,690

First review written for this blog:
Review of So Long at the Fair by Christina Schwarz

Top 5 posts (excluding giveaway-only posts):
1. Review of My Little Red Book edited by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
2. Review of Testimony by Anita Shreve
3. Reviews of The Corpse Will Keep by Pat Capponi and Farthing by Jo Walton
4. Review of Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott
5. Review of Aberrations by Penelope Przekop

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Oh and for those of you who are not new around here, what do you think of my new header? (About time I put one up!)
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22 comments:

  1. bermudaonionSeptember 13, 2009 at 8:40 PM

    Happy Bloggiversary! You've had a great year!!

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  2. Nancy HornerSeptember 13, 2009 at 9:03 PM

    Happy bloggiversary!!!

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  3. Nancy HornerSeptember 13, 2009 at 9:04 PM

    Oops, sorry, I'm posting under my other identity -- I'm also Bookfool. :)

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  4. Jo-JoSeptember 13, 2009 at 9:41 PM

    Happy Blogiversary to you!

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  5. (Diane) Bibliophile By the SeaSeptember 13, 2009 at 9:46 PM

    Happy belated Blogoversary to you. It was just a year for me a few months ago....so much fun, and so many great book lovers everywhere. Many more happy blogging years :)

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  6. cindysloveofbooksSeptember 13, 2009 at 9:49 PM

    Happy Blogoversary Avis. What a year its been. It was great seeing you today.

    Love the header.

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  7. Linda NguyenSeptember 13, 2009 at 10:06 PM

    Happy Blogoversary!

    I like your new header. I think the brown colour for the title is okay. =)

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  8. TiSeptember 13, 2009 at 11:17 PM

    Congrats on your blogoversary! I'm excited about your giveaways. I can't wait to find out what they are.

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  9. Teddy RoseSeptember 14, 2009 at 12:35 AM

    Happy Bloggiversary!

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  10. AlyceSeptember 14, 2009 at 1:32 AM

    Happy Blogiversary! I love the new header!

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  11. UnknownSeptember 14, 2009 at 3:37 AM

    Happy Belated Blogiversary! Beth Fish Reads and I are also celebrating our one year in September. :)

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  12. gautami tripathySeptember 14, 2009 at 7:18 AM

    Hope you have many more!

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  13. serendipity_vivSeptember 14, 2009 at 8:17 AM

    Happy blogiversary. Here is to many more years of blogging.

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  14. DonnaSeptember 14, 2009 at 8:45 AM

    Posting all my reviews on the first two days of blogging is something I would do too. And feel very accomplished about it! Happy Blogiversary, Avis!

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  15. IlianaSeptember 14, 2009 at 1:27 PM

    Happy Bloggiversary! I wish you many more :)

    And, very cool new header by the way!

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  16. Rebecca H.September 14, 2009 at 2:18 PM

    Congratulations on your one year blogging anniversary! That's a great milestone to reach. I hope this next year is just as enjoyable as the first (if not more)!

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  17. JennersSeptember 14, 2009 at 8:14 PM

    Happy Blogiversary!!! And I love the new header ... very colorful and fresh-looking.

    And I just love stats ... why, I don't know, because I tend to dislike math.

    Here's to many more years of blogginer!

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  18. TaraSeptember 15, 2009 at 11:22 AM

    Happy Blogiversary!

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  19. KayeSeptember 15, 2009 at 6:56 PM

    New Header is a real eye catcher. I love it!

    You've done so much in a year. Congrats on your blogoversary.

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  20. Nicole (Linus's Blanket)September 16, 2009 at 3:42 PM

    Happy Blogoversary. I didn't realize that we had both started about at about the same time. I think you won one of my first giveaways and I think I remember you not liking Testimony. LOL. The things that stick in your head.

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  21. AnnaSeptember 19, 2009 at 10:13 AM

    Happy blogiversary! You're doing great.

    --Anna
    Diary of an Eccentric

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  22. MysticaSeptember 21, 2009 at 6:03 AM

    Though this is late all good wishes on your blogoversary.

    Mystica (from Sri Lanka)

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