It’s been a very fast year and gaining momentum now toward the end of 2019. NW Indiana skipped fall and went straight into winter with early snow and cold temps. I wonder about the weather where you are as I’ve had views and visits from all around the world now and marvel at all the remarkable flags I’ve seen spout on my handy-dandy WordPress Traffic Map. SOOO amazing!
This year has been the best so far with more than 9,944 views from the US alone and a total of 15K views including countries from Azerbaijan and Brunei, to Venezuela and Viet Nam. Low month was May (devoted to my gardens) at 1.2k visits and high point hit this month with 1.6k visits for November. See your country on this map? You did that–thank you so much!
November gave me some wonderful books to review, most from NetGalley, along with a book blitz and blog tours and an author request. Twelve! My associate, the CE, joined me for a growing number of collaborative reviews and it’s obvious we don’t always agree. (My review link on the title.)
San Diego Dead by Mark Nolan
The Angels’ Share by Ellen Crosby
Brain Puzzles for Seniors by Jenny Patterson and The Puzzler
Fan Mail by Daryl Wood Garber
The Dog I Loved by Susan Wilson – 5 stars
From Wild to Mild by Sunny Weber – 5 stars
Storm of Secrets by Loretta Marion
Mercy Road by Ann Howard Creel
The Fever Cabinet by Frankie Bow
Paw of the Jungle by Diane Kelly
Scarlet Fever by Rita Mae Brown
The Memories We Hide by Jodi Gibson
Still working hard on the Goodreads Challenge and cut that back last month, calculating I’ll have to add a couple more reviews as well as a small push for the 200 badge for NetGalley this month (and predictably that did take a year). I think, however, I will make the NetGalley Challenge using the push for the badge. Phew! Don’t think I’ll be upping any challenges next year–this year was a serious challenge.
So far I have some incredible authors and books scheduled for December, including Robert Dugoni’s book, A Cold Trail, I’ll review on Tuesday. Like Dugoni? (This one promises to be a bit more on the raw, noir side.) Have you got that one on your TBR too? What did you think?
Once again, I appreciate each and every one of you for the new follows and those who continue to look in on my post efforts and I always welcome book suggestions!
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