My Eighth Year Blogiversary!

Here we are again! Another year down, and another year where I totally blew past my actual blogiversary! Whoops!

Let’s dive in!

Stats:

• This year, I had 72K page views on my blog from 46K new visitors and 31K returning visitors!
• My email subscriber count fell from 1,031 to 1,025.
• My Facebook fan page follower count has grown from 483 to 586.
• My Instagram follower count grew from 1,646 to 1,655 followers.
• New this year: My Bluesky following grew to 556.
• Review requests completed this year: 37.

My top three most popular posts from this year include:

• A Running List of 2024 Releases
• Sleep Tight by J.H. Markert | Book Review
• Shrouded Horror: Tales of the Uncanny by K.C. Grifant | Book Review

Interviews I hosted:

No new interviews this year 🙁 I’m hoping to get back into this one day soon!

Book Events:

• Horror Panel at Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord, NH | Book Event
• Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival 2024 | Book Event

What I’ve Learned:
It’s okay to give myself grace with my reading –

I knew everything would change when we welcomed our little dude into the world. While I’m still getting a little time to read, it’s certainly nothing like before. I’m so grateful to have been surrounded by amazing authors and publishers who don’t put any pressure on me to read and review, but continue sending books along for whenever I have time.

I’m overdue for a new logo –

I had hoped to get a new logo by my 8th blogiversary, but money is unfortunately too tight to invest in one. Maybe for next year!

Shout-Outs:

As I mentioned, 2023 was a bit of a blur! So this year, rather than listing everyone out, I wanted to give a general shout-out to the absolutely amazing authors and publishers who sent over review copies! I appreciate you all SO MUCH. Thank you again for your patience with me.

Thanks for reading!
And thank you for being here for yet another year! Cheers to great reads in 2025!

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Related Reading:
If you missed my other blogiversary posts, feel free to take a peek at them below:

• Year One
• Year Two
• Year Three
• Year Four
• Year Five
• Year Six
• Year Seven