Is it really the end of another year? Well let me tell you peeps, 2011 flew by, my kids got older, my butt got a little bigger and blogging once again was a great part of my life. So today I thought I would take the time to recap all the highlights. The reading, the movies, the events.....it was a busy year!
Bitter End by Jennifer Brown
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Die for Me by Amy Plum
There You'll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones
Holy Ghost Girl by Donna Johnson (Memoir)
Breaking Dawn (minus awful wolves talking part)
Harry Potter-DH-2
Waterfall Wednesdays- a read along of Lisa Bergren's Waterfall. The turn out was great (30 gals) and Im now committed to doing more read-alongs in the future, kicking off with Tempting Tuesdays a Some Girls Bite Read Along for the month of January.
The Books-
There are still so many I need to read from 2011... but out the vast majority of books I did read this year (166) I feel these books shined the brightest...........
YA Top Ten....
Bitter End by Jennifer BrownDelirium by Lauren Oliver
Die for Me by Amy Plum
Divergent by Veronica Roth
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
Imaginary Girls by Noma Ren Suma
Recovery Road by Blake Nelson
Saving June by Hannah Harrington
Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren
Where She Went by Gayle Foreman
Recovery Road by Blake Nelson
Saving June by Hannah Harrington
Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren
Where She Went by Gayle Foreman
Adult Fiction Top 5
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
The Violets of March by Sarah Jio
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
The Other Life by Ellen Meister
Inspy Picks..Top 5
To Die For by Sandra Byrd
Dry as Rain by Gina Holmes
She Makes it Look Easy by Marybeth Whalen
There You'll Find Me by Jenny B. JonesHoly Ghost Girl by Donna Johnson (Memoir)
Favorite Indie Book
Planning to Live by Heather Wardell
The Movies....
I Loved...Top 10
Breaking Dawn (minus awful wolves talking part)Harry Potter-DH-2
Jane Eyre
Larry Crown
Puss in Boots
Rise of The Planet of the Apes
Soul Surfer
The Debt
The Help
We Bought a Zoo
I want my money back.....
Bad Teacher
Red Riding Hood
Season of the Witch
TV- New and Ongoing Shows that I watched and loved.
How I Met Your Mother
Revenge
The Vampire Diaries
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead
New Shows I tried and tossed....
An American Horror Story
Ringer
Ringer
(I had a ton of fun with Netflix this year as well.....Check out the Post to see what new shows I loved and hated)
Book Challenges for 2011
Parajunkee's Vampire- 18/20- SO CLOSE
BHSoulmates Zombies- 6/10 - Almost
BHSoulmates Steampunk- 0/10- FAIL
The Unread Readers Show me the Free- 0/12- Uber-FAIL
Bewitched Bookworms-Audiobook- 122.42 Min/300- Made it to the first level...Woot!
Book Vixens-Nicholas Sparks- 1/10- Blew It
Steel Droppings- R.I.P- 0/2- EPIC FAIL
LOL- So I managed to complete one challenge this year, although my vampire and zombies came pretty darn close. I found out this year that I really love audiobooks...(Die for Me being my fav) and that I shouldn't sign up for so many challenges. For 2012 Im doing Missie's Buy the Cow and one audiobook challenge...hopefully a very doable goal.
Biggest Events- Most Page View Posts
Waterfall Wednesdays- a read along of Lisa Bergren's Waterfall. The turn out was great (30 gals) and Im now committed to doing more read-alongs in the future, kicking off with Tempting Tuesdays a Some Girls Bite Read Along for the month of January.
The Faith and Fiction Round Table-...(hosted by My Friend Amy) was a group of bloggers (including me) who discussed six books over the course of 2011 and then posted thoughts on the discussion. These posts got the most page views this year on my blog with a surprising turn out for my Hell House post (discussing Small Town Sinners) which got over 12,000 page views- the highest post for the year. Now 12 thousand views might be small potatoes for most bloggers but for me and my little corner at TBR's that was huge.
The Saturday Spotlight was a great success this year, I had some really fun posts and Im already booked into Sept of 2012 for Indie authors. Some of my favorites in 2011 were:
Anne Tibbets
Augusta Blythe
Artie Van Why
Helen Laibach
Anne Tibbets
Augusta Blythe
Artie Van Why
Helen Laibach
Blog News- Whats Ahead for 2012?
Well first off we have Tempting Tuesdays- the Some Girls Bite read-along in January and some other fun read-along's throughout the year. I will also be participating in a few Faith and Fiction Round Table talks, so plenty of great discussion posts coming up.
In 2012 I have some really great Indie authors being spotlighted and April here at TBR's will be an entire month devoted to Indie authors and the marvelous trend they are making on the book world. I cant wait to share some of these interviews and book reviews with you all.
This month I will also be introducing you all to Tonya, a great gal who will be guest blogging here at the blog occasionally throughout the year.
I also have Rachel, the Goddess of blog design at Parjunkee's View giving me a revamp, so sometime this year TBR's will have a new look.
Im also planning a 1000 follower giveaway- Im so close and the giveaway will be super!
Goals for 2012
2012 is all about organizing- the blog and my life. I really want to simplify things this year and make life more stress-free. Im planning on some major house projects that include some big time purging, a kick-butt garage sale, a huge book clean out and some sweet revamping in the home. While the blog of course will still be an active part of my life, posting here will begin to slow down as I focus on organizing things in my personal life.
January will be pretty busy here along with Indie April...but my overall goal for 2012 is posting Mon, Tues, Thursday and the Saturday Spotlights. Im also debating on blogging about my home organizing adventures, I found an amazing blog (iheartOrganizing) that has given me tons of advice to get started. The first item on the list is the kitchen...(Epe!) But of course things can always change, so who knows what adventures lay ahead in 2012.....I say Bring It!
Well first off we have Tempting Tuesdays- the Some Girls Bite read-along in January and some other fun read-along's throughout the year. I will also be participating in a few Faith and Fiction Round Table talks, so plenty of great discussion posts coming up.
In 2012 I have some really great Indie authors being spotlighted and April here at TBR's will be an entire month devoted to Indie authors and the marvelous trend they are making on the book world. I cant wait to share some of these interviews and book reviews with you all.
This month I will also be introducing you all to Tonya, a great gal who will be guest blogging here at the blog occasionally throughout the year.
I also have Rachel, the Goddess of blog design at Parjunkee's View giving me a revamp, so sometime this year TBR's will have a new look.
Im also planning a 1000 follower giveaway- Im so close and the giveaway will be super!
Goals for 2012
2012 is all about organizing- the blog and my life. I really want to simplify things this year and make life more stress-free. Im planning on some major house projects that include some big time purging, a kick-butt garage sale, a huge book clean out and some sweet revamping in the home. While the blog of course will still be an active part of my life, posting here will begin to slow down as I focus on organizing things in my personal life.
January will be pretty busy here along with Indie April...but my overall goal for 2012 is posting Mon, Tues, Thursday and the Saturday Spotlights. Im also debating on blogging about my home organizing adventures, I found an amazing blog (iheartOrganizing) that has given me tons of advice to get started. The first item on the list is the kitchen...(Epe!) But of course things can always change, so who knows what adventures lay ahead in 2012.....I say Bring It!
Hopefully this year will less the stress and de-clutter my life. Thank you to all my readers and friends here at Tinasbookreviews, its going to be a fun year!
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I am all about destress too. May 2012 be awesome for you.
ReplyDeleteRight on! Destressing and cluttering always makes me feel good.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see your new look!
Your movie list reminded me of some movies I need to rent.
T! You have been such an amazing friend and blogging buddy to me. Thanks so much for your support and encouragement! I absolutely loved being part of WW, so thanks for that as well.
ReplyDeleteFor all that I loved SMG in Buffy, I really tried to stick with The Ringer, but totally had to give up on it too, but I've been a long time fan of HIMYM! Barney Stinson is my dream man. LOL
I think the only reading challenge I completed was the Vampire challenge. I failed at my own RC, so don't be too hard on yourself. Also, I'm really surprised by how much I started digging audiobooks! They such great time savers sometimes when you have to do chores. :)
Looking forward to TT, meeting Tonya and the new look!
Happy New Year!
Great faves list -- and too bad about the epic fails, but... at least you gave it a shot! I'm with you on making 2012 about organizing my life. So needed! Home, life, goals... everything! What a great post, Tina!
ReplyDeleteAs always, you are an inspiration!
Tina, thanks so much for your ongoing River support--so happy to see WATERFALL on your top 10 YA, and so glad that WW helped you get good traffic! It was so fun! Looking forward to 2012 with you...
ReplyDeleteWe all need less clutter and stress in this new year!! Happy New Year!!!
ReplyDelete♥ Melissa @ Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf
Thanks for including To Die For! I'm honored!
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad the holidays are over. 2011 was an amazing year in books and life. It's always crazy to look back and see everything that went down and to check out my book stacks.
ReplyDeleteI'm also all for the 2012 de-stress. This truly needs to happen all around. Happy New Year, Tina! And remember to keep some ice cream around with peanut butter cups just in case you need to stab someone. :D