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Back in 2010, I started recording what I had read, but was surprised when re-reading my list mid-2012 how little I could remember about what I had read. My blog was a note-to-self tool for refreshing my memory about what I had enjoyed and endured previously.
Anyway I did a few posts in May, 2012 and then ignored the blog until October when I started re-posting.
My original aim for the blog still rings true, but the bonus for me has been the connections I have made to a lot of fellow bloggers who read in my preferred genre of crime. In 2013, I have enjoyed reading many other blogs and have particularly enjoyed the chats and banter and conversations with a lot of folks, I like to now consider as friends.
If you have stopped by this year, last year or the year before - thanks. If you've commented - even better. Hopefully I haven't bored the pants off you, if I have, well that's tough!
A few statistics from my blog for last year...........
226 posts in all, making over 300 so far.
At time of writing my 3 most popular posts were,
Lawrence Block - Catch and Release (188 views)
Roger A. Price - By Their Rules (153 views)
Thomas Perry - The Boyfriend (143 views)
Least popular......
Andrew Nette - Ghost Money (9 views)
Gary Carson - Hot Wire (9 views)
Joe Clifford - Choice Cuts (9 views)
Plenty more of the same to come in 2014!
Good luck to you all this year, in your reading and more importantly in life!
Col - Thanks for sharing your reading with us this past year. I've gotten some great ideas from you and I look forward to more of the same.
ReplyDeleteQuid pro quo.......I think I've picked up a lot of hints and recommendations from yourself too!
DeleteI was just saying on Margot's blog, I love a few statistics, and this is really interesting. I find the pageviews completely unpredictable and weird, I wonder what goes on in the great world of blog-viewing. Anyway, long may your blog continue - I started mine a few months before yours, and would say the same: the connections I've made are the huge unexpected bonus - I didn't think of that before I started. Solid gold result!
ReplyDeleteI should make clear, I find the pageviews on my blog to be completely unpredictable and mysterious - wouldn't presume to say that for you!
DeleteMoira, I agree re statistics, there's a bit of a maths nerd inside me trying to get out. I suppose the figures are reliable, but who knows?
DeleteConnections have been a surprising positive, definitely.
Whatever the reasons, I am very glad you started up your blog. Among other things, you expose me to a lot of books I would not have considered earlier.
ReplyDeleteI started my blog for similar reasons. I did list my books and would vaguely remember whether I liked them or not, but not why. The blog helps a lot with that. Plus I give more consideration to the various points a book has to offer as I read the book... nowadays.
Tracy thanks,
DeleteI definitely think about what I have read a lot more now and I don't often find the blog a chore, though it can be a pain, year end, end of month, but mainly it's fun and it helps my memory.
I think I have gotten as many books from your blog as you may have from mine.....which I'm sure is a good thing.......mainly!
Ditto about blog friends, Col. It's been a privilege knowing you and reading your blog. Good luck to you too! I think Block is going to keep getting more reads.
ReplyDeletePrashant, ditto. It's nice to reach out and connect with like-minded folk the world over. Long may it continue.
DeleteDitto to everything you said. I've enjoyed my many visits at your blog and enjoy our conversations and you make me laugh. You also have exposed us to some great books and (movies!) so thank you for that and keep up the good work!! It's been a pleasure in the truest sense of the word.
ReplyDeleteKeishon, thanks for that. Glad to have brought a smile to your face on occasions, and to have given a grumpy old farts perspective on some reading!
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