Another year completed. I knew this one was coming up soon and I was really glad to see I’d hit seven years blogging. The past six months have been crazy and it’s nice to celebrate milestones for things that haven’t stopped. One of my rituals on my blogoversary is to think what my blog would be able to do if it were a child. This list is getting so comprehensive that I can picture little Blog going off to second grade. I hope she likes it.
- Becoming thoughtful and reflective
- Can tell time
- Develop self-criticism
- Can solve math problems by counting
- Develop empathy
- Write her own name
Yes, Blog is a girl. I’m not sure why, but that’s how I picture it. Yet again, here are some numbers to show my blog’s growth over the past year. Numbers are taken from 14-Sep, nine days after my blogoversary.
- Total views: 281,536 (19% increase)
- Total posts: 1,540 (15% increase)
- Total followers: 2,144 (15% increase)
- Top five countries for views in 2019
- United States (unchanged)
- United Kingdom (unchanged)
- India (unchanged)
- Canada (unchanged)
- Australia
- Top five posts for 2019
- Top five Referrers for 2018
- Search Engines (unchanged)
- WordPress.com Reader (unchanged)
- GirlXOXO (primarily the Master Last of 2019 Reading Challenges) (unchanged)
- SamAnnElizabeth.Wordpress.com
- BlogLovin
- Top five Clicks
- Rainy Days and Mondays
- What Cathy Read Next blog (up one)
- Goodreads.com (down one)
- Tessa Talks Books
- Secret Library Book Blog
- Top five Search Engine Terms
- Still Life Discussion Question
- The Tempest Book Report
- The Virgin Blue Book Review
- The Wednesday Sisters
- I Am the Messanger Ending
It seems the Bird Box craze from last year has simmered down a bit. A lot of my traffic is still focused around WWW Wednesday which I love. I’m seeing more to do with my book club reflections which I’m glad to see. It makes me happy to know I come up in searches for people who also want to discuss books and who want to see what others thought. And, still, I’m pretty sure I’m being used to finish book reports on Shakespeare. Oh well. Thank you all so much for reading along with my reading adventures. I love sharing a love of books with you all. You make finishing a book even more exciting! Until next time, write on.
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Awwww happy blog birthday!!! 7 years and still going strong, that’s incredible 😀
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Thank you! I can’t keep a plant alive this long but I somehow manage a blog haha. Happy reading!
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Happy Blogiversary ❤️✨🎊
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Thanks!
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Happy blogiversary! 🍾🥂🎉
I love to think how many struggling teenagers you are helping with their Shakespeare homework! 😊
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Haha I think about it a lot. Maybe I should review more high school classics. Happy reading!
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Congratulations Sam and Happy 7th Blogiversary!
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Thanks so much! I’m excited to see how else I can grow here. Happy reading!
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Congrats! 7 years is quite an achievement in the blogging world!
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Thank you! The community has made it a joy. Happy reading.
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Happy blog birthday.
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Thank you!
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Yay!! X
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Happy Blogiversary! 😊
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome!
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Happy blogiversary Sam! 😊
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Thanks!
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Happy Blogiversary!!
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Thank you.
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Congratulations! Here’s to another wonderful seven years of blogging
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I can only hope. Thank you and happy reading!
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Happy Blogversary! I’m 7 this year too!
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Blog twin! Happy blogversary!
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Happy Blogiversary! 7 years is amazing! 🖤
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Thanks! There’s not much I’ve committed to for that long so I’m really excited about it. Happy reading!
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