The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.

Crunchy numbers:

• The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 19,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

• In 2013, there were 502 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 1,395 posts.

• The busiest day of the year was July 14th with 428 views. The most popular post that day was Win One Ticket to UtopYA 2014, One Signed T-Shirt from the Con, and over 18 Other Prizes Including Ebooks, Signed Books, and Swag.

These are some of the posts that got the most views in 2013:

1. {Book to Movie Review} The Body, by Stephen King, VS. Stand By Me (the movie rendition)  May 2011
2. UtopYA 2013: What You Need To Know and Why You Need to Go in 2014 15 comments July 2013
3. The 99 Cent Club–Feature 59–Ten Books for Ten Bucks August 2013

Click here to see the complete report.

And, and special THANKS to my many faithful readers!!  Happy New Year!!  I can’t wait to read even more books in 2014 and share my thoughts with you.  Cheers!