I GOT MARRIED. I think that pretty much sums up November. It was a relatively quieter month in the reading and blogging world for my since my wedding was in early November and then I went on my honeymoon immediately after for a week!
- Number of Books Read In November: 6. Whew, just barely too! I finished the last book on the 30th!
- Popular Search Terms: “books like if I stay” & “books like anna and the french kiss” // “which lunar chronicles character are you quiz” // “where she went ending” (read it!!!! I promise it’s gooooood!!)
- More Amusing Search Terms: “tim riggins jacket” // “do lea and gabe get together?” (I wondered too…) // “throne of glass 4th book” (I’m excited too!) // “secretly in love with my best friends brother: true romance” // “i have a book addiction” (Me too, my friend.)
- Most Referrals (non-social media): Rather Be Reading, GReads!, The Broke and the Bookish
- Where My Blog Most Often Leads You (non-internal/social media): Fandlemonium, Frostbeard Etsy Store, Owl’s Nest Cottage Etsy Shop // BLOGS: Awkwordly Emma, Tripping Over Books, Books Take You Places
- My Holiday Gift Guide for Book Addicts was a hit! I shared my favorite online bookish stores and places I started shopping for my bookish friends!
- The Best-Friend-Turned-Boyfriend Romance is still in my top posts! Always a big one with the search engines. They also brought people to posts like If You Liked… If I Stay, The Book Addict’s Guide to Crossover Books, and Which Lunar Chronicles Character Are You?
- The brain-child of Andi’s ABCs, I joined 19 other book bloggers to bring you the Book Nerds Unite giveaway! One lucky winner will win a $150 gift card to Amazon or Barnes & Noble and the 2nd prize winner will get a $50 gift card! (Giveaway still open!)
Other Reviews Posted
- I posted my review for Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer
- I read The Goose Girl with On the Same Page (and thought Amy would hate me forever because I didn’t love it)
(Um, yeah, it was a busy month. I didn’t have time to write many reviews apparently!)
Goodreads Reading Progress
Bloggers featured on Book and a Beverage
- 11/6/14: Emma from Awkwordly Emma
- 11/20/14: Maura from The Whimsical Mama
- 11/26/14: Amanda from Late Nights With Good Books
Other Features & Discussions
- I shared the books I want to re-read on November 4th’s Top Ten Tuesday!
- We had a wedding theme for this month’s Pub Date!
- Jenna from Jenna Does Books was guest-poster #1 while I was on my honeymoon and shared crossover recommendations for me and for other readers!
- Author Nikki McCormack shared weird & wacky wedding traditions for a wedding week guest post
- Johanna from The Broken Shelf was the third guest poster and she shared how to make your own homemade personal library
- I had another author guest post and Lauren Smith shared the hilarious “How to Make a Rake Fall in Love With You“
- Anna from Lost Brain Cell rounded out the guest posts with her wedding version of Quotetastic!
- Top Ten Tuesday on 11/18 had me fangirling about the sequels I can’t wait to get!
- I shared a collection of books I ended up putting down in my third DNF Digest
- On 11/25, I shared my the top books on my Winter TBR with Top Ten Tuesday
- A shared everything I’m SO thankful for this past year with a post called A Thankful Book Blogger
- I did the fun Sisterhood of the Worlds Bloggers tag!
WHAT’S IN STORE FOR DECEMBER?
- WHEW, guys. WHEW. Wedding and honeymoon were great but I am SO SO HAPPY to get back to my normal schedule! I have missed reading and blogging so much. I somehow ended up blogging a BUNCH this past week already so I’m ready to get back into the swing of things! YAY!
- I’m taking part in the Kiss of Broken Glass blog tour & scavenger hunt (December 4th)
- I’ll be taking part in the Best of 2014 recap + giveaway — Thanks to Ginger (GReads) for inviting me to participate! I can’t wait to share my favorites of 2014 with you, but I did want to wait until JUST a bit further into December since I’m still reading a few good books in the last month here!
- I’ll also be doing Jamie‘s End of the Year Survey again! Had SO much fun with it the past two years and I can’t wait to share my answers again!
- SO MANY REVIEWS. SO MANY POSTS.
Congratulations!!! I wish you both all the best! Enjoy life, don’t take everything too seriously, and be there for one another, when there are some hurdles on the way!!!
Congratulations! Thanks for sharing pictures; it’s always so fun to see wedding pictures and you looked beautiful!
You looked so so beautiful, Brittany! Congrats! I’m just so happy for you. Here’s to a lifetime full of love and happiness. <3
CONGRATULATIONS on the wedding Brittany! You made a beautiful bride! <3 And welcome back 😉
Congrats! That’s so exciting!
You were a gorgeous bride.
Awww thank you so much!!!
Your wedding photos are lovely, B! Everything looks beautiful <3
Thanks for sharing your lovely wedding and honey pics!! <3