Wednesday, June 16, 2010

One Year Already!?!?! My FIRST Blogoversary!


Hi guys!

Guess what? It's my FIRST BLOGOVERSARY!!! YAY! That means that I've been blogging for ONE WHOLE YEAR now! WOW! When I was a newbie, I was a little unsure and didn't know a lot in the blogoverse, but I was welcomed into the community and I'm grateful for everybody for their support!

I'd also like to thank all of the publishers, publicists, and authors for being so kind and so very supportive of me! I had a blast collaborating and working together with these people!!! A very special thanks to these people: Stacey @ Penguin, Kimberly Derting, Jennifer, Jami, Eleni, Stephanie, Katie, Emma, Katie, Kelsey, and especially my little sister The Bookologist! You guys have made this year even better for me and I'm extremely thankful for all of your help, random chats, amazing comments, and awesome friendship! I'd also like to thank Alice as well as Precious, whom I consider to be two of my blogger BFFs with our back-and-forth emails! Also, thank you to Mary, Raila, and Maria, only three of many people who take time to comment on my blog! Thank you so SO much to everybody who comments!

Ohh! And don't worry! Since this is a BIG celebration for me! I'll be hosting a few contests this week! Just for you guys!

And since it's my blogoversary! Here are some of my blog highlights this year:

June 17, 2009: My very first post and very first review! It was She's so Money by Cherry Cheva which I LOVED!

July 9, 2009: My first comment from Anonymous! It made my day! It said: "Great Review! This makes me want to read the book! :DDDDDD" Whoever you are, Anonymous, your comment encouraged me to go further with this blog!

July 16, 2009: I joined my first ever contest! It was Kristi's Super Cool Books Contest!

July 26, 2009: My first follower was Kelli @ OMG Books! She followed me just when I was losing hope! Haha!

August 1, 2009: My first author interview with Leigh Purtill whose books are still rockin' my world!

August 5, 2009: I won my first contest! And it was Kristi's ginormous one! It was the first contest I entered and the first I won! *thanks lucky stars*

August 7, 2009: I was first contacted by Lauren Mechling to review my first ARC! Ahhh! So exciting!!!

August 9, 2009: My first IMM post! I was soooooo happy =)))

August 10, 2009: My first award was the Zombie Chicken Award! It was from Liz @ Cornucopia Reviews! Thanks Liz! That was so encouraging! I was ecstatic to be thought worthy of that award!

September 5, 2009: My first about me-type meme! It was fun! It was called the ABCs of Me!

September 12, 2009: My first PERFECT SCORE aka The Holy Grail - Beholders of the Perfect 100! The book was Perfect Chemistry =)

September 17, 2009: My 100th post.

September 21, 2009: Author/Publisher Week feature was born! The first one was Jennifer Echols Week! It was a blast to work with her!

September 21, 2009: I had my first contest! It was called MEGA Jennifer Echols Giveaway - Author Week (1) in honor of her author week! There were A LOT of entries!

October 29, 2009: My first character interview was with Dan Devlin from Sleepless by Terri Clark. *swoons*

December 1, 2009: My first discussion post: Why are my reviews so positive?

January 1, 2009: I get to kick off my New Years with 500 FOLLOWERS! Isn't that coolio! Thanks to all my followers! You guys rock!

January 14, 2010: My first editor interview (which I call Editor Interrogations) with Stacey! I just love her! She's the best ever!

February 10, 2010: Our tour site, International Book Tours, launches!

March 11, 2010: Day after my 15th birthday! I got a The Body Finder cake in honor of The Body Finder! *nom nom*

April 11, 2009: TUBL reaches 950 Followers!!!

June 15, 2009: First time I was contacted to review and giveaway a bookshelf! Thanks Jason!

Again, thank you so much for making this year a wonderful one! TUBL has grown so much throughout the year and I'd like to thank you all for reading and visiting my blog! It really does mean a lot to me! Thank you so much!

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27 comments:

Jenn (Books At Midnight) June 17, 2010 at 9:54 AM  

Woo, congrats!!! Getting the first comment did feel pretty amazing. HAPPY BLOGOVERSARY! :D

bookaholic June 17, 2010 at 9:57 AM  

What a feat! Happy Blogoversary!
You have won an award on my blog at http://bookaholicsoye.blogspot.com/2010/06/versatile-blogger-award.html

Hannah S. June 17, 2010 at 10:18 AM  

Aw, you're so sweet! And you've come so far! Congrats, girly! :)
Love, Hannah

The Library Lurker June 17, 2010 at 10:39 AM  

Congrats on a year! I hope that you stick around for a few more ;)

Michelle Santiago June 17, 2010 at 10:43 AM  

woo-hoo!! congrats on your first blogoversary. wishin' you many more to come :)

Marce June 17, 2010 at 11:00 AM  

Congratulations, that is an accomplishment and over 1000 followers OMG

Unknown June 17, 2010 at 11:53 AM  

HOLY COW CONGRATULATIONS!!! How awesome!

SiNn June 17, 2010 at 11:55 AM  

happy first year hope you have many more to come

Chelle June 17, 2010 at 11:58 AM  

Those are some great moments! It's encouraging to see it took you awhile to build your readership and that I'm not the only one who got excited over a first comment. Congrats on your bloggoversary! =)

Briana June 17, 2010 at 12:14 PM  

Congrats! :):):)

-Briana

in which a girl reads June 17, 2010 at 12:22 PM  

That's so awesome that you've been blogging for over a year now. CONGRATS :D :D

Helen's Book Blog June 17, 2010 at 4:11 PM  

Congratulations! You've had an awesome year. As someone who gave Perfect Chemistry a perfect score, you'll appreciate that I just finished Rules of Attraction and really enjoyed it!

Tere1494 June 17, 2010 at 5:28 PM  

LOVELY!!! CONGRATULATIONS SO MUCH... My blog is also about to have one year and I´m pretty excited... Hope you have a wonderful time and this blog is awesome really

Mrs. DeRaps June 17, 2010 at 7:31 PM  

Congrats! And, I love it when people give the timeline of"firsts". Thanks for sharing!!

LibraryGirl June 17, 2010 at 8:28 PM  

Wow, I am absolutely amazed at what you have done in a year. I've been blogging longer than that and haven't accomplished nearly that much.

I love that your first character interview was with Dan Devlin! Terri Clark is a good friend of mine :-)

Precious June 17, 2010 at 11:14 PM  

Yay! Congrats!! :) And thanks for the mention. *blushes* You've done so much! I'm happy that you were able to blog while studying and having so much extracurricular activities! Happy Blogoversary!!

melissa @ 1lbr June 18, 2010 at 1:32 AM  

Wow, that is some crazy full year! Congrats.

Anonymous,  June 18, 2010 at 3:26 AM  

Happy Blogoversary, Reggie! :)

Lisa Richards/alterlisa June 18, 2010 at 8:12 AM  

Congratulations! You were one of my first blogs that I started following. One question, after blogging for a year, what book stands out more than any other that you read during this time and why?

alterlisa AT yahoo DOT com
http://lisaslovesbooksofcourse.blogspot.com/

Ladytink_534 June 18, 2010 at 11:35 AM  

Happy Blogoversary! Here's to many more to come!

June is a busy event for bloggers! I've seen so many blogoversaries lately and mine's coming up in a couple of days too.

Cielo Azul June 18, 2010 at 3:01 PM  

Congratulations you website is fantastic!
My best wishes...

Greetings from Mexico

~Yelania~

Anonymous,  June 19, 2010 at 11:48 AM  

It's so much fun to read over this and see what a year has done for you! It gives me hope for my little blog, that one day, maybe years from now, I too will have over 1000 readers!!!! Grats on your anniversary :)

Anonymous,  June 19, 2010 at 9:29 PM  

Congrats on your first year!
I haven't been following you for your whole journey. But, I will be here for year two!
~Cassidy

Mary not so Contrary June 20, 2010 at 6:04 AM  

Happy one year Blogoversary!!! Thats so exciting! I'm glad you kept going because your blog truly rocks!! I hope this next coming year is even more fun for you!!

Kasumi June 29, 2010 at 5:21 PM  

Congratulations!
Many things in just one year. Imagine what can happen the second one!

Lizzy July 21, 2010 at 10:46 AM  

Woo, you got a lot done in that year! I didn't know I gave you your first award, but obviously you deserved it :)

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