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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