Monthly Roundup & Look Ahead

Monthly Roundup: January

Taking a quick look at the numbers for January . . .

• Books bought - 22
• Books downloaded - 21
• ARCs received for review (physical) - 1
• ARCs received for review (digital) - 16
• Books read - 20
• Author gender - 15 female, 5 male
• New-to-me Authors - 9
• Average rating - 4

Last month's reads included:

• Best Bondage Erotica of the Year, Vol. 2 by Rachel Kramer Bussel
• Bloom & Dark by Regina Watts
• Feeling Dottie by Regina Watts
• Guised Passage by James L. Boanerges (not yet reviewed)
• Hall of Smoke by H.M. Long
• Her Roman Slave by Regina Watts
• Husband's Futa-Wife's Surprise by Relm Jayne
• I Wish You Were by Mariah Kingsley
• Kat in Harm's Way by Hugh Allen Russel (DNF)
• Keeper at the Gates by Allison Church (not yet reviewed)
• Nocere by Max Ellendale
• Online by Madeleine Taylor
• Poppy by Terri Peterson
• Sweet Torture by Thena Davison
• The Doll Collector by Ella Ford
• The Frozen Crown by Greta Kelly
• The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick
• The Witch's New Dolly by Regina Watts
• Trade Bait by Taedis
• Weed by Joseph D'Lacey (publication canceled, review removed)

I always find what reviews are best received across different mediums to be fascinating, as it points to different audience segments being engaged. A good mix this month with some real variety.

• Most read on the blog - Feeling Dottie, Her Roman Slave, and The Witch's New Dolly by Regina Watts
• Most liked on Goodreads - Hall of Smoke by H.M. Long
• Most reach on Facebook - I Wish You Were by Mariah Kingsley
• Most liked on Twitter - Best Bondage Erotica of the Year, Vol. 2 by Rachel Kramer Bussel

With the switch from Wordpress back to Blogger, January was another fantastic month for traffic - topping an already amazing December for my highest number of page views in almost 2.5 years!

Look Ahead: February

I always hesitate to look too far ahead, since my reading is dictated as much by my whims and desires of the moment as by release dates. This past month I read 4 of the 6 books that I had planned to cover, but I'm currently reading the other 2, so I'm okay with that.

In the interest of trying to be better at holding myself accountable, here are the reviews I'm hopeful you'll see this month:

• Keeper at the Gates by Allison Church (I read this the other night, so watch for a review this week)
• Guised Passage by James L. Boanerges (I finished this over the weekend, so watch for a review soon)
• Fairhaven Rising by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (I started this last night with an eye towards a release date review)
• Oh, That Shotgun Sky by Sarah Chorn (Next on my TBR pile with a release date review in sight)
• The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (Last of my February releases to be read)
• The Unbroken by C.L. Clark (This is a March release I began reading last week)
• The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst (Another March release I'm hoping to get to soon)

What did your December reads look like? What's on your shelf for February?