3,000 published posts

I began this blog on 2 Jan 2008, just over 7 years ago, with the intent of publishing my reviews of crime fiction that I've read.

Just recently the 950th book review was published, and now we are marking another milestone.

I am posting much less than I used to, and now most posts are book reviews. Back in the early days I often posted twice, and only one post in 5 was a book review.

However I'm still a crime fiction addict!

Thank you for visiting, and for stimulating me with your comments.

Stats for 2014

Stats for 2014

• I read 137 books - the same as last year
• About 25% are Australian authors
• About 30% are "new-to-me" authors but not necessarily recently published
• about 50% of the books have been read on my Kindle
• about 50% is British crime fiction
• 220 posts on this blog - quite a bit less than last year, as I didn't run so many memes, and I tended to only post book reviews.
• there are in all 2942 published posts on this blog and nearly 900 comments. (I've popped this in for future reference)
• Daily visitors have dropped off a bit, but presumably the fact that I haven't run Crime Fiction Alphabet this year has impacted there.
• many of the books read on my Kindle were review copies from Net Galley.
• I joined a number of reading challenges to give direction to my reading and have completed most of them
• Outdo yourself reading challenge 2014: aiming for 145, currently: 137 (137 in 2013)
• Canadian Reading Challenge 2014  currently 2/13
• Agatha Christie Reading Challenge  Completed
• 2014 Global Reading Challenge currently 21/21 - Completed
• USA Fiction Challenge So far 18/51
• 2014 Aussie Author reading challenge aiming for 20. Currently 30 - Completed
• 2014 Australian Women Writers Challenge aiming for 20. Currently 17/20
• British Books Challenge 2014 hosted by Feeling Fictional currently 62
• Vintage Mystery BINGO 2014: Silver & Gold Edition currently 26/12- Gold & Silver completed
• 2014 Ebook Reading Challenge  currently 72
• New to me authors - a personal challenge currently 45
• Not crime fiction - a personal challenge currently 4
• Nordic reading challenge - a personal challenge unless I find an "official" one, currently 9
• New Zealand reading challenge - again a personal challenge unless I can find someone hosting an "official" one. currently 2
• Translated crime fiction - a personal challenge that will overlap with many of the other reading challenges that I have undertaken. currently 18
• 2014 Mystery Author Challenge A-Z  Completed
• I ran a couple of challenges too that have worked pretty well
• I'm still running the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge with a monthly blog carnival. I actually completed the challenge myself this year. 
• I started the USA Fiction Challenge and that will keep me occupied for a number of years I think
• I also ran the 2014 Global Reading Challenge and will continue next year with the 2015 version.