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My Book Reviews of 2011
Like most book reviewers who aren’t paid by a newspaper or a magazine to read 24/7, finding the time to read a book and then say something helpful about it is difficult. I could use an extra hour or two ever day just for reading. I don’t review all of the books I read. I currently have three books in the queue:
- Mister Blue by Jacques Poulin – I read and enjoyed this book and will post the review this year.
- Cinder by Marissa Meyer – Next on my reading list.
- The Devil’s Elixer by Raymond Khoury – Book on the way to my house.
Nonetheless, it was a good year for reviews. Here’s a look back at the books I reviewed or noted in 2011 for those you might have missed:
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- My 2011 Favorite: ‘The Night Circus’ edges out ‘The Tiger’s Wife’
- Briefly Noted: ‘My Yehidah: A Journal into the Story of You’
- Review: ‘The Uncertain Places’ by Lisa Goldstein
- Briefly Noted: Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country
- Review: ‘Divorcing a Dead Man’ by Beth Sorensen
- Briefly Noted: Cor Blok’s LOTR paintings collected in ‘A Tolkien Tapestry’
- Fantasy briefly noted: Redemption in Indigo
- Commentary: ‘The Help’ by Kathryn Stockett
- Briefly Noted: Tolkien and the Study of His Sources: Critical Essays.
- Review: ‘Telling the Difference’ by Paul Watsky
- Review: ‘The Witch of Babylon’
- Review: ‘The Butterfly’s Kingdom’
- Review: ‘When the de la Cruz Family Danced’
- Western Books, Briefly Noted
- The Hero’s Journey: A Guide to Literature and Life
- Book Review: ‘Adagio & Lamentation’
- Book Review: ‘In a Flash’
- Review: ‘The Swan Thieves’
- Review: ‘After the Jug Was Broken’
- Handy Guidebook for Glacier Park’s Wildflowers
- Review: ‘The Seas’ by Samantha Hunt
- Review: ‘The Tiger’s Wife’ by Téa Obreht
- Review: ‘Equinox’ by Robert Hays
- Review: ‘Good-Bye, Emily Dickinson’
- Review: ‘The Other Life’ by Ellen Meister
- The Call of the Mountains: The Artists of Glacier National Park
- A powerful story of motherhood, seasons and snakes
- Review: ‘kiDNApped’ by Rick Chesler
- Review: ‘The Wonderful Demise of Benjamin Arnold Guppy’
- Review: ‘Snare’ by Deborah J. Ledford
- Book Note: ‘Montana Moments: History on the Go’
- Review: ‘Razor’s Revenge’ by Paul Chandler
- Review: ‘The Girl Who Played with Fire’
- Review: ‘The Templar Salvation’
- Review: ‘Labyrinth’ by Kate Mosse
Literary Aficionado
- Exploring the Deep Soul of Man – Deep Blues: Human Soundscapes for the Archetypal Journey, by Mark Winborn
- The Magic of an Irish Story – Bogmeadow’s Wish by Terry Kay
- Beautiful, Deeply Moving Worlds – Soul Stories: Safari to Mara & Aria of the Horned Toad, by Elizabeth Clark-Stern
Malcolm R. Campbell is the author of novels filled with fantasy and magic.
For a glimpse into the flavor of “Sarabande” (Vanilla Heart, August 2011) see his post: an assault where willow creek carries water away from the mountains
2010 in review – stats and more stats
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:
The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.
Crunchy numbers
A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 7,700 times in 2010. That’s about 19 full 747s.
In 2010, there were 183 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 488 posts. There were 311 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 36mb. That’s about 6 pictures per week.
The busiest day of the year was November 21st with 119 views. The most popular post that day was Songs and Whispers of the Living Earth.
Where did they come from?
The top referring sites in 2010 were networkedblogs.com, facebook.com, WordPress Dashboard, en.wordpress.com, and alphainventions.com.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for wicked leeks, the last templar, earth day 2010, “big bad slam poet”, and uss ranger fairview oregon.
Attractions in 2010
These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.
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Songs and Whispers of the Living Earth November 2010
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Fairview, Oregon selected for Super Carrier Museum July 2010
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Book Review: ‘The Last Templar’ October 2010
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Glacier Centennial: Heavens Peak Fire Lookout April 2010
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Wicked Leeks Site Under Fire for Leaking Leek Recipes December 2010
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