- Started a blog in April
- Ended the Year with 402 followers on my blog. 🙂
- Started baking cakes for more than family. A sort of side business.
- Met a fellow blogger Chanel @Reactionary Tales and had dinner together. Had a wonderful time chatting and getting to know one another, creating a wonderful friendship.
- Met and exceeded my Goodreads goal for books to read.
- Celebrated my son and niece’s 16th birthdays in May.
- Celebrated my stepdaughter’s 21st birthday.
- Started hiking and kayaking.
- Was recognized by a few authors for reviews and tours I did for them. Jay @This Is My Truth Now Kadie @Kadie Scott | Contemporary Romance Author and Sarah @Sarabutlerzalesky
I really had a wonderful year. I can’t wait to see what this year brings to the table.
Check out My Year in Books.
Patty
This is my journey in books for 2017!
TOTALS
I read 71,268 pages across 291 books
SHORTEST BOOK
20 pages
The Baby Clause
LONGEST BOOK2,115 pages
The Billionaire’s Fake Marriage:…
AVERAGE LENGTH
246 pages
MOST POPULAR
21,950
people also read
The Hooker and the Hermit
LEAST POPULAR 3 people also read
Pretend Daddy: A Fake Marriage R…
MY AVERAGE RATING FOR 2017
HIGHEST RATED ON GOODREADS
Hinterland Series Book 2: The Wolf’s Quarry
it was amazing
5.00 average
My first review of the year
it was amazing
Victoria Laurie has done it again. I swear these books get better and better. In this book Abby gets thrown in the slammer and meets a woman on death row. The woman is sentenced to die for killing her son. Abby immediately gets her radar working and believes the woman is innocent. With the help of her trusty sidekick Cassidy and the help of some new friends she sets out to prove her innocence. It is a race against time and Abby feels she may just…more
MY 2017 BOOKS
it was amazing
it was amazing
it was amazing
My last review of the yearit was amazingOhhhh what a naughty little story.Ben, playboy CEO and millionaire has just lost his father to a heart attack. When he finds out that he won’t get controlling interest in the company unless he meets the marriage clause, he is angry. He his hurt, sad and angry that his father is messing with his personal life. When a flight attendant named Pam gives him some kind words of wisdom, it gets him thinking.
Pam agrees to Ben’s marriage proposal. She only
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2017 READING CHALLENGEYou read 291 out of 250 books.116%Congratulations! You’re really good at reading, and probably a lot of other things, too!
What an amazing year! It must have taken you hours to put this post together with all those covers, which by the way, distracted me for a few minutes… thanks! 🙂 I also appreciate you mentioning me – so glad we met, and thankful for all you’ve done to support me. 🙂 xoxo
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Nah I did a copy paste sort of thing. lol 😉 I am so glad we became friends also! It is great talking to you and getting to know you. Here’s to us having another great year! xoxo
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Cheers!
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Yes! I hope we get to meet again! Sounds like you had a great 2017 and the amount of books you read is truly amazing to me. I don’t think I’ll ever be on that level lol.
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Well my husband tends to tell me to get my nose out of the book. lol I read riding to the store or trips. I read while cooking. Read watching tv. You get it. He thinks I am a nerd. I kind of am. hee hee! Hope we get to hang out on my next trip to Ohio. Hopefully it won’t be cold or raining. 😉
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Yes please and it will be warm! I read while cooking and watching tv as well. Though sometimes if the show is really good, the book loses, haha.
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Me too! I sometimes find the TV wins. But it is rare.
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Wow, Patty. That’s a lot of books! Congratulations. I’m jealous. 🙂
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I can’t help it. I am a book nerd 🤓 my nose is always in a book. 📚I love reading ❤️ thank you 😊
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