Happy blog birthday to me! I can’t believe that it has been five years since I first set up my little book blog. I have absolutely loved getting to know new authors, discovering new books, and generally sharing the book love far and wide. What I thought would be a little hobby has turned into a huge part of my life, culminating in 2022 with my being a part of the judging panel for the Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award. That was an absolute blast to be involved with and I loved chatting with the other bloggers on the panel.
Five years feels like a bit of a milestone, so I thought now would be a good time to look back over some of my blogging statistics.
- I have written 372 reviews, the first being Blackbird by N.D. Gomes, and the most recent being The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
- I have had the honour of sharing 65 author Q&As and guest posts. The first of these was Jennifer Gilmour right back in January 2018, and the most recent was Val Penny in January 2022. I would love to host more of these types of post, so if you are a writer and would like to be featured, please get in touch!
- Over the course of the five years, I have welcomed a grand total of 335 authors and their books, whether that is through reviews, cover reveals, spotlight posts, Q&As, extracts or guest posts. Some have been one off visitors, but others have become huge favourites of mine and I just love shouting about each and every one of their books. My top ten most featured authors of the last five years are:
I found it so interesting looking back over my first five years as a book blogger, and I am excited to see what the next five years bring! Thanks for taking this little trip down memory lane with me!
Mai's Musings 
Happy blogging anniversary!
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Happy 5th Blogversary!! Here’s to many more!!🥂📚
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Happy Blog Birthday, and here’s to the next, wonderful five years of blogging!
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Happy blogversary!!! Here’s to the next five 🙂
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