Yes, my post is late today!  Well, that’s because it’s Canada Day and I’m sick (again) with a sore throat and runny nose.  Nothing unusual there so don’t panic; I’m just feeling miserable and am a little crankier than usual.

If you look at the stats for this time last year, they went down as well as most of my traffic seems to come from students looking for help on school assignments.  That’s why in June I only received 3,803 views and 2, 014 unique visitors.  Still respectable, but nothing really to brag about.

So on that note, let’s look at what my top posts in June 2013 were:

1.  The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome

2.  Why no Writer Wants to Tackle Chronic Pain

3.  Things I Want to See in YA

4.  End of Days by Eric Walters

5.  An Apology to Self-Published Writers

None of these is really that surprising.  The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome has made this list every month since May 2012 and the rest are either novel study books or are particularly clicky articles that people read, shared and commented on.  Obviously that drove the views through the roof for these particular articles.

So then what were the worst articles/book reviews in June?

1.  The Show by John Heldt

2.  Skinned by Robin Wasserman

3.  Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

4.  The 3 Best Books to Read in the Bathroom

5.  Rot & Ruin by Jonathon Maberry

None of these is all that surprising seeing as some are not particularly popular self-published books or books from older series that have already been finished.  The only real puzzler here is Rot & Ruin by Jonathon Maberry because while it’s not the most popular book ever written, it does have a decent fan base.  Oh well; that’s just how it goes sometimes.