I know that I usually save these posts for the beginning of the next month, but I have my 2013 analysis scheduled for that day.  So I’ll just analyze December in December, just like last year.

December has been an awesome month for me.  At the time of writing I have 6,149 total views, which includes 3,878 unique views.  That means that I’m up from November and seeing as I’ve had 5 consecutive months of higher-than-average stats I think I can safely call it as it is: my blog is growing.  This is in part thanks to the 41 new followers I’ve welcomed to my blog this month for a total of 633 followers!  Follower stats have always been more important to me than views so I’m very happy about this record-breaking month.

So what were my best posts this December?

1.  Why Girls Hate Game of Thrones—A Rebuttal

2.  The Hunger Games and Ancient Rome

3.  Calling all Authors!

4.  How to Read 100 Pages in an Hour

5.  The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

The usual suspects are the top two posts but I’m so happy that my speed-reading tutorial has finally taken off.  ‘Calling all Authors!’ is a big success in part because I had a lot of help with promoting it on Twitter and The Masquerade Crew.  It also helps that many authors told their friends about the opportunity, which is why I now have so many submissions for prizes for my reading challenge.

So what were my worst posts this month?

1.  Arlo and Jake Enlist by Gary Alan Henson

2.  Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden

3.  Discussion: Favourite Book Covers

4.  The 3 Best Books to Read in the Bathroom

5.  City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

As usual, none of these really surprise me.  The book reviews are for older books/indie books and the one article in there was admittedly pretty dumb.  This is the first time a discussion post has appeared in the 5 worst articles of a month, but that’s understandable seeing as it is an older one and it was never all that popular when it was first posted.

Well, that pretty much sums up my December: awesome.  My stats are up, I’ve been averaging a little over a follower a day for the whole year and life is good.  And the funniest thing?  In 2012 December was a horrible month; my stats took a huge dive.  So now, of course, in 2013 they’re going strong.

How has your December been?