Month in Review: July 2012

I took a twittercation in July and it definitely worked. Although I didn’t do as well in the latter part of the month, I kicked ass in the first 2 weeks. And MAN did I get my read on! Almost 1/2 of the number of books I’ve read for the year, I read in July. In a single month.

So I’m implementing another twittercation for the month of August. (Which shouldn’t be too difficult since the Olympics are dominating Twitter and I’m not really into the Olympics *ducks*) I’ll reply to @ mentions and DMs, probably tweet a few Kindle deals and freebies here and there, and I’ll have some scheduled tweets going out but that’s about it. My main goal is to stay away from my timeline.

Speaking of twitter, one good thing about me breaking my twittercation is that I saw this post about image copyright infringement being tweeted. Actually, I don’t know if I’d call it a ‘good’ thing but it’s definitely better to be ‘in the know’ than to be blissfully ignorant when it comes to something of this caliber. If you haven’t already read the post, you should. Like now. A blogger got sued for using an image on her blog that she didn’t have permission to use. She removed the image in question as soon as she was notified but the copyright holder wanted compensation. I’m sorry this happened to this blogger but I’m glad she shared her story to educate other bloggers on the matter.

I have spent the past week going through all of my blog posts and removing images I did not have permission to use. I finally finished yesterday and it’s a HUGE sigh a relief. Not only did I have images in posts I personally wrote up but there were images in some of the guest posts on my blog as well. I also removed author head shots because I don’t know if the author owns the copyright to their image. I just don’t want to leave it to chance or have to worry about the photographer coming after me. I also got rid of reading challenge and meme buttons that I wasn’t sure whether or not the button creator had permission to use the image in their button.

Books Brianna Read:

1. Summer Nights by Susan Mallery
2. Wishful Thinking by Gabi Stevens
3. About Last Night by Ruthie Knox
4. Dangerously Close by Dee J. Adams
5. All Summer Long by Susan Mallery
6. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
7. Within Reach by Sarah Mayberry
8. Hell on Wheels by Julie Ann Walker
9. Bared to You by Sylvia Day
10. Wild Card by Moira Rogers
11. Kamikaze by Moira Rogers
12. Dane by Liliana Hart
13. A Fool’s Gold Christmas by Susan Mallery
14. Slow Summer Kisses by Shannon Stacey

Books Reviewed on TBV:

1. The Blacksmith’s Lover by Heather Massey – 3 frogs
2. Vampire Cursed by Rachel Carrington – 2 1/2 frogs
3. No One Left to Tell by Karen Rose – 5 frogs
4. See Me by Pauline Allan – 4 frogs
5. Long Hard Ride by Keta Diablo – 3 1/2 frogs
6. Summer Nights by Susan Mallery – 3 frogs
7. Wishful Thinking by Gabi Stevens – 4 frogs
8. Death Sword by Pamela Turner – 2 1/2 frogs
9. Like Clockwork by Bonnie Dee – 4 1/2 frogs
10. Dangerously Close by Dee J. Adams – 5 frogs
11. Stealing Fate by Berinn Rae – 4 frogs
12. All Summer Long by Susan Mallery – 2 frogs
13. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry – 5 frogs

Posts:

• My Bookish Wants & Gots (11)
• Teaser Tuesdays: Pushing the Limits
• My Bookish Wants & Gots (12)
• Teaser Tuesdays: Hell on Wheels
• My Bookish Wants & Gots (13)
• Book Spotlight: The Devil You Know by Victoria Vane
• My Bookish Wants & Gots (14)
• Teaser Tuesdays: Slow Summer Kisses

Current Giveaways:

• (1) ebook copy of Dangerously Close and (2) ebook copies of Dangerous Race by Dee J. Adams – ENDS 8/2 (INT)
• (3) ebook copies of Stealing Fate by Berinn Rae – ENDS 8/7 (INT)

2012 Reading Challenges Status Report:

• Outdo Yourself – 36/101 books
• Men in Uniform – 3/5 books
• eBook Challenge – 31/5 books – I need move up a level or two.
• TBR Pile Challenge – 3/10 books
• 100+ Books in a Year – 36/100 books

How was your July? Leave a comment with the link to your wrap up post and I’ll stop by.