Naughty New Year Blog Hop

Alanna Coca

Wel­come to the JustRomance.Me blog hop! If you aren’t on the tour bus, just click HERE to get on board. I hope you all had a won­der­ful Chanukah, Christ­mas, Kwan­zaa, Sol­stice, and/or any­thing else you hap­pen to cel­e­brate. Now we wel­come 2013 with open arms! I know I expect great things from the com­ing year. To recap 2012, I thought I’d share some of my favorite GOOD things that hap­pened in 2012, in no par­tic­u­lar order:

August, 2012. Gab­by Dou­glas, the 16 year old gym­nast who helped win USA Gold in wom­en’s gym­nas­tics. I was glued to my television.
Mars Rover. August 5, 2012. Ten years. $2.5‑billion. 5,000 peo­ple. from 37 states. What a thrill.
UN Goal Achieved! The goal of reduc­ing by half the num­ber of peo­ple with­out access to safe drink­ing water has been achieved well ahead of the 2015 target.
Novem­ber 6. After four states moved for­ward toward equal­i­ty, these two ladies got their offi­cial mar­riage license in WA. Congrats!!

Even from all the bad news in the world, the good sto­ries emerge. Like Mr. Rogers said…“look for the helpers”. I don’t think I’ve looked for­ward to a clean slate much more than I have this year. 2013 is going to be amaz­ing! Now, keep hop­ping along so you can win some great books and oth­er prizes to start the new year off right. I also have some free books to give away, just click HERE, and choose your favorite e‑tailer. Have a won­der­ful 2013 everyone.

48 thoughts on “Naughty New Year Blog Hop”

  7. You’re right it’s nice to see and reflect on those moments. Thanks for shar­ing them!

    rae.gwendy(at)gmail(dot)com

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  10. Love the Blog Hop.. It has intro­duced some romance authors I was­n’t aware of yet. Have added you to my favorites so I can come back and visit .

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  17. That is so cool about reach­ing the water goal! And it was excit­ing to watch the Olympics this year. Hap­py New Year and Thanks for being a part of the hop

    junegirl63 at gmail dot com

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  18. Thanks for shar­ing your free reads!! Hap­py new year!!! I love hear­ing about reach­ing the water goal!!!

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  28. I too loved Gab­by’s win. It was freakin awe­some! I was so proud!

    All the best to the both of you for the com­ing year. Take care.

    Belin­da G
    bel­gre AT com­cast DOT net

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  36. Have a Hap­py and Safe New Year. I can­not wait for my clean slate after one hell of a year 2012 has been.

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  37. some­times the bad things get all the atten­tion — thanks for remind­ing us of a few of the good things!

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  39. Great post! Thanks for pro­vid­ing some of the hap­py high­lights of 2012. . Here’s to hop­ing that 2013 will pro­vide more! Thanks for the free reads too. . can’t wait to read them! I hope that you had a Mer­ry Christ­mas and have a hap­py New Year!
    jes­sangil at gmail dot com

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  41. Best wish­es for the new year.. and here’s to wish­ing, pray­ing and hop­ing that there will be many, many more won­drous and mem­o­rable moments than sad ones..

    Chris­tine S
    cms72023 at gmail dot com

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