Betrayed by the ruling families of Italy, a young man embarks upon an epic quest for vengeance during the Renaissance in this novel based on the Assassin's Creed™ video game series. “I will seek vengeance upon those who betrayed my family. I am Ezio Auditore Da Firenze. I am an Assassin…” To eradicate corruption and restore his family’s honor, Ezio will learn the art of the Assassins. Along the way, he will call upon the wisdom of such great minds as Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavello—knowing that survival is bound to the skills by which he must live. To his allies, he will become a force for change—fighting for freedom and justice. To his enemies, he will become a threat dedicated to the destruction of the tyrants abusing the people of Italy. So begins an epic story of power, revenge and conspiracy... An Original Novel Based on the Multiplatinum Video Game from Ubisoft

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"I've never heard of a woman ruling a city-state before. I am impressed. 

"Caterina smiled. " Well, it was in my husband's hands before, of course. Do you remember him? A little? Girolamo." She paused. " Well, he died-"

"I am so sorry."

"Don't be" she said simply. "I had him assassinated."

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Book Blogging Community

Link Ups

If you're looking for some book blog link ups to participate in Never Enough Novels has a good list at https://neverenoughnovels.com/2018/04/04/list-of-book-blog-link-ups/. Joining in link ups can be a great way to meet other book bloggers, discover new books, and increase traffic to your own book blog at the same time. 

Lovely Audiobooks does a monthly link up at https://lovelyaudiobooks.info/the-monthly-book-blogger-link-up/. It's not just for audiobook reviews either. Any book reviews are welcome. 

Emily the Book Nerd lists 10 link ups for book bloggers in this post at http://www.emilythebooknerd.com/2019/09/10-blog-party-link-ups-every-book.html

Networking

Connect with other book bloggers and get more involved in the book blogging community. At https://www.jolinsdell.com/2018/05/108-book-blogs-to-follow.html you'll find 108 book blogs to follow to get you started. 

Are you new to book blogging or thinking about getting started? Still not sure if book blogging is for you? Check out this collaboration post about why we love the book blogging community at https://www.jolinsdell.com/2019/09/why-we-love-book-blogging-community.html

In this guest post hosted by Not So Modern Girl https://notsomoderngirl.com/2021/10/14/make-connections-book-blogging-community/ about How to Make Connections in the Book Blogging Community Carol gives a great breakdown of ways you can reach out and connect more with the book blogging community.

Making Money With Your Book Blog

If you want to make your book blog more than a hobby and actually start earning money from your book blog than I suggest checking out this post at https://bookriot.com/how-to-make-money-blogging-about-books/ by Lesbrary for Book Riot. 

Fancy getting paid to read books? This post at https://fattenthewallet.com/get-paid-to-read-books-online/ by Fatten the Wallet lists 7 sites that pay you to read books. Even better news is that it includes sites for every level so whether you're a new book blogger or a more experienced book reviewer you should be able to find a site for you. 

Interested in diving into affiliate marketing? Wonderfully Bookish has you covered at https://wonderfullybookish.co.uk/affiliate-guide-for-book-bloggers/ Includes info on everything from how to disclose affiliate links to different affiliate programs for book bloggers.

You can find more advice about affiliate marketing for book bloggers at https://whatshotblog.com/affiliate-marketing-for-book-bloggers/. What's Hot covers deep links, banner ads etc... 

ARCs and Review Copies

Book Blogging How To

Social Media for Book Bloggers 

Instagram

Are you part of/planning on joining the world of Bookstagram? Me Otherwise does a fantastic breakdown of the hashtags you need to kill it as a Bookstagrammer at  https://www.meotherwise.com/hashtags-for-books-on-instagram-bloggers/. She even divides them all into categories making it super easy to find the best ones for your Instagram content. These hashtags can be used on other social media sites like Twitter and Facebook too for you'll really want to bookmark this one!

Not sure what to post as a Bookstagrammer? Check out these awesome ideas from Word Revel at http://wordrevel.com/b101-props-are-not-required/. As the title of the blog post states, props are not required. 

L.M. Durand shares 5 tips you should keep in mind to grow your Bookstagram at  https://lmdurand.com/5-things-you-should-keep-in-mind-to-grow-your-bookstagram/

Unbound Pages has some good tips to help you schedule a month of Bookstagram posts in one day at http://unboundpages.com/how-to-schedule-a-month-of-bookstagrams-in-one-day/. Perfect for those of you without a lot of free time. 

Alison in Bookland gives insight into whether to use a personal or business account for your Bookstagram at https://alisoninbookland.com/2019/08/07/is-is-worth-making-your-bookstagram-account-into-a-creator-account/

The Riverside Library has an amazing post that breaks down Bookstagram hashtags by post type at https://theriversidelibrary.com/2019/09/03/100-bookstagram-hashtags-by-post-type/  making it super easy to find the right hashtag for your post.

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Blog Audit Challenge 2020

October Link Up

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Don't forget to promote your participation in the Blog Audit Challenge 2020 by using the following graphic in any blog posts you do connected with the challenge along with a link back to this site. 

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Armed with a Bingo

I'm also doing the Armed with a Bingo challenge.

Chocolat lets me tick off another square for this challenge too. I'm also making progress with the first book in the Assassin's Creed series, Renaissance, which will get me the 500+ Pages once I'm done. I'm currently at 133/516.

Books read this month:

• Chocolat by Joanne Harris (a book with a food included in the title)

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How are you doing with your 2020 Challenges? Are you taking part in the Blog Audit Challenge? Have you read any of these books? Join the conversation in the comments section. 

Blog Audit Challenge 2020

Welcome back for another month of challenges for the Blog Audit Challenge 2020!

I hope you did well with the October challenges. Remember to link up your progress reports in the Link Up on the 7th November. 

Each month we'll concentrate on a different area of our blogs.

Life is strange for most of us this year with Coronavirus, Lock-downs, etc... If you fall behind with the monthly tasks don't worry. Just catch up when you can. This challenge lasts the whole year. 

The Challenges:

#BlogAuditChallenge2020

November Challenges

Our focus for November is on Press and collaborations. 

We've already done a lot of work towards this months challenge already during the previous months of the Blog Audit Challenge. 

The November challenges:

1. Create a media kit for your blog.

This one file can save you tonnes of time and energy. A professional, up to date, media kit with all the important information about your blog and brand ready to share. 

I already covered the topic of what a media kit is and why you need one in a previous post so I won't go into too many details about it here. 

If you don't have one already now is the time to create one. If you do have one it's probably time for an update. Since I did my last update my stats have changed considerably. Hopefully yours have too. 

2. Work on your Press page.

A great place to upload a copy of your media kit (make it available as a downloadable pdf for easy access) is on your press page. 

Your press page is where you post any materials that could be useful for the media in general (this could be anyone from other bloggers who might want to include you in a feature to TV and radio). Fans will also enjoy using it to keep up with the latest information about you and your brand. 

Items to consider:

• Your media kit
• Social media links
• Official photos and graphics (headshot, events, logo, etc...)
• Press releases
• Place you've been featured

3. Collaborations

In previous months of the Blog Audit Challenge we've touched on the importance of developing readership, building relationships, and being social with others in your niche. Now let's concentrate on leveraging those relationships.

I'm not surprised to see that a lot of the most viewed posts on my blog are ones where I joined forces with others. When you do a blog post that features other people those people drive traffic to the post. They share it on social media. They add the link to their own blogs.

Collaborations are also a great way to keep your content fresh and interesting for your readers. It introduces them to different points of view. 

Collaborations isn't limited to you hosting others on your blog. It includes you being featured on other blogs too... and not only. Why not try some social collaborations too?

Task 1: Do a collaboration on your own blog. 

This can be anything from hosting a guest post or interview, doing a feature post about someone/a business, including quotes from others within your blog post, or working together with another blogger to write a blog post together. 

Collaborating on a blog post with others can be great fun. Do you and another blogger have different opinions about something? Do a post where you both share your views about it. Readers will get a much more rounded picture of the topic.

Task 2: Get someone to host you on their blog. 

The type of content you do will depend on you and the host but it's a great way to reach a new audience, gives you a quality backlink for you site, and strengthens your brand. It's also good for the host as you will be promoting it and bringing new readers to their site. 

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Free downloads: You can grab copies of all the extra materials for the Blog Audit Challenge 2020 for free here. 

Save the Date!

The December challenges will be posted on 2nd December. The monthly link up post for sharing your November progress will be on 5th December. 

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Don't forget to promote your participation in the Blog Audit Challenge 2020 by using the following graphic in any blog posts you do connected with the challenge along with a link back to this site.