The State of the ARC meme was created by Evelina @ AvalinahsBooks.
My fourth month, let’s look at the scores on the boards!
Current Stats…
Well, my feedback ratio and average days after/before release has gone up but that’s because I got some batch/late approvals and finally submitted some overdue reviews and that affected them. Either way, I’m kind of okay with my progress.
Bloodthirsty Beasts I’ve Tamed…
This month the beasts were called:
- The Smoke Thieves by Sally Green – 3 stars
- Furyborn by Claire Legrand – 4.5 stars
- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang – 5 stars
- The Disasters by M. K. England – 3.5 stars, I actually really loved this space adventure but with the release date not being until December you won’t be getting my review until a bit closer to the time!
State of the ARC Bingo
So at the very end of last month, Evelina posted in the Goodreads group about changing up the State of the ARC scoring system and gave us, State of the ARC Bingo instead! I love this idea so much more as I might feel like I’m actually making progress … because I did!
In Next Month’s Crosshairs…
I think I need to be more realistic about my goals so I’m going to try for a conservative list and hope to exceed it. These are the books I hope to read and check off my various reading challenges criteria.
Any words of encouragement would be muchly appreciated! Any of these on your TBR too? Let me know in the comments!
Until next time!
I marvel at your organization
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Why thank you 🙂
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I hadn’t heard of this before now! This sounds so cool! I’m trying to make my way through my backlog of ARCs as well.
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You should totally join, it’s helped me so much!
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I really want to read Sea Witch!
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I’m getting to that one *very* soon! It looks great!
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Seems like a great list! I loved The Kiss Quotient and can’t wait to read What If Its Us. Good luck with the arcs 💕
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Thank you! I’m getting to What if It’s Us soon since it fulfills one of my reading Rivalry criteria so watch this space! 😉
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You are very organised. I keep everything on my Outlook calendar so that I know launch dates/ tour stops etc..
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I try to keep my google calendar updated but my Google Keep page keeps most of it! I basically live through lists and excel spreadsheets
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Love the bingo idea! I need to get back on my NetGalley game.
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Yeah, my NetGalley has taken a dive since I found Edelweiss, hoping to get the scales a bit more balanced this month 🙂 The bingo is super fun!
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Congrats on your reading!
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Thank you!
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Idk if I’ve mentioned this before but you have The Goblins of Bellewater?? ARC or bought?
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Well, it *was* an ARC when I received it but it came out last year before I was blogging and when I was not so great with reading the books I was given … review is going up this week though because I read it all in a day and I’m ashamed I haven’t read it sooner!
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‘Was’ an ARC? You mean you got it as an ARC but it’s not available for requesting now anymore, right? I missed the request window as I hadn’t started book blogging then. I’m glad you loved it cuz I might buy it someday.
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Yeah I got it as an ARC but it probably isn’t available now – I’m going to buy a hard copy myself!
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That Bing board looks quite fun!
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Yeahhh, I ticked off another too this week, (yayy!)
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I’ve seen enthusiasm for The Kiss Quotient on other blogs too. This is one I think I need to look out for 🙂
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Definitely, it was so good! I hope you read it!
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Hi! All of your future reading seem awesome *_* And you did a good job with your ARCs this month! 🙂
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Thanks! I’ve been very fortunate with my ARCs lately!
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Wow, I love your header for the meme!! Looks BEAUTIFUL! Your stacks also look good, you’re doing really cool 🙂 love it how to track days before/after the release. That’s a good idea. And the bingo is going well!! The bingo really is working out for everyone, isn’t it 🙂
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Ahhhhhh, I’m so glad you like it! And yeah, ever since I learnt all these new formulae for excel for work I use it for everything and yes, I really like the bingo it helps me steer my TBR because sometimes it’s just too hard to pick and going in publication order just immediately sucks all the fun out of it for me.
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You’ve got some great stuff coming up! I only recently dug myself out of a dismal feedback ratio on NetGalley, so I feel your pain 😂 Sometimes it’s slow and steady that wins the race 🙂
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Yes, most definitely – I am determined to be on top of my ARCs by years end – determined.
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*cheerleadingmodeon* You can do it! You can do it!
Also, I love the Bingo too – although I did not work on it too much, but maybe this month! Keep up with the great work and enjoy your reading!
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Thanks, that’s actually really helpful! I hope you get a few crossed off this month!
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omg i loved the cover the disasters, cant wait to see what you thought of it!
i cant wait to see what you think of sea witch. grats on your progress!
Lauren
State of the ARC
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i messed up my link: State of the ARC
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The review will be up next month I think, a bit closer to release, I’m looking forward to another fairy tale retelling too!
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I wish I could be as organized as you. (And I’m kind of glad to see someone else with a review percentage on the lower end of the scale). Good luck getting all your intended books read and reviewed this month.
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I hide from that percentage regularly! Me too, end goal is to be on top by the end of this year!
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