Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Eleanor Reads | May Edition

Each month Eleanor and I share the chapter books we read. We've been reading chapter books since before Kindergarten and her attention span as a four year old was definitely something to brag about. Eleanor was born a reader and that makes my heart so, so happy.

I am making a couple changes because Eleanor is becoming a more independent reader at home. She has no problem plowing through books at school, but at home she prefers I read to her while she is drawing, painting, working on a science project, etc. Plus, who doesn't also love being read to at bedtime?

Currently Reading Together


Read Together



Currently Reading Independently*

*Eleanor has begun reading more than one book at a time. I can't imagine where she got that idea from.

Eleanor's Independent Reads


Eleanor's DNFs

Do the kiddos in your life have an interest in any of these?


Happy Reading,
Eleanor and Sarah

State of the ARC #46

 

State of the ARC is a monthly feature hosted by Evelina at Avalinah's Books - and now me, too! I took over temporary hosting duties back in early 2020. A couple months ago Evelina asked if I would like to co-host and of course I said yes! If you are new to the meme, you can check out the guidelines HERE.

Links go to my review. The majority of the ARCs I receive are through NetGalley. I sometimes find a book or two via Edelweiss or BookSirens. Others have come from authors, publicists, or were offered to me from a publisher who specifically approved me for it on NetGalley; I will always note in the review how I acquired the ARC.

Currently Reading
Gun Barons - May, 2022 (NetGalley)
Spare Parts - May, 2022 (NetGalley)
The Women of Rothschild - Oct, 2022 (NetGalley)
Egypt's Golden Couple - Nov, 2022 (Publicist via NetGalley)

Finished, Review to Come
Sweating in the Land of Smiles - July 2021 (Author Gift)
The Other Dr Gilmer - Mar, 2022 (NetGalley)
True Crime - April, 2022 (BookSirens)
The Girl I Never Knew - April, 2022 (BookSirens)
The Ruins - July, 2022 (Publicist Gift via NetGalley)

Review or Feedback Sent
None this month. Eeek.

When I first started blogging my monthly State of the ARC I felt like I was drowning in ARCs. My main goal was to get my NetGalley feedback ratio above 80% and thanks to this meme, I slowly but surely clawed my way up. At my highest I was at 97%. I am currently at 96%.

How are you doing with your ARC goals? Let's talk ARCs!

Happy Reading
Sarah

Tackling the TBR Week 20 and 21: May 15 - May 31, 2022

   

I am now in year FOUR of Tackling the TBR. Slowly but surely I have made big strides in getting my TBR under control. When I first started in 2019, that list was topping out at over 5,000 books. I don't know that I will ever get below 500, but a #BookDragon can dream!


I will be posting on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and the last day of the month. Feel free to join in if you'd like!


Previous Week's TBR Total: 2,438


Currently Reading


Books Added to TBR: 0


Books Removed from TBR: 0



Books Reads




Books DNF-ed: 0




Duplicates Removed: 1


New TBR Total: 2,428


Happy Reading!
Sarah