All The Book Blog Names Are Taken: June 2023

Friday, June 30, 2023

Book Blogs to Peruse | Fly Into Books

Recently AJ at FlyIntoBooks let me know he's compiled a list on his own blog of book bloggers around the web, and has included me on it. You can find his comment HERE that explains a bit more about the list. There are tons of book bloggers included, some I know and some who are new to me. I have found some really neat blogs while perusing the lists and hope you find something new to read also.

Book Blogs Extravaganza

Happy Reading!
Sarah

State of the ARC #56

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)
Egypt's Golden Couple - Nov, 2022 (Publicist via NetGalley)
The Blackhouse - Jan, 2023 (NetGalley)
A Few Days Full of Trouble - Jan, 2023 (Publicist via NetGalley)
I Know Who You Are - Feb, 2023 (NetGalley)
Glow in the Fucking Dark - Feb, 2023 (Publicist via NetGalley)
Henry VIII - April, 2023 (NetGalley)
Let This Radicalize You - May, 2023 (Publisher Gift)
The Summer of 1876 - May, 2023 (Publisher via NetGalley)
The Sweating Sickness Epidemic - May, 2023 (NetGalley)
Henry VIII's Children - May, 2023 (NetGalley)
Arthur, Prince of Wales - May, 2023 (NetGalley)
The Hitler I Knew - June, 2023 (NetGalley)
Clan Battles - June, 2023 (NetGalley)
The Girls of Summer - June, 2023 (Publicist via NetGalley)
Behold the Monster - July, 2023 (NetGalley)
Tangled Vines - Aug, 2023 (Publicist via NetGalley)
Suddenly a Murder - Sept, 2023 (NetGalley)
The Society for Soulless Girls - Sept, 2023 (NetGalley)
Thin Air - Oct, 2023 (NetGalley)
West Heart Kill - Oct, 2023 (NetGalley)
The Heiress - Jan, 2024 (Publicist via NetGalley)

Finished, Review to Come

Sweating in the Land of Smiles - July 2021 (Author Gift)

Skirts - Sept, 2022 (NetGalley)
American Demon - Sept, 2022 (NetGalley)
Nothing but the Night - Sept, 2022 (NetGalley)
The Tudors in Love - Dec, 2022 (NetGalley)
The Night in Question - May, 2023 (NetGalley)
Expletives Not Deleted - May, 2023 (Author Gift)
The Return of the Ripper? - May, 2023 (NetGalley)
Teen Killers at Large - Oct, 2023 (NetGalley)
The Women of Rothschild - Oct, 2022 (NetGalley)
Dead of Winter - July, 2023 (NetGalley)

Review or Feedback Sent

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 SOTA, I slowly but surely clawed my way up. At my highest I was at 97%. I am currently at 88%.

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

Happy Reading
Sarah

Tackling the TBR | Week 23 & 24 | Jun 15 - Jun 30, 2023

Here we go!

This is year FIVE of Tackling the TBR and I finally have things sort-of under control. My ultimate goal is to get under 500 books, but I also have to be realistic - just think of all the books not even written yet that I will want to read. When I started this mess I was at well over 5,000 books on the TBR, so to be where I am now is pretty incredible.

I will post on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and last day of the month.

Prevous Week's TBR Total: 2,297

Currently Reading