State of the ARC #49

  

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

😘😘😘AUTHOR GIFTS 😘😘😘

Essex Dogs - Sept, 2022

Keeper of the Queen's Jewels - Oct, 2022

Gun Barons - May, 2022 (NetGalley)

Skirts - Sept, 2022 (NetGalley)

The Women of Rothschild - Oct, 2022 (NetGalley)

Egypt's Golden Couple - Nov, 2022 (Publicist via NetGalley)

The Tudors in Love - Dec, 2022 (NetGalley)

Finished, Review to Come

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

The Other Dr Gilmer - Mar, 2022 (NetGalley)

Spare Parts - May, 2022 (NetGalley)

The Ruins - July, 2022 (Publicist Gift via NetGalley)

Womb Raiders - Sept, 2022 (BookSirens)

American Demon - Sept, 2022 (NetGalley)

Nothing but the Night - Sept, 2022 (NetGalley)

Pretty Dead Queens - Oct, 2022 (NetGalley)

Review or Feedback Sent

Did absolutely nothing this month for reviews. I am useless when it comes to ARCs right now. Yikes.

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 94%.

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

Happy Reading
Sarah

IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S FINALYYYYYYYYYYY HEEEEEEERRRRRRE!!!

My heart is so happy right now.

Stacking the Shelves #207

 

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly feature hosted by Reading Reality. It is a chance to showcase all the goodies you've collected throughout the week, whether they're bought on-line or in-store, an ARC or a final copy, borrowed from a friend or the library, physical or digital, etc.

Library Treasures

NONE!

But we are on our way to pick up my 25 holds from the library, so next week's post of that haul will be quite large.

Happy Reading!
Sarah

First Line Friday #139

 

First Line Friday is hosted once again by Carrie at Reading is my Superpower. You can visit HERE to go directly to the FLF page of her blog.

Playing along is easy: open the book nearest you and share the first line. Then check out the link to see the other first lines posted this week.

It's been a century since Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two wealthy, Jewish Chicago teenagers, kidnapped and killed fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks. It was the original "Crime of the Century.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think, and leave a link to your FLF so I can stop by to see what you've posted this week.

Happy Reading!

Sarah 

Tackling the TBR Week 32: Aug 15 - Aug 21, 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: 2,387

Currently Reading

Books Added to TBR: 0

Books Removed from TBR: 0

Books Reads

Books DNF-ed: 0

Duplicates Removed: 0

New TBR Total: 2,387

Happy Reading!
Sarah