So, yet again I'm snowed under with e-ARCs from Netgalley and Edelweiss! A while back I managed to get my virtual review pile under control but there are so many fabulous books that I can't help but request and/or download it's got to the point where I need to do something about it again...
Thanks to my love of alliteration I came up with ARCs In April! Between April 1st and April 30th I'm going to read nothing but ARCs. Hopefully this will make a significant dent in my pile so I can stop feeling guilty about all the wonderful books that I have requested/downloaded, stop feeling guilty about reading books that aren't ARCs and increase my percentage on Netgalley again...
I'm not going to put a figure on how many books I'm going to read, I always seem to fail when I do that but given how many I have to read I'm going to try and aim for a minimum of three a week. Feel free to join if you too have gone crazy clicking those 'request' or 'download' buttons, it would be great to have some support. I'll put up a post on April 1st with a list of books I'm hoping to read, if you feel like joining in leave a comment and I'll start a list :)
Ooh, good luck on your challenge! I pretty much ban myself from NetGalley for months at a time, which sucks, because I miss SO many good books, but at least I don't get drowned in them. ;) I'm hopefully going to get on top (and stay on top....har, har) of my ARCs next month, too! I'll be rooting for you.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really great idea. If I just buckled down for a month I think I'd feel so much better about my pile. I'm not sure if I'll do it or not but I'll definitely be wishing you good luck with your pile!
ReplyDeleteI'm tempted to join you! I just went through my NetGalley profile, and found out I have 40 books in need of reading. Needless to say, I was ashamed. April sounds like the perfect time to get through them all!
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful challenge. I don't really request too many books from Net Galley, nor do I receive ARCs but this could work quite well on the remaining stacks of review pile I have.
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
This is a great idea! I'm the same, it's so hard to resist, and then I tell myself I probably won't get approved, but then I do! Good luck, I may try this too:-)
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your ARC reading!
ReplyDeleteI'll definitely be joining you on the ARC reading in April. I'm not sure if I'll read just ARCs, but most of my reads will be ones from Edelweiss and Netgalley! I have a lot that are being published in the next couple months, so I really need to read them.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your reading! I hope you and I both get a lot of ARC reading and reviewing done. :)
This is such a great idea! I've been banned from netgalley at the moment because I have at least 10 ARCs to read.... I probably won't just read ARCs, but I'll attempt to cut my pile down by a considerable amount!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!