Time for another ARC update!

My current State of the ARC…

October’s Progress…

Completed:

Since my last State of the ARC post, I have completed 6 review copies! 

• Dead Meat: Day 1
• Dreams of Lake Drukka & Exhumation
• Silver in the Wood
• Bird Brain
• Llewellyn’s Little Book of Empathy
• Unicorn Magic

I also DNFed and/or set aside (for now!) 7 review copies:

• DNF (permanently):
  • The Mindful Place of Calm (I didn’t like this at all)
  • No Longer Human (I had to DNF this very shortly into the manga due to explicit on-page sexual assault of a child.)
• Might pick up again later:
  • —
• DEFINITELY picking up again later:
  • The Work of Art (I just wasn’t in the mood for a historical setting)
  • Rules for Vanishing (I decided to save this for after my slump ended)
  • Growing Things and Other Stories (^ likewise)
  • Darkdawn (I’m not ready to say goodbye ???)
  • Rosemary and Rue (I think I’ll wait and get the audiobook from the library for finishing up this one!)

In Progress:

Right now, I have 1 review copy in progress:

• Ghoster

Acquired/ARC Ban Update:

Guess who still did pretty damn well at not going ARC-happy this month?!

I acquired 16 new review copies (7 physical, 10 digital).

I wanted to keep it under 10 this month, but didn’t quite make it. Given that I’ve been hauling 30-50 ARCs per month on average this year (until September), I’m still proud of it only being 16! Plus, the good news is that I’ve already read 4 of this month’s new arrivals!

1. The Fearing #3: Air & Dust
2. Dreams of Lake Drukka / Exhumation
3. Dead Meat: Day 1
4. The House in the Cerulean Sea
5. Scavenger Hunt
6. The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Magickal Herbs
7. No Longer Human
8. A Breath Too Late
9. A Constellation of Roses
10. The Fearing #4: Earth & Ember
11. When You Know What I Know
12. Bird Brain
13. Sick Kids in Love
14. Find Me Their Bones
15. Watch Over Me
16. Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

Catching Up:

I really want to make a concerted effort to start catching up on overdue ARCs, especially since we’re entering a time of year where there aren’t a ton of new releases on my ARC list, so I won’t have as many new and upcoming ones to worry about. I was talking to my spouse about it a few days ago (they’re my favorite idea sounding board!) and I thought they had a pretty swell idea: to sort all of my ARCs by page length and work my way from shortest to longest, so I can knock out the most possible titles in a short span of time. Not only will it quickly reduce my number of unread review copies, but it’ll also give me easy review posting fodder (which I need lately!), AND it should help me feel more motivated because I’ll be seeing quick progress (instant gratification, anyone?). I really liked this idea, so I’m going to give it a try starting in November — wish me luck!

— destiny ♥

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