I’ve been wanting to get started with this meme for a few months now, but didn’t have the time to finish the idea up. However, I have been walking around laughing like a little nerd about the name I came up with though – State of the ARC! How ingenious, Evelina.
But anyway! State of the ARC is meant to be a meme for tracking your ARC progress! I’m sure I’ll figure out the format I want to do it in, given time, but it will be at least monthly, maybe even bi-weekly, we’ll see! And I also want to give you all a chance to link up your own ARC posts! I know a lot of you do them already, so your post name can (and probably should) be whatever you want it to be, as long as you mention that you’re linking up with State of the ARC @ AvalinahsBooks, which is a fun way to share our ARC progress, challenges, wins, woes and mishaps – and don’t forget to include the link to this post! You can grab my picture too, if you want. Impatiently waiting for you all to hop along ❤ Let’s not forget we should all visit each other’s State of the ARC posts and comment. Have fun!
~ Current State of the ARC ~
So let’s see how many unread and unreviewed ARCs I have! My main sources of ARCs are NetGalley and Edelweiss, with quite a few old ARCs from Story Cartel (that I’m not going to read all of… don’t tell anyone) and a handful of old author-supplied ARCs. My main goal right now is to cut down on NetGalley ARCs, since the Story Cartel and author ones are so few in comparison and mostly so old. I’m not even taking into account the freebies. So here are my charts:
As you can see, I have almost a hundred ARCs ready for the reading!
~ In The Works ~
Now let’s talk about the ones I’m either currently reading, or have finished and am writing a review for. This is so I could get a sliver of hope about my progress!!
I’ve finished buddy-reading the Punch Escrow with Paul – we should be both posting an interactive review once we’re done! The writing in this book is great, quick and witty – reminds me of Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London series) and Matt Wallace (Sin du Jour series), and in general it’s one hell of a smart, sassy sci-fi book. The Growing Season was a great book about what happens to society once everyone can have babies – men and women alike. I read this book during my vacation and I’ll be posting the review in the beginning of September. Truly recommended! Endurance is Scott Kelly’s memoir of a year in the ISS (the space station), along with stories of his road towards becoming an astronaut. I’m enjoying it! Wish I could say the same about The Golden House, cause although it’s by a really famous author, I don’t feel like it’s for me. And last but not least – two non-fiction titles – Quackery, which is a really great book about all sorts of quacks in the history of the western world, and The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder, which explores the realities of life this writer’s family might have experienced at the time.
Out of all these, I would say, go for The Growing Season, Endurance, Punch Escrow and Quackery.
~ Let’s Get Motivated! ~
This part is meant to hype me up to read more of those stashed ARCs! So let’s see if I’ve got something interesting in there… If you’ve heard about these, I would love to hear your opinion!
My reasons? The Foundling really excited me back when I got approved for it. But it’s a book about a child being kidnapped, and finally when I had time to read it, I felt too down for a story like that. I would love to finally read it though! Red Blood, Yellow Skin is a story of a girl’s survival in war-torn Vietnam, so that’s automatically interesting, if a little bit dark too. And I have a ridiculous reason for being motivated for Wings To Fly – I’ve had a beautiful Bookstagram photo for it for months!! And I just really want to use it already. LOL!
So that’s it for my State of the ARC this month! Please tell me about yours by linking your post in the linky. Just don’t forget to link back to this post and visit everyone else on the list, and… have fun!
I’m Evelina and I blog about books that made an impression on me. I love middle grade, women’s, scifi and some literary too.
Is this gonna be a weekly or monthly meme? Like weekly or monthly a new linky gadget? I really wanna participate cause it sounds so good! ❤
Yay! I’m so glad you like it! For now – definitely monthly. I’m still not sure how the linky works or when I closes (don’t tell anyone! XD it just.. doesn’t say anywhere? I didn’t set it to any day, really), but the sooner you post and link up, the more people will visit your link too 🙂 also, maybe you could RT? I am so glad you want to participate, excited to see your post!!
This is such a great idea!! Hopefully I will start getting some ARC’s so I can participate 🙂
Hopefully, I’d love to see you participate! 🙂 have you requested any yet?
I haven’t 🙁 I’m so behind in my honest reviews and library books, I don’t dare request any ARC’s! But if you have any tips for requesting, feel free to send them my way! 🙂
You’re a hero. I am behind and I still request 😀 #fearless (also #silly :D)
I just request on NetGalley and Edelweiss, so not so many tips, except fill out your profile and hit the button xD
I made a NetGalley account a few months ago. I need to get back on there and update it! 🙂
Yeah, definitely 🙂
If I only included my digital ARCs, I would have 72 unread. It sounds bad, but I read about 20-25 books a month, and a bunch are for next year. There are so many releases in Sept and Oct, but I am working on them. *I am not counting the ARCs my co-blogger got at BEA.
How do you read so many xD it actually IS bad for me – I only read 10 a month!
I also had quite a bit of ARCs for September, but still, my biggest problem is the super old rusty ARCs!
I keep saying, as much as I hate my long commute, I get a lot of reading done.
You must be a very fast reader, to top it off, too. How long is your commute? Sorry if I’ve already asked 😀 my memory… 😀
I have a 3 hour commute, which turns into 3.5 if my train is late coming home and I miss my bus (it happens. ). I read a lot of contemporaries, and I think they read faster than SFF.
Well, I don’t read that much SFF (wish I did, but good stuff is tough to find). But yeah, 3 hours is a lot! I can see how you have a lot of time to read. Reading during a commute it easier too, because there’s literally nothing else to do 😀 at home it’s easier to get distracted.
This is a great idea to get people looking at their pile of ARCs and (hopefully) reading more of them! HOW DO YOU HAVE SO MANY NETGALLEY ARCS!? I only have about 4… but you’ve probably been on there much longer than me XD Right now I’m actually trying to get through some Netgalley ARCs before getting back to my other reads.
4, wow xD yes, I downloaded like 50 before I even blogged, before I knew what the ratio even was. BIG. MISTAKE. 😀 still suffering the effects almost two years later… lol!
I love this idea!! I might try to do a post for next week!
Wonderful! This is going to be a monthly thing, so come and link up to this one when you do 🙂
I’m not requesting any new ARCs. I do have some that authors sent to me since I receive all of their new books. I could count those on two hands. And there’s no real due date for reviewing them. Looks like you have a bunch:)
From all the answers, I feel like ARCs have suddenly gone out of fashion, cause everyone says they’re not requesting them anymore 😀 #allalone
Ooh yay! Linkups are great fun. I actually confess though….omg I can’t even believe it myself…BUT I ONLY HAVE 3 NETGALLEY BOOKS LEFT. WHO AM I. WHAT IS THIS LIFE. If I actually get on top of my ARcs what will I even complain about all the time? Good thing I still have a room full of books haha. Ahem. Anyway GOOD LUCK WITH THIS!!
I am so weirded out right now, cause I have opened my heart and soul to air out all the hundred ARCs that I have, and everyone else always says “OH YES MILLIONS!”, and suddenly… I’m the only one with as many? 😀 what’s up? The worst bit is they keep saying they don’t request ARCs anymore..? When did that go out of fashion? xD I am very honestly weirded out now 😀
But thanks 😀
Omgosh you have so many ARCs! I’ve been stressing over five?!
I know right! I feel like the odd one out right now xD
Ok, I’d really love to take part in this, but being quite new to the blogosphere I’m not quite au fait with some of the terminology.
So the idea is; I write a blog post about my ARCs, and the state of them. Within that post I link back to this blog post? Is there a particular tag to use? Can I tag or @ you as you would on twitter or something?
thank you for your patience!
Yes, it’s quite simple 🙂 you write a post, you can call it whatever you like, your format is also your choice. The only requirements are: 1. You put a little sentence at the top, something like “State of the ARC is a monthly meme created by Evelina @ AvalinahsBooks and I am linking up”, and you put the link on my blog name, the link to the current State of the ARC post. Very simple! 🙂 2. You come to my blog and submit your blog post link to the linky (at the bottom of the post) 3. You… Read more »
Thank you so much! Hoping I’ll have time this evening or tomorrow evening to sit down and get this post done 🙂
Cool, I’m excited!!
I hate being overdue on books so not to make you feel stressed but I think I would be crying into my keyboard right now. I have two books overdue and am stressed by that!
Hah! I guess I am dealing well then, huh? 😀
My post is ready to go live tomorrow! 🙂 I’ll link up as soon as I get a chance. 🙂
Your ARC pile looks TERRIFYING! Wow! But NG can do that to people. I hope you manage to bring everything under control one day soooooon!
Good luck!
Yay! Thanks for joining 🙂 it’s hard to get a meme going at first, I guess 🙂 so I’m so glad you want to come play with me, haha xD
I guess I can motivate you all simply by just having a huge ARC TBR? 😀 I guess that’s… good? 😀
A new link up is fun! I have to say, I never requested ARCs before…but I just sent out my first batch of requests! I’m very excited 🙂 I’ll have to join the next link-up when I have a bit more ARCs to talk about.
Oh, I’m glad you did 🙂 hope you get at least a few of those! Getting approved can be tough at first, so if you get denied for a few, don’t be discouraged. It takes time! Although who knows, maybe you’ll just get approved for most! Keep me posted about how you did, and I hope you can do the next linkup. I am planning it for the last week of August so far 🙂
This is such a great feature. I’ll try to get a post up for this first one, but if not, I’ll definitely join in next month.
Yay! I’m so happy you’re interested. Thank you 🙂 I am planning the next one for the last week of September, so feel free to link up with either one 🙂 I hope it’s going to be loads of fun for everyone.
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LOVE this idea for a monthly (that’s my vote) meme Evelina! Don’t feel bad about your “State of the ARC” since I am not fairing much better lol Out of 76 ARCs, I’ve read & reviewed 22, have 7 read but not reviewed, and have 47 ARCs left to read & review. I would love to cut this number in half by the end of the year… but that is probably a little ambitious lol
Yay, thanks! Yes, I’m also thinking it doesn’t need to be more than a monthly meme. It mostly makes sense to catch up with your reading stats once a month 🙂
Wow! You’re THE FIRST ONE to have numbers almost (almost!) like mine! Come and join the meme when you’re back to our little world, as I think you’re still taking a break, right? Thanks for dropping by during a hiatus, especially 🙂
P.S. started to read the third Anne yesterday!
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I got you beat, Evelina, don’t worry 😉 I have 197 ARCs to read on my kindle right now. Quite a few of them are unsolicited, though, so I don’t feel too stressed out about them.
The ones I have requested is a whole other story, though, as I have a lot of those, too. And some have been on my kindle for a very long time.
I do try to play catch up every now and then, but I don’t really have a plan, as I’m a total mood reader.
You’re THE FIRST ONE who said that! XD thank god I’m not alone 😀 and you’re a seasoned blogger too! So it’s not just me and my newbie problems, lol 😀 (although it could be a point of discussion whether I’m still a newbie at nearly a year, or not :D)
If it’s unsolicited, I totally get it! I mostly worry about NetGalley ones that affect my ratio though. Well, you know all of that well, I’m sure 🙂
Love this idea!!! I, too, have some serious blogger shame about the number of past due ARCs on my net galley account….
Well then, buckle up and join in for the last week of September! 🙂 setting a challenge always helps. I’m thinking that maybe I need to set a challenge for each month too… I’ll think about it and maybe put it in the next one 🙂 should be around September 27th.
Pft, I love your meme title. Keep it. It’s amazing! And it definitely made me giggle. 😉 I love all your charts– I wish I could get the Infogram plugin to work for my blog! Alas. I really need to do something like this. Perhaps I’ll join you in the future? I don’t read my ARCs often enough since I have so many book club books to keep on top of. It’s dangerous. I have double digit books to review and I don’t even use StoryCartel or Edelweiss yet! I am trying to stay away from it as long as… Read more »
I’m glad it made you giggle 😀 Actually, I’m going to have to ditch the infogram plugin ;_; because it turns out you can only have ten different ones for free, then you have to pay. So I’ll just be making a picture and uploading it now 🙂 oh well! Yeah, maybe you shouldn’t get into Edelweiss xD it’s like double-NetGalley, especially because IT HAS NO RATIO. I’m not sure they can even see what you download! Yeah, you can totally join for just the one time. Whatever you like. You can link the Month in Review if you want,… Read more »
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Great idea! I have only 5 recent ones though that I hope to work through this month, haha. But it is good to get a handle on the arcs. Sometimes that can get so out of control. I was glad I was aware of that before I started blogging, haha.
Only 5! You DO have a handle on them! Impressed.
After reading people’s comments, I feel so horrible about all the review copies I have. I’ve reviewed 265 out of 621. Four were DNF because I couldn’t get through them. So that leaves 356 to do. Of course, some of them are ones I didn’t request, but I still plan to read them…someday. I’m thinking about starting a project to read a little of each one to see if I even want to continue. I could probably knock out a lot of them by DNFing the bad ones, because I made the mistake at first of saying “yes” to every… Read more »
Hey, come on – unsolicited review copies are different!! You never asked for them 🙂 they shouldn’t go in the count, or maybe should have their separate count. It’s not fair to shower books you might not care about on you and expect you to just gobble them all up. But that said, it’s a huge number 😀 I have a lot too though! And I’m sure you’ve been blogging more than me. But maybe this is exactly why you should join State of the ARC 🙂 Also, I agree about the DNFs – I have friends who post reviews… Read more »
I agree that the unsolicited shouldn’t count. That’s why I gave them a separate column on my spreadsheet. I just included in the total because they are still on my list of books I’ve received for review, for now at least. I started a challenge to purge my TBR, which will take care of some of the review copies. And I’ll still participate in the State of the ARC. I also have some challenges in mind for myself for what I call “prep books,” which are all the books in a series that I have to read before I can… Read more »
Yes, exactly. That’s why DNFing is important 🙂
A separate shelf for unsolicited… good idea 🙂 I’ve also received an unsolicited ARC this week, so I was wondering how to feel about that and whether I should count it towards my stats xD
My pleasure to keep you motivated 🙂 I’m very happy to hear that you’ll join State of the ARC!
Wow, this is so much 🙂 I would definitely try to write a post as soon as possible. I am under a huge NetGalley pile myself 😀 And thank you for following me, at least I got to know and see your beautiful blog.
Thanks! You are very welcome to join this post at the end of September if you want to try and shrink your own NetGalley pile! 🙂 I’ll have another linkup. Thanks for visiting 🙂
Sorry if I misunderstood, but this meant to be posted at the start of each month or end of the month?
I will be posting it at the end of each month, to look at your monthly progress 🙂 so you can post yours at like… the beginning of the month, and look at last month, and link up 🙂 for example, I post on 30th or something similar, so then you can post on the 1st and you look back on the month 🙂
I love this idea! I am really disorganized when it comes to books!
I’m glad you like it, please join in the next post that is coming up on the last week of September! Would love to have you in the link up 🙂
I freaking love the name STATE OF THE ARC. Too cute. I definitely will be bookmarking this so I can do my own post & join in.
Yay! You’re making me super happy! I will be doing one on the last week of September 🙂 I’d be so happy if you joined too.
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I love this idea. I will try to have a post ready for the next link-up, which I figure will be at the end of the month, right. I’m a little worried though. At a quick glance it looks like I have like 93 old ones on NetGalley and 9 current and that doesn’t count any physical ARCs I have laying around. Good news is I know I wrote a review for one that i just haven’t submitted yet.
It sounds like you’re the perfect candidate for the linkup then! Yes, the next issue will be at the end of September 🙂 something around 27-29, can’t give you an exact date quite yet because I am having such a difficult month I haven’t got any time for the planning! Whoops.
Glad you already have one review down though!
This makes me feel so much better! I’ve been stressed about mine but I’m nowhere near 100 hahaha! I love this idea, Evalina!!
I’m glad I can help out then xD if you want to link up with the next one, I will be doing it on the 28th or 29th 🙂
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