I’ve mentioned in the past that I have a terrible habit of wanting all the ARCs and then not finishing them fast enough. As I shared in my ARC updates last year, I have overdue ARCs going back years that I am continuing to work my way through. My focus is primarily on the newer stuff, but I am doing what I can to work through the backlog as well.

This year I want to do things a little bit differently. Hopefully I can stick with this for the entire year and not cave and request all the ARCs again within a few months.

1. Continue to make ARCs a priority for reading
2. Limit requests of eARCs and focus more on ALCs (audio), since they are easier for me to read and I get through them faster
3. Accept only the invitations for ARCs for books I really want to read. In the past, I have accepted most of the invites I’ve received from publishers, even when I haven’t been sure if a book is the right fit for me. I want to be pickier in accepting invites this year
4. Request fewer ARCs overall. This is especially difficult for me right now since I can’t purchase any books and ARCs are my only source of new books aside from the library.

As of today, here are my current ARC stats:

Awaiting Feedback: 286
To Be Read: 284
Reviews Pending: 2
On Current TBR: 5
In Queue for Upcoming TBRs: 17
NetGalley Ratio: 49% 279/567

By Year:
2016- 2
2017- 15
2018- 2
2019- 30
2020- 20
2021- 20
2022- 4
2023- 8
2024- 50
2025- 86
2026- 32