The ARC Book Tag

Hello! I found another great book tag, the ARC book tag, that I thought looked like fun. It was created by Book Princess Reviews, although I found it over at Kristin Kraves Books. In just a little over a year (when I first started reviewing ARCs) I’ve been blessed with so many amazing ARCs, and I’m grateful to the publishers for offering them to me. So here are the details:

RULES

• pingback to the creator (bookprincessreviews)
• pingback to the person who tagged you
• tag as many people as you want
• have fun!

WHAT’S THE FIRST ARC YOU EVER RECEIVED?

When I first started receiving ARCs, they were the “Read Now” kind you get off of Netgalley. The Titan Strain wasn’t the best book I ever read, by far, but wow. I was so overwhelmed by getting to read a book before it was released to the public.

Evidently, there is a second book out now, The Osiris Contingency. Amazon is giving a free three-month trial to Kindle Unlimited for Prime Day this year; maybe I’ll get the three months and read it then. I’m not sure I’d want to pay $5 for it.

WHAT ARC WOULD YOU SELL YOUR SOUL FOR?

Okay, I’m going to be honest here: I wouldn’t literally sell my soul for a copy of Rebel. I draw the line there. But I would consider crawling on broken glass wearing a pair of shorts, walking over hot coals, camping outside a bookstore in the snow… you get the idea. I did download a copy of the Rebel Sampler, but since there are no ARCs for this book, I’m just going to have to wait like everybody else. I’ll have to wait longer for the hardback because I’m getting a signed copy, but I’m also getting the Kindle copy, so guess what I’m doing at 10 PM Mountain Daylight Time on September 30th?

USING ARCS YOU HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS, SPELL OUT A-R-C.

ULTIMATE QUESTION: TO DNF OR NOT DNF AN ARC?

It would take a lot for me to DNF an ARC. Maybe I’m weird, but I think of receiving an ARC as accepting a freelance assignment. The publishers send me an ARC, in turn, it’s my job to read and review the book. So I do.

I think the only exception would be ARCs that I won in a contest from someone other than the publisher. I have an ARC I won over a year ago that I haven’t gotten to reading yet (although I intend to).

NAME AN ARC YOU DNF’D AND AN ARC YOU COULD NEVER DNF.

This question appeared in the original book tag, and since I finish all my ARCs, I don’t have an answer here, but I’m putting the question here in case someone wants to do this one.

WHAT ARC DID YOU GO OUT AND BUY A FINISHED COPY OF AFTER?

I don’t buy finished copies to the majority of ARCs I get (just a few). One of the books I did buy a finished copy of was Sky Without Stars. The first printings had a special print under the dust jacket that I wanted; besides, I wanted a hardback copy of the book.

I also couldn’t pass up the finished copy of Finale because it came with an amazing pre-order gift. I’d also buy books from my auto-buy authors.

WHICH MEDIUM DO YOU GET MOST OF YOUR ARCS IN? (PHYSICAL/EBOOK/AUDIO)

I get most of my ARCs in ebook format. I’ve started to get a lot more ARCs in physical format from Bookish First (I’ve had such good luck with them).

GIVE BLOGGERS ONE PIECE OF ADVICE REGARDING ARCS (REQUESTING/REVIEWING).

Requesting: My advice regarding requesting ARCs is don’t request too many. I know, everybody says that. The first books you request, you’ll probably get rejected (or more commonly, ignored). Once you do a few “Read Now” books, you’ll probably start getting accepted for book requests. The more books you review, the more likely it’ll be you’ll get accepted. At that point, you’ll want to dial down your requests WAY back, or you’ll have a flood of reviews to do.

Reviewing: I keep a blog schedule (pictured above). When I get an ARC, I add it to my calendar, so I know when I need to review it. A lot of publishers don’t want the review published more than a month ahead of the pub date, so that’s when I tentatively schedule my reviews. It helps me not to request too many books too. Right now, I have ARC reviews scheduled through September 9th, so I know not to request an ARC with an ARC prior to a mid-October pub date unless it’s a book that I absolutely must read.

That’s All!

So if you’d like to do this tag, feel free! I hate leaving people out that want to do it, but if you do complete this tag, please send me a link so I can see it!