ARC Apocalypse Announcement and TBR

Back in November, Destiny from Howling Libraries asked if anybody was behind on review copies or had ever felt overwhelmed by their stacks of unread ARCs and I answered with a huge YES. To help with the problem so many of us face she created ARC Apocalypse!

This is a yearlong readathon dedicated to helping and inspiring us to get caught up on our unread review copies. My goal is to get through all 48 that I currently have, 42 physical and 6 NetGalley, as well as any additional ones that come in.

My TBR

I’m going to break all these down by their release years because I don’t have any idea how else to do it. I only started blogging in March of last year but I’ve been a member of the book community for years longer. Giveaways were won and trades were made – and though I read and casually reviewed on Goodreads the ARCs quickly piled up. Here are all the ones I’m hoping to clear out…

2020

• The Runaway Princess by Johan Troianowski (review)
• Bug Boys by Laura Knetzger
• Witchlight by Jessi Zabarsky
• Furious Thing by Jenny Downham
• Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin
• What I Want You to See by Catherine Linka
• The Last Confession of Autumn Casterly by Meredith Tate
• Together We Caught Fire by Eva V. Gibson
• How to Speak Boy by Tiana Smith
• Sparrow by Mary Cecilia Jackson
• What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin
• The Lucky Ones by Liz Lawson
• Oasis by Katya de Becerra
• Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
• Every Other Weekend by Abigail Johnson

2019

• Bloodleaf by Crystal Smith
• The Bootlace Magcian by Cassie Beasley
• The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen

2018

• Your Destination is on the Left by Lauren Spieller
• The Last to Let Go by Amber Smith

2017

• Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy
• Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves
• The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr
• Done Dirt Cheap by Sarah Nicole Lemon
• Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land
• Trusting You and Other Lies by Nicole Williams
• Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

2016

• A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess
• The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Hapgood
• Autofocus by Lauren Gibaldi
• Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
• How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler
• Sometimes We Tell the Truth by Kim Zarins
• The Memory Book by Lara Avery
• The Fall of Butterflies by Andrea Portes
• Frannie and Tru by Karen Hattrup
• Learning to Swear in America by Katie Kennedy
• Howard Wallace, P.I. by Casey Lyall
• Summer of Supernovas by Darcy Woods
• All We Have Left by Wendy Mills
• Zero Day by Jan Gangsei

2015

• First & Then by Emma Mills
• Tonight the Streets are Ours by Leila Sales
• Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
• Vendetta by Catherine Doyle
• Everything That Makes You by Moriah McStay

2013

• Hereafter by Kate Brian
• The End Games by T. Michael Martin

The Game Plan

I’m going to try and review as many of these as possible since they are review copies. I’ll be giving myself some leniency and grace though because the last thing I want to do is put too much pressure on myself and end up burnt out. At first, my primary focus will be on the 2020 ARCs and those will definitely all get reviews. Once those are taken care of I’ll move on to the backlog.

Most likely I’ll also be posting monthly updates that will consist of my progress (which books I’ve read), mini reviews for the ones that won’t be getting full reviews, and whether or not I obtained new ARCs. You can follow my progress through those posts and I’ll also be creating a thread on Twitter and using #ARCApocalypse!

Tell me, are you planning on participating in ARC Apocalypse? How many unread review copies are sitting on your shelf? Are there any I need to read that you love suggest I should prioritize? Let me know in the comments!