I've got ten #NetGalley reviews due in March, because I'm an out-of-control #ARC requester! @bookstodon Readers, you're about to be served a smorgasbord of great fiction this Spring. I will be very interested to know your favorite new releases as we go. 📚📚📚
Heads up: #NetGalley just updated their TOS. I know it's not fun, but I do recommend reading them as carefully as you can; I have refrained from accepting them for now, until I get answers to a couple of questions I have, including what's covered under "vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable" in reviews, and the reporting mechanism. Some people object to the existence of queer people and/or books/reviews talking about them, for example.
I highly recommend emailing them (they tell you how) with any questions and concerns you may have about their updated TOS; the more people ask for clarification on how they are going to protect those users most likely to be reported in bad-faith, etc., the more likely they are to pay attention.
Sitting at 44 reviews published this year, 37 of which are for #NetGalley ARCs
Because arbitrary deadlines* are a thing for me, I wonder if I can publish 13 ARC reviews by the end of the month.
It's the symbolic symmetry of publishing 50 in the first half of 2024 and 50 in the second half, to get the coveted 200 reviews badge by the end of the year.