herhandsmyhands , to random
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Welp.

I just inhaled a book in a couple of hours, and wrote the review in about the same time.

I don't know this version of myself anymore.

herhandsmyhands , to random
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I have posted 73 book reviews this year.

Holy crap.

herhandsmyhands OP ,
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90 reviews down for 2023, just ten more to go to hit 100 this year.

Can I manage it??????

::cue suspense music::

herhandsmyhands OP ,
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And...100 reviews published in 2023!

woot woot!

(sitting at 96 NetGalley ARC reviews--may indeed make the 100 there too before the end of this year)

herhandsmyhands OP ,
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98 NetGalley ARCs reviewed so far.

Can I manage to read and review two more ARC in two weeks?

::cues suspenseful music::

(self-imposed deadline; I want to start the year with the new badge)

herhandsmyhands OP ,
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....and I made it, with a full day to spare too!

100 NetGalley ARC reviews in the bag, with my review of A Murder for the Books,, by Victoria Gilbert. Apparently the author's debut and the beginning of her long-running Blue Ridge Library series.

@romancelandia

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2023/12/30/a-murder-for-the-books-by-victoria-gilbert/

herhandsmyhands OP ,
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@romancelandia @bookstodon

Heads up: 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.

herhandsmyhands OP ,
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@romancelandia @bookstodon

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.

herhandsmyhands OP ,
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@romancelandia @bookstodon

Sitting at 44 reviews published this year, 37 of which are for 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.

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