As I mentioned in this week’s Sunday Post, I’m joining the Clean Sweep ARC Challenge for May, hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Kimberly at The Windy Pages. My goal is to read and review as many ARCs as possible during the month of May. I don’t have to post all the reviews in May — in fact, I can’t, because in some cases, the publisher requests that the review not post until 2 weeks or a month before the book comes out.
Here are the ARCs and review copies I currently have in the house:
- Sand Castle Bay and Wind Chime Point, by Sherryl Woods (review copy and ARC)
- The Apple Orchard, by Susan Wiggs (ARC)
- His Majesty’s Hope, by Susan Elia McNeal (ARC)
- Gameboard of the Gods, by Richelle Mead (ARC)
- The Deepest Night, by Shana Abe (ARC)
- Rose Harbor in Bloom, by Debbie Macomber (ARC)
- Blood of Tyrants, by Naomi Novik (ARC)
- Grapes of Death, by Joni Folger (ARC)
- Grasping at Eternity, by Karen Amanda Hooper (review copy)
- An Uncivilized Yankee, by V. V. Wedding (review copy)
Even if only the ARCs count for the challenge, there are still 8 books there… and I’ll probably add a few more during the month. And this in a month when I have a rush indexing job — a 500+ page book in 3 weeks. [gulp] Yikes! I’d better get busy.
kimbacaffeinate
Wow, awesome list of ARCs good luck to you and be sure and enter the challenges each weekend!
Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoard
Thanks, Kimba! I lucked out and got some really great books! [happy dance]
And thank you for running this challenge!
Christy @ Love of Books
Good luck with your ARCs. You can do it! 😀 My post for this will go up tomorrow. I think I have 5 or 6 I need to read.
Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoard
I hope I can do it, but that indexing job and this week’s concert are going to put a dent in my reading time! Good luck to you, too!
Kimberly @ Turning the Pages
Awesome list! Good luck with the challenge 🙂 I was going to sign up but I plan on taking it easy with ARCs this month. Can’t wait to see your reviews (whenever you decide to put them up that is) 🙂
– Kimberly @ Turning the Pages
Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoard
Thank you, Kimberly! I have no idea how far I’ll get; that work project is going to eat up a lot of my time in the second half of the month. But I’m almost finished reading the third ARC of this month.
Bea
You can do it! The books you mentioned sound good; I look forward to your reviews when they go up.
Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoard
Thanks, Bea! I can do some of it, at least. I’m pretty much out of luck once my big work project arrives on the 13th. (I work freelance from home, so I’ll be putting in a lot of hours on this project to get it done in time. I’m very happy to have the job — I’ll be creating the index for an interesting book, which is challenging and often fun — but it does impact reading and blogging time.)
kimberlybuggie
Fantastic list!
Good luck and enjoy the month!
Thank you for participating!
Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoard
Thank you, Kimberly! And thanks for coming by!