Hello, my name is Caidyn and I have a problem.
This problem? Requesting books on Netgalley and Edelweiss. (More the former than the latter.)
In short, I just don’t know when to say when with requesting. Earlier this year, I started a Google Doc to help me keep a list of all that I have. Which was nice because it’s super clear and easy to see what books I have, where they’re from, and when I need to read them by.
However, I don’t look at them when I request to see what months are heavier or lighter than others. This means I have some months with 10 ARCs and some with 0.
Right now, I have 27 ARCs from Netgalley, 6 from Edelweiss, and 2 physical ones to read. Only one book is a repeat because I requested on both and, somehow, got accepted on both. Still, that’s 34 ARCs altogether. And more if I get accepted for books I’ve requested through the websites or directly from publishers.
Therefore, now through January, I’m going to ban myself from requesting ARCs.
My caveats:
- They’re books I’m highly anticipating, not books that “sound interesting” to me.
- I am given a freebie/invited to read it.
- I can get my number down to 10 total.
I have a problem and I’m going to do my best to stop it. Because I don’t have time to read all the books like I did before. I usually read ARCs at work, however I don’t work as much so I don’t have as much down time to read them. Also, I just don’t have time in general to read them unless I start scheduling them in, which I honestly might have to for my sanity.
So, that’s my goal. I’m going to do posts checking back in with how I’m doing on this.
Do you think I can do it?
Have you ever put yourself on a ban? How did it go?
BW Reviews 
You definitely have a bit of a problem with requesting…. hopefully you can stick through your ban I’ll be checking to hold you accountable 😁
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Yeahh, I know I do. I just want all the books. And, thank you! I’m hoping to narrow it down slowly but surely.
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Love this post! 34 books to read…and I thought I was going crazy with my TBR pile of 15 😅 Good luck with your ban! 😊
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I’m crazy. I know. But, thank you! I’m going to need all the luck with all these damn emails they send me about books! Plus freebies that they just want to give you.
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I’m putting myself on a book buying ban from now until probably probably my birthday in early January. I have a lot of pre-orders coming in, and I realized that I spend a LOT of time looking to buy books than actually reading them. I did this back in August, and read 8 books like it was nothing. Good luck to us both! 🙂
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I need to do that too! We got this!! We can do this.
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oooh i’ve never really gotten into Netgalley (i’m weird with ebooks) but i imagine it must be so hard to stop once you start!! good luuuuck
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It’s just so easy. Press a button or two and boom. You’ve suddenly requested ten books that come out on the same day. I’m weird with e-books as well, but it’s definitely easy to get sucked down into it!
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Netgalley was a problem early on for me, simply because I didn’t think I would get any approvals so I requested like 15 books at one time, and then about half were approved the next day. Lesson learned!
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I really need to learn that lesson. I’m not good at stopping.
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