I really like making lists and checking them several times and then being judgemental.
So in other news, I would make a GREAT Father Christmas! Although I am much shorter and also crankier and have a dog, so possibly I would make a better Grinch? But ok fine whatever…we’re going to talk about naughty vs nice lists and leave the Grinch out of it because he was actually far too decent to have lists. He went ahead and hated everyone without discrimination. An icon.
I saw this tag on Jenniely’s blog and it looks far too fun AND also Christmassy (which, I suck at being Christmassy so look at me go here).
I feel like I’m going to confess all the things here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ RIP THE OUTCOME OF THIS.
RECEIVED AN ARC AND NOT REVIEWED IT → NAUGHTY
At this point, I’m afraid to LOOK AT MY KINDLE. You know the “deer in the headlights” look? That would be me every time someone talks about ARCs and I remember the ones from 2016 I still need to review… I SWEAR I’ll get to these. Soon. I’m actually 15% sure I’ll gift myself a kindle for Christmas so I can finally read on a screen bigger than my iPod. That would help.
Yeah now I feel quite bad. Some are early 2018 but still…how the heck did this happen. And these aren’t all because I’m too ashamed.
HAVE LESS THAN 60% FEEDBACK RATING ON NETGALLEY → NICE!
May I present to you…
BOOM. I am a slack undercooked lettuce broth, but despite that — I am at 93%. Although HA don’t you worry! Everyone still hates me there and everything is still freaking “TO WISH”. What? wHy. If it’s not available to request, why is it on there. Netgalley frustrates me so much I could screeeeeeeeam.
RATED BOOK ON GOODREADS AND PROMISED FULL REVIEW…BUT NEVER DID IT → NAUGHTY
Um, I do say this. Not often! But while I was deciding whether to keep doing negative reviews as an author (ps I decided no…unless it’s heckin’ problematic and I feel the need to call it out), I was leaving some “I’ll come back later!” like the perky liar I am!
I don’t even know if this is a completely shameful or slightly-famous thing to admit, but this is actually THE Hafsah Laziaf who’s coming out with We Hunt The Flame next year which…wasn’t it a 6-figure deal??? FAME. Anyhow, I’m 99% sure We Hunt The Flame will be a bestseller and it’s being mega hyped. So I actually beta-read for her back in 2013 wooo. My tiny claim to fame. But then I’d forgotten too much before she (self?) published Unbreathable so like lmao bury me. (I will review We Hunt The Flame as soon as it comes out though. I AM EXCITED. And I’m not getting any privileges. I’m sure she doesn’t remember me haha.)
FOLDED THE PAGE OF A BOOK → NICE!
I WOULD NEVER.
ACCIDENTALLY SPILLED FOOD ON BOOK → NAUGHTY
Alright this was an ACCIDENT. But I was once reading a library book (I do not remember which…but I was young…) and also eating lasagna. I mean, the story can end there, right? You know how this ends. I intended to fork lasagna into my mouth, it fell back onto my plate, sauce went everywhere, the book looked rather like a crime scene had hit it.
I LEARNED. I’M A BETTER PERSON NOW.
DNF’D A BOOK THIS YEAR → NICE!
I don’t DNF because it really bugs me and I end up obsessing about the book. But. I don’t think it’s bad to DNF?! You don’t have to finish books you don’t like! Life is short and you could be eating cheesecake.
BOUGHT A BOOK PURELY BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY WITH NO INTENTION TO READ IT → NAUGHTY
Ohhhhh I was actually typing up: “No way! I wouldn’t do that!” when I remembered…I’VE LITERALLY ORDERED THE SIX OF CROWS COLLECTOR’S EDITION UGHGHG. There is 0% chance I’ll ever read that copy. I own the paperback and I actually prefer it on audio. (The voices are great. 10/10 recommend listening to Kaz be disappointed in you.) So yeah.
Super naughty and not even sad. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It’s gorgeous. I’d do pictures by my copy isn’t here yet.
READ INSTEAD OF DOING SOMETHING IMPORTANT → NAUGHTY
I want to say…who hasn’t. And also give you a fun little list of times I’ve read when I should’ve been doing something else, including:
- I’ve read instead of doing copy-edits…aCTuaLLy I’m doing that right now (don’t tell my editor)
- My entire highschool life was reading > doing actual school work.
- I remember being about 8 and reading instead of joining in Christmas festivities lmao. (It was Tintin! Tintin is everything.)
- I’m currently rereading Lady Midnight (for the 3rd time!) instead of facing my life problems! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
SKIM READ A BOOK → NAUGHTY
I do this all the time and I’m not even ashamed. This is my deal with myself instead of DNF’ing. I finish the book but I skim the boring parts. And OH look at me and say you haven’t skimmed prose sometimes to get to the good dialogue. I SEE YOU. I KNOW.
(Or else I’m a super shady little smidge and alone in this…oops.)
FAILED YOUR GOODREADS GOAL → NICE!
NEVER. Although this is the part where I confess I give myself a lower goodreads goal than I know I can achieve — so I can overachieve and be very self-satisfied.
Although not this year. I’ve struggled to keep up my 200 books goal, mostly because I’ve alternated between edits and depression sitting on my head. Both are uncomfortable. I read through A Thousand Perfect Notes SO MANY TIMES THIS YEAR, it got to the point where I wanted to fling myself 60000ft into space.
In other news! ATPN is very well edited! You should read it!
BROKE A BOOK BUYING BAN → NICE!
I’ve never broken a ban! Because I’ve never been on one.
I just accept myself for who I am: a hoarder.
FINISHED A BOOK BUT DIDN’T ADD IT TO GOODREADS → NICE!
Here’s the true confession: I update Goodreads obsessively religiously. It’s the first thing I do! I love my stats, my updates, shelving things, arranging books in pretty categories and rows. It makes me so gleefully happy, I can’t even.
I know people like to say “it’s not about the numbers” but…THE NUMBERS BRING ME SUCH JOY. I find it just as satisfying to write down reading stats as I do to read. Let me live my happy happy life.
LEFT A REVIEW TOO LONG AND FORGOT THE BOOK→ NAUGHTY
OH YES. In fact, I did that just this year with What If It’s Us! I read an eARC like 3 months early and did the, “Oh I’ll review this later haha,” and…did not. But I needed to blog it, so I had to reread. That book actually makes me so — arGHSgh tWISTY — because (A) I love it, and it makes me laugh, and it’s funny and cute and relatable…but also (B) WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT CONCLUSION. I’m pretending the prologue didn’t exist.
Anyway.
I have feelings about What If It’s Us, can we tell. And I have read it twice this year. Win? Fail? We’re not sure.
SO AM I NAUGHTY OR NICE?
7 = Naughty
6 = Nice
Ok guess it’s life with the Grinch after all, wow, I missed out on going to The Good Place by like 1. This is so typical of me.
Love this! So glad you did my tag 😍
You formatted it a lot nicer than I did too haha, it’s great!
Also you’re there with a goal of 200 books and I’m here proud I made 60 this year 😂😂 how are you such a machine?! I love your work ethic.
This was super fun to read 😁
Aww thank you for inventing this!! It’s so so fun! And aw I probably just have more time is all haha. 😂 but thank you!!
Oh gawd I’m at 10 Naughty *hides* I fail at being good *quiet sob* I just….How does anyone win at being nice? You’re almost 50-50 so teach me your ways!!!!
Ok but for most of these I cheated, we must admit 😂😂
I AM the Grinch! I fold book pages too much. I have bookmarks, but I usually lose them… And I’m afraid of losing my new ones, which are harry Potter magnet clips. I only fold library books now bc they have already been folded. ALSO. When I was a young child, I would DEMOLISH my books. I’d tear the margins and fold the corners and all that I was a book’s worse nightmare. I have repented of my evil ways, however. 😹
But yeah I’m a Grinch. (Bookish and real life)
I mean he’s not all bad… He broke in and stole…. But doesn’t Santa do the same? He just leaves cheap junk to lead you off the trail of him stealing your stuff. The Grinch and Santa aren’t that much different. Just Santa hides it better.
I lose bookmarks too! I tend to use weird scraps of paper when I have these epic bookmarks…that I save. So I DON’T lose them.😂 And omg dude, you terrify me with your devilish childhood.😂
Though I’m here for your Grinch/Santa theory. It’s SO true. Plus at least the Grinch is honest about the trash life he’s living.
This is such a fun tag! I’m definitely guilty of more than a couple of these…like the ARC one – oops! But, sometimes life just gets in the way! (Or sometimes I bite off more than I can chew!)
We can just be together with our ARC shame.😂 How do the release dates come about so fast?!
I’m pretty sure that there exists, somewhere in my email inbox, an ARC that I never read. I also know of a few ARCs that I did read, but then never read.
I skim read all the time, though. Generally action sequences. I’m pretty religious about updating Goodreads. I have my Kindle linked so any purchased ebook adds automatically, even. That said, I do read the occasional book that I don’t want people to know about, and I leave them off. Not often, because then they aren’t helping my GR goal, but it has happened.
*read but then never reviewed. Oh the shame.
It’s kind of shameful of us ah hahah *hides from the ARCs’ judgemental stares* 😂 And I feel like so many long books kind of deserve skim reading if they’re going to be 600+ pages lmao. Although I still absorb the whole book just fine, even if I’m reading super fast. If the writing is gorgeous though, I slow right down. Eep.
Haha, I think I’m mostly nice because I don’t read ARCs, so I get to skip those questions. I feel naughty because I barely read anything all summer. I’ve been behind on my Goodreads goal for most of the year. I’ll try really hard to catch up this month.
We can still sit on the naughty list together *brings cookies from the dark side*
haha, such a fun tag! I don’t Dnf, either. But, yeah I do sometimes skim read lol. I guess those do work together ;D
I love the stats on Goodreads, too. And I’m the same — make the goal lower so I can overachieve. My goal was pitiful. 50 books. But I’m over that! So yay! But I did count all my audio books (just got into audio books this year and wow I love them!). Do you count audio books on your reading list? If not how do you read 200 books as a low??? Like wow.
And, yes. Why would any one turn a book page under? That’s destruction ;0
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I feel like skimming is a good trade off for not DNF’ing?! We did finish it, we just … skipped a few words.😂
And aw *hi fives for our Goodreads hacks* IT’s really fun to see the lists grow! And yeah I absolutely count audiobooks! They’re books!😂
Nice=8
Naughty=3 not counting the arc ones because I don’t read arcs.
Honestly skim reading has saved my life, 27826% recommend if you don’t want to dnf, though I still do dnf if I really don’t care and have too many other books it’s how I was able to finish the entire Divergent trilogy because I’d made it to book three so why give up then? And Renegades because I just really wanted to love it! (I didn’t, gave it two stars and a salty review). I’m also better at updating Goodreads than at updating my devices that actually need it (I may have been ignoring a computer update for like nine months)
OMG. A NICE ONE. WE HAVE A NICE ONE. 😱😱😱 Pls still talk to me even though I am very bad. 😂
And yes skim reading totally saves LIVES if one hates DNF’ing. I just can’t DNF but I like the vague summary of what went down. And I’m proud of you for getting through a whole trilogy even though you didn’t like it. I actually stop reading series at like, book 1, unless they wow me. Oh you and me both with Renegades. I was so bored.😂
This tag is so cute! I’m so guilty of doing so many of these! Especially the not reviewing ARC’s one. Oh, the anxiety!
Eeep, the ARCs just seem to pile up and then look at us judgementally, right?!
Oh noooo I’m naughty!! 😂😂 this post was so much fun!! I have no shame in skim reading only because when I’m skim reading, I know that either the book isn’t that great or it’s just not for me. So I skim read books wayyy more often than I really should. 😬
lol I always forget about my goodreads….. so it always looks like I’ve failed my reading challenge when I’ve actually probably surpassed it. But it’s alright because I usually write them all down in a journal anyways. 🤷♀️
Thanks for another fabulous post!!
Pfft I say HI FIVE to the skim readers! I can absorb a ton still that way anyway. And if the book is good, then I don’t do it. 😂 It’s mostly like my “just get thru this mess” when I want to DNF but can’t make myself haha.
Oh I write down my reads in a journal too!!
haha i love how most of your ‘naughty’ parts are just you not reading from your tbr or something
I’m so predictable here. 😂
This made me laugh so much!
My brother always accuses me of skim reading because I read so fast, and he gets excited if he reads 20 pages in an hour! (I’m ashamed to call him my brother, haha). Though I can skim read easily, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it because I’ve never missed anything whilst doing it.
Also, my Mum was forever telling me off for reading instead of eating my breakfast or getting dressed before school. I always begged to finish this chapter, problem was, there was always another chapter that just “needed” to be read!
Omg I’m so glad it made you laugh!!😂 Omg but your brother reads like a tortoise. 😂 I hate it when people say fast readers ALWAYS skim though grr. Like yes I skim sometimes, but I can also read and fully absorb what’s happening and still go really fast?! It’s a skill. We are skilled.
Loved reading this tag! I would most definitely be naughty as well 😂
I am also a skimmer! I will happily skim through the unnecessary and boring parts of a book so I can finish it.
I love that you’ve accepted yourself as a hoarder, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that at all, not even when you drown in a pile of books. Like if you’re gonna go, that’s the best way, right? I put myself on a book buying ban last month and it’s HORRIBLE, 10/10 would not recommend!
*skimmer hi five* We can be our naughty-list selves and not ashamed here.😂 Like some parts are just downright bleh, take me to the snappy dialogue and the action scenes.😂 And EXACTLY. Who cares if I die under a pile of books. Living my best life (or death???) here. :’)
This is such a fun tag! I…. I kind of gasped when I read that lasagna story, I would have felt SO terrible about it 😂 and… I always tend to promise a full review on goodreads, but who knows when that will happen, I constantly forget to cross post from my blog and, aerm…. very very very guilty for that one 😂 but you’re doing SO good on NetGalley ratio yay, that’s amazing! Though I get the frustration, everything on wish for it is making me ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. SO frustrating.
Wonderful post!! <3
I FEEL SO BAD NOW. Like I was an uncultured swine of probably 13?? So I didn’t do anything about it. Now I feel terrible every time I think of it.😂
Ohh I always forget to put reviews in other places except Goodreads! If that was on the list, I’d be in the super bad place.😂 Also why IS everything “wish for it” on Netgalley?? Like why is that even different to request anyway? ughhghg NG hates everyone who’s not in the US.
I’m naughty of being too idealistic of the books I read/want to read. Like I’m just about always on the lookout a book that just grabs me and doesn’t let me go until it’s over and I find most boooks aren’t like that? Sigh. Maybe I need to lower my expectations?
Those kind of books ARE really special! I mean, maybe if we had them too much, they wouldn’t be as special?! But I think it’s ok to just have a handful of books that truly make your heart beat faster.
I try to pick books I think I’ll like and not DNF, but I have DNF’d a few things this year, whoops. Mostly I’d start a few chapters then be distracted by something new and shiny. And I also skim read–it’s good for university reigns (not that I really did uni readings but whatever) . I also really need to work on reviewing before I forget! I feel I would have way more reviews to post if I did this lololol 🙂
I’ve actually been better about trying to pick books I’m sure I’ll like! Usually I read whatever my little paws come across, “Just in case” it’s good.😂This leads to suffering through a lot of books lmao. But oh the shiny ones! I LOVE the shiny ones. :’)
Love making lists (and being judgmental)! Sadly, I seem to be more naughty than nice. Don’t judge me….
Hey I’m totally on the bad list here too.😂
Ah, none of us are good enough for the Good Place. We’re too human. :'(
I always update Goodreads – it’s just habit now! Also, I want that book to contribute to my reading challenge! And, wait, you ALWAYS give yourself a lower goal than you know you can achieve? Isn’t your goal something like 200 books?! Girl! Are you a superhero? Do you have magical powers? Do you absorb whole books just by touching them? HOW?!
*cries softly in the bad place*
And I love updating Goodreads!! Like it’s the first thing I do when I finish a book.😂 And haha yes shh I know. One year I challenged myself to 150 and read 300 (I’m THAT annoying person) but trust me, this year I’m barely going to scrape over the finish line oops.😂
Okay this tag looks like fun. I think I might do it for my own blog as well just because you seem to have had a good time being ultra judgmental of yourself hahaha. I’d love to be judgey of my own self too.
& I forget to update Goodreads ALL THE TIME. I’m so behind on updating Goodreads I seriously don’t even know what’s going on on there. I haven’t posted what I’ve been reading. I’m pretty sure according to my Goodreads page I’m still in the middle of something I started back in June. Yikes, I’m the worst with that.
I AM having fun having a total self-roast here aww. :’) Although I confess I’ve been slack about reviewing everything I read these days. So I update goodreads but it’s just…blank where there should be a review.😂
Spilling food on a library book? You’ve been bad. And everybody should just read instead of doing something important. Haha.
Honestly we should just all read…all the time. :’)
Ooooooh yikes…..my naughty list is at an 11. O_O I have so many unread ARCs… And I find it reaaaally hard to skim, much like you find it really hard to DNF (and I’m actually considering DNFing The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco right now because I just caaaan’t get into it right now and I want to read something light and Christmassy I think). And I ALWAYS update Goodreads, so at least I’m on the nice list for that. 😂
Ah hahah someone is getting coal in their christmas stocking 😂😂 at least you’re not alone on the bad list because I’m still there too haha.
I would probably end on the naughty list because 1)terribile reading year, not for the books but because of me not reading enough 2) e-Arcs. Forgotten e-Arcs everywhere and me being like: oh, well I can request some more. No biggie.
I think I can pass the question of writing reviews because I never promise to write one. I just leave the space blan kand one day I’ll write that review. Peopl will just have to wait and be delighted by the blank white space 😂
Omg it’s so embarrassing when one realises just HOW many forgotten ARCs there are…😂Like it’s not our fault?! Mood reading too! Sometimes you request a book and then only later realise you weren’t in the mood at all…hm.😂
Well I guess you’re pretty balanced on the naughty/nice list, Santa will have such a hard time deciding which list you’ll belong to 😀 Despite having a quite high Netgalley ratio, everything is still a “wish” for me too. And it kills me a little everytime I got replied with “feel free to request our titles on Netgalley” *cries*. I skim read a lot too, but this year one of my goal is to DNF more books and not force myself to read. So far, I haven’t regret this decision! 😀
I try to balance my evil with my good side. How nice of me. 😂 And UGHGH what is it with Netgalley!? Like what on earth is the point of having books there if they don’t let people read them? It just makes me sad.
I should learn how to DNF books.😂It would probably make life easier.
Ha! Loved this! Also, the lasagna + book story was true horror. But I have little room to talk. I often read while eat. It’s only a matter of time before I dunk my book into hummus and take a bite expecting it to be a chip.
I haven’t read Six of Crows yet [late as usual *rolls eyes*]. But now I’ll be sure to listen to the audio., so Kaz’s disappointment is no longer missing from my life.
Expecting it to be a chip. …😂THIS WOULD BE ME TOO. And honestly Kaz’s disappointment in boring humans is what we all need to motivate us to better things. (Robbery??? WAIT…)
Goodreads is my life. I’m so sad I haven’t used it for longer! It’s such an easy, user-friendly way to keep track of what books I’ve read, if I liked them, and what sort of aspects were included in it. Whenever someone asks me for a recommendation now, all I have to do is whip out my phone and scroll through the appropriate shelves for ideas. And it’s so handy for wrap-up posts! So yes, I update it all the time.
I’m definitely guilty of not reviewing ARCs, though. I try my best to get to them, but eventually it gets to the point where it’s embarrassing to review it that many months (or years) later . . . oops.
I know right?! I LOVE Goodreads for that! And like I have shelves for my star ratings too, so if someone is like “what are your favourites” I can actually look it up instead of having that mental blank.😂
(Why are ARCs sometimes so hard to keep up with?! I swear sometimes I feel I’ve got none and then BOOM. 29898 at once.😂)
Definitely going to have to give this tag a go, I dread to think what I’ll get for the NetGalley question!
Aw haha it’s ok, we bloggers all understand the Netgalley terror 😂
THIS IS TOO FUNNY. I have to do this myself. I am pretty much on the fence between naughty and nice this year. BUT, I am definitely guilty on falling behind on my galleys this year. I got caught up in June or July and then suddenly it’s December and I am behind AGAIN between physical and digital galleys. I am afraid to look. Someone’s going to have to hold my hand or give me like eight cups of coffee when I do this. I’m like WOW, okay, this is overwhelming, better go buy a few new books and read those. (I may have gone on a binge on Black Friday but to be fair, I’m like one step away from being a book hoarder and that’s totally fine. Right? *Sweats nervously*)
Omg I’m SO behind I think I have a January one actually 😂😂 sOMEONE BURY ME. It’s the probably with eARCs is that they can get lost in the dark depths of one’s kindle…I feel so bad though. I’m determined to at least attempt to catch up this month ahah.
Book hoarding ftw I say😂
Hi Cait!
I love this list, and I especially love your responses! (don’t worry, I also skim read, you’re nottttt alone) I’m naughty on most of these, and I dog ear books so much I can’t. My copies of Harry Potter are like… destroyed. Also, I can’t believe your awesome dragony skills at goodreads updates: I use it so rarely that I almost typed bookreads! Anyway, I hope you have an awesome day.
– Minna
P.S. I named a character after you in my current book project!!!
YES SKIM READERS UNITE (shamefully probably lmao) but aw hey at least if a book is damaged and well loved, that’s a huge compliment! 😂
Omg a character named after me 😂
AHAHAHA I have 7/8 Naughty and 1/2 Nice. *nervous laughter* But then again, I’m a Slytherin. Can only be so nice, right??
This is TRUE. Can’t ask to much of we Slytherins. :’) It is our nature.
“Accidentally spilled food on a book” – allow me to make you feel better. I once left a book on the hood of my parents’ car (I was…8? maybe?). Overnight. And it snowed. And I didn’t remember the book until my mother backed out of the drive the next day, having knocked the snow from the windshield onto the hood of the car, and she shrieked when the pages of the book flapped as the car moved.
That was when I learned – and at such a tender age it was AWFUL – that libraries overcharge for replacement books. Also the walk of shame I had to do up to the librarian’s desk with the half frozen, wet book was the most horrible minute of my existence up to that point.
Aww no!! That’s horrifying 😭😂 and also libraries do massively overcharge for replacing books don’t they? AGH. Poor 8 year old you!!
Okay SAME with Goodreads. The ONLY time I don’t add a book on goodreads is when it’s written by someone I know IRL, which is mostly because none of them are ON goodreads, and it is TORTURE. I keep wanting to update and then I remember that I CAN’T. And I hate it.
Also I need my constant status updates to remember the book lol.
And I’m… definitely guilty of skim-reading prose to get to dialogue. I often catch myself doing it and make myself go back and read it, but I’m SURE I’ve not caught myself at times, soooo… Oops. I don’t WANT to do it though, because I feel like I’m missing out (and I usually end up missing important details), so unless it’s a book I HAVE to read I DNF instead of skimming.
And then if I’m not enjoying myself and have to finish it for some reason I totally skim.
Oh yes me too! Like if I’m beta’ing for a person, I always get annoyed I can’t mark it read on Goodreads.😂 Obsessed with Goodreads?? MEEE??? Maybe just a little. :’)
And yeah I catch myself and make myself slow down with the reading too but omg it’s hard sometimes. And like in the exciting climax when I just WANT TO KNOW?! I find myself skimming and I end up so confused…buT I JUST WANT TO KNOW.
Haha this is such a fun tag, I enjoyed reading this 😂 I’m definitely guilty of promising to write a review on Goodreads and then never getting round to it (I don’t really write reviews anymore because I don’t have time? But pretty much every time I finish a book I still promise I’m going to review it, like what is WRONG with me lmao) and also of reading instead of doing something important, I do that all the freaking time 😂
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It’s haaaard. I sometimes read books too early so I have to say “review later” but then?? Actually remembering to come back?? Actually remembering what the book was about????? Nonsense. 😂
Oh, I definitely forget to update Goodreads. I was actually heading there after this to do just that. xD And stats are lovelyyyy. I love staring at that page that has all the pictures of the books I’ve read this year… it’s so satisfying.
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It IS so satisfying! Which is why I get annoyed when people say it’s bad to love your reading stats…but like??? Not if it brings us joy.😂 I have such a good time admiring what I’ve acheived lmao.
Haha you naughty. I feel you on the skim reading. I do that too with books I am too far into to dnf (50% or more) or are review copies but are clearly going to be 1 star reads for me (doesn’t happen often). Overall it doesn’t happen often. But it does happen *hides*
Exactly! Like it’s going to be 1-star, we need not suffer any more. 😭😂 I also feel better skimming and then reviewing as opposed to DNF reviewing, although honestly both are VALID. That’s just me.😂
This is a super fun tag!! And I love your answers of course! You always make me smile 😀 I am also obsessive about my Goodreads, it makes me so happy to update everything and keep track of it all. I also DNF more than I used to but there are so many books out there that I can’t be bothered slogging through something meh. Plus, cake 😀
Aww thank you, Morgan! You always leave the kindest comments. 😉 And I think it’s good you just go ahead and DNF. Saves SO much time and also probably stops you getting super annoyed at certain books.😂
Great post, Cait! I am also 7 naughty, 6 nice. Several times this year, I read instead of doing homework (so much fun!). And a couple times, I didn’t finish some books (so booooring). In all I had a lot of fun.
*hi fives for our naughty levels* Books are ruling us and we don’t even mind. :’)
CAIT YOUR NETGALLEY RATIO IS AMAZING. Lol come on who doesn’t promise full reviews on GR and never comes back (I forget…lol) Looking at this list…I’m definitely on the NAUGHTY list haha! What a fun tag!
And yet Netgalley is still all TO WISH *screams softly into a pillow* 😭😂 But omg I just forget what the book is about if I don’t review it straight away. All my “review to comes” are just lies. 😂 Absolute lies.
“THE NUMBERS BRING ME SUCH JOY. Let me live my happy happy life.”
If that ain’t the truth… LOL forever.
Numbers are fuuuuun.😂 We should just enjoy any part of reading we want to!
oh my gosh I love this tag! Will definitely be trying it out and seeing where I fall on the list!
Aww yay! I can’t wait to read your answers too!
Oh… oh no. I want to do this tag but I already know that this year I am getting the biggest lump of coal haha. I don’t want to even think about the ARCs I need to read and review because there are entirely too many. This was really cute, and hey you almost went half and half!
I will join you with the coal. 😂I was like SO CLOSE to being good lmao. The ARCs I should’ve read by now are kind of haunting me.😂
I love this! I feel like I would be mostly nice? But probably somewhere in the middle like you! I ALWAYS update my Goodreads because um, how else am I supposed to remember if I actually read something!? But I am also very guilty of never remembering stuff by the time I am supposed to review it- which is why I NEVER let myself read things in advance anymore. Whoopsie?
We’re going to end up in The Medium Place together *hi fives* 😂 And omg if I didn’t update Goodreads I would have NO idea what I’d ever read. It’s like 90% of my memory these days. 😂 (The rest of my memory just doesn’t exist and we just go with it.)
I love this tag. I did another version of this last year and I might try this as well. Great post!
Ahh I’m glad you enjoyed it! *flails*
I love this! I am actually guilty of not having read The Thousandth Floor (I am currently reading it now… way down the line) and Cold Summer too when being sent an arc. Sunflowers in February is quite good though so I hope you get to it soon! I’m usually good with my bans as well and I am not surprised you’ve always mastered your Goodreads goal because you are a book monster 😉 Reading instead of doing other things you need to be doing?? I am so guilty of that too. Hehehe I follow a lot of book bloggers on Goodreads so review to come reviews? I see them so often 😀