The Book Club
The corner where we talk books.
ARC signups, release-day roundups, reader tips, book lists, and the occasional reading challenge. Browse the latest below, or pick a shelf.
Pull up a chair. The kettle is on and the TBR is long.
If you have been invited to join a street team or an ARC team and were not sure which was which, you are in…
Romance moves faster than almost any genre. New releases land every week, series run long, and plenty of readers finish a book in one…
You sent off a dozen NetGalley requests and heard nothing back. If that is what sent you looking for a NetGalley alternative, you are…
A free book sounds like it must come with a catch. If you have been wondering whether ARC books are free, and what the…
An evergreen ARC reading challenge: 12 gentle prompts to read more widely and review more kindly, at your own pace, with no dates or…
How to say no to an ARC without the guilt: when to decline, a kind way to word it, and how to step back…
You wrote the review and Amazon won’t post it. How to leave a review on Amazon as an ARC reader, and what to do…
How to read an ARC on your Kindle, Kobo, or phone: get the BookFunnel EPUB onto any device with Send to Kindle or the…
Reviewing without spoilers: talk about feeling and mood instead of plot, and a simple review shape you can copy for any book you loved.
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