Not gonna lie, I’d be super surprised if I didn’t end up on the naughty list.

I mean, not that I’m not a perfect angel in all the right ways. It’s … the questions. They’re obviously rigged, right? Yeah, that’s it.

This is a tag started by the brilliant Jenniely, and though I wasn’t tagged, it looked like so much fun that I decided to give it a go.

Why? Because I’m a glutton for punishment, I suppose. I’d like to know whether I’m getting coal or candy in my stocking this year. Though, to be fair, coal is expensive and it’s getting cold out … and the dark side has cookies … so this might just work out for me, after all …

Rules

✿ Tag & link the person who tagged you
✿ Tag and link Jenniely post (if you would be so kind, I love reading your answers!)
✿ Tick/cross off the ones you’ve done
✿ Tag another 10 people!

✔ 1. Received an ARC and not reviewed it.
NAUGHTY

Oh, wow, we’re just calling me out right off the bat, I guess. *clutches pearls* I’ll have you know, I feel attacked. I have a backlog of ARCs now, after I had everything carefully planned where I would have plenty of time to get to everything. But then this thing called life sort of ran me over with an 18-wheeler, so … you know. I’m a tad bit behind now. Do I plan on reviewing them all? YES. I just … haven’t yet.

✘ 2. Have less than 60% feedback rating on Netgalley.
NICE

64%, yo! I made it, if not just barely. It still totally counts. I actually have, I think, two more reviews for NetGalley, so that percentage will go up a little bit. Will I ever have the recommended percentage though? *snort* No. I don’t see that happening.

✔ 3. Rated a book on Goodreads and promised a full review was to come on your blog (and never did).
NAUGHTY

I actually don’t know if I’ve done this? I’m sure I have, so I’m counting it. I honestly try not to put anything on Goodreads if I haven’t reviewed it. I don’t even put a star rating if I’m planning on a review, so that way I can quickly look through what I’ve read and haven’t rated yet and know what reviews I still need to write.

✘ 4. Folded down the page of a book.
NICE

This is what magnetic bookmarks are for. They’re amazing and brilliant and should come free with every book because why not. Also, most of the books I read are either library books or Kindle, so … not as applicable, I feel.

✔ 5. Accidentally spilled on a book.
NAUGHTY

Listen, accidents happen! Knock on wood, I haven’t had any major spills just yet, to the point where it’s ruined a book or anything. But yes, I’ve definitely had little drops of something land on books. Mostly coffee. Really, it should be the highest of compliments that I shared my coffee with them, considering how sacred my coffee is.

✔ 6. DNF a book this year.
NAUGHTY

I’ve DNF’d multiple books this year, and wow does it ever feel freeing. I highly recommend it. There’s nothing like being able to start a book knowing that if it’s not working out, you can break up with it.

✘ 7. Bought a book purely because it was pretty with no intention of reading it.
NICE

I’ve bought a book purely because the cover was gorgeous, yes. But if I’m buying a book, it’s because I plan on reading it. Otherwise, why would I spend that sort of money?! Surely not on just a pretty cover. So I’m going to count this as a no. Yes, the cover may have been my initial interest in it, but if it doesn’t sound like something I’d read, I don’t pick it up, no matter how gorgeous the cover is.

✔ 8. Read whilst you were meant to be doing something else (like homework).
NAUGHTY

Thank goodness this only counts once. Phew. I do this all the time. I’m a professional of the highest caliber. Heck, I’ve been reading a book off and on while writing this (mostly because book club is tonight and I’m still 100 pages away from finishing this book since I decided to start it yesterday). Guilty as charged!

✔ 9. Skim read a book.
NAUGHTY

For sure. This is the gray area that exists between a two-star book and a DNF, usually. It’s a book where I want to know what happens, but I’m not 100% sold on the story, so I end up skimming and skipping some things.

✘ 10. Completely missed your Goodreads goal.
NICE

I’m currently about two books behind on my Goodreads goal (or after today, probably one), and I refuse to miss it. Even if I have to take all day New Year’s Eve to read all the books. But even if I do, somehow, miss it, it won’t be “completely,” since I already hit my initial goal of 100 books and am now just working on my stretch goal. 🙂

✘ 11. Borrowed a book and not returned it.
NICE

I work at the library. I’m pretty sure, at this point, if I took too long returning a book, my coworkers would just come for my kneecaps. Or, you know, maybe ask nicely? Either way, I have accountability!

✔ 12. Broke a book buying ban.
NAUGHTY

Hahahahahahahaha. Yeah, nope. These things don’t work. I’ve broken pretty much every bookish ban I’ve put on myself, to the point where I’ve just banned bans.

✔ 13. Started a review, left it for ages then forgot what the book was about.
NAUGHTY

I’ve currently got two of those which I really need to freaking finish, but the books were just so … meh? They weren’t bad, but they weren’t good, and I didn’t have a whole lot to say about them, so I moved on while I was trying to figure it out, and then I just … didn’t go back to it.

✘ 14. Wrote in a book you were reading.
NICE

I used to do this from time to time when I was reading books in foreign languages (taking notes on words I didn’t recognize in the margins), but now I take notes on a computer or notebook, so I don’t do this anymore.

✘ 15. Finished a book and not added it to your Goodreads.
NICE

Are you kidding? My Goodreads goal needs all the help it can get. Heck no, I’ve made sure to count all the books I’ve read.

✘ 16. Borrowed a book and not returned it to a friend.
NICE

I don’t borrow books from my friends. I don’t have a lot of local bookish friends, and the ones I do don’t read the same books as I do. No matter how many times I insist they really should.

✘ 17. Dodged someone asking if they can borrow a book.
NICE

Nobody borrows my books, either, because … see above.

✘ 18. Broke the spine of someone else’s book.
NICE

What kind of monster do you take me for?! 😮 I mean, you do with your own book what you want, but someone else’s book? Have you no shame?!

✔ 19. Took the jacket off a book to protect it and ended up making it more damaged.
NAUGHTY

Oh yes, I do this a lot. I’m always afraid if I read a book in the jacket, I’ll tear it up. The last book I did this with, I think, was Steelheart. Took the jacket off to read it, and it ended up smooshed and crumpled under a stack of books, because hubby had set them on top of it without realizing it was there. Poor little book jacket. It didn’t deserve that.

✔ 20. Sat on a book accidentally.
NAUGHTY

Again, accidents happen! But also … I always have a book or two in my car, so if someone else drives, I forget to check the seat and yeah. I mean, it’s not like it really hurts the books? They’re pretty sturdy things, and my butt is squishy, I promise.

✦ Result: 10/20 ✦

I … can’t decide if this is the naughty list or not?! Am I on the dark side? Am I playing both sides? Someone explain this to me.

I’m not tagging anyone, because I wasn’t tagged either, but if this looks like fun … do it!

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How many points would you score? Were you naughty or nice this year?