Chad’s Comments (group member since Oct 24, 2019)

Chad’s comments from the Edelweiss & Netgalley Reviewers group.

- A graphic novel about a dysfunctional Jewish American family headed to Poland to rediscover their family history.

My Review - 5 Stars

- A graphic novel about a dysfunctional Jewish American family headed to Poland to rediscover their family history.

My Review

I use ADE as well, but I don't find it to be a pain at all. I have it installed on my computer and then drag and drop books onto my nook or sideload them to my iPad for graphic novels using Bluefire.

Just finished Nobody Move by Phillip Elliott

Review
4 star modern crime noir in the vein of Elmore Leonard.

PamG wrote: "I get declined by Berkeley and likely will never get approved by them since I don't have a blog, let alone a blog with 1000+ followers. I don't even request anything from them anymore."

Aw but you have 452 followers right here on GR in your friends plus another 30 people actually following you. I'd add to your profile that you have almost 500 followers on social media.

I never use IE. I'm surprised you even have IE available at work. Even Microsoft says you shouldn't use it anymore due to security flaws. They should have at least upgraded you to Edge.

Terry wrote: "This might be a good place for this question. If it's not, let me know.

I love looking at newly added books on NG and choosing that way. I don't know how to do this with EW, however. Help?

Thank..."

I was just doing this 5 minutes ago by chance.

1. Go to Review Copies.
2. Click on the Magnifying Glass on the left. That will expand the search.
3. Make sure Digital Review Copes is highlighted. If it's not click it. Now you should be seeing all of the available books for download and request. I think it should already be sorted by Date Added, but if it's not, you can change that by clicking on Sort.

You can also make this a widget on your EW home page by:
1. Clicking on Add Widget.
2. Selecting Review Copies.
3. Checking Digital Review Copies.

I regularly get Wishes granted by Boom.

I've never tried. It seems to me like they are exploiting reviewers a bit by only giving you excerpts. I'd love to hear about other people's experiences with it though.

I just tried and it's working for me. https://www.edelweiss.plus

PamG wrote: "My husband and I finished watching an old 1998 movie, Shakespeare in Love. For some reason, we had not seen it when it was first released and won an Academy Award for Best Picture plus many other a..."

Saving Private Ryan was robbed that year.

Tracy Marie wrote: "I have a question myself and wonder if anyone has ran across this ever.

I just reviewed a book on NG. so my stats should have changed from 12 total, 6 reviewed with 50% review rate.

It still sa..."

NG probably caches the pages for a few hours at a time. Either that or they only rerun calculations overnight depending on how they've set up their site. You see the same thing on GR with the Reading Challenge on your homepage.

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This week's:


Edelweiss Reviews
Ascender by Jeff Lemire
Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: The Just War by G. Willow Wilson
November by Matt Fraction

NetGalley Reviews
The Ogre Gods Vol. 2: Half-Blood by Hubert
The Great Man: The Ogre Gods Book Three by Hubert
Punk Mambo by Cullen Bunn
The Beyonders by Paul Jenkins

Patti wrote: "Hi Chad! I have lived in Vermont for 32 years. I was born and raised in Foxboro, MA.......diehard Red Sox fan and a Patriots fanatic."

I can respect Red Sox fans. I feel like Cubs and Rex Sox fans are both part of a small niche of long suffering tradition, and strangely enough both rescued by Theo Epstein.

Tracy Marie wrote: "I want to announce that we have our first MOD already!

Chad has been with Edelweiss and Netgalley for the last several years. He reviews about 300 books a year from both sites combined, and is a software developer which will be very handy with technical issues.

As an added plus he is also a Goodreads librarian.

He is obviously very qualified to help with the group so instead of giving him just one position, he is a Mod to the entire board. We are very lucky to have Chad.

Let's all welcome Chad as our first MOD!!."

Thank you Tracy Marie.

I typically wait until the books are closer to publication before reading them. Occasionally, if it's an author I'm really excited about I'll read it right away. I try and follow any guidelines sent directly to me from the publisher. If I don't have any that asks me to wait, I'll publish a vague review to GR and NG or EW right away that expresses how I felt about the book without giving away any of the plot. I'm not organized enough to remember and go back to leave a review months later.

Kelly wrote: "Old Bones by Douglas Preston"

What do you think of Old Bones? I thought it was a bit weak compared to other Preston and Child books which is a real shame. I've enjoyed the other books Nora Kelly and Corrie Swansen have appeared in.

Hi I'm Chad, 46, married for 14 years and lived on Long Island for the last 11 years. I'm a software engineer and a life long Cubs fan. I read a lot of graphic novels, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and adventure novels.

I've been using Edelweiss and NG for the last few years. Edelweiss does have some publishers not on NG and is a good place to try again if you get turned down on NG. Edelweiss isn't as intuitive to use but once you set up your dashboard with your saved filters it's a lot easier to use.

Terry wrote: "I'm not currently using Edelweiss. Is it as awesome as NG? Maybe I will set up an account tonight after work.. which I am doing occasionally between messages, I promise. ;)"

It's not as intuitive to use but it has some publishers that NetGalley doesn't have. I also get approved sometimes on edelweiss after I've been denied on NG.