Melanie’s Comments (group member since Oct 17, 2017)

Melanie’s comments from the NetGalley Addicts Support Group group.

Read one of my backlog this week.



Secret Nights with a Cowboy (Kittredge Ranch, #1) by Caitlin Crews

My Review - 3 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finished one of my leftover books from last year.



The Wrong Bones (Widow's Island #10) by Melinda Leigh

My Review - 4 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Also read one of my leftover books from last year.



Bone Deep (Widow's Island #9) by Kendra Elliot

My Review - 4 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finally read this one from January.



One Duke Down (Rogues to Lovers, #2) by Anna Bennett

My Review - 4 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Got to another on of my backlog from earlier this year.



All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

My Review - 4 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Finally got to one of the ones I missed getting to earlier this year.



Not Your Ex's Hexes (Supernatural Singles #2) by April Asher

My Review - 3 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Donna wrote: "Melanie wrote: "I haven't had much time to dedicate to ARCs this year so I haven't made much progress on my backlog. Of the 77 books on my shelf, only 8 of them are not out yet which puts my backlo..."

Thankfully this backlog isn't hurting me too much as I'm over 80% on my feedback ratio since I've reviewed a ton. I just want to get to point where I only have future due ARCs as I haven't had that since not long after I started reviewing on Netgalley and I feel like it would be so nice.

I haven't had much time to dedicate to ARCs this year so I haven't made much progress on my backlog. Of the 77 books on my shelf, only 8 of them are not out yet which puts my backlog at 69.

2019 - 6 books
2020 - 7 books
2021 - 10 books
2022 - 24 books
2023 - 28 books
2024 - 2 books

I'm hoping to clear a few out by the end of the year and then I really need to focus next year on getting these read.

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Got to one of my backlog from last year, a great suspense read.



The Lies I Told by Mary Burton

My Review - 4 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Donna wrote: "A brief web crawl tells me that while the strike is ongoing (but in mediation,) the union has specifically asked that people NOT boycott HarperCollins titles because doing so will punish the author..."

They've asked people not to boycott buying the titles but have asked people not to post reviews while the strike is ongoing (here's one of their graphics showing their request to hold reviews).
https://twitter.com/hcpunion/status/1...

Finally got to one of the older ones I had left from 2021. A cute contemporary that had it's ups and downs.



Love at First by Kate Clayborn

My Review - 3 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A couple months behind on this one, but I really enjoyed this historical romance which is the first book in a spin-off series.



Some Dukes Have All the Luck (Synneful Spinsters, #1) by Christina Britton

My Review - 4 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Got to another one of the ones I missed last year, this one's a great thriller.



Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

My Review - 4 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A little behind on this one, but this was an adorable holiday romance.



A Cat Café Christmas by Codi Gary

My Review - 4 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Read one of the ones I didn't get to last year. I really enjoyed this one.



An Affair by the Sea (The Siren's Retreat Quartet #2) by Erica Ridley

My Rating: 4 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

It's because it's not an actual Kindle edition. The notes/highlights only works for official Kindle editions bought directly from Amazon.

A little behind, but I just read the second book in Joanna Schaffhausen's Detective Annalisa Vega series.



Long Gone (Detective Annalisa Vega, #2) by Joanna Schaffhausen

My Review - 4.5 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

This one was a fun read with an entertaining premise.



Something in the Heir by Suzanne Enoch

My Review - 4 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A cute contemporary romance with interfering families.



The Unmatchmakers by Jackie Lau

My Review - 4 Stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...