*TUDOR^QUEEN* ’s Comments (group member since Oct 18, 2017)

*TUDOR^QUEEN* ’s comments from the NetGalley Addicts Support Group group.

Thanks for the info, Renee. Maybe Amazon is waiting for all those 4 and 5 star reviews to stack up before adding my 3 star one. Barnes & Noble, however, let me post my review and it's the only one there.

I just had an interesting experience attempting to post a review on Amazon and it not being accepted. I reviewed the book Getting Off: One Woman's Journey Through Sex and Porn Addiction for NetGalley and it was released a few days ago. So, I went to post it on Amazon and I never got the email that you usually get where Amazon thanks you for your review. I only gave the book 3 stars, so I'm thinking that this could be why my review is being blocked. I thought there was a technical glitch or something, so I tried posting the review again, to no avail. Instead of letting me post one, it brought up a list of recent purchases as items to review. Hmmmm....

Dorie- It's reassuring that I'm not the only one underwhelmed with Alternate Sides so far. Hopefully it can pick up soon, but at a third in, I thought that would have happened already.

I'm going to start Everything Here is Beautiful tonight. Both you and Thamy loved it, so I'm excited to read it.

Yes, Thamy- I learned my lesson when NetGalley had this book available for request, but I hadn't checked the site in awhile:

Paul McCartney: The Life

I wound up getting the book as a gift anyway, but it really irks me when I miss opportunities for free books! After that happened, I began checking NG every single day multiple times!

Dorie- I'm at 30% in Alternate Sides and left the book for awhile to read some others coming out sooner. So far I've been underwhelmed with it.

I just started reading I Found My Tribe and am 10% in and liking it. It's about a wife with kids and her husband can only move his eyes and use a computer to communicate. A work of non-fiction. Should be very moving.

*TUDOR^QUEEN* wrote: "I've had quite a few "Wish for it" books I've gone for lately on NG. I have never seen so many classifed as such. It's a shame you can't see these listed; if I was suddenly approved for all of them..."

Thanks, Thamy- I've been able to Request (in fact I requested 2 today after receiving an email from NetGalley pushing a couple of books). I'm hesitant to update my profile on NG because I don't have a blog, and even so I've been doing very well with being approved for books. It's kind of..."if it works, don't fix it!"

I've had quite a few "Wish for it" books I've gone for lately on NG. I have never seen so many classifed as such. It's a shame you can't see these listed; if I was suddenly approved for all of them I might feel a bit overwhelmed at the pile of books to be read and reviewed.

Myndi wrote: "Hmmm...I hope I'm putting this in the right folder.

So, my question relates to publisher contact, as in, when the publisher reaches out to you about a book you've been approved for, asking about ..."

Hi, Myndi- I get emails from Publishing/Marketing people sometimes. If the book looks like something interesting I'll take it. If not, I'll write them a lovely email telling them how much I appreciate the offer, but I'm frankly not interested in the topic. Often times they will give me a link to their website and offer me to read and review any of their books I might find interesting...not just the one they originally offered me. I'm just courteous and truthful about it and I think they appreciate that.

I have also gotten reminder mass emails about some of those books, but I didn't worry about it. I remember one time recently I emailed the guy back and told him I loved the book and I had already posted a review on Goodreads and was going to post the same on Amazon and Barnes and Noble when the book came out. He simply replied, "Thank you so much!" So, even though it was a mass email to everyone who got the book, I got a personal reply when I responded to him.

I am Auto-Approved on NetGalley by a certain British publishing house. Even so, they sent me a message through Goodreads asking me to read and review a book. I knew I wasn't interested in it but wrote them such a humble and appreciative email explaining this, that I actually think they were delighted by it. Again, they offered me to browse through all the books in their catalog to read and review in the future.

Cathy wrote: "I am about to rant about a review that someone (not from this group) left on Netgalley....here is what not to do when reviewing....spoiling the whole plot for anyone who plans to read the book!
I a..."

Hi, Cathy- I agree with you wholeheartedly. I know they have that *spoiler* link to hide the spoilers but I think it's just better to write the review without giving so much of the story away. It's not always easy, but I try to give a general background of the book, enough to whet the appetite of someone who is considering reading it. I don't think someone wants to read a rehashing of the entire story like they're reading a book report. Sometimes you don't even need to read the book after reading the review. I'm sorry that the book you were enjoying was spoiled for you.

I'm most definitely a NetGalley addict! I used to be on a discussion on Amazon and a guy mentioned a site called LibraryThing where you could request a book to read and review. I would get the book sometimes and occasionally a couple of the authors would personally email me because they were so happy about my review. That was pretty crazy. However, it became harder and harder to get a book on there and one time I won the book, but I never got the email with the book attachment. It started to bother me, so I sent LibraryThing an email about it. The author emailed me back and apologized and told me to sign up with NetGalley and when I requested the book he would approve me. I was really, really annoyed about it and didn't want to go through the trouble to join NetGalley. Sounds ridiculous now knowing how wonderful and how substantial NetGalley is in comparison to LibraryThing. The irony is I got the book and it was probably the worst rating I ever gave a book via NetGalley. I gave the book only a two star rating! However, that author did me a huge favor by making me join NetGalley. I wound up abandoning LibraryThing which is small change in comparison to NG.

I had to learn to check NetGalley each and every day so that I didn't miss something new that I would want. Sometimes I didn't check for a long time because I was too busy with other important things and I missed something great. The sting was so bad I began to check everyday, but it's many times during the day. I have a huge amount of my own kindle books to read in my amazon library, yet I keep going on the hunt at NetGalley. Yes, it is truly an addiction, but a harmless one.