Billie's Not So Secret Diary’s Comments (group member since Mar 03, 2022)

Billie's Not So Secret Diary’s comments from the NetGalley Addicts Support Group group.

Has anyone ever heard of BookSirens? I've looked into it, and they are supposed to be similar to NetGalley, so do any of you know if they are legit?

Darya Silman wrote: "I can't remember the last time my Amazon review was approved right away. It seems the waiting period gets longer and longer. I submitted a 5 star review of an ARC on Wednesday, now is Saturday"

Amazon never lets me post a review for a book that hasn't been released yet. But those I do are usually posted within a day or two

Yes. I will also post my review good or bad, even if I won't finish it. The only books I won't review are those I couldn't get into at the time, but they had potential and I would like to try again. But if I try again and still can't get into it, then I will review it.

*but if it's a NetGalley book or an ARC that is not mine, and I lose access to it, even though I wanted to try again, I won't review it, 'cause I won't buy it to try again.

Thank you for the info!

Billie wrote: "Does anyone know if NetGalley will have a fit, or not allow the same book to be downloaded to two different registered devices? ie kindle and a tablet

and if it's allowed, will they sync?

Thanks"

Thank you thank you! Once again I got approved for a bunch all within 3 days! (plus I got a GoodReads giveaway coming in the mail....) and I don't like taking my kindle or real books to work.

Does anyone know if NetGalley will have a fit, or not allow the same book to be downloaded to two different registered devices? ie kindle and a tablet

and if it's allowed, will they sync?

Thanks

My Instagram is billies_not_so_secret_diary https://www.instagram.com/billies_not... I'm still new, so I'm still exploring but I also have a FB page I started in
2020 https://www.facebook.com/Diary.NotSoS... where I share the same book reviews, but I have more pics and my editorials on there.

And I just followed a bunch of you.

Hayley wrote: "I am admitting to having a few unread books from 2019, I was just wondering what your oldest unread book is (just so I don’t feel so alone and bad!!)"


So far I've read all I've been approved for, though one I didn't finish, and will not, because it wasn't good, and it's rare for me not to finish. I will admit there are quite a few books I have put back on my shelf to try again, and I do intend to try them again.

Well, I guess the above statement isn't completely true, I did get an email the other day telling me I was pre-approved for a book. I didn't ask for it, and the blurb didn't sound all that good, plus it was the second book in a series and I haven't read the first, so I didn't respond. It was nice of them though.

Hi everyone, I'm Billie and I joined NetGalley back in 2020, and just found your group. And I can't stop browsing NetGalley! But after a flood of approved requests, I have made myself be a little pickier of the books I request.