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Connie N. wrote: "My best month yet!NetGalley Challenge – July
Feedback ratio - 91% - Increased to 92%!
On shelf 7/1/22 - 47
Read: 7
Added: 1
On Shelf 7/31/22 - 41
Completed/Reviews:
[book:The Princess and the ..."
Connie, Excellent to see this is your best month. Great job and increased your ratio to 92%!
NetGalley July 2022
Books on Shelf: 7
Ratio: 97%
Past Publication
July
August
September
October
January 2023
Added:
Read:
1.
, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, P: 7/19/22, Read: 7/7, Enjoyed this book, but it definitely took a long time to pick up. The creepy father mixing humans and animals and the people helping with this was a scary book with a great setting in Yucatán, Mexico. My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2.
, Kathleen Hale, 7/12. This was a good book, but a difficult read, as it was about a violent crime by two mentally ill twelve year olds. Definitely, have to be up for that. My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3.
, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, 7/13, I really love this series: Little People, Big Dreams, it’s for children, but I always learn something about the person featured. My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4.
, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, 7/13My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
End of Month
Books Added: 2
Books Read: 4
Books on Shelf: 5
Ratio: 98%
Serious Readers Challenge, Level 2✔101. Detransition, Baby, Torrey Peters 6/29
✔102. Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi, 7/2
✔103. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 7/7
✔104. The Stationery Shop, + 🎧, Marjan Kamali, 7/10
✔105. Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls, Kathleen Hale, 7/12
✔106. Nikola Tesla, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, 7/13
✔107. Wilma Mankiller, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, 7/13
✔108. Lessons in Chemistry, 🎧 Bonnie Garmus, 7/18
✔109. Guests on Earth, +🎧, Lee Smith, 7/24
✔110. Sister Stardust + 🎧, Jane Green, 7/25
✔111. The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Christy Lefteri, 7/29
✔112. Broken, Jenny Lawson, 7/31
✔113. Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion, Tori Telfer, 8/2
✔114. The Desperate Hours: One Hospital's Fight to Save a City on the Pandemic's Front Lines + 🎧, Marie Brenner, 8/9
✔115. A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles, 8/10
✔116. Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service + 🎧, Carol Leonnig, 8/12
✔117. The Latecomer + 🎧, Jean Hanff Korelitz, 8/14
✔118. Signal Moon, Kate Quinn, 8/14
✔119. X: A Biography of Malcolm X, Jessica S. Gunderson, 8/16
✔120. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI + 🎧, David Grann, 8/17
✔121. Hester, Laurie Lico Albanese, 8/20
✔122. Counterfeit + 🎧, Kirstin Chen, 8/22
✔123. Every Last Secret + 🎧, A.R. Torre, 8/22
✔124. Garden of Fairytale Animals: A Curious Collection of Creatures to Color (Design Originals) Adult Coloring Book with 80 Line Art Designs of a Magical ... in a Charming Setting, Kanoko Egusa
✔125. My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh
✔126. The Lost Girls of Willowbrook, Ellen Marie Wiseman
✔127. Death as a Living, Doyle Burke
✔128. People Person, Candice Carty-Williams
✔129. The Last White Man, + 🎧, Mohsin Hamid
✔130. The Lincoln Highway + 🎧, Amor Towles, 8/16
✔131. Queen Elizabeth II´s Diamond Jubilee, 8/18
✔132. Lessons, Ian McEwan, 8/20
✔133. Uncultured: A Memoir, Daniella Mestyanek Young, 8/22
✔134. The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O’Farrell, 9/26
✔134. I'm Glad My Mom Died, Jeannette McCurdy
✔135. The Attic Child + 🎧, Lola Jaye
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Stacy wrote: "100 complete, I'm heading for Level 2. Yay!!!(Msg 102 complete list) 😁"
Stacy, Congratulations 🎉 on Meeting 100 Goal. Fantastic.
Elspeth wrote: "I am now planning on reading 250 books this year. First it was 125 then 150, now 250. Here are my first 100:✔ 1, Immortal Born
✔ 2, How to Be a Wallflower
✔ 3, [bo..."
Stacy wrote: "100 complete, I'm heading for Level 2. Yay!!!
(Msg 102 complete list) 😁"
Congratulations 🎉 That’s Terrific. Good Luck with New Goal.
Connie N. wrote: "Has anyone else had a problem lately with posting reviews to Amazon? I think the problem is that I didn't buy the book from Amazon, so they don't give me the option of posting a review on it anymor..."Amazon is always changing. I buy some books and lots of other stuff from them, but obviously not the NetGalley book, but they do take my review, then ask me if I want to rate the dog brush I just bought. Who knows?
Beginning of Month
Books on Shelf: 11 (3 Past Publication)
Ratio: 95%
GOALS
~Read 2 Past Publication Books
~Read All Books for June, July, and August
~Read Fall Book~Either October or November
~If I can do this= 8 Books
BOOKS PAST PUBLICATION
JULY
AUGUST
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
JANUARY 2023
1.
, Taylor Jenkins Reid, 6/4 Love the way TJR pulls you into her characters lives and makes you enthralled with what they like. Then I am routing for them. My 5* Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...2.
, Warren Adler, 6/5, Well, glad to get this off my 2021 List. Definitely not a favorite. Not an interesting book about Cults, but more a depraved love story of the divorced parents, very strange book. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...]3.
, Megan Goldin, 6/8, Great Thriller, that was a Fast, Page Turning Read. Best with book and 🎧. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4.
, Rick Emerson, Read 6/11, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...5.
, Rae Meadows, Read: 6/22, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...6.
, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Read: 6/30Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Added:
🎧,
End of Month
Books Read: 7 (2 Past Publication)
Goals: Had 3: 1) Read 1 of 2 Past Due 2) Read 3 of 5 for Summer Reads, June, July, and 2 of August. 3) Read 1 Fall Book. Read 5 out of 8 for Goal. Pretty Good, Most Want to Finish Past Due~Those Nag at Me.
Books Added: 3
Ratio: 97%
Books on Shelf: 7
Beginning of the Month:
Ratio: 95%
Books on Shelf: 12, (4 Past Publication)
May
June
August
September
October:
Heard from Del Ray and was approved for
Really Happy to Get! Add On: 1.
, 2.
3.
4.
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6.
, Sheil Shukla, Books From Buzz Books:
7.
, (yes, realized has 944 Pages after I accepted it. 😥)
, Rae Meadows 9.
, Kathleen Hale. Then from older request got approved for 10.
, Taylor Jenkins Reid, really wanted this one, too. Try to get a couple more read this month to keep on track.
1.
, 5/9, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...2.
, Nghi Vo, 5/10, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...3.
, Thérèse Anne Fowler, 5/17, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...4.
, Publishers Lunch, Read: 5/18, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...5.
, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Read: 5/19, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...6.
, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Read: 5/19, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...7.
, Sheil Shukla, Read: 5/19, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...8.
, Jacqueline Bublitz, 5/23, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...A book that really has stuck with me.
9.
, Lynda Cohen Bublitz, 5/29, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...10.
, 5/30, Terry Miles, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...End of Month
Ratio: 95%
Books Read: 12, (3 were Audio 🎧)
Books Added: 11
Books on Shelf: 11 (3 Past Publication)
I just finished
, by Akwaeke Emezi. It’s a different type of book, but I really loved it. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...I think I will finish No Names to Be Given, published 8/21, so another old book out of the way. It is really quite good, just pushed it off for too long.
Beginning of Month:
Ratio: 94%
Feedback: 201 (Just Got My 200 Badge~Exciting 🥳)
Books on Shelf: 16
Past From 2021:
April
May
June
August
September
Read:
1.
and 🎧
, Pub: 4/5, Read: 4/3Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Got Approved for Young Mungo, by RB Media and Recorded Books (No Listing)~Was So Bad With Accent, I could not Follow. I would have just not finished, but really thought this was a great book, getting Published next day. I didn’t want to leave an awful review, so got Library Copy of Pub Day: 4/5 and Finished. Note: Audio Copy is Listed, Different Publisher, So Uncertain if the Quality is Different. I Would Not Recommend Audio for This! 4/6. Review is Based on that.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3.
and 🎧
, Pub: 4/26, Read: 4/10Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4.
, Pub: 5/12, Read: 4/16, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...5.
, Pub: 8/2, Read: 4/19, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...6.
, Pub: 8/30, Read: 4/19, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...7.
, Pub: 5/24, Read: 4/27, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...8.
, Pub: 8/3/21, Read: 4/29, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Added:
Got Approved for: Audio 🎧 of
and also Audio 🎧 for
I already have the books, so always like having both. Also,
End of Month:
Ratio: 95%
Feedback: 211
Books on Shelf: 12 (4 left from 2021)
Happy 😊 Got 1 More Old Book Read, so 4 to go. Otherwise, up to date. Went from 94% to 95%.
NetGalley Challenge~March 2022
Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 16
Feedback Ratio: 92%
Past Due from 2021:
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
March 2: Added 3 children’s book. I love this series, so read them and reviewed them right away.
Read:
1.
, 3/2, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...2.
, 3/2, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...3.
, 3/2, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...4.
, 3/4, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...5.
, 3/7, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...6.
, 3/12, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...7.
, 3/15, Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Added:
End Of Month
Books on Shelf: 15
Feedback Ratio: 93%
Keli wrote: "For the first time ever I've completed it!!"Incredible 🎉 Congratulations 🎉
Sana wrote: "Decades Challenge 2021Level: VIII = 231 books
Completed"
Congratulations 🥳 That is incredible
Kristie wrote: "Melanie and Kristine - I'll be watching for your posts about how you cleared your backlogs later this year!"Kristie, thanks 😊 Great you finished Sitting Murder from 2018 📖. Nice Review
Decades Challenge~2022
Duration: 22nd February 2022 to 23rd February 2023
Lite Version~Level 9~75 Books, Modified Up
2013
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1. Guests on Earth, Lee Smith, 7/24
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2016
1. A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles, 8/12
2. The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilmore, 9/20
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2017
1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, 3/31
2. Emmeline Pankhurst, Lisbeth Kaiser, 4/30
3. Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi, 7/2
4. X: A Biography of Malcolm X, Jessica S. Gunderson, 8/16
5. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI + 🎧, David Grann, 8/17
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2018
1. My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Ottessa Moshfegh
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2019
1. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference, Greta Thurberg, 3/4
2. The Stationery Shop, + 🎧, Marjan Kamali, 7/10
3. The Beekeeper of Aleppo, 7/29
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2020
1. The Particulars of Peter: Dance Lessons, DNA Tests, and Other Excuses to Hang Out with My Perfect Dog, Kelly Conaboy, 3/4
2. The Great Gatsby and Other Stories, F. Scott Fitzgerald, 4/24
3. The Great Gatsby: The Graphic Novel, 4/24
4. Every Last Secret, 8/22
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2021
1. Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner, 2/22
2. Damnation Spring, Ash Davidson, 2/24
3. If It Rains, Jennifer L. Wright, 2/27
4. Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am, Julia Cooke, 2/27
5. How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House, 3/5
6. Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture, Justine Picardie, 3/7
7. Crossroads, Jonathan Franzen, 3/26
8. Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney, 3/30
9. The Water Rituals, Eva Garcia Saenz de Urturi, 3/30
10. The Puma Years: A Memoir of Love and Transformation in the Bolivian Jungle, Laura Coleman
11. Mary Jane + 🎧, Jessica Anya Blau, 4/13
2022
1. Beautiful Little Fools, Jillian Cantor, 3/2
2. Under the Golden Sun, Jenny Ashcroft, 3/4
3. The Orchard, Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry, 3/12
4. A Ballad of Love and Glory / Corrido de Amor Y Gloria, Reyna Grande, 3/15
5. The School for Good Mothers, Jeanette Hope, 3/15
6. Notes on an Execution, Danya Kukafka, 3/22
7. The Younger Wife, Sally Hepworth, 4/3
8. Young Mungo, Douglas Stuart, 4/6
9. Little Souls + 🎧, Sandra Dallas, 4/10
10. Take My Hand, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, 4/16
11. Afraid of Your Neighbor, Katherine E. Volk, 4/19
12. I've Never Met My Grandpa, Shannon Zigmund, 4/19
Melanie wrote: "Yeah, I'm down by roughly half on my backlog from where I was a year ago so I'm getting there. Just slow progress working them in with my other reads. I try to get in a few a month so I'm hoping to..."Melanie, You are working on it, sure you will get your backlog down. I had 30 books, too. I’m down to 8 now. I put in for too many books when I started NetGalley. Good Luck.
Vicki Willis wrote: "I added 
Things We Do in the DarkI love this author. Everything I have read by her is a hit for me."
Vicki, glad you got the book you wanted. Thanks for recommending this one. It sounds like one I might like. I am going to add it to my TBR.
February NetGalley Challenge
Start Of The Month
Books on Shelf: 23
Feedback Ratio: 89%
Books From 2021
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
AUGUST
Read:
1.
, 2/1 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...2.
, 2/1 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...3.
, 8/10/21 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...4.
, 1/22/22 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...5.
, 2/1/22 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...6.
, Andrea Elliott, 10/5/217.
, Christy Lefteri, 8/3/21 Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8:
, 3/1 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...9.
, 3/1 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...10.
, Ash Davidson, 8/3/21 :-| Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...11.
, Jennifer L. Wright, 7/6/21Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Added in February:
,
, Just Approved after 2 Months Waiting:
: This is kind of frustrating because I put in for books and usually if I don’t hear back really quickly, I will not get that book. Still, I’ll read several books and then suddenly 1-2 old requests get approved. I like getting the book, but makes it hard to catch up. This one easier since it’s release date is May.Added:
Happy got 2 more 2021 Books Read by 2/27. 6 to go.
End of Month
To Be Read: 16
Feedback Ratio: 92%
Overall, good month, especially getting old books from 2021 read.
Kristie wrote: "Exactly, Kristine. I knew a lot of the plot twists well before I should have, but my husband didn't. Maybe I've just read too many similar type twists recently. Overall, it was good and I'd recomme..."Kristie, yes I understand that. We read a lot and after a while books can seem really similar. Well, I have to give it a read since it’s out 2/1. Can’t believe I got all January NG’s done. Thanks for your comments. Glad your husband gave it 5*.
