Melanie’s Comments (group member since Sep 01, 2014)

Melanie’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Happy to help! Those forever pendings drive me nuts. I'm always happy when they finally go away.

If you go to the book page and then at the bottom of the page where it has the average rating and then you can click on "See all member reviews". Click to see member reviews and the archive date will be at the top of that page.

When did the book archive Kristie? Books automatically move from pending to declined once the book has been archived for 30 days. If it archived more than 30 days ago and is still there, that seems like a glitch and Netgalley support may be the only way to go.

I'm in again. Here's hoping I don't add nearly as many books as last month.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 26
Feedback Ratio: 81%

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End of Month:
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Will the May thread be going up soon?

This was not a great month, I added so many books. All of my old requests that had been piling up from February and March were approved this month. I did end up reading 11 Netgalley books though and managed to keep my ratio above 80%, so I guess the month wasn't a total loss. Although I do still have 2 requests pending and 7 widgets I haven't clicked on that I plan to accept, so who knows if May will be better.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 18
Feedback Ratio: 85%

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Finished:
My Review My Review My Review My Review
My Review My Review My Review My Review
My Review My Review My Review

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 26
Feedback Ratio: 81%

Michelle wrote: "Have you guys seen the "I will not be giving feedback on this title" section? It includes DNF and Archived Prior to Downloand and File Problems and I feel like I'm gonna cry cause it's so beautiful..."

I've seen it but won't be using it as any books you use it for won't be counted towards your ratio.

Noticed when I logged in today that I got a new badge!

I didn't read as many Netgalley books as I wanted to this month, but my overall shelf count did go down so I'm still happy.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 20
Feedback Ratio: 83%

Added:


Finished:
My Review My Review My Review My Review

Feedback Only:
I DNFed the first book, so I obviously will not be reading the second now so I submitted feedback to that effect.

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 18
Feedback Ratio: 85%

Hoping to knock out some more of my older books this month.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 18
Feedback Ratio: 85%

Books (ordered by pub date):



Added:



Finished:
My Review My Review My Review My Review
My Review My Review My Review My Review
My Review My Review My Review

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 26
Feedback Ratio: 81%

Finally finished my first Netgalley book of the month. I'm doing way worse than February where I got to 12 or so Netgalley books.


https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I also submitted just feedback for a book where I DNFed the first in the series and had the second out from Netgalley.

Tiffany wrote: "How can we review just on netgalley? Last time it wanted me to add a link to my review. I just got this book and was also not aware that it was a sample. Really, that’s something that should be inc..."

You can just leave the spot where they're asking for a link blank. That's what I do when I get a sampler or DNF. As long as you're filling in the actual review part, it will count as reviewed towards the badges.

Would the book in question happen to be The Queens of Innis Lear? This happened to me last month and it was with that book. A lot of people got hit on that one as the record in no way indicated it was a sample.

I ended up reviewing only on Netgalley and put in the Feedback section that I don't review samples outside of Netgalley.

Overall I'm happy with how this month went: read 14 Netgalley titles, added 12, acquired the 80% badge. Here's hoping next month I read just as many but don't add quite as much.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 22
Feedback Ratio: 79%

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Finished:
My Review My Review My Review My Review
My Review My Review My Review My Review
My Review My Review My Review My Review
My Review My Review

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 20
Feedback Ratio: 83%

Here's hoping I can knock out some more of my older books this month and not add too many so I can keep my 80% badge.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 20
Feedback Ratio: 83%

Books (ordered by pub date):



Added:


Finished:
My Review My Review My Review My Review

Feedback Only:
I DNFed the first book, so I obviously will not be reading the second now so I submitted feedback to that effect.

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 18
Feedback Ratio: 85%

Great job Shannon and Tiffany!

With my ninth Netgalley book this month I have finally gotten the elusive 80% badge!

I'm definitely moving in the wrong direction for February. I've already reviewed 6 Netgalley books this month, but I've also added 10.

And I'm at 78%, so I'm so close to the 80% badge. I have no work or plans for the next 4 days, so I'm hoping to get a bunch read and get over that hurdle. Plus I have no requests pending at the moment, so no unexpected books to surprise me and knock my ratio down.

I got to 11 Netgalley books last month, so I'd love to have another month like that but I'm going to aim for 6 or 7 Netgalley books in Feb since it's a shorter month.

I came so close to hitting 80% this month, only one book away. I'm very happy with how this month went though as despite adding 9 books, I managed to read 11 so my total shelf count still went down.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 24
Feedback Ratio: 75%

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Finished:
My Review My Review My Review My Review
My Review My Review My Review My Review
My Review My Review My Review

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 22
Feedback Ratio: 79%