Connie N.’s Comments (group member since Sep 03, 2013)

Connie N.’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

NetGalley Challenge – August
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 8/1/24 - 7
Read: 0
Added: 4
On Shelf 8/31/24 - 11

2021


July 2024 (7/16 - 7/16)


September 2024 (9/17)


October 2024 (10/1 - 10/1 - 10/8 - 10/8 - 10/15 - 10/22)


November 2024 (11/19)



Completed/Reviews:

I forgot to sign up this month, but I participated anyway.

NetGalley Challenge – July
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 7/1/24 - 9
Read: 3
Added: 1
On Shelf 7/31/24 - 7

2021


July 2024 (7/16 - 7/16)


September 2024 (9/17)


October 2024 (10/8 - 10/15)


November 2024 (11/19)



Completed/Reviews:

The Summer of Perfect Mistakes by Cynthia St. Aubin - 7/2/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Heirloom by Jessie Rosen - 7/8/24 ♥♥♥ - My Review
The Summer of Yes by Courtney Walsh - 7/30/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

I'm pretty happy with this month's results, although I'm still a little behind. On to July!

NetGalley Challenge – June
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 6/1/24 - 11
Read: 3
Added: 1
On Shelf 6/30/24 - 9

Completed/Reviews:

The Charmed Friends of Trove Isle by Annie Rains - 6/5/24 ♥♥♥ - My Review
The Seaside Sisters by Pamela M. Kelley - 6/13/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center - 6/27/24 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review

I'm planning to make some more progress this month and get caught up.

NetGalley Challenge – June
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 6/1/24 - 11
Read: 3
Added: 1
On Shelf 6/30/24 - 9

2021


May 2024 (5/7)


June 2024 (6/25)


July 2024 (7/2 - 7/16 - 7/16)


September 2024 (9/17)


October 2024 (10/15)


November 2024 (11/19)



Completed/Reviews:

The Charmed Friends of Trove Isle by Annie Rains - 6/5/24 ♥♥♥ - My Review
The Seaside Sisters by Pamela M. Kelley - 6/13/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center - 6/27/24 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review

I didn't get a chance to post for April because of surgery, so I'm combining months and catching up with my posting here. I read some good books over the past couple of months.

NetGalley Challenge – April/May
Feedback ratio - 97% - Moved to 98%

On shelf 4/1/24 - 14
Read: 6
Added: 3
On Shelf 5/31/24 - 11

2021


May 2024 (5/7 - 5/21)


June 2024 (6/4 - 6/11)


July 2024 (7/2 - 7/16 - 7/16 - 7/25)


September 2024 (9/17)


October 2024 (10/15)



Completed/Reviews:

Weekends with You by Alexandra Paige - 4/9/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
I've Got My Mind Set on Brew by Stephanie Jayne - 5/16/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Love You, Mean It by Jilly Gagnon - 5/20/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Mind Games by Nora Roberts - 5/21/24 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Summer After Summer by Lauren Bailey - 5/23/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
All's Fair in Love and War by Virginia Heath - 5/29/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

I plan to (at least) read the 3 books being published this month.

NetGalley Challenge – April
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 4/1/24 - 14
Read: 0
Added: 0
On Shelf 4/30/24 - 14

2021


April 2024 (4/9 - 4/9 - 4/30)


May 2024 (5/7 - 5/7 - 5/28)


June 2024 (6/4 - 6/11)


July 2024 (7/2 - 7/16 - 7/25)


September 2024 (9/17)


October 2024 (10/15)



Completed/Reviews:

I completed the books published in March and added a couple of new ones. Good month!

NetGalley Challenge – March
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 3/1/24 - 12
Read: 2
Added: 4
On Shelf 3/31/24 - 14

Completed/Reviews:

Never Been Better by Leanne Toshiko Simpson - 3/8/24 ♥♥♥ - My Review
The Bordeaux Book Club by Gillian Harvey - 3/15/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

Queen Elizabeth II – Part 2

Mary of Teck (10/10)
M - Marie Force - Fatal Destiny - 5/15/23 ♥♥♥♥
A - Adelman, Melissa - What the Neighbors Saw - 6/24/23 ♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Loyalty in Death - 4/24/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus - 3/9/23 ♥♥♥
O - Obsession by Helen Hardt - 1/18/23 ♥♥♥
F - Fatal Flaw by Marie Force - 7/16/23 ♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Rules for Faking It by Sophie Sullivan - 12/26/22 ♥♥♥
E - The 18th Abduction by James Patterson - 2/19/23 ♥♥♥
C - The Competition by Marcia Clark - 5/18/23 ♥♥♥♥
K - Kerrigan Byrne - The Scot Beds His Wife - 2/22/23 ♥♥♥♥

N - Anne (4/4)
A - Ayres, D.D. - Primal Force - 6/29/23 ♥♥♥♥
N - Novak, Brenda - A Baby of Her Own - 7/9/23 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nomi Eve - Henna House - 8/6/23 ♥♥♥
E - Exposure by Tracy Ewens - 5/20/23 ♥♥♥♥

O - Windsor (7/7)
W – Webber, Heather - Trouble in Spades - 8/22/23 ♥♥♥♥
I - I'm Fine and Neither Are You by Camille Pagán - 4/12/23 ♥♥♥
N - Natalie Spark - Once More With Feeling - 8/17/23 ♥♥
D - Drake, Olivia - Bella and the Beast - 5/7/23 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sherryl Woods - Flowers on Main - 3/20/23 ♥♥♥♥
O - Olivia Drake - Abducted by a Prince - 4/8/23 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Witness in Death - 6/9/23 ♥♥♥♥♥

Philip (6/6)
P - Popek, Michael - Forgotten Bookmarks: A Bookseller's Collection of Odd Things Lost Between the Pages - 5/23/23 ♥♥♥
H - Hart, Jillian - Gingham Bride - 2/21/23 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Blood Heir - 8/4/23 ♥♥♥♥
L - Light Up the Night by Laura Trentham - 3/14/23 ♥♥♥♥
I - If the Earl Only Knew by Amanda Forester - 8/20/23 ♥♥♥♥
P - Possession by Helen Hardt - 7/21/23 ♥♥♥♥

Queen (5/5)
Q - Quinn, Julia - Because of Miss Bridgerton - 10/11/23 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unbridled by Tori Carrington - 8/11/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Ewens, Tracy - Brew - 8/12/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Ewens, Tracy - Smooth - 8/28/23 ♥♥♥♥
N - The 19th Christmas by James Patterson - 11/4/23 ♥♥♥♥

Royal (5/5)
R - Robyn Carr - The Best of Us - 6/19/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Olivia Drake - The Scandalous Flirt - 5/17/23 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Your Presence Is Requested at Suvanto by Maile Chapman - 4/30/23 ♥♥
A - Annie Rains - Snowfall on Cedar Trail - 7/30/23 ♥♥♥♥
L - Linwood Barclay - Far From True - 5/2/23 ♥♥♥♥

Scotland (8/8)
S - Set the Night on Fire by Laura Trentham - 6/20/23 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cat Who Sniffed Glue by Lilian Jackson Braun - 6/8/23 ♥♥♥♥
O - Overruling Judgment by Liz Ellyn - 7/12/23 ♥♥♥♥
T - Taken with You by Shannon Stacey - 6/6/23 ♥♥♥♥
L - Louise Penny - The Cruelest Month - 6/5/23 ♥♥♥♥
A - Accidentally on Purpose by Jill Shalvis - 8/2/23 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - Once Upon A Star - 11/19/23 ♥♥♥♥
D Daniel Keyes - Flowers for Algernon - 5/25/23 ♥♥♥♥

Thatcher (8/8)
T - Tom Kakonis - Double Down - 5/10/23 ♥♥♥
H - The Happy Pants Cafe by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff - 5/6/23 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ayres, D.D. - Rival Forces - 8/5/23 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Twenty-Three by Linwood Barclay - 7/5/23 ♥♥♥♥
C - Croix, J.H. - Tumble Into Love - 7/24/23 ♥♥♥♥
H - Helen Hardt - Melt - 8/9/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Evans, Katy - Remy - 5/8/23 ♥♥♥
R - R.L. Mathewson - The Game Plan - 6/26/23 ♥♥♥♥

United Kingdom (13/13)
U - Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm - 7/27/23 ♥♥
N - Natalie Murray - Love, Just In - 1/10/24 ♥♥♥♥
I - In Bed with Mr. Wrong by Katee Robert - 9/20/23 ♥♥
T - Trust Me on This by Jennifer Crusie - 7/11/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Evanovich, Stephanie - Under the Table - 6/22/23 ♥♥♥
D - Double Dare by R.L. Mathewson - 7/3/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Katherine Center - Hello Stranger - 7/14/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Tides - 9/25/23 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Shield of Winter - 1/18/24 ♥♥♥♥
G - Gabrielle Zevin - Because It Is My Blood - 5/31/23 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas - 7/26/23 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Castle by Nora Roberts - 9/22/23 ♥♥♥
M - Maisey Yates - Heir to a Desert Legacy - 6/30/23 ♥♥♥♥

V – George VI (8/8)
G - The Giver by Lois Lowry - 9/25/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emily March - Tucker - 7/10/23 ♥♥♥
O - Oneill, Therese - Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners - 10/19/23 ♥♥♥♥
R - R.L. Mathewson - Christmas from Hell - 7/8/23 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Good Luck Cafe by Annie Rains - 4/18/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoy - Music I heard with you - 7/31/23 ♥♥♥♥
V - Vivian Arend - Rocky Mountain Rebel - 8/19/23 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Loved You in Another Life by David Arnold - 10/14/23 ♥♥♥

William (7/7)
W - When the Stars Come Out by Laura Trentham - 6/17/23 ♥♥♥♥
I - Inmon, Shawn - Feels Like the First Time - 10/17/23 ♥♥♥
L - Leave The Night On by Laura Trentham - 6/10/23 ♥♥♥
L - Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst - 7/20/23 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Claims - 10/22/23 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aurora Rose Reynolds - Until Harmony - 8/15/23 ♥♥♥♥
M - Mathewson, R.L. - Fire & Brimstone - 7/17/23 ♥♥♥♥

X - Wessex (6/6)
W - Woods, Sherryl - A Chesapeake Shores Christmas - 8/7/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Ex-Girlfriends' Club by Rhonda Nelson - 7/4/23 ♥♥♥♥
S - Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs - 6/25/23 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sherryl Woods - Driftwood Cottage - 8/18/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Duke of Desire - 9/2/23 ♥♥♥♥
X - xo, Zach by Kendall Ryan - 3/4/24 ♥♥♥♥

York (4/4)
Y - You Make Me by Erin McCarthy - 5/19/23 ♥♥♥
O - On Middle Ground by Sierra Rydell - 10/27/23 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Judgment in Death - 8/14/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Kieran Kramer - A Wedding at Two Love Lane - 4/26/23 ♥♥♥♥

Z – Elizabeth (9/9)
E - Ewens, Tracy - Vacancy - 4/6/23 ♥♥♥
L - LeighAnn Kopans - Solving for Ex - 4/2/23 ♥♥♥♥
I - Inheritance by Nora Roberts - 11/25/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
Z - Zevin, Gabrielle - All These Things I've Done - 2/26/23 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annie Rains - Through the Snow Globe - 8/23/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
B - Barclay, Linwood - Parting Shot - 9/9/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - The (ex) Spy Who (maybe) Loved Me by Christi Barth - 5/4/23 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tonya Kappes - Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries - 5/3/23 ♥♥♥♥
H - Harbor Lights by Sherryl Woods - 4/11/23 ♥♥♥♥

*******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 3/4/24*****

It took a while, but I'm done with this spell-out challenge. Thanks for the great idea for a theme!

In Memoriam Queen Elizabeth II
Timeframe: 10/1/22 to 3/4/24
190/190
26/26 Items

Andrew (6/6)
A - Almost a Family by Stephanie Bond - 11/8/22 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Wild Invitation - 3/12/23 ♥♥♥♥
D - Debbie Macomber - Stephanie - 10/29/22 ♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Holiday in Death - 12/6/22 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Emily March - Jackson - 10/25/22 ♥♥♥♥
W - A Whole Latte Murder by Caroline Fardig - 10/21/22 ♥♥♥♥

Balmoral Castle (14/14)
B - Brown-Eyed Girl by Lisa Kleypas - 5/30/23 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker - 11/16/22 ♥♥♥
L - Lynn, Stacey - 28 Dates - 10/13/22 ♥♥♥♥
M - Mass, Wendy - Finally - 3/17/23 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Tiny Lie by K.A. Tucker - 11/19/22 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D.17065 - Vengeance in Death - 10/15/22 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Annie Rains - Springtime at Hope Cottage - 12/8/22 ♥♥♥♥
L - Laura Heffernan - Sweet Reality - 10/27/22 ♥♥♥
C - Christmas at the Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan - 12/18/22 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aurora Rose Reynolds - Until Ashlyn - 12/22/22 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sarah Jio - The Bungalow - 10/8/22 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Trouble with Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis - 12/11/22 ♥♥♥♥
L - L.A. Rotten: A Tom Tanner Mystery by Jeff Klima - 11/10/22 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emily Stone - One Last Gift - 10/26/22 ♥♥♥♥♥

Corgi (5/5)
C - Christmas at Two Love Lane by Kieran Kramer - 1/11/23 ♥♥♥
O - Oke, Janette - Love's Enduring Promise - 12/13/22 ♥♥♥♥
R - R.K. Lilley - Mr. Beautiful - 10/23/22 ♥♥♥♥
G - Guilt by Degrees by Marcia Clark - 10/5/22 ♥♥♥♥
I - Imperfect Angel by Christi Barth - 11/6/22 ♥♥♥♥

Diana (5/5)
D - Dover, L.P. - Playmaker - 11/13/22 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella - 11/15/22 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Apparent Wind by Dallas Murphy - 1/14/23 ♥♥♥
N - Norah by Debbie Macomber - 3/13/23 ♥♥♥♥
A - Amanda Prowse - Picking up the Pieces - 2/4/23 ♥♥♥♥

Edward (6/6)
E - Ewens, Tracy - Stirred - 11/28/22 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Duke by Kerrigan Byrne - 11/23/22 ♥♥♥♥
W - The Wrong Billionaire's Bed by Jessica Clare - 1/27/23 ♥♥♥♥
A - Albom, Mitch - The Five People You Meet in Heaven - 2/13/23 ♥♥♥
R - Robyn Carr - The Family Gathering - 3/2/23 ♥♥♥♥
D - Darynda Jones - A Hard Day for a Hangover - 2/6/23 ♥♥♥♥

Funeral (7/7)
F - Falling for Max by Shannon Stacey - 6/11/23 ♥♥♥♥
U - Under the Lights by Shannon Stacey - 10/31/22 ♥♥♥♥
N - Noreen Ayres - The Juan Doe Murders - 3/23/23 ♥♥♥
E - Elle Cook - The Man I Never Met - 11/30/22 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Conspiracy in Death - 3/4/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - A.A. Milne - Winnie-the-Pooh - 3/11/23 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lynn, Stacey - Weekend Fling - 12/16/22 ♥♥♥♥

G - Sandringham (11/11)
S - Susan Mallery - A Fool's Gold Christmas - 12/15/22 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annie Rains - The Summer Cottage - 3/19/23 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nevermore Bookstore by Kerrigan Byrne - 4/22/23 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dover, L.P. - Blocked - 11/11/22 ♥♥♥
R - Rat Race by Dick Francis - 3/31/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Into the Mist by Maya Banks - 12/3/22 ♥♥♥♥
N - A Nine-to-five Affair by Jessica Steele - 5/21/22 ♥
G - A Guide to Being Just Friends by Sophie Sullivan - 2/10/23 ♥♥♥♥
H - The Highlander by Kerrigan Byrne - 11/3/22 ♥♥♥♥
A - Aurora Rose Reynolds - Until Sage - 3/29/23 ♥♥♥♥
M - Marcia Clark - Killer Ambition - 5/5/23 ♥♥♥♥

Harry (5/5)
H - Helena Hunting - Starry-Eyed Love - 11/26/22 ♥♥♥♥
A - Annie Rains - The Christmas Village - 4/10/23 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rains, Annie - The True Love Bookshop - 4/15/23 ♥♥♥♥
R - Romancing the Billionaire by Jessica Clare - 4/27/23 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yarnall, Beth - Lush - 2/11/23 ♥♥♥♥

Ireland (7/7)
I - Identity by Nora Roberts - 5/26/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - R.L. Mathewson - Truce - 5/22/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Ewens, Tracy - Playbook - 5/12/23 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lawrence Block - The Burglar in the Closet - 5/28/23 ♥♥♥
A - Allen, Sarah Addison - The Sugar Queen - 6/2/23 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Tangle of Need - 5/24 23 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo by Kerrigan Byrne - 5/11/23 ♥♥♥♥

Jubilee (7/7)
J – Joe Morella - Forever Lucy: The Life of Lucille Ball - 7/29/23 ♥♥♥
U - Under the Maui Sky by Kellie Coates Gilbert - 5/13/23 ♥♥♥♥
B - Blair, Annette - Tulle Death Do Us Part - 8/31/23 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Age of Love and Chocolate by Gabrielle Zevin - 6/13/23 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love a Little Sideways by Shannon Stacey - 5/29/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erica Bauermeister - The Lost Art of Mixing - 5/16 23 ♥♥♥
E – Elise, Rebecca - Fall into My Heart - 9/8/23 ♥♥♥

King Charles (11/11)
K - Kerrigan Byrne - A Dark and Stormy Knight - 6/18/23 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Triumphs - 4/7/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Heart of Obsidian - 6/15/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Gemma Halliday - Spying in High Heels - 2/18/23 ♥♥♥♥
C - Clare, Jessica - Beauty and the Billionaire - 1/24/22 ♥♥♥♥
H - Helen Hardt - Craving - 1/5/23 ♥♥♥
A – Already Home by Susan Mallery - 9/24/23 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robin McKinley - Fire - 6/3/23 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare - 2/2/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Edna Buchanan - Suitable for Framing - 2/5/23 ♥♥♥♥
S - Stranded with a Billionaire by Jessica Clare - 1/21/23 ♥♥♥

London (6/6)
L - Last Stop This Town by David H. Steinberg - 2/24/23 ♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Billionaire by Jessica Clare - 2/17/23 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Naigle - And Then There Was You - 6/27/23 ♥♥♥♥
D - David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day - 4/25/23 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Duke Down by Anna Bennett - 3/13/23 ♥♥♥
N - Never Too Late by Robyn Carr - 7/2/23 ♥♥♥

NetGalley Challenge – March
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 3/1/24 - 12
Read: 2
Added: 4
On Shelf 3/31/24 - 14

2021


April 2024 (4/9 - 4/9 - 4/30)


May 2024 (5/7 - 5/7 - 5/28)


June 2024 (6/4 - 6/11)


July 2024 (7/2 - 7/16 - 7/25)


September 2024 (9/17)


October 2024 (10/15)



Completed/Reviews:

Never Been Better by Leanne Toshiko Simpson - 3/8/24 ♥♥♥ - My Review
The Bordeaux Book Club by Gillian Harvey - 3/15/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

I finished the two that were published in February and am ready to tackle March!

NetGalley Challenge – February
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 2/1/24 - 13
Read: 2
Added: 1
On Shelf 2/29/24 - 12

Completed/Reviews:
The Island of Dreams by Helen McGinn - 2/18/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Partner Plot by Kristina Forest - 2/27/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

I'm in again!

NetGalley Challenge – February
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 2/1/24 - 13
Read: 2
Added: 1
On Shelf 2/29/24 - 12

2021


March 2024 (3/5 - 3/15)


April 2024 (4/9 - 4/9 - 4/30)


May 2024 (5/7 - 5/7)


June 2024 (6/4 - 6/11)


July 2024 (7/16)


September 2024 (9/17)



Completed/Reviews:
The Island of Dreams by Helen McGinn - 2/18/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Partner Plot by Kristina Forest - 2/27/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

I had a good month. My outstanding list is now manageable, so I can feel free to add more books when I want (which I did).

NetGalley Challenge – January
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 1/1/24 - 10
Read: 3
Added: 6
On Shelf 1/31/24 - 13

Love, Just In by Natalie Murray - 1/10/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Love, Naturally by Sophie Sullivan - 1/19/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
It Takes a Rake by Anna Bennett - 1/26/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

NetGalley Challenge – January
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 1/1/24 - 10
Read: 3
Added: 6
On Shelf 1/31/24 - 13

2021


February 2024 (2/13 - 2/27)


March 2024 (3/5 - 3/15)


April 2024 (4/9 - 4/9 - 4/30)


May 2024 (5/7 - 5/7)


June 2024 (6/4 - 6/11)


July 2024 (7/16)


Completed/Reviews:

Love, Just In by Natalie Murray - 1/10/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Love, Naturally by Sophie Sullivan - 1/19/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
It Takes a Rake by Anna Bennett - 1/26/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

I'm happy with my progress in December. Onward to January!

NetGalley Challenge – December
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 12/1/23 - 11
Read: 3
Added: 2
On Shelf 12/31/23 - 10

Completed/Reviews:

The Wishing Bridge by Viola Shipman - 12/10/23 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Our Cursed Love by Julie Abe - 12/19/23 ♥♥♥ - My Review
The Book Club Hotel by Sarah Morgan - 12/24/23 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review

NetGalley Challenge – December
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 12/1/23 - 11
Read: 3
Added: 2
On Shelf 12/31/23 - 10

2021


January 2024 (1/3 - 1/16 - 1/23)


February 2024 (2/27)


March 2024 (3/5)


April 2024 (4/9 - 4/30)


May 2024 (5/7 - 5/7)


Completed/Reviews:

The Wishing Bridge by Viola Shipman - 12/10/23 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Our Cursed Love by Julie Abe - 12/19/23 ♥♥♥ - My Review
The Book Club Hotel by Sarah Morgan - 12/24/23 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review

I read a couple of really good books this month. I'm so happy to have finally caught up because now I can carefully pick and choose the books I know I'll love.

NetGalley Challenge – November
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 11/1/23 - 12
Read: 3
Added: 2
On Shelf 11/30/23 - 11

Completed/Reviews:

The Wonderful World of James Herriot: A Charming Collection of Classic Stories by James Herriot - 11/2/23 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Good Part by Sophie Cousens - 11/5/23 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Inheritance by Nora Roberts - 11/25/23 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review

Another small update:

Queen (5/5)
Q - Quinn, Julia - Because of Miss Bridgerton - 10/11/23 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unbridled by Tori Carrington - 8/11/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Ewens, Tracy - Brew - 8/12/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Ewens, Tracy - Smooth - 8/28/23 ♥♥♥♥
N - The 19th Christmas by James Patterson - 11/4/23 ♥♥♥♥

Royal (5/5)
R - Robyn Carr - The Best of Us - 6/19/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
O - Olivia Drake - The Scandalous Flirt - 5/17/23 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Your Presence Is Requested at Suvanto by Maile Chapman - 4/30/23 ♥♥
A - Annie Rains - Snowfall on Cedar Trail - 7/30/23 ♥♥♥♥
L - Linwood Barclay - Far From True - 5/2/23 ♥♥♥♥

Scotland (8/8)
S - Set the Night on Fire by Laura Trentham - 6/20/23 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Cat Who Sniffed Glue by Lilian Jackson Braun - 6/8/23 ♥♥♥♥
O - Overruling Judgment by Liz Ellyn - 7/12/23 ♥♥♥♥
T - Taken with You by Shannon Stacey - 6/6/23 ♥♥♥♥
L - Louise Penny - The Cruelest Month - 6/5/23 ♥♥♥♥
A - Accidentally on Purpose by Jill Shalvis - 8/2/23 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nora Roberts - Once Upon A Star - 11/19/23 ♥♥♥♥
D Daniel Keyes - Flowers for Algernon - 5/25/23 ♥♥♥♥

Thatcher (8/8)
T - Tom Kakonis - Double Down - 5/10/23 ♥♥♥
H - The Happy Pants Cafe by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff - 5/6/23 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ayres, D.D. - Rival Forces - 8/5/23 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Twenty-Three by Linwood Barclay - 7/5/23 ♥♥♥♥
C - Croix, J.H. - Tumble Into Love - 7/24/23 ♥♥♥♥
H - Helen Hardt - Melt - 8/9/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Evans, Katy - Remy - 5/8/23 ♥♥♥
R - R.L. Mathewson - The Game Plan - 6/26/23 ♥♥♥♥

I'm making some progress...

Jubilee (7/7)
J – Joe Morella - Forever Lucy: The Life of Lucille Ball - 7/29/23 ♥♥♥
U - Under the Maui Sky by Kellie Coates Gilbert - 5/13/23 ♥♥♥♥
B - Blair, Annette - Tulle Death Do Us Part - 8/31/23 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Age of Love and Chocolate by Gabrielle Zevin - 6/13/23 ♥♥♥♥
L - Love a Little Sideways by Shannon Stacey - 5/29/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erica Bauermeister - The Lost Art of Mixing - 5/16 23 ♥♥♥
E – Elise, Rebecca - Fall into My Heart - 9/8/23 ♥♥♥

King Charles (11/11)
K - Kerrigan Byrne - A Dark and Stormy Knight - 6/18/23 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Triumphs - 4/7/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Heart of Obsidian - 6/15/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Gemma Halliday - Spying in High Heels - 2/18/23 ♥♥♥♥
C - Clare, Jessica - Beauty and the Billionaire - 1/24/22 ♥♥♥♥
H - Helen Hardt - Craving - 1/5/23 ♥♥♥
A – Already Home by Susan Mallery - 9/24/23 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robin McKinley - Fire - 6/3/23 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare - 2/2/23 ♥♥♥♥
E - Edna Buchanan - Suitable for Framing - 2/5/23 ♥♥♥♥
S - Stranded with a Billionaire by Jessica Clare - 1/21/23 ♥♥♥

London (6/6)
L - Last Stop This Town by David H. Steinberg - 2/24/23 ♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Billionaire by Jessica Clare - 2/17/23 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Naigle - And Then There Was You - 6/27/23 ♥♥♥♥
D - David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day - 4/25/23 ♥♥♥♥
O - One Duke Down by Anna Bennett - 3/13/23 ♥♥♥
N - Never Too Late by Robyn Carr - 7/2/23 ♥♥♥

Mary of Teck (10/10)
M - Marie Force - Fatal Destiny - 5/15/23 ♥♥♥♥
A - Adelman, Melissa - What the Neighbors Saw - 6/24/23 ♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Loyalty in Death - 4/24/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
Y - You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus - 3/9/23 ♥♥♥
O - Obsession by Helen Hardt - 1/18/23 ♥♥♥
F - Fatal Flaw by Marie Force - 7/16/23 ♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Rules for Faking It by Sophie Sullivan - 12/26/22 ♥♥♥
E - The 18th Abduction by James Patterson - 2/19/23 ♥♥♥
C - The Competition by Marcia Clark - 5/18/23 ♥♥♥♥
K - Kerrigan Byrne - The Scot Beds His Wife - 2/22/23 ♥♥♥♥

N - Anne (4/4)
A - Ayres, D.D. - Primal Force - 6/29/23 ♥♥♥♥
N - Novak, Brenda - A Baby of Her Own - 7/9/23 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nomi Eve - Henna House - 8/6/23 ♥♥♥
E - Exposure by Tracy Ewens - 5/20/23 ♥♥♥♥

O - Windsor (7/7)
W – Webber, Heather - Trouble in Spades - 8/22/23 ♥♥♥♥
I - I'm Fine and Neither Are You by Camille Pagán - 4/12/23 ♥♥♥
N - Natalie Spark - Once More With Feeling - 8/17/23 ♥♥
D - Drake, Olivia - Bella and the Beast - 5/7/23 ♥♥♥♥
S - Sherryl Woods - Flowers on Main - 3/20/23 ♥♥♥♥
O - Olivia Drake - Abducted by a Prince - 4/8/23 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Witness in Death - 6/9/23 ♥♥♥♥♥

Philip (6/6)
P - Popek, Michael - Forgotten Bookmarks: A Bookseller's Collection of Odd Things Lost Between the Pages - 5/23/23 ♥♥♥
H - Hart, Jillian - Gingham Bride - 2/21/23 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Blood Heir - 8/4/23 ♥♥♥♥
L - Light Up the Night by Laura Trentham - 3/14/23 ♥♥♥♥
I - If the Earl Only Knew by Amanda Forester - 8/20/23 ♥♥♥♥
P - Possession by Helen Hardt - 7/21/23 ♥♥♥♥

NetGalley Challenge – November
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 11/1/23 - 12
Read: 3
Added: 2
On Shelf 11/30/23 - 11

2021


September 2023 (9/19)


November 2023 (11/7)


December 2023 (12/12)


January 2024 (1/3 - 1/16 - 1/23)


February 2024 (2/27)


April 2024 (4/9 - 4/30)


May 2024 (5/7)


Completed/Reviews:

The Wonderful World of James Herriot: A Charming Collection of Classic Stories by James Herriot - 11/2/23 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Good Part by Sophie Cousens - 11/5/23 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Inheritance by Nora Roberts - 11/25/23 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review