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

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

I had an excellent NetGalley month in January!

NetGalley Challenge – January
Feedback ratio - 77% - Increased to 79%

On shelf 1/1/21 - 114
Read: 6
Added: 0
On Shelf 1/31/21 - 108

Completed/Reviews:

Rough & Ready by Tracy Wolff - 1/8/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
One More Taste by Melissa Cutler - 1/14/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Sin for Me by Lisa Marie Perry - 1/21/21 ♥♥ - My Review
The Corner of Holly and Ivy by Debbie Mason - 1/23/21 ♥♥♥ - My Review
At Risk by S.G. Redling - 1/29/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Play to Win by Kelly Jamieson - 1/30/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

I finished my first review of this month. Good one!

Rough & Ready by Tracy Wolff - 1/8/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "@Connie - We only add in the formulas once a goal is entered as otherwise it stuffs up the ranking table ;)"

Oh, that makes sense. Thanks for setting me (everyone) up! It's fun to keep track of progress.

Lexi wrote: "Connie, I fixed it for you. Hope that helps"

Thanks, Lexi, all set!

Excellent progress already, everyone!

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Spreadsheet updated to here"

Hi Karen, my name is added, I've added my goal, and I've posted the 1 book I've read so far, but my percentage is still 0%. Is the formula missing from that column in the spreadsheet?

I finished my first book for this year's challenge. What a delightful surprise! I had no idea what to expect from this book; I was just reading it to fulfill a challenge. But it was fun and the story was told through emails and letters, which made it even more interesting.

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple - 1/2/21 ♥♥♥♥

I'm very happy with my progress this year! I was able to read an average of 5 books per month from the oldest parts of my TBR--way more than I expected.

Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2020
Timeframe: 1/1/20 to 12/31/20
60/48

2012
1. M is for Malice by Sue Grafton - 2/13/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 3/20/12)
2. Treading Water by Marie Force - 3/25/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 9/21/12)
3. Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt - 4/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥ (Added 10/31/12)
4. Private by James Patterson - 4/30/20 ♥♥♥♥ (8/28/12)
5. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon - 5/9/20 ♥♥♥ (Added 9/17/12)
6. Tiger, Tiger by Lynne Reid Banks - 5/27/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 9/19/12)
7. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - 6/18/20 ♥♥♥ (Added 8/24/12)
8. The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen - 6/25/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 8/29/12)
9. A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny - 7/9/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 9/20/12)
10. You Don't Want To Know by Lisa Jackson - 7/28/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 10/13/12)
11. Burglars Can't Be Choosers by Lawrence Block - 8/25/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 10/3/12)
12. Welcome to Harmony by Jodi Thomas - 9/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥ (Added 9/16/12)
13. Trial by Fire by Jo Davis - 12/27/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 9/20/12)



2013
1. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - 2/9/20 ♥♥ (Added 5/23/13)
2. When Comes the Spring by Janette Oke - 3/14/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 6/12/13)
3. The Playboy by Carly Phillips - 4/3/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 6/12/13)
4. A Body in the Backyard by Elizabeth Spann Craig - 4/19/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 6/3/13)
5. Into the Fire by Amanda Usen - 5/7/20 ♥♥♥♥ (6/17/13)
6. Storm Front by Jim Butcher - 6/15/20 ♥♥♥♥ (5/15/13)
7. The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz - 7/2/20 ♥♥♥♥ (6/12/13)
8. If the Slipper Fits by Olivia Drake - 7/7/20 ♥♥♥♥ (6/21/13)
9. The English Assassin by Daniel Silva - 7/16/20 ♥♥♥ (6/12/13)
10. Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue - 8/2/20 ♥♥♥ (7/8/13)
11. Hell On The Heart by Nancy Brophy - 8/27/20 ♥♥♥ (3/26/13)
12. A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle - 8/31/20 ♥♥♥♥ (7/23/13)
13. Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages by Nathan Belofsky - 9/21/20 ♥♥♥♥ (9/20/13)
14. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - 10/4/20 ♥♥♥♥ (7/1/13)
15. Morning Comes Softly by Debbie Macomber - 11/3/20 ♥♥♥♥ (2/21/13)
16. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell - 11/16/20 ♥♥♥♥♥ (3/25/13)
17. I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg - 11/24/20 ♥♥♥♥ (6/18/13)
18. The Courage to Love by Samantha Kane - 11/30/20 ♥♥♥ (6/24/13)
19. Heartsong by Debbie Macomber - 12/4/20 ♥♥ (3/25/13)



2014
1. Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa by R.A. Scotti - 1/5/20 ♥♥♥ (Added 1/4/14)
2. A Lover's Secret by Bethany Bloom - 3/16/20 ♥♥ (Added 2/27/14)
3. The Assignment 1 by Abby Weeks - 4/11/20 ♥♥♥ (Added 9/24/14)
4. Daddy's Game by Normandie Alleman - 5/23/20 ♥♥♥ (6/5/14)
5. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson - 6/11/20 ♥♥♥♥ (7/11/14)
6. The Highly Effective Detective by Richard Yancey - 8/12/20 ♥♥♥ (2/27/14)
7. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty - 9/17/20 ♥♥♥ (9/17/14)
8. The Color of Heaven by Julianne MacLean - 9/22/20 ♥♥♥ (2/7/14)



2015
1. The Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene - 2/12/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 7/23/15)
2. Disintegration by Richard Thomas - 3/8/20 ♥♥♥ (Added 3/9/15)
3. When You Wish Upon a Duke by Isabella Bradford - 3/28/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 10/2/15)
4. Saving Grapes by J.T. Lundy - 5/13/20 ♥♥ (Added 5/7/15)
5. Fruit of All Evil by Paige Shelton - 5/16/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 6/1/15)
6. The Middle of Somewhere by Sonja Yoerg - 7/10/20 ♥♥♥ (Added 7/10/15)
7. The Cat Who Played Brahms by Lilian Jackson Braun - 7/21/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 7/10/15)
8. The Cat Who Played Post Office by Lilian Jackson Braun - 8/4/20 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 7/10/15)
9. The Hyde Park Murder by Elliott Roosevelt - 8/15/20 ♥♥♥ (Added 5/12/15)
10. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin - 8/20/20 ♥♥♥♥♥ (Added 8/3/15)
11. Keep Quiet by Lisa Scottoline - 9/4/20 ♥♥♥♥ (2/4/15)
12. Fishing with RayAnne by Ava Finch - 9/7/20 ♥♥♥♥ (11/10/15)
13. Valentine Murder by Leslie Meier - 9/9/20 ♥♥♥♥ (7/10/15)
14. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan - 10/14/20 ♥♥♥♥ (10/15/15)
15. The Lake Season by Hannah McKinnon - 10/18/20 ♥♥♥ (10/29/15)
16. Sanctuary Island by Lily Everett - 10/25/20 ♥♥♥♥ (9/22/15)
17. Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke - 11/4/20 ♥♥♥♥ (12/14/15)
18. Win Me Over by Nicole Michaels - 11/11/20 ♥♥♥♥ (7/22/15)
19. Getting Rough by C.L. Parker - 11/27/20 ♥♥♥ (10/29/15)
20. You Were Meant for Me by Elise Title - 12/9/20 ♥♥♥♥ (10/2/15)



******CHALLENGE COMPLETE 12/27/20*****

I'm going to stick with the plan that worked last year! I won't make a pre-determined list, but I'll read books from my first 5 years in Goodreads, trying to read 4 per month.

Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2021
Timeframe: 1/1/21 to 12/31/21
46/48

2012
1. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple - 1/2/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 9/25/12)
2. Slightly Married by Mary Balogh - 2/4/21 ♥♥♥♥♥ (Added 9/19/12)
3. A Slice of Murder by Chris Cavender - 8/21/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 10/4/12)
4. Summer Desserts by Nora Roberts - 10/29/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 10/15/12)



2013
1. Bloody Mary by J.A. Konrath - 2/10/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 3/25/13)
2. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells - 2/23/21 ♥♥ (Added 9/18/13)
3. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - 3/9/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 5/7/13)
4. Heartbreak, Tennessee by Ruby Laska - 4/12/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 6/3/13)
5. At Home on Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball - 4/30/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 6/12/13)
6. You Wish by Mandy Hubbard - 7/4/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 8/29/13)
7. Off Her Game by Suzan Butler - 7/20/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 3/21/13)
8. Slightly Wicked by Mary Balogh - 7/23/21 ♥♥♥♥♥ (Added 4/9/13)
9. The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back by Sariah Wilson - 9/15/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 6/7/13)
10. At Wit's End by Erma Bombeck - 10/17/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 5/14/13)
11. Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh - 10/20/21 ♥♥♥♥♥ (Added 4/14/13)
12. Just Good Friends by Rosalind James - 11/10/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 3/26/13)
13. Reflection Point by Emily March - 11/11/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 7/10/13)
14. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay - 12/11/21 ♥♥ (Added 1/29/13)
15. Zamba: The True Story of the Greatest Lion That Ever Lived by Ralph Helfer - 12/16/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 7/30/13)
16. Focus - A Memoir by Ingrid Ricks - 12/31/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 3/26/13)



2014
1. Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen - 3/4/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 1/22/14)
2. On Her Watch by Rie Warren - 3/18/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 5/13/14)
3. Hunt the Wolf by Don Mann - 7/16/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 4/25/14)
4. Chocolate Dipped Death by Sammi Carter - 9/11/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 3/30/14)
5. Avenge Me by Maisey Yates - 9/20/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 5/31/14)
6. The Sexiest Man Alive by Juliet Rosetti - 9/28/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 7/15/14)
7. 13:24 by M. Dolon Hickmon - 10/30/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 3/27/14)



2015
1. A Whisper of Desire by Bronwen Evans - 3/21/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 10/24/15)
2. If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch - 4/6/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 9/24/15)
3. The Unlikely Angel by Nadine Miller - 5/24/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 7/10/15)
4. The Rhyme of the Magpie by Marty Wingate - 6/5/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 3/9/15)
5. The Navy SEAL's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton - 6/13/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 9/23/15)
6. Memphis Ribs by Gerald Duff - 7/6/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 3/20/15)
7. Slow Heat by Jill Shalvis - 7/31/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 6/3/15)
8. Judas the Apostle by Van R. Mayhall Jr. - 9/13/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 1/8/15)



2016
1. One More Taste by Melissa Cutler - 1/14/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 8/31/16)
2. Sin for Me by Lisa Marie Perry - 1/21/21 ♥♥ (Added 12/12/16)
3. One Night More by Mandy Baxter - 1/26/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 1/31/16)
4. At Risk by S.G. Redling - 1/29/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 9/1/16)
5. Reaper's Legacy by Joanna Wylde - 4/4/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 3/24/16
6. Coming Clean by C.L. Parker - 5/17/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 7/5/16)
7. Hot Finish by Erin McCarthy - 6/2/21 ♥♥ (Added 11/28/16)
8. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman - 6/27/21 ♥♥♥♥♥ (Added 11/10/16)
9. To Steal a Heart by K.C. Bateman - 7/29/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 1/29/16)
10. The Dolphin by Craig Bennett Hallenstein - 8/27/21 ♥♥♥ (Added 3/4/16)
11. Wilde Side by Jannine Gallant - 11/29/21 ♥♥♥♥ (Added 8/23/16)

I'm making progress, little by little. Thanks for helping!

NetGalley Challenge – January
Feedback ratio - 77% - Increased to 79%

On shelf 1/1/21 - 114
Read: 6
Added: 0
On Shelf 1/31/21 - 108

2014 (0/8):


2015 (0/19):


2016 (3/10):


2017 (0/19):


2018 (2/33):


2019 (1/13):


2020 (0/12):


Completed/Reviews:

Rough & Ready by Tracy Wolff - 1/8/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
One More Taste by Melissa Cutler - 1/14/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Sin for Me by Lisa Marie Perry - 1/21/21 ♥♥ - My Review
The Corner of Holly and Ivy by Debbie Mason - 1/23/21 ♥♥♥ - My Review
At Risk by S.G. Redling - 1/29/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Play to Win by Kelly Jamieson - 1/30/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

I didn't make as much progress as I wanted because there were just too many other books that I needed to complete before the end of the year. But at least I finished and reviewed 3!

NetGalley Challenge – December
Feedback ratio - 77%

On shelf 12/1/20 - 117
Read: 4
Added: 1
On Shelf 12/31/20 - 114

Completed/Reviews:
Christmas on Mistletoe Lane by Annie Rains - 12/6/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Once Upon a Cowboy Christmas by Soraya M. Lane - 12/8/20 ♥♥♥ - My Review
Christmas With You by Heidi McLaughlin - 12/17/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Christmas Table by Donna VanLiere - 12/21/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

Hats - Part 2

Nemes (5/5)
N - Nathan Belofsky - Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages - 9/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - 6/18/20 ♥♥♥
M - Maureen Johnson - 13 Little Blue Envelopes - 6/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Evanovich, Janet - Twisted Twenty-Six - 6/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Saving Grapes by J.T. Lundy - 5/13/20 ♥♥

Ochipok (7/7)
O - Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt - 4/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon - 5/9/20 ♥♥♥
H - The Heartbreaker by Carly Phillips - 6/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - Ice Hot by Tracy Goodwin - 8/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - Private by James Patterson - 4/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Once Upon a Valentine's by Holly Jacobs - 4/7/20 ♥♥♥
K - Kane, Samantha - Misconduct - 8/8/20 ♥♥♥♥

Peach basket (11/11)
P - Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie - 9/2/20 ♥♥♥
E - The English Assassin by Daniel Silva - 7/16/20 ♥♥♥
A - Anna James Watson - Blackmail - 7/18/20 ♥♥♥
C - Circe by Madeline Miller - 5/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - Huge Deal by Lauren Layne - 10/5/20 ♥♥♥♥
B - Braun, Lilian Jackson - The Cat Who Played Post Office - 8/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood - 7/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Storm Front by Jim Butcher - 6/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
K - Keep Quiet by Lisa Scottoline - 9/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Erma Bombeck - Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession - 7/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tiger, Tiger by Lynne Reid Banks - 5/27/20 ♥♥♥♥

Q - Toque (5/5)
T - Then Came You by Kate Meader - 4/26/20 ♥♥♥
O - The Other Woman by Sandie Jones - 4/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
Q - Quinn, Julia - What Happens in London - 5/10/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unsuitable by Lavinia Kent - 4/18/20 ♥♥♥
E - Ewens, Tracy - Taste - 7/31/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

Rastacap (8/8)
R - Rosenfelt, David - First Degree - 7/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ava Dellaira - Love Letters to the Dead - 7/30/20 ♥♥♥
S - The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen - 6/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones - 6/22/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ally Carter - Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy - 8/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 6/8/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - All Around the Town by Mary Higgins Clark - 8/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
P - Patricia Briggs - Fire Touched - 4/20/20 ♥♥♥♥

Sombrero (8/8)
S - Soraya M. Lane - Cowboy Stole My Heart - 9/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Opal Carew - Stroke of Luck - 8/14/20 ♥♥♥
M - Madeleine L'Engle - A Wind in the Door - 8/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
B - Bennett, Sawyer - Lucas - 9/20/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Richard Yancey - The Highly Effective Detective - 8/12/20 ♥♥♥
E - Elliott Roosevelt - The Hyde Park Murder - 8/15/20 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reborn by Kristen Ashley - 8/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - Olivia Drake - Stroke of Midnight - 9/15/20 ♥♥♥♥

Tricorne (8/8)
T - Taking a Chance by Maggie McGinnis - 9/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D.17065 - Leverage in Death - 9/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar: A Collection of Egregious Errors, Disconcerting Bloopers, and Other Linguistic Slip-Ups by Sharon Eliza Nichols - 10/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - The Color of Heaven by Julianne MacLean - 9/22/20 ♥♥♥
O - Only Beloved by Mary Balogh - 9/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Robin McKinley - Water - 9/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Neil Gaiman - The Ocean at the End of the Lane - 10/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elle Casey - Wrong Place, Right Time - 9/26/20 ♥♥♥♥

Ushanka (7/7)
U - Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley - 8/16/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty - 9/17/20 ♥♥♥
H - Hannah McKinnon - The Lake Season - 10/18/20 ♥♥♥
A - Ava Finch - Fishing with RayAnne - 9/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nicole Michaels - Win Me Over - 11/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
K - Keene, Carolyn - The Mystery at Lilac Inn - 2/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alleman, Normandie - Poor Little Daddy's Girl - 9/27/20 ♥♥

Vueltiao (8/8)
V - Valerie by Debbie Macomber - 7/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unmanageable by Lavinia Kent - 8/5/20 ♥♥♥
E - Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin - 8/20/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
L - Lisa Jackson - You Don't Want To Know - 7/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn - 8/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro - 11/10/20 ♥♥♥
A - All Night with the Cowboy by Soraya M. Lane - 10/22/20 ♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Jules Barnard - 10/30/20 ♥♥♥♥

Wizard (6/6)
W - Wilde One by Jannine Gallant - 2/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg - 11/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Zachary, Mia - 9 1/2 Days - 5/6/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - The Accidental Vampire by Lynsay Sands - 11/9/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Resilient by Gillian Archer - 5/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard - 10/6/20 ♥♥♥♥

X - Pillbox (7/7)
P - Patricia Briggs - Silence Fallen - 10/21/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - Irresistible Force by D.D. Ayres - 11/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Lawrence Block - Burglars Can't Be Choosers - 8/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Louise Penny - A Fatal Grace - 7/9/20 ♥♥♥♥
B - Below Deck by Tara Sivec - 5/17/20 ♥♥♥♥
O - On September Hill by Leigh Michaels - 7/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
X - X, Monique - Sugar: My Life as a Sugar Babe - 4/9/20 ♥♥♥

Yarmulke (8/8)
Y - You Were Meant for Me by Elise Title - 12/9/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Albom, Mitch - For One More Day - 11/12/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Robb, J.D. - Dark in Death - 6/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Miranda P. Charles - The Unyielding Bachelor - 10/31/20 ♥♥♥
U - Unconditionally Mine by Nadine Gonzalez - 10/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Leslie Meier - Valentine Murder - 9/9/20 ♥♥♥♥
K - Kelly Jamieson - Must Love Dogs...and Hockey - 11/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everett, Lily - Sanctuary Island - 10/25/20 ♥♥♥♥

Z - Fez (3/3)
F - Fluke, Joanne - Sugar Cookie Murder - 11/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elle Casey - Wrong Question, Right Answer - 10/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
Z - Zevin, Gabrielle - Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - 10/7/20 ♥♥♥♥

********CHALLENGE COMPLETE 12/9/20******

All done with this spell-out! Thanks for the fun.

HATS
Timeframe: 1/1/20 to 12/9/20
173/173
26/26 Hats

Akubra (6/6)
A - Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/6/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
K - Katherine Center - What You Wish For - 4/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
B - Bite Me If You Can by Lynsay Sands - 3/11/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - R.A. Scotti - Vanished Smile: The Mysterious Theft of Mona Lisa - 1/5/20 ♥♥♥
A - Appealed by Emma Chase - 2/7/20 ♥♥♥♥

Beret (5/5)
B – Bennett, Sawyer - Van - 11/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Estep, Jennifer - Tangled Threads - 1/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Roman by Sawyer Bennett - 1/26/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Ever After by Phyllis A. Whitney - 1/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tribute by Nora Roberts - 1/13/20 ♥♥♥♥♥

Cloche (6/6)
C - Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - 2/9/20 ♥♥
L - A Lover's Secret by Bethany Bloom - 3/16/20 ♥♥
O - Oke, Janette - When Comes the Spring - 3/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
C – Cahalan, Susannah - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness - 10/14/20 ♥♥♥♥
H - Heir to a Dark Inheritance by Maisey Yates - 2/20/20 ♥♥♥
E - Emma Hart - Stripped Down - 2/4/20 ♥♥♥♥

Dunce (5/5)
D - Donna Grant - My Favorite Cowboy - 3/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Now by Cristin Cooper - 1/12/20 ♥♥♥
N - Nalini Singh - Blaze of Memory - 4/2/20 ♥♥♥
C - Carew, Jean - The Marrying Kind - 3/10/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Educated by Tara Westover - 1/19/20 ♥♥♥♥

E - Deerstalker (11/11)
D – Debbie Macomber - Morning Comes Softly - 11/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb - 2/23/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Hoyt - Sweetest Scoundrel - 2/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Reid, Henrietta - Sister of the Bride - 3/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/5/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
T - Treading Water by Marie Force - 3/25/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 2/26/20 ♥♥♥
L - Latesha Kellam - The Match Disaster - 6/6/20 ♥♥
K - Karen Templeton - Dear Santa - 4/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones - 3/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Richard Thomas - Disintegration - 3/8/20 ♥♥♥

Fedora (6/6)
F - Fool Moon by Jim Butcher - 10/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Elizabeth Spann Craig - A Body in the Backyard - 4/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
D - Dallen, Maggie - Her Leading Hero - 8/10/20 ♥♥♥
O - One Pink Line by Dina Silver - 3/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rena Young - Catch A Falling Star - 4/15/20 ♥♥♥
A - Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient - 3/31/20 ♥♥♥♥

Gatsby (6/6)
G - Giliotti, Laurence - Murder In Missoula - 9/30/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Amanda Prowse - The Girl in the Corner - 7/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trish McCallan - Forged in Ember - 7/4/20 ♥♥♥♥
S - Shannon Stacey - Flare Up - 7/25/20 ♥♥♥
B - Braun, Lilian Jackson - The Cat Who Played Brahms - 7/21/20 ♥♥♥♥
Y - Yoerg, Sonja - The Middle of Somewhere - 7/10/20 ♥♥♥

Hennin (6/6)
H - Holt, Desiree - Fourth Down - 3/27/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 1/31/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Normandie Alleman - Daddy's Game - 5/23/20 ♥♥♥
N - N.L. Wilson - The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen - 5/28/20 ♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Magic Breaks - 1/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nobody But You by Jill Shalvis - 6/14/20 ♥♥♥♥

Icelandic (9/9)
I - Into the Fire by Amanda Usen - 5/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
C - Carly Phillips - The Playboy - 4/3/20 ♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - A Season of You - 5/24/20 ♥♥♥♥
L - Laura Lippman - Sunburn - 6/27/20 ♥♥♥
A - Archer, Gillian - Reluctantly Royal - 5/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nancy Brophy - Hell On The Heart - 8/27/20 ♥♥♥
D - Danielle Steel - Loving - 9/13/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Bag by Kate Klise - 5/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
C - A Cowboy Like You by Donna Grant - 4/17/20 ♥♥♥♥

Jaapi (5/5)
J - Jodi Thomas - Welcome to Harmony - 9/28/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - All I Want by Jill Shalvis - 2/29/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Ann Brashares - Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood - 3/5/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - Patricia Briggs - Night Broken - 2/19/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 3/7/20 ♥♥♥

Kippah (6/6)
K - Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue - 8/2/20 ♥♥♥
I - Isabella Bradford - When You Wish Upon a Duke - 3/28/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene - 3/15/20 ♥♥♥♥
P - Paige Shelton - Fruit of All Evil - 5/16/20 ♥♥♥♥
A - Alcott, Kate - The Daring Ladies of Lowell - 6/4/20 ♥♥♥
H - Hard to Fall by Marquita Valentine - 4/23/20 ♥♥

Litham (6/6)
L - Lisa Lutz - The Spellmans Strike Again - 7/2/20 ♥♥♥♥
I - If the Slipper Fits by Olivia Drake - 7/7/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center - 3/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
H - How to Walk Away by Katherine Center - 5/19/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Andrews, Ilona - Magic Shifts - 6/30/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - M is for Malice by Sue Grafton - 2/13/20 ♥♥♥♥

Mitre (5/5)
M - Mail Order Outlaw by Cynthia Woolf - 5/3/20 ♥♥♥
I - Ilona Andrews - Gunmetal Magic - 8/23/20 ♥♥♥♥
T - Trish McCallan - Forged in Smoke - 5/20/20 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Chick Reawakening by Kristen Ashley - 5/12/20 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Emma Douglas - No Place Like You - 6/2/20 ♥♥♥♥

Congrats, everyone, on making such excellent progress!

And best wishes on your upcoming moves, Keely and Lexi.

This challenge is helping me make slow but steady progress. Thanks!

NetGalley Challenge – December
Feedback ratio - 77%

On shelf 12/1/20 - 118
Read: 0
Added: 0
On Shelf 12/31/20 - ?

2014 (0/8):


2015 (1/19):


2016 (0/10):


2017 (0/19):


2018 (0/35):


2019 (0/14):


2020 (0/12):


Completed/Reviews:

Slow progress, but I'm increasing my percentage!

NetGalley Challenge – November
Feedback ratio - 76% - Moved up to 77%

On shelf 11/1/20 - 120
Read: 3
Added: 1
On Shelf 11/30/20 - 118

Completed/Reviews:
Win Me Over by Nicole Michaels - 11/11/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Must Love Dogs...and Hockey by Kelly Jamieson - 11/15/20 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Getting Rough by C.L. Parker - 11/27/20 ♥♥♥ - My Review

Congrats to everyone who has made progress on this challenge. This is such a good one to help clear off those TBR lists!

Melanie wrote: "Connie N. wrote: "Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "My numbers weren't quite checking out - total on my shelf minus what I've already read left me one book unaccounted for. Just realised I didn't ge..."

Thanks so much for your suggestion, Melanie. I've tried that exact process in the past (and just gave it another shot), but those books are not there (even though they appear on NetGalley as though I downloaded them). I called both Amazon and NetGalley and had long conversations with both of them, and neither were very helpful. But no worries, I've pretty much found the ones I was missing in other formats (since this happened a couple of years ago).

Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "My numbers weren't quite checking out - total on my shelf minus what I've already read left me one book unaccounted for. Just realised I didn't get around to downloading a book I had been approved ..."

That happened to me with a whole bunch of books! I downloaded them, as usual, but eventually realized they were going to my old Kindle. (I hadn't updated my Kindle address with NetGalley when I got a new one. You'd think Amazon would be able to link them or "forward" them somehow.) I'm still looking for a couple of these titles, but I found most in my local library or from paperbackswap.com. Good luck!

Vicki Willis wrote: "I finished and reviewed The Unwilling.
It was very good, 4 stars.
The setting was in the early 70's and the author got it right! It was a good sto..."

Always good to find a "U" title that's recommended!