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NetGalley: May 2016
Books on shelf: Feedback Ratio: 33%Books on my Shelf:
(6/1)
(10/14)
May Books Finished and Reviewed:
Review 
ReviewBooks on shelf: 8
Feedback Ratio: 39%
update 5/15
Books on shelf 8
Feedback Ratio 42%
yes I added a book lol
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I have reviewed two of my NetGalley books:
and
YES! how's that for a good start! ha! I would have checked on my feedback ratio but I got out of there fast, probably because I am afraid to request another book. At least I am on my way to let's say maybe 20%. lol
I was just approved for The Invisible Library
. I'm really glad this one was approved. My GR friends have all rated it highly.
I also got approved for The Invisible Library as well Kristie and I'm so excited to read it and give feedback.
That's great, Marcelina! I have 6 GR friends that have already read it and they have all given it 4 or 5 stars. I think we are in for a treat. :)
I've read 4 Netgalley books so far this month! Ok, so two of them were very short, but it still counts as progress!Now to write the reviews....
Good start, Margaret and Amanda. Every little bit helps!
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Now you've reminded me that I need to get to book 2!
Whew! Going on vacation has put a crimp in my ability to keep on top of my GR posts. This group has been really busy so far. I'm impressed. Here is my starting talley:Number of books to read: 19
Feedback ratio: 80%
Books (5 archived; 3 cookbooks with delayed reviews--Aug&Sept):
Read: 8
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It is NetGalley's fault that I have so many books on my shelf. I couldn't resist getting two more books! I now have 91 but I my feedback ratio is at 21%, not bad! not!
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Perhaps you should stay away from the site for a while? lol!
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Margaret wrote: "It is NetGalley's fault that I have so many books on my shelf. I couldn't resist getting two more books! I now have 91 but I my feedback ratio is at 21%, not bad! not!"Perhaps yo..."
uh huh.....that would be so hard, get in to give feedback on books and get out quick? hmmm I did try that but I thought I would take a little peek and of course got sucked right in!
lol, woops. Did 3 read nows & put in for a blog tour.Added:
for my mom cause she liked Paper Magician series but she told me this one is a big miss & really weird.
<- I'm so excited for this book tour. I've read the 1st book ages ago.
Myst wrote: "lol, woops. Did 3 read nows & put in for a blog tour.Added:
for my mom cause she liked Paper Magician series but she told me this one is a big miss ..."I'm reading magic bitter, magic sweet at the moment. I didn't read paper magician so I can't compare... I was really enjoying the way she puts emotions into baking... But now it is changing... Not sure what to think.. I guess I need to read a little more
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Added:
for my mom cause she liked Paper Magician series but she told me this one is a big miss ..."I downloaded that one too. I liked paper magician (but not book 2 as the MC was TSTL), but the concepts she puts together are so interesting that I wanted to see what this one was like. I am a little concerned though as it is reminiscent of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake which ended up as a 2 star read for me
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Myst wrote: "lol, woops. Did 3 read nows & put in for a blog tour.Added:
for my mom cause she liked Paper Magician series but she told me this one i..."Well... as I said.. It is getting a little weird... But it has me starting to try to guess why she can't remember and other things, and I never do that.
There is one character I'm not enjoying though,.. because the original way I saw him is completely different the way he's acting now... and some feelings & thoughts she has are not explained as well as the others... But maybe that's me.
Also, I think the book sounds young adult, even if the characters are not that age frame.
Read and reviewed
enjoyed will definitely be reading other books in the Black Cipher Files series. Review
Got my first Auto approval Yay
Delitealex wrote: "Got my first Auto approval Yay ."Congrats!
Blarg I just got Entangled Arc email.... I may have asked for almost all the arc's listed..... Oops.
Shoot, added
And put in for a few more titles. I'm back up to 94 which was my starting last month.
Myst! You are going the wrong way! lol
Kristie wrote: "Myst! You are going the wrong way! lol"Tell me about it lol, bad enough I added about 20+ romance books to my regular tbr list on here cause they were all free on amazon.
Also bad idea to look at read now on romance lol.
Now going through my active listing on what archives & publishes this month.
Oh, yes. Read nows can be dangerous in general. lol If you enjoy romance, that is good for the pocketbook, but bad for the TBR. It seems there are always a lot available. Good thing you're a quick reader!
Kristie wrote: "Oh, yes. Read nows can be dangerous in general. lol If you enjoy romance, that is good for the pocketbook, but bad for the TBR. It seems there are always a lot available. Good thing you're a quick ..."Yeah, I go through books pretty quickly.
Sad that Samhain Publishing is done, finito. They don't "exist" on Publisher Listings anymore and I snapped up pretty much every book that caught my eye these last few months thus why I have a large NG tbr. I always went there cause I knew I would find a supernatural romance title.
Myst wrote: "Sad that Samhain Publishing is done, finito.."Oh no! I didn't know that! :(
Amanda wrote: "Myst wrote: "Sad that Samhain Publishing is done, finito.."Oh no! I didn't know that! :("
Yeah, some sh!t happened just before the announcement within the publishing house and then this msg went out: http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=c...
And near the end of last month everything that was up for request was archived on NG.
So if you read any series put out by them I would check the author's site what will happen to them, I follow a few good series that are now on hold.
Escape from an Italian-American Kitchen by Rob Chirico
The copy of this book that I received from NetGalley was called Not My Mother's Kitchen. I was really disappointed in this book. I also come from a large Italian family and have grown into a better cook than my mother, partly because I like to experiment and learn new recipes techniques, where my mother tends to cook what she knows, and partly because I have been fortunate enough to be able to afford better quality ingredients than she could. I felt that I would be able to relate to the author and looked forward to some funny, loving family stories in the memoir, as well as some delicious recipes. Unfortunately, I found the book a bit boring and the author came across as arrogant and "better than" at times. Not at all what I was hoping for. Oh well, they can't all be winners. 2★
Not My Mother's Kitchen review
Even more disappointing - I just checked my review rate and it didn't change at all after reviewing that book! Not even one percent. Bummer.
I went from 19 to 33 on my shelf netgalley is definitely addicting I'm trying not to add any more so I can increase my feedback ratio.
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I finished
which is literary fiction and has left me with so many questions that I'd love for someone to read it so they can explain some bits to me! haha
Book is available here:
https://s2.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Review is here
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...New ratio is now 15% and I am resisting the urge to request more books. I am hoping to ban myself until at least next month.
I'm already ahead of the game--having doubled the number of reviews over what I did last month! And still plenty of time left. I'm on a roll!
Read: Welcome Home, Cowboy by Annie Rains - 5/8/16 ♥♥♥♥
Review: Welcome Home, Cowboy Review
I am so happy to have stumbled across this group! Getting my ratio to 80 percent is so hard for me. Here we go:Books on your NetGalley shelf: 21
Feedback Ratio: 67%
Goal: Read books on my shelf published in April and early May (it's my goal in May to get caught to within 30 days of publication, but so many were published the first week of May!)
Eligible
Will You Won't You Want Me?
Scarlett Epstein Hates it Here (excerpt)
The Lie Tree
Sleeping Giants
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
The Assistants
Relativity
The Map of Bones
Not Working
Everyone Brave is ForgivenRead and Reviewed:
Eligible
Will You Won't You Want Me?
Scarlett Epstein Hates it Here (excerpt)
The Lie Tree
Sleeping GiantsEnd of Month:
Shelf count: 26
Ratio: 66%
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Good job, Delitealex. Glad you're joining us, Madeline. But be warned that most of us haven't made a lot of progress yet. But we're definitely a good cheering section for when you finish reviews and improve your ratio.
Thanks, Connie! It's just good to know I'm not the only one who got herself into this trouble!
Eppp, added:
via invite ;3I still need to read the other arc in this series... Well maybe after Bad Boy that gets archived tomorrow with Rival Heroes.
I finished and reviewed:
it was alright.....this book
was a no-go for me....a lot of reasons, mainly the way it was written and there were weird black pages every 3 to 4 pages which made for difficult reading. I informed the publishers of this problem and I signed that one off.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...lol I added 1 & finished 1 & still hanging at 94 at 28%
I got Every Bride Has Her Day I need to read by next week instead of readin a 5-6 book series I stopped reading and want to know what happens.
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