NetGalley February 2018

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Feed Your Readers, the NetGalley Challenge

Duration: Monthly

How to Participate:

The NetGalley Challenge is designed to not only get you to read your NetGalley books, but to also advertise your reviews for others to see because after all, that's what NetGalley is all about.

Though you may pop in/out at any time, the NetGalley Challenge will run on a monthly basis so you are able to see progress being made.


1. At the beginning of the month, post any/all of the following:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf
b: What books are on your NG shelf
c: What your Netgalley feedback ratio is

2. During the month, read the NetGalley books that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)

3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s)**
c: Your updated shelf count
d: Your updated books to read
e: Your updated ratio

Then start a new post for the next month!




Do you ever get so caught up in your reading that you don't want to stop to write your reviews?

Thinking about that, it was decided we need a "Review Weekend", once each month, set aside to write those reviews you've been not doing in favor of reading!

Review Weekends will vary randomly each month and is meant to be a time set aside to review. Take one, or both days and get caught up on reviews so you can spend the rest of the month reading!!

The next Review Weekend is set for Feb 10/11



**When linking your reviews, please link only to the book(s) here at GoodReads. At this time, linking to a personal blog is not allowed. Thank you!

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

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[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Start of Month:

Books on Shelf : 8

Books:



Feedback ratio: 93%


FINISHED

review review

ADDED



End of Month:
Books on shelf: 12
Feedback Ratio:89%

[Kristie]

I'm in again. Hopefully, I'll do better than the last couple of months.

Beginning of Month:

Books on Shelf: 16


Netgalley Ratio: 87%


End of Month:

Read: 0

Reviews: 0

Added: 3


Books on Shelf: 19
Ratio: 85%

[Lara]

February starting books on shelf: 51
February starting ratio: 81%

Starting shelf:


Added: 4


Read & Reviewed:

[Melanie]

This is the month I will hit 80%, I am determined. I want that badge.

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

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 My Review
My Review My Review

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

[Alison]

I'm in. February can't possibly be any worse than January was.

Beginning of Month

Feedback Ratio 82%
Books on Shelf: 36

Planning to Read



Read & still to Review


Reviews Posted


Books Added:


Current
Feedback Ratio 81%
Books on Shelf 39

[Beth]

Beginning of month:
Feedback ratio: 28%
Books on shelf: 79

Books I want to read:


End of month:
Feedback ratio:
Books on shelf:

[Michelle]

Hoping I'll do better this month!

Start of Month:

February Books on Shelf : 20
Feedback ratio to start: 77%

Books:
Current titles:


Older than 3 months:


ADDED IN FEBRUARY


FINISHED


End of Month:
Books on shelf: 18
Feedback Ratio: 79%

[Michelle]

How many books on your NetGalley shelf: 10
What your Netgalley feedback ratio is: 69%

What books are on your NG shelf:


New


No Feedback


Feedback Sent


Read & Reviewed
Review Review

End of the month(view spoiler)[
Updated books on your NetGalley shelf: 13
Updated Netgalley feedback ratio is: still 66% (hide spoiler)]

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

It's a short month, but I'm going to aim to read 3. Anyone else have a goal for Feb?

[Kristie]

I'd like to get through 3, but I'm hoping for at least 2. This may be a busy month for me in real life, so we'll see how that goes. As long I move in the right direction, I'll be happy.

[Alison]

I'm going for 6 but I suspect I'm being overly optimistic given Cutthroat is still on the go. I am halfway through 1 so that's a start.

[Melanie]

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.

[Tiffany]

my shelf grew so much...I'm so weak *sobs* I'm an addict lol

[Tiffany]

1. At the beginning of the month, post any/all of the following:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf 184 (yeah, I'm judging me too lol)
b: What books are on your NG shelf
c: What is your Netgalley feedback ratio 6%

2. During the month, read the NetGalley books that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)

3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s)**1. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... 2. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
c: Your updated shelf count
d: Your updated books to read
e: Your updated ratio: 10%

[Michelle]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "It's a short month, but I'm going to aim to read 3. Anyone else have a goal for Feb?"

My goal is to finally post the reviews I've been sitting on for months :D Also, read two books. And Not. Request. More. Books. (But we'll see).

[Amy Leigh]

-Start of Month-

Goal: 2-3

Books on Shelf: 7




Feedback ratio at the beginning of The month: 89%


FINISHED: 2

1.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

ADDED: 13



-End of Month-
Books on shelf: 19
Feedback Ratio: 75%

[Tiffany]

Michelle wrote: "Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "It's a short month, but I'm going to aim to read 3. Anyone else have a goal for Feb?"

My goal is to finally post the reviews I've been sitting on for months :D Also, read two book..."
My goal is at least 5

[Emily]

Ratio 80%
Books on Shelf 75
GOal 10
Crossing the Line
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
His Millionaire Maid
https://wp.me/p3Zz9J-4Q7

Ratio 80%
Books on shelf 76

[Michelle]

Tiffany wrote: "1. At the beginning of the month, post any/all of the following:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf 184 (yeah, I'm judging me too lol)
b: What books are on your NG shelf [bookcover:War of th..."

I have mad respect for you right now for actually adding (what I think are) all of them! I get lazy if I have to add more than 5 books in a post xD

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Sounds like a great goal Tiffany!

[Tiffany]

Thanks! Some of my books are more like devotionals so I shouldn't have to completely finish them to be able to review them (it would take a year to do so) so that should help. I'm not going to let myself look at the netgalley site until I get a certain amount of these reviewed lol!

[Kristie]

Wow! I agree. Great job adding all of those!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

One down and it was wonderful

review

[Tiffany]

Amy Leigh wrote: "-Start of Month-

Goal: 2-3

Books on Shelf: 7

[bookcover:Olympian Challenger|38..."
I enjoyed James: Witch-Hunter, too! Now I’m going to have to run llto read the series lol!

[Tiffany]

Michelle wrote: "Tiffany wrote: "1. At the beginning of the month, post any/all of the following:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf 184 (yeah, I'm judging me too lol)
b: What books are on your NG shelf [boo..."

Thank you! I was adding then in between calls at work. So, I guess it was good that today was a relatively slow day. ☺️

[Theresa]

Book on shelf 12 (8feb 4 carried on jan)
Ratio 14%



Read:

Books added:

Books read 6
Books added 17
Ng ratio 15%

[Cai]

I am literally drowning in NetGalley books from the year before last. I am not requesting anymore until I have halved what I have.

1. At the beginning of the month, post any/all of the following:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf
87
b: What books are on your NG shelf


c: What your Netgalley feedback ratio is
21%

2. During the month, read the NetGalley books that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)

3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s)**
c: Your updated shelf count
d: Your updated books to read
e: Your updated ratio

[Shannon]

Start of the Month:
Books on Shelf: 2

Feedback Ratio: 82%

Added:


Finished:

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

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

Finished but can’t post review yet


Read previously but just now able to post review due to release date

End of the Month:
Books on Shelf:
Feedback Ratio:

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Another one bites the dust :)

review

[Shannon]

Me too


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

[Shannon]

Added:



I don’t know how y’all do it! All those adds are giving me stress! Lol.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lol!

[Tiffany]

LMBO! I've gotten so stressed I'm almost afraid to look at the emails from them...I almost thought about getting rid of my kindle unlimited and Scrib'd...almost...

[Shannon]

I feel like I have to read them almost immediately, at least within the week with instant review, so when I get a bunch back to back it stresses me out. Then there’s the trying to remember when I can publish reviews to GR, when I can publish them on Amazon. I wish NetGalley would at least give you notifications! Ack! Too bad I’m apparently addicted to that little thrill I get when I see a new book on my shelf. Lol!

[Tiffany]

I’ve been putting reminders on my phone for when I can post reviews on Amazon.

[Amy Leigh]

Fantastic idea Tiffany!

[Tiffany]

If I didn’t, I’d never remember to post the reviews!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Totally sucked in by reviews to add two "read now" titles
and

[Tiffany]

I'm glad I'm not the only one! I couldn't sleep last night and found myself requesting a couple of books... *sigh*

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Teehee

[Tiffany]

I am truly weak. Y'all may see me on My Strange Addictions

[Kristie]

Tiffany wrote: "I am truly weak. Y'all may see me on My Strange Addictions"

lol!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Oh I just noticed I got this! I'm at 101. Yay!

[Tiffany]

Good job

[Tiffany]

Oh! I mainly logged onto Netgalley last night to see if the sequel to Caraval was listed yet. It was and I got approved to review it!! I’m so excited!!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Tiffany wrote: "Oh! I mainly logged onto Netgalley last night to see if the sequel to Caraval was listed yet. It was and I got approved to review it!! I’m so excited!!"

haha
May be on My Strange Addictions any day now ;)

[Tiffany]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Tiffany wrote: "Oh! I mainly logged onto Netgalley last night to see if the sequel to Caraval was listed yet. It was and I got approved to review it!! I’m so excited!!"

haha
May be on My Strange A..."
I’ll let y’all know so you’ll be sure to watch. And I’ll choose y’all to review my memoir. 😁

[Alison]

Congrats Karen.

I seem to be going in the opposite direction and losing badges. All those requests I put in months ago and gave up hope on are suddenly being approved. So much for my 80%