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NetGalley April 2018
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Start of Month:
Books on Shelf : 13
Books:
Feedback ratio: 89%
FINISHED
ADDED
End of Month:
Books on shelf: 14
Feedback Ratio:88%
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 ReviewEnd of Month:
Books on shelf: 26
Feedback Ratio: 81%
I'll edit if I'm surprisingly able to finish another before March ends, but I doubt it. Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 16
Netgalley Ratio: 88%
End of Month:
Read: 3
Reviews: 3
The Lucky Ones review
Baby Teeth review
The Whispering Room review
Added: 2
Books on Shelf: 15
Ratio: 88%
Start of the Month:Books on Shelf: 4
Feedback Ratio: 85%
Added:
Finished
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:
I'm in. Beginning of Month
Feedback Ratio 79%
Books on Shelf: 45
Planning to Read
Read & still to Review
Reviews Posted
Books Added:
Current
Feedback Ratio 78%
Books on Shelf 49
Ditto for me.
Okay, here goes.
Beginning of month
Books on my NetGalley To-Read shelf: 44
Feedback ratio: 89%
Read:
Proof of Lies (my review)
I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land (my review)
Gilded Cage (my review)
A Short History of Drunkenness (my review)
The Atrocities (my review)
Draekora (my review)
Magicians Impossible (my review)
Timekeeper (my review)
Rare Books Uncovered (my review)
Black Dahlia, Red Rose (my review)
Wintersong (my review)
Foundryside (my review)
DNF:
Snakewood (my review)
End of month
Books on my NetGalley To-Read shelf: 36
Feedback ratio: 91%
Challenge Complete!
This monthly challenge always helps me so much! I read three netgalley books in March, and that was more than I have in a while. Beginning of the Month
Books on my shelf:14
(older than 3 months) -
(already published) -
(to be published) -
Feedback Ratio 85%
Added in April:
End of the Month
Books I read in March:
Reviews I posted:
DNF:
Shelf count:
Feedback ratio:
Ratio 81%Books on Shelf 71
Goal 10 books
I'm too slow in reading my NG stuff, so let's try this for a change...Beginning of the month
Books on shelves: 27
Older than 3 months:
Feedback Ratio: 93%
End of the Month
Books I read in April: 17
Reviews:
DNF: 0
Added: 5
Shelf count: 5
Feedback ratio: 96%
I'm never sure this does help. I'm looking at everyone's shelves and finding books I really want to add to mine ;)I'm currently very jealous of the new Backman which isn't on UK NetGalley and unfortunately I can only "wish for" books on the main site.
How many books on your NetGalley shelf: 13What your Netgalley feedback ratio is: 66%
What books are on your NG shelf:
New
No Feedback
Feedback Sent
Read & Reviewed
End of the month(view spoiler)
And on the next episode of Book Hoarders...1. At the beginning of the month, post any/all of the following:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf: 303
b: What books are on your NG shelf:
c: What your Netgalley feedback ratio is
Tiffany wrote: "And on the next episode of Book Hoarders...1. At the beginning of the month, post any/all of the following:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf: 303
b: What books are on your NG shelf: [book..."
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c: What your Netgalley feedback ratio is: 10%
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/review/show...
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...
9. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
11. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
12. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
c: Your updated shelf count
d: Your updated books to read
e: Your updated ratio: 12%
My goal for April is to read enough to where I can use one post lol.
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Are there any really old ones you can just send feedback that you are sorry and won’t be able to read it so you can just clean it all up? Or do you think you will get through them all ? (Which would be super impressive!!)
I can quickly review the crafting books so I plan on getting those out of the way as soon as I finish the book I’m reading. So, probably in the next couple of days. I have a few others I can take care of quickly, as well.
1. At the beginning of the month, post any/all of the following:a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf
94
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
Start of Month: April Books on Shelf : 20
Feedback ratio to start: 77%
Books:
Current titles:
Older than 3 months:
ADDED IN APRIL
FINISHED
NO FEEDBACK GIVEN
End of Month:
Books on shelf: 17
Feedback Ratio: 79%
Oh, I just got approved for Morgan Matson's new book :3
. When I requested it I really thought I wouldn't get it and now I'm sooo excited to read it :D.Alright, happiness lasted very few minutes cause I just realized it's a PDF format thing :(.
Tiffany wrote: "My goal for April is to read enough to where I can use one post lol."Hahaha that's the spirit!! I truly envy your shelf (and at the same I'm happy I don't have it --no offense), how do you get approved for so much? Most importantly, how do you decide what to read next!? I have issues with that and I only have like 10 books xD
Michelle wrote: "Oh, I just got approved for Morgan Matson's new book :3 . When I requested it I really thought I wouldn't get it and lnow I'm sooo excited to read it :D.Alright, ..."
I downloaded an app called Digital Editions for those books. Now I just read them on my phone.
Michelle wrote: "Tiffany wrote: "My goal for April is to read enough to where I can use one post lol."Hahaha that's the spirit!! I truly envy your shelf (and at the same I'm happy I don't have it --no offense), h..."
No offense taken at all. I have a lot of trouble sleeping so I do a lot of Molly praying and reading during those hours. But, sometimes when I log onto netgalley to post a review, I get distracted and start looking at what’s available and then I end up applying for so many. I still have a lot pending, too. As far as how I pick, I look to see what will work for other challenges or I pick an author I particularly like, or just choose the next on the list, starting from the ones I’ve had the longest.
I've been a NG member for 4 years and 1 month. In the first year or two, I probably requested a lot more stuff. Now I think I'm a little more discerning. For the most part.It still feels like an endless battle. But... if getting more books is losing, then I DON'T WANT TO WIN. :D
-Start of Month-Goal: 2-3 ✔️
Books on Shelf: 20
Feedback ratio at the beginning of The month: 75%
FINISHED:
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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ADDED:
-End of Month-
Books on shelf: 8
Feedback Ratio: 90%
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...Ahd now I'm getting approved for books I requested 2 months ago and had completely forgotten... Hahaha.
Yzabel wrote: "...Ahd now I'm getting approved for books I requested 2 months ago and had completely forgotten... Hahaha."Me too! lol
And me!
(review)
I am so behind on other reviews otherwise though. I will try to take time during this "designated" Review Weekend :)
I finally finished a book this month and haven't even reviewed it yet, so what do I do? I go and get
that's what I do. smh lol
I didn’t get any reviewing done this weekend, oh well. I can actually write them more easily during the week anyway, when I am at my desk at work, so my goal is to do a little each day and be totally caught up by Friday :)
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Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "well done Alyssa :)"Thanks! I am on a roll!
review
ETA:
reviewAaaaaand, my first DNF of the month...
review
Heading the wrong way... I just got
Hopefully, I'll end up at least even this month. lol At least this one wasn't in a series this time.
review
Only 2 reviews behind now, though I suspect it'll be 3 or 4 by the end of the weekend. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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So I absolutely have to try and read another NetGalley book before the end of this month :o
It's so, so hard not requesting as many books (or more!) as I read... Must... make... efforts!
Noticed when I logged in today that I got a new badge!
Melanie wrote: "Noticed when I logged in today that I got a new badge!"Nice! I got the 200-Review badge a long time ago, but don't recall ever having a 100-Review badge before that. It is prettier :D
I just wrote one more review:
review
I am still 3 reviews behind, plus the book I'm reading now, but I don't think I'll read any more NGs this month after that so I will probably catch up.
But then, I have three other books that aren't NGs that I'm supposed to read under an early-may deadline... Eek!
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. :D
I’m really not enjoying
. I don’t want to dnf it but I don’t want to keep reading either.
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.
Melanie wrote: "I've seen it but won't be using it as any books you use it for won't be counted towards your ratio."I noticed that too. And most of us take our feedback ratio pretty seriously, so that is a problem.
I think... I don't plan to use the "I will not be giving feedback" option for DNFs if the reason for DNF is because the book sucked. I mean, really, some diplomatic way of stating "This book sucked and therefore I could not even finish it" is legitimate feedback that publishers would probably like to know!
I might use it for one of those other reasons though!
I thought the same thing, Alysa! If the book is terrible, that's not my fault. I will probably just write a negative review and state in the review that I was unable to finish the book because it was so bad and give the reasons why and what I thought was so bad about it. I would use that 'I will not give feedback' section if I am not reviewing a book and it is my fault. For example, I've had books on my shelf for ever, then sent a note to the publisher saying sorry, I'm not going to read it, I'm just not interested anymore. In that case, it's totally on me and it should affect my ratio.
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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 April 14/15
**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!