NetGalley July 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 July 21/22



**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!

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[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Start of Month:

Books on Shelf : 13

Books:




Feedback ratio: 90%


FINISHED
review review

ADDED




End of Month:
Books on shelf: 12
Feedback Ratio:90%

[Carrie]

Feedback ratio: 94%
Books on Shelf: 67



Books added in July: 25


Books Read in July: 40
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 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 My review My review My review My review My review My review My review My review My review My review My review My review

Feedback ratio end of July: 95%
Books on Shelf end of July: 52

[Alison]

Beginning of Month

Feedback Ratio 78%
Books on Shelf: 54

Planning to Read



Read & still to Review


Reviews Posted


Books Added:


Current
Feedback Ratio 78%
Books on Shelf 55

[Megan ♡]

Beginning of Month:

a) Number of books on shelf: 36

b) What books are on your shelf?



c) Ratio: 56%

Added:



Finished:



End of Month:
Books on Shelf: 32
Updated Ratio: 62%

[Kristie]

I’m in as always.

Beginning of Month:

Books on Shelf: 15



Netgalley Ratio: 89%


End of Month:

Read: 3


Reviews: 3
The Crooked Staircase review
Killman Creek review
The Widow's Watcher review

Added: 6


Books on Shelf: 18
Ratio: 87%

[Melanie]

I'm in again. Hoping for better than last month and I'd love to hit 90% this month.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 24
Feedback Ratio: 85%

Books (ordered by pub date):




Added:


Finished:
My Review

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 30
Feedback Ratio: 81%

[Vicki Willis]

July 2018

BEGINNING OF Month

a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf: 9

b: What books are on your NG shelf


c: Netgalley feedback ratio is 68%

FINISHED


ADDED


END OF Month
How many books on shelf: 8
Feedback ratio: 70%

[Tiffany]

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 15%
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...
c: Your updated shelf count
d: Your updated books to read
e: Your updated ratio

[Yzabel]

Beginning of the month

Books on shelves: 14



Older than 3 months:



Feedback Ratio: 97%

End of the Month

Books I read in July: 6

Reviews:


DNF: 0

Added: 6

Shelf count: 14
Feedback ratio: 97%

[Michelle]

Start of Month:

July Books on Shelf : 16
Feedback ratio to start: 81%

Books:
Current titles:


Older than 3 months:


ADDED IN JULY


FINISHED


End of Month:
Books on shelf: 16
Feedback Ratio: 81%

...hey at least I didn't add any this month :D

[Tania]

Start of the Month:

Books on NetGalley shelf: 18



Feedback ratio: 74%

End of Month:

Books Read:
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio:

[Abbey]

Start of Month:

Books on Shelf: 5

Books:



Feedback ratio: 60%


FINISHED
Review

Review

ADDED



End of Month:

Books on Shelf: 6
Feedback Ratio %: 56%

[Ashleigh]

New to NetGalley

Books on Shelf = 10
Feedback Ratio - 0%

Comics

Read: 2/6

Novels


Read:
Sheets by Brenna Thummler - Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Music Box - Volume 1: Welcome to Pandorient - Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Elize]

Hi Guys! I am new to NetGalley this month so hopefully this helps me get these books read!

Start of Month:

Books on shelf: 6


Feedback ratio: 0%

Books added in July: 1



Books read in July: 1



End of the month:

Shelf Count:
Feedback ratio

[Tiffany]

Has anyone ever had a book on their netgalley shelf that they can’t give feedback on?

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Tiffany wrote: "Has anyone ever had a book on their netgalley shelf that they can’t give feedback on?"

no. sounds odd!

[Kristie]

I'm almost done with and I just picked up . I heard The Crooked Staircase ends on a cliffhanger and I should finish it today, so now I'll have the next one ready to go.

[Kristie]

So, I finished . Here is my review



The Crooked Staircase review

[Tiffany]

The book is on my shelf but I have no way of leaving feedback of any kind. It’s weird. And I read and reviewed the book so I’d like to be able to post it.

[Kristie]

I've never had that happen, Tiffany. Maybe contact NetGalley and ask them what to do?

[Melanie]

Tiffany wrote: "The book is on my shelf but I have no way of leaving feedback of any kind. It’s weird. And I read and reviewed the book so I’d like to be able to post it."

That's so strange. I have that book on my shelves as well but the button to give feedback is there for me.

[Tiffany]

Kristie wrote: "I've never had that happen, Tiffany. Maybe contact NetGalley and ask them what to do?"

That’s a good idea. I’ve never had this happen before, either. Thank you.

[Tiffany]

Melanie wrote: "Tiffany wrote: "The book is on my shelf but I have no way of leaving feedback of any kind. It’s weird. And I read and reviewed the book so I’d like to be able to post ..."

I don’t know what happened. It’s very strange.

[Kristie]

Tiffany wrote: "Kristie wrote: "I've never had that happen, Tiffany. Maybe contact NetGalley and ask them what to do?"

That’s a good idea. I’ve never had this happen before, either. Thank you."

Let us know how it turns out. Hopefully they can fix it for you.

[Kristie]

Picked up another:

[Li'l Owl]

NetGalley Start of July

Shelf Total: 5

Books:



Feedback Ratio: 50%

July Reviews
📚 2/3

Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...



Deadly Recall by T.R. Ragan
4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I've been reading so many books to fit the TT challenge, and mostly buddy reads, that I haven't read a single NetGalley book yet this month. Yikes!
I usually read in order from oldest to newest, but I don't really feel like reading my oldest... decisions decisions...

(yes, I'm procrastinating... lol)

[Kristie]

Haha...I keep trying to read one off my newer list so it doesn't end up on my "older than 3 months" shelf, then one off my older list to try to catch those up. I'd do better with my plan if I stopped requesting new books, but I requested more again today. I really need to try to focus on reading these more.

[Michelle]

I'm in! I haven't even read a single page for like an entire month :( Hopefully this challenge will help me cause I feel like this is the month of Netgalley :D

How many books on your NetGalley shelf: 13
What your Netgalley feedback ratio is: 71%

What books are on your NG shelf:



New

Feedback Sent

Read & Reviewed
DNF & Feedback sent review

End of the month(view spoiler)[
Updated books on your NetGalley shelf: 11
Updated Netgalley feedback ratio is: still 76% (hide spoiler)]

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Kristie wrote: "Haha...I keep trying to read one off my newer list so it doesn't end up on my "older than 3 months" shelf, then one off my older list to try to catch those up. I'd do better with my plan if I stopp..."

I think all of mine are on that shelf right now. lol

[Kristie]

Approved for two more...

[Kristie]

I got my first auto-approval from Amazon Publishing UK! :) I almost picked up In Her Shadow just because I can. lol Then I thought I have far too many on my shelf right now and a few still pending. I should probably put the brakes on. I'm never going to be able to review all these in a timely manner.

Karen - Mine would all be on that shelf too if I wasn't still requesting! I have 8 on there now, which is more than enough, and The Widow's Watcher will be moving over there tomorrow. So, half of my books on each shelf.

[Vicki Willis]

I have Pretty Ugly Lies on my shelf too. It looks good and it up next for me.

[Kristie]

Vicki Willis wrote: "I have Pretty Ugly Lies on my shelf too. It looks good and it up next for me."

Can't wait to see what you think of it! I've seen good reviews.

[Kristie]

Added:

That brings me up to 19 on my shelf and down to 86% ratio. That leaves me with only 2 on my pending shelf, but they're popular books and they've been pending for a month, so they're probably declined.

[Li'l Owl]

NetGalley - July (2/2) ✔Complete
Total review percentage 50%

Reviews:
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
5★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Deadly Recall by T.R. Ragan
4★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Vicki Willis]

Just added When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubica. Have heard mixed reviews on this one.

[Kristie]

Added another, , but also finished one!





Killman Creek review

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Congrats on the auto approval Kristie! That’s great 😀

[Kristie]

Thanks, Karen!

[Vicki Willis]

I finished Pretty Ugly Lies and gave it 4 stars. It was fast paced for me.
Vicki's Review

[Kristie]

Glad you enjoyed it, Vicki. Nice review.

[Michelle]

Finished last night at 4 am! And fun fact, the author of this book thanks the author of which I also have from Netgalley! I don't know, I think it's interesting :D

[Kristie]

Review number 3 for the month!



The Widow's Watcher review

[Melanie]

Well I failed abysmally this month. I've been in a massive slump since late May which has been terrible for my Netgalley books. Here's hoping I can turn things around in August.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 24
Feedback Ratio: 85%

Added:


Finished:
My Review

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 30
Feedback Ratio: 81%

[Melanie]

Will we be getting the August thread soon?

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

August thread is now open here

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I'm on holidays and squeezing in those books before July finishes!


3 stars review