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NetGalley January 2019
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Start of Month:
Books on Shelf : 7
Books:
Feedback ratio: 94%
FINISHED
(excerpt)ADDED
End of Month:
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio:%
January 2019 Start of Month
Feedback Ratio: 14%:
Number of Books on Shelf: 42
During the Month:
Books Read/Reviewed: 6
Reviews:
Immortal Girls - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Evie: An Autobiography - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Women Insomnia Depression Anxiety: How I Healed It All - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The UltraFiltration Diet: Eating whatever you want, whenever you want! - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Taxi Tales: The Fragrant Lady - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
New Books Added: 35
End of Month
Number of Books on Shelf: 71
Feedback Ratio: 16%
I'm in! Hoping to finish one more in December, then I'll update.Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 12
Published:
January:
February:
April:
Netgalley Ratio: 92%
End of Month:
Read: 3
Reviews: 3
Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride review
Us Against You review
Deadly Secrets review
Added: 3
Books on Shelf: 12
Ratio: 92%
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I hope you can prioritise the Hepworth book. You know I love her, and I just saw a terrible review for that book. Eek. So now I'm worried that she has written a fizzer :(
(kind of like Liane Moriarty did with her latest!!)
I'm in again. December was abysmal for me in terms of reading, so I'm hoping January will be better.Start of month:
Books on shelf: 27
Feedback Ratio: 87%
Books (ordered by pub date):
Added:
Finished:
End of Month:
Books on shelf: 27
Feedback Ratio: 87%
January 2019 Start of month:
Number of books on shelf: 6
Book titles:
Published:
March:
April:
Feedback Ratio: 83%
Read
Added
End of Month
Books on Shelf: 5
Feedback ratio: 84%
January 2019 NetGalley ChallengeStart of the Month:
Number of Books on Shelf: 25
Book Titles:
July/August 2018 Buzz Books Monthly; June 2018 Buzz Books Monthly; January 2018 Buzz Books MonthlyFeedback Ratio: 46%
During Month
Books Read:
Book Review Links:
New Books Added:
End of Month
Number of Books on Shelf: 28
Book Titles:
July/August 2018 Buzz Books Monthly; June 2018 Buzz Books Monthly; January 2018 Buzz Books Monthly Feedback Ratio: 43%
Beginning of Month
Feedback Ratio 75%
Books on Shelf: 69
Planning to Read
Read & still to Review
Reviews Posted
Books Added:
Current
Feedback Ratio 76%
Books on Shelf 69
I really need to catch up on these books... My ratio is definitely good, but for every 3 books I read, I add 3 more, so things aren't budging. XDBeginning of the month
Books on shelves: 16
Older than 3 months:
Feedback Ratio: 96%
End of the Month
Books I read in January: 6
Reviews:
DNF: 0
Added: 5
Shelf count: 15
Feedback ratio: 97%
January 2019Books on shelf: 8
Feedback Ratio: 85%
Books:
Added:
Read:
End Of Month
Books on shelf: 7
Feedback Ratio: 89%
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I hope you can prioritise the Hepworth book. You know I love her, and I just saw a terrible review for that book. Eek. So now I'm worried that she has written a fizzer :((kind of like Liane Moriarty did with her latest!!) "
I hope not! That would be a bummer. I haven't read the newest Moriarty yet, but I did buy it assuming it would be good. I hope it's just a case of too high expectations of her work.
I had planned on reading The Mother-In-Law early this month, but I have one that is due to be published, so I need to read that one first. I'm trying to read the newer ones by publication date for a change and just catch up the older ones as quickly as I can.
Karen, how are you liking the Charley Davidson series? I know a lot of people planned to grab them through NetGalley when they were read now.
I'm considering picking up The Girl in the Corner by Amanda Prowse. I'm auto-approved for the publisher, so I feel like I should read some of their books occasionally. Plus, I like her writing well enough. The last book I read by her was excellent and this one has great reviews. I'm just not sure I want to add to my review list. Plus, it was already published a couple of weeks ago, so it goes straight to my already published list. I never know what to do with books that have already been published except read them as soon as possible. I think I'll give myself the 3 months that they're on my "current titles" shelf to read books like that.
So, I still don't know. It is only available for a couple more days so I need to decide.
Ha, the first day of the year and already decisions decisions...I am starting the oldest one of my shelf today. I want to get those off!
Mister Tender's Girl
I think it is loosely based on SlenderMan.
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I like Amanda Prowse too. I think you should grab it 😉 then give yourself those three months to read it
As for Charley, I got the first five and I’m currently into number three. I can see why she polarises people and I still don’t like the romance angle, but I find her quite funny and the stories just a bit of a romp. I don’t think they are “amazing”, but they are a fun read so far
January 2019 Start of Month
Feedback Ratio: 89%
Number of Books on Shelf: 27
Books:
During the Month:
Books Read/Reviewed:
Added:
DNF'ed:
End of Month:
Number of Books on Shelf: 23
Books Read: 4
Books DNF'ed (if any): 0
Feedback Ratio: 88%
Glad you're enjoying Charley. I think it was the romance bit that put me off. Honestly, that's all I can really remember about the book now, just how (view spoiler)
January NetgalleyBEGINNING OF MONTH
Number of books on shelf: 6
Feedback ratio: 54%
Books Read:
Reviews:
I Owe You One
The Liar's Wife
California Girls
New Books Added:
END OF MONTH
Number of Books on Shelf: 5
Feedback Ratio: 62%
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Yes, that is very true.
I picked up The Girl in the Corner. Why not? lol My feedback ratio is down to 91% with 13 books on my shelf, but I am currently reading two of my NetGalley books, so I should be able to recover quickly.
I'm still working my way through the Charley Davidson books too. Picked up the first 3 from Netgalley, got 4 and 5 from the library and bought 6 and 7. Like you I'm not a fan of the romance but they make me laugh and I'm finding them quick and addictive. Kind of reminds me of the Sookie Stackhouse books. Book 13 popped up on Netgalley UK as Read Now so needless to say I couldn't resist. I just need to figure out how to get books 8-12 as my library doesn't have them and they are not the cheapest. Why do I do this to myself?
It's been a while since I've been around here... hey! :DHow many books on your NetGalley shelf: 11
What your Netgalley feedback ratio is: 76%
What books are on your NG shelf:
New
Read
Reviewed
[feb]End of the month(view spoiler)
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Ratio 54%
Books on shelf:
Added this month:
Read:
Reviewed:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... - The Psychology of Time Travel
End of month stats
Ratio 59%
I'm in!Start of Month:
January Books on Shelf : 15
Feedback ratio to start: 82%
Books:
Current titles:
Older than 3 months:
ADDED IN JANUARY
FINISHED
End of Month:
Books on shelf: 15
Feedback Ratio: 82%
Oh well. Last month I read only one NetGalley book. Maybe January will be a better month.Beginning of the month
Books on shelf: 4
Feedback ratio: 62%
books:
Added:
Finished:
my review
my review
my review
my review
my reviewEnd of month
Books on shelf: 3
Feedback ratio: 76%
Books on shelf 68Feedback Ratio 82%
January Goal-10+
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I just joined NetGalley, not quite sure what I got myself into, but I have 7 on my shelf so far. My goal is to read 5 of them this month.Books on shelf: 10
Feedback Ratio: 17% (I reviewed one so far).
January Goal: 5
Finished:
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Ha! Welcome to the +1 club this month, Karen. 😉Welcome to NetGalley, Lexi! I’m sure you’ll love it as much as we all do. It can be a bit addictive.
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Welcome to the club Lexi!
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "teehee, thanks KristieWelcome to the club Lexi!"
You are to blame (: I was looking for a Jan 1 title and then got distracted.
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You are to blame (: I was looking for a Jan 1 title and then got distracted."
bahahahahaha
On the plus side, it is a very handy site for finding free books for challenges ;)
I finished my first one of the year which was also the oldest one! It was a great read.
Vicki's Review
I read a book of animal legends,
, for fun last night but it had incorrect facts in it, so I gave it 1 star. I feel slightly bad being the only review so far for it.
Lexi - That is a bummer when that happens. Hopefully the author can go in and edit before it is too late.
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Yikes Lexi. That sounds like the publisher has some explaining to do. Especially as the book is being released very soon!
Finished my first book for the month. Actually, the first book I've finished this year!
Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride review
This was really good. Worth a read.
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I saw a review in the paper on Saturday for
which I requested.... and got approved... So now I'm +2 for the month :o
Hahaha... at least you don't already have too many on your bookshelf, so adding a couple isn't a bad thing. :) You are catching up to me though... or maybe I'm catching up to you??? lolI almost requested The Town with No Roads by the same author as the book I just finished, but we'll see how many I get through this month first.
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I almost r..."
haha
we shall meet in the middle ;)
I just feel bad as the ones I have were mostly published a number of months ago
Most of mine are really old. I need to keep giving them priority in the future. I had some that were over a year old. The time just gets away from you.
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1st one done now. Lie Like A Rug which I enjoyed, just confused because it's on here as having been released on 2001
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Sometimes they release old books right before releasing the next in the series, or a new book from the author
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Got a pre-approval from that last review! Woot! :D Of course, I just said that I was not going to request his new book and now it's pre-approved. Ugh! haha I'm going to try to wait to see how I do this month first.
1. At the beginning of the month, post any/all of the following:a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf: 7
b: What books are on your NG shelf
c: What your Netgalley feedback ratio is: 72%
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
I just got a widget for The Night Window. I wasn't sure if I was going to keep going with the series. The story is good, but I felt like if it went too much longer it might start dragging. Turns out this is the last book in the series! So added another to my pile. Seems that I keep going one up, one down this month.
Not the best start to the year, we're only 10 days in and I've already increased my NetGalley books by 5.
They are books I really want to read (and a couple by auto-buy authors) but I do need to get my shelf down. What I need to do is get writing those reviews I've been putting off. I've actually had a publisher emailing me more than once to ask if I'd read the book yet.
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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 January 19/20
**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!