NetGalley January 2019

[Kristie]

Alison, at least you just picked up books you really want to read and auto-buy authors, so they're books you would have gotten to anyway.

[Alison]

It is probably all to the good. What usually happens is I buy them and then never read them because I feel like I should prioritise the ARCs. This way there's probably more chance of me actually reading them.

[Sophie, The other one]

Picking things you would have got any way is v sensible.

My ratio is not going to thank me for requesting anything I feel like. Need to be a little restrained.

[Kristie]

Alison wrote: "It is probably all to the good. What usually happens is I buy them and then never read them because I feel like I should prioritise the ARCs. This way there's probably more chance of me actually re..."

Perfect!

I always prioritize other books over the ones I buy just because I want to read them too. Somehow, because I own them and know I can read them whenever I want, I always end up waiting on those.

[Kristie]

Finished another of the older books on my shelf. I keep changing my mind as to how to rate this one. There were things I really loved (emotions, characters...) and things that made me want to DNF it at times (false foreshadowing, repetition, politics...). I keep teetering between a 3 and a 4.



Us Against You review

[Sophie, The other one]

I've added 2 and finished 2 so far this month, so not too bad.

I really enjoyed The Psychology of Time Travel - it has an incredibly strong female cast.

[Lexi]

Sophie wrote: "I've added 2 and finished 2 so far this month, so not too bad.

I really enjoyed The Psychology of Time Travel - it has an incredibly strong female cast."

I have that one next; I am glad you liked it.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

not so good news...and good news ...

I added 2 more :o
because I've seen great reviews
and

I added the excerpt of in the (perhaps unfounded) hope they would grant my wish for the actual book. The good news is that I read the excerpt. yay! So that kind of means I only added one to my shelf. lol

[Kristie]

Dirty Little Secrets sounds really good. It's something I might like... hmm lol

Good plan to get your wish granted! Hope it works for you.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Teehee
You should request it, Kristie (I’m such an enabler 😂)

[Kristie]

hahaha

[Kristie]

I'm not sure if it's fortunate or unfortunate, but Dirty Little Secrets is no longer available for request. Though I could wish for it, I've never actually had a wish approved.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Kristie wrote: "I'm not sure if it's fortunate or unfortunate, but Dirty Little Secrets is no longer available for request. Though I could wish for it, I've never actually had a wish approved."

;)
oh well!

[Lexi]

Kristie wrote: "I'm not sure if it's fortunate or unfortunate, but Dirty Little Secrets is no longer available for request. Though I could wish for it, I've never actually had a wish approved."

I've had 2 and I am brand new so no idea how it works.

[Kristie]

Well, I've gone and done it again. I requested and was approved for Home For Erring & Outcast Girls. Fortunately, it doesn't publish until July so I have plenty of time. I read her last book, Calling Me Home, and thought it was really good.

[Kristie]

Actually, this is the second time this happened to me this month. NetGalley says the book will be published July 30th, but Goodreads says June 4th. Just went to Amazon and they say July 30th too. GR must be wrong.

Last time NetGalley changed the published date as well, so I'm guessing that was a different situation and the date actually changed.

[Thereadingbell]

Can someone tell me how do I count the pages in a Netgalley book the count is not available and when I pull it up on Goodreads the page count is not there as well even when I put it on reading and try to update status it only has percentage no page totals. This is first time I encountered this with a book.

[Melanie]

Kristie wrote: "Actually, this is the second time this happened to me this month. NetGalley says the book will be published July 30th, but Goodreads says June 4th. Just went to Amazon and they say July 30th too. GR must be wrong..."

I hate when this happens, but it always makes me glad I'm a GR librarian and can fix it.

Originally Home for Erring and Outcast Girls was scheduled for a June 4th release which was changed after the book was added on GR. I fixed the date on the book, so you'll see the July 30th date now.

[Kristie]

Oh, thanks, Melanie!

[Sophie, The other one]

I've just finished my 3rd Netgalley of the month - Of Fire and Lions. It's a genre that's new to me (biblical fiction) and hasn't inspired me to pick up more in the genre or by this particularly author. Looking back it probably wasn't a good book to pick to review and I was v tempted to just not read it.

[Sharon]

I had to Netgalley books that I thought were going to expire today (and I'm only halfway finished with one of them) but realized last night they don't actually expire until March! Now I feel a little ahead of the game :)

[Lexi]

Lexi wrote: "Sophie wrote: "I've added 2 and finished 2 so far this month, so not too bad.

I really enjoyed The Psychology of Time Travel - it has an incredibly strong female cast."

I have tha..."
I just finished my 4th one so 1 more to go (not including comics, as I also got to read 2 comics as wishes, which was fun). It was my favorite yet - The Psychology of Time Travel.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

February thread is now open here

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I think I had two wishes granted as I don't exactly remember requesting them. lol

and


brings me up by 5 books for the month and down 4%. Ah well. I will need to focus on reading a few of the older ones in Feb

[Lexi]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I think I had two wishes granted as I don't exactly remember requesting them. lol

and


brings me up by 5 books for the month..."

I read Once Upon a River this month and really liked it. I hope you enjoy it.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Lexi wrote: "I read Once Upon a River this month and really liked it. I hope you enjoy it. ..."

That's probably why I went and pressed the button ;)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

And seeing you and Sophie enjoyed The Psychology of Time Travel I went and had a look... and it is read now...
*no will power*

[Sophie, The other one]

Lexi wrote: "Lexi wrote: "Sophie wrote: "I've added 2 and finished 2 so far this month, so not too bad.

I really enjoyed The Psychology of Time Travel - it has an incredibly strong female cast...."

Glad you enjoyed it too! Karen I hope we haven't set expectations too high. The read now button is a deadly thing to will power.

[Kristie]

I finally got around to finishing Deadly Secrets. I had to get caught up with the series before I could read it. I'm so glad I did. It was really good.

Deadly Secrets review

[Alison]

It's not been too bad a month for me. Added 7 books (read 4 of them) and posted reviews for 7 (none of which were those 4) so I'm no worse off. I do still have a stack of books finished that I need to write up a review for but at least I have notes for most of them.

I ended up re reading three of the books on my shelf this month cos I couldn't remember enough about them to review.

[Alison]

Kristie wrote: "I finally got around to finishing Deadly Secrets. I had to get caught up with the series before I could read it. I'm so glad I did. It was really good.

Deadly Secrets review"

Well done. This gives me hope that I'll eventually get to book 13 in the Charley Davidson series (8 down 5 to go)

[Kristie]

Thanks, Alison. It felt like an accomplishment to get caught up. :) I’m sure you’ll get there too. You’re more than half way!

[Kristie]

So I ended January exactly where I started. I read and reviewed three and received three new titles.

Do we have a February thread? I've already acquired a new book this month.

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

Kristie wrote: "So I ended January exactly where I started. I read and reviewed three and received three new titles.

Do we have a February thread? I've already acquired a new book this month."

Yes we do see message 74

[Kristie]

Thanks. I missed it, but have joined in now.

[Lexi]

Half a day late but I finished my fifth one for January. It was ok - great world building but rushed - Terrestrial Magic. On to the next month...

[Kelly]

I completely forgot to post here :( ... I know it's february but I still want to write what I did in January so here we go :

Bookshelf: 9


Added: 5


Finished: 5

[Kristie]

That looks like a good month, Kelly.