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NetGalley June 2019
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Start of Month:
Books on Shelf : 8
Books:
Feedback ratio: 94%
FINISHED
reviewADDED
End of Month:
Books on shelf: 7
Feedback Ratio:95%
June 2019 NetGalley ChallengeBeginning of Month
Shelf count/books on shelf: 21
Ratio: 87%
All my titles are linked to my GR review once I've read the book
The Scent of Murder
Kylie Logan 6/5/19Changing of the Guard Dog
Lane Stone 6/2/19For a Good Paws
Linda O. Johnston 6/9/19Game of Bones
Carolyn Haines 6/11/19Seeing Red
Dana Dratch 6/13/19A Patchwork of Clues
Sally Goldenbaum 6/15/19Cherry Scones & Broken Bones
Darci Hannah 6/16/19Sweet Tea & Secrets
A Crafter Hooks a Killer
The Trouble with Talent
Killer in the Carriage House
Penne Dreadful
The Time for Murder is Meow
Buried in the Stacks
Last Pen Standing
A Curio Killing
Fatal Cajun Festival
Pride, Prejudice and Poison
And Then They Were Doomed
Read and Buried
Spirited Away
Lena Gregory 6/4/19Added in June:
Melinda Mullet 6/21/19 Died in the WoolStrangled Eggs and Ham
Maddie Day 6/27/19Peach Clobbered
Bark If It's Murder
Needled to Death
A Thread of Darkness
A Bias for Murder
End of month:
Updated shelf count/books to read: 18
Updated ratio: 90%
I didn't read much last month so I'm very behind again. I'm hoping this month is better.Start of month:
Books on shelf: 28
Feedback Ratio: 88%
Books (ordered by pub date):
Added:
Finished:
End of Month:
Books on shelf: 31
Feedback Ratio: 87%
I'm in for May. I may try to catch up on publishing dates so that would be 6-8.Start of Month:
Books on Shelf : 17
Books:
,
,
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Feedback ratio: 72% (almost there)
Finished:
Added:
End of Month:
Books on shelf: 16
Feedback Ratio: 77%
Start of Month: Books on Shelf : 6
Books:
Feedback ratio: 85%
FINISHED:
ADDED:
End of Month:
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio:%
Beginning of the month
Books on shelves: 12
Older than 3 months:
Feedback Ratio: 98%
End of the Month
Books I read in June: 6
Reviews:
DNF: 0
Added: 6
Shelf count: 13
Feedback ratio: 98%
START OF MONTH
Books on shelf: 5
Current:
Past publication:
Feedback ratio: 87%
READ:
She's So Cold: Murder, Accusations and the System that Devasted a Family
The Dead Girl in 2A
ADDED:
END OF MONTH
Books on shelf: 7
Feedback ratio: 83%
Beginning of Month
Feedback Ratio 74%
Books on Shelf: 79
Planning to Read
Read & still to Review
Reviews Posted
Books Added:
Current
Feedback Ratio 75%
Books on Shelf 77
Start Of MonthBooks On Shelf: 12
Feedback Ratio: 88%
Books On Shelf:
Added:
Read:
End Of Month
Books On Shelf: 10
Feedback ratio: 90%
Beginning of Month:Books on Shelf: 11
Published:
June:
July:
August:
Netgalley Ratio: 93%
End of Month:
Read: 4
Reviews: 4
I Owe You One review
To Catch an Elephant review
The Rug Bear review
Recursion review
Added: 6
Books on Shelf: 13
Ratio: 92%
June 2019 NetGalley Challenge:Beginning of the Month:
Books on shelf: 7
Feedback Ratio: 68%
End of Month:
Books Read with Links to Reviews:
review
review
review Books Added:
Updated Books on Shelf: 7
Updated Feedback Ratio: 72%
JUNE NETGALLEYSTART OF MONTH
# On Shelf: 5
Ratio: 86%
Read - With Link To Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Added:
END OF MONTH
# On Shelf: 5
Ratio: 86%
Start of the monthBooks: 20
Ratio: 71%
Added:
Finished:
End of Month
Books: 17
Ratio: 76%
June NetGalley Challenge Books at start of June: 14
Feedback ratio: 81%
Books on shelf:
Books added in June:
Finished:
My Review
My Review
My Review
My Review
My ReviewTotal books at end of June: 15
New feedback ratio: 81%
Books at start of June: 26Feedback ratio: 87%
Books added in June:
Books read
1. The Girl at the Window review here https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. The Island https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3 Premonitions: Recognitions, Book II https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. Becoming Mrs. Lewis https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. The Girl Who Came Out of the Woods https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. A Dangerous Act of Kindness https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. An Unsuitable Woman
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8. Nightingale Point https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9. The Woman Who Wanted More https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10. Where The Dead Fall http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Total books at end of June: 25
New feedback ratio: 88%
Netgalley June 2019Start of the Month:
Number of Books on Shelf: 30
Book Titles:
July/August 2018 Buzz Books Monthly; June 2018 Buzz Books Monthly; January 2018 Buzz Books Monthly Feedback Ratio: 43%
During Month
Books Read:
Book Review Links:
New Books Added:
End of Month
Number of Books on Shelf: 33
Book Titles:
July/August 2018 Buzz Books Monthly; June 2018 Buzz Books Monthly; January 2018 Buzz Books Monthly Feedback Ratio: 41%
Start of the month: How many books on your NetGalley shelf: 5
What books are on your NG shelf:
Fraternity: An Inside Look at a Year of College Boys Becoming Men
Rosalind
The Gold Letter
Dead Inside
Because You're Mine
What your Netgalley feedback ratio is: 50%
End of the Month:
What books you read:
Link(s) to your review(s):
The Gold Letter
Because You're Mine
Dead Inside
Your updated shelf count: 5
Your updated books to read:
Your updated ratio: 57%
I've been doing so well not requesting anything, but I got two today. The Grace Year is currently a read now. I've heard good things about this one so I figured I'd give it a try. It doesn't come out until September so at least I have a little time to read it. I received a few widgets lately that I've been ignoring while trying to clean up my shelf. One widget was for The Long Call, which I received back in April and just accepted. This will be my first book by Ann Cleeves.
Make that 3 books. lol I requested one a couple of days ago that was also just approved. St. Martin's Press must have seen me snatch up the other two and approved this one. ;) Added Things You Save in a Fire
Uhm. My reading has been terrible this year. Maybe I should do something about itStart of Month:
Books on Shelf : 15
Books:
Read Needs Review:
Feedback ratio: 82%
FINISHED
ADDED
End of Month:
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio:%
I'm a netgalley hoarder :(Current Titles: 14
Older than 3 months: 32
Added in June: 9
Feedback Ratio: 25%
Currently Reading:
Finished in June: 8 - woohoo on a roll!
Review
FISH by John Wipfli - Cookbook
Review not on GR
Review not on GR - BUT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ANY WOMAN INTERESTED IN KETO!
Review not on GR
Review not on GR
I chose not to review this one on GR - I always feel bad when the book is just not good.
Review not on GR - beautiful book, though! Highly recommend.
Review
I have not self-control and
was Read now, so that's added to my shelf!
How many books on your NetGalley shelf: 15What your Netgalley feedback ratio is: 72%
What books are on your NG shelf:
-Apr 2
-Apr 2
-april 16
-april 16
-april 16
-april 22
-may 7New
-July 1st
-July 2nd
-July 2nd
-July 16th
-July 19thRead
Reviewed
Review
Review
ReviewEnd of the month
Updated books on your NetGalley shelf: 17
Updated Netgalley feedback ratio is: still 71%
I just added 2 more. 
I love this author! I was so excited to get this one. This is not one of her long time series though. I am curious to see how it is. 
And dang it, I didn't realize it was a series. It is book number 5. It publishing this month! I don't want to go back and read the first 4. Has anyone read this series? Can I just jump in and read it? I suppose if I like I will have to go back and read the others!
June 2019 NetgalleyBooks on Shelf: 163
Feedback Ratio: 18%
Books over 3 months Old (85)
ARC Books for June (6 "new" + 9 "old" = 15)
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Other Books (72)
Total Starting Book Count: 163
Books Read in June: 6
1. Hypertension? Blood Sugar? Depression?: How I Cured Them All read 6/15 Review
2. A Crafter Hooks a Killer read 6/16 Review
3. Manga Classics: The Count of Monte Cristo read 6/17 Review
4. Scarlet (2018-) Vol. 1 read 6/18 Review
5. Crow Flight read 6/21 Review
6. Aquaman/Justice League: Drowned Earth Special (2018) #1 read 6/18 Review
7. The Hungry Ghost read 6/30 Review
Books Added in June: 3
End of Month:
Books on Shelf: 159
Feedback Ratio: 21%
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One of my GR friends has read it. I’ll ask her if they need to be read in order
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I love this author! I was so excited to get this one. This is not one of her long time series though. I am curious to see how it is. ..."
Response from my GR friend about Big Sky:
"I read the previous books years ago so didn’t remember much about them at all and it didn’t bother me. I think this would work fine as a stand alone"
I just got a new book that I really want to read - The Tea Dragon Festival but since it is a comic, it is too big to download with my Wifi in India.
@Karen Great! I will let you know how it is!
Finished one.She's So Cold: Murder, Accusations and the System that Devasted a Family
A different type of true crime. Instead of focusing on the crime, it focused on the justice system's treatment of the children falsely accused and its process.
Vicki Willis wrote: "Finished one.She's So Cold: Murder, Accusations and the System that Devasted a Family
..."
This one sounds interesting, Vicki. I don't read much true crime, but ones that focus on the legal system seem to fascinate me.
Finished my first book for the month.
I thought it was a fun, easy read, but nothing super special.
I Owe You One review
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I'm visiting my grandson and we didn't bring any children's books with us to read. He likes to download NetGalley books to my Kindle when this happens and chose The Rug Bear. Unfortunately, the book is a protected pdf (I wish they'd tell us ahead of time!) and I couldn't get it to load with the laptop I have with me. So we downloaded To Catch an Elephant instead. It was just ok IMO. We'll read The Rug Bear in a couple of days when I can load it to my older laptop.
How fun Kristie!Enjoy your time!!
Read The Rug Bear with my grandson today. We thought it was really cute. I'm surprised the ratings are so low. I will admit that the "rhyming" didn't flow very well, as the rhyming words weren't always in the correct place within the sentence, but the story was cute and fun. I liked that it was just something light. I think a lot of children's stories lately have more adult concepts and the writing can be somewhat serious. I don't have an issue with those books, but sometimes I feel like they are written for the adult reading more than for the child. This one is the equivalent of a beach read for kids.
The Rug Bear review
I also finished Recursion.
It wasn't as good as I expected it to be. It was enjoyable, but had some issues that I couldn't overlook. Recursion review
My review ratio is up to 94%!!
Well, under better late than never, I just finished my last March 2019 book. I still have April and May and June books and three from 2018 but hey, March is done.
Lexi wrote: "Well, under better late than never, I just finished my last March 2019 book. I still have April and May and June books and three from 2018 but hey, March is done."I'm doing pretty will with 2019 books. I have 3 that have already been published in May or June that I'm working on, then I should be current (temporarily, I'm sure). But, I also have 4 still that were published before 2019. Chipping away at them slowly but surely.
It's been really difficult not to request more and to ignore widgets. I have a couple of widgets that I really wanted to accept, but didn't, and I just got another that I may accept but it's long and I already have another book that publishes on the same day. Ugh, I must stay strong!
Mod
I haven’t paid much attention to NetGalley of late. Need to get back on the bus!
Added one more...
This was the widget I just received. It sounds really good.
I'm about to go on a requesting spree. . . wish me luck!Quick question tho, how many books have you been approved for?
I've been approved for 60 and honestly I think it's a little low lol
Mod
I've been approved for 161, but that's also since 2014. I also try to keep my shelf limited. Have fun with your requesting spree!
Oh, I only joined in 2016 haha. Having a limit seems like a good idea, I might set up one.Fortunately (or unfortunately lol) the spree didn't get too crazy and only requested a few books. (:
I've just made the mistake of checking back to when the Netgalley Challenge started in April 2016 and it seems I had 22 books on my shelf. I now have 78 (plus three requests pending and a widget I'm trying to decide whether or not to click on).I'm not entirely sure this challenge is helping me keep my shelf under control :P
oh, I've been on Netgalley since 2015 and have been approved for 313 so I have reviewed 235 which seems ok. I've had 75 requests declined
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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 June 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!