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Start of Month:
Books on Shelf : 8
Books:
Feedback ratio: 94%
FINISHED
review
review
reviewADDED
End of Month:
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio:%
Start of the month = 28Feedback Ration= 87%
AIM
I think this is going to be difficult for me this month as I need to finish other books for challenges and get all my library books read before i go on holiday in September.
REVIEWS
1.Lock Every Door https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
2. The Last Widow https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Gun Island https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... I absolutely loved this
4. Come a Little Closer https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. The House By The Loch https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
ADDED IN AUGUST
END OF MONTH 32
I got through more than I thought but added too many
Feedback Ratio 86%
Beginning of the month
Books on shelves: 10
Older than 3 months:
Feedback Ratio: 98%
End of the Month
Books I read in August: 4
Reviews:
DNF: 0
Added: 4
Shelf count: 10
Feedback ratio: 98%
I’m in of course. :)Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 11
Published:
August:
6
13
September:
3
October:
8
Netgalley Ratio: 93%
End of Month:
Read: 1
Reviews: 1
Home for Erring and Outcast Girls review
Added: 2
Books on Shelf: 12
Ratio: 93%
Physical books added:
(Aug 13th)
(Oct 9th)
BEGINNING OF MONTHShelf count: 10
Books on shelf
Current:
Past publication:
Feedback Ratio: 79%
Read:
Beneath the Attic
Orcas Everywhere: The Mystery and History of Killer Whales
Added:
END OF MONTH
Shelf count: 9
Feedback ratio: 83%
Hoping this month is better than the last few months.Start of month:
Books on shelf: 33
Feedback Ratio: 86%
Books (ordered by pub date):
Added:
Finished:
My Review
My Review
My Review
My ReviewEnd of Month:
Books on shelf: 36
Feedback Ratio: 85%
AugustBooks on Shelf: 9
Feedback Rato: 92%
Books:
Added:
Read:
End of Month
Books on Shelf: 9
Feedback Ratio: 92%
August 2019 NetGalley Challenge:Beginning of the Month:
Books on shelf: 7
Feedback Ratio: 75%
End of the Month:
Books Read with Links to Reviews: 3
review
review
reviewBooks Added: 2
Updated Books on Shelf: 6
Updated Feedback Ratio: 83%
I don't have that many arcs at the moment BUT I only get a few here and there since May so my feedback ratio is awful right now.Start of the month: 4
May:
September:
October:
November:
May:
Feedback ratio: 33%
Books Read:
Links to review: No Judgments The Kingdom
Books added:
End of the month books on shelf:
End of the month Feedback ratio: 56%
August 2019 NetGalley ChallengeBeginning of Month:
Shelf count/books on shelf: 19
Ratio: 89%
All my titles are linked to my GR review once I've read the book
Penne Dreadful
Catherine Bruns 8/1/19The Time for Murder is Meow
T.C. LoTempio 8/6/19Buried in the Stacks
Last Pen Standing
A Curio Killing
Fatal Cajun Festival
Pride, Prejudice and Poison
Elizabeth Blake 8/27/19And Then They Were Doomed
Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli 8/16/19Read and Buried
Bark If It's Murder
V.M. Burns 8/28/19Needled to Death
Annelise Ryan 8/3/19A Thread of Darkness
Sally Goldenbaum 8/9/19A Bias for Murder
Sally Goldenbaum 8/13/19Bound for Murder
Out of the Picture
Tide and Punishment
Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover
Haunted House Murder
Leslie Meier 8/30/19Jealousy Filled Donuts
Ginger Bolton 8/20/19Desolate Shores
Daryl Wood Gerber 8/22/19--this one was added to NG in AugustEnd of month:
Updated shelf count/books to read: 13
Updated ratio: 93%
Books added in August: 5 (read one of them)
Deadly Ride--Jody Holford
Homicide by Horse Show--Arlene Kay
A Crafter Quilts a Crime--Holly Quinn
Two Bites Too Many--Debra H. Goldstein
Desolate Shores--Daryl Wood Gerber (read)
Books read in August: 11
Did not go backwards last month but only stayed even. No goals this month, just try to go forwards.Start of Month:
Books on Shelf : 16 (1 over 3 months)
Books:
,
,
,
,
Feedback ratio: 78% (almost there)
Finished:
,
,Added: TAD
End of Month:
Books on shelf: 15
Feedback Ratio: 80%
Oops, requested too many books last month, lolStart of August
Books on shelf: 20
Feedback ratio: 79%
Books:
Added in August:
Finished:
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review End of Month
Books on shelf: 18
Feedback ratio: 82%
💜 💜 AUGUST: 💜 💜 Hope to reduce shelf # this month ♥️
SOM
Ratio: 87%
# Books on Shelf: 7
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...Added:
EOM
7 # Books on Shelf:
Ratio: 87 %
Netgalley August 2019Start of the Month:
Number of Books on Shelf: 32
Book Titles:
July/August 2018 Buzz Books Monthly; June 2018 Buzz Books Monthly; January 2018 Buzz Books Monthly Feedback Ratio: 42%
During Month
Books Read:
-read last month still need to reviewBook Review Links:NA
New Books Added: NA
End of Month
Number of Books on Shelf: 32
Book Titles:
July/August 2018 Buzz Books Monthly; June 2018 Buzz Books Monthly; January 2018 Buzz Books Monthly Feedback Ratio: 42%
August 2019 NetgalleyBooks on Shelf: 168
Feedback Ratio: 23%



Books over 3 months Old (93)
Other Books (75)
Total Starting Book Count: 168
ARC Books for August
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6 -
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13 -
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27 -
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Books Read in August: 4
1. The Monthly Sky Guide, 10th Edition, Read 8/6 Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World read 8/25, 5 stars - Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Read and Buried read 8/16, 3 stars - Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. The Hierophant's Daughter read 8/29, 3 stars - Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Books Added in August: 4
End of Month:
Books on Shelf: 168
Feedback Ratio: 24%
Beginning of Month
Feedback Ratio 76%
Books on Shelf: 76
Planning to Read
Read & still to Review
Reviews Posted
Books Added:
Current
Feedback Ratio 76%
Books on Shelf 76
New month!Current Titles: 19
Older Than 3 Months: 34
Feedback Ratio: 33% (up 2% from last month - woo!)
Added in August: 5
Goal: 3 from current and 3 from 3 months old
Currently Reading:
Current Titles Completed
Older Than 3 Months Completed
Review
I've agreed to review a couple of physical books, Thirteen and The Girl They Left Behind. This won't affect my NetGalley shelf or ratio, but I figured I'd at it here so I don't forget to add them into my schedule. :)
BEGINNING OF MONTHShelf count: 4
Books on shelf
Current:
Past publication:
Feedback Ratio: 88%
Read:
Added:
END OF MONTH
Shelf count:
Feedback ratio:
Well I finished my first one this month and it was ok. Which is great because the review on it were the worst I have ever seen.
was supposed to be a prequel to the Flowers in the Attic series and people were vicious about it. I think it had more to do with the author being dead for a LONG time and "someone" still writing books under that name. It really had nothing to add to the series, and wasn't a horrible book, but I doubt I would recommend it.
Vicki Willis wrote: "Well I finished my first one this month and it was ok. Which is great because the review on it were the worst I have ever seen.
was supposed to be a prequel ..."
Yikes. Some of those reviews are scathing!
was supposed to be a prequel ..."Yikes. Some of those reviews are scathing!
I've almost finished my first book for the month, but I've already added one. Cilka's Journey
This is The Tattooist of Auschwitz 2. If, you've read The Tattooist of Auschwitz, you may remember a character named Cilka and this this is the story of what happened to her after Auschwitz.
It is currently "read now" for anyone that is interested.
I'm definitely going backwards this month. I just picked up
which is the final book in the 4MK Thriller trilogy. I haven't read the first two yet, but I own them so now I have to read them soon. The book is currently "read now."
I added
Orcas Everywhere: The Mystery and History of Killer Whales and then immediately read it. It was written for younger audience so it was a short book. Horrible stuff... I am left feeling sad and devastated (again... Sort of like when I read Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish). It is probably too late because the only things humans can do to help would take generations to accomplish and the whales don't have that much time. 5 stars, but reader beware...
my review
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Number 2 done :)
review3 stars. It was an easy read, but just kind of missing something"
I love the cover of that book, Karen.
I am going away Saturday can I please please please beg for September's thread before i go thank you very nicely
Marie (UK) wrote: "I am going away Saturday can I please please please beg for September's thread before i go thank you very nicely"
Gosh doesn't the month fly by!!
September thread is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Gosh doesn't the month fly by!!
September thread is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Gosh doesn't the month fly by!!August seems to have gone by exceptionally fast.
Sept 1 is officially the start of Spring here. Doesn't feel like it! This winter has gone so quick
Before we know it, Christmas will be here :o
Before we know it, Christmas will be here :o
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Sept 1 is officially the start of Spring here. Doesn't feel like it! This winter has gone so quickBefore we know it, Christmas will be here :o"
I feel like every year lately I think Christmas is too far away to begin my shopping and then before I know it I'm scrambling to finish. I may have to start early this year. (I can't believe we're discussing Christmas already!)
Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "I am going away Saturday can I please please please beg for September's thread before i go thank you very nicely"Gosh doesn't the month fly by!!
September thread is here: http..."
thank you so much I am away all of September so it is going to fly by
I'm actually done with my August ARCs! Update to msg. 12:
End of month:
Updated shelf count/books to read: 13
Updated ratio: 93%
Books added in August: 5 (read one of them)
Books read in August: 11
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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 August 17/18
**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!