NetGalley February 2020

[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!


**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!

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

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[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Start of Month:

Books on Shelf : 8

Books:



Feedback ratio: 94%


FINISHED
review


review



ADDED


End of Month:
Books on shelf: 6
Feedback Ratio:96%

[Kirby]

I got approved for 16 new books last month and 10 I think the month before? So I feel a bit like I'm drowning. This month I'm going to steadily try to pull myself out of the quicksand.


Last Month's Feedback Ratio: 39%
This Month's Feedback Ratio:




All the Titles: (77)


Added in February:



Completed:

[Aymee]

Beginning of the month:

Books on shelf: 3




Current feedback ratio: 94%


Books read:




Books added:




Updated shelf count:

Updated feedback ratio:


I GOT A NEW BADGE TOO!

[Melanie]

I've fallen quite a bit behind on my Netgalley books, so I'm hoping to make some progress this month while trying not to add too many.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 41
Feedback Ratio: 85%

Already Read, Need to Review:


Books (ordered by pub date):





Added:


Finished:


Bookmarked for Murder | My Review
Joy to the Duke | My Review
A Cowboy for All Seasons | My Review

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 43
Feedback Ratio: 85%

[Tari]

NetGalley February 2020
Beginning of Month
Shelf count/books on shelf: 16
Ratio: 93%

All my titles are linked to my GR review once I've read the book.

Listed by publication date:

The Book of Candlelight
Ellery Adams 2/3/20
A Crafter Quilts a Crime
Holly Quinn 2/10/20
In Cold Chamomile
Joy Avon 2/8/20
Coconut Layer Cake Murder
Joanne Fluke 2/28/20
Death by Chocolate Frosted Doughnut
Murder Makes Scents
Here Comes the Body
Maria DiRico 2/26/20
Al Dente's Inferno
Stephanie Cole 2/23/20
Death on the Page
Dead on the Vine
A Spell for Trouble
A Deadly Inside Scoop
A Study in Murder
To Kill a Mocking Girl
Killer Chardonnay
The Key Lime Crime

End of month stats:
Updated shelf count/books to read: 18
Updated ratio: 92%
Books read in February: 6

Books added in February: 8
Revenge Is Sweet
The Secrets of Bones
Mums and Mayhem
Death at High Tide
Checked Out for Murder
Booked for Death
For Whom the Book Tolls
Little Bookshop of Murder

[Kristie]

I'm in! I have a lot of catching up to do from last month!

Beginning of Month:

Books on Shelf: 12
Published:


March:
3 10 17

April:
7 14 21


May:
19

June:
2

Netgalley Ratio: 93%


End of Month:

Read: 2


Reviews: 2
Bitter Falls review
Into the Fire review

Added: 1


Books on Shelf: 11
Ratio: 94%

[Vicki Willis]

Beginning of Month
Books on shelf: 18
Feedback ratio: 74%

Past Publication:


Current:


READ
A Cold Trail
We, The Wildflowers
Dead to Her
The Story of Frida Kahlo: A Biography Book for New Readers

ADDED
The Girl You Gave Away
Side Trip
A Reasonable Doubt
The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder
The Passengers You Cannot See
The Story of Frida Kahlo: A Biography Book for New Readers


End of Month
Books on shelf: 20
Feedback ratio: 73%

[Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~]

MUST HAVE BETTER WILL POWER TO GET THROUGH THESE!!!

To Be Read: 38
Feedback Ratio: 19%

2016:


2017:


2018:


2019:


READ:

[Kelly]

I'm participating in a challenge this month so I won't be able to read a lot of arcs if any...

Feedback Ratio = 77%
Books on shelf = 24

TBR =

ADDED =

READ =

[Beth]

Start of February:

Feedback ratio: 28%
Books on "current" shelf: 50
Books on "older" shelf: 152
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February:


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March:


April:


May:


June:

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Books read:



Reviews:
A Nearly Normal Family | Review
Don't Tempt Me | Review
Girl Gone Viral | Review
Dead Ringer | Review
The Art of Breaking Things | Review
The Worst Best Man | Review

End of month:
Feedback ratio:
Books on "current" shelf:
Books on "older" shelf:

[Marie (UK)]

Feed back = 90%
Books on shelf = 28
Aim - get under 20 on shelf

On Shelf at Beginning of month



REVIEWS
Golden in Death
1. . Little Disasters 02/02/20202 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Are You Watching? https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Golden in Deathhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


DID NOT FINISH
The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England

ADDED in FEBRUARY
Before My Actual Heart Breaks AND The Little French Recipe Book (which isn't on GR at the moment)

END OF THE MONTH
I have done distressingly badly this month just added books and read very little I need it To be MARCH so i can start again

Feedback Ratio 87%
Books on shelf 34 ( 3 longer than 3 months - all on Spring SRC waiting for March 1st)

[Maritza]

Jan 2020 - Read & Reviewed - 1 Book

Books on NetGalley Shelf - 124 Approved / 62 Feedback Sent
NetGalley feedback - 50%
What books are on your NG shelf - 6 New Titles / 52 Titles over 3 months.
New Titles (6)

Added Jan. 2020 -

Approved 2019


Older than 3 months (52)
Approved 2019

Approved 2018

Approved 2017

Approved 2016

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

So it turns out I didn't read any in Jan. Oops. I'll need to try and finish a quickie today that I have been reading bits of for weeks

[Jammin Jenny]

February 2020 Netgalley
Books on Shelf: 209
Feedback Ratio: 24%


Goal: increase % read to 28%

Books over 3 months Old (155)


Other Books (54)


Total Starting Book Count: 209

Books Read in Feb: 1
1. Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter Feb 4, 4 stars
2.

Books Added in Feb:

End of Month:
Books on Shelf: 208
Feedback Ratio: 25%

[Kristie]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "So it turns out I didn't read any in Jan. Oops. I'll need to try and finish a quickie today that I have been reading bits of for weeks"

I didn't either! I got 50% through one and 22% through another, but didn't finish any. I also read three books from a series of which I have the 5th one from NetGalley. So, no reviews, but I do have a head start for February!

[Lyndi (mibookobsession)]

February Netgalley Challenge
Beginning of February Shelf: 23
Beginning feedback ratio: 83%




Added in February:

Finished: Review Review Review

End of month
Feedback ratio : 84%
Books on shelf : 22

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Kristie wrote: "So, no reviews, but I do have a head start for February! ..."

Absolutely! Means I finished my first one for Feb ;)

review

[Kristie]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Kristie wrote: "So, no reviews, but I do have a head start for February! ..."

Absolutely! Means I finished my first one for Feb ;)

review"

Yay!

[Cassandra]

February NetGalley Challenge
Beginning Feb Books on Current Shelf:13
Beginning Feb Books on Older Shelf: 3
Beginning Feb Feedback Ratio: 27%




Added in February:

Finished in February: The Lies We Hide Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Secrets He Kept Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

End of February Books on Current Shelf: 32
End of Feb Books on older shelf: 1
Current feedback ratio: 20%

[Yzabel]

Beginning of the month

Books on shelves: 14



Older than 3 months:



Feedback Ratio: 97%

End of the Month

Books I read in February: 4

Reviews:


DNF: 0

Added: 3

Shelf count: 13

Feedback ratio: 97%

[Barbara]

February 2020 NetGalley Challenge:

Last month was a push for me, with 2 books reviewed, and 2 books added. Let's see how I do in February:

Beginning of the Month:

Books on shelf: 5


Feedback Ratio: 85%

End of the Month:

Books Read with Links to Reviews: 4
my review
my review
my review
my review

Books Added: 2


Updated Books on Shelf: 3

Updated Feedback Ratio: 90%

[Kristie]

Finished my first review for the month! :)



Bitter Falls review

[Emily]

Books on shelf 59
Feedback Ration 84%

Goal 10

Top Shelf
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A Literary Tea Party
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Finished
review
I really enjoyed this look into the life of a 88 year old workaholic icon

[Vicki Willis]

I finished one! , which puts me up to date in this series. It was very good and the characters are what really makes the story.
my review

Now to get to the other 4 that are publishing this month!

[Carrie]

I'm new to NetGalley so I'm still just getting my toes wet.
I have 1 book for February so far.
It's:
Ghosts of Harvard

Francesca Serritella

REVIEW
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Vicki Willis]

I just added two more
Side Trip
and
The Girl You Gave Away

Both by authors I have read one book by and really liked.
One of the books publishes in March and one in July so that is good!

[Kristie]

Those both sound great, Vicki! I think The Girl You Gave Away might have a bit of a The Hand That Rocked the Cradle vibe to it.

[Kristie]

Second review of the month!



Into the Fire review

[Vicki Willis]

I finished another
Dead to Her
A 4 star read, though the ending got convoluted.

[Kristie]

I got a widget for What You Wish For and added it. I loved the last book I read by her, Things You Save in a Fire, so I figured I'd give it a try. Fortunately, it doesn't publish until July so I have a little time.

[Kristie]

Could we get a March thread please? February is a short month. :)

[Kristie]

I just saw that my May pub book was pushed back to Sept 1st. I now have nothing that publishes in May, which is good. I may need a break. That is also typically a month that has a lot of books that I want to read publishing.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

March thread is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Kristie]

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "March thread is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Thank you!

[Tari]

Updated msg. 7

[Kristie]

I read two and added one. Not great, but heading in the right direction. I did get halfway through two more, so hopefully March will be even better since I have a bit of a head start.

Original post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Barbara]

February was a great month (reading-wise) for me. I finished 4 books and only added 2, plus my feedback ratio rose to 90%!

[Vicki Willis]

Great job Barbara!

I had a good month too. I read 4, but added 5 so my ratio went down a little, but the books were too good to pass up!