NetGalley January 2021

[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 : 6

Books:
published


to be published



Feedback ratio: 95%


FINISHED


ADDED




End of Month:
Books on shelf: 12
Feedback Ratio:92%

[Kelly]

Netgalley TBR:
270 approved - 235 feedback sent
Feedback ratio 90% -> 87%




Finished:


EDELWEISS TBR
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Finished:

[Kristie]

I'm definitely in. I need to start off the year well. I got a bit behind where I want to be in December. I'll edit later if I'm able to finish anything else before the end of the month.

Beginning of Month:

Books on Shelf: 11
Published:


2021:
January:
5 🎧 26

February:
2 🎧 22

March:
2 🎧 9

April:
13

May:
4 25

Netgalley Ratio: 95%


End of Month:

Read: 3


Reviews: 3
The Wife Upstairs review
The Good Sister review
Prodigal Son review

Added: 4


Books on Shelf: 13
Ratio: 94%

Additional: (view spoiler)[

Physical:


Bookish:
8/4

Edelweiss:
8/18 (hide spoiler)]

[Melanie]

Ok my goal is to clear as many pre-2021 ARCs (36 total) as possible this month.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 51
Feedback Ratio: 84%

Books (ordered by pub date):






Added:


Finished:


The Princess and the Rogue | My Review
Tempting the Laird | My Review
Wildflower Graves | My Review
A Tourist's Guide to Murder | My Review
Someday My Duke Will Come | My Review
Wedding Bear Blues | My Review
Justified | My Review
The Virgin Who Ruined Lord Gray | My Review

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 49
Feedback Ratio: 85%

[Tari]

NetGalley January 2021
Beginning of Month
Shelf count/books on shelf: 26
Ratio: 91%

Books will be linked to GR review when read

Grounds for Murder
Tara Lush 1/9/21
Deadly Edition
Victoria Gilbert 1/12/21
Rhubarb Pie Before You Die
Gin Jones 1/15/21
A Murder Between the Pages
Amy Lillard 1/19/21 1/18/21
A Catered Book Club Murder
Isis Crawford 1/23/21
Bait and Witch
Angela M. Sanders 1/21/21
A Wicked Yarn
Emmie Caldwell 1/7/21
A Curious Incident
Vicki Delany 1/27/21
Hope, Faith and a Corpse
Laura Jensen Walker 1/29/21
The Broken Spine
Dorothy St. James 1/25/21
A Tourist’s Guide to Murder
V.M. Burns 1/31/21
Irish Parade Murder
Ink & Shadows
A Glimmer of Death
One Poison Pie
Lynn Cahoon 1/28/21
A Deadly Chapter
Under the Cover of Murder
Deadly Ever After
Deadly Delights
Murder at the Lakeside Library
Fresh Brewed Murder
Death by Chocolate Snickerdoodle
Long Island Iced Tina
Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop
Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder

End of month stats:
Updated shelf count/books to read:
Updated ratio: %
Books read in January:

Books added in January: 13
Death at the Salon
A Game of Cones
Murder With a View
A Glimmer of a Clue
Draw and Order
Beyond a Reasonable Donut
Mrs. Morris and the Sorceress
Poppy Harmon and the Pillow Talk Killer
Ruby Red Herring
Peaches and Schemes
Dogged by Death
A Scone of Contention
One for the Hooks

[Vicki Willis]

Beginning of Month

Books on shelf: 8
Feedback Ratio: 91%

Current:


Past Publication:


READ:
You Have a Match

ADDED:
Troubled: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs
You Have a Match
The Girl on the Platform
Mother May I

End of Month
Books on shelf:11
Feedback ratio: 88%

[Yzabel]

Beginning of the month

Books on shelves: 14


Feedback Ratio: 96%

End of the Month

Books I read in January:

Reviews:

DNF:

Added:

Shelf count:

Feedback ratio:

[Marie (UK)]

START OF THE MONTH

25 books on shelf (if I get through the one I am just starting )



AIM
I cannot wait for Friday so that I can start some of these books. They are in so many 2021 challenges that I have been holding off most of them.

REVIEWS
1. The Push https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. The Bell in the Lake https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. The Last Day of Paradise https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. Murder On Mustique https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. Going Green https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. The Lamplighters https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. Mr Wilder & Me https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8. The Perfect Life 21/01/2021 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
9. Where Madness Lies 25/01/2021 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

ADDED IN JANUARY


END OF MONTH

21 on shelf Feedback 93% some have been on shelf a long time

[[deleted user]]

Netgalley January 2021

Netgalley TBR: 364 books (724 Approved | 340 Feedback Sent)
Feedback ratio: 47%

Books I Plan to Read in January:


End of the Month

Reviews:
The Coffee Corner by Amy Clipston
Hidden Ambition by Jules Bennett
Looking for a Cowboy by Donna Grant
Death by French Roast by Alex Erickson
Enjoy the View by Sarah Morgenthaler
More Than Neighbors by Shannon Stacey

Shelf count:

Feedback ratio:

[Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~]

I was super rubbish in December. I am combining my ATY challenge and my Netgalley reads so I should start chalking them off soon. (challenge is here if you want to see my plan - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)

START
To Be Read: 38
(Approved 60 - Feedback sent 22)
Feedback Ratio: 37%

2016:


2017:


2018:


2019:


2020:


AUDIOBOOKS:


READ:
= ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️REVIEW
= ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️REVIEW
= ⭐️⭐️⭐️REVIEW

END
To Be Read: 35
(Approved 60 - Feedback sent 25)
Feedback Ratio: 42%

[Maritza]

Beginning of Month

Books on shelf - 63 (143 Approved / 76 Feedback Sent)
NetGalley Feedback - 53 %

Approved 2020 -

Approved 2019

Approved 2018

Approved 2017

Approved 2016


End of the Month
Review - https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Added - 0
Books read in 2021 - 1
Books read in 2020 - 15
Feedback Ratio - 54%

[Leticia]

I'm in:

a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf
24 books

b: What books are on your NG shelf
I won't post all but some of them:
Knaves: A Blackguards Anthology
The Midnight Circus
Down Comes the Night Gatekeeper
Entanglements: Tomorrow's Lovers, Families, and Friends

c: What your Netgalley feedback ratio is:
68% and I want to get to 80%

[Connie N.]

I'm making progress, little by little. Thanks for helping!

NetGalley Challenge – January
Feedback ratio - 77% - Increased to 79%

On shelf 1/1/21 - 114
Read: 6
Added: 0
On Shelf 1/31/21 - 108

2014 (0/8):


2015 (0/19):


2016 (3/10):


2017 (0/19):


2018 (2/33):


2019 (1/13):


2020 (0/12):


Completed/Reviews:

Rough & Ready by Tracy Wolff - 1/8/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
One More Taste by Melissa Cutler - 1/14/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Sin for Me by Lisa Marie Perry - 1/21/21 ♥♥ - My Review
The Corner of Holly and Ivy by Debbie Mason - 1/23/21 ♥♥♥ - My Review
At Risk by S.G. Redling - 1/29/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Play to Win by Kelly Jamieson - 1/30/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

[Jade aka MrsTosh]

NetGalley Challenge – January
Beginning of Month

Books on shelf: 18
Feedback Ratio: 57%

Current:
2019


Completed/Reviews:
Mr Right Across the Street - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Ultimate SPAM Cookbook: 100+ Quick and Delicious Recipes from Traditional to Gourmet - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Dog Sitter - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Match Made in Manhattan - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Song for a Cowboy - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Dreaming Under An Island Skye - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Love Almost - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Promise - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Rachel, Out of Office - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Her Turn - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sunset on the Square - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Highland Defender - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


ADDED:


End of Month
Books on shelf: 20
Feedback ratio: 60%

[Vicki Willis]

Isn't it funny when netgalley has been so quiet ( for weeks) and then suddenly you get 3 approvals in 30 minutes!!!

The Girl on the Platform

You Have a Match

Troubled: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs

[Kristie]

Vicki Willis wrote: "Isn't it funny when netgalley has been so quiet ( for weeks) and then suddenly you get 3 approvals in 30 minutes!!!..."

I've sen a lot of people saying that! Congrats! I am not one of the lucky ones. I have 5 pending and just sitting there.

[Jade aka MrsTosh]

Vicki Willis wrote: "Isn't it funny when netgalley has been so quiet ( for weeks) and then suddenly you get 3 approvals in 30 minutes!!!

[book:The Girl on the Platform|555..."

Yes same thing happened to me this morning!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I guess the person with the approval button just got back from holidays. lol

I only have one pending but I feel like I requested some more. Maybe it was the "wish for it" which doesn't go to the pending shelf?

[Kristie]

First review of the year done!



The Wife Upstairs review

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Kristie wrote: "First review of the year done!



The Wife Upstairs review"

Oh that sound slike an interesting one! I always loved Jane Eyre

[Barbara]

January 2021 NetGalley Challenge:

Beginning of the Month:

Books on shelf: 11



Feedback Ratio: 82%

End of the Month:

Books Read with Links to Reviews:

my review

Books Added:

Updated Books on Shelf:

Updated Feedback Ratio:

[Vicki Willis]

I finished one You Have a Match
It was a young adult/romance type. The thing I liked about it was that it has a storyline about DNA testing that caused some family drama and that it was set in a summer camp.

[Connie N.]

I finished my first review of this month. Good one!

Rough & Ready by Tracy Wolff - 1/8/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

[Lyndi (mibookobsession)]

Netgalley Challenge January

Beginning of month:
Books on shelf: 64
Feedback ratio: 74%

Shelf


Added this month:

Finished:
My Review My Review My Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review


End of month:
Books on shelf: 64
Feedback radio: 77%

[Kristie]

I got a new one. Antoni: Let's Do Dinner

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I just got auto approval for Hatchette.

This will not go well

lol

[Kristie]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "I just got auto approval for Hatchette.

This will not go well

lol"

lol Congrats!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

*clears throat*
so I've added a couple :o



*backs away*

[Kristie]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "*clears throat*
so I've added a couple :o ..."

lol! Well... you knew that was going to happen. Good thing your shelf was starting to get bare.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I know!

I was really trying to get all the ones already published read (I’m close) so it was time to restock 😂

[Kristie]

I only have 2 left that are past publication date. I was hoping to get them read by the end of last year, but I keep adding more so I don't have time to go backwards.

Speaking of adding more... I added another. The Perfect Daughter. In my defense, it is a read now and already on my TBR. I must really stop requesting now...

[Kristie]

I forgot to mention that I also added The Rose Code this month. 🤦🏼‍♀️ I really do love Kate Quinn though.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Oh I did enjoy The Alice Network. I hope that one is just as good!

[Kristie]

I also enjoyed The Alice Network. If you haven't read The Huntress yet, that was excellent too.

[Kristie]

I was approved for another...
Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson. That's 4 approvals and only one review this month. I haven't had this many books on my shelf in a while. I only have 3 left on my pending shelf and I'm expecting those to just fall off eventually.

[Vicki Willis]

Kristie - OH! I just went and requested it. I have read this author before and really like her.
I requested it in Audio, so crossing my fingers.

[Kristie]

I got the audio too, Vicki. I really enjoyed the last book I read by her and was really excited to see it there. Hope you get it!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Finished


fascinating book (and author)

It was published a year ago so happy to get that one finally done!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I was approved for


which is exciting but means I need to read book 1 . lol

[Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "*clears throat*
so I've added a couple :o

[bookcover:Redefining HR: Transforming People Teams to Drive Busin..."

oooh I really want...NO, NEED... to read Shiver!!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "oooh I really want...NO, NEED... to read Shiver!!..."

Yeah I'm looking forward to that one too :o

[Kristie]

Review 2 for the month:

The Good Sister review

It was a little unbelievable and convenient at times towards the end, but really engaging and it felt like it went by quickly. I really like Sally Hepworth's writing style. 4★

[Kristie]

Third review of the month completed!

Prodigal Son review

I've almost broken even with reviews and new books. Just one more review to go and I'll end the month right where I started. :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

well done, Kristie!

I'm looking forward to that Hepworth book. I've quite enjoyed all her others

[Melanie]

I'm pretty happy with my Netgalley reading this month. I read 8 books, added 6 (1 of which I read already), so decreased my shelf by 2. Plus of the ones I read, 6 of them were part of my pre-2021 backlog bringing that down to 30.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 51
Feedback Ratio: 84%

Added:


Finished:


The Princess and the Rogue | My Review
Tempting the Laird | My Review
Wildflower Graves | My Review
A Tourist's Guide to Murder | My Review
Someday My Duke Will Come | My Review
Wedding Bear Blues | My Review
Justified | My Review
The Virgin Who Ruined Lord Gray | My Review

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 49
Feedback Ratio: 85%

[Connie N.]

I had an excellent NetGalley month in January!

NetGalley Challenge – January
Feedback ratio - 77% - Increased to 79%

On shelf 1/1/21 - 114
Read: 6
Added: 0
On Shelf 1/31/21 - 108

Completed/Reviews:

Rough & Ready by Tracy Wolff - 1/8/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
One More Taste by Melissa Cutler - 1/14/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Sin for Me by Lisa Marie Perry - 1/21/21 ♥♥ - My Review
The Corner of Holly and Ivy by Debbie Mason - 1/23/21 ♥♥♥ - My Review
At Risk by S.G. Redling - 1/29/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Play to Win by Kelly Jamieson - 1/30/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

[Vicki Willis]

Great job Connie! That is how to do it for sure!