NetGalley February 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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[Dana-Adriana B.]

I want to try!

[Melanie]

My goal for the month is to get through the 1 January title I missed, my February titles, and to read some of my pre-2021 backlog (currently at 30 books).

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 49
Feedback Ratio: 85%

Books (ordered by pub date):






Added:


Finished:


A Good Old-Fashioned Cowboy | My Review
The Duke Heist | My Review
The Night Before | My Review
To Tame a Wild Cowboy | My Review
The Virgin Who Vindicated Lord Darlington | My Review
The Echo Wife | My Review
The Project | My Review
Hit Me With Your Best Scot | My Review

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 47
Feedback Ratio: 86%

[Tari]

NetGalley February 2021
Beginning of Month
Shelf count/books on shelf: 27
Ratio: 91%

Books will be linked to GR review when read

Irish Parade Murder
Leslie Meier 2/6/21
Ink & Shadows
Ellery Adams 2/4/21
A Glimmer of Death
Valerie Wilson Wesley 2/9/21
Murder With a View
Diane Kelly 2/11/21
*Farm to Trouble
Amanda Flower 2/24/21
Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop
Darci Hannah 2/27/21
Long Island Iced Tina
Ellen Byron 2/28/21
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
Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder
Death at the Salon
A Game of Cones
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



End of month stats:
Updated shelf count/books to read: 31
Updated ratio: 90%
Books read in February: 7

*Books added in February: 11
A Hex for Danger
Cajun Kiss of Death
Murder in a Teacup
Murder, She Edited
The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit
Four Cuts too Many
Much Ado About Nauticaling
Lemon Drop Dead
Murder in the Cookbook Nook
Murder by Page One

[Marie (UK)]

BEGINNING OF THE MONTH
21 books Feedback 93% Aim to get the oldest books off this shelf



READ IN FEBRUARY

1. Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics 01/02/2020 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. The Secret of You and Me 03/02/2021 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Madam 06/02/2021 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. Idle Hands 13/02/2021 224 pages https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café 15/02/2021 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6.The Searcher 18/02/2021https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. Trio 25/02/2021 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


DNF
1. This Mournable Body

ADDED IN FEBRUARY


END OF MONTH

20 books on shelf
Feedback 94%

[Kristie]

I'm in. I need to get a few of these off my shelf.

February:

Beginning of Month:

Books on Shelf: 12
Published:


February:
2 🎧 22

March:
2 🎧 9 🎧

April:
6 🎧 20

May:
4 25

Sept:
14

Netgalley Ratio: 94%


End of Month:

Read: 2


Reviews: 2
The Unwilling review
We Begin at the End review

Added: 2


Books on Shelf: 12
Ratio: 94%

Additional: (view spoiler)[

Physical:


Bookish:


Edelweiss:


(hide spoiler)]

[Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~]

Ticked another 3 off in January, that's my aim for each month. fingers crossed for Feb.

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

2016:


2017:


2018:


2019:


2020:


2021:


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

END
To Be Read: 36
(Approved 65 - Feedback sent 29)
Feedback Ratio: 45%

[Vicki Willis]

Beginning of Month

Books on Shelf: 11
Feedback Ratio: 88%

Current:


Audio:


Past Publication:


READ:
Troubled: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs
Mother May I
Too Good to Be True

ADDED:


End of Month
Books on shelf: 13
Feedback ratio: 87%

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Start of Month:

Books on Shelf : 12

Books:
published


to be published




Feedback ratio: 92%


FINISHED
review review


ADDED



End of Month:
Books on shelf: 10
Feedback Ratio:93%

[Maritza]

Beginning of Month

Books on shelf - 62 (143 Approved / 77 Feedback Sent)
NetGalley Feedback - 54 %

Approved 2020

Approved 2019

Approved 2018

Approved 2017

Approved 2016


End of the Month
Added -
Books read in 2021 - 1
Books read in 2020 - 15
Feedback Ratio - 53%

[Connie N.]

I made great progress in January and hope to keep going with another successful month in February.

NetGalley Challenge – February
Feedback ratio - 79%

On shelf 2/1/21 - 108
Read: 6
Added: 1
On Shelf 2/28/21 - 103

2014 (0/8):


2015 (0/19):


2016 (0/7):


2017 (2/19):


2018 (1/31):


2019 (3/12):


2020 (0/11):


2021 (0/2):



Completed/Reviews:
Royal Treatment by Tracy Wolff - 2/6/21 - ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Right Kind of Rogue by Valerie Bowman - 2/11/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
This Earl of Mine by Kate Bateman - 2/14/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Life Is a 4-Letter Word: Laughing and Learning Through 40 Life Lessons by David A. Levy - 2/16/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Last Real Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 2/24/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Wrong Turn, Right Direction by Elle Casey - 2/27/21 ♥♥♥ - My Review

[Lyndi (mibookobsession)]

Netgalley Challenge February

Beginning of month:
Books on shelf: 64
Feedback ratio: 77%

Shelf


Added this month:

Finished:
Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review


End of month:
Books on shelf: 67
Feedback ratio: 78%

[Dana-Adriana B.]

1a - 10 books on my shelf

1b - Lake Crescent: A Creature X Mystery Silence in the Library A Dark and Secret Place Forgotten Victim Out in the Cold Death Drops the Pilot The Perfect Life A Caller's Game The Deep, Deep Snow The Children God Forgot

1c - Feedback Ratio: 93%

[Kristen]

NetGalley Challenge – February
Feedback ratio - 20%

On shelf 2/1/21 - 25
Read: 0
Added: 1
On Shelf 2/28/21 - ???


2018: 0/1


2020: 0/14


2021: 0/10


Added in February: 1


Read in February - Reviews:

[Jade aka MrsTosh]

NetGalley Challenge – February


Beginning of Month
Books on shelf: 23
Feedback Ratio: 60%

Current:


Added:


Read/Reviews:
- Review - Review - Review - Review - Review - Review - Review


End of Month
Books on shelf: 19
Feedback ratio: 67%

[Kristie]

I've added one already! I actually had a wish granted. I hardly ever wish for anything because I was never approved before so I had completely forgotten that I even wished for it.

The Drowning Kind

[Jade aka MrsTosh]

Kristie wrote: "I've added one already! I actually had a wish granted. I hardly ever wish for anything because I was never approved before so I had completely forgotten that I even wished for it.

[bookcover:The ..."

Love it when that happens!

[[deleted user]]

Netgalley February 2021

Netgalley TBR: 388 books (756 Approved | 347 Feedback Sent)
Feedback ratio: 46%

Books I Plan to Read in February:


Reviews:
The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon
A Winning Season by Rochelle Alers
Second Chance on Cypress Lane by Reese Ryan
Pursuit of the Truth by K.D. Richards

Books Added in February:

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Kristie wrote: "I've added one already! I actually had a wish granted. I hardly ever wish for anything because I was never approved before so I had completely forgotten that I even wished for it.

[bookcover:The ..."

Nice! I had my first wish granted recently too

[Kristie]

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Nice! I had my first wish granted recently too"

Excellent!

[Kristie]

First review of the month done!



The Unwilling review

[Vicki Willis]

I read also and agree with everything you said Kristie.
I am looking forward to reading more of John Hart.

I also added one this month called


and I just started reading - I hope it isn't going to be a dumb woman book.

[Kristie]

Vicki Willis wrote: "I hope it isn't going to be a dumb woman book."

This made me laugh out loud. I completely understand that sentiment.

I have that book as well, but I have a couple of other books I should get to first.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Finished
review
Which was a nice enough easy read. It's been on the shelf for a while so I'm glad to be getting through these older ones :)

[Film]

Netgalley Challenge February

Beginning of month:
Books on shelf: 3
Feedback ratio: 25%

Current:


Added:

Reviews
One Year Gone

[Amanda]

I need to get back to reading my Netgalley books. I'm too embarrassed to say how many are on my shelf, so I'm just going to state my goal. >.<

Netgalley Challenge, February 2021

Books read:
1/15

One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence- 2/21/21

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

lol Amanda!

[Kristie]

I just got a widget for Dark Roads by Chevy Stevens, which I accepted. I've only read one other book by her and I loved it so I'm excited to get this one.

[Kelly]

Netgalley TBR:
295 approved - 256 feedback sent = 39 to review
Feedback ratio = 87%



Finished:


EDELWEISS TBR
(view spoiler)[


(hide spoiler)]

Finished:

[Vicki Willis]

I have finished 2 already this month and am starting on my 3rd.

Mother May I was NOT a dumb woman novel. I actually really liked it! It had a good plot and delved into some interesting topics.

Troubled: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs explored the problem of difficult teenagers. It was written by someone who was actually in the system at one time, but was not written like a "shock value" book.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

finished.
Beautiful story, and an easy read. 4 stars
review

[Caleb]

My ratio is 5% rn so I'm definitely in need of this challenge 😭
Will edit but I did post 2 reviews so far so I'm gonna link everything soon-ish

[Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~]

Alexander wrote: "My ratio is 5% rn so I'm definitely in need of this challenge 😭
Will edit but I did post 2 reviews so far so I'm gonna link everything soon-ish"

If you're anything like the rest of us who use this page, it really really helps to have them there in black and white and to chalk them off. In November I was on 18%, I'm now lurking around 40%.

[Kristie]

Finished my second review of the month. If you haven't read this one and you like realistic, gritty characters, this is definitely worth a read.



We Begin at the End review

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Kristie wrote: "Finished my second review of the month. If you haven't read this one and you like realistic, gritty characters, this is definitely worth a read.



We Begin..."

Sounds intriguing!

[Amanda]

I got one done! I almost can't believe it. lol My review was rather uninspired, but I feel good about actually getting it done.

- 2 stars

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

woohoo. well done, Amanda

[Maritza]

Got pre approved for . Can't say no

[Kristie]

Maritza wrote: "Got pre approved for . Can't say no"

That one looks really good, Maritza. I've been seeing it around.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

March thread is now available here

[Connie N.]

I had another amazingly successful NetGalley month! I'm inches away from finally getting to 80%.

NetGalley Challenge – February
Feedback ratio - 79%

On shelf 2/1/21 - 108
Read: 6
Added: 1
On Shelf 2/28/21 - 103

Completed/Reviews:
Royal Treatment by Tracy Wolff - 2/6/21 - ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Right Kind of Rogue by Valerie Bowman - 2/11/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
This Earl of Mine by Kate Bateman - 2/14/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Life Is a 4-Letter Word: Laughing and Learning Through 40 Life Lessons by David A. Levy - 2/16/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Last Real Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 2/24/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Wrong Turn, Right Direction by Elle Casey - 2/27/21 ♥♥♥ - My Review

[Kristie]

That's great, Connie! You're almost there. Next month for sure!

I had a pretty stagnant month. I reviewed two and added two, so no change for me.

[Connie N.]

Kristie wrote: "First review of the month done!



The Unwilling review"

I chuckled at this, Kristie. At first I thought you were unwilling to write the review... :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

lol!

[Kristie]

Hahaha... I didn't even think of that, Connie! Too funny. :)

[Tari]

Msg 5 end of month: lost a percent but no biggie there since it's still in the range I want it in. Lost a percent AND any resistance whatsoever to adding more books LOL

[Tari]

You're doing great, Connie! :)