What NetGalley books do you currently have?

[Kristie]

I have gotten so many in the past month! I was down to just 3 on my TBR shelf and I've added 11! I now have:



I also received physical copies of:


Still have these past due physical copies:


And I still have a couple widgets I want to accept and a few pending! I seem to be swamping myself again. I was doing so well! But, in fairness, I'm really excited for all of them. :)

[Trisha]

ooh, when you want to read , let me know! I have that too! I got it from Edelweiss and it's past due too! lol

[Jessie (Saffity)]

Currently have and listening to . If anyone else just got this one and wants to buddy read with me I'm game.

[Kristie]

Trisha wrote: "ooh, when you want to read , let me know! I have that too! I got it from Edelweiss and it's past due too! lol"

Excellent! I needed a push for that one. lol I won't be able to fit anything else in until after the new year. So, how about after The Lost House. Maybe January 8th or so?

[Trisha]

January 8th is perfect!!

[Kristie]

Trisha wrote: "January 8th is perfect!!"

Great! Thread is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Elyse]

Kristie wrote: "I have gotten so many in the past month! I was down to just 3 on my TBR shelf and I've added 11! I now have:

..."

I thought you already had The Ferryman? I thought you had it but didn't have time for it when we buddy read it. It was so boring and disappointing lol. I don't think any of us liked it. And it's long!

[Kristie]

No, unfortunately. I started it, couldn't get interested in it, and put it aside. So, it is just hanging out there on my TBR indefinitely.

[Kristie]

So happy to be approved for It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan. I read Nora Goes Off Script by this author and really enjoyed it. I have no idea when I'll get to it, but I've been wanting to check out more of her work.

[Kevin]

Just been approved for Harlan Coben's new novel Nobody's Fool

[Kristie]

Nice, Kevin! I almost requested that one, but I still have Fool Me Once on my TBR.

[Jessie (Saffity)]

I'm currently listening to which is publishing today, but I only got approved mid last week.

On deck I have

(audio, next one on my list to listen to)

I also have which I'm slowly reading with my 5 year old.

[Kevin]

Just been sent a widget for The New Neighbours which I am looking forward to.

[Elyse]

Jamie Day's newest The Lake Escape is Read Now. We've buddy read her previous books. It publishes July 15.

[Vicki Willis]

Elyse wrote: "Jamie Day's newest The Lake Escape is Read Now. We've buddy read her previous books. It publishes July 15."

Am debating. I didn't really like One Big Happy Family, but maybe should try another one.

[Elyse]

I enjoyed The Block Party more than One Big Happy Family so I'm willing to give her another go.

[Trisha]

I grabbed it

[Jessie (Saffity)]

Just grabbed The Rhino Keeper and Buzz Books 2025 Spring/Summer I figure with the second I can see what I might be interested in requesting for the next couple months.

[Kristie]

I always enjoy the Buzz Books. I'll be interested to see which books grab you.

[Jessie (Saffity)]

Eeee Hee Hee!! I just got approved for and I'm so excited for February reads! Have to finish up my current ones now.

[Trisha]

Jessie (Saffity) wrote: "Eeee Hee Hee!! I just got approved for and I'm so excited for February reads! Have to finish up my current ones now."

YAY! congrats!

[Elyse]

Got a widget for Sarah Pekkanen's latest, The Locked Ward! Woohoo! It publishes Aug 5.

[Kristie]

I just got that too! Yay! The Locked Ward

I also got a widget for Something I Keep Upstairs by JD Barker. I usually love his books, especially his MK thriller series, but I didn't care for the last one I read by him with James Patterson (The Noise). The end was just too weird. Plus his books tend to be pretty long, so I skipped the last couple of widgets. I have a feeling that I enjoy him more as a thriller writer than a sci-fi/fantasy writer, but since I skipped the last two I'm considering this one. It is 489 pages and publishes in May. It sounds more like a horror maybe, but at least it doesn't seem to be co-written.

[Vicki Willis]

OOOOH am going to check email right now. I hope I get The Locked Ward too!

[Trisha]

ooh I got !! YAY!

[Melanie]

I also got The Locked Ward! I love her books so I'm excited to read this one.

[Vicki Willis]

I got it! YAY for me!

[Elyse]

Awesome a good group of us! Definitely will be doing a buddy read in July!

[Kristie]

Yay! So many of us! I'll start a thread. :)

[Kristie]

Thread is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'll put it in the calendar tentatively for July, but if you all want to read it before that I will change it.

[Kristie]

I was just approved for Nobody’s Fool. I haven't decided if I'm going to try to read Fool Me Once first. I already own it, so I could read it if I have time. Oddly, I own a bunch of Coben's books (13!) because they always look interesting to me, but I've never read one.

[Jessie (Saffity)]

My current list of TBR from NetGalley. Other than We Meet Again (which I grabbed as a Read Now after the publication date), my goal is to get each book read before or around the publication date and get the reviews out.

[Vicki Willis]

I just got the new Lisa Gardner book
Kiss Her Goodbye - very excited. she is a must read for me. I just LOVE the character of Frankie Elkin.

[Trisha]

Vicki Willis wrote: "I just got the new Lisa Gardner book
Kiss Her Goodbye - very excited. she is a must read for me. I just LOVE the character of Frankie Elkin."

oooh me too! One of my few series that are must reads for me! Im' SO excited for this one!

[Kristie]

I've never read Lisa Gardner. I have quite a few of her books on my TBR though, including the first two from this series, which I already own. I really need to give her a try.

[Elyse]

I also own a few but have never read her

[Kristie]

I was recently approved for Nobody’s Fool. I haven't read the previous book yet, but I'm looking forward to it anyway. I'll probably have to read them in reverse.

I just got The Man Made of Smoke. The approval came through about 10:30pm on Friday night. :) I always think it's strange when approvals come thought in the middle of the night or on the weekends. It must be the only time they have to go through requests.

[Dieuwke]

I got “The Girls who grew big” by Leila Mottley, quite looking forward to starting that. And a romance called “slow burn summer” (penguin) by Josie Silver and still on my shelf “Very Dangerous Things” Lauren Muñoz (YA whodunnit)

[Lilisa]

After laying low for awhile, I now have the following books!

What We Left Unsaid by Winnie M Li

The Case of the Elusive Bombay Duck by Tarquin Hall - fun series!

The Doorman by Chris Pavone - I ended up with both the ARC and audio

The Place of Tides by James Rebanks

Dust Settles North by Deena ElGenaidi

Free Ride: Heartbreak, Courage, and the 20,000-Mile Motorcycle Journey That Changed My Life by Noraly Schoenmaker

Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane

Six Days in Bombay by Alka Joshi

[Kristie]

That looks like a good variety, Dieuwke.

Nice. Lilisa! I have a few that have been pending forever. I may request a few new ones. I also have a couple of widgets I was hesitating on that I should go back and take another look at.

[Lilisa]

I have some pending ones too, Kristie, but luckily they don’t publish for a bit, except The Case of the Elusive Bombay Duck, which I got approved for and downloaded at the end of February. I’m reading it now as it published last week!

[Kristie]

I hate when they are pending for a long time and they approve you last minute. I've withdrawn a couple of requests lately. The ones I have pending now mostly publish in June, but I have one April 8th.

[Jessie (Saffity)]

I've dug myself a hole I need to climb out of, luckily a lot of these are kids books and have long ahead publish dates:

Kids Books:



Grown up books (I'm down for buddying up with any of these if anyone's interested)



Audiobooks:

[Vicki Willis]

Kristie wrote: "I hate when they are pending for a long time and they approve you last minute. I've withdrawn a couple of requests lately. The ones I have pending now mostly publish in June, but I have one April 8th."

I agree. Or they don't ever do anything and the publishing date passes. I have been withdrawing a few as well.

[Sian]

I have a lot of older books that have past publish date (I'm working hard to get through them now!), but ones to read and review that are published in the coming months are:

April


June

[Emerald]

I cleared my backlog and everything is now 30-ish days out or more for once

currently reading

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[Kristie]

Nice, Emerald! Way to go clearing your backlog. I still have one book on my backlog and I'm not really interested in it anymore, but will hopefully get to it eventually.

[Kristie]

I requested Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham last night and got the approval this morning. I love a quick response and I'm excited for this one. I really enjoyed the other books I've read by her. :)

[Elyse]

Kristie wrote: "I requested Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham last night and got the approval this morning. I love a quick response and I'm ex..."

I was very disappointed to be denied for this one. Esp when I've been approved for previous books of hers. 😭

[Kristie]

Oh no! Sometimes it seems so random.