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Start of Month:
Books on Shelf : 5
Books:
published
to be published
Feedback ratio: 96%
FINISHED
ADDED
End of Month:
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio:%
I'm definitely in! I've been adding too many books.Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 11
Published:
August:
3
🎧 16
September:
28
📖🎧
October:
26
December:
7
2022:
January:
11
February
1
Netgalley Ratio: 95%
End of Month:
Read: 2
Reviews: 2
We Are the Brennans review
The Noise review
Added: 6
Books on Shelf: 15
Ratio: 94%
NetGalley August 2021Beginning of Month
Shelf count/books on shelf: 42
Ratio: 89%
Books/authors/reviews will be linked when read
Murder, She Edited
Kaitlyn Dunnett 8/1/21A Scone of Contention
Lucy Burdette 8/2/21One for the Hooks
Betty Hechtman 8/5/21Cajun Kiss of Death
Ellen Byron 8/7/21Danger at the Cove
Hannah Dennison 8/16/21*Hemlock for the Holidays
Paula Darnell 8/19/21The Secret Staircase
Sheila Connolly 8/21/21No Grater Crime
Maddie Day 8/23/21Mrs. Morris and the Vampire
Traci Wilton 8/24/21Seven-Year Witch
Angela M. Sanders 8/25/21Halloween Party Murder
Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, Barbara Ross 8/28/21Be My Ghost
Carol J.Perry 8/30/21Partners in Lime
Bree Baker 8/31/21Reading Between the Crimes
Slashing Through the Snow
Digging Up Trouble
In Hot Water
A Brush with Murder
Strangers on a Skein
Deck the Donuts
Christmas Dessert Murder
The Cure for What Ales You
Death on the Shelf
Renewed for Murder
A Three Book Problem
Tailing Trouble
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder
To the Tome of Murder
A Dash of Death
Long Overdue at the Lakeside Library
A Spirit Seeks Asylum
Claret and Present Danger
Murder at the Lobstah Shack
Big Trouble in Little Greektown
Once Upon a Seaside Murder
Crimes and Covers
The Glitter End
Fatal Solutions
Bear a Wee Grudge
Killer Words
How to Book a Murder
Live, Local and Dead
Chapter and Curse
Added in August*:
Here Comes the Fudge
Death at Holly Lodge
Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off
The Corpse in the Gazebo
Front Page Murder
Murder You Gnocchi
A Murder Like No Author
Getaway with Murder
An Eggnog to Die For
Murder Outside the Lines
End of month stats:
Updated shelf count/books to read: 40
Updated ratio: 90%
Books read in August: 12
Books added in August: 10
Beginning of MonthBooks on shelf: 10
Feedback ratio: 90%
Books on shelf
Read:
Dark Roads
The Perfect Family
The Guilt Trip
Added
The Younger Wife
Unmissing
End of Month
Books on shelf: 9
Feedback rario: 92%
Beginning of MonthBooks on shelf - 59 (149 Approved / 86 Feedback Sent)
NetGalley Feedback - 57%
Approved 2021
Approved 2020
Approved 2019
Approved 2018
Approved 2017
Approved 2016
End of the Month
Reviews -
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...Added -
Books read in 2021 - 11
Books read in 2020 - 15
Feedback Ratio - 57%
AIM
To read more than I add
ON SHELF AT BEGINNING OF THE MONTH
36 books (1 0f which is an excerpt only)
91% feedback ratio
Excerpt only
READ IN AUGUST
1. The Women of Troy https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Missing Pieces https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. The Seven Sisters https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
ADDED IN AUGUST
END OF MONTH
39 on shelf feedback 90%
Beginning of Month
Books on shelf:584 (865 Approved/281 Feedback Sent)
NetGalley Feedback - 32%
Read:-
Added
End of Month
Books on shelf: (886 Approved/282 Feedback Sent)
NetGalley Feedback - %
My participation for the August NetGalley Challenge
Books on shelf at the beginning of month:
Books on shelf: 17
Feedback Ratio: 73%
Newly added throughout the month:
Finished:
Reviews:
Call me Athena: Girl from Detroit
Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches
Drōmfrangil
End of the Month:
Books on shelf: 24 (3 of which are audiobooks)
Read this month: 5
Feedback Ratio: 69%
Looking forward to another successful month!NetGalley Challenge – August
Feedback ratio - 84% - moved to 85%!
On shelf 8/1/21 - 80
Read: 4
Added: 0
On Shelf 8/31/21 - 76
2014 (0/6):
2015 (0/16):
2016 (1/5):
2017 (0/11):
2018 (1/23):
2019 (0/6):
2020 (2/6):
2021 (0/7):
Completed/Reviews:
Been There, Married That by Gigi Levangie Grazer - 8/17/21 ♥♥ - My Review
When You Wish Upon a Rogue by Anna Bennett - 8/22/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Dolphin by Craig Bennett Hallenstein - 8/27/21 ♥♥♥ - My Review
A Duke Like No Other by Valerie Bowman - 8/31/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
August Netgalley ChallengeBeginning Feedback Ratio: 81%
368 approved 299 Reviews
Added in August:
Finished:
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
ReviewEnding Feedback Ratio: 80%
Approved 389 Finished 310
NetGalley Challenge – August
Beginning of Month
Books on shelf: 30
Feedback Ratio: 78%
132 Approved | 103 Feedback Sent
Shelf:
Added:
Reviews:
Review
Review
ReviewEnd of Month:
Books on shelf: 28
Feedback Ratio: 79%
132 Approved | 100 Feedback Sent
Finished my first review of the month. I would definitely recommend giving this one a try if you enjoy family drama, secrets, love, and mostly family coming together. 
We Are the BrennansWe Are the Brennans review
Yay! I just listened to and reviewed Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit (I can recommend this and it's a Readnow book atm) and finally received the 50 Book Reviews badge!!
I finished 2 already this month!
The Perfect FamilyLoved this one. Wicked and fun to read!
Dark RoadsAlso good, but it felt very dark and heavy
Vicki Willis wrote: "I finished 2 already this month!...
Dark RoadsAlso good, but it felt very dark and heavy"
I had a hard time reading this one in the beginning and almost gave up. I thought it was good, but much darker than I expected somehow.
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Ah! So happy. Can't wait to start
Excellent, Karen! I was declined for that one.
Mod
Now I do feel special! It is usually the other way around. haha
hahaha, can't wait to see what you think of it! A few the early reviews have said it's even better than the first. Hopefully you'll think so too!
I'm now even for the month with 2 added and my 2nd review completed. I've finished
The Noise. my The Noise review
START
To Be Read: 40
(Approved 76 - Feedback sent 36)
Feedback Ratio: 47%
2016: (10)
2017: (7)
2018: (5)
2019: (5)
2020: (4)
2021: (11)
READ:
⭐️⭐️⭐️REVIEWEND
To Be Read: 42
(Approved 79 - Feedback sent 37)
Feedback Ratio: 47%
Finished a third
The Guilt Trip3 stars for me. The characters grated on my nerves and just weren't believable. There was nothing going on until it was too much going on.
I do really like this author though.
St. Martins did some approving this morning! I was approved for
The Santa Suit and
The Golden Couple. They had been pending for a while, especially The Santa Suit. That one had been sitting there for months. I'm glad The Santa Suit is short because I really wasn't expecting to get it so I didn't plan to read it in the next month.
I now have no pending requests! I'm thinking about requesting
The Younger Wife. I missed it when it was read now and it doesn't publish until next year, so I have plenty of time.
I ended up requesting
The Younger Wife and was approved right away. So, one more added to my to-read pile and still none pending. :)
Kristie wrote: "I ended up requesting The Younger Wife and was approved right away. So, one more added to my to-read pile and still none pending. :)"I got that one today too!
I updated my profile today and requested
I honestly didn't think I would get approved due to having less than 40% feedback but I got approved so happy.
Ravenclaw Library Books wrote: "I updated my profile today and requested I honestly didn't think I would get approved due to having less than 40% feedback but I got approved so happy."
Congrats! :)) I currently have a 72% feedback ratio, but I keep getting declined for books that I'd like to read :/ I don't know what else to do but to read and review the ones that I have. But it's a bit depressing to get so many declines right now
is there any chance of September's page - pretty please about ot be budy bank holiday weekend - would be really grateful
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I think sometimes it depends on your location, and also if you have read/reviewed for that publisher before.
Or it could all just be totally random. haha
Updated msg. 5 and I'm really happy with my August ARC reading
Four more off the list and another percentage point increase - good progress!NetGalley Challenge – August
Feedback ratio - 84% - moved to 85%!
On shelf 8/1/21 - 80
Read: 4
Added: 0
On Shelf 8/31/21 - 76
Been There, Married That by Gigi Levangie Grazer - 8/17/21 ♥♥ - My Review
When You Wish Upon a Rogue by Anna Bennett - 8/22/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Dolphin by Craig Bennett Hallenstein - 8/27/21 ♥♥♥ - My Review
A Duke Like No Other by Valerie Bowman - 8/31/21 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Connie N. wrote: "Four more off the list and another percentage point increase - good progress!."
Great progress, Connie! :)
My month went a little backwards for me. Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 11
Netgalley Ratio: 95%
End of Month:
Read & reviewed: 2
We Are the Brennans - my We Are the Brennans review
The Noise - my The Noise review
Added: 6
Books on Shelf: 15
Ratio: 94%
I have my work cut out for me in September.
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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!
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