NetGalley Month in Review

[Elyse]

Tasha wrote: "LOL, your review of is funny. I am glad I didn't get it now, lol.

That's a bummer that Aces Wild didn't deliver, it did sound like it would be a fun read.

The Mi..."

Thanks Tasha!

[Elyse]

OCTOBER
74. Ghosts Pub date 10/15/20. Finished 10/9/22 ⭐⭐ Review
75. The Ex Wives (audio) Pub date 10/12/22. Finished 10/14/22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
76. The Family Game Pub date 10/18/22. Finished 10/25/22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
77. One of the Girls Pub date 6/28/22. Finished 10/29/22 ⭐⭐⭐ Review

[Trisha]

October, the first month I'm finally making progress on my pile of past due Netgalley! I now have 204 on my shelf (from 218 and no movement on my shelf count last month!)

AND I moved 2% to 74% and I'm so close to 75!

5 Stars
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Star
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tasha]

The amount of books you have read is crazy, Trisha!! LOL

I'm glad to see The Night Ship got 5 stars. Definitely on my radar. I'm going to take a look at some of your reviews now.

[Lilisa]

Oh wow Trisha - that’s amazing! It must feel great!

[Kristie]

That is super impressive, Trisha! Nice job!!

[Kristie]

Beginning of Month:

Books on Shelf: 10
Netgalley Ratio: 96%


End of Month:

Read & reviewed: 3
Santa's Little Yelpers review
Ex Wives review
Lavender House review

Added: 4


Books on Shelf: 11
Ratio: 96%

I was hoping to finish one more to break even, but no such luck. Hopefully I'll finally start making some progress next month.

[Tasha]

Nice reviews, Kristie.

[Kristie]

Thanks, Tasha!

[Trisha]

This was a pretty good month for Netgalley reading! Not as many as I was hoping, but close!
I went from 208 on my shelf to 205 - nearly no progress but oh well. My feedback ration went from 74 - 75%!!!!

4 stars
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3 stars
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
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2 stars
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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1 star
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Kristie]

Impressive, Trisha! I read two and my percentage went down one. lol

[Kristie]

Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 11
Netgalley Ratio: 96%


End of Month:
Read & Reviewed: 2
my Mad Honey review
my Lindbergh Nanny review

Added: 5
Books on Shelf: 14
Ratio: 95%

[Trisha]

Kristie wrote: "Impressive, Trisha! I read two and my percentage went down one. lol"

oh no! lol
but you got some really great new ones!!

[Kristie]

I did! And two of my adds were audiobooks for books I already had, so it didn't really add to my pile. I do have a few widgets that I am planning to add in December, so hopefully I am able to get through a bunch of my NGs in December.

[Tasha]

Nice reading, Trisha! Once again I'm amazed at your stats!

I read 2 books from NG and added 1:

Read:

- 4 stars
- 4 stars

I like that the title are pretty similar! lol

Added:



Feedback ratio: 88%

[Thereadingbell]

Trisha wrote: "This was a pretty good month for Netgalley reading! Not as many as I was hoping, but close!
I went from 208 on my shelf to 205 - nearly no progress but oh well. My feedback ration went from 74 - 75..."

I thought I was bad with the 29 on my shelf but wow 200. I didn't want to get behind and I personally am close to being caught up with past stuff and recent stuff. I still have about 8 books from a couple years ago but will be dwindling that down I hope to 5 going into the new year.

[Thereadingbell]

My Netgalley books Read for the Month:
Read: 24

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5 stars
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5 stars
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4 stars
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5 stars
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Books Added: 6
Books On Shelf: 29
Ratio: 82%

I finally made it over 80% which is nice!

[Trisha]

Thereadingbell wrote: "My Netgalley books Read for the Month:
Read: 24"

Wow, you had some really high rated books! And you read a lot too!! Congrats!

[Trisha]

Tasha wrote: "Nice reading, Trisha! Once again I'm amazed at your stats!.."

Awe, thank you! It's my own fault for getting so far behind! lol
You had some really high rated ones too! I'm glad you liked the ones you're getting! I loved both of those too

[Elyse]

NOVEMBER
78. The Breakdown Pub date 7/18/17. Finished 11/2/22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
79. A Sliver of Darkness Pub date 11/8/22. Finished 11/5/22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
80. The Lindbergh Nanny (audio) Pub date 11/15/22. Finished 11/12/22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
81. The Last Party Pub date 11/8/22. Finished 11/15/22 ⭐⭐⭐ Review
82. We Deserve Monuments (audio) Pub date 11/29/22. Finished 11/19/22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
83. The Blackout Book Club Pub date 11/15/22. Finished 11/23/22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
84. The Naughty Or Nice Clause Pub date 11/8/22. Finished 11/26/22 ⭐⭐⭐ Review
85. Unfamiliar Pub date 12/6/22. Read 11/26/22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
86. Stiletto Sisterhood (audio) Pub date 9/20/22. Finished 11/27/22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
87. The Wedding Ranch Pub date 12/6/22. Finished 11/30/22 ⭐⭐⭐ Review

I have read and reviewed my 2 December books so I'm hoping to advance on my January ARCs this month! And get caught up on the 6 audiobooks I have that have been published. Except one of them I did not enjoy on audio so I'm still searching for somewhere to borrow it and read it.

[Trisha]

YAY! Congrats on your progress Elyse! That's awesome you are moving on to January!!

[Elyse]

Trisha wrote: "YAY! Congrats on your progress Elyse! That's awesome you are moving on to January!!"

Thanks Trisha! Popping over to our buddy read thread!

[Tasha]

So great, Elyse! I'm sure that feels so good to get so many of those read and be up to date now. Yay!

[Lilisa]

Everyone’s been doing a great job clearing off their shelves - nice work!

[Kristie]

My end of month:

Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 14
Ratio: 95%

End of Month:

Read & Reviewed: 5 (7 off shelf due to audio of some)
my Friendshipped review
my All the Dangerous Things review
my The Villa review
my What Lies in the Woods review
my Devil's Way review

Added: 9
Books on Shelf: 16
Ratio: 94%

[Elyse]

DECEMBER
88. Carefree Black Girls Pub date 10/19/21. Finished 12/5/22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
89. The Christmas Clash (audio) Pub date 10/4/22. Finished 12/8/22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
90. When Life Gives You Vampires (audio) Pub date 10/4/22. Finished 12/9/22 ⭐⭐⭐ Review
91. Just Like Magic Pub date 10/4/22. Finished 12/15/22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
92. The Drift Pub date 1/31/23. Finished 12/20/22 ⭐⭐ Review
93. Mixed Signals (audio) Pub date 8/30/22. Finished 12/25/22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
94. Battleshipped (audio) Pub date 12/27/22. Finished 12/26/22 ⭐⭐⭐ Review
95. The Next Worst Thing (audio) Pub date 10/4/22. Finished 12/29/22 ⭐⭐⭐ Review

Had a couple of reviews to catch up on!

[Kristie]

I have Battleshipped to read soon. I thought the first book was good, but not my favorite. I was hoping this one would step it up as we've already met the characters, but I guess not... I'll be prepared for another average contemporary romance. I seem to be enjoying them well enough lately even if they aren't the best.

[Elyse]

Well I gave the first one 2 stars and the second one 3 stars so it IS better. lol. Just not my kind of romance. I gotta stop reading the PG romance, it's so boring. lol

[Kristie]

Hahaha. Ok, I get that. lol

[Elyse]

Zerooooo NetGalley books read in January. And that's not because I didn't have any publishing...eeep!

[Kristie]

I finished two and I will likely finish a third tomorrow. I haven't reviewed any yet though, so I'll post back here when I do. I had significantly more books that published in January. I still have 5 more that published this month, including the one I'm currently reading.

[Tasha]

I had no NG books scheduled to read this past month so I read zero as well. I actually had a really nice month of more mood reads for a change! I enjoyed my reading month, lol. :)

[Kristie]

I finished two and I'll review my third tomorrow. I added three, so I went a little backwards. Unfortunately, I have quite a few (for me) that are now past publication.

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

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

[Trisha]

I completely tanked my ratio this month *sigh*
but I had a nice, slow reading month. I'll definitely get caught up next month 😁😏

January Read/Reviews:

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[Kristie]

Nice job, Trisha!

[Kristie]

I didn't get to everything I wanted to this month, but I'm still pretty happy with my progress.

Read & Reviewed: 5
my Josh and Gemma review
my Exiles review
my Maame review
my Make a Wish review
my Townshipped review

Added: 1
Books on Shelf: 13
Ratio: 96%

[Tasha]

I read 1 book for NG in Feb. I've slowed down a bit it seems, lol.

- 3 stars - listened on audio

Added just 1 as well:

[Elyse]

FEBRUARY
1. School Trip Pub date 4/4/23. Finished 2/17/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
2. Of Love and Forge Pub date 2/27/23. Finished 2/18/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
3. With My Little Eye Pub date 4/25/23. Finished 2/19/23 ⭐⭐⭐ Review
4. If the Shoe Fits Pub date 8/3/21. Finished 2/21/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review

For not reading any NetGalley in January, took me a week to catch up on February reviews! And I read one from TWOOOOO years ago! lol

[Kristie]

Elyse wrote: "...For not reading any NetGalley in January, took me a week to catch up on February reviews! And I read one from TWOOOOO years ago! lol"

I still have one on my shelf from 2020! lol I still want to eventually get to it.

[Kristie]

March in review:

Beginning of Month:

Books on Shelf: 13
Netgalley Ratio: 96%


End of Month:

Read & reviewed: 5
- my Cooking à la Heart review
- my Angel Maker review
- my Red Queen review
- my Soulmate review
- my Wonderland review

Added: 4
Books on Shelf: 11
Ratio: 96%

[Elyse]

MARCH
5. The Soulmate Pub date 4/4/23. Finished 3/5/23 ⭐⭐⭐ Review
6. The Vibrant Years Pub date 12/1/22. Finished 3/6/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
7. Mothered Pub date 3/1/23. Finished 3/9/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
8. The Girl Who Knew Too Much Pub date 1/4/22. Finished 3/10/23 ⭐⭐⭐ Review
9. Baby Teeth Pub date 8/8/18. Finished 3/12/23 ⭐⭐ Review
10. White Stag Pub date 1/8/19. Finished 3/17/23 ⭐⭐⭐ Review
11. The Love Report Pub date 6/13/23. Finished 3/19/23 ⭐⭐ Review
12. Ship Wrecked Pub date 11/15/22. Finished 3/20/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
13. Paper Planes Pub date 5/16/23. Read 3/21/23 ⭐⭐⭐ Review
14. The Ferryman Pub date 5/2/23. Finished 3/26/23 ⭐⭐⭐ Review
15. Rebel Girls Rock: 25 Tales of Women in Music Pub date 3/7/23. Read 3/31/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
16. Rebel Girls Animal Allies Pub date 4/4/23. Read 3/31/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review

One from 2018, one from 2019, three from 2022!

I had a couple of graphic novels that were archiving soon so I read those. And I have 2 novels to read in next 4 days as well! Stupid NetGalley app only books! lol.

[Kristie]

You had a great March though, Elyse! A whole bunch and some old ones off your shelf.

[Tasha]

I read 2 books for NG this month:

- 4 stars
- 2 stars

Added: 0
Pending: 1
Books on Shelf: 7
Ratio: 87%
Need to Read in April: 2

[Tasha]

I notice that covers of books I read at the same time often match so well, like this month's NG reads.

[Tasha]

Elyse, I did not like either, I DNF'd it. That book sticks with me though as one I just absolutely did not like. lol

[Kristie]

Tasha wrote: "I notice that covers of books I read at the same time often match so well, like this month's NG reads."

Yes, I've done that with titles as well. It's interesting that they seem to be released in clumps like that.

[Kristie]

Tasha wrote: "Elyse, I did not like either, I DNF'd it. That book sticks with me though as one I just absolutely did not like. lol"

I recall this one being ok. I went back to check and I gave it 3 stars. Yet, I remember not liking it very much. Not sure if it's faulty memory or I was being generous or what.

[Lilisa]

That’s a lot of books Elyse! :-) and nice going Kristie and Tasha!

[Elyse]

Lilisa wrote: "That’s a lot of books Elyse! :-) and nice going Kristie and Tasha!"

Thanks! My idea of seeking out audiobooks of the e-book ARCs I have has been working out well since I have more time to listen than to read! Whatever way I can get these books off my "shelves!"

[Kristie]

That's what I usually do to catch up too, Elyse.