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NetGalley August 2022
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Start of Month:
Books on Shelf : 6
Books:
published
to be published
Feedback ratio: 95%
FINISHED
ADDED
End of Month:
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio:%
I need to catch up on reviews for the ones I've already read. Other than that, my goal is just to clear as many as I can.Start of month:
Books on shelf: 60
Feedback Ratio: 85%
Books already read that need to be reviewed:
Books (ordered by pub date):
Added:
Finished:
End of Month:
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio:
Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 7
Published:
August:
9
October:
4
November:
1
2023
January:
3
February:
14
Netgalley Ratio: 97%
End of Month:
Read: 2
Reviews: 2
my The Neighborhood review
my Sundial review
Added: 2
Books on Shelf: 7
Ratio: 97%
NetGalley August 2022Beginning of Month
Shelf count/books on shelf: 42
Ratio: 91%
Books/authors/reviews linked when read
Off the Chain
Janice Thompson 8/1/22The Fragrance of Death
Leslie Karst 8/2/22In Too Steep
Kate Kingsbury 8/7/22A Dish to Die For
Lucy Burdette 8/8/22Mrs. Morris and the Pot of Gold
Traci Wilton 8/18/22Peanut Butter Panic
Amanda Flower 8/20/22A Treacherous Tale
Elizabeth Penney 8/22/22Six Feet Deep Dish
Mindy Quigley 8/23/22A Colorful Scheme
Krista Davis 8/25/22Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder
Valerie Burns 8/28/22Peg and Rose Solve a Murder
Laurien Berenson 8/29/22Death on the Argyle
Anne Canadeo 8/31/22Dewey Decimated
Steeped to Death
Bound by Murder
A Good Dog's Guide to Murder
Murder Out of Character
Murder on the Poet's Walk
Murder in a Cape Cottage
Seams Like Murder
A Dark and Snowy Night
Seams Like Murder
Christmas Scarf Murder
Gone for Gouda
Last but Not Leashed
A Christmas Candy Killing
Kill Them with Canvas
Live and Let Grind
Crime for the Books
High Spirits
Doomful of Sugar
Canter with a Killer
Death on a Deadline
Calypso, Corpses, Cooking
Dead Men Don't Decorate
Murder on the Class Trip
Bake Offed
On Spine of Death
Death in the Margins
A Streetcar Named Murder
Book Clubbed to Death
End of month stats:
Updated shelf count/books to read: 39
Updated ratio: 92%
Books read in August: 12
Books added in August: 9
Beginning of MonthBooks on shelf: 9
Feedback Ratio: 93%
Books
READ
All Good People Here
ADDED
The Ferryman
The Last Party
End of Month
Books on Shelf: 11
Feedback Ratio: 92%
START OF MONTHBooks On Shelf = 21
Feedback Ratio = 94%
READ IN AUGUST
1. The Post Box at the North Pole 02/08/2022 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. The Tale of the Tailor and the Three Dead Kings: A medieval ghost story https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Theatre of Marvels https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
ADDED IN AUGUST
Audiobooks
END OF MONTH
Books on shelf 24
Feedback 94%
NetGalley August 2022
Total Approved: 39
Feedback Sent: 6
Total: 33
Feedback Ratio: 15%
NetGalley
--Published--
--Read and Reviewed--
End of the Month
Reviews:
Books Added:
Feedback Ratio:
Total Approved:
Feedback Sent:
Total:
I'm back - I'm up to 79% and trying to make it to 80% this month.Aug NetGalley Challenge
Beginning of month
Books on shelf: 32
Feedback ratio: 79%
Past Publication:
2019:
2020:
2021:
2022:
Aug 2022:
Not yet published:
Lexi wrote: "I'm back - I'm up to 79% and trying to make it to 80% this month..."You can do it, Lexi! You are so close!
NetGalley Challenge – AugustFeedback ratio - 92% - Increased 2 percentage points to 94%!
On shelf 8/1/22 - 41
Read: 11
Added: 2
On Shelf 8/31/22 - 32
2014 (0/3):
2015 (3/8):
2016 (1/1):
2017 (1/6):
2018 (5/13):
2019 (0/1):
2021 (1/5):
2022 (0/):
October
November
January 2023
Completed/Reviews:
A Stardance Summer by Emily March - 8/3/22 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Death Before Decaf by Caroline Fardig - 8/4/22 ♥♥♥ - My Review
Maybe This Time by Nicole McLaughlin - 8/7/22 ♥♥♥ - My Review
A Killing Sky by Andy Straka - 8/11/22 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The First Kiss of Spring by Emily March - 8/12/22 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Summer Nights with a Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 8/16/22 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Christmas Wishing Tree by Emily March - 8/21/22 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Big Brush-off by Michael Murphy - 8/24/22 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Maybe for You by Nicole McLaughlin - 8/26/22 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Mug Shot by Caroline Fardig - 8/29/22 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Smothered by Autumn Chiklis - 8/31/22 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Avid's August Netgalley ChallengeStart of Month
# of books on shelf: 38
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio: 50%
Reading:
End of month
Read:
Reviews: Don't Go to Sleep review
I'm the Girl review
Don't Let in the Cold review
Added:
Shelf count: 39
Books to read:
Feedback Ratio: 51%
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On shelf 8/1/22 - 300
Read: 0
Added: 0
On Shelf 8/31/22 - ?
START
To Be Read: 49
(Approved 104 - Feedback sent 55)
Feedback Ratio: 53%
2016: (7)
2017: (6)
2018: (6)
2019: (5)
2020: (2)
2021: (5)
2022: (17)
January
March
April
May
June
July
August
November
2023: (2)
REVIEWS:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️REVIEW
⭐️⭐️⭐️REVIEWEND
To Be Read: 49
(Approved 106 - Feedback sent 57)
Feedback Ratio: 54%
Books Read 2022: 11
Books Read 2021: 23
Books Read 2020: 13
Start of MonthBooks on shelf - 55 (156 Approved / 97 Feedback Sent)
Feedback Ratio - 62%
Approved 2022
Approved 2021
Approved 2020
Approved 2019
Approved 2018
Approved 2017
Approved 2016
End of the Month - None Read this month
Reviews - 0
Books read in 2022 - 9
Books read in 2021 - 12
Books Added - 0
Feedback Ratio - 62%
NetGalley August 2022Beginning of the month.
On my NetGalley shelf: 8 [14 Approved | 6 Feedback Sent]
Feedback ratio: 43%
List of books to read:
- The Break Up by Charlotte Barnes
- The Stand-In by Lily Chu
- The Unplanned Life of Josie Hale by Stephanie Eding
- Seven Aunts by Staci Lola Drouillard
- Square One by Nell Frizzell
- The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish
- You're a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky
- To Get to the Other Side by Kelly Ohlert
- The Friendship Breakup by Annie Cathryn NEW!
List of books read:
End of the month.
On my NetGalley shelf - updated: 9 [15 Approved | 6 Feedback Sent]
Feedback ratio - updated: 40%
Books read in August: 0
Books added in August: 1
August Netgalley
To Start:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf: 219
b: What books are on your NG shelf: August Goal: 10 books
c: What your Netgalley feedback ratio is: 70% (moved 2 points last month, hoping to move more this month!)
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.)
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- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
c: Your updated shelf count: 218
e: Your updated ratio: 71% (YAY!! I WENT UP 1 POINT!!)
NetGalley August 2022Beginning of the month.
Feedback Ratio: 25%
431 Approved | 108 Feedback Sent
To Start:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf: 292 (431 approved / 108 feedback sent)
b: What books are on your NG shelf: August Goal: 10 books (plus some reviews for books already read)
c: What your NetGalley feedback ratio is: 25% (but I'm a work in progress now that I have figured it out and have help, thanks to Trisha)!
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:
c: Your updated shelf count: 433
e: Your updated ratio: 26% (UP 1%)
I just got a widget for The Ferryman
. I'm super excited about it. :) It's pretty long, but doesn't publish until May.
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. I'm super excited about it. :) It's pretty long, but doesn't publish until May."Oh nice. He is an author I have never read, but his books look interesting.
I got a copy too but that means one more book to make it to 80%
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Kristie wrote: "I just got a widget for The Ferryman . I'm super excited about it. :) It's pretty long, but doesn't publish until May."Oh nice. He is an author I have never read, but his books look interesting."
I read The Passage series by him. It was very good.
Lexi wrote: "I got a copy too but that means one more book to make it to 80%"Have you already downloaded it? It doesn't publish until May. You could wait a little while to download it and keep your percentage up that way.
Kristie wrote: "Lexi wrote: "I got a copy too but that means one more book to make it to 80%"Have you already downloaded it? It doesn't publish until May. You could wait a little while to download it and keep yo..."
I did download it as it feels like cheating to me personally otherwise. I got my first one done for the month - The Spear Cuts Through Water (4 stars), and I enjoyed it. I was closer than I thought because apparently even with downloading one that rounded me up to 80%. I'll just have to not request any others this month. My goal is still to read another 2 books to get down under 30 total.
I'm hoping to finish one more - Sundial. It's past publication, but I didn't take to it right away and it's taken me a long time to get through.
Kristie wrote: "Lexi wrote: "I got a copy too but that means one more book to make it to 80%"Have you already downloaded it? It doesn't publish until May. You could wait a little while to download it and keep yo..."
Kristie, good for you. You are very conscientious and active on Goodreads. I am sure that being at 79% was fine, but glad you got one in and now are back to 80%. Hope you enjoy this book.
I am now just doing August. My iPad was sent in and it took a month, but just got a new and better one I love 💕 I have not been able to do reviews, only had old iPad and could only use the App. 
Beginning of the Month:
Books on Shelf: 5
Ratio: 98%
OVERDUE 2021
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
JANUARY 2023
Added:
October:
November:
January 2023:
February 2023:
April 2023:
Reviewed:
1. Hester, Laurie Lico Albanese, 5 Stars 🌟
My Favorite Historical Fiction Book of the Year. Here is my Review. Needs a Full One, but was unable to write it at the time.
Finally, got my review in:
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Garden of Fairytale Animals: A Curious Collection of Creatures to Color (Design Originals) Adult Coloring Book with 80 Line Art Designs of a Magical ... in a Charming Setting, Kanuko Egusa
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Goals: Finish 2021 Books. Read at least 3 other books this month.
1. Finishing Death as a Living. See if I can get review in today. That will leave one past publication book and was approved for this one Past the Publication Date.
2. The Lords of Time, will try to finish next month. Love this Series, and actually bought the physical book since Knew my Dad reads this, too and had not heard either way about approval.
Nice to get those old 2021 books Reads Finished.
Finished 2 books, not 3 this month. Was busy with other books and completing Challenges, so hard to get NetGalley read this month. Still, up to date, except for 2 books described above.
End Of Month
Books Read: 2
Books Added: 7
Ratio: 96%
Books on Shelf: 10
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I had some chunksters plus the Pillars of the Earth BR.
But I'm going to get stuck into one of my NetGalley books this week so I can have progress in september!
I've only read one, but I'm hoping to finish a second one still. It's past due, but I had a hard time getting into it. I'm finally past halfway and it's better now.
I ended the month at 79% because I picked up a new book but maybe next month.
Read 3! That's a record for me!
Updated msg. 6, super happy with my month and progress.
Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "Read 3! That's a record for me!"YAY!! Congrats!
Lexi wrote: "I ended the month at 79% because I picked up a new book but maybe next month."oooh so close!! Next month for sure!
Tari wrote: "Updated msg. 6, super happy with my month and progress."I hope they were all good reads!! Congrats!
This month, since I did this challenge to track it, I realized I read a lot of books but also added back just as many books as I read. Ugh! lol So next month is a big push, I'm going to try to really get caught up!Fingers crossed!
Tari wrote: "Updated msg. 6, super happy with my month and progress."Tari, you should be pleased, Reading 12 books this month is impressive + your feedback ratio went up. Good for you.
I finally got APPROVED for a book I put in for. They have just been sitting on my shelf unanswered. March-May. Several about to archive. So, excited to see
approved! Pub: is 4/25/23, so great with that as well. I’m ok with being denied, but this last couple of months crazy. Not getting quick approvals from certain publishers I usually do and about 8 just sit unanswered. Thanks, to everyone with help and suggestions this month. Much appreciated.
Avid Reader and Geek Girl wrote: "Read 3! That's a record for me!"Excellent 😊 Glad you got the most in this month. Hope you enjoyed them.
Trisha wrote: "This month, since I did this challenge to track it, I realized I read a lot of books but also added back just as many books as I read. Ugh! lol So next month is a big push, I'm going to try to real..."This is the problem I run into that keeps me from getting caught up. I'm going to try not to request anything between now and the end of the year except for 2023 releases so I can attempt to completely clear my backlog by the end of the year.
This was an outstanding NetGalley month for me--I don't think I'll ever be able to top it. I made some awesome progress and am getting close to being at a manageable level. NetGalley Challenge – August
Feedback ratio - 92% - Increased 2 percentage points to 94%!
On shelf 8/1/22 - 41
Read: 11
Added: 2
On Shelf 8/31/22 - 32
Completed/Reviews:
A Stardance Summer by Emily March - 8/3/22 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Death Before Decaf by Caroline Fardig - 8/4/22 ♥♥♥ - My Review
Maybe This Time by Nicole McLaughlin - 8/7/22 ♥♥♥ - My Review
A Killing Sky by Andy Straka - 8/11/22 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The First Kiss of Spring by Emily March - 8/12/22 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Summer Nights with a Cowboy by Caitlin Crews - 8/16/22 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Christmas Wishing Tree by Emily March - 8/21/22 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review
The Big Brush-off by Michael Murphy - 8/24/22 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Maybe for You by Nicole McLaughlin - 8/26/22 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Mug Shot by Caroline Fardig - 8/29/22 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Smothered by Autumn Chiklis - 8/31/22 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Way to go, Connie! That is impressive!
Yes, Connie, that is fantastic. 11 books read and reviewed~excellent month.
I finished an older book on my shelf yesterday. It took me forever to get through. My end of month tally. Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 7
Netgalley Ratio: 97%
End of Month:
Read: 2
Reviews: 2
my The Neighborhood review
my Sundial review
Added: 2
Books on Shelf: 8
Ratio: 97%
So, I ended up with a wash - added two, reviewed two. But I also got an older one off my shelf and my two adds don't publish until next year, so that's actually progress. lol
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The Neighborhood (other topics)Sundial (other topics)
The Soulmate (other topics)
The Ferryman (other topics)
The Soulmate (other topics)
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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!
**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!