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Good for you, Sandy! Enjoy! :-D
Janet wrote: ":-D With your stats?!! Lol! Good for you, Sandy! Enjoy! :-D"
Someone loves me! lol! *:D
Jenna wrote: "There are references in book three to the others but the story works well enough as a stand alone too. You may understand the character dynamics a bit better but this is much about the family and t..."Thanks, Jenna!
Janet wrote: "Chris.... xoxo... anytime! :-)The book has not been long on NetGalley. I've been checking!"
As soon as I find my jammies, I'll be over, Janet!! (-:
Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* wrote: "I have just been invited to read 
That Darkness by Lisa Black. *:D"It's a miracle, Sandy!
Christer and all others:Just got approved yesterday for
, See How They Run by See How They Run. Sweet. Are you thinking what I am thinking?
Cameron wrote: "Christer and all others:Just got approved yesterday for
, See How They Run by See How They Run. Sweet. Are you thinking what I..."I'm thinking you picked a good one, Cambo. I loved it!
Cameron wrote: "Christer and all others:Just got approved yesterday for
, See How They Run by See How They Run. Sweet. Are you thinking what I..."Just got approved for See How They Run, Cameron. Heard that it is so good!
See How They Run is a good one for sure. I really enjoyed it.
Just been approved for Don't You Cry by Mary Kubica. Seriously need to get my reading head back on as now back to seven to read and review. This weekend is all about Charlie Parker for me though so no Net Galley books until I've finished A Time of Torment.
Adrian wrote: "Wohoo, got my first approval:All Is Not Forgotten
by Wendy Walker."That's a good one. I really enjoyed reading it.
Rejected. Rejected. Rejected. Not feeling the love
Paula wrote: "Adrian wrote: "Wohoo, got my first approval:All Is Not Forgotten
by Wendy Walker."That's a good one. I really enjoyed r..."
Thanks Paula. I`m going to start it as soon as I finish my current read, which should be done by the weekend.
Can I ask a question seeing as this will be my first "netgalley" read? Is it the done thing to leave a review on their site as well as here?
Adrian wrote: "Paula wrote: "Adrian wrote: "Wohoo, got my first approval:All Is Not Forgotten
by Wendy Walker."That's a good one. I re..."
It is best practice, yes. All I do is write my review here and copy it along to Net Galley along with the link to Good Reads. Worked so far
Jenna wrote: "Adrian wrote: "Paula wrote: "Adrian wrote: "Wohoo, got my first approval:All Is Not Forgotten
by Wendy Walker."That's a..."
Thanks Jenna.
Diane Lynch wrote: "Rejected. Rejected. Rejected. Not feeling the love"Awww try again. I find sometimes the publishers are in a rejection mode. Try for All is not Forgotten seems that a log a people are getting approved for it.
Adrian wrote: "Paula wrote: "Adrian wrote: "Wohoo, got my first approval:All Is Not Forgotten
by Wendy Walker."That's a good one. I re..."
Yes I use the same review here and copy and paste it on NetGalley and Amazon when I am able. You usually have to wait until the book has been released to post on Amazon.
Yay Adrian.Yes, after consulting with the review godz and goddessez here, I started writing it at GR, as the text editor is more user friendly. Then open a tab to NG and paste the review and link there.
But if I am writing a complicated or longer review, I've been using Wordpad. I had my browser lock up a few times while I was *thinking* and lost my work.
I'm in a lull, not many books I wanted to request this past week or so. Whew. Lets me catch up on a couple other books I want to read and review.
Way to go, Adrian! My shelf count stands at ZERO. I've been trying to whittle down my "to read" shelf by actually reading a few before I add too many more!
I am cutting my to-read shelf by out and out dumping 5 books a day off the mountain. There is no way I can read 2400 books over the rest of my life, so MUST make the list more manageable. It's kind of fun actually. Goal is to continue for a year. I started about 2 weeks ago and am averaging a lot more than 5 per day so far.
Adrian wrote: "Wohoo, got my first approval:All Is Not Forgotten
by Wendy Walker."Congratulations, Adrian! You have officially been sucked in with the rest of us addicts.
Diane Lynch wrote: "Rejected. Rejected. Rejected. Not feeling the love"Diane, go for a Bookouture book. They are usually friendly to new folks and have a lot of really good authors.
is a wonderful Bookouture book.
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Approved my first by this author
Requested from our own member authors David Harrison, better known as Tom Bale
As I really enjoyed his book, and recommended his book The Catch
Sean wrote: "Was not going to request any books till I saw Sharon Bolton on here, see what happens, I could nor resist a couple of tries.Approved my first by this author
Re..."
Good choice :)
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Christine wrote: "I am cutting my to-read shelf by out and out dumping 5 books a day off the mountain. There is no way I can read 2400 books over the rest of my life, so MUST make the list more manageable. It's kind..."I did the same thing recently, too, Christine. I'd have to live as old as Moses in order to read all those books! It's still a big number but no longer in the nose bleed section. Ha!
Christine wrote: "How many did you slash, Linda?"Over 500 books. Took me a while, Christine. Like chippin' off ice cubes from an iceberg. My iceberg still could sink the Titanic, though. I now hesitate when adding new books. They have to pass the "ice cube" test in the deep freeze!
Wow, that is very impressive, Linda. I am at at least 100 and counting fast. I'm reviewing the blurbs and reviews (especially those of my friends) of each one.
I only add books to my to-read shelf only if I have won them downloaded free from NetGalley or other site or bought them. For example I don't add every book to my to -read shelf for every book I enter to win under the Giveaway Contest. I only add it if I win it. That way, the number of my books is:All -1,222
Read -624
Currently reading-1
To-Read-597 (MY TOTAL BOOKS TO-READ)
That is a very reasonable number on the to-read shelf, Sue. My goal is about that. Thanks for sharing your numbers!
My tbr is over four thousand. But I too am whittling down. Becomes unsurmountable at this point.
Christine wrote: "That is a very reasonable number on the to-read shelf, Sue. My goal is about that. Thanks for sharing your numbers!"Thanks Christine. I am getting more fussy about what I select to download, even if it is free. I have enough in my pile to read!
The real probkem is that they keep on coming! New picks day after day. So tough to resist.
100% agree with you there Chris! There's been a barrage of great books that keep coming up, very difficult to resist!
Sorry guys, I have one more question. Do you share your reviews of books you have read from other sources on net galley or just the ones you have acquired there?
I share my reviews with everyone. If I am approved for a book on NetGalley, I always post my review on Goodreads and the copy and paste it to NetGalley and Amazon if able to.
No, Adrian, you can only give feedback on the books you've gotten from NG.
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Dana wrote: "I am on my phone so I can't post the links to books. I have been turned down and approved but its important to keep your ratings up. I hate feeling like im in a race to read a book. it takes the fu..."I know the feeling. I got approved for a book there recently. and I had three days to read it after they approved me for it. I dont get approved alot for them either. I review what they send me too so dont know what I am doing wrong.
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The more places you place it the better.
Adrian wrote: "Sorry guys, I have one more question. Do you share your reviews of books you have read from other sources on net galley or just the ones you have acquired there?"I share mine on Goodreads, Amazon, and Netgalley . the ones from net galley I will post there and on Goodreads, ones from Amazon, the same,
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I won All Is Not Forgotten on here. That is a good book. I hope you get it. I kept getting rejected on NetGalley at first so I went with less known authors and publishers and now they email to let me know they have books I can review.