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Month: MAYBooks on shelf: 313
Feedback ratio: 74%
(1214 Approved | 898 Feedback Sent)
86. The Grandmother Plot ⭐⭐ my review
87. Silent Pretty Things ⭐ my review
88. How Sweet It Is ⭐⭐⭐ my review
89. A Man of Honor ⭐⭐ my review
90. Sounds Like a Plan ⭐⭐ my review
91. Real Americans ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
92. The Truth is a Theory⭐⭐ y review
93. Not Like Other Girls ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
94. A Man Downstairs ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
95. If Something Happens to Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
96. Cut and Thirst ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
97. Killer Story ⭐⭐⭐ my review
98. Buzz Books 2024: Fall/Winter ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
99. The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream ⭐⭐ my review
100. What Happened at Hawthorne House ⭐⭐⭐ my review
101. Blood Red Summer ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
102. The Stranger in Her House ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
103. He Is Watching You ⭐⭐⭐ my review
104. Meet Me at the Summit ⭐⭐⭐ my review
105. The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
106. Bless Your Heart ⭐⭐⭐ My review
107. First Album ⭐⭐⭐ my review
108. The Quiet Tenant ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
109. Lucy Checks In ⭐⭐⭐ my review
110. Thank You for Listening ⭐⭐⭐ my review
111. Women and Children First ⭐⭐ my review
112. The Last Word ⭐⭐⭐ my review
113. Zero Chance⭐⭐⭐ my review
114. Second Chance ⭐⭐⭐ my review
115. Listen for the Lie ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
Books on Shelf
Feedback Ratio: 74%
(1249 Approved | 928 Feedback Sent)
Hoping this is the year I finally clear the backlog.Start of month:
Books on shelf: 88
Feedback Ratio: 81%
Books already read that need to be reviewed:
Books (already published):
Books (not yet published):
Added:
Finished/Reviewed:
1. Buried Deception | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Yours Truly, The Duke | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Fortune Favors the Duke | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. Frozen Souls | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. She's Not Sorry | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. Lie To Her | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. How to Love a Duke in Ten Days | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8. At the River | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9. Sincerely, The Duke | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
10. Dreaming of a Duke Like You | https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
End of Month:
Books on shelf: 84
Feedback Ratio: 82%
NetGalley May. 2024Beginning of Month
Shelf count/books on shelf: 25
Ratio: 96%
Books/reviews/authors linked when read
Easier Dead Than Drawn
Bailee Abbott 5/7/24Knot Dead Again
Betty Hechtman 5/14/24Lights, Camera, Bones
Carolyn Haines 5/21/24The Diva Goes Overboard
Krista Davis 5/22/24A Pose Before Dying
Alex Erickson 5/23/24A Limited Edition Murder
Lauren Elliott 5/24/24Murder at the Spelling Bee<?a>
Lee Hollis 5/25/24The Stranger in the Library
A Kill or Bee Killed
Olive You to Death
Come Shell or High Water
Haunting License
A Murder for the Sages
Murder on Devil's Pond
There's No Murder Like Show Murder
A Very Woodsy Murder
A Cup of Flour, a Pinch of Death
Chaos at Lazy Bones
Trouble Is Brewing
Booked on Murder
A Poisonous Palate
In the Event of Murder
The Jig Is Up
Quilty As Charged
A Fatal Feast at Bramsford Manor
End of month stats:
Updated shelf count/books to read: 26
Updated ratio: 96%
Books read in May: 7
Books added in May: 7

STATS AT BEGINNING OF MONTH
Books ON Shelf 49
Feedback Rate 90%
Books on Shelf
Read In May
1. The Walled Garden https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Spitting Goldhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
3. The Book of Fire https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. The Beholders https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
5. The Book of Doors https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. The Devil You Know https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
7. The Vaster Wilds https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
8. A Bird in Winter https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
9. The Hotelhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
10. Moon Road https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/
11 The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...#
12. House of Shades https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...#
13. The Ministry of Time https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
14. Nero https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
15. Empire https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
16. Hokey Pokey https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Added in May
End of the month
Books ON Shelf 41
Feedback Rate 91%
May TBRTo Be Read: 96
Approved: 1247
Feedback Sent: 1146
Feedback Ratio: 92%
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To Be Read: 109
Approved: 1285
Feedback Sent: 1175
Feedback Ratio: 92%




Beginning of Month
Books on shelf: Too Many
NetGalley Feedback - 30%
Books already read that need to be reviewed:
























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End of Month
Books on shelf: Too Many
NetGalley Feedback - 32%

BEGINNING OF MONTH
Books on Shelf: 5
Feedback Rate: 88%
Books on Shelf:
Added in May:
Read In May:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...END OF MONTH
Books on Shelf: 6
Feedback Rate: 88%

START
To Be Read: 42
(Approved 163 - Feedback sent 121)
Feedback Ratio: 74%
2016: (4)
2017: (3)
2018: (5)
2019: (1)
2020: (1)
2021: (3)
2022: (8)
2023: (7)
2024: (8)
June:
July:
Sep:
REVIEWS:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️REVIEW
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️REVIEW
⭐️⭐️REVIEWEND
To Be Read: 40
(Approved 165 - Feedback sent 125)
Feedback Ratio: 76%
Books Read 2024: 19
Books Read 2023: 35
Books Read 2022: 25
Books Read 2021: 24
Books Read 2020: 13
Books Read 2019: 0
Books Read 2018: 3
Books Read 2017: 4
Books Read 2016: 2

Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 8
Published:
May:
28
☊June:
11
☊ 18
25
August:
6
Netgalley Ratio: 98%
End of Month:
Read: 4
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☊Reviews: 2
my If Something Happens review
my Rom-Commers review
Added: 5
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Books on Shelf: 9
Ratio: 97%
Beginning of MonthBooks on Shelf: 7
Feedback ratio: 96%
Books
READ
If Something Happens to Me
The Rom-Commers
The Housemaid Is Watching
ADDED
End of Month
Books on Shelf: 9
Feedback Ratio: 95%


Excited to start this and get my stats up!
STATS AT BEGINNING OF MONTH
Books ON Shelf 92
Feedback Rate 19%
117 Approved | 22 Sent
Books on Shelf
Backlog
Not Published Yet
Read In May
Ghost Station ♥ My Review
Heartless Hunter ♥ My Review
Added in May
STATS AT END OF MONTH
Books ON Shelf 97
Feedback Rate 20%
Beginning of the monthBooks on shelf - 47
165 Approved / 116 Feedback Sent
Feedback Ratio - 70% (Goal 80%)
Approved 2024
Approved 2023
Approved 2022
Approved 2021
Approved 2020
Approved 2019
Approved 2018
Approved 2017
Approved 2016
End of the Month -
Reviews -
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...Books read in 2024 - 2
Books read in 2023 - 11
Books read in 2022 - 16
Books read in 2021 - 12
Books Added - 0
Feedback Ratio - 71%
Well, I already added one this month.
The Swimmer: A Novel is a read now. I haven't read this author before, but I am hearing a lot about this book.
Vicki Willis wrote: "Well, I already added one this month.
The Swimmer: A Novel is a read now. I haven't read this author before, but I am hearing a lot abo..."
I added this one as well. I enjoyed some of her other books so I'm looking forward to reading this one.
Netgalley Challenge

Beginning of the Month:
Books on shelf: 25
Feedback ratio: 67%
343 Approved | 234 Feedback Sent
Books on my shelf:
Books read:
- 02/05
- 02/05 - My Review
- My Review
- My Review
- My Review
- My Review
- My Review
- My Review
15/04 - My Review
16/04 - My Review
17/05 - My Review
29/05 - My Review
29/04 - My Review
29/05 - My Review
I am really new to Netgalley but having fun so far,
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On my shelf
Attempts to get under 15 by the end of 2024 are not doing great, and I have in fact gone up again to 30. I want to be down under 30 by the end of the month. Goal for 2024 as set in Jan: I want to get some of the older books cleared and to be under 15 by the end of 2024.
May NetGalley Challenge
Beginning of month
Books on shelf: 30
Feedback ratio: 84%
2020:
2021:
2022:
2023:
2024:
To Be Published:
I reviewed two more books this month and my NG ratio is now 99% with only four books on my shelf! Almost time to go shopping. :) I may accept a couple widgets now that I don't have a bunch publishing around the same time. Read:
- my If Something Happens review
- my Rom-Commers review
Kristie wrote: "I reviewed two more books this month and my NG ratio is now 99% with only four books on my shelf! Almost time to go shopping. :) I may accept a couple widgets now that I don't have a bunch publishi..."Wow! Congrats Kristie and there was me patting myself on the back for finally trying to get through my reviews for the books I have actually finished.
Well, it didn't last long. lol I have now doubled my TBR. Added:
House of Glass (added audio)
Here One Moment
The Sunflower House (accepted widget)
Dog Day Afternoon
Ravenclaw Library Books wrote: "...Wow! Congrats Kristie and there was me patting myself on the back for finally trying to get through my reviews for the books I have actually finished."I say that is worthy of back patting!
Kristie wrote: "Ravenclaw Library Books wrote: "...Wow! Congrats Kristie and there was me patting myself on the back for finally trying to get through my reviews for the books I have actually finished."I say tha..."
Thanks I am hoping to get under 600 Galleys by the end of the year
I didn't get a chance to post for April because of surgery, so I'm combining months and catching up with my posting here. I read some good books over the past couple of months.NetGalley Challenge – April/May
Feedback ratio - 97% - Moved to 98%
On shelf 4/1/24 - 14
Read: 6
Added: 3
On Shelf 5/31/24 - 11
2021
May 2024 (5/7 - 5/21)
June 2024 (6/4 - 6/11)
July 2024 (7/2 - 7/16 - 7/16 - 7/25)
September 2024 (9/17)
October 2024 (10/15)
Completed/Reviews:
Weekends with You by Alexandra Paige - 4/9/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
I've Got My Mind Set on Brew by Stephanie Jayne - 5/16/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Love You, Mean It by Jilly Gagnon - 5/20/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Mind Games by Nora Roberts - 5/21/24 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Summer After Summer by Lauren Bailey - 5/23/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
All's Fair in Love and War by Virginia Heath - 5/29/24 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Books mentioned in this topic
Couples Retreat (other topics)The Rom-Commers (other topics)
The Charmed Friends of Trove Isle (other topics)
The Heirloom (other topics)
The Seaside Sisters (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Virginia Heath (other topics)Alexandra Paige (other topics)
Stephanie Jayne (other topics)
Jilly Gagnon (other topics)
Nora Roberts (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!