NetGalley August 2024

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

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!

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

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[Tari]

NetGalley August, 2024
Beginning of Month
Shelf count/books on shelf: 27
Ratio: 96%

Books/authors linked when read

Booked on Murder
Allison Brook 8/5/24
Shock and Paw
Cate Conte 8/20/24
Sticks and Scones
Ellie Alexander 8/21/24
The Jig Is Up
Lisa Q. Mathews 8/22/24
In the Event of Murder
Cynthia Kuhn 8/23/24
Quilty As Charged
Maggie Bailey 8/24/24
A Fatal Feast at Bramsford Manor
Darci Hannah 8/26/24
French Quarter Fright Night
Ellen Byron 8/31/24
The Grim Steeper
A Slay Ride Together with You
Silent Nights Are Murder
Shear Terror
Death of a Gingerbread Man
Six Stunning Sirens
Blue Christmas Bones
Fondue or Die
Murder on the Page
The Little Lost Library
Gingerbread Danger
Sleep in Heavenly Pizza
A New Lease on Death
I'll Be Home for Mischief
Booked for Murder
Schooled in Murder
The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime
Haunting and Homicide

End of month stats:
Updated shelf count/books to read: 28
Updated ratio: 96%
Books read in Aug: 8
Books added in Aug: 9

[Maria]

August
To Be Read: 92
Approved: 1349
Feedback Sent: 1257
Feedback Ratio: 93%

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EOM
To Be Read: 87
Approved: 1388
Feedback Sent: 1300
Feedback Ratio: 94%

[Melanie]

Working to clear out that backlog.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 85
Feedback Ratio: 82%

Books already read that need to be reviewed:


Books (already published):


Books (not yet published):


Added:


Finished/Reviewed:

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 87
Feedback Ratio: 82%

[Catherine]

August: Book Shelf -38 books.
Approved: 71
Feedback sent 37
Feedback Ratio 50%

Plan to read 5-8
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-unable to locate so sent in with no review


I have learned I prefer audio over books but wish we could just get both on all the books :)

[The Artsy Book Witch]

STATS AT BEGINNING OF MONTH
Books ON Shelf 106
Feedback Rate 19%
133 Approved | 25 Sent

Books on Shelf
Backlog


Read, But Not Reviewed


Not Published Yet


Read In August

Added in August

STATS AT END OF MONTH
Books ON Shelf
Feedback Rate

[Lisette]

NetGalley August, 2024




📖STATS AT BEGINNING OF MONTH 📖
My goal is to look for more books to review.

Books ON Shelf 1
Feedback Rate 99%
186 Approved | 185 Sent

Books on Shelf
Not Published Yet


📚 STATS AT BEGINNING OF MONTH 📚
My goal is to look for more books to review.

Read in August: 1
Rise of the Fallen Court
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Added in August: 0

Books ON Shelf 0
Feedback Rate 100%
186 Approved | 186 Sent

[Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~]

Still read everything this year pre-publication. Hoping for the same in August.



START
To Be Read: 44
(Approved 179 - Feedback sent 135)
Feedback Ratio: 75%

2016: (4)


2017: (3)


2018: (5)


2019: (1)


2020: (1)


2021: (3)


2022: (8)


2023: (7)


2024: (8)
Sep:


Oct:


2025: (4)


REVIEWS:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️REVIEW
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️REVIEW

END
To Be Read: 44
(Approved 181 - Feedback sent 137)
Feedback Ratio: 76%

Books Read 2024: 31
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

[Maritza]

Beginning of the month
Books on shelf - 44
165 Approved / 119 Feedback Sent
Feedback Ratio - 72% (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 -
Books read in 2024 - 4
Books read in 2023 - 11
Books read in 2022 - 16
Books read in 2021 - 12
Books read in 2020 - 14
Books Added - 0
Feedback Ratio - 72%

[Connie N.]

NetGalley Challenge – August
Feedback ratio - 98%

On shelf 8/1/24 - 7
Read: 0
Added: 4
On Shelf 8/31/24 - 11

2021


July 2024 (7/16 - 7/16)


September 2024 (9/17)


October 2024 (10/1 - 10/1 - 10/8 - 10/8 - 10/15 - 10/22)


November 2024 (11/19)



Completed/Reviews:

[Marie (UK)]

STATS AT BEGINNING OF MONTH
Books ON Shelf 39
Feedback Rate 92%


Books on Shelf


Read in August
1. Slow Dance https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
2. Buried Deep and Other Stories https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. The World After Alice https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...

Added in August

End of month

Books on shelf 40
Feedback Ratio 92%

[Trisha]

August

STATS AT BEGINNING OF MONTH
Books ON Shelf: 308
Feedback Rate: 76%

154. Talk to Me ⭐⭐⭐ my review
155. Abducted in Appalachia ⭐⭐ my review
156. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder⭐⭐⭐ my review
157. Kill for Me, Kill for You ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
158. The Caretakers ⭐⭐⭐ my review
159. A Thousand Times Before ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
160. After Oz ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
161/2. They Dream in Gold ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
163. You Shouldn't Be Here ⭐⭐⭐ my review
164. Glass Houses ⭐⭐⭐ my review
165. River East, River West ⭐⭐⭐ my review
166. Girls with Bad Reputations ⭐⭐⭐ my review
167. I Need You to Read This ⭐⭐ my review
168. Acts of Forgiveness ⭐⭐⭐ my review
169. The Grimrose Girls ⭐⭐⭐ my review
170. Never Ever Getting Back Together ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
171. The Examiner⭐⭐⭐⭐ My review
172. Then Things Went Dark⭐⭐ my review
173. The Unwedding⭐⭐⭐ my review
174. By Any Other Name ⭐⭐⭐ my review
175. Middletide ⭐⭐⭐ my review
176. One House Left ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review

[Kristie]

Beginning of Month:

Books on Shelf: 4
Published:


September:
10

October:
15

November:
12

Netgalley Ratio: 99%


End of Month:

Read: 1


Reviews: 1
my The More the Terrier review

Added: 2


Books on Shelf: 5
Ratio: 99%

[Vicki Willis]

Beginning of Month

Books on Shelf: 7
Feedback Ratio: 97%

Books


READ

ADDED

End of Month
Books on Shelf: 7
Feedback Ratio: 97%

[Jade aka MrsTosh]

Netgalley Challenge



Beginning of the Month:
Jade Clarke-Mackintosh
Feedback Ratio: 72%
On shelf (21)
376 Approved | 270 Feedback Sent
Recommended feedback ratio is 80%

Books on my shelf:


Books read:
- My Review

[Kristie]

I just finished The More the Terrier. It was another fun addition to the Andy Carpenter series with another adorable cover. I'm not sure how Rosenfelt keeps this series from getting stale, since a lot of the humor, banter, etc is repeated, but he manages it somehow.

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

[Kristie]

Well, I only read one this month and added two, but I have so few on my shelf right now that it doesn't really matter. I was feeling a little overwhelmed and was having a hard time keeping up with pub dates, so I cut way back on requests for a while. Here's my end of month stats:

Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 4
Netgalley Ratio: 99%

End of Month:
Read & Reviewed: 1
- my The More the Terrier review

Added: 2
Books on Shelf: 5
Ratio: 99%

Out of the 5 on my shelf, one is way past publication and two publish on September 10th, so I somehow managed to have hardly any books on my shelf and still end up in a time crunch.

[Vicki Willis]

I was in a similar position, Kristie, though I was shocked to see that I read 0 NG books this month!
I didn't request any either though so it was a push.

I am in the middle of The Swimmer
I might be able to finish it today. We will see.

I am going to be starting Here One Moment this weekend. Am a little concerned it is slow for you because we have similar tastes and it publishes soon.

I ended the month with
7 books on shelf
97% feedback ratio

[Connie N.]

All I managed to do this month was add 4 more books to my NetGalley list. Still manageable, but I'll need to read at least a couple in September.

[Maritza]

@Connie - I have about 4 books started but none completed. On a good note I did not add any books this month. Still working on getting to goal of 80%. Better luck this month.

[Connie N.]

Thanks, Maritza. It definitely takes some effort to keep NeGalley under control. It's so easy to go crazy and order too many books.