Net Galley

[Rachel]

Her Restless Heart by Barbara Cameron is on NetGalley! First in her new series, releasing in April :)

[Diane U]

Got it! Thanks for mentioning it!

[Lorie]

Got it too! Thanks!

[Diane U]

Just cleaned out my Net Galley books. I had so many that I needed to decline some to make the list accomplishable. My new year's revolution is to only request books that I know I will read in a timely fashion!!!

[Camille]

I am with you on that Diane!!

[Rachel]

I really need to not request every book I like the look of, I have soooo many. I've stopped requesting non-Christian books now just because I tend to focus on the ones from inspirational publishers automatically. I'm awful with non-fiction as well :P The only problem is that sometimes someone from TCM asks if I can review a book that's not on my list and my schedule has to be rejigged again. I seriously redo my schedule once a week! LOL.

[Diane U]

I kind of had to clean out my kindle. When I transferred them from my K2 to my K3, there was a problem with lots of the books because it seemed like it was a different user. So when I went to send the copy to my kindle, the books were not available. I have only 6 reviews to do now insread of 22!

I'm only going to request Amish books next year! I enjoy those the most so I might as well save some money by reviewing them!

[Diane U]

I have declined some books after accepting them because I just accumulated too many. I have not noticed any changes to my approvals (yet).

[Lorie]

I thought about just choosing Amish Fiction, but I would have missed a lot of great books last year if I did that. lol I got too many too though.

[Rachel]

Jodie wrote: "Diane, I wanted to do that too, but was nervous it would mess up my approval ratings. You know, maybe I would get rejected more often. Have you done this before? Just curious."

This is what I'm worried about too! I've rejected some books from Barbour when I hadn't reviewed them long after the release date and had no problems. But I have declined some reviews from HarperCollins for their general, non-Christian fiction and then found myself getting rejected from their inspirational line, Avon Inspire, so I'm not sure if this is linked or not? I remember a few of us got rejected for Shelley Shepard Gray's latest book.

[Barbara]

I was rejected to get "The Survivor" but have been approved to get "A Texan's Honor". Go figure.

Did you see that Barbara Cameron's Her Restless Heart is available?

[Rachel]

Barbara Ann wrote: "I was rejected to get "The Survivor" but have been approved to get "A Texan's Honor". Go figure.

Did you see that Barbara Cameron's Her Restless Heart is available?"

Isn't "A Texan's Honor" by Abingdon Press? I know that it's under a different name so I think it might be a different publisher?

Yes, I grabbed that one! Excited for her new series :)

[Diane U]

The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club by Wanda E. Brunstetter is available over on Net Galley.

Also, Return to Grace by Karen Harper is available too!

[Barbara]

Thanks for the heads up Diane. I'm so glad we all look out for the group.

[Mary]

Thank you for the heads up ladies!

[Rachel]

Harvest House publishers put a whole load of new Amish books up today! And a really interesting looking mystery about the Titanic from Mindy Starns Clark.

[Diane U]

Oooh, I just saw all those titles listed on an email from Christian Books and added them to my wish list this morning. See wishes do come true! LOL!

They are:

1) The Wings of Morning by Murray Pura
2) To Love and to Cherish by Kelly Irvin
3) Missing Your Smile by Jerry S. Eicher
4) An Amish Family Reunion by Mary Ellis

[Lorie]

I got all 4 now to get them read lol seems like they all come out Feb 1

[Rachel]

Lorie wrote: "I got all 4 now to get them read lol seems like they all come out Feb 1"

I know, it seems weird to release them all at once...it makes it difficult for all of us reviewers to review them on time, LOL!

[Mary]

I was able to get all 4 too!!!!

[Maureen]

Thanks for the heads up!! I got all of the Amish ones I requested and the Mindy Starns Clark one. I had to request Return to Grace several times and write them...and finally got it!

[Cheri]

Do you have to have a blog to sign up for Net Galley?

[Angela]

I just requested my first books from here for my kindle. It is taking awhile for them to download did anyone else have a problem the first time downloading

[Diane U]

Cheri wrote: "Do you have to have a blog to sign up for Net Galley?"

I believe so! Just create one for free on Blogger. After it is created, post the address here and we will all become followers. Some publishers like lots of followers to let you review their books.

[Maureen]

Cheri wrote: "Do you have to have a blog to sign up for Net Galley?"

They can be picky as to who gets their books...they are ARC's and given to people who they believe will give them the most publicity...its like free advertising...only you get the book. It is easy to set up a blog ...first I post here and them carry it over to my blog. Hope this helps!

[Rachel]

David C. Cook have a new Amish book up, Leaving Lancaster: A Novel by Kate Lloyd

[Maureen]

Rachel wrote: "David C. Cook have a new Amish book up, "Leaving Lancaster" by Kate Lloyd!"

Thank you Rachel....I got it!

[Rachel]

Maureen wrote: "Rachel wrote: "David C. Cook have a new Amish book up, "Leaving Lancaster" by Kate Lloyd!"

Thank you Rachel....I got it!"

You're welcome! I've never reviewed for them before but I know they published Kimberly Stuart's Amish novel which we read for a group read a while back.

[Mary]

Question...the new amish books available on Netgalley...are they part of a series or do they stand alone? I dont want to start reading one if it is in the middle of a series...Thanks=]

[Rachel]

From what I've seen, the recent ones have been #1 in a series or standalones.

[Mary]

Thanks:)

[Cheri]

Thanks Maureen I don't have a blog, but I might start one. I love to read!

[Maureen]

I've only had a blog for not quite a year. You can start by putting your reviews here on Goodreads and they actually give it all to you to post on your blog ...including the cover. Good Luck!

[Lorie]

Mary wrote: "Question...the new amish books available on Netgalley...are they part of a series or do they stand alone? I dont want to start reading one if it is in the middle of a series...Thanks=]"

I thought they were all stand alones. The Mary Ellis one has characters from her other books, but I learned this from a review, I have only read one other Mary Ellis book and the names did sound familiar.

[Mary]

A Sister's Forgiveness by Anna Schmidt is not available=]

[Diane U]

Mary wrote: "A Sister's Forgiveness by Anna Schmidt is not available=]"

Ooh, that one sounds interesting even though it is not Amish! I requested it!

[Lorie]

Diane U wrote: "Mary wrote: "A Sister's Forgiveness by Anna Schmidt is not available=]"

Ooh, that one sounds interesting even though it is not Amish! I requested it!"

It had an Amish Girl on the front and it is with that series the first on was Amish am I wrong?

[Rachel]

Lorie wrote: "Diane U wrote: "Mary wrote: "A Sister's Forgiveness by Anna Schmidt is not available=]"

Ooh, that one sounds interesting even though it is not Amish! I requested it!"

It had an Amish Girl on the..."

I think it's a Mennonite series? Could be wrong though!

[Lorie]

Hmmmm...I just got a note saying I was preapproved for books from that publisher and now I have to request strange!

[Lorie]

Rachel wrote: "Lorie wrote: "Diane U wrote: "Mary wrote: "A Sister's Forgiveness by Anna Schmidt is not available=]"

Ooh, that one sounds interesting even though it is not Amish! I requested it!"

It had an Ami..."
Yep I just figured that out thanks. Close enough for me lol

[Lorie]

An Uncommon Grace bySerena Miller is now available on Netgalley

[Rachel]

Lorie wrote: "An Uncommon Grace bySerena Miller is now available on Netgalley"

Spotted this too! Sounds interesting.

[Lorie]

My Dearest Naomi by Jerry and Tina Eicher is available on NetGalley. I was having a hard time finding it on here. If you find it will you give the goodreads link?

[Lorie]

The Heart's Frontier by Lori Copeland is also available on NetGalley

[Lorie]

Hiding in Plain Sight by Amy Wallace is available on Net Galley. this one is Mennonite

[Lorie]

Following Your Heart is avaliable on Net Galley, I just read book one in this series and loved it!

[Rachel]

Also "My Dearest Naomi" by Jerry Eicher and When Love Comes My Way by Lori Copeland!

[Lorie]

Rachel wrote: "Also "My Dearest Naomi" by Jerry Eicher and When Love Comes My Way by Lori Copeland!"

I had My Dearest Naomi listed if any librarian wants to add it I could not find the link.

[Rachel]

I added My Dearest Naomi for you, here's the link:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...

Let me know if you have any trouble with it, it's still not showing up when I search for it so maybe it'll just take a while to appear.

[Lorie]

Thanks it showed up for me.