Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Kristie wrote: "If it's already out, maybe you can get it from the library, Elizabeth?"
that might be a good idea, going to have to get a new library card first but lets just say that the ones who work at my local library aren't very friendly, so when I do that I'll just see about getten it though OverDrive, or I could just buy it from Amazon

Elizabeth wrote: "the ARC has way too many typos in it, some of them looked like this +-1 then the name or was part of the sentence"

I've had books like that before, especially when reading the kindle version. I always assumed it was due to formatting conflicts as the ARCs sent for Kindle usually aren't yet formatted properly for Kindle. Also, sometimes there are editor comments and marks as it's an earlier version. Some listings state that the review copy is a galley and not an ARC, but I think most just aren't formatted yet for the reader software. When I signed up for NetGalley, I read that typically only the Adobe digital edition is correctly formatted.

Finished and reviewed . I really enjoyed this book!

I'll have to wait to post the review on Amazon once it's published though.

Friendly Fire Review

One down for the month :)


review

The link for the review seems to be broken, Karen :(

Meanwhile, I am having nowhere near as much luck with the challenge this month as last. I have a bunch of library books I need to finish and return first. Eep!

Thanks, I've done a new copy and paste and seems to work now. No idea what was going on there ;)

This wasn't even on my schedule for the month, but the audiobook became available from the library, so I listened to it right away. Very good.

Wicked Intentions

Another book done this month. I liked this one much more than I expected to. What a nice surprise.

Second Helpings at the Serve You Right Cafe

Read this in one sitting. Absolute 5 Stars:



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

I finished my second book this month as well

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

I've gotten through a couple of books this month, but mostly because of DNF and not rating them here on Goodreads, which is why I haven't been posting a lot of reviews here.

Hoping the next one I pick up is a bit better! :)

August

Start of Month

Books on shelf: 68

TBR in August:



Ratio at beginning of August: 25%

Finished this Month :
Review

Read but still to be reviewed :

First one for the month

review

Really good review, Nikk.

megan ••book slayer•• wrote: "I'm anxiously awaiting my requests for & to be approved!! As you can see, I'm pretty "curious" about these books. ;)

For..."

Good luck on your requests, Megan. I'm "curious" to know whether or not you'll get approved. :)

Finish a book and add two more right? Seems that's the way I always end up on NetGalley.

Just added and

--> 3★ review thisaway

Very psychological BDSM-ish erotica. I had some problems with it but it's an interesting take on what has become a run-of-the-mill plot.

Oh this is a really great review Kazen!

Thank you Nicole! The book gave me a lot to think about.

reading by Anne Frasierand OMG i'm loving it, i'm already up to chapter 13.

That one sounds really good, Elizabeth! Glad you're loving it.

My third one this month read and reviewed (I started it last month). Once I stopped trying to breeze through it I really got into the story and think the heroine is pretty awesome.

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

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

Finished . Of course as soon as I did I was sent another book so I'm not any farther ahead :)

Worked Up Review

Just finished and I loved it, now I only have 3 more to go.

megan ••book slayer•• wrote: "I just opened my email and saw I was approved for Curious Minds (Knight and Moon, #1) by Janet Evanovich! Looking forward to reading it :) "

Yay, sounds like it'll be fun. I'll be looking forward to your review.

Very nice reviews, Lara and Danielle. Both thoughtful and full of lots of feedback.

Connie N. wrote: "Very nice reviews, Lara and Danielle. Both thoughtful and full of lots of feedback."

Thanks! I'm working on writing better reviews, both for myself and for whoever else.

I've finished two more books this weekend:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I have a question for you guys.

I got from Netgalley and they divided the volume up into 6 parts (which really wreaked havoc on my feedback ratio, BTW) and I plan to shelve and review the volume here, because I don't like to shelve issues. Do you think Netgalley will mind having the same full review posted for all 6 parts or should I make a little comment about each individual part for that website?

I just read the book from the library--it was published as a single volume. So, I suspect it's fine to provide an overall review, but they might like one or two sentences about each section as well.

Did you get the book as the serial, or request it as a single book? If the latter, then their sending it as multiple sections would be annoying.

Lara wrote: "I just read the book from the library--it was published as a single volume. So, I suspect it's fine to provide an overall review, but they might like one or two sentences about each section as well..."

It was a "read now" and listed as 6 parts, but I just downloaded them all before getting started. Didn't think at the time about how I would review them though.
https://s2.netgalley.com/catalog/?tex...

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

One more down. I made a concerted effort this week to get through a few books. This one is pretty dark and took me a while as I wasn't in the place for that world.

Joanne - is from Canada wrote: "It was a "read now" and listed as 6 parts, but I just downloaded them all before getting started. Didn't think at the time about how I would review them though."

I just finished a combined serial on NG that originally had 16 parts. The second 'season' has been available in individual segments and I have been debating getting them. Thinking about reviewing a serial by each part now seems tedious though. After all, we generally review books, not individual chapters.

I didn't read any NetGalley books while on vacation this last week, but this was a quick read once I got home!



I'm back up to 70%!
Review

Finally posted my review of .
Absolutely brilliant book and one I'd definitely recommend (although it's not on NetGalley anymore)

I also received a sample of John Grisham's latest and posted a review to NetGalley.

Unfortunately I've added 5 books so far this month so my ratio has dipped below 70%

These books just jumped onto my shelf, I swear...


That Potent Alchemy
Nicole, I thought of you when I saw this one! It's a historical romance featuring a gender-fluid ballet dancer, so excited :)


Tainted Witness: Why We Doubt What Women Say about Their Lives

Two reviews posted since the last time that I checked in:

-★★☆☆☆-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

-★★★★☆-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Oh Kazen thank you so much for the suggestion! It's hard to find books like this and this description sounds amazing. I have already requested it :D

Just started ,and I'm already having problems with it, still on the first page and I'm seen and trying to read sentences that don't make sense and ones that just run together.so much so that you can't tell where one word starts and the next one ends,example:Afterwordsshe'd felt guilty. I know it's an ARC but still shouldn't some one check for stuff like this .

Yeah, I've gotten a couple like that, Elizabeth. Luckily, it's not often. But I figured (hoped) they'd be doing their editing afterwards.

Connie N. wrote: "Yeah, I've gotten a couple like that, Elizabeth. Luckily, it's not often. But I figured (hoped) they'd be doing their editing afterwards."

Unfortunately that's not the case, I've gotten a few like this too, but when I went and got the actual copy of the book the same mistakes that was and were in the ARC was in the actual book, I'm going to try and read some more of the book, but those mistakes are giving me a headache, there's just way too many of them and it's really hard to read the story

Finished and ended up DNF on .

Her Darkest Nightmare Review ★★★★

Curious Minds Review ★

Danielle - I have Darkest Nightmare too and was hoping to get to it this month. Great review. Did you read the prequel?

On Kazen's recommendation, I think is one of the first new books I have picked up this month.

is the only other one, an LGBTI book set in Queensland, Australia. I'm always interested in seeing books set over here!


Reviews for this month so far:

★★★★ for https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

★★★ for https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Had to DNF The Lost Ones,just way too many run together words , which made it very hard to read.will differently not be picking this up as an actual book when it comes out.

Kristie wrote: "Danielle - I have Darkest Nightmare too and was hoping to get to it this month. Great review. Did you read the prequel?"

I did yes and I enjoyed it but the 1st book was better IMO.

Danielle wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Danielle - I have Darkest Nightmare too and was hoping to get to it this month. Great review. Did you read the prequel?"

I did yes and I enjoyed it but the 1st book was better IMO."

That's great! Looking forward to it.

NetGalley did an update today and now we have badges for how many reviews we've written! I've done 22 reviews and have the 10 review badge... I'm guessing the next one is 25, hehe. What do you guys have?

I've done 20 reviews but I also have the "10 review badge" like you Kazen! :)