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Start of Month:
Books on Shelf : 5
Books:
Feedback ratio: 95%
FINISHED
reviewADDED
End of Month:
Books on shelf: 5
Feedback Ratio:95%
I'm in again!Start of month:
Books on shelf: 28
Feedback Ratio: 67%
Books (ordered by pub date):
Added:
Finished:
Review to Come
My ReviewRemoved from Shelf (Feedback Provided):
End of Month:
Books on shelf: 28
Feedback Ratio: 70%
I’m in! I finished Beartown in October, but it is still on my shelf because I need to review it. Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 16
Netgalley Ratio: 86%
End of Month:
Read: 3
Reviews: 4
Beartown review
Girl in Snow review
The Rules of Magic review
Never Let You Go review
Removed from shelf: 1
Added: 1
Books on Shelf: 12
Ratio: 89%
Beginning of Month
Feedback Ratio 78%
Books on Shelf: 39
Planning to Read
Read & still to Review
Reviews Posted
Books Added:
Current
Feedback Ratio 81%
Books on Shelf 35
On Shelf: 20Feedback Ratio 89%
To read:
How many books on your NetGalley shelf: 10What your Netgalley feedback ratio is: 68%
What books are on your NG shelf:
Currently (finally) Reading:
New
DNF [feedback sent]
Read but not reviewed [feedback sent]
Read & Reviewed
End of the month(view spoiler)
Argh!!! Is anyone else having issues with publication dates being wrong on NetGalley?In the last 24 hours I've discovered three books shown on my shelf with a 2018 publication are either already out or will be out within the next two weeks. It's totally scuppered my reading plan.
I only found out because I saw someone else post a review and thought they were really early.
Different countries publish different editions of the same book at different times, but I'm not sure that's quite what you're talking about here.
I finished Girl in Snow today. I thought it was ok, but didn't love it. I'll try to get to my reviews in a couple of days.Reading Never Let You Go now and planning to start The Rules of Magic in a couple of days.
On Shelf 77Ratio 79%
Goal 10 books or more....
Haven
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Big Bad Billionaire
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Only For You
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Doing It Over
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I Knew You Were Trouble
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ratio 78%
Books on Shelf 80
Start of Month: November Books on Shelf : 15
Books:
Current titles:
Older than 3 months:
ADDED IN NOVEMBER
Feedback ratio to start: 79%
FINISHED
End of Month:
Books on shelf: 15
Feedback Ratio: 80%
I finished The Rules of Magic. It looks like this may be a fairly productive month, if I ever get around to my reviews.
I just sent a note to the publisher for Always. I've tried starting it a couple of times and just never seem to be in the mood to read it. It's been on my shelf since January, so I let them know that I won't be reviewing it.
I should really do that with a few of mine Kristie. I have books that have been on my shelf for more than 2 years and keep kidding myself I will read them at some point.
I made it to 80% again yesterday. Must have lasted a whole 3 hours before another request was approved and I slipped back to 79 :D
I’ve done it a couple of times, Alison. If you know you’re not going to read it, you might as well get it off your shelf.
I keep thinking I'll get to them at some point.And I've just added another book. Killman Creek the sequel to Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine is currently read now.
Oh no... I hate adding a second book in a series before I read the first one. What if I don't like it? However...I do own Stillhouse Lake and Killman Creek is read now....
Ok, so I added
. I couldn't resist. I figure I'll read the first one and if I love it I'll be happy that I have the second one. If I don't like it, I can just inform the publisher.
I had a crazy run and ended up having 15 new books added to my NG-shelf at the end of October so my feedback ratio dropped into the lower 20ies =(At the moment I have 12 titles on the shelf and a ratio of 33% since I've done two reviews this month already (and two in october), links are below.
Current on shelf
review
I ended up byuing the rest of the books in this series to continue reading, thereby pausing my run through more Netgalley books:P
review
Two reviews posted in the last couple of days and I'm back to 80% again...yay!!!I do still have four requests pending though so if any of them come through it'll be gone again :( I really need to get up to 82 or 83% to give myself a bit of headroom.
Just out of curiosity, when I was submitting my reviews it asked me to connect up my social media including GoodReads. Has anyone done this? I have but now wondering how wise it was as it looks like they can send tweets from you, check followers etc.
You really are teetering on that 80% brink, Alison! lol Glad you made it over again. I saw an email saying they were offering linking accounts as a way to post one review and have it post everywhere. I have not done it yet. I'm not sure if I will.
I'm not going to be connecting any of mine as I don't think Netgalley should be able to post on my behalf, plus I don't agree with some of the permissions it asks for on some of the sites.The biggest downside of them adding the Social Accounts section is that I can no longer list my Goodreads profile as my primary site. They removed it when they added the Social Accounts section and the site doesn't let me re-add it, but instead tells me to connect via the Social Accounts. Really annoying considering I only review on GR.
It did ask for a lot of permissions when connecting to Twitter which made me wary but then I only really use Twitter for book stuff and don't have it linked to my personal social media.I get the feeling the GoodReads connection is a bit different and it's so it can cross post reviews from NetGalley more than anything. I have to admit I usually do it the other way round. Review here and copy to NetGalley.
I don’t like that at all. I also use my GR page as my main page for reviewing. I don’t want them posting it to GR. I post here first, then copy over there. I sometimes use html or book/author links in my GR reviews and have to edit for NetGalley.
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I do the same. I will try doing it the other way around for the next ones and see how it works
Oops. I kind of completely ignored NetGalley in October. Hoping to get at least one review in this month!NetGalley Challenge: November 2017
STARTING FEEDBACK RATIO: 83%
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Can I just say how ecstatic I am to have Tess of the Road?!
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CURRENT FEEDBACK RATIO: 83%
I also have been ignoring NetGalley a bit. I've been reading super slowly since starting a new job. :\ So now I'm trying to keep track a little better and work on catching up.....or at least stay on track. My numbers are awful.NetGalley Challenge: November 2017
STARTING FEEDBACK RATIO: 45%
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Overall, I ended this month with the same number of books, but I'm happy with my progress. I went through my older books and tried a couple of chapters of each book and then removed any that I didn't end up liking. Plus one book I finished and just need to write my review for which will make for a good start in December.Start of month:
Books on shelf: 28
Feedback Ratio: 67%
Added:
Finished:
Review to Come
My ReviewRemoved from Shelf (Feedback Provided):
End of Month:
Books on shelf: 28
Feedback Ratio: 70%
Beginning of Month:Books on Shelf: 16
Netgalley Ratio: 86%
End of Month:
Reviews: 4
Beartown review
Girl in Snow review
The Rules of Magic review
Never Let You Go review
Removed from shelf: 1
Added: 1
Books on Shelf: 12
Ratio: 89%
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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!
Do you ever get so caught up in your reading that you don't want to stop to write your reviews?
Thinking about that, it was decided we need a "Review Weekend", once each month, set aside to write those reviews you've been not doing in favor of reading!
Review Weekends will vary randomly each month and is meant to be a time set aside to review. Take one, or both days and get caught up on reviews so you can spend the rest of the month reading!!
The next Review Weekend is set for Nov 18/19
**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!