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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 December 15/16



**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!

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Start of Month:

Books on Shelf : 7

Books:




Feedback ratio: 93%


FINISHED
review

ADDED



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

December 2018 NetGalley Challenge

Start of the Month:

Number of Books on Shelf: 5- Less than 3 Months
Book Titles:
Feedback Ratio: 42%

During Month
Books Read:
Book Review Links: Pulp An Anonymous Girl

New Books Added: 0

End of Month
Number of Books on Shelf: 25- 3 Months or Older
Book Titles: July/August 2018 Buzz Books Monthly; June 2018 Buzz Books Monthly; January 2018 Buzz Books Monthly
Feedback Ratio: 46%

December Netgalley

BEGINNING OF MONTH

Number of books on shelf: 6

Feedback ratio: 79%

Books Read:


New Books Added:


END OF MONTH

Number of Books on Shelf:
Feedback Ratio:

I'm in again. Hoping to get caught up by the end of the year on the 8 already published books I still have plus the 3 December ones.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 20
Feedback Ratio: 90%

Books (ordered by pub date):



Added:


Finished:


End of Month:
Books on shelf: 27
Feedback Ratio: 87%

I'm in again!

December
Start Of Month
Books on Shelf: 9
Feedback Ratio: 82%

Books:


Added:


Read:


End Of Month
Books on Shelf: 8
Feedback Ratio: 85%

November was good (Added 2, Read 7) I'm kinda hoping I'll read 15 in December and have a fresh start for 2019... We'll see! :D

Start of Month
Feedback ratio: 63%
Books on Shelf: 15



Added:


Finished:

I'm in. Hopefully I'll write up some reviews this month.

Beginning of Month

Feedback Ratio 74%
Books on Shelf: 73

Planning to Read



Read & still to Review


Reviews Posted


Books Added:


Current
Feedback Ratio 75%
Books on Shelf 69

Beginning of the month
Books on shelf: 2
Feedback ratio: 70%
books:


Added:


Finished:
my review

End of month
Books on shelf:

Feedback ratio: 62%

Count me in. I'm pretty caught up and nothing releases until January but... you know how this Netgalley thing goes.

Beginning of the month

Feedback ratio: 90%
Books on shelf: 3



Added:




Finished:

Beginning of the month

Books on shelves: 16



Older than 3 months:



Feedback Ratio: 96%

End of the Month

Books I read in December: 3

Reviews:


DNF: 0

Added: 3

Shelf count: 16
Feedback ratio: 96%

Start of Month
Feedback Ratio: 4%:
Number of Books on Shelf: 26

Books: 23


Graphic Novels: 3


During the Month:
Books Read/Reviewed: 7
Reviews:
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
- Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

New Books Added: 24


not on Goodreads- Taxi Tales

End of Month
Number of Books on Shelf: 44
Feedback Ratio: 14%

Just got approved for

and I don't remember requesting it.
Oops.
I wish the publishers had a timeline that they have to respond by

Start of Month:
December Books on Shelf : 15
Feedback ratio to start: 82%

Books:
Current titles:

Older than 3 months:


ADDED IN DECEMBER

FINISHED

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 15
Feedback Ratio: 82%

Late to the party but hopefully vacation time means productivity!

Feedback Ratio: 26%
Books on Shelf: 39
Goal: 4 books, 2 graphic novels

List:


Added in December:


Didn't Review:




Reviewed:


5 Stars


3 Stars

Having a productive weekend with four reviews submitted. Still have a ridiculous number of books on my shelf but I'm hoping I'll at least get all of my outstanding reviews posted by the end of the year. Would be good to go into 2019 with no reads still to review (and a feedback ratio of 80%)

well done Alison!

Thanks. Unfortunately those were the easy ones. The other books still to review I read ages ago so don't remember much about. Why do I not take notes or review straight away?

Alison wrote: "Thanks. Unfortunately those were the easy ones. The other books still to review I read ages ago so don't remember much about. Why do I not take notes or review straight away?"

Don't feel bad - I do the same thing to myself ALL THE TIME. I even have a folder on my computer labeled 'review notes' which never gets used. *headdesk*

Totally missed the thread this month. I just finished Pretty Ugly Lies. I'll add a post below to update.



Pretty Ugly Lies review

This review brought me back up to 90% finally!

Beginning of Month:

Books on Shelf: 16
Older than 30 days:

Current:


Netgalley Ratio: 89%


End of Month:

Read: 4


Reviews: 4
Pretty Ugly Lies review
Fierce Kingdom review
If the Creek Don't Rise review
Memory Box review

Added: 0

Books on Shelf: 12
Ratio: 92%

NetGalley


🎄 Beginning of December
Feedback Ratio 82%
Total # of Books on Shelf - 3



Read /Review due at later date
4★'s (review no earlier than 30 days prior to publication date January 8, 2019)

Books Older Than Three Months

Books Read & Read and Reviewed

Books Added:


🎄 End of December Update:
Feedback Ratio — %
Books on Shelf —

Finished another, Fierce Kingdom. This was the one on my shelf the longest, so I'm glad to have finished it.

Fierce Kingdom review

I just finished the oldest book on my shelf too (thankfully! It is embarrassing to have one that old).
Girl in Snow

It was good, not a thriller to me though.
Vicki's Review

That puts me at 80%!!

December Netgalley

BEGINNING OF MONTH

Number of books on shelf: 4


Feedback ratio: 54%

Books Read:

New Books Added:


END OF MONTH

Number of Books on Shelf:
Feedback Ratio:

Yikes. My first one for the month. Is it really the 22nd already? :o

review

I just finished another old one off my shelf.



If the Creek Don't Rise review

I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as other people seem to. I thought it was 3-3.5 stars. I was glad to finally get it off my shelf though. It's been there forever.

Up to 91%

Vicki Willis wrote: "I just finished the oldest book on my shelf too (thankfully! It is embarrassing to have one that old). "

I'm the same way. I just finished the two oldest books off my shelf and they were both over a year old. How embarrassing! I still have one more that's been on there forever to remove, then I'm at least current to within a year. I'm trying not to request any more until I'm caught up to only books that are fairly new, but I do have my eye on one...

I finished another one (ahead of the publication this time!)
I do like this author, generally, but this one missed the mark for me. It was ok, but not great. I probably will forget about it in 2 days.


Vicki's Review

I'm on a roll this month! I've reviewed my fourth book and increased my feedback ratio by 3%. :) And I haven't added any...yet.

I've started one more and hopefully I'll finish before the end of the month, but even if I don't this has been a productive month and I'll finish it early next month so it will be a great way to start the new year.



Memory Box review

Kristie wrote: "I'm on a roll this month! I've reviewed my fourth book and increased my feedback ratio by 3%. :) And I haven't added any...yet.

I've started one more and hopefully I'll finish before the end of t..."

I had recently read this one too, Kristie and totally agree. The premise was so promising!

It was, Vicki. I was disappointed by the prosecution.

Well done Kristie!

January thread is now available here

Thanks, Karen! I'm hoping to start off January the way, so I can get caught up finally.