NetGalley Buddy Readers discussion

Welcome, Trisha! Glad to have you join us. That is a long slump. Hopefully some of our buddy reads will help! :)

Welcome Trisha!

Hi, I’m Cathy from Virginia. I love all genres although recently I’ve been reading more historical fiction, political and mystery. I’ve been using NetGalley for a couple of years. I took a long break and am excited to start reading more. I’m looking forward to meeting new buddies.

Welcome, Cathy!! :) Good to see you here!

Welcome Cathy! :)

Hi - I'm an old lady reader, born and raised in the US on American literature. All of my kids and grandkids have been in born and raised in Australia, where I've lived for more than 50 years.

I've been a NetGalley member since 2015, and my reading choices are pretty wide - everything from children's picture books to some YA, fiction, non-fiction. Just about everything except horror and grisly mysteries (unless they're really good).

I read a fair bit of Aussie material, of course.

I have a soft spot for historical mysteries. I also tend to like stories about young boys growing up. Hello!

Hi Patty! Welcome to the group. :)

I love that you are originally from the US but have lived in Australia for more than 50 years. Australia is a place I would love to visit and I can only imagine living there is even more fun!

Great to see you here Patty - a big welcome!

Welcome to the group, Patty! I've also wanted to visit Australia forever. It's definitely on my bucket list.

Hi! I just joined Netgalley this month. I am a kindergarten teacher in Utah. I pretty much love all kinds of books. I joined Netgalley primarily so that I could preview children's books for my classroom, but I am also obsessed with audiobooks so I figured that is a bonus from joining Netgalley.

Hi, Katrisa! Welcome to the group! :)

Hello Katrisa, that's a beautiful name! Welcome but be careful bc this group will have you adding more books to your tbr, lol. We do a lot of buddy reading here. Looking forward to chatting books with you. :)

Hi Katrisa - great to have you here, a big welcome!

Thanks for the welcome! I may have been hasty thinking I could do buddy reads though! I tried to get some of the books but I'm too new to NG and didn't get then. I'll get there though!

I'm sure some of our books will match up for buddy reads at some point!

Exactly, we definitely don't all get approved for the same books so sometimes it doesn't work out. You can always go back and read the book and make comments. :)

Hi, I have been using NetGalley for quite a while now but at first didn't know how to use it properly, so I got WAY behind on reviews and currently have only a 31% review rate. I had no idea that this group existed so hopefully it might give me the impetus I need to get that percentage up there!

Hi, I am new to NG (and a new GR account as my old one was attached to an email that I can't access anymore). I just reviewed my first Read Now book and selected another one.

I am in Canada and love most fiction except romance but love mysteries and horror.

Hi, Vicki! It's a fun way to improve our stats. I think a lot of people take on more than they can read right when they start, so you're certainly not alone in that. :) Welcome to the group.

Welcome, Emerald! Hope you join in for some buddy reads. :)

Welcome, Vicki and Emerald! This group will help you raise your stats but it may also add to your NG tbr!! It's definitely a balancing act. It's a fun group though as we have lots of buddy reads and discover interesting books from each other. Looking forward to chatting NG books with you guys. :)

My name is Evee, & I'm from the Midwest (US).

I just recently started reading books through NetGalley & have a low rating, but my first review was selected as a featured review. So, that's a small perk in the beginning of a new self-assigned responsibility, lol.

I love fantasy, scifi, horror, romance, and historical with romance as an included sub-genre for all mentioned.

I'm hoping to find some potential buddy reads as most of the time I have no one to talk to about my books (aside from a friend who gets out of context screenshots occasionally), and I get very, very excited over them!

Welcome Evee! We definitely have lots of buddy reads going on all the time here so you will find plenty of book chat. Look forward to chatting with you. :)

Welcome Evee!

Welcome to the group, Evee!

Tasha wrote: "Welcome Evee! We definitely have lots of buddy reads going on all the time here so you will find plenty of book chat. Look forward to chatting with you. :)"

Thank you~! I look forward to it!

Hi everyone! I came accross this group in one of my favourite reviewers page.

My name is Sanne (pronounced something like Sah-nuh, not sane XD) and I'm from Belgium. I've been using NetGalley for a bit over a year. I also review for BookSiren since this summer. I think, and I think i have the hang of reading stuff in time and when to download to grant yourself a smudge more time if necessary. But it's still more fun to be able to talk about these books with others whilst they're not out in the wild yet. Can't wait to read alongside you all!

Welcome, Sanne! I look forward to chatting with you. :)

Whoops night time brain equals typos and weird grammar. Apologies for that XD (it was 1am when I wrote that message)

Nice to meet you Tasha!

No worries, Sanne! We all have typos sometimes. :) Welcome to the group! We look forward to discussing with you.

Welcome to the group Sanne! 💜

Welcome!

Welcome Sanne!

Hello, I go by Solar and I’m from NC, United States.

I’m very new to all things reviews and especially Netgalley but I can’t wait to learn!

Welcome! Love the name. :)

Welcome, Solar!

hi there! I'm Nicole, otherwise known as the crafty reader! I'm newish to Netgalley but I have so many books I want to gush about but I can't because they're ARCs! looking forward to meeting and reading with all of you :)

Welcome, Nicole! I'm curious about your 'crafty reader' name, how did you come by it? Looking forward to chatting books with you. :)

I see why, lol. You love all crafts! I used to crochet years ago when my youngest was small. It was a great stress reliever at the time. I miss it at times but I am so busy now I just don't have the time to relearn it all (it's been many years!).

I linked to your IG page and I see that you recently read , I just read it this week. It was a good holiday season thriller I thought, 4,5 stars.

Welcome to the group, Nicole!

I am also someone who enjoys learning something new. I do all kinds of crafts, including crochet, which I just learned about a year and a half ago. I still haven't made too much yet because I spend my time on other activities as well.

I think you'll enjoy this group. We read a variety, but I think most of us chattier members enjoy a lot of mystery thrillers as well as other genres. Happy to have you join in our discussions. :) Take a look at our schedule and see if you already have any of our planned reads.

One of the crafty things that I would like to try is embroidery. Not the old fashioned kind but the really cute designs I see now out there on etsy and IG. So beautiful!

Hi Hajar! Welcome to the group! We have quite a few mystery and thrillers lovers here. We look forward to chatting with you!

Hi Hajar, yes, you are definitely in the right place. There are a lot of thriller and mystery readers in this group. Enjoy!

Hello!

My name is Jenny and I live in Metropolis IL, home of Superman!

I like to read all types of genres, but my favorites are mysteries, horror and science fiction.

I do reviews for Netgalley, Edelweiss and Booksprout.

Welcome, Jenny! I occasionally will get a book through Edelweiss, but I've never visited Booksprout. I'll have to check it out. Glad to have you with us!

Hi! Just joined this group today and so excited to get to know you all. Reading through the topics and seeing all of your stats is truly inspiring!

My name is Shari and I just joined NetGalley about six months ago. I also have a 7 month old baby boy, so perhaps I’ve completely lost my mind adding ARCs to the mix 🤪. I currently live in Connecticut but have lived in a few different states. Between working full time and having a baby at home, I’ve made reading a priority as “me time” at night and reading ARCs has already brought me so much joy.

Welcome, Shari! Congratulations on your baby boy! We have another member, Elyse, who just had a baby boy about a month ago. I'm super impressed with you ladies carving out reading time with little ones at home! I'm so glad you're finding joy in reading and look forward to chatting with you.

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Hello!

My name is Jenny and I live in Metropolis IL, home of Superman!"

well hello Jenny! I love seeing you here!

Shari wrote: "Hi! Just joined this group today and so excited to get to know you all. Reading through the topics and seeing all of your stats is truly inspiring! ..."

Hi Shari! Welcome to the group!! I hope we have some matching reads so we can enjoy some buddy reads, when you're ready! And congrats on the addition to your family!

Welcome Jenny and Shari! Looking forward to chatting books with you guys. :)

Jenny, we have a full-sized Superman in our basement! My husband and BIL love Superman and when he was getting rid of stuff, we took the big guy. We are used to him down there now but when we first brought him home, he would scare us every time we went down there! lol

Shari, I echo Kristie's comments, I'm always impressed by anyone finding me-time with little ones around. My kids are older now so I have more time for me but life does still find ways of keeping me busy, which I'm not complaining about, just laughing about. 😉

Tasha - I love your Superman story. lol I can just picture the shock of walking into 'someone' in your basement!