NetGalley Buddy Readers discussion

Of course, The Prisoner is read now for the first 1,000 and I can't get it because I have a request pending. 😑

I take that back! The read now button was there even with my request pending! So, I got it! 😊

Yay!
Also, a read now is The Villa. For the first 1,000 people.
We read one all together earlier this year (Reckless Girls) by the same author.

I grabbed it.
What was funny is that I didn't think I liked the cover of Reckless Girls, but now that I see her new cover and look at the cover from the wife, I am changing that opinion. Her covers are all similar style and now I love them!

I also got The Villa by Rachel Hawkins. It doesn't publish until January if anyone would like to join me. It is currently read now for the first 1,000.

Oh, I posted at the same time! I'm so glad we both got it. :)

Vicki - Any thoughts on when you'd like to read The Prisoner or The Villa? The Prisoner doesn't publish until November, so maybe September or October? And The Villa publishes in January. So maybe after The Prisoner, later this year?

This is off topic, but I sent both of those books to my Kindle and neither went through. I tried removing some books from my Kindle to make space and turning it off and on to reboot, nothing. I also tried to resend with no success. They aren't showing up in my Kindle docs on Amazon either. Anyone else having trouble with downloads today? NetGalley was super slow, so I'm wondering if the issue may be on their end. I don't want to resend them too many times, then have 20 of them to delete later.

Edit: They do show up on my NetGalley app as available to download. The change to Kindle format hasn't started yet, has yet? I thought that was July, maybe next week.

Edit: I'm not sure what the issue is, but The Prisoner has finally come through. Maybe The Villa will come through soon too.

Final edit: The Villa finally came through. I think NG is just super slow today.

I noticed that too downloading yesterday - how slow it was and finally The Prisoner showed up.
The Villa hasn't shown up yet, but like you I don't want to send it too many times.
I get all freaked out because I lost a book to archive recently and that was a bummer.

Vicki Willis wrote: "Yay!
Also, a read now is The Villa. For the first 1,000 people.
We read one all together earlier this year (Reckless Girls) by the sa..."

I missed the Read Now so I requested it. 🤞

Kristie wrote: "This is off topic, but I sent both of those books to my Kindle and neither went through. I tried removing some books from my Kindle to make space and turning it off and on to reboot, nothing. I als..."

I have noticed that sometimes it's not instant. But yes, next week it won't be an option anyway.

Vicki Willis wrote: "I noticed that too downloading yesterday - how slow it was and finally The Prisoner showed up.
The Villa hasn't shown up yet, but like you I don't want to send it too many times.
I get all freaked..."

I'd try again if you haven't gotten it yet. Seems to be working fine now. I saw a few other people complaining about those books not coming through as they should. They probably just had too many people trying to get them at once.

I hope you get The Villa too, Elyse.

Vicki, did you see my earlier post about buddy reading? Did you want to buddy read those two? Any particular time in mind?

I got approved for if anyone is interested in buddy reading. It pubs Nov 8.

I missed the Read Now for too so put in a request. Keeping fingers crossed.

I enjoyed that author's book so jumped in to request it just now, Elyse. I still want to read her other book .

I'm afraid to request too many books right now until I inderstand what happens with the change coming. I don't want to read off my phone so may slow down on my requests even more until I see how things play out.

I hope you get The Villa, Tasha. I completely understand having concern about future downloads. I'm guessing that whatever we already have downloaded to our Kindles won't be affected by the change.

I think that's probably correct, Kristie, it's probably just the new ones going forward at some point. It will be interesting to see how this all pans out and how it affects all of our requests, etc.

Kristie wrote: "Vicki, did you see my earlier post about buddy reading? Did you want to buddy read those two? Any particular time in mind?"

Yes! I got lost in the posts!
I like to read about a month out if that works for you. I don't like to read too far from publish because it disrupts the flow of what is publishing right now.

Sept/Oct ish for The Prisoner
Nov/Dec-ish for The Villa

Would work best for me.

Elyse wrote: "I got approved for if anyone is interested in buddy reading. It pubs Nov 8."

Elyse - I have that one too. I am thinking of reading it late Sept or Early Oct. if that works for you?

Tasha wrote: "I think that's probably correct, Kristie, it's probably just the new ones going forward at some point. It will be interesting to see how this all pans out and how it affects all of our requests, etc."

I am still confused about all this. NG is changing the format that goes to the kindle right?
Our old books will still be there and not be affected.
But the new format will still be able to go to the kindle? Or are you saying the new format will only download onto a phone?

Vicki Willis wrote: "Elyse wrote: "I got approved for if anyone is interested in buddy reading. It pubs Nov 8."

Elyse - I have that one too. I am thinking of reading it late Sept o..."

This one looks really good too! Too many books!

Vicki, I think the issue is that they weren't really clear as to what was happening. The problem is the format Kindle supports is changing and we don't know how NetGalley will handle that.

My understanding is that whatever we have downloaded already is fine and will stay on our Kindles, but we don't know this for certain since Kindle won't be supporting the same type of file anymore. It is possible that we won't be able to open the files, but I would hope that's not the case. NetGalley hasn't said how they are planning to handle that. I would guess that they will change the format they offer to make it Kindle friendly, but I don't know that for sure either.

The only information that was sent out was that Kindle will no longer be using the same formatting they have used in the past. I believe it is a switch from the Kindle only mobi files to epub, which all other readers use.

Vicki Willis wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Vicki, did you see my earlier post about buddy reading? Did you want to buddy read those two? Any particular time in mind?"

Yes! I got lost in the posts!
I like to read about a mon..."

Perfect! I'll add them to the calendar and start threads later today and we can decide on a specific date in those threads or when it gets a little closer.

Vicki Willis wrote: "Elyse wrote: "I got approved for if anyone is interested in buddy reading. It pubs Nov 8."

Elyse - I have that one too. I am thinking of reading it late Sept o..."

Yes that sounds good!

Links!

The Prisoner - Link to discussion: Date TBD

The Villa - Link to discussion: Date TBD

Made a thread for The Family Game for early October. Exact date tbd.

Just to clarify, we now have the following in the calendar with specific dates still to be determined:

I'm the Girl - August date TBD
Mad Honey - early September date TBD
The Prisoner - later September date TBD
The Family Game - early October date TBD
The Villa - October date TBD

Getting busy! I hope to join in for The Family Game and The Villa, if I get approvals. They all sounds good though.

Such fun coming up!
Thanks Kristie!

does anyone want to read verity with me?

I would but I've already read it!

Yeewall I would be happy to read Verity with you but it would be a few weeks before I can get it from the library.

anyone want to buddy a few published ones?

Trisha I have The Club and The Island on my to be read list so I can join you for those. I wanted to read Sundial until so many said a lot of animal cruelty was involved? However if it's just a small part I could jump over I wouldn't mind still giving that one a try as well!

YAY! Did you want to try to squeeze The Club & The Island this month?

are there start days that work better for you??

Can I join in the club too please?

yes please! Is there a day that works best for you??

Trisha I have The Club and Sundial ready to go but am on waiting list for The Island. It may be September before I can get it.

Trisha - We read Sundial back in January. The thread is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... I didn't get to finish it, so I recently restarted and am reading it now. Feel free to jump onto that thread anytime to discuss.

JenniferJ - I'm not sure about animal cruelty being on the pages. I'm on page 71 right now and there hasn't been anything on page, but (view spoiler)[ the daughter collects animal bones that she bleaches and keeps and they become her imaginary friends or something like that. At this point, it has been suggested that she is killing the animals, though she claims to be finding them dead. From some of the other things she has done, I doubt that's true.

There was something weird that happened with the mom and meat, but no animals were involved yet. (hide spoiler)]

I'm not sure how much of a spoiler that is, but just incase someone wants to go in blind. Maybe the others who have finished the book could give you better information as to whether any abuse happens on the page. I can say that it is very strange so far.

JenniferJ wrote: "Trisha I have The Club and Sundial ready to go but am on waiting list for The Island. It may be September before I can get it."

yeah, I'm good with waiting until September for The Island!

Did we want to start The Club mid month? 15th? Does that work for you too Gem??

Thank you Kristie! and those dates are fine with me Trisha.

That’s great with me too, thanks!

I'll join on The Island buddy read.

Yes, there was some animal stuff in Sundial that will make some pretty uncomfortable.

Tasha wrote: "Yes, there was some animal stuff in Sundial that will make some pretty uncomfortable."

Thanks, Tasha.

Hi all - Just want to post the upcoming calendar here for quick reference. We have a few reads coming up and might want to coordinate some of the dates.

August
I'm the Girl - Aug 15
The Island - Aug 15

September:
The Club - early Sept
Mad Honey - early Sept
The Prisoner - mid Sept

October:
The Family Game - early Oct
The Villa - mid Oct

I'm joining in with the Family Game and The Villa and so far I'm good with anytime.

We've settled on start dates for Mad Honey (Sept 5) and The Prisoner (Sept 20). I'll edit the above post.

I'm hoping to also join for The Family Game. I'm hoping to get the audio of this one, but it isn't offered yet. I might join for The Island too, though I may be late for that one. I'm waiting on a library hold.

I'm still pending on The Villa ☹