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NetGalley January 2022
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Start of Month:
Books on Shelf : 4
Books:
published
to be published
Feedback ratio: 96%
FINISHED
review
review
review
reviewADDED
End of Month:
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio:%
START
To Be Read: 43
(Approved 89 - Feedback sent 46)
Feedback Ratio: 52%
2016: (8)
2017: (6)
2018: (7)
2019: (5)
2020: (3)
2021: (5)
2022: (11)
January
March
April
May
COMPLETED:
REVIEW⭐️⭐️⭐️
REVIEW⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️END
To Be Read: 44
(Approved 92 - Feedback sent 48)
Feedback Ratio: 52%
Beginning of MonthBooks on shelf - 58 (149 Approved / 88 Feedback Sent)
NetGalley Feedback - 59%
Approved 2021
Approved 2020
Approved 2019
Approved 2018
Approved 2017
Approved 2016
End of the Month
Reviews -
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...Books Added -
Books read in 2022 - 1
Books read in 2021 - 12
Feedback Ratio - 60%
I'll try again in the new year tooJan NetGalley Challenge
Beginning of month
Books on shelf: 37
Feedback ratio: 74%
Past Publication:
2018-2019:
2020:
2021:
Upcoming:
2022:
AIM
MUST read more of these December was awful for Netgalley
ON SHELF AT BEGINNING OF THE MONTH
33 books
feedback 91%
]
ADDED IN JANUARY
READ IN JANUARY
1. The Unravelling https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. The Perfect Christmas Gift 13/01/2022 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Snow Country 22/01/2022 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. Violeta https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. Mouth to Mouth 30/01/2022 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
END OF MONTH
Feedback Ratio 91%
Books read 5
Books on shelf 34
NetGalley January 2022Beginning of Month
Shelf count/books on shelf: 27
Ratio: 94%
Books/authors/reviews will be linked when read
A Fatal Family Feast
Lynn Cahoon 1/4/22Crimes and Covers
Amanda Flower 1/9/22A Three Book Problem
Vicki Delany 1/10/22Tailing Trouble
Laura Scott 1/12/22*Up to No Gouda
Linda Reilly 1/16/22*Honey Roasted
Cleo Coyle 1/20/22Easter Bonnet Murder
Leslie Meier 1/24/22*Wasted Thyme
Karen C. Whalen 1/26/22A Dash of Death
Michelle Hillen Klump 1/30/22Long Overdue at the Lakeside Library
Live, Local and Dead
Front Page Murder
Death by Beach Read
Peril at Pennington Manor
Under Lock and Skeleton Key
Put Out to Pasture
Pleading the Fish
A Poisonous Page
A Fatal Booking
A Fatal Glow
Batten Down the Belfry
Bear Witness
Three Shots to the Wind
In Too Steep
Caramel Pecan Roll Murder
A Sprinkle in Time
Batter Off Dead
Antique Auctions Are Murder
A Matter of Hive and Death
*Books added in January:
Three Tainted Teas
The Vanishing Type
A Margin for Murder
Double Shot Death
Poppy Harmon and the Backstabbing Bachelor
Honey Roasted
Up to No Gouda
Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake
A Dish to Die For
End of month stats:
Updated shelf count/books to read: 29
Updated ratio: 93%
Books read in January: 9
Books added in January: 10
Beginning of Month:
Books on Shelf: 12
Published:
January:
4
11
25
February:
1
8
☊March:
8
April:
5
July:
19
Netgalley Ratio: 95%
End of Month:
Read: 9
✍☊
✍☊
✍☊
Reviews: 6
my Reckless Girls
my Dark Horse review
my A Flicker in the Dark review
my Last House on the Street review
my Christie Affair review
my Josh and Gemma review
Added: 5
☊
☊
☊
Books on Shelf: 8
Ratio: 97%
I'm not too far behind the 8-ball. LOLStart of the month:
Books on shelf: 7
Books:
Feedback ratio: 91%
FINISHED
ADDED
End of Month:
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio:%
Beginning of MonthBooks on Shelf: 9
Feedback Ratio: 92%
Shelf:
READ
Somebody's Home
Unmissing
ADDED
End of Month
Books on Shelf: 9
Feedback Ratio: 92%
Happy New Year!!January Netgalley Challenge
Beginning of month:
Books on shelf: 69
Feedback ratio: 84%
Approved in January:
Finished:
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
Review
ReviewEnd of Month:
Books on shelf: 70
Feedback ratio: 85%
I've made a huge improvement in my outstanding NetGalley list since I started participating in these challenges--thanks for the encouragement!NetGalley Challenge – January
Feedback ratio - 87%
On shelf 1/1/22 - 69
Read: 4
Added: 2
On Shelf 1/31/22 - 67
2014 (0/4):
2015 (1/15):
2016 (0/3):
2017 (0/8):
2018 (1/21):
2019 (1/5):
2020 (0/1):
2021 (1/12):
2022 (0/2):
Completed/Reviews:
I'll Be Home for Christmas by Karen Clarke - 1/5/22 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Always, in December by Emily Stone - 1/11/22 ♥♥♥♥♥ - My Review
A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch - 1/17/22 ♥♥♥ - My Review
Barreled Over by Jenna Sutton - 1/21/22 ♥♥♥ - My Review
Beginning of MonthBooks on shelf - 119
NetGalley Feedback - 34%
Approved 2022
Approved 2021
(Should have read a long time ago)
(Books coming this year)
Jan 2022
Read
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
DNF
End of the month
Books on shelf: 128
Feedback ratio: 35%
I'm getting late on my reads, so I grabbed the audios of Reckless Girls and The Christie Affair to help speed me along. :) I also grabbed A Flicker in the Dark. It is a debut and sounds good. It also has some really good initial reviews from my Goodreads friends. This adds 3 to my shelf and brings my feedback ratio down just a bit to 94%. I hope to finish them all this month though.
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Approved for
and
which is exciting, but both are only downloadable as protected PDFs that expire in 50 days. Ah. So annoying
First review of the month done and it was for one that I had the ebook and audio for, so two off my shelf and my feedback ratio is back up to 95%. :) Reckless Girls
my Reckless Girls review
Oh, I hate when I get protected pdfs, Karen. That's disappointing. I thought The Maid was really good though. I hope you enjoy your reads.
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Thanks! I think they will both be great reads, but now I need to prioritise them due to the expiry date! Plus I find reading protected PDFs so much trickier than kindle. I am trying the netgalley shelf app which is slightly better than adobe reader at least.
Got approved for
which is available on kindle. yay!
I'm thinking about picking up Sundial, because I loved her last book, The Last House on Needless Street. It's a read now for a couple days, but it publishes March 1st and I have quite a few books right now. I was hoping it would be offered as an audio. I have about 5 that I'm considering. Two read nows (including the one above) and three widgets. I wish I could read faster! lol
Karen - I was thinking about requesting that one, but ended up just adding it to my TBR to read later. Glad you enjoyed it.
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It’s a fast read (just as well as it was one of the ones that they only give as a protected PDF!). If you enjoyed her other mysteries you’ll have a fun read
Oh, thanks. I try not to get protected pdfs when I can help it. I have plenty to read right now and a few widgets I'm still considering, so I have plenty to fill my time. I always need to remind myself that I can still read them after they are published; I don't have to get them through NetGalley.
Does NG tell you ahead of requesting that it is a protected pdf?I just requested Sundial Kristie. I hadn't read Needless Street (I have it on my list), but that one looks good.
I also finished and reviewed one this month
Somebody's Home.I really liked it, but she has a certain writing style. I had read one of her others Best Day Ever (which I loved, but a lot of people hated). I don't know what it is called but she writes like a train on thought in someone's head and it is like sarcastic or tongue in cheek a lot of times. To me it is funny and I get her and have some others on my list by her.
Vicki Willis wrote: "Does NG tell you ahead of requesting that it is a protected pdf?..."Yes, the information is on the book's page below the description. It says "Available on NetGalley" and then lists the formats available below that. It's easy to miss since it's at the bottom of the page and not near the request button.
Melanie wrote: "Vicki Willis wrote: "Does NG tell you ahead of requesting that it is a protected pdf?..."Yes, the information is on the book's page below the description. It says "Available on NetGalley" and the..."
Oh I see it now. Thanks for the tip!
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Yes, the information is on the book's page below the description. It says "Available on NetGalley" and the..."
oh thanks - they snuck that on there!! I requested that a few years ago, as we were talking about it in this group, and at the time they said they would take it on board. Had no idea it was now on there xD
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which I realised too late isn't published until June and I should have read something else first. haha
The concept was better than the execution, but may still be a worthwhile read for fans of magical realism
review
I just added
Stay Awake which I am looking forward to. I read another by her The Night Swim, which I really liked.
Oh, I just added it to my TBR. I didn't know she had a new book out. I also really liked The Night Swim. I may have to request Stay Awake too. It doesn't publish until August so there's plenty of time to read it.
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It has been there forever because somehow I didn't download it in time when approved... an then libraries were closed for month and months last year. So I finally got it and read it in two days!
review
I got reviews written for two so far in Jan. Sadly both were only 3 stars. One is from Nov 2021 and one this month, so doing better.
- 3 stars
- 3 stars
Vicki Willis wrote: "I just added Stay Awake which I am looking forward to. I read another by her The Night Swim, which I really liked."I ended up requesting this one, but it's still pending. *Fingers crossed.*
Starting a bit late but I'm going to get as many books read and reviewed as possible! Start of the month: 53
Added: 7
Read/Reviewed: 8
End of the month: 51
Planning on reading this month:
Published in 2020
Published in 2021
Published in 2022
Finished:
I just added two more so I need to read one more this month to do better than just break even. Added:
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This one doesn't have a cover yet
which means I have at least a few months to read it :)
Start of this Month: 31Added: 3
NetGalley Feedback Ratio: 82%
Books from 2021:
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
Added this Month
Book Buzz 2022 Pub:1/18;
Pub: 5/17;
Pub: 2/1,
, Pub: 3/1,
1.
, Lisa Harding, 1/1/22 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...2.
, 1/17/22 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...3.
, 1/18/22 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...4.
, 1/19/22 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...5.
, 1/20/22 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...6.
, 1/20/22 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... So, I could browse all the new books that I shouldn’t be adding On, but love to. 7.
, 1/22/22 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... A Book from Nov 2021, so great to get another read. 8.
, 1/25/22 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... 9.
, Rachel Hawkins, 1/26/22 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...10.
+ Audio 🎧, 1/28 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...11.
, Drew Magary, 1/30 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...12.
, Nicole D. Collier, 1/31 Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...So, finished all my January Books and 3 from 2021. When I review a lot, suddenly books I put in from months ago will get approved. So, this morning, 1/28, I got approved for
, which I really wanted and
, Pub: 3/1, which I really don’t want with all the other books. I am not on pre-approval, so can get easily backlogged with too many books. Thanks for doing this. It really helps me look at my books and remind myself to only have 2 or 3 a month and actually read them on time! I am going to try and finish all my books from January if I can.
I got a all books done so have 25 to go. May try to get 1 more done this month. At 88% Feedback.
END OF THE MONTH
Books on Shelf: 23
Feedback Ratio: 89%
I was auto approved for a book from one of my top favorite authors! This is the first time I have been offered a "mainstream" book!
Listen to Me
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review2 stars - glad to have it done :o
I am not going to get many more books read this month so I posted everything on my OG post https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Review #5 for the month! The Christie Affair - I was really torn between 3 and 4 stars on this one. I may still change my mind. I listened to the audio with my husband and he is giving it 5 stars though, so I don't know... maybe it's just me. I'll think on it and see how I feel in a couple of days.
my Christie Affair review
Review #3 and another only 3 stars.
It really failed at worldbuilding and making any sense in such a way that frustrated me. I almost gave it 2 stars.
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Barreled Over (other topics)I'll Be Home for Christmas (other topics)
Always, in December (other topics)
A Beautiful Blue Death (other topics)
Always, in December (other topics)
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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!
**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!