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Continuing to challenge myself to read as many NetGalley ARCs that I already have requested and been approved for.

In 2018 I read 11.
In 2019 I read 41.
In 2020 I read 27. My goal was 50.
In 2021 I read 100. My goal was 50.
In 2022 I read 95. My goal was 50.
In 2023 I read 118. My goal was 50.
In 2024 I read 48. My goal was 50.
In 2025 my goal is to read 50.

As of 1/1/19 (when I started paying attention):
Feedback Ratio: 16%
543 Approved | 88 Feedback Sent

As of 1/1/25:
Feedback Ratio: 33%
1735 Approved | 566 Feedback Sent

Goals:
📚 Do not request anymore unless I plan on immediately reading, author I've read before, or anticipated book.
📚 Read 50+ NG books.
📚 Start with books either recently published or will be published within the month, then start on backlog.
📚 Read graphic novels/picture books that are READ NOW to boost ratio.

JANUARY
1. Fated Pub date 7/16/24. Finished 1/3/25 ⭐⭐ Review
2. Booked on Murder Pub date 8/6/24. Finished 1/7/25 ⭐⭐�� Review
3. She Followed the Moon Back to Herself Pub date 10/29/14. Read 1/9/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐�� Review
4. Babylonia (audio & e-book) Pub date 1/14/25. Finished 1/22/25 ⭐⭐�� Review
5. Wished Pub date 10/1/24. Finished 1/23/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
6. Ex Marks the Spot Pub date 12/31/24. Finished 1/26/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
7. Don't Tell Me How to Die Pub date 3/4/25. Finished 1/31/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
FEBRUARY
8. The Queens of Crime Pub date 2/11/25. Finished 2/8/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
9. Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 Pub date 2/25/25. Finished 2/17/25 ⭐⭐ Review
10. You Are Fatally Invited Pub date 2/11/25. Finished 2/18/25 ⭐⭐�� Review
11. The Christie Affair Pub date 2/1/22. Finished 2/22/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
12. I Would Die for You Pub date 3/25/25. Finished 2/28/25 ⭐⭐ Review
MARCH
13. Finlay Donovan Is Killing It Pub date 2/2/21. Finished 3/9/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
14. A Long Time Gone Pub date 2/4/25. Read 3/15/25 ⭐⭐�� Review
15. Your Pasta Sucks: A "Cookbook" Pub date 4/1/25. Finished 3/16/25 ⭐⭐�� Review
APRIL
16. Suffer the Children Pub date 5/20/14. Finished 4/7/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
17. Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice Pub date 3/4/24. Read 4/10/25 ⭐⭐ Review
18. Nora Goes Off Script Pub date 6/7/22. Read 4/13/25 ⭐⭐�� Review
19. Some Like It Scot (audio) Pub date 4/8/25. Read 4/16/25 ⭐⭐�� Review
20. First Wife's Shadow (audio) Pub date 3/18/25. Finished 4/18/25 ⭐⭐ Review
21. The Last Session Pub date 4/1/25. Finished 4/18/25 ⭐⭐ Review
22. At Dark, I Become Loathsome (audio) Pub date 1/28/25. Read 4/19/25 ⭐⭐ Review
23. Trial by Ambush: Murder, Injustice, and the Truth about the Case of Barbara Graham (audio) Pub date 12/2/24. Finished 4/21/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
24. Last Chance to Save the World (audio) Pub date 4/8/25. Read 4/25/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐�� Review
25. Nightcrawling Pub date 6/7/22. Finished 4/29/25 ⭐⭐ Review
MAY
26. The Glittering Edge Pub date 5/6/25. Finished 5/7/25 ⭐⭐�� Review
27. The Mistletoe Mystery Pub date 10/1/24. Read 5/8/25 ⭐⭐�� Review
28. It's a Love Story Pub date 5/27/25. Finished 5/9/25 ⭐⭐�� Review

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CURRENTLY READING
The Maid's Secret Pub date 4/8/25. Finished
The Missing Half Pub date 5/6/25. Finished

Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave Mar 04 2025 (Libby)

We Could Be Magic Jun 03 2025 NG APP ONLY 6/12
It Rhymes With Takei Jun 10 2025 NG APP ONLY 6/12
We Won't All Survive Jul 29 2025 NG APP ONLY 6/12

Mysteries of the National Parks: 35 Stories of Baffling Disappearances, Unexplained Phenomena, and More (audio) May 06 2025
Karen: A Brother Remembers (audio) May 06 2025
Crisis on Mount Hood: Stories from a Hundred Years of Mountain Rescue (audio) May 13 2025
Not Safe for Work (audio) May 20 2025
Love in Focus (audio) May 27 2025
The Poppy Fields (audio) Jun 17 2025
Beneath the Hood (audio) Mar 18 2025 (4th in series, 2-3 KU)

Poems of Parenting: A Witty and Touching Compilation of Parenting Poems, The Perfect Gift for New Parents (audio) Apr 08 2025
My Time to Stand (audio) Dec 10 2024
North Is the Night (audio) Dec 17 2024
The Nurse (audio) 02 Oct 2023
The Empress of Time (audio) Pub date 10/4/22 (2nd in series, own 1st physical/Hoopla)
The Bone Shard War (audio) Pub date 4/18/23 (& physical own. 3rd in series, 1&2 SE physical)
Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me (audio) May 07 2024
The House Across the Street (audio) Jul 15 2024
Everything We Never Knew (audio) Aug 13 2024
The Hotel Maid (audio) Aug 23 2024
A Lady for a Duke (audio) Pub date 5/24/22 (Kindle)

MAY
All We Lost Was Everything May 06 2025
His Face Is the Sun May 06 2025
The Thrashers May 06 2025
Up in Smoke May 06 2025
A Simple Twist of Fate May 13 2025
Maine Characters May 13 2025
Out of Air May 13 2025
Make Me Famous May 13 2025
Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder May 13 2025
The Last Ferry Out May 20 2025
Aftertaste May 20 2025
��������������ó�� May 20 2025
Death at a Highland Wedding May 20 2025 (4th in series, 1-2 Hoopla, 3 NG backlog)
Let Them Stare May 20 2025
Summer Girls May 27 2025
Come As You Are May 27 2025

JUNE
Worth Fighting For Jun 03 2025
What Kind of Paradise Jun 03 2025
Best of All Worlds Jun 03 2025
Never Thought I'd End Up Here Jun 03 2025
We Can Never Leave Jun 10 2025
Slow Burn Summer Jun 10 2025
Everything's Coming Up Rosie Jun 10 2025
I Did Warn Her Jun 17 2025
A Novel Murder: A Mystery Jun 17 2025
The Girls Who Grew Big Jun 24 2025
El Dorado Drive Jun 24 2025

JULY
Our Last Resort Jul 08 2025
Lore of the Tides Jul 08 2025 (2nd in series, 1st Hoopla/Libby)
The Lake Escape Jul 15 2025
Hit Me with Your Best Charm Jul 15 2025
The Unraveling of Julia Jul 15 2025

AUGUST
The Locked Ward Aug 5 2025
Well, Actually Aug 05 2025
Departure 37 Aug 05 2025
Yuli Aug 19 2025
Here for a Good Time Aug 26 2025

SEPTEMBER
Wild Reverence Sep 02 2025
The Macabre Sep 09 2025
We Met Like This: A Novel Sep 16 2025

OCTOBER
The Hitchhikers Oct 07 2025
Overdue: A Novel Oct 07 2025
The Graceview Patient: A Novel Oct 14 2025
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JANUARY
Lies on the Serpent's Tongue Jan 07 2025
All the Water in the World Jan 07 2025
Breath of the Dragon Jan 07 2025
The Business Trip Jan 14 2025
Death of the Author Jan 14 2025
A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage Jan 14 2025
What Happened to the McCrays? Jan 14 2025
Boudicca Jan 21 2025
Good Dirt Jan 28 2025

FEBRUARY
The Bones Beneath My Skin Feb 04 2025
The Meadowbrook Murders Feb 04 2025
These Vengeful Wishes Feb 04 2025
All Better Now Feb 04 2025
Change of Heart Feb 11 2025
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales Feb 11 2025
Cold as Hell Feb 18 2025 (3rd in series, 1st & 2nd Libby, 2nd Hoopla)
Show Don't Tell Feb 25 2025
Something in the Walls Feb 25 2025

MARCH
The Warbler Mar 01 2025
When the Bones Sing Mar 04 2025 (physical own)
Scot and Bothered Mar 04 2025
True Life in Uncanny Valley Mar 18 2025
Nine Month Contract Mar 18 2025
Killer Potential Mar 18 2025
The Unlucky Ones Mar 25 2025 (4th in series, 1st NG, 1&2 Hoopla, 3rd where?)
Witness 8 Mar 25 2025 (8th in series, 1st Hoopla)
When the Moon Hits Your Eye Mar 25 2025
Free: My Search for Meaning Mar 25 2025

APRIL
The Notorious Virtues Apr 01 2025
The Sirens Apr 01 2025
Cat's People Apr 01 2025
Give Up the Night Apr 01 2025
The Matchmaker Apr 08 2025
Their Monstrous Hearts Apr 08 2025
The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits Apr 08 2025
I Love You S'more Apr 08 2025
You Belong to Me Apr 15 2025
Fun for the Whole Family Apr 15 2025
A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic Apr 15 2025
The Floating World Apr 29 2025
Julie Chan Is Dead Apr 29 2025

1. Fated Pub date 7/16/24. Finished 1/3/24 ⭐⭐

2. Booked on Murder Pub date 7/7/24. Finished 1/7/25 ⭐⭐��

3. She Followed the Moon Back to Herself Pub date 10/29/14. Read 1/9/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐��

4. Babylonia (audio & e-book) Pub date 1/14/25. Finished 1/22/25 ⭐⭐��
5. Wished Pub date 10/1/24. Finished 1/23/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

6. Ex Marks the Spot Pub date 12/31/24. Finished 1/26/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

7. Don't Tell Me How to Die Pub date 3/4/25. Finished 1/31/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Feedback Ratio: 33%

1751 Approved | 574 Feedback Sent

8. The Queens of Crime Pub date 2/11/25. Finished 2/8/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

9. Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 Pub date 2/25/25. Finished 2/17/25 ⭐⭐��

10. You Are Fatally Invited Pub date 2/11/25. Finished 2/18/25 ⭐⭐��

11. The Christie Affair Pub date 2/1/22. Finished 2/22/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

12. I Would Die for You Pub date 3/25/25. Finished 2/28/25 ⭐⭐

Feedback Ratio: 33%

1763 Approved | 579 Feedback Sent

12 approvals and 5 reviews

13. Finlay Donovan Is Killing It Pub date 2/2/21. Finished 3/9/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

14. A Long Time Gone Pub date 2/4/25. Read 3/15/25 ⭐⭐��
15. Your Pasta Sucks: A "Cookbook" Pub date 4/1/25. Finished 3/16/25 ⭐⭐��

Feedback Ratio: 33%

1787 Approved | 582 Feedback Sent

24 approvals and 3 reviews

16. Suffer the Children Pub date 5/20/14. Finished 4/7/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

17. Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice Pub date 3/4/24. Read 4/10/25 ⭐⭐

18. Nora Goes Off Script Pub date 6/7/22. Read 4/13/25 ⭐⭐��

19. Some Like It Scot (audio) Pub date 4/8/25. Read 4/16/25 ⭐⭐��

20. First Wife's Shadow (audio) Pub date 3/18/25. Finished 4/18/25 ⭐⭐
21. The Last Session Pub date 4/1/25. Finished 4/18/25 ⭐⭐
22. At Dark, I Become Loathsome (audio) Pub date 1/28/25. Read 4/19/25 ⭐⭐

23. Trial by Ambush: Murder, Injustice, and the Truth about the Case of Barbara Graham (audio) Pub date 12/2/24. Finished 4/21/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

24. Last Chance to Save the World (audio) Pub date 4/8/25. Read 4/25/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐��

25. Nightcrawling Pub date 6/7/22. Finished 4/29/25 ⭐⭐

Feedback Ratio: 33%

1810 Approved | 592 Feedback Sent

23 approvals and 10 reviews

26. The Glittering Edge Pub date 5/6/25. Finished 5/7/25 ⭐⭐��
27. The Mistletoe Mystery Pub date 10/1/24. Read 5/8/25 ⭐⭐��

28. It's a Love Story Pub date 5/27/25. Finished 5/9/25 ⭐⭐��