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NetGalley

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!


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message 3: by Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado (last edited Jun 25, 2020 09:49PM) (new)

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Start of Month:

Books on Shelf : 8

Books:
The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant by Kayte Nunn Agile Transformation Structures, Processes and Mindsets for the Digital Age by Neil Perkin Driving Performance through Learning Develop Employees through Effective Workplace Learning by Andy Lancaster Colombiano by Rusty Young The River Home by Hannah Richell Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies A Novel by Vicky Zimmerman A Good Father by Catherine Talbot


Feedback ratio: 94%


FINISHED
The River Home by Hannah Richell
review
Agile Transformation Structures, Processes and Mindsets for the Digital Age by Neil Perkin


ADDED
The Conductors by Nicole Glover


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


message 4: by Tari (last edited Jun 30, 2020 06:56AM) (new)

Tari (thann) | 311 comments NetGalley June 2020
Beginning of Month
Shelf count/books on shelf: 17
Ratio: 93%


Review links posted when books are read

Booked for Death
Booked for Death (Booklovers B&B Mysteries #1) by Victoria Gilbert Victoria Gilbert 6/21/20
Still Knife Painting
A Sprinkling of Murder
A Sprinkling of Murder (A Fairy Garden Mystery #1) by Daryl Wood Gerber Daryl Wood Gerber 6/14/20
A Fatal Fiction
A Fatal Fiction (Deadly Edits #3) by Kaitlyn Dunnett Kaitlyn Dunnett 6/26/20
Witch Hunt
The Key Lime Crime
Mums and Mayhem
Little Bookshop of Murder
Murder at the Falls
Lineage Most Lethal
From Beer to Eternity
Death of a Wicked Witch
Checked Out for Murder
For Whom the Book Tolls
Murder Most Sweet
Death at High Tide
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard

End of month stats:
Updated shelf count/books to read: 22
Updated ratio: 92%
Books read in June: 3


Books added in June: 8
Peachy Scream
Boston Scream Murder
Death Long Overdue
Tea & Treachery
Death on Windmill Way
A Deadly Edition
Doggone Dead
15 Minutes of Flame


message 5: by Melanie (last edited Jul 05, 2020 06:08PM) (new)

Melanie (mvalente89) | 1007 comments I'm in again. I really need to make a dent in my backlog. Stupid reading slumps.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 48
Feedback Ratio: 83%

Books (ordered by pub date):
The Birthday Girl by Sue Fortin Furyborn (Empirium, #1) by Claire Legrand Cowboy SEAL Redemption (Navy SEAL Cowboys, #2) by Nicole Helm Tempting the Laird (Highland Grooms, #5) by Julia London An Affair with a Spare (The Survivors, #3) by Shana Galen A Tall, Dark Cowboy Christmas (Gold Valley, #4) by Maisey Yates What a Widow Wants (The Widows' Club, #3) by Jenna Jaxon One Tough Cowboy (Moving Violations #1) by Lora Leigh Duchess by Deception (Gilded #1) by Marie Force My Favorite Cowboy (Heart of Texas #3) by Donna Grant
A Beautiful Corpse (Harper McClain, #2) by Christi Daugherty The Night Before by Wendy Walker To Tame a Wild Cowboy (Cupid, Texas #7) by Lori Wilde Sweet Wild of Mine (Where the Wild Hearts Are #2) by Laurel Kerr The Earl Next Door (First Comes Love, #1) by Amelia Grey Smitten by the Brit (Sometimes in Love, #2) by Melonie Johnson Once Upon a Bad Boy (Sometimes in Love, #3) by Melonie Johnson Justified (Loveless, Texas #1) by Jay Crownover The Escape Room by Megan Goldin Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy (Cold River Ranch, #2) by Caitlin Crews
How to Love a Duke in Ten Days (Devil You Know, #1) by Kerrigan Byrne The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger Lethal Nights (Brute Force, #3) by Lora Leigh The Merry Viscount (Widow's Brew, #2) by Sally MacKenzie Bred in the Bone (Widow's Island #4) by Kendra Elliot The Seduction of Lady Phoebe (The Marriage Game, #1) by Ella Quinn This Earl of Mine (Bow Street Bachelors, #1) by Kate Bateman The Highlander's Christmas Bride (Clan Kendrick, #2) by Vanessa Kelly Once Upon a Cowboy Christmas (River Ranch, #3) by Soraya M. Lane The One for You (The Ones Who Got Away, #4) by Roni Loren
Forever My Duke (Unlikely Duchesses, #2) by Olivia Drake For the Sake of a Scottish Rake (Besotted Scots, #3) by Anna Bradley Cross Her Heart (Bree Taggert, #1) by Melinda Leigh In Bed with the Earl (Lost Lords of London, #1) by Christi Caldwell Gone With the Rogue (First Comes Love, #2) by Amelia Grey The Virgin and the Rogue (The Rogue Files, #6) by Sophie Jordan A Duke Will Never Do (The Spitfire Society #3) by Darcy Burke Every Little Piece of Me (Orchid Valley #1) by Lexi Ryan When You Wish Upon a Rogue (Debutante Diaries, #3) by Anna Bennett Never Conspire with a Sinful Baron (Infamous Lords, #4) by Renee Ann Miller
This Eternity of Masks and Shadows by Karsten Knight To Catch an Earl (Bow Street Bachelors, #2) by Kate Bateman A Good Duke is Hard to Find (Isle of Synne, #1) by Christina Britton A Cowboy State of Mind (Creedence Horse Rescue #1) by Jennie Marts Never Look Back (Criminal Profiler, #3) by Mary Burton Come Home to Deep River (Alaska Homecoming #1) by Jackie Ashenden The Wicked Sister by Karen Dionne Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker

Added:
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse The Ultimate Betrayal (Maximum Security #3) by Kat Martin The Silent Dolls (Detective Ellie Reeves #1) by Rita Herron See Her Die (Bree Taggert #2) by Melinda Leigh In the Deep by Loreth Anne White

Finished:
Bred in the Bone (Widow's Island #4) by Kendra Elliot

Bred in the Bone | My Review

End of Month:
Books on shelf: 52
Feedback Ratio: 82%


message 6: by Kristie (last edited Jun 24, 2020 05:50AM) (new)

Kristie | 3577 comments I'm in! My goal is to read 4 books this month.

Beginning of Month:

Books on Shelf: 10
Published:
Sitting Murder (Lancashire Detective, #4) by A.J. Wright The New Husband by D.J. Palmer Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

June:
2 Little Creeping Things by Chelsea Ichaso 30 All the Broken People by Leah Konen

July:
14 What You Wish For by Katherine Center 21 The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel

August:
4 Paris Never Leaves You by Ellen Feldman

September:
1 Deadly Waters by Dot Hutchison 21 The Coast-to-Coast Murders by James Patterson

Netgalley Ratio: 94%


End of Month:

Read: 4
Little Creeping Things by Chelsea Ichaso The New Husband by D.J. Palmer Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier What You Wish For by Katherine Center

Reviews: 4
Little Creeping Thing review
The New Husband review
Little Secrets review
What You Wish For review


Added: 2
Name Tags and Other Sixth-Grade Disasters by Ginger Garrett The Good Sister A Novel by Sally Hepworth

Books on Shelf: 8
Ratio: 96%


Other: Publisher/Bookish/Edelweiss -
Thirteen (Eddie Flynn, #4) by Steve Cavanagh Sparrow by Mary Cecilia Jackson The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman 7/28 Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan 8/18


message 7: by Suzanne (last edited May 31, 2020 07:08PM) (new)

Suzanne | 5354 comments Beginning of Month:

Current titles: 16
Published prior to 2020: 17
Netgalley % 82%


Standouts Published in past years:

The Last Thing She Remembers by J.S. Monroe The Jumpgate by Robert Stadnik The Great Unexpected by Dan Mooney Murder Once Removed by S.C. Perkins Tess of the Road (Tess of the Road, #1) by Rachel Hartman

Published in 2020:

February:
Been There, Married That by Gigi Levangie Grazer

March:
The Last Human by Zack Jordan The Darkness We Hide (The Undertaker's Daughter, #3) by Debra Webb

April:
In Her Shadow by Kristin Miller

May
The Kingdom of Liars (The Legacy of the Mercenary King, #1) by Nick Martell When You Wish Upon a Rogue (Debutante Diaries, #3) by Anna Bennett

June:
The Dilemma by B.A. Paris To Catch an Earl (Bow Street Bachelors, #2) by Kate Bateman The English Wife by Adrienne Chinn A Fatal Fiction (Deadly Edits #3) by Kaitlyn Dunnett

July:


August:
Ink & Sigil (Ink & Sigil #1) by Kevin Hearne The Night Swim by Megan Goldin The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

September:
The Somebody People by Bob Proehl All Scot and Bothered (Devil You Know, #2) by Kerrigan Byrne

End of Month:

Read:


Added:

Books on Shelf at end of June
Published prior to 2020:
Current:
Ratio:


message 8: by Vicki Willis (last edited Jun 22, 2020 04:32PM) (new)

Vicki Willis | 491 comments Beginning of Month

Books on shelf: 16
Feedback ratio: 80%

Titles:
Past publication:
Tell Me A Secret by Samantha Hayes What Happened That Night by Deanna Cameron The Other Wife by Claire McGowan The Other Daughter by Shalini Boland Single by K.L. Slater The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica Follow Me by Kathleen Barber A Reasonable Doubt (Robin Lockwood #3) by Phillip Margolin

Current:
The House Guest by Mark Edwards The Girls Weekend by Jody Gehrman The Dilemma by B.A. Paris The Swap by Robyn Harding The Perfect Father The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder by John Glatt Side Trip by Kerry Lonsdale The Night Swim by Megan Goldin Deadly Waters by Dot Hutchison

Read
The House Guest
The Swap
The Dilemma

Added

End of Month
Books on shelf:
Feed back ratio:


message 9: by Marie (UK) (last edited Jun 30, 2020 06:10AM) (new)

Marie (UK) (mazza1) | 5853 comments 200 Book Reviews 80% Reviews Published Professional Reader

START OF THE MONTH

Feed back = 92%
Books on shelf = 22
Aim - maintain

Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin Logging Off by Nick Spalding Brixton Hill by Lottie Moggach Just My Luck by Adele Parks The Consequences of Love by Gavanndra Hodge Space Hopper by Helen Fisher The Smart Woman's Guide to Murder by Victoria Dowd Interregnum Being a Record of the February Rising, by General Sir Max Quick Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Kcb, Cbe, Dso and Bar, MC by Jim Ring Grave Secrets The Lavington Windsor Mysteries Book 1 by Alice James Anxious People by Fredrik Backman The Glass House by Eve Chase A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boyne The Assisted Living Facility Library by Richard Kalich My Perfect Cousin by Colin O'Sullivan They All Fall Down by Kim Hood Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain The Gates of Athens by Conn Iggulden Ghosters A Story of Lost Faith, Lost Love and Redemption by Eugene Vesey The Butterfly Lampshade by Aimee Bender The Phone Box at the Edge of the World by Laura Imai Messina The Secret of The Alchemist Uncovering the Secret in Paulo Coelho's Bestselling Novel 'the Alchemist' by Colm Holland Out for Blood (DI Eve Hunter, #2) by Deborah Masson

REVIEWS
1. Logging Off 10/06/2020 /review/show...
2. book:Saint X|43767868] 10/06/2020 /review/show...
3. Islands of Mercy /review/show...
4. My Perfect Cousin 17/06/2020 /review/show...
5. They All Fall Down /review/show...
6. Brixton Hill /review/show...
7, Just My Luck /review/show...
8. The Smart Woman's Guide to Murder /review/show...
9. Out for Blood /review/show...

ADDED IN JUNE
Call Me Joe by Martin Van Es We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi Metropolis A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention by Ben Wilson Just Like You by Nick Hornby The Rhino Conspiracy by Peter Hain Walks with Sam A Man, a Dog, and a Season of Awakening by David W. Berner The Secret of You and Me by Melissa Lenhardt Idle Hands by Cassondra Windwalker The Day She Came Back by Amanda Prowse

END OF THE MONTH

Feedback ratio 92%
Books on shelf 23


message 10: by Maritza (last edited Jun 27, 2020 01:52AM) (new)

Maritza (spanishwhispers) | 2204 comments June Goal - Read and review 4 books.

Books on shelf - 137 Approved / 64 Feedback Sent
NetGalley Feedback - 47%

New Titles (12)
The Finders (Mace Reid K-9 Mystery, #1) by Jeffrey B. Burton Safecracker by Ryan Wick Who Did You Tell? by Lesley Kara Dead Silence by Robin Caroll Black Tequila Love and Drama with Patterson suspense and Grisham intrigue by J.D. Bernal The Apartment by K.L. Slater Better Choices by Rod Pennington The Vacation by T.M. Logan Until I Find You by Rea Frey The Night Swim by Megan Goldin The Essence of Darkness by Tom Clearlake
Logging Off by Nick Spalding
Older than 3 months (57)
Approved 2020
The Second Home A Novel by Christina Clancy From Sky to Sky (No Less Days, #2) by Amanda G. Stevens The Unexpected Spy From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World's Most Notorious Terrorists by Tracy Walder The Perfect Mother by Caroline Mitchell
Approved 2019
The Last Tourist (Milo Weaver #4) by Olen Steinhauer The New Husband by D.J. Palmer No Mercy (Ellery Hathaway, #2) by Joanna Schaffhausen A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1) by Darynda Jones Foul Is Fair (Foul Is Fair #1) by Hannah Capin Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain I Will Make You Pay by Teresa Driscoll I Wanna Sext You Up (Let's Talk About Sext, #2) by Evie Claire Hidden Hearts (The Women of Hearts, #1) by Marci Bolden Kings and Killers by E.J. Liston The Truth is a Theory by Karyn Bristol A Hero Born The Definitive Edition by Jin Yong A Life Without Water by Marci Bolden The Things I Know by Amanda Prowse The Grace Year by Kim Liggett Bad Axe County by John Galligan Once Upon a Bad Boy (Sometimes in Love, #3) by Melonie Johnson Smitten by the Brit (Sometimes in Love, #2) by Melonie Johnson Getting Hot with the Scot (Sometimes in Love, #1) by Melonie Johnson The Promise by Teresa Driscoll
Approved 2018
The Space within the Silence by Bre Woods Hot Pursuit (The Pursuits of Sarah Burrowes) by Rebecca Freeborn Returning by Yael Shahar Lagging Indicators by Jennifer Anglade Dahlberg Feared (Rosato & DiNunzio, #6) by Lisa Scottoline Forbidden Lovers by Kimberley Troutte A Snowbound Scandal by Jessica Lemmon DANGER RISING by E.D. Richards No Less Days (No Less Days, #1) by Amanda G. Stevens
Approved 2017
Cuffed by His Charm (Dirty Little Secrets, #4) by Stacey Kennedy An American Cage by Ted Galdi Beyond the Rules (At the Brink #3) by Anna del Mar Dirty Deeds (Dirty, #1) by HelenKay Dimon Backstrap by Johnnie Dun The Marriage Pact by Michelle Richmond Snitch (Shea Stevens #2) by Dharma Kelleher Baby Doll by Hollie Overton The Murdered Messiah An Historical Novel of Christ by Len Lamensdorf
Approved 2016
Shadows of the Stone Benders (Anlon Cully Chronicles, #1) by K. Patrick Donoghue All These Perfect Strangers by Aoife Clifford Take Me Deeper (Texas Bounty, #1) by Jackie Ashenden Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall Night School (Jack Reacher, #21) by Lee Child Pancakes in Paris Living the American Dream in France by Craig Carlson The Last One by Alexandra Oliva The Captive Heart by Michelle Griep The Six The Lives of the Mitford Sisters by Laura Thompson Devil and the Deep (Deep Six, #2) by Julie Ann Walker Desiring Red (A Dark and Dirty Tale #1) by Kristin Miller The Lovely Reckless by Kami Garcia Goodbye, Ms. Chips An Ellie Haskell Mystery by Dorothy Cannell Death at a Fixer-Upper (A Home Sweet Home Mystery, #1) by Sarah T. Hobart His to Protect (Fireside, #2) by Stacey Lynn ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
End of the Month
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Dead Silence by Robin Caroll /book/show/4...
A Snowbound Scandal by Jessica Lemmon /book/show/4...
The Apartment by K.L. Slater /review/list...
Forbidden Lovers (Plunder Cove #1) by Kimberley Troutte /review/list...

Added - none
Books read in 2020 - 7
Feedback Ratio - 50%


message 11: by Yzabel (last edited Jul 01, 2020 03:41AM) (new)

Yzabel Ginsberg (yzabelginsberg) | 167 comments Beginning of the month

Books on shelves: 15
The Better Half On the Genetic Superiority of Women by Sharon Moalem Mini Chibi Art Class A Complete Course in Drawing Cuties and Beasties - Includes 19 Step-by-Step Tutorials! by Yoai The Chimera Code by Wayne Santos The Book of Queer Prophets 24 Writers on Sexuality and Religion by Ruth Hunt The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky Out for Blood (DI Eve Hunter, #2) by Deborah Masson The Sin Eater by Megan Campisi

Older than 3 months:

The Gomorrah Gambit by Tom Chatfield Sea Witch Rising (Sea Witch #2) by Sarah Henning The Heart of the Circle by Keren Landsman Deeplight by Frances Hardinge Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky Devolution A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks Diary of a Confused Feminist by Kate Weston The Other People by C.J. Tudor

Feedback Ratio: 97%

End of the Month

Books I read in June: 4

Reviews:


DNF: 0

Added: 9

Shelf count: 20

Feedback ratio: 97%


message 12: by Lyndi (mibookobsession) (last edited Jul 01, 2020 04:10PM) (new)

Lyndi (mibookobsession) (mibookobsession) | 145 comments Beginning of month:
Books on shelf : 17
Feedback ratio : 88%

On shelf:
100 Book ReviewsReviews Published80%

The Imperfects by Amy Meyerson Beneath a Glass Bridge by Tali Asnin-Barel The Lost Girls of Devon by Barbara O'Neal No Ordinary Dog My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid by Will Chesney So You Had to Build a Time Machine by Jason Offutt Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker Someone Else's Secret by Julia Spiro Crossings by Alex Landragin The Wife Who Knew Too Much by Michele Campbell Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel The Finders (Mace Reid K-9 Mystery, #1) by Jeffrey B. Burton The Never Have I Ever Club by Mary Jayne Baker The Annihilation Protocol (The Extinction Agenda #2) by Michael Laurence Running With The Wind A tale of courage, love and survival aboard the Mayflower by Dionne Haynes The Forgotten Kingdom (The Lost Queen Trilogy, #2) by Signe Pike

Added in June: All Stirred Up by Brianne Moore Faking It by Rebecca Smith Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten The Unfinished Land by Greg Bear

Finished:
The Imperfects by Amy Meyerson All Stirred Up by Brianne Moore The Finders (Mace Reid K-9 Mystery, #1) by Jeffrey B. Burton
End of month
Books on shelf:
Feedback ratio:


message 13: by Aymee (last edited Jun 26, 2020 08:52AM) (new)

Aymee (asphaltcowgrrl) | 62 comments Beginning of the month:

Books on shelf: 5
Feedback ratio: 92%

The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass by Adan Jerreat-Poole

Added:

Finished:

Spy x Family, Vol. 1 by Tatsuya Endo A Spell for Trouble (An Enchanted Bay Mystery #1) by Esme Addison RWBY The Official Manga, Vol. 1 The Beacon Arc by Bunta Kinami Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

End of month:

Books on shelf:
Feedback ratio:


message 14: by Barbara (last edited Jun 23, 2020 06:41PM) (new)

Barbara Sousa | 34 comments June 2020 NetGalley Challenge:

May was a disastrous month from a feedback ratio standpoint. I reviewed 2 books, but added 8, and my feedback ratio dipped to 81%. Here's hoping I get more reading done in June!

Beginning of the Month:

Books on shelf: 9
The Coffee Club Mysteries 6 Whodunits Are Brewing in Small-Town Kansas by Darlene Franklin Murder in Waiting (Tourist Trap Mysteries #11) by Lynn Cahoon Murder at Blackwater Bend (A Stella and Lyndy Mystery, #2) by Clara McKenna From Beer to Eternity (Chloe Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon Mystery #1) by Sherry Harris Night Shift (A Helping Hands Mystery #2) by Annelise Ryan Deadly Drama (A Britton Bay Mystery Book 4) by Jody Holford Paw and Order (A Dog Club Mystery Book 4) by V.M. Burns Penned In (Farm-to-Fork Mystery #5) by Lynn Cahoon God, Himself A Journey Through His Attributes by Tony Evans

Feedback Ratio: 81%

End of the Month:

Books Read with Links to Reviews:

Murder in Waiting (Tourist Trap Mysteries #11) by Lynn Cahoon my review

Murder at Blackwater Bend (A Stella and Lyndy Mystery, #2) by Clara McKenna my review

Books Added:

15 Minutes of Flame by Christin Brecher It Cannoli Be Murder by Catherine Bruns

Updated Books on Shelf:


Updated Feedback Ratio:


Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~ (zeroshelfcontrol) | 441 comments WHY AM I SO CRAP AT READING MY KINDLE!!

To Be Read: 39
Feedback Ratio: 18%

2016:
Max Gate by Damien Wilkins Mean Sisters A sassy, hilariously funny murder mystery by Lindsay Emory The Love Triangle by Nic Tatano Everything Love Is by Claire King Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All by Jonas Jonasson Whisper to Me by Nick Lake Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin The Wicked Boy The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale There Will be Lies by Nick Lake The Happiness Effect How Social Media Is Driving a Generation to Appear Perfect at Any Cost by Donna Freitas The Ex Factor by Eva Woods The Museum of You by Carys Bray Roald Dahl A Biography by Jeremy Treglown

2017:
The Best of Adam Sharp by Graeme Simsion All the Dirty Parts by Daniel Handler The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse London Orbital (The Change #1) by Guy Adams New York The Queen Of Coney Island (The Change #2) by Guy Adams Paris A City of Fools (The Change #3) by Guy Adams The Break by Marian Keyes Unstoppable My Life So Far by Maria Sharapova Vulgar Favours The Assassination of Gianni Versace by Maureen Orth Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

2018:
You Can Stop Humming Now A Doctor's Stories of Life, Death, and in Between by Daniela J. Lamas Sticks and Stones by Jo Jakeman This Is Just My Face Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe Falling Short by Lex Coulton All the Hidden Truths by Claire Askew Do Not Disturb by Claire Douglas I Invited Her In by Adele Parks

2019:
Schoolgirl Missing by Sue Fortin Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10) by Lisa Gardner A Serial Killer's Daughter My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming by Kerri Rawson Violet by Scott Thomas Beneath the Surface by Fiona Neill Chop Shop by Andrew Post Evolution A200 A Bubonic Apocalypse by Nathaniel Connors

2020:
The Fallout by Rebecca Thornton

READ:


message 16: by Cassandra (last edited Jul 07, 2020 05:24AM) (new)

Cassandra Struble (cstruble513) | 88 comments June NetGalley Challenge
Beginning June Books on Current Shelf: 23
Beginning June Books on Older Shelf: 30
Beginning June Feedback Ratio: 15%
Professional Reader 10 Book Reviews

The Angelic Gene (Elijah Hael #0) by Steve Goodwin Blood on the Chesapeake by Randy Overbeck Us, in Pieces by Tasha Cotter Bottle Toss by Howard Odentz Naive The Debut Suspense Thriller from Acclaimed Writer Charles Royce by Charles Royce The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey Defeat of the Wicked Iniquitous by William Curtis Woolf Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey Last Day by Luanne Rice Who Are You? by Diana K. Robinson The Cheat (Played #1) by Marita A. Hansen Dangerous Ledges by Fallon Raynes The Diary of a Serial Killer's Daughter by L.A. Detwiler The First Wife by Jill Childs The Unbroken by Alex Caan The Forever House by Tim Waggoner The Sunday Potluck Club (The Sunday Potluck Club, #1) by Melissa Storm The Secret Admirer (Detective Natalie Ward #6) by Carol Wyer After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill River of Lies (B.C. Blues Crime, #5) by R.M. Greenaway The Lucky Ones by Liz Lawson A Strange Country by Muriel Barbery The Last Hunt by Deon Meyer The Essence of Darkness by Tom Clearlake Deadly Anniversaries A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors by Marcia Muller Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier The Apartment by K.L. Slater The Happy Couple by Samantha Hayes Sand Talk How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta What Lies Between Us by John Marrs No One Will Hear Your Screams (John Driscoll Mystery) by Thomas O'Callaghan Until Summer Comes Around by Glenn Rolfe Something is Killing the Children, Volume One by James Tynion IV The Second Home by Christina Clancy They Did Bad Things by Lauren A. Forry NO SIGNAL IS IT TOO LATE? A gripping and imaginative technothriller (iMe Series Book 2) by Jem Tugwell Stranger in the Lake by Kimberly Belle Better Choices by Rod Pennington The Divided Twin by M. Billiter The Dilemma by B.A. Paris The Second Mother by Jenny Milchman The Last Wife by Karen Hamilton The Cold Vanish Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands by Jon Billman A Desperate Place A McKenna and Riggs Novel by Jennifer Greer The Wife Who Knew Too Much by Michele Campbell Lies Lies Lies by Adele Parks The Night Swim by Megan Goldin It Will Just Be Us by Jo Kaplan The House that Fell from the Sky by Patrick R. Delaney To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini Pale Morning Light with Violet Swan A Novel of a Life in Art by Deborah Reed Admission by Julie Buxbaum Take It Back by Kia Abdullah

Books added in June: Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern Bad Parts A Supernatural Thriller (Dark Parts, #1) by Brandon McNulty The Patient Man (DI Jackman & DS Evans, #6) by Joy Ellis His Wife's Sister by A.J. Wills Somebody’s Daughter (Detective Natalie Ward #7) by Carol Wyer Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

Finished in June: Bottle Toss /review/show...

End of June Books on Current Shelf: 23
End of June Books on Older Shelf: 35
End of June Feedback Ratio: 16%


message 17: by Kristie (new)

Kristie | 3577 comments Gem ~Zero Shelf Control~ wrote: "WHY AM I SO CRAP AT READING MY KINDLE!!"

lol It took me a while to get reading on my Kindle and to get caught up too. You have some potentially good books there! I enjoyed Black-Eyed Susans.


message 18: by Lexi (last edited Jun 13, 2020 04:46PM) (new)

Lexi | 4145 comments Hit a reading slump in the end of May but am back at trying to clear the older ones

June NetGalley Challenge
Beginning June Feedback Ratio: 80%
Beginning June Books on Current Shelf: 13
A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H.G. Parry The Last Human by Zack Jordan The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Ink & Sigil (Ink & Sigil #1) by Kevin Hearne Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee Unravel the Dusk (The Blood of Stars, #2) by Elizabeth Lim The Book of Koli (Rampart Trilogy, #1) by M.R. Carey The Trials of Koli by M.R. Carey The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow To Calais, in Ordinary Time by James Meek The Book of Eels Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1) by Melissa Caruso Chosen Ones (The Chosen Ones, #1) by Veronica Roth
Beginning June Books on Older Shelf: 7
Goldilocks by Laura Lam Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power Shorefall (Founders, #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett The Art of Dying (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #2) by Ambrose Parry Fortuna (The Nova Vita Protocol, #1) by Kristyn Merbeth Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1) by Tade Thompson Song of Sacrifice (Homeric Chronicles #1) by Janell Rhiannon

Added: Ashes of the Sun (Burningblade & Silvereye, #1) by Django Wexler

Read: The Book of Eels Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson -6/13-**


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Kelly | 56 comments Books Read = 1 (Master of Sorrows)
Books Added = 6


LAST YEAR
Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger The Bone Ships (The Tide Child, #1) by R.J. Barker

FEBRUARY
The Last Smile in Sunder City (The Fetch Phillips Archives, #1) by Luke Arnold Mageborn by Jessica Thorne

MARCH
The Last Human by Zack Jordan Spindle and Dagger by J. Anderson Coats

APRIL
The Age of Witches by Louisa Morgan Shorefall (Founders, #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett Chosen Ones (The Chosen Ones, #1) by Veronica Roth

MAY
A Proper Charade by Esther Hatch Waiting for You by Elle Spencer Say Yes Summer by Lindsey Roth Culli The Road Home by Erin Zak What Lies Between Us by John Marrs Ghosting A Love Story by Tash Skilton

JUNE
The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1) by Melissa Caruso In the Dark with the Duke (Lost Lords of London, #2) by Christi Caldwell Up Close and Personal by Kathryn Freeman The Never Have I Ever Club by Mary Jayne Baker Her Lady's Honor by Renée Dahlia Rebel Spy by Veronica Rossi Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters, #2) by Talia Hibbert TRUEL1F3 (Lifelike, #3) by Jay Kristoff

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Kristie | 3577 comments Finished my first review for June!

Little Creeping Things by Chelsea Ichaso Little Creeping Thing review

This brought me back down to single digits with 9 books left on my shelf and brought my ratio up to 95%! I'm hoping to get 3 more NetGalleys read this month - two that published in April that I didn't get to and one that publishes the end of the month to keep me on track.


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Karen ⊰✿ | 16511 comments Mod
Well done Krsitie!

I also got one of my list. Although I don't have many books, they are all a bit old so I need to get stuck into a few this month

The River Home by Hannah Richell
review


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Vicki Willis | 491 comments I finished The House Guest by Mark Edwards The House Guest and rated it 5 stars.
Saying less is better because some of you have it on your list. It is well worth a read.


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Kristie | 3577 comments Woo hoo!! Second review of the month done!! Up to 96% :)

The New Husband by D.J. Palmer The New Husband

The New Husband review


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Karen ⊰✿ | 16511 comments Mod
well done!


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Kristie | 3577 comments Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "well done!"

Thanks! I may put off the book that publishes the end of the month and read something else first. I'm in the mood for something different.


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Kristie | 3577 comments Finished my third review for the month! And I am officially caught up! Well, except for one book that is 2 years old...

Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier Little Secrets review

I am currently reading two NetGalleys, both future publications. I can't remember the last time I didn't have recently published books to catch up on.


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Lexi | 4145 comments I am nowhere near caught up but got one done that I have been working on for three months. The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World was only 2 stars and I really should avoid popular science books. They mostly make me angry with their poor research and lack of citations. I have 20 ARCs, of which 14 are already published and back at 80%.


message 28: by Kristie (new)

Kristie | 3577 comments I've been there, Lexi. For a while I had mostly books that were already published. It took me a long while to catch up. It definitely sets you back when you have one that doesn't grab you and takes a long time to read. You can do it!


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Lexi | 4145 comments It was my train book back in March when I got to leave my house as I made myself read it on the train. I have not been on the train for 3 months so my motivation for reading it was zero.


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Kristie | 3577 comments I ran into a similar issue in March and ended up in a slump. I had no motivation to read and had to really push myself through every book. I didn't read much at all for over 2 months. I just started really reading again over the past couple of weeks.


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Vicki Willis | 491 comments I finished a second one for the month. Doing better this month!
The Swap by Robyn Harding The Swap - Getting to love this author. She writes about over the top characters who get into crazy situations. Just what I need right now!


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Kristie | 3577 comments I added a book and started it already. I was looking for a book to read with my grandson tonight, so we checked out the 'read now' section and found Name Tags and Other Sixth-Grade Disasters. He wanted something funny and it looked like it might fit. So far, I think it was a good choice. We're both enjoying it and the MC is pretty funny in my opinion. Hopefully, we'll finish it by the end of the month.

Name Tags and Other Sixth-Grade Disasters by Ginger Garrett


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Kristie | 3577 comments Fourth review! This one doesn't publish until July 14th. :)

What You Wish For by Katherine Center
What You Wish For review


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Karen ⊰✿ | 16511 comments Mod
Kristie wrote: "Fourth review! This one doesn't publish until July 14th. :)



woohoo!


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Karen ⊰✿ | 16511 comments Mod
Vicki Willis wrote: "I finished a second one for the month. Doing better this month!
The Swap by Robyn Harding The Swap - Getting to love this author. She writes about over the top characters who ge..."


That does sound like the right kind of book for the times!


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Aymee (asphaltcowgrrl) | 62 comments Odd question... I submitted a review to Netgalley earlier today and went to check my feedback ratio. It was at 95% showing 62 out of 65 complete.

I only have two books left on my shelf and when you go to the feedback tab on your shelf, it shows I've submitted feedback for 63 books. So, my profile is off by one book. Has anyone ever had this problem?


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Melanie (mvalente89) | 1007 comments Aymee wrote: "Odd question... I submitted a review to Netgalley earlier today and went to check my feedback ratio. It was at 95% showing 62 out of 65 complete.

I only have two books left on my shelf and when you go to the feedback tab on your shelf, it shows I've submitted feedback for 63 books. So, my profile is off by one book. Has anyone ever had this problem?"


I've had this happen a few times. It has always fixed itself after a day or two. No idea why it happens, but sometimes it takes a few days for a submitted feedback to take in your profile.


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Maritza (spanishwhispers) | 2204 comments It's happened to me when I didn't download a book that I got approved for.


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Aymee (asphaltcowgrrl) | 62 comments Ah, thanks Melanie! I've been a member of NG for years and in 63 books, this has never happened before!


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Aymee (asphaltcowgrrl) | 62 comments Maritza wrote: "It's happened to me when I didn't download a book that I got approved for."

That almost makes sense, I guess, but all of mine are downloaded in some manner. Technology is touchy, what can I say? :)


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Vicki Willis | 491 comments Aymee wrote: "Odd question... I submitted a review to Netgalley earlier today and went to check my feedback ratio. It was at 95% showing 62 out of 65 complete.

I only have two books left on my shelf and when y..."


It happened to me too. I was so worried. But then a couple days later everything was where it should have been. Computer glitch, I guess.


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Aymee (asphaltcowgrrl) | 62 comments Vicki: I probably wouldn't have been so concerned, but I'm so close to having 100% feedback. Hahaha! I'm glad yours went back in a couple days. Mine's still wonky but I'll check again on Monday. Thank you!


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Karen ⊰✿ | 16511 comments Mod
Added one :o
The Conductors by Nicole Glover


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Kristie | 3577 comments Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Added one :o
The Conductors by Nicole Glover"


It's nice to get something new every so often. :)

Wow... that doesn't publish until April 13th 2021! You have so much time!


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Lexi | 4145 comments Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Added one :o
The Conductors by Nicole Glover"


They have not approved me yet, maybe soon


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Karen ⊰✿ | 16511 comments Mod
Hopefully Lexi!

Yes, Kristie that made me feel ok about requesting as all of my current books are past publication date! 😀


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Vicki Willis | 491 comments I finished another The Dilemma by B.A. Paris The Dilemma and it was so good!
I read it in 2 sittings and could not put it down.
It was different than the author's usual books, but it is my favorite one she has written.
my review


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Aymee (asphaltcowgrrl) | 62 comments Vicki Willis wrote: "I finished another The Dilemma by B.A. Paris The Dilemma and it was so good!
I read it in 2 sittings and could not put it down.
It was different than the author's usual book..."


Awesome! I'm anxiously awaiting this book! LOL


message 49: by Kristie (new)

Kristie | 3577 comments I added another - The Good Sister A Novel by Sally Hepworth The Good Sister: A Novel. I've read two other books by Sally Hepworth and really enjoyed them, so I couldn't resist the widget. Honestly, I would have requested it anyway. Plus, it doesn't publish until April 13th, so I have plenty of time to read it.


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Maritza (spanishwhispers) | 2204 comments Okay guys my goal was to read and review 4 books this month and am 1 behind.


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