Nothing But Reading Challenges

message 1: by Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief (new)

May 01, 2025 02:14PM

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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!

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May 01, 2025 02:14PM

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message 3: by Maria (last edited Jun 02, 2025 06:56AM) (new)

May 01, 2025 03:36PM

May 2025
To Be Read: 111
Approved: 1669
Feedback Sent: 1554
Feedback Ratio: 93%

No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding (The Vacation Mysteries, #2) by Catherine Mack

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Mysteries of the National Parks 35 Stories of Baffling Disappearances, Unexplained Phenomena, and More by Mike Bezemek

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Murder Strikes a Chord A Pearly Girls Mystery (Pearly Girls Mysteries, 1) by Heather Weidner

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

31 Days of Spooky Ghastly Ghost Stories to Send a Shiver Down Your Spine by Harper Celebrate

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Crisis on Mount Hood Stories from a Hundred Years of Mountain Rescue by Christopher Van Tilburg

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Hounding a Killer (A Bailey the Bloodhound Mystery, #2) by Kallie E. Benjamin

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Death at the Highland Loch (Lady Poppy Proudfoot #1) by Lydia Travers

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

My Father Always Finds Corpses by Lee Hollis

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Death on a Serving Board A Charcuterie Shop Mystery by J.C. Eaton

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

How to Seal Your Own Fate (Castle Knoll Files, #2) by Kristen Perrin

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Cold Burn (National Parks Thriller, #2) by A.J. Landau

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

This American Woman A One-in-a-Billion Memoir by Zarna Garg

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Murder Runs in the Family by Tamara Berry

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

EOM
To Be Read: 105
Approved: 1694
Feedback Sent: 1588
Feedback Ratio: 94%

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message 4: by Melanie (last edited May 03, 2025 10:21AM) (new)

May 01, 2025 04:40PM

Working to clear out that backlog.

Start of month:
Books on shelf: 92
Feedback Ratio: 82%

Books already read that need to be reviewed:

The Rake and the Rose (Once Upon a Wallflower #3) by Eva Devon

A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1) by Naomi Novik

Not Your Crush's Cauldron (Supernatural Singles, #3) by April Asher

The Duke’s All That (Synneful Spinsters, #3) by Christina Britton

Crash Site (Fiona Carver, #2) by Rachel Grant

Second Duke's the Charm (Her Majesty's Rebels #1) by Kate Bateman

My Rogue to Ruin (The Wild Wynchesters, #4) by Erica Ridley

How to Fall for a Scoundrel (Her Majesty’s Rebels, #2) by Kate Bateman

Books (already published):

Once Upon a Bad Boy (Sometimes in Love, #3) by Melonie Johnson

The Highlander's Christmas Bride (Clan Kendrick, #2) by Vanessa Kelly

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

Gone With the Rogue (First Comes Love, #2) by Amelia Grey

A Scandalous Bargain (The Pretenders, #2) by Darcy Burke

Take It Back (Zara Kaleel #1) by Kia Abdullah

A Rogue to Ruin (The Pretenders #3) by Darcy Burke

The Devil in Her Bed (Devil You Know, #3) by Kerrigan Byrne

Indecent (The Phoenix Club #4) by Darcy Burke

Impossible (The Phoenix Club #5) by Darcy Burke

Unstable (Pike, Wisconsin #3) by Alexandra Ivy

Find Your Way Home (Small Town Dreams #1) by Jackie Ashenden

Irresistible (The Phoenix Club #6) by Darcy Burke

Dewey Decimated (The Haunted Library Mysteries, #6) by Allison Brook

The Virgin Who Captured a Viscount (The Swooning Virgins Society, #5) by Anna Bradley

Impeccable (The Phoenix Club #7) by Darcy Burke

Death in the Margins (Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #7) by Victoria Gilbert

A Wicked Game (Ruthless Rivals, #3) by Kate Bateman

Insatiable (The Phoenix Club #8) by Darcy Burke

Beguiling the Duke (Lords in Love #1) by Darcy Burke

Romancing the Heiress (Lords in Love #3) by Darcy Burke

Defying the Earl (Lords in Love #4) by Erica Ridley

How to Best a Marquess (The Widow Rules #3) by Janna MacGregor

A Crown of Ivy and Glass (The Middlemist Trilogy, #1) by Claire Legrand

Bookshop Cinderella (Scandal at the Savoy, #1) by Laura Lee Guhrke

Dark Corners (Rachel Krall, #2) by Megan Goldin

Dead and Gone (Detective Annalisa Vega, #3) by Joanna Schaffhausen

Overdue or Die (The Haunted Library Mysteries, #7) by Allison Brook

Highland Surrender (Sons of Sinclair, #5) by Heather McCollum

Murder Checks Out (Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #8) by Victoria Gilbert

A Lady's Rules For Ruin by Jennifer Haymore

The Spy and I (My Spy #1) by Tiana Smith

A Governess's Guide to Passion and Peril (Ladies Most Scandalous, #4) by Manda Collins

Make Mine a Marquess (The Daring Ladies #3) by Tina Gabrielle

Fake It Till You Make It by Siera London

Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau

The Next Best Fling (Librarians in Love, #1) by Gabriella Gamez

Hot Earl Summer (The Wild Wynchesters, #5) by Erica Ridley

Holding Out for a Gyro by Mary Ann Marlowe

Take Me Home for Christmas (The Amazing Doctors of Oak Bluff #1) by Miranda Liasson

Under the Mistletoe (Under the Mistletoe Collection, #1-5) by Ali Hazelwood

The Mirror (The Lost Bride Trilogy, #2) by Nora Roberts

No Ordinary Duchess (Greycourt, #3) by Elizabeth Hoyt

She Doesn't Have a Clue by Jenny Elder Moke

The Next Deadly Chapter (Mystery Bookshop, #10) by V.M. Burns

Love, The Duke (Say I Do, #3) by Amelia Grey

Books (not yet published):

A Hired Kill (Garrett Mann, #2) by Steven Konkoly

Her First Mistake (Noelle Marshall #1) by Kendra Elliot

We Won't All Survive by Kate Alice Marshall

Gone in the Night (Detective Annalisa Vega, #5) by Joanna Schaffhausen

Beyond Her Reach (Bree Taggert #10) by Melinda Leigh

Claiming the Princess (Hidden Royals #3) by Charis Michaels

Added:

Finished/Reviewed:

End of Month:
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio:

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message 5: by Trisha (last edited Jun 01, 2025 12:31PM) (new)

May 01, 2025 05:02PM

Behold the Monster Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer by Jillian Lauren

The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston

The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron

Fifty Fifty (Eddie Flynn, #5) by Steve Cavanagh

The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency by Peter Oxley

This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead

The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson Wheeler

The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #2) by Garth Nix

Buzz Books 2025 Fall/Winter by Publishers Lunch

The Cure for Women Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women's Lives Forever by Lydia Reeder

Untraceable (The Nature of Grace, #1) by Shelli R. Johannes

The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd

The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline

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message 6: by Kristie (last edited May 28, 2025 07:15AM) (new)

May 01, 2025 05:36PM

Beginning of Month:

Books on Shelf: 7

Netgalley Ratio: 98%

End of Month:

Read: 2

Reviews: 3
my Love Haters review (read last month)
my Man Made of Smoke review
my It's a Love Story review

Added: 2

Dogged Pursuit (Andy Carpenter, #31) by David Rosenfelt

Books on Shelf: 5
Ratio: 99%

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message 7: by Vicki (last edited Jun 10, 2025 12:24PM) (new)

May 01, 2025 05:46PM

Vicki (goodreadscomboobooper49) | 2326 comments

MAY NETGALLEY

My May Goal: 53%

May NetGalley Challenge
Feedback Ratio: 52%
565 Approved | 296 Feedback Sent
Books on Shelf: 135
Professional Reader

Books Read

The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman

⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Review

⭐⭐⭐ My Review

My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende

⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Review

Book Club Kit Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Review

A Town with Half the Lights On by Page Getz

⭐⭐⭐⭐My Review

My Husband the Murderer by Charlotte Barnes

⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Review

Death of the Black Widow by James Patterson

⭐⭐⭐My Review

Audiobooks Listened To:

My Review

⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Review

Winter of the Wolf by Martha Hunt Handler

⭐⭐⭐ My Review

Approved e-ARCs

The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly

Approved Audiobooks

End of Month Stats:
Books on Shelf: 127
Ratio: 53%
Books Read: 10
Books Added: 3

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message 8: by Kristie (new)

May 01, 2025 06:39PM

I finished The Love Haters last month, but just got around to the review. I enjoyed it, but didn't really care for the MC.

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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message 9: by Angel **Book Junkie** (last edited May 29, 2025 12:03PM) (new)

May 01, 2025 08:18PM

May
52 Books
Feedback Ratio: 62%
144 Approved 89 Feedback Sent
May 1st Shelf

By the Time You Read This (Raisa Susanto, #3) by Brianna Labuskes

The Girls of Good Fortune by Kristina McMorris

Jenny Cooper Has a Secret (International Edition) by Joy Fielding

Through Mom's Eyes Simple Wisdom From Mothers Who Raised Extraordinary Humans by Sheinelle Jones

You Wanna Be on Top? A Memoir of Makeovers, Manipulation, and Not Becoming America's Next Top Model by Sarah Hartshorne

The Sister Switch by Charlotte Butterfield

Save Me (Maxton Hall, #1) by Mona Kasten

A Spell to Wake the Dead by Nicole Lesperance

The Devil's Advocate (Eddie Flynn, #6) by Steve Cavanagh

All We Lost Was Everything by Sloan Harlow

Murder in the Dollhouse The Jennifer Dulos Story by Rich Cohen

Proof of Life Let Go, Let Love, and Stop Looking for Permission to Live Your Life by Jennifer Pastiloff

The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold by Cate Holahan

Charity Trickett Is Not So Glamorous by Christine Stringer

Gracie Harris Is Under Construction by Kate Hash

May Adds

Joy Moody Is Out of Time by Kerryn Mayne

The Inconvenient Unraveling of Gemma Sinclair by Meg Myers Morgan

Question of Guilt (Detective Sebastian Clifford #7) by Sally Rigby

We Fell Apart A We Were Liars Novel by E. Lockhart

c: Your updated shelf count
d: Your updated books to read

e: Your updated ratio: 61%

Then start a new post for the next month!

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message 10: by Maritza (new)

May 02, 2025 03:02AM

Maritza (spanishwhispers) | 2241 comments

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message 11: by Teri-K (last edited May 09, 2025 04:19PM) (new)

May 02, 2025 04:50AM

MAY
My NetGalley Reading:

Beginning MAY:
Approved: 24
Reviewed: 20
Feedback Ratio: 83%

Books on Shelf:

Living Night On the Secret Wonders of Wildlife After Dark by Sophia Kimmig

The Undiscovered Country Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West by Paul Andrew Hutton

The Everyday Naturalist How to Identify Animals, Plants, and Fungi Wherever You Go by Rebecca Lexa

The Brain at Rest How the Art and Science of Doing Nothing Can Improve Your Life by Joseph Jebelli

Approved:

Friends with Words Adventures in Languageland by Martha Barnette

Birds Sing Their Words (Outside Our Window Board Books) by Mélina Mangal

Shifting Sands A Human History of the Sahara by Judith Scheele

The CIA Book Club The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature by Charlie English

Read and Reviewed:

End of MAY:
Approved: 4
Reviewed: 1
Feedback Ratio: (78%)

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message 12: by The Artsy Book Witch (last edited May 30, 2025 01:44PM) (new)

May 02, 2025 09:30AM

The Artsy Book Witch (theartsybookwitch) | 50 comments

STATS AT BEGINNING OF MONTH
Books ON Shelf
Feedback Rate 19%
192 Approved | 36 Sent

Books on Shelf
Backlog

The Beautiful (The Beautiful, #1) by Renée Ahdieh

The Boy with Fire (The Ravence Trilogy, #1) by Aparna Verma

Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1) by Dustin Thao

A Rip Through Time (A Rip Through Time, #1) by Kelley Armstrong

My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth

Raven (Hell's Bastards MC Book 3) by Sam Crescent

Worth Dying For (The Worth #3) by Matilda Madison

The Unbalanced Equation (Hot Mess Trilogy, #1) by H.L. Macfarlane

The Magical Summer of Miranda Stone by A.D. Brazeau

Ravaged (Burned Inc. #2) by Naima Simone

Drowned in Temptation (Night Shadows #7) by Rose Wulf

For What It's Worth (Not All Omegas #1) by Josephine Light

Financial Feminist Overcome the Patriarchy's Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love by Tori Dunlap

Mr. Grump (Billionaire Bossholes, #1) by Leslie North

Luminiferos The Omen of Light by Yana Metro

Eat the Rainbow Vegan Recipes Made with Love from Bo's Kitchen by Harriet Porterfield

Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

All the Blood Spilt (All The Dark Souls Trilogy #2) by A.M. Dunnewin

What Happens After Midnight by K.L. Walther

On Her Silver Rays by Billinghurst Frances

Pixels and Paint (Trinket Sisters #1) by Kristi Ann Hunter

An Upper West Side Story by Rachel Cullen

The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Souders

Just one night in Rome (Opposite Worlds Duology, #1) by Tiziana Olbrich

The Spanish Diplomat's Secret (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #3) by Nev March

The League of Lady Poisoners Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women by Lisa Perrin

A Cold Highland Wind (Lady Emily, #17) by Tasha Alexander

Home at Night (Mercy & Elvis Mysteries, #5) by Paula Munier

Lay Them to Rest On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless by Laurah Norton

The Witches at the End of the World by Chelsea Iversen

When I'm Dead (Black Harbor, #3) by Hannah Morrissey

What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1) by Isabel Ibañez

A Mermaid Tale of the Lost Empire by Lily D.

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord (Lady Petra Inquires, #1) by Celeste Connally

Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1) by H.E. Edgmon

The Last Dragon King (Kings of Avalier, #1) by Leia Stone

Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment by Arushi Avachat

The Sign of Four Spirits (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, #9) by Vicki Delany

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

Even If It Breaks Your Heart by Erin Hahn

When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein

This Day Changes Everything by Edward Underhill

Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal by Gretchen Schreiber

Peril in Pink (Hudson Valley B&B Mystery, #1) by Sydney Leigh

Disturbing the Dead (A Rip Through Time, #3) by Kelley Armstrong

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

Prince of the Palisades by Julian Winters

The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry (Sunderworld #1) by Ransom Riggs

Death by Misadventure (Lady Emily, #18) by Tasha Alexander

Booked for Murder (An Old Juniper Bookstore Mystery, #1) by P.J. Nelson

Breath of the Dragon (Breathmarked, #1) by Shannon Lee

Lies on the Serpent's Tongue (Bittersweet in the Hollow, #2) by Kate Pearsall

Buy What You Love Without Going Broke An Empowering Personal Finance Guide with a Mindful Spending Plan, Take Control of Your Finances Today! by Jennifer Louise Smith

The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King by Harry Trevaldwyn

Voice Like a Hyacinth by Mallory Pearson

The Meadowbrook Murders by Jessica Goodman

Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours

The Deathly Grimm (The Forest Grimm, #2) by Kathryn Purdie

The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride 1 (The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride, #1) by Mamenosuke Fujimaru

All the Stars Align by Gretchen Schreiber

Give Up the Night (Moonstruck, #2) by P.C. Cast

A Vampire in the Bathhouse by Niko Izuki

My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner

Not Published Yet

Tune In to the Midnight Heart 1 by Masakuni Igarashi

Lessons in Heartbreak (The Kings, #1) by Karla Sorensen

Marguerite by the Lake by Mary Dixie Carter

If I Told You, I'd Have to Kiss You by Mae Marvel

Metal Slinger (Fire & Metal, #1) by Rachel Schneider

Ruthless Devotion (Gilded Monsters Book 3) by Rebecca F. Kenney

Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes by Sandra Jackson-Opoku

The Story That Wouldn't Die (Jolene Garcia Mysteries, #2) by Christina Estes

Thorn Season (Thorn Season, #1) by Kiera Azar

You Make It Feel Like Christmas by Sophie Sullivan

A Mannequin for Christmas by Timothy Janovsky

The Sleepless (Sleepless Duology #1) by Jen Williams

Dealing with a Desperate Demon (The Sanctuary for Supernatural Creatures, #2) by Charlotte Stein

Read, But Not Reviewed

Read In May
What the Woods Took ♥ My Review
Lessons in Heartbreak ♥ My Review
Draw Down the Moon ♥ My Review
Catch Me When I Fall ♥ My Review

Added in May

When I Should've Stayed (Red Bridge, #2) by Max Monroe

Blood & Betrayals (Avalon University, #1) by Jeanette Rose

As Long As You're Mine A Novel by Nekesa Afia

Always Carry a Silver Cross by Andrea Robertson

The Secrets of Blackthorn House by Marie McWilliams

STATS AT END OF MONTH
Books ON Shelf 157
Feedback Rate 20%
200 Approved | 40 Sent

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message 13: by Vicki Willis (last edited Jun 02, 2025 03:56PM) (new)

May 02, 2025 12:09PM

Beginning of Month
Books on Shelf: 17
Feedback Ratio: 93%

Books:

The Man Nobody Killed Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart's New York by Elon Green

Fun for the Whole Family by Jennifer E. Smith

Kiss Her Goodbye (Frankie Elkin, #4) by Lisa Gardner

READ
Fun for the Whole Family
One Golden Summer
We Won't All Survive

ADDED

End of Month
Books on Shelf: 15
Feedback Ratio: 94%

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message 14: by Catherine (last edited Jun 07, 2025 01:34AM) (new)

May 02, 2025 12:11PM

MAY 2025

Feedback Ratio: 77%
128 Approved | 99 Feedback Sent

Books on my shelf:

The Flame King's Bride (Fire and Desire, #2) by Chloe Chastaine

Where Secrets Lie (Tupelo Grove, #2) by Colleen Coble

City of Rain (The Cinqhawk Saga, #1) by William Lejeune

Withstanding Anarchy A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Saga Filled With Fascinating Characters & Prepper Info (Dark Nation Book 6) by Grace Hamilton

Universe of Lost Messages A Novel (The Charismites Book 2) by Janet Stilson

Timewrecked Collision With Destiny (Sapphire Chronicles, #1) by V.V. Sinclair

A Cure for Magic (The Ardor Magic Cycle) by Talia Greer

The Phoenix Elite Sacred Blood (The Phoenix Elite Genesis Saga, #1) by C.T. Clark

Candle & Crow (Ink & Sigil, #3) by Kevin Hearne

Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang

The Battle of the Bookshops by Poppy Alexander

Where Secrets Lie A Tupelo Grove Novel, Book 2 by Colleen Coble

Didn't You Use to Be Queenie B? by Terri-Lynne DeFino

A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea, #2) by Hafsah Faizal

Books Read-

-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Forest Ever White (Everlight, #3) by Sara Knightly

- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Books added in June-

End of month stats:
Updated shelf count/books to read:
Updated ratio:
Books read in Jan: 5
Favorite book read in Jan:

-⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Books read in Feb: 5
Favorite book read in Feb:

- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Books read in Mar: 6
Favorite book read in Mar:

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Books read in Apr: 7
Favorite book read in Apr:

Once Charmed, Twice Cursed by Shaylin Gandhi

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Books read in May: 6
Favorite book read in May: I have a hard time choosing between these two books because they are so different but definitely my favs of the month,

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Fun urban fantasy)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(weird Lit-Fic)

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message 15: by Tari (last edited Jun 01, 2025 08:07AM) (new)

May 02, 2025 01:58PM

NetGalley May, 2025
Beginning of Month
Shelf count/books on shelf: 32
Ratio: 95%

Books/authors linked when read

Hounding a Killer

Kallie E. Benjamin 5/6/25
Diamond in the Ruff

Diamond in the Ruff A Wiggle Butt Manor Mystery by Cindy Goyette

Cindy Goyette 5/7/25
Shot Through the Book

Shot Through the Book A Lighthouse Library Mystery by Eva Gates

Eva Gates 5/8/25
The Spirit Moves

The Spirit Moves (A Haunted Haven Mystery Book 4) by Carol J. Perry

Carol J. Perry 5/25/25
Doggone Bones

Doggone Bones (A Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery, #29) by Carolyn Haines

Carolyn Haines 5/26/25
Bodies and Battlements

Bodies and Battlements (The Ravensea Castle Series Book 1) by Elizabeth Penney

Elizabeth Penney 5/27/25
The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg

The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg (A Domestic Diva Mystery, #18) by Krista Davis

Krista Davis 5/29/25
Grave Words
A Purrfect Date
An Amateur Sleuth's Guide to Murder
Murder at the High School Reunion
Murder on the Books
Death and the Librarian
Icing on the Murder
Tea with Jam and Dread
Solid Gold Murder
Savvy Summers
Mayhem at the Halloween Wedding
Picking Up the Pieces
The Mango Murders
Halloween Night Murder
Seven Secret Spell Casters
Sour Crime Donuts
Murder at Blackwood Inn
Death of a Tom Turkey
Epilogue to a Christmas Murder
Death on Dickens Island
A Wonderful Christmas Crime
O Deadly Night
Death at the Door

End of month stats:
Updated shelf count/books to read: 28
Updated ratio: 96%
Books read in May: 7
Books added in May: 4

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message 16: by Brandy (last edited May 10, 2025 07:26AM) (new)

May 03, 2025 08:03AM

NetGalley: May 2025

Beginning of the Month:

Feedback Ratio: 48%

Approved: 27

Feedback Sent: 14

- 5/3/25 My Review

- 5/10/25 My Review

End of the Month:

Feedback Ratio:

Approved:

Feedback Sent:

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message 17: by Connie N. (last edited Jun 02, 2025 09:24AM) (new)

May 03, 2025 10:04AM

I'm determined to do some catching up this month!

NetGalley Challenge – May
Feedback ratio - 96%

On shelf 5/1/25 - 23
Read: 3
Added: 3
On Shelf 5/31/25 - 23

December 2024 (12/5)

February 2025 (2/15)

I Want You To Want Me Adam (The Most Wanted, #1) by Mary Ann Marlowe

April 2025 (4/1 - 4/29 - 4/29)

May 2025 (5/6 - 5/6 - 5/20 - 5/20 - 5/27 - 5/28)

Stuck in the Midlife with You The Fabulous Forties Club, Book 2 by Freya Kennedy

June 2025 (6/10 - 6/10 - 6/24 - 6/24 - 6/24)

Everything's Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh

Look Before You Leap (Miss Prentice's Protegees, #2) by Virginia Heath

July 2025 (7/8 - 7/15 - 7/15)

The Odds of Getting Even by Amanda Sellet

August 2025 (8/5)

September 2025 (9/25)

Wrapped Up at the Vintage Dress Shop (A Vintage Dress Shop Romance) by Annie Darling

October 2025 (10/7)

November 2025 (11/4)

The Forget-Me-Not Library by Heather Webber

Completed/Reviews:

Summer Light on Nantucket by Nancy Thayer - 5/2/25 ♥♥♥♥ = My Review
Stuck in Second Gear by Carmen Reid - 5/8/25 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Not Always an Angel by Christi Barth - 5/23/25 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

Not Always an Angel (Unlocking His Heart Book 3) by Christi Barth

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message 18: by Kristie (new)

May 13, 2025 12:11PM

I loved The Man Made of Smoke

. Pub day is today.

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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message 19: by Jade aka MrsTosh (last edited Jun 01, 2025 05:49AM) (new)

May 20, 2025 03:52AM

Jade aka MrsTosh (mrstosh) | 787 comments

Netgalley Challenge

200 Book Reviews

Beginning of the Month:
Book on shelf: 5
Feedback Ratio: 76%

Books on my shelf:

The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1) by Antonia Hodgson

Just the Beginning (Halfmoon Quay #1) by Sarah Bennett

The Protest The new murder mystery from the No. 1 bestselling author and criminal barrister by Rob Rinder

The Cruise Club Escape for summer on a holiday like no other in a new sizzling rom com for 2025 from the #1 bestseller, filled with sunshine, romance and mischief! by Caroline James

Books Added:

The Mastermind (Mafia Rivals Book 1) by Zara Cox

Kilts and Kisses at Highland Hall by Hannah M. Lynn

Loving Spirits at the Vintage Teashop A heart-warming, cosy, romantic novel with a magical twist by Sharon Booth (Ghosts of Rowan Vale) by Sharon Booth

The Puck Stops Here (The Karma Club #3) by Rachael Stewart

A Rogue in Firelight (The Whisky Rogues #1) by Susan King

The Reluctant Reaper by MaryJanice Davidson

Books Read:

5/5 - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

7/5 - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

13/5 - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

16/5 - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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message 20: by Kristie (new)

May 20, 2025 04:55PM

Not my favorite book by Monaghan, but still good.

- my It's a Love Story review

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message 21: by Liz (new)

May 22, 2025 08:10AM

I just got approved for my first ever Netgalley book! So uhm

Feedback Ratio: 100%
1 Approved | 1 Feedback Sent

Beasts of Carnaval

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message 22: by Kristie (new)

May 22, 2025 08:55AM

Congrats, Liz!

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message 23: by Kristie (new)

May 28, 2025 07:18AM

Had a couple of requests come through for

. Don't Let Him In had been sitting there for months. Happy to be approved.

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message 24: by Connie N. (new)

Jun 02, 2025 09:26AM

Well, I completed some books, but I added the same amount. So status quo!

On shelf 5/1/25 - 23
Read: 3
Added: 3
On Shelf 5/31/25 - 23

Completed/Reviews:

Summer Light on Nantucket by Nancy Thayer - 5/2/25 ♥♥♥♥ = My Review
Stuck in Second Gear by Carmen Reid - 5/8/25 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review
Not Always an Angel by Christi Barth - 5/23/25 ♥♥♥♥ - My Review

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