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

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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 Trisha (last edited Sep 04, 2025 01:31PM) (new)

Trisha | 156 comments August Netgalley

Start of Month: 81%
1618 Approved | 1308 Feedback Sent

500 Book Reviews80%Reviews Published2015 Challenge ParticipantProfessional ReaderCamp NetGalley 2025

217. Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club ⭐⭐⭐ my review
218. Sky Full of Elephants ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
219. The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review


Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell Playing Dead Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club by Martin Edwards The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi


message 4: by Melanie (new)

Melanie (mvalente89) | 1026 comments Will update at some point this weekend.


message 5: by Maria (last edited Sep 05, 2025 10:35AM) (new)


message 6: by Vicki Willis (last edited Sep 02, 2025 08:56PM) (new)

Vicki Willis | 496 comments Beginning of Month
Books on Shelf: 15
Feedback Ratio: 94%

BOOKS
Such a Good Mom by Julia Spiro Jill Is Not Happy by Kaira Rouda Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild We Are All Guilty Here (North Falls, #1) by Karin Slaughter I Become Her by Joe Hart Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards Exiles by Mason Coile The Hitchhikers by Chevy Stevens The Tin Men (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor, #3) by Nelson DeMille The Storm by Rachel Hawkins We Were Never Friends by Kaira Rouda Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson Adrift by Will Dean Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister

READ

ADDED
Inside Man (PAR Unit, #2) by John McMahon

End of Month
Books on shelf:
Feedback Ratio


The Artsy Book Witch (theartsybookwitch) | 50 comments Professional Reader25 Book ReviewsCamp NetGalley 2024Camp NetGalley 2025

STATS AT BEGINNING OF MONTH
Books ON Shelf 169
Feedback Rate 21%
217 Approved | 46 Sent

Books on Shelf
Not Published Yet
Thorn Season (Thorn Season, #1) by Kiera Azar Game On by Ki Stephens The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson Where Dark Things Rise by Andrew K. Clark With Stars in Her Eyes by Andie Burke We Met Like This A Novel by Kasie West The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell You Make It Feel Like Christmas by Sophie Sullivan Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti You've Found Oliver (You've Reached Sam, #2) by Dustin Thao The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne A Mannequin for Christmas by Timothy Janovsky Christmas People by Iva-Marie Palmer Witch of the Wolves by Kaylee Archer The Sleepless (Sleepless Duology, #1) by Jen Williams As Long as You're Mine A Novel by Nekesa Afia Overdue A Novel by Stephanie Perkins Dealing with a Desperate Demon (The Sanctuary for Supernatural Creatures, #2) by Charlotte Stein Thirsty by Lucy Lehane Always Carry a Silver Cross by Andrea Robertson Isn't It Obvious? by Rachel Runya Katz Never Over by Clare Gilmore Final Cut by Olivia Worley Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeester Thirty, Flirty, and Forever Alone by Christine Riccio Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez Dead Fake (Bleak Haven, #1) by Vincent Ralph Night Terror (Bleak Haven, #2) by Vincent Ralph You Did Nothing Wrong by C.G. Drews

Read, But Not Reviewed
The Wildest Things by Andrea Hannah The Good Boy by Stella Hayward

Read In September

Added in September

STATS AT END OF MONTH
Books ON Shelf
Feedback Rate
Approved | Sent


message 8: by Jade aka MrsTosh (last edited Sep 01, 2025 03:41AM) (new)

Jade aka MrsTosh (mrstosh) | 787 comments Netgalley Challenge

200 Book Reviews Reviews Published Professional Reader 80%

Auto Approved: Boldwood Books

Beginning of the Month:
Feedback Ratio: 80%

Books on my shelf: 4
Christmas at the French Repair Shop by Sophie Claire Ragwort (The Eythin Legacy Book 2) by Sam K. Horton All the Ways You Save Me (Sandy Harbor, #1) by Melissa Wiesner The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia A Lot to Unpack by Portia MacIntosh

Books Added:

Books Read:


message 9: by Keri (new)

Keri (slysionnach) | 1 comments September Netgalley Challenge

Starting:

Ratio: 87%
61 Approved | 53 Feedback Sent
Auto-Approved: Storm Publishing

Books for the Month:

The Genius Bat The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal by Yossi Yovel - Hekate The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld, #1) by Nikita Gill - Simultaneous by Eric Heisserer - Shiny Happy People by Clay McLeod Chapman - The Dagger in Vichy by Alastair Reynolds - The October Film Haunt by Michael Wehunt - We Who Have No Gods by Liza Anderson

Books Approved in September:
TBD

Books Finished and Reviewed in September:
TBD

Books Remaining for October:
TBD


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message 11: by Catherine (last edited Sep 04, 2025 09:22PM) (new)

Catherine (royaltiescmb) | 660 comments 100 Book Reviews Reviews Published Professional Reader 80% Camp NetGalley 2025

Feedback Ratio: 82%

143 Approved | 117 Feedback Sent

Books on my shelf: A Land So Wide by Erin A. Craig Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews Icarus Dawns by Erik Troy 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 The Once and Future Me by Melissa Pace The Battle of the Bookshops by Poppy Alexander The Juice by Janet Stilson Didn't You Use to Be Queenie B? by Terri-Lynne DeFino A Scar in the Bone by Sophie Jordan A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea, #2) by Hafsah Faizal Palaver by Bryan Washington This Is Not a Ghost Story by Amerie An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister You Belong Here by Megan Miranda Prowl (A Sanctuary Novel) by Colleen Coble The Garbage Man by Tessa Pacelli Queen of Faces (Queen of Faces, #1) by Petra Lord

Books Read-
The Once and Future Me by Melissa Pace -https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A Land So Wide by Erin A. Craig -
The Battle of the Bookshops by Poppy Alexander -
The Juice by Janet Stilson -

Added this Month-

End of month stats:
Updated shelf count/books to read:
Updated ratio:
Books read in Jan: 5
Favorite book read in Jan: The Favorites by Layne Fargo -⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Books read in Feb: 5
Favorite book read in Feb: Ambush (Sanctuary #1) by Colleen Coble - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Books read in Mar: 6
Favorite book read in Mar: The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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,
A Simple Twist of Fate by April Asher ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Fun urban fantasy) Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(weird Lit-Fic)

Books read in Jun-5
Favorite book read in Jun- The English Wife by Anna Stuart but also for a light fun romance I did enjoy The Romance Rivalry by Susan Lee
Books read in July- 3
Favorite book read in July-
I really enjoyed all the books I read this Month, but for the old school Paranormal, my favorite was A Bargain So Bloody (Kingdom of Dark Magic, #1) by Vasilisa Drake It was everything I wanted and needed at the time. Can't wait for the next book in the series.

Books read in Aug-2
Favorite book read in Aug- Sunburned by Katherine Wood by Katherine Wood - I enjoy Katherine Wood and in this book I had fun following the clues and background stories. I didn't see that ending coming either.

Books read in Sept:
Favorite book read in Sept:


message 12: by Marie (UK) (last edited Sep 02, 2025 02:53PM) (new)

Marie (UK) (mazza1) | 5923 comments 80%500 Book Reviews Reviews Published Professional Reader


Beginning of month
Feedback Ratio 92%
Books on Shelf 27

First Position by Melanie Hamrick A Sign of Her Own by Sarah Marsh Message Deleted by K.L. Slater Open, Heaven by Seán Hewitt Mere by Danielle Giles The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater The Stolen Child by Carmel Harrington This Bright Life by Karen Campbell Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor When Shadows Fall (DS Max Craigie, #6) by Neil Lancaster Private Lives by Emily Edwards Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle One Dark Night by Hannah Richell The Killing Stones (Jimmy Perez and Willow Reeves, #1) by Ann Cleeves The Seeker of Lost Paintings by Sarah Freethy No Mercy by Max Connor The Love of Our Lives by Emma Steele The Murder at World’s End by Ross Montgomery Three Summers by Karen Swan The Shapeshifter's Daughter by Sally Magnusson The Cat by Georges Simenon The Burning Grounds (Wyndham & Banerjee #6) by Abir Mukherjee The Exes by Leodora Darlington The Last Death of the Year (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #6) by Sophie Hannah A Bad, Bad Place The must-read crime debut of 2026, perfect for fans of The List of Suspicious Things by Frances Crawford

Added in September
A Far-flung Life by M.L. Stedman Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave My Cemetery Journeys by Mariana Enríquez

Read in September

End of month


message 13: by Connie N. (new)

Connie N. | 738 comments I'm in for another try.

NetGalley Challenge – September
Feedback ratio - 96%

On shelf 9/1/25 - 26
Read: 0
Added: 0
On Shelf 9/30/25 - 26

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)
Love, The Duke (Say I Do, #3) by Amelia Grey Up Close & Personal by Ana Holguin

May 2025 (5/6 - 5/6 - 5/20 - 5/28)
All the Signs by Jessie Rosen Friends with Benefits by Marisa Kanter The Girls of Good Fortune by Kristina McMorris Stuck in the Midlife with You (The Fecking Fabulous Forties Club, #2) by Freya Kennedy

June 2025 (6/10 - 6/10 - 6/24 - 6/24 - 6/24)
Last Night Was Fun by Holly James Everything's Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh Look Before You Leap (Miss Prentice's Protegees, #2) by Virginia Heath As You Wish by Leesa Cross-Smith Sunny Side Up by Katie Sturino

July 2025 (7/8 - 7/15 - 7/15)
The Good Boy by Stella Hayward The Odds of Getting Even by Amanda Sellet The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline

August 2025 (8/5)
The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

September 2025 (9/16 - 9/23 - 9/25 - 9/30)
Honey and Heat by Aurora Palit The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O'Clover Wrapped up at the Vintage Dress Shop A Vintage Dress Shop Romance, Book 3 by Annie Darling Holiday Ever After by Hannah Grace

October 2025 (10/7 - 10/7)
Overdue A Novel by Stephanie Perkins Yours for the Season by Emily Stone

November 2025 (11/4 - 11/4 - 11/18)
The Forget-Me-Not Library by Heather Webber The Bridesmaid by Cate Quinn The Seven Rings (The Lost Bride Trilogy, #3) by Nora Roberts

December 2025 (12/2)
Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen

Completed/Reviews:


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