Sunday, December 1, 2013

NetGalley November: Time's Up!



NetGalley November was a challenge organized by K-Books, Bookish Treasures & A Daydreamer's Thoughts to tackle our TBR list of books for review that we got from NetGalley.

I had originally aimed to read between 11-15 eARCs but I have massively failed at it! I did manage to improve my ratio a little bit, and I do plan to continue with the catching up during December, to try and start the New Year closer or on the 80% recommended ratio there!

What all did I manage to read?

- Covenant From Hell by Priscilla Royal
- Cracked by Eliza Crewel
- The Pentrals by Crystal Mack
- Pawn by Aimee Carter
- Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield
- The Iron Traitor by Julie Kagawa

So 6 books total puts me in the Medium range of the challenge, and though I improved my ratio a lil bit, I'm still a while away from 80%, since right now I'm at 58%!

12 comments:

  1. Haha, your feedback ratio is much better than mine! It doesn't matter that you failed, at least you managed to improve your ratio and read some review books :)

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    1. Thanks Samantha! I will try to continue to read mostly review books in December (except for some novellas and THESE BROKEN STARS!!) so I can allow myself to request books again for the new year!

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    1. Thank you, Kim! Something IS better than nothing!

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  3. 6 books is a lot to clear up! I'm still in a deep, deep pit on Netgalley, I doubt I'll ever find my way out.
    I was happy to see that you enjoyed Cracked, I thought it was quirky and very original. :)

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    1. I still have a lot to get through, but I'm trying to start 2014 without such a deep pit, wish me luck!
      And yeah, Cracked was such a fresh story, so much fun in such a unusual way!

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  4. I think that we are all far too hard on ourselves!
    6 books is an achievement.
    For me this challenge has inspired me to try to keep on top go my digital TBR now that I have wrangled it. This includes being more selective about the titles I request, not being afraid to feed back that I DNF and possibly being less precious about my reviews.

    I have also learnt/discovered a lot of tips regarding feedback including how to feed back on older titles, that feed back doesn't necessarily have to be reviews- blogs, book hauls, friday reads etc can all count!

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    1. Thank you, Caroline! I am working on being more selective for sure!

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  5. If there's anyone I know who reads ALOT, it must be you, Pili! I love to read as well but not as hardcore as you. lol. I was going through my customer contact list and saw your name.. it's been more than 4 years since we knew each other in the blogging world! Time fliesssss. Take care and stay happy! :)

    Rheea
    www.mydollgift.com

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    1. Time does indeed flyyyyy! 4 years already! Hope everything is going great for you, Rheea! Give Nono a belly rub from me!

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  6. Wow what an amazing achievement Pili! I LOVED Pawn and The Iron Traitor, glad you got to read them. I need to catch up on my Netgalley reads, but all my physical review reads are pretty much taking up my time at the moment.

    Jeann @ Happy Indulgence

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    1. Thanks Jeann! I only have eARCs so that's why I am so focused on getting through them at the moment!

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