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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 4: by Maritza (last edited Oct 30, 2025 04:46PM) (new)

Maritza (spanishwhispers) | 2274 comments Beginning of the Month
Books on shelf - 43
170 Approved / 126 Feedback Sent
Feedback Ratio - 74% (Goal 80%)

Approved 2025
Stolen in Death (In Death, #62) by J.D. Robb The Storm by Rachel Hawkins The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley
Approved 2023
Ladykiller by Katherine Wood
Approved 2022
Breathless by Amy McCulloch The Club by Ellery Lloyd
Approved 2021
The Keepers (Mace Reid K-9 Mystery, #2) by Jeffrey B. Burton The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives by Kristin Miller
Approved 2020
Forget Me Not by Alexandra Oliva The Day She Came Back by Amanda Prowse Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker The Finders (Mace Reid K-9 Mystery, #1) by Jeffrey B. Burton Safecracker by Ryan Wick Black Tequila by J.D. Bernal The Second Home by Christina Clancy From Sky to Sky (No Less Days, #2) by Amanda G. Stevens The Perfect Mother by Caroline Mitchell
Approved 2019
The Last Tourist (Milo Weaver #4) by Olen Steinhauer Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain 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 The Things I Know by Amanda Prowse The Grace Year by Kim Liggett Bad Axe County (Bad Axe County, #1) 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
Approved 2018
The Space within the Silence by Bre Woods Returning by Yael Shahar Lagging Indicators by Jennifer Anglade Dahlberg DANGER RISING by E.D. Richards No Less Days (No Less Days, #1) by Amanda G. Stevens
Approved 2017
An American Cage by Ted Galdi Beyond the Rules (At the Brink #3) by Anna del Mar Backstrap A Novel by Johnnie Dun Snitch (Shea Stevens #2) by Dharma Kelleher
Approved 2016
Shadows of the Stone Benders (Anlon Cully Chronicles, #1) by K. Patrick Donoghue The Captive Heart by Michelle Griep The Six The Lives of the Mitford Sisters by Laura Thompson Desiring Red (A Dark and Dirty Tale #1) by Kristin Miller The Lovely Reckless by Kami Garcia Death at a Fixer-Upper (A Home Sweet Home Mystery, #1) by Sarah T. Hobart
           
End of the Month -
Reviews -
Books read in 2025 - 5
Books read in 2024 - 6
Books read in 2023 - 11
Books read in 2022 - 16
Books read in 2021 - 12
Books read in 2020 - 14
Books Added -


message 5: by Melanie (new)

Melanie (mvalente89) | 1040 comments Will update later.


message 6: by Kristie (last edited Nov 03, 2025 07:12AM) (new)

Kristie | 3601 comments Professional Reader 2015 Challenge Participant Reviews Published 80% 2016 NetGalley Challenge 200 Book Reviews Camp NetGalley 2024 Camp NetGalley 2025

Beginning of Month:

Books on Shelf: 10

Published:
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

November:
4 The Forget-Me-Not Library by Heather Webber The Forget-Me-Not Library by Heather Webber

2026
The Storm by Rachel Hawkins The Storm by Rachel Hawkins Inside Man (PAR Unit, #2) by John McMahon Keeper of Lost Children A Novel by Sadeqa Johnson Antihero (Orphan X, #11) by Gregg Hurwitz Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth

Netgalley Ratio: 97%


End of Month:

Read: 0

Reviews: 0

Added: 1
Good Joy, Bad Joy A Novel by Mikki Brammer

Books on Shelf: 11
Ratio: 97%


message 7: by Trisha (last edited Nov 19, 2025 03:42PM) (new)

Trisha | 158 comments October Netgalley

Feedback Ratio: 81% *sigh*
1685 Approved | 1361 Feedback Sent

500 Book Reviews80%Reviews Published2015 Challenge ParticipantProfessional ReaderCamp NetGalley 2025

269. Kill Your Darlings ⭐⭐⭐ My review
270. The Second Chance Cinema ⭐⭐⭐ My review
271. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent ⭐⭐⭐⭐my review
272. He Sees You When You're Sleeping ⭐⭐⭐ my review
273. The Alphabet Sleuths ⭐⭐⭐ my review
274 The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold ⭐⭐⭐ my review
275. Wildwood ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
276. Primal Animals ⭐⭐ my review
277. Salt Bones ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review

Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson The Second Chance Cinema by Thea Weiss Shakespeare The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench He Sees You When You're Sleeping by Alta Hensley The Alphabet Sleuths (An Alphabet Girls Mystery) by Laura Jensen Walker The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold by Cate Holahan Wildwood (Northwoods, #2) by Amy Pease Primal Animals by Julia Lynn Rubin Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan


message 8: by Marie (UK) (last edited Nov 04, 2025 02:55PM) (new)

Marie (UK) (mazza1) | 6070 comments 80%500 Book Reviews Reviews Published Professional Reader


Beginning of month
Feedback Ratio 92%
Books on Shelf 27

All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman Mere by Danielle Giles The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater The Stolen Child by Carmel Harrington Notes on Infinity by Austin Taylor When Shadows Fall (DS Max Craigie, #6) by Neil Lancaster Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild 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 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 A Far-flung Life by M.L. Stedman Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave My Cemetery Journeys by Mariana Enríquez Room 706 by Ellie Levenson The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Wreck by Catherine Newman

Added in November
All We Have Is Time by Amy Tordoff Crux by Gabriel Tallent

Read in November
All the Other Mothers Hate Me https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...

End of Month


message 9: by Vicki Willis (last edited Nov 12, 2025 08:11PM) (new)

Vicki Willis | 498 comments Begininng of Month
Books: 14
Feedback Ratio: 94%

Books
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 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 Inside Man (PAR Unit, #2) by John McMahon We Were Never Friends by Kaira Rouda Keeper of Lost Children A Novel by Sadeqa Johnson Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister Killing Me Softly by Sandie Jones Adrift by Will Dean

Read
Exiles by Mason Coile Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild

Added
When I Kill You by B.A. Paris What We Did to Survive by Megan Lally


End of Month
Books:
Feedback Ratio:


message 10: by Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~ (last edited Nov 15, 2025 10:49AM) (new)

Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~ (zeroshelfcontrol) | 442 comments 100 Book Reviews Reviews Published Professional ReaderCamp NetGalley 202480%

START
To Be Read: 39
(Approved 189 - Feedback sent 150)
Feedback Ratio: 79%

2016: (4)
Whisper to Me by Nick Lake Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin Roald Dahl A Biography by Jeremy Treglown The Museum of You by Carys Bray

2017: (2)
The Happiness Effect How Social Media is Driving a Generation to Appear Perfect at Any Cost by Donna Freitas Vulgar Favours The book behind the Emmy Award winning ‘American Crime Story’ about the man who murdered Gianni Versace by Maureen Orth

2018: (3)
Falling Short by Lex Coulton All the Hidden Truths (DI Birch, #1) by Claire Askew Do Not Disturb by Claire Douglas

2019: (1)
Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10) by Lisa Gardner

2021: (3)
That Night by Gillian McAllister The Lock In by Phoebe Luckhurst Chasing Alexander A Marine's Journey Across Iraq and Afghanistan by Christopher Martin

2022: (4)
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart Murder in the Neighborhood by Ellen J. Green Dead Rich by G.W. Shaw American Mother The True Story of a Troubled Family, Motherhood, and the Cyanide Murders That Shook the World by Gregg Olsen

2023: (4)
The Honeymoon by Kate Gray The Silent Man (DI Grace Archer, #3) by David Fennell The Beach Party by Nikki Smith A Lonesome Blood-Red Sun (Dave Beckett, #2) by David Putnam

2024: (1)
Stay in the Light (The Watchers, #2) by A.M. Shine

2025: (4)
Bad Blood by Sarah Hornsley Believe by S.M. Govett The Love of Our Lives by Emma Steele Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin

2026: (8)
Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward Dissection of a Murder by Jo Murray Room 706 by Ellie Levenson Missing A Novel by E.A. Jackson You & Me and You & Me and You & Me by Josie Lloyd The Final Score by Don Winslow Motherfaker by Anna Brook-Mitchell Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra

REVIEWS:
Unstoppable My Life So Far by Maria Sharapova
The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica
The Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika Moulite

END
To Be Read: 34
(Approved 206 - Feedback sent 172)
Feedback Ratio: 83%

Books Read 2025: 22
Books Read 2024: 44
Books Read 2023: 35
Books Read 2022: 25
Books Read 2021: 24
Books Read 2020: 13
Books Read 2019: 0
Books Read 2018: 3
Books Read 2017: 4
Books Read 2016: 2


message 11: by Tari (last edited Nov 05, 2025 11:32AM) (new)

Tari (thann) | 316 comments NetGalley November 2025
Beginning of Month
Shelf count/books on shelf: 17
Ratio: 97%

Books/authors linked when read


Crescent City Christmas Chaos
Crescent City Christmas Chaos (Vintage Cookbook Mystery 4) by Ellen Byron Ellen Byron 11/4/25
All Spooked Up
All Spooked Up (Haunted Paint Store Mysteries #1) by E.J. Copperman E.J. Copperman 11/5/25
Gull and Bones
Vows and Villainy
All My Bones
The Devil in the Details
A Spirited Supper at Dondoon Castle
Murder from A-Z
Tell-Tale Treats
Buried in Shamrocks
A Whiff of Murder
Easter Egg Murder
If Books Could Kill
Truffle Trouble
Some Like It Fudgy

End of month stats:
Updated shelf count/books to read:
Updated ratio: %
Books read in Nov:
Books added in Nov:



message 12: by The Artsy Book Witch (last edited Nov 08, 2025 11:26AM) (new)

The Artsy Book Witch (theartsybookwitch) | 53 comments Professional Reader25 Book ReviewsCamp NetGalley 2024

STATS AT BEGINNING OF MONTH
Books ON Shelf 181
Feedback Ratio: 20%
229 Approved | 45 Feedback Sent

Books on Shelf
Not Published Yet
2025
Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeester
2026
Thirty, Flirty, and Forever Alone by Christine Riccio Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily R. Austin Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez Night Terror (Bleak Haven, #2) by Vincent Ralph Dead Fake (Bleak Haven, #1) by Vincent Ralph The Bone Queen by Will Shindler When I Kill You by B.A. Paris Last Bite A Novel by Amy S. Peele The Fall of Iris Henley by Jennifer Graham Limelight by Andrew Keenan-Bolger One Word, Six Letters by Adib Khorram You Did Nothing Wrong by C.G. Drews The Danger of Small Things by Caryl Lewis Morsel by Carter Keane They Want Us Dead by CL Montblanc

Read, But Not Reviewed

Read In November

Added in November
Her Sharp Embrace (The Nightshades, #1) by Kate Koenig Summer Official by Rebekah Weatherspoon A Song in the Dark by Brooke Archer Meet Me Under the Lights by Cassie Miller A Practical Guide to Dating a Demon by Hannah Reynolds

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


message 13: by Catherine (last edited Nov 08, 2025 04:08PM) (new)

Catherine (royaltiescmb) | 689 comments 100 Book Reviews Reviews Published Professional Reader 80% Camp NetGalley 2025

Feedback Ratio: 83%

149 Approved | 123 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 Sacred Blood (The Phoenix Elite #1) by C.T. Clark Candle & Crow (Ink & Sigil, #3) by Kevin Hearne Didn't You Use to Be Queenie B? by Terri-Lynne DeFino A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea, #2) by Hafsah Faizal Palaver by Bryan Washington An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister You Belong Here by Megan Miranda Prowl (Sanctuary #2) by Colleen Coble The Garbage Man by Tessa Pacelli Queen of Faces (Queen of Faces, #1) by Petra Lord Good Hair Days by Grace Helena Walz My Lips, Her Voice by L.L. Madrid The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers I'll Make a Spectacle of You by Beatrice Winifred Iker

Books Read-
A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea, #2) by Hafsah Faizal -⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Added this Month- The Story Keeper by Kelly Rimmer


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: 3
Favorite book read in Sept: The Once and Future Me by Melissa Pace by Melissa Pace- This book was a fun take on a historical sci-fi with time travel. In fact I feel it could have been a bit longer to flush out the future world a bit more. Or hopefully this does become a series and we get more story line.

Books read in Oct- 2
Favorite book read in Oct- I recommend A Scar in the Bone (A Fire in the Sky, #2) by Sophie Jordan if you have read the first book but definitely recommend The Charmed Library by Jennifer Moorman . both books I read were both ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

Books read in Nov-
Favorite book read in Nov-


message 14: by Ami (new)

Ami Morrison | 1 comments Beginning of the month:

Shelf : 15
Ratio: 81%


message 15: by Reneaue (new)

Reneaue (sr_railton) | 3 comments Beginning of the Month
Books on shelf - 4
32 Approved / 28 Feedback Sent
Feedback Ratio - 88%

The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers
The Story Eaters of Yamm by Kevin Hincker
A Forest, Darkly by A.G. Slatter
The Story Keeper by Kelly Rimmer


message 16: by Jade aka MrsTosh (last edited Nov 17, 2025 06:03AM) (new)

Jade aka MrsTosh (mrstosh) | 794 comments Netgalley Challenge

200 Book Reviews Reviews Published Professional Reader 80%

Auto Approved: Boldwood Books

Beginning of the Month:
Feedback Ratio: 81%
475 Approved | 382 Feedback Sent

Books on my shelf: 6
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow Journey to the Scottish Highlands Escape to the Scottish Highlands with a brand new contemporary romance for spring 2026 (Scottish Escapes Book 10) by Julie Shackman A Curse of Shadows and Ice by Catharina Maura A Dance With Death (The Three Bells, #1) by Amanda Linsmeier Christmas on Fifth Avenue (Christmas Escapes, #1) by Julie Caplin Bonded by Thorns (Deluxe Edition) (Beasts of the Briar, #1) by Elizabeth Helen

Books Added:
Seaside Dreams on The Scottish Isle by Lilac Mills The Last Page Cafe by Kate Storey The Floating Venice Bookshop (The Foating Shop, # 2) by Annabel French Tapestry by Fiona McIntosh For My Boys by Claire Throssell Dove (Deluxe Edition) (The Soldiers of Bedlam, 2) by Paisley Hope The Soulmate Theory by Sarah A. Bailey The Ex-mas Breakup by Zoe York His Wicked Little Christmas A Steamy Short Story Holiday Collection by Tracy Sumner


Books Read:
Bonded by Thorns (Deluxe Edition) (Beasts of the Briar, #1) by Elizabeth Helen - my review
Christmas on Fifth Avenue (Christmas Escapes, #1) by Julie Caplin - my review
The Ex-mas Breakup by Zoe York - my review
His Wicked Little Christmas A Steamy Short Story Holiday Collection by Tracy Sumner - my review
The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow - my review


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