My NetGalley Shelf of Shame

I have been a NetGalley user since 2015, but my recent extended book slump absolutely decimated my NetGalley ratio and I need to spend some time repairing it.

For those who aren’t familiar with the website, NetGalley is a site where publishers and authors can make e-copies of their upcoming titles available for interested readers/reviewers. The general idea is that if you are selected to receive a eARC (Advanced Reader Copy), you will post your review of the title to NetGalley and other review sites (like Goodreads, Amazon, etc.) in exchange for getting to read the title earlier than it’s publication date for free. NetGalley assigns each user a feedback ratio based on the number of eARCS they have been approved for versus how many they have actually submitted a review for. My ratio is currently at 55%. NetGalley recommends at least 80%…

This means I need to get it in gear and go read these titles and write some reviews. I genuinely feel terrible that I haven’t read or reviewed these titles yet. My slump hit right after I had attended a conference that got me really excited to read a lot of these titles, and I even started several of them. Reviewing them now won’t be of much help to the authors, but it’s a small step in the right direction. Without further ado, here are the titles that I am hoping to read and review by the end of this year.

The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton

Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro

Cooking at Home by David Chang and Priya Krishna

Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead by Elle Cosimano

The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson

Luminous by Mara Rutherford

Husband Auditions by Angela Ruth Strong

The Necklace by Matt Witten

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk

A Letter to Three Witches by Elizabeth Bass

Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

The Lost Art of Doing Nothing by Maartje Willems

The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris

Murder at the Lakeside Library by Holly Danvers

Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini

Smash It! by Francina Simone

Lightbringer by Claire Legrand

Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

Hope Rides Again by Andrew Shaffer

Pride, Prejudice and Poison by Elizabeth Blake