I’ve been trying to do better. I really have. I swear I haven’t been requesting as many books, but I’ve been (luckily) getting approved for most of what I request. So, despite my best efforts, my feedback ratio hasn’t changed much. I’ve been approved for a ton of great new books, including some of my most anticipated releases of the year. I’m pretty excited about it even if it means reading them on a faster schedule to get the reviews done before publication. I read and reviewed five books, and I’ve been approved for eight new books in the last month. I’ve also read two more books whose reviews haven’t been published yet. You can see where I was last month in my most recent check-in post. My feedback ratio thankfully managed to climb one percent to 61%. It went up as far as 63% at one point, but after a few new approvals it dropped back down again. I’ve completed 37 ARC reviews out of the total 53 for which I have been approved. I now have 23 books available to review on my shelf, which is once again the most I’ve ever had at one time.
The books below are those currently needing to be reviewed on my shelf. I plan to read and review the books in bold before my next NetGalley check-in on April 15, 2022.
Mercury Rising by R.W.W. Greene | Publication Date: May 10, 2022
The Bladed Faith by David Dalglish | Publication Date: April 5, 2022
The Jade Setter of Janloon by Fonda Lee | Publication Date: April 30, 2022
If You Change Your Mind by Robby Weber | Publication Date: May 3, 2022
Silk Fire by Zabé Ellor | Publication Date: July 5, 2022
Veil by Dylan Farrow | Publication Date: April 26, 2022
So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens | Publication Date: March 29, 2022
Rosebud by Paul Cornell | Publication Date: April 26, 2022
Dark Theory by Wick Welker | Publication Date: April 17, 2022
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality by Julia Shaw | Publication Date: June 28, 2022
Kagen the Damned by Jonathan Maberry | Publication Date: May 10, 2022
The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper | Publication Date: March 29, 2022
Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May | Publication Date: March 29, 2022
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland | Publication Date: June 21, 2022
Book Boyfriend by Kris Ripper | Publication Date: April 26, 2022
The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah | Publication Date: May 17, 2022
Elektra by Jennifer Saint | Publication Date: May 3, 2022
The Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne | Publication Date: April 12, 2022
Heat Wave by TJ Klune | Publication Date: July 19, 2022
Star Wars: Queen’s Hope by E.K. Johnston | Publication Date: April 5, 2022
Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky | Publication Date: May 3, 2022
The Knave of Secrets by Alex Livingston | Publication Date: June 7, 2022
In the Shadow of Lightning by Brian McClellan | Publication Date: June 21, 2022
How do you stay on top of your NetGalley ARCs? Are you successful at staying above the coveted 80% ratio threshold? Let me know in the comments!
You and I have 3 books in common!
Also, same! I keep trying to improve my percentage and they keep approving me for more books!
Yay! I look forward to seeing your thoughts on them. And, yeah. It is the eternal struggle. lol.
There are some brilliant books on here and a few that I need to try and find!!! It took me a determined effort to get my review rating above 80% but once you’re there, it’s not too difficult to keep it. Keep reading and you’ll get there.
Yeah. I’m hoping after I finish a slew of them in the next few months I’ll get there. I have mixed emotions every time I get a new approval. lol. I get excited, and then I think, damn…now my percentage will go back down again. 🙂 I’m sure I’ll get there, though. And in the grand scheme of things I guess its not that big of deal since the whole point of having above 80% is to get approved easier, and I’m not really having difficulty with that at the moment.
It didn’t seem to make much difference to me when I hit the 80%
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