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#NetGalleyGroup #NGG #ARCs

I hope you did better than me this weekend. 😕
I did manage to write 5 reviews, but I still need to post them.

How did you do?

DGRachel 😭😭😭😭 I haven‘t touched a single NetGalley book since the first week of October. 3w

PuddleJumper I read everything but my ARCs 😂 2w

AllDebooks @PuddleJumper I binge read

Alchemised

AllDebooks @DGRachel that's ok. Neither have I. 2w

AnishaInkspill not good, and oh this is a good idea, 2w

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AllDebooks

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#NetGalleyGroup

It's time for another monthly catch-up with those lovely #ARCs for October's #NGG #Readathon 😊 Didn't it come around quickly?

AllDebooks @Julsmarshall @Cazxxx @TiredLibrarian @bcncookbookclub @sebrittainclark @rubyslippersreads @Librarybelle @Twainy @bnp @TheSpineView
@throwmeabook @Larkken

@Addison_Reads @Bookwormjillk @BookLineNSinker @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @Bookish_Thoughts @PuddleJumper @Zuhkeeyah @ShananigansReads
@mcipher @JoyBlue @MaleficentBookDragon 3w

Librarybelle It did come around quickly! 😂 I still need to post my reviews on NetGalley, so perhaps that should be my main goal for this weekend. I‘d like to read a book too to knock down my huge list of books, but we‘ll see. My reading time is very minimal at the moment. 3w

PuddleJumper I'm in denial, this month is flying by! I've got The Resurrectionist and The Gentlemen and his Vowsmith which I want to get done this month. I might get to them this weekend 3w

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Bookish_Thoughts I have two reviews to post, so that‘s my weekend goal. I may get a book read, too. 🤞🏻 3w

EnchantedOwl Knocking out at least 6 more reviews before the weekend is over 😮‍💨 and of course, I just got 2 more 🤦🏻‍♀️. 3w

MaleficentBookDragon I‘m doing okay this month. I recently read three and have to post reviews for them (You‘re Fatally Invited, Crafting for Sinners, and How Bad Things Can Get); all of which I enjoyed to varying degrees. I plan to post those this weekend. One is already written. I‘m currently reading The Women of Wild Hill.

The Women of Wild Hill

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MaleficentBookDragon

Crafting for Sinners: A Novel | Jenny Kiefer

Well this one looks like a lot of fun. Horrorstor meets Hobby Lobby! Thanks #netgalley!

My latest two #arcs

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AllDebooks

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It's Friday! Are you ready to start our monthly #NetGalleyGroup readathon?

Share your goals for the weekend.
Connect with other #ARC readers.
Do you have an end of year goal?

All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

AllDebooks @Julsmarshall @Cazxxx @TiredLibrarian @bcncookbookclub @sebrittainclark @rubyslippersreads @Librarybelle @Twainy @bnp @TheSpineView @throwmeabook @Larkken @Addison_Reads @Bookwormjillk @BookLineNSinker @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @Bookish_Thoughts @PuddleJumper @Zuhkeeyah @ShananigansReads @mcipher @JoyBlue 2mo

AllDebooks I'm concentrating on reviews this month. If I have time, I may start the Vivienne Westwood biography.

Vivienne Westwood: Provocateur

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sebrittainclark I'm behind on reviews, so I want to catch up. 2mo

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rubyslippersreads Like the rest of you, I need to catch up on reviews. 2mo

ShananigansReads I‘m just behind on reading. The library holds are coming in fast and furious. New releases I‘ve been waiting for are dropping left and right and I haven‘t touched an ARC in way too long. 2mo

DGRachel I do my reviews as I finish the books, so like @ShananigansReads I‘m just behind on the actual reading. I started the month with a plan to keep up with new due dates and then decided I was tired of stress-reading. I started an ARC that publishes next March and took a leisurely 11 days to read it. It was glorious and I missed the pub date for 2 more books. My goal for the weekend is to start another ARC. Maybe. 🤔 2mo

mcipher I‘m so behind on reviews! Also behind on books (library holds and new shiny books keep distracting me) but I keep letting the reviews stack up because it‘s not as fun as reading 😝 2mo

AllDebooks @sebrittainclark @rubyslippersreads @ShananigansReads @DGRachel @mcipher Do you write reviews for post publication books? I've missed the pub. deadline by months on some of my #arcs. It seems polite to still write a review, but is this still of any value to the author/publishers? 2mo

DGRachel I write them when I finish even if I‘ve missed the pub date if for no other reason than I don‘t want to my % worse than it already is. Plus. I think reviews are always helpful, even if the publisher doesn‘t go back. I copy my review in NetGalley and The StoryGraph and I review everything I read so it‘s just as easy to post in both places as one. 2mo

Julsmarshall I do reviews right after I finish, even if it is late, like @DGRachel . I‘m in the middle of 2 ARCs, one printed, one in netgalley. I‘m going to try to finish both of those and maybe one more. I am going to try to let other things go this weekend and read, read, read. I‘ve been working a lot and haven‘t had a reading weekend in awhile 😍 Thanks for the push, @AllDebooks ! 2mo

ShananigansReads @AllDebooks I still write them after party because it‘s the only way I remember anything that happened in the book, partly because I said I would when I signed up. 2mo

sebrittainclark @AllDebooks I've written reviews over a year after the book published 🙈. I figure better late than never. 2mo

Bookish_Thoughts I‘m going to try read both an upcoming ARC and a past pub date ARC. 2mo

AllDebooks @DGRachel @Julsmarshall @shenaniganreads @sebrittainclark thanks for the feedback. I'm going to write reviews for all of my loans. I'll post on amazon, too, to make amends for my tardiness. 😅 2mo

mcipher @AllDebooks I do, and I post them to Amazon/b&n because I‘m assuming it still helps the author some 🤷‍♀️ 2mo

Librarybelle I like the catching up on reviews idea! I‘ll concentrate on that this weekend as well and maybe finish one of the “in progress” books I have. 2mo

Zuhkeeyah I finished two ARCs in the last couple weeks and wrote my reviews on Thursday. I‘m feeling very accomplished so I might not tackle anymore this weekend. 2mo

rubyslippersreads @AllDebooks I work backwards and write a review for the most-recently read books. That‘s about the best I can do. 😏 2mo

AllDebooks @rubyslippersreads that makes sense. It's a good tip. Thanks. 🙂 2mo

AllDebooks @Zuhkeeyah oh well done! 🙂 2mo

AllDebooks @Bookish_Thoughts good luck. Enjoy. 📚🙂📚 2mo

AllDebooks @Librarybelle I hope it's a productive weekend. 🙂 2mo

Justmissc87 I just started on NetGalley this month. I‘ve got some pretty good reads going right now. I‘ve been trying to review as soon as I finish the book. So far I‘ve only finished one book. I‘m trying to pace myself. Plus, I still have a huge fall TBR. 2mo

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#NetgalleyGroup

What #ARCs have you read recently that you would recommend? 'Cos our tbr pile always has room for more. 😅📚📚📚📚

Zuhkeeyah I enjoyed the tagged book because it was different second chance romance from others I‘ve read

Anderson in Bloom

3mo

AllDebooks @Zuhkeeyah that looks good. 👌 3mo

AllDebooks One of the best autobiographies I've read in a long time. I especially recommend the audiobook for his narration.

Track Record: Me, Music, and the War on Blackness

3mo

rubyslippersreads I enjoyed this by one of my favorite authors,

The Hired Man: A Novel

3mo

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AllDebooks

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#NetGalleyGroup #NGG

It's our last day for July's #readathon 📚

How did you do?
Did you meet your goals?
Did the readathon help give you a nudge?

I've enjoyed hosting it. It's certainly helped give me a kickstart back into Netgalley life. I've enjoyed reading your comments and posts.

See you on 15th August for another round of #ARCs 😀

All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

AllDebooks Thank you for joining me. 😀 @Julsmarshall @Cazxxx @TiredLibrarian @bcncookbookclub @sebrittainclark @rubyslippersreads @Librarybelle @Twainy @bnp @TheSpineView @throwmeabook @Larkken 4mo

AllDebooks @Addison_Reads @Bookwormjillk @BookLineNSinker @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @tpixie @Bookish_Thoughts 4mo

DGRachel Umm…I read about 30 pages or so of the ARC I‘d planned to finish. It‘s just not holding my attention and I switched over to a nearly 400 page ebook that returns to the library in 3 days. There‘s always next weekend, right? 😂 4mo

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Librarybelle I did complete my #ALC (it‘s published tomorrow, so I‘ll post my review then). I did not start my #ARC , but I think I‘ll have a better plan going into the August reading…more specific goals and such. Thanks for bringing this back! 4mo

AllDebooks @DGRachel Well, 30 pages is better than nothing. I get why you would prioritise the library book. Thank you for joining in. 😀 4mo

AllDebooks @Librarybelle Yay, well done. 👏 I really needed spurring on, and it's always better to have company. 😀 4mo

AllDebooks I've 100 pages left of The Tesla Files. I could not stop reading! I'll start my fiction tonight. Of my 10 reviews, I've completed 5. I just need to post them now. 4mo

sebrittainclark I completed one of the ARCs I was reading, and caught up on the 4 reviews I needed to write. 4mo

Deblovestoread I didn‘t finish but did make progress. 4mo

AllDebooks @sebrittainclark That's great. Well done. 🙌 4mo

AllDebooks @Deblovestoread it all counts. 🙌 4mo

Bookish_Thoughts DNF‘ed one book, finished another, and caught up on reviews, so yay me. 🙂 This was fun! Thanks for hosting. 4mo

PuddleJumper Actually read an eARC today. It was fun but I was reading the Kindle version and it would randomly start a new line mid-word. It was so annoying! Seems to be a common issue when reading NetGalley books on Kindle 4mo

AllDebooks @Bookish_Thoughts that's great. Well done. 👏 4mo

AllDebooks @PuddleJumper I've never tried them on my Kindle as I've heard its problematic. Well done on finishing one. 👏 4mo

tpixie I‘ve failed so far… I‘ll have more time in 2026* to read, though. @AllDebooks (edited) 3mo

AllDebooks @tpixie you haven't failed, you were only considering joining. I can take you off the taglist, if you prefer. 3mo

tpixie @AllDebooks yes, let‘s do that. I may try next year! 3mo

AllDebooks @tpixie 👍 3mo

tpixie @AllDebooks 🌺 3mo

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#NetGalleyGroup #NGG

Let's share our recent #ARCs or #ALCs that we've enjoyed the most in 2025.
📚 What did you enjoy most about it?
📚 Is the author new to you?
📚 Would you read more by the author?

All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

BookmarkTavern I really enjoyed this mystery novel!

Writers and Liars

4mo

AllDebooks @BookmarkTavern I like the look of this 4mo

AllDebooks I really enjoyed Michelle Paver's new novel. A ghost story set in the rainforest of South America. One for #NaturaLitsy

Rainforest

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Librarybelle My favorite #ALC is this one, a top so far for 2025:

The Accidental Favorite: A Novel

4mo

Librarybelle As for an #ARC , this was an enjoyable read, since I‘m about all things The Golden Girls:

Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery

4mo

DGRachel My fav ARC read of the year is a Romantasy debut with sirens, so it has a bit of a dark, Hans Christian Andersen Little Mermaid vibe.

In the Veins of the Drowning

4mo

DGRachel @Librarybelle I have Murder by Cheesecake on my shelf to read. It sounds delightful! 4mo

DGRachel @BookmarkTavern I will have to look for that one. It sounds like it has all of my favorite mystery novel elements 😱 4mo

Bookish_Thoughts So far my favorite #ARC is The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. I‘ve read a lot of his work, but not all of it. (edited) 4mo

sebrittainclark My favorite I read in the last month was Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz, which is a cozy sci-fi novella about robots opening a restaurant. I've had Future of Another Timeline on my TBR for a while, but this was the first time I read one of their books, and I'll definitely read more.

Automatic Noodle

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AllDebooks @Bookish_Thoughts he is very good. I'm looking forward to reading this one. 4mo

AllDebooks @sebrittainclark lol, I love the title, and the plot sounds cute. ❤️ 4mo

AllDebooks @Librarybelle both of those look good. Golden girls cozy mystery is a genius idea. 4mo

AllDebooks @DGRachel that looks so good. 4mo

PuddleJumper I just got approved for the second in the Hollow and the Haunted duology - The Forsaken and the Fated, so would recommend that (😅) and the first in the series

The Hollow and the Haunted

4mo

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Graciouswarriorlibrarian

The Jackal's Mistress: A Novel | Chris Bohjalian

I attended a one day work conference and they had carts of arcs (advanced reading copies).

I felt like a kid in a candy store!

#arcs #workconference #funsurprise #readeverywhere #bookstagram #librarianlife #librarian