I have now read and reviewed 100 books for NetGalley. In case you’ve not heard of NetGalley, it’s a website where reviewers can request advance copies of books from the publishers. My statistics are: 100 with Feedback Sent, 15 ‘Will Not Give Feedback’ (i.e. I abandoned reading them because I either really disliked them or there were format problems) and 7 Declined Requests (i.e. the publisher did not want me to have a copy for whatever reason). These are pretty good stats! If my main source of books was NetGalley, I would probably have read 500 by now, but I limit the number I request because I mainly get new books from the library.
I enjoy reading books for NetGalley because I like the variety of genres and publishers and how easy it is to download books and give feedback. Sometimes I read reviews on there and there are some excellent reviewers. Some I feel are not really into the spirit of it, with a 1 sentence review or simply copying over a summary of the book.
Here are my top 10 books which I have read for NetGalley, from 2018 until the present:
In Miniature by Simon Garfield
The End of the Road by Jack Cooke
Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka
Out There by Kate Folk
Tunnel 29 by Helena Merriman
The Image of Her by Sonia Velton
Simply Vegan Baking by Freya Cox (one of the cakes I made is shown below)
The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
Nightshade Revenge by Anthony Horowitz
We Can Be Heroes by Paul Burston
Well done, that’s a great ratio. My netgalley ratio is pretty low, I think it’s only about 40% and I’d like to improve it, but I borrow a lot from my library, plus I have a lot of unread books too so I feel guilty prioritising arcs.
Thank you! I try to read the Netgalley ones before the publication date, I don’t want to feel pressured though which is why I only request them occasionally with plenty of time to read them in.