So it’s the end of the first week of trying to catch up on netgalley reads. How am I doing you ask? Not well at all, I said I was starting with Bellman and Black by Diane Setterfield, I got half way through then realised I am struggling for time (other commitments too), also I need a break from it, it’s quite a hard going, fairly bland (not in a bad way) book.
I am now going to read this one first instead.
So a week in, I have read 0 Netgalley books. 😦 I am quite saddened and ashamed by this. I am going on holiday in just over a week, so I am hoping I can read quite a few whilst there.
How are you getting on this week?
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A World of Books 
Good luck to you. I’ve got a bit of a Netgalley backlog myself and I have read 0 books this month as well. I find that I have so many choices that I often spend too much time trying to settle on one and then I waste precious time I could be using reading and reviewing.
– I’m a little more than halfway through Bellman & Black as we speak, looks like we are having an eerily similar 1st week of November 🙂
How are you finding Bellman and Black, I am enjoying but I think I am going to leave it for a bit, need something with a bit more action for a while then go back to it. What other books do you have on backlog? Just a bit eerie, but it’s always good to find out your not the only person in that position 🙂 Good luck to you too.
Your holiday sounds like the perfect opportunity to get suck in to the challenge.
I have really noticed that my approval rating has gone done since Netgalley started to provide a percentage on my profile.I am really hoping that this challenge will help me to tackle my Netgalley TBR and improve the situation.
After the first week I am at approx. 50%. I don’t know how close to 80% I will get ( my math’s isn’t very good) but I am aiming to read 8 books during the challenge. So far I have managed 2!
My plan is to start with the recently published and work my way back through my galleys
Now, if only I could resist the urge to request more titles…
Ye I am having that trouble too, keep getting approved so my rating goes down. How many books do you have sitting in your pile? Well your doing way better than me, ye I hope a relaxing holiday will help me knock out a few, if I can do three or four whilst I am away I will consider it a success.
Good luck, please keep me updated on how your doing 🙂