I am finally.. finally free from my Netgalley obligations!!! That’s right.. completely and totally free!
I do not have a 100% feedback ratio. Because of the way I requested books at one point a lot of the books became unavailable because I took to long to get to them.. I am NEVER over requesting books again. From now on.. it’s one or two at a time.
Look at that 87% feedback rating… feels so good! I feel badly about the 15 novels that fell through the cracks.. some of them I didn’t review because they were problematic and I didn’t want to read them and others because I didn’t manage my time right and no longer had access to those books, but I got to a majority of the books and it feels like a true success!
I’m going to steer clear of Netgalley for a while.. I have quite a few books on my shelves and ebooks that I want to get to. I have some books on my shelves I should have read a LONG time ago, but now I am free to read what I want. Maybe I’ll reread a few things. Who knows? I might request the occasional Netgalley read, but for now my book shelves look really good to me.
This Netgalley clean-up took months! I kinda messed things up for myself when I did my book a day thing for the longest time.. it burned me out. Especially writing reviews all the time. It made me so unhappy with my blog and I just wanted to get back to writing posts the way I used to… daily, but whatever I wanted. It’d be nice to do some tags again. I have a couple of projects I’m thinking of doing. All I know is.. it feels good to be free!
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It must be a wonderful feeling! Well done x
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It is! Thank you!
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I can’t wait to have this feeling. I download all of my books straight away so I am hoping to have a very high feedback ratio. Still got a very big mountain to climb though. I’m going to have to be strict with myself and not request any more books. Congratulations and well done 😊
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It took forever, but banning myself from requesting any more books helped me a lot.
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I’ve definitely been doing that or at least limiting myself to one a month for next year.
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That’s great! It’s so easy to get caught up in so many new releases. All I wanted was to finally be able to read what I already owned.
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Hahaha well done !!🤣🤣
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Thanks so much! ❤️
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Nice!! I’ve got several sitting on NetGalley that won’t be released until halfway through next year… so, I won’t be ready them anytime soon.
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That’s good. I just felt the need to finally be free of the whole obligation of it. I hope you enjoy your reads when you get to them!
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I hear ya!
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Good for you! I could never do it but good for you!💕 87% is so awesome!💕
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I’m really happy about it! It feels good to be free!
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Ahh that’s so wonderful!! I hope to be able to do the same one day, but for now I have 40-something books to read and review 😩
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That’s where I was and I was drowning! I’m so happy I’m finally out of that hole!
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I’m glad you were able to save yourself, gives me hope 😄😄
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Well done, all the hard work paid off!
Since Netgalley changed their rules for international bloggers I can only wish for books (and never get them!) so I can’t over request anymore, but I remember the feeling of getting up to date and it feels so good!
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The international rules make me sad.. I’m sorry that they made it that way. Wishing is like winning the lottery I swear. It’s one thing about Netgalley that i don’t like.
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I could’ve cried when they changed it! I think out of 15 books I wished for, I actually got 1….and then I gave up wishing for any!!!
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That makes me so sad… they need to do more for international bloggers you all work so hard… it always makes me wish I had the money to do international book depository giveaways.. but I’m so broke.. one day I want to give back to all of you.
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You don’t need to do that but what a lovely thought, and I’m right there with you on being broke!!! ❤
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I also have been trying to decrease my ARCs from Edelweiss and it feels so good
Congratulations I guess ❤
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Thanks so much! I really appreciate it! Good luck with your arc mountain!
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Well done!
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Thank you! 😊
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GIRL, Congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻! This is in fact a great coincidence. I was seriously thinking about not requesting more books until I finished reading the ARCs that I have and I have only 3 left to read so I’m very excited 💪🏻
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Congratulations!!! That’s awesome!!! I’m not going to be requesting for a while. I have some great reads at home at want to get to.
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I’m almost completely done with my Netgalley/other review site obligations, only a few more to go! Congrats!
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Thank you! It feels really good! Good luck with your reads!
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Congrats on achieving the freedom !! Hopefully I get there soon. Only 4 to go.
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Congratulations! That’s super close! I hope you enjoy your final reads!
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Congrats!!! That’s awesome!!!
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Thanks so much! ❤️
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You’re welcome!😊
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Congrats, Tiana! I’ve gotten more selective about what I request because I have so many books I’ve bought that haven’t been read yet.
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I hope that you to all those awesome books soon!
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Great job!
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Thanks so much!
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Awesome to hear! Netgalley is a fantastic resource but things can get crazy in no time.
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For real! Just happy to be able to read whatever I want now!
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That’s for sure! I wish you luck with it.. it can get hard to control.. especially when sometimes you think you won’t get approved.. I made a mistake by over-requesting. I’m just glad I’m finally free.
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87% is pretty badass! I kinda stopped reading e-books often so I’m still going through my list pretty slowly. Hopefully I’ll be free one day too.
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Take your time.. one day the freedom will feel amazing!
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Great job! It sounds like Netgalley is easy to get tied up in, but that’s awesome you get to read whatever you want now. 🙂
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It is! I’m so happy about it!
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I’m glad you were able to get through your Netgalley reads. I’m kind’ve glad I don’t have an account there because I feel like I’d be requesting books all the time and would feel guilty if I didn’t finish them.
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It did make me feel guilty. It’s why I cut down on it so hard. I’m just excited to be free!
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I have found this to be a problem with me as well! I have stopped requesting any new Netgalley books until I can get through the ones I already have, yikes!!! It gets stressful!!!
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It does get stressful, but using it responsibly makes things a lot better.
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