Netgalley November Starts TOMORROW!

I know how valuable NetGalley and Edelweiss are to we bloggers. They make it so much easier for publishers to share galleys of their upcoming and recently released titles, and easier for us to receive them and review them.

Sometimes, I think it’s a little TOO easy.

I tend to get a little… um… carried away. I see all the shiny, pretties and I WANT THEM ALL. So, I get a little click-happy, then a little giddy when I get the approval e-mails, then reality sets in. Oh. Crap. Now I need to be a good blogger and do what I promised I’d do and read them all, preferably before their release date.

The likelihood of you getting approved for books on these sites depends on a few things. Of course, your tenure as a blogger is part of it, as well as your current stats. Another factor is your feedback-to-approval ratio. It’s ideal to keep that ratio at a minimum of 80%. I’m currently sitting at 57.8%. Not good, Krista. Not good.

So, I was eager to sign up for NetGalley November, sponsored by Kayleigh from K-Books; Faye from A Daydreamer’s Thoughts; and Laura from Bookish Treasures, in the hopes that it will encourage me to clear out my NetGalley TBR pile and get up to that coveted 80%.

I currently have to read a minimum of 10 books to reach 80% on NetGalley. I’m going to start with the books releasing in November first, followed by a few older books that were released this past summer/fall. My goal books are:

The Edge of Always, by J.A. Redmerski – release date 11/5/13
Pawn, by Aimee Carter – release date 11/26/13
Crash Into You, by Katie McGarry – release date 11/26/13
The Temptation of Lila and Ethan, by Jessica Sorensen – release date 10/22/13
Hard to Handle, by Jessica Lemmon – release date 10/1/13
Can’t Let Go, by Jessica Lemmon – release date 9/3/13
The Bet, by Rachel Van Dyken – release date 6/25/13
The Wager, by Rachel Van Dyken – release date 10/1/13
Twisted, by K.A. Robinson – release date 5/7/13
Breaking Nova, by Jessica Sorensen – release date 9/3/13

I also have three books on deck from Edelweiss that I’d like to knock out during this challenge:

Foreplay, by Sophie Jordan – release date 11/5/13
How To Run With a Naked Werewolf, by Molly Harper – release date 12/31/13
Rome, by Jay Crownover – release date 1/7/14

I’ll check in with you each Friday in November to let you know how I’m doing. Wish me luck!