This definitely applies to me right now. My TBR is all Netgalley books. Will I stop requesting? I‘ve been looking on there every day just browsing and feeling tempted to go on another requesting spree but I‘ve decided that I‘ll stop for now until I catch up with what I have to read from there and then I‘ll start requesting again or I‘ll take a break from Netgalley ARCs and read my backlist.
Netgalley just said on Instagram that today is Read An Ebook Day. I‘m not reading an ebook right now but here‘s my view of my Netgalley Shelf app from my iPhone. I usually use my iPad to read the Netgalley ebooks and I use my phone to listen to the audiobooks from Netgalley. The ebooks look better when I read them on a bigger screen especially if they have pictures or illustrations. I have so many to read now. I‘m looking forward to reading them.
I just started listening to this book today. This ARC was sent to me by the publisher. I was approved for this one. This book is a nonfiction memoir written by a man who used to work for the Morgan Stanley bank and it‘s about finance and tech. I like it so far. It‘s nonfiction but it doesn‘t feel like nonfiction. It doesn‘t feel dry which is surprising. I thought this book was going to be boring but it‘s not.
Yay! This one sounded interesting to me. I didn‘t know that there was a YouTube channel for Craft Beer. I don‘t like the taste of regular beer but I liked the Seltzer Beer from Bud Light that I tried over the summer. It‘s a perfect drink for summer. I like sweet alcohol not regular alcohol. I also tried some Saint Arnold‘s craft beer over the summer called IPA and it was okay. I didn‘t really like it but I drank the whole can of it anyway.
1. Tagged! I read so many books in Aug that were my favorite but I really liked the tagged book and it‘s perfect for Spooky season.
2. Audiobooks. I‘ll read physical or ebooks if I can‘t find an audiobook for what I want to read but if I can, I‘ll listen to audiobooks.
3. Recently, it‘s been nonfiction because Netgalley has so many nonfiction books I want to read right now but that could change.
#wondrouswednesday
I was also approved for this ARC from Minotaur Books.
I was pre approved for more ARCs to read from St. Martin‘s Press and then when I was on Netgalley looking at my pending requests, I clicked on a book I requested called”If Flowers Were Little Monsters” which is a field guide about flowers that I wanted to read and I saw that the publisher archived the book on Sept 5 so I had to withdraw my request for the book because they didn‘t answer my request.
Happy Publication Day to this book too! I was hoping that I would have already read and finished this book and maybe read and finished I Dream Of Falling as well but it didn‘t work out that way for me. I‘m sure the publisher will understand if I‘m late getting both of these ARCs read and reviewed. I have too many ARCs to read this month because I requested more books than I can read at one time. I do better when I have less ARCs to read.
Happy Publication Day to this book! I‘m not finished with it today. I haven‘t read any of it today. I haven‘t decided yet if I‘m going to DNF it or not because I‘m not liking the characters in it.
1. It depends on what I‘m doing that day. If I‘m staying home then I change out of my nightgown into something comfortable to wear and then I change back into my nightgown before bed but if I leave the house then I change into a T-shirt and shorts and then when I get home, I‘ll change back into something comfortable and then put on my nightgown before bed.
2. Tagged! I‘ve seen the movie but I haven‘t read the book.
#two4tuesday
I ordered from 3 websites and I‘m excited. I ordered 2 necklaces from Taylor Bradshaw, preordered a 2025 reading tracker and 2 pairs of earrings from the Linkin Park merch store. I ordered an LP necklace with their logo on it a long time ago but I wanted some earrings to match my necklace. I probably didn‘t need 2 more necklaces or 2 more pairs of earrings but I wanted them. Life is boring when I don‘t have online orders to look forward to.
I just wanted to share this 2025 reading tracker from Novelly Yours. It‘s available to preorder now like the Instagram post says. I‘ve been liking the 2024 reading tracker. This was my first year using one so I preordered the 2025 one. Novelly Yours is a small bookish business. Definitely support small businesses if you can. I wish I could support everyone but I‘m doing what I can do right now.
I‘m sharing this merch that I ordered from Taylor Bradshaw, an independent folk musician from NYC. He just made some new necklaces. One is a wildflower necklace with real wildflowers and the other is a Birch Leaf necklace made with real leaves. He hasn‘t been signed to a record label yet. I‘ve been supporting him for a while after I saw him advertising his music on Facebook and I feel really good about it.
#tuesdaytunes
I decided to start this book instead of The Money Trap. This Netgalley ARC is coming out September 17 and so is the other Netgalley ARC The Money Trap but I figured that maybe this one would be a quick read. I don‘t know if I‘ll get finished today or if I‘ll end up bailing on this book. I definitely won‘t be able to start and finish The Money Trap on Sept 17. I don‘t know if I like this book or not. I don‘t really like the characters that much.
pickThank you Macmillan Audio for sending me an audio ARC of this book! I enjoyed this book. I liked everything about this book and I liked that this book has a music element to it. I thought that was really fun getting to hear what the song was supposed to sound like. This was my first book by Brom but it won‘t be my last.
On Sale: 9/17/24
#netgalleyarc
I usually read 1 book at a time but right now, I‘m currently reading the short stories each week from Sherlock Holmes for the #noplacelikeholmes readalong and I‘m reading Evil In Me by Brom which is a Netgalley ARC being published on Sept 17 but I‘m almost finished with it.
#sundayfunday
I‘m almost finished with this Netgalley ARC. It‘s being published on Sept 17 but I‘ll be able to get finished with this book before then. I‘m enjoying this book. I also have 2 more Netgalley ARCs being published on Sept 17: The Money Trap and I Dreamed Of Falling. After I finish my current read, I can start The Money Trap but I probably won‘t finish it by the 17th. I probably won‘t start I Dreamed Of Falling this week.
For #weeklyfavorites, I‘m sharing this Netgalley ARC being published on October 1 that‘s about gardens.
I‘m going to participate in #spookoween in Oct and I decided to sign up for #hauntedshelf too. I was looking at this and I wasn‘t sure if I should sign up because I have a lot of Netgalley ARCs to read in October but this sounds like fun and I don‘t want to miss out. The only thing I‘m being haunted by right now is my Netgalley ARCs which is interesting because Halloween is next month.
1. I‘ve been watching the Love Life Women‘s Conference at home. I‘m going to be watching it on Sat at 1 PM for the last time and then it‘ll be back in 2025.
2. I was approved for a lot of Netgalley ARCs this week.
3. I ordered some necklaces from Taylor Bradshaw, an independent folk musician from NYC.
4. I preordered a 2025 reading tracker from Novelly Yours.
5. I‘m going to be participating in #spookoween in Oct.
#5joysfriday
Fall: Murder On The Orient Express - Agatha Christie. I enjoyed this book when I read it in Oct 2020.
Spring: The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett. It‘s set during Spring but I read it last Fall and I enjoyed it.
Summer: Never Lie - Freida McFadden. I read this one over the summer and I enjoyed it.
Winter: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. I reread it last Winter and I enjoyed it.
#ihavequestions
I‘m looking forward to participating in #spookoween. I have some Netgalley ARCs to read in October and I think this would be perfect for me to participate in. If I have time during the month after reading my ARCs, maybe I‘ll read some spooky books. It just depends on how many ARCs I have to read.
I was having a hard time sleeping today so I decided to start listening to this book. I listened to the first two chapters and it‘s really good. This is one of my Netgalley ARCs that‘s being released on Sept 17. This is my first book by Brom. I just found out that he‘s the same author who wrote Slewfoot. I haven‘t read Slewfoot but I‘ve seen people online talking about it.
I‘m not sure if I can recommend anything because I don‘t read enough mysteries or thrillers and usually after I read them, I don‘t reread them because once I know how the mystery ends in the book then it‘s not fun for me anymore.
#threelistthursday
so-soThis book is not in the Litsy database.
Thank you Meerkat Press & Netgalley for making this book available as a Read Now book! This book was okay. It was very creative but I didn‘t like it very much. I never felt emotionally invested in the story but it was a quick read.
On Sale: 12/3/24
#netgalleyarc
pickThank you Chronicle Books & Netgalley for making this book available as a Read Now book! I enjoyed this book. I thought it was interesting reading the notes people wrote and looking at the pictures of the flowers and I also liked that at the end of the book, it tells you what kind of flowers to send someone depending on what occasion it is.
On Sale: 9/24/24
#netgalleyarc
pickThank you Quarto Publishing & Netgalley for making this available on Netgalley as a Read Now book! I enjoyed reading this book and looking at the pictures of the gardens. If you‘re interested in reading about gardens then I would recommend reading this book.
On Sale: 10/1/24
#netgalleyarc
I was just approved for these 2 books and some other ones that I requested too. These are both being released in October by Hachette Books. I‘m excited about these. I‘m looking forward to reading them. These would be perfect to read in October. I‘ve been in a nonfiction reading mood lately because the nonfiction books from Netgalley have been really good and I want to read a lot of them which means I don‘t feel like reading what I own right now.
1. Yes. These are 2 pictures from March when I went to the Water Wall in downtown Houston with my brother and my sister in law. That‘s me in the red shirt and shorts. We spent the whole day in Houston and for dinner, we went out to eat with my stepmom because it was her birthday weekend.
2. Tagged! This Netgalley ARC coming out in Oct is a nonfiction book about gardens. I‘m almost finished reading it. I‘m enjoying it so far.
#wondrouswednesday
I cleaned my room and decided to put my books on this table in my room so I can get my books off of the floor. Now, I can see all the books I have. If I want to read them, it‘ll be easier for me to get to them. Having them stacked on the floor wasn‘t working out for me.
I started this book on Monday after I finished my last book. I‘m close to getting done with this book. I only have 9 more gardens to read about. I‘m enjoying this book. I learned in a chapter in this book that in Lynchburg, Virginia, there‘s a garden called Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest. I didn‘t know Thomas Jefferson had a garden. I thought that was interesting. Other than that, I don‘t know that much about American History.
Last Thursday, I watched Linkin Park‘s livestream with their new singer and last Friday, I watched the music video for their new single. I enjoyed the livestream and the new single is good. The music video is cool but it‘s just not the same without Chester. I can‘t even listen to their music anymore without feeling sad or depressed and I love their music. I‘ve been a LP fan since I was a little girl.
#tuesdaytunes
The publisher approved my request for this book. This is an LP book. I‘m going to love it because I‘m an LP fan but here‘s what they said and my email back to them. Maybe my Netgalley bio should have been filled out like that to start with. Mine wasn‘t so I updated it. I‘m going to have to keep it updated if anything changes. I don‘t think the numbers are going to change because I hardly get any likes or comments on my stuff on social media.
pickThank you Chronicle Books & Netgalley for sending me a digital ARC of this book! This book has pictures and gives you tips on how to create your own book nook. I don‘t really feel like I got anything out of reading this book but I enjoyed reading this book and looking at the pictures.
On Sale: 9/17/24
#netgalleyarc
I‘m sharing some book recommendations about weird girls. I‘ve always thought I was weird and awkward because I‘m Autistic and I‘ve been Autistic my whole life. I used to be a member of an app called MeetMe and a guy that I was chatting with on there told me that I‘m weird and my response was,”A lot of people are weird.” And he said,” I know that.”
https://fable.co/blog/weird-girl-book-recommendations
pickThank you St. Martin‘s Press & Macmillan Audio for both of my ARCs of this book! I don‘t know anything about AI. I don‘t follow any sort of news that has to do with AI. I‘ve only played around with AI for fun so I didn‘t think I would like this book very much but I liked this book. I found it very interesting hearing about how AI was created and I liked learning about the tech startups.
On Sale: 9/10/24
#netgalleyarc
I was wrong about the publication date of this book. I thought it was being released today, September 9 but it‘s actually being released tomorrow, September 10. I was worried that I was going to be late getting this book read and reviewed but I‘m on time. That makes me feel better because I just finished reading this book.
I‘m reading this Netgalley ARC being published today and I‘m still not finished with it but I have an hr and a half left in the audio ARC so I should be able to get finished today. This is a nonfiction book about AI, ChatGPT and also tech startups like Google, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter so I would say that this book is set in the USA.
#whereintheworld
Thank you for the tag @TheSpineView
I had to look up books for this on Google because I didn‘t know and this book is one of the books that came up. I didn‘t know that there were middle grade about 9/11. When 9/11 happened, I was 11 years old and in 6th grade. My older brother and I still went to school that day. My mom didn‘t pull us out of school. My mom said that a lot of parents pulled their kids out of school that day.
#middlegrademonday
I went on another Netgalley requesting spree. I saw too many books I wanted to read and I still keep looking on Netgalley every day for books to read even though I have a lot of ARCs to read right now. I need to stop requesting more ARCs to read until I catch up with what I have to read right now. If I don‘t stop requesting then I won‘t catch up and I don‘t want to be behind on ARCs.
Here‘s my progress on this Netgalley ARC that I‘m reading. It‘s 3 AM right now. It‘s being published on Monday but I‘m still not finished yet. Maybe I can finish on Monday and then post my review afterwards. If I don‘t finish this book on Monday or have my review posted afterwards then I‘ll be 1 day late. It‘s hard to read ARCs on time when I have a lot of them. I have about 21 ARCs to read this month.
Here‘s my progress on this ARC. I‘d like to keep going because this is interesting but I‘ve read enough of this book today. It‘s 3 AM so I‘m going to go to bed and read more of this tomorrow.
This book is about AI and ChatGPT and it talks about tech startups. I don‘t know anything about AI but I think this book is interesting. This book is being published on Mon, Sept 9. I have 3 hrs left in my audio ARC of this book. Will I get finished by Monday? I‘m getting close to the publication day so I don‘t know but I think I can do it if I set aside 3 hours at night just to read this book. I can do that. I‘m up all night anyway.
For #weeklyfavorites, I‘m sharing this nonfiction book from Netgalley that I read as a Read Now book. It‘s being published on September 10. It‘s a book about fashion. It‘s about a costume store in Los Angeles. I enjoyed it.
Here‘s my progress on this Netgalley ARC that I started. I was approved for the ebook of this book from St. Martin‘s Press and approved for the audiobook of this book from Macmillan Audio. I listened to this book while I was walking my dog at the park today. I left the house at 3:30 PM and I got back home at 5 PM. The weather was nice so why not spend the afternoon at the park? The weather will be nice on Sunday too so I want to go again.
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