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#NetGalleyNovember Reading Challenge – The Results @NeverEndingNG

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The #NetGalleyNovember reading challenge is over for another year and it’s time to see how I did.

I managed to read seven books from my NetGalley shelf (see below) including my oldest approval, The Labyrinth of the Spirits. You can probably work out why it was my oldest approval when I tell you it was over 800 pages long. Links from the book titles will take you to the book description on Goodreads or to my review. My thanks to the publishers who provided me with the review copies via NetGalley, some of them a very long time ago…

My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor (Review to follow)
Death to the Emperor by Simon Scarrow
Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver
The Weather Woman by Sally Gardner
Forest of Foes by Matthew Harffy (Review to follow for blog tour)
The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz

Unfortunately, although I read the number of books I targeted my feedback ratio didn’t increase by as much as I’d hoped because of new approvals, mostly for blog tours. And I didn’t manage to complete all the squares on the #NetGalleyNovember Bingo card. However, I very much enjoyed participating in the challenge and sharing my progress with the other bloggers taking part. My thanks to the Neverending NetGalley team for organising the challenge once again.

My Five Favourite November 2022 Reads

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My Five Favourite November 2022 Reads

I read eleven books in November, seven of which were books for the #NetGalleyNovember reading challenge. Links from each title will take you to my review or the book description on Goodreads if I haven’t got around to writing the review yet! You can find a list of all the books I’ve read so far in 2022 here.  If we’re not already friends on Goodreads, send me a friend request or follow my reviews.

My thanks to Moonflower Books, Canongate, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Vintage and Head of Zeus for providing me with review copies, including via NetGalley.

The Coming Darkness by Greg Mosse (Moonflower Books) – a clever, fast-paced and compelling thriller, set in the near future, with interesting characters, an intricate plot, a constant sense of jeopardy and plenty of surprises.

The Night Ship by Jess Kidd (Canongate) – A haunting, imaginative and enthralling book in which the author has taken a true story and used it to create something magical.

The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) – An epic novel with everything I look for in historical fiction: passion, intrigue, adventure and a completely immersive experience.

My Father’s House by Joseph O’Connor (Vintage) – A compelling and intriguing literary thriller set in Vatican City in WW2, based on the true story of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty who smuggled thousands of Jews and escaped Allied prisoners out of Italy under the noses of the Nazis.

The Weather Woman by Sally Gardner (Head of Zeus) – A delightfully imaginative and heartwarming historical novel with some unforgettable characters.

What were your favourite books last month? Have you read any of my picks?