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#NetGalleyNovember 2023 My Reading List @NeverEndingNG

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NetGalleyNovember Goals (1)This great challenge is back again for 2023. I’ve worked hard on my ratio and I don’t have that many books on my NetGalley shelf but some of them have been there a really long time. Since 2019 in the case of the oldest one.

So what is NetGalley November? Basically it’s a month long readathon where you focus on reading books on your NetGalley shelf. Whether you start with a shelf of books in single figures or one with hundreds of books, the aim is to end up with a better NetGalley ratio then when you started, and of course enjoy talking about the books you read with others.

Follow the progress of all the participants on Twitter and Instagram – or better still, join in!

NetGalley November 2022 BingoI’ve based my reading list on the #NetGalleyNovember Bingo card. I have one gap I can’t fill – unless I request a book specifically to match it which seems rather to defeat the object! Links from the titles will take you to the book description on Goodreads but eventually, I hope, to my review.

Newest approval: The Teacher by Tim Sullivan
Published this year: The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou by Eleni Kyriacou
New to you author: Mrs Whistler by Matthew Pamplin
Most anticipated: Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
Buddy read: Rebellion (Eagles of Empire #22) by Simon Scarrow (not technically a buddy read but I’m taking part in the blog tour)
Green cover: The Diver and the Lover by Jeremy Vine (green-ish)
Title beginning with ‘N’: X
One you’ve been putting off: Second Sister by Chan Ho-Kei (it’s over 500 pages)
Oldest approval: The Binding by Bridget Collins

20 Books Of Summer 2023 Reading Challenge #20booksofsummer23

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20-books-of-summerI cannot believe it’s already time for this annual challenge run by my namesake Cathy at 746 Books.  This year it takes place between Thursday 1st June and Friday 1st September 2023.  I’ve participated for the past few years but only managed to complete it once, in 2021.

As (the other) Cathy explains, the rules are simple.  Take the Books of Summer image, pick your own 10, 15 or 20 books you’d like to read and add your link to Cathy’s master post so she knows you’re taking part.

The rules are accommodating as well.  Want to swap a book? Go for it.  Fancy changing your list half way through? No problem.  Deciding to drop your goal from 20 to 15? She’s fine with that too.

I’m aiming for the full 20 once again and, as last year, I’m targeting the paperback books that have been in my TBR pile the longest according to Goodreads. Most are books I bought myself; a few (whisper) are review copies. All have been there an embarrassingly long time. Why just paperbacks? Well, because they’re double-stacked at the moment and it looks untidy on my bookshelf! If I enjoy them and think I might want to read them again, they’ll go back on the bookshelf.  If not, they’ll go on the pile for the charity bookshop. I’ve also included a couple of unread hardback books from prior years’ challenges.

You can find my list below.  Links from the titles will take you to the book description on Goodreads. I’ll update them with links to my reviews when – note, not if – I’ve read them.

  1. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (waiting since October 2017)
  2. Treason by James Jackson (waiting since November 2017)
  3. Transcription by Kate Atkinson (waiting since January 2018)
  4. The Draughtsman by Robert Lautner (waiting since March 2018)
  5. The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle by Kirsty Wark (waiting since March 2018)
  6. The Painter of Souls by Philip Kazan (waiting since April 2018)
  7. Appetite by Philip Kazan (waiting since April 2018)
  8. Anna of Kleve by Alison Weir (waiting since June 2018)
  9. Wrecker by Noel O’Reilly (waiting since August 2018)
  10. China Blue by Madalyn Morgan (waiting since October 2018)
  11. Chasing Ghosts by Madalyn Morgan (waiting since October 2018)
  12. Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce (waiting since March 2019)
  13. Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts (waiting since March 2019)
  14. In Two Minds by Alis Hawkins (waiting since March 2019)
  15. The Cross and the Curse by Matthew Harffy (waiting since May 2019)
  16. Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt (waiting since August 2019)
  17. A Stranger in my Grave by Margaret Millar (waiting since September 2019)
  18. The Night Raids by Jim Kelly (waiting since January 2020)
  19. The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant by Kayte Nunn (waiting since February 2020)
  20. To Calais, In Ordinary Time by James Meek (waiting since February 2020)

Wish me luck! If you’re taking part too, enjoy your summer of reading.