It wasn't long after I started blogging that I first discovered NetGalley, and I have to say, it has become one of my most frequently visited websites throughout this year. Librarians, booksellers, bloggers, and other folks who work with books can sign up for an account, request advanced copies of books they like, and submit their reviews using NetGalley's interface. Not only is it easy to use, but there are a fair number of titles on the site, and I learned about books I never would have otherwise heard about just from browsing the catalog. NetGalley is also on Twitter, and they send out a really useful and informative email whenever a new publisher joins the site, or when something new is happening.
I feel very fortunate to have read and reviewed 30 titles from NetGalley this year.Here they are, in what I think is pretty close to the order in which I read them. Click an image to view the book's Goodreads page. Click the title to read my review.
 | Just Grace and the Double Surprise by Charise Mericle Harper (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) |
 | Pearl Verses the World by Sally Murphy (Candlewick Press) |
 | Shine by Lauren Myracle (Abrams Books) |
 | Blueberry Queen by Marci Peschke (Capstone) |
 | Invisible Inkling by Emily Jenkins (HarperCollins) |
 | Nerd Girls by Alan Lawrence Sitomer (Disney-Hyperion) |
 | Mallory's Guide to Boys, Brothers, Dads and Dogs by Laurie Friedman (Lerner Publishing Group) |
 | The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson (HarperCollins) |
 | Mission (Un)Popular by Anna Humphrey (Disney-Hyperion) |
 | The Magnolia League by Katie Crouch (Hachette Book Group) |
 | My Misadventures as a Teenage Rock Star by Joyce Raskin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) |
 | Turkey Monster Thanksgiving by Anne Warren Smith (Albert Whitman & Company) |
 | Clementine and the Family Meeting by Sara Pennypacker (Disney-Hyperion) |
 | Alexis and the Lake Tahoe Tumult by Erica Rodgers (Barbour Publishing, Inc.) |
 | Elizabeth's Amarillo Adventure by Renae Brumbaugh (Barbour Publishing, Inc.) |
 | Sydney's Outer Banks Blast by Jean Fischer (Barbour Publishing, Inc.) |
 | Alexis and the Arizona Escapade by Erica Rodgers (Barbour Publishing, Inc.) |
 | Fetching by Kiera Stewart (Disney-Hyperion) |
 | Faith and the Camp Snob by Jen Jones (Capstone) |
 | Fashion Kitty and the B.O.Y.S. by Charise Mericle Harper (Disney-Hyperion) |
 | The Mystery of the Blue Ring by Patricia Reilly Giff (Open Road Media) |
 | Ditched by Robin Mellom (Disney-Hyperion) |
 | The Summer I Lost It by Natalie Kath (Capstone) |
 | Mallory's Super Sleepover by Laurie Friedman (Lerner Publishing Group) |
 | Zombie Cows Michael Broad (Lerner Publishing Group) |
 | Reel Life Starring Us Lisa Greenwald (ABRAMS) |
 | The Darlings In Love by Melissa Kantor (Disney-Hyperion) |
 | Willa Bean's Cloud Dreams by Cecilia Galante (Random House) |
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Hi Katie,
ReplyDeleteIt was great meeting you through the Cybils this year. I signed up for NetGalley back in the summer, at the time I wasn't interested in many of the titles. Any secrets to finding which books are worth checking out? I must admit I have only checked out the site a few times so far.
Happy Holidays
Darshana
Hi, Darshana,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed working with you on Cybils as well. I think it helps to check NetGalley regularly, as there are a lot of publishers on there, and they don't all update their catalogs at the same time. I usually browse the site in two ways - I either click on "browse by recent" or "browse by genre" and then select children's.
The site provides details about each title, which sometimes helps me, but generally, I stick to authors I know, series I'm already hooked on, and new books that seem similar to ones I've liked in the past. My favorite publisher on there is probably Disney-Hyperion, since they had a lot of tween fiction this year. I also like Lerner and Random House a lot.
It can be hit or miss. I haven't requested any titles in a month or so, probably, but there will be months where five or six books will catch my eye and I'll have to decide how many I can reasonably tackle.
Happy Holidays to you, too!
Katie