For those of you that don't know what I mean by NetGalley, NetGalley is a website publishers use to give away ebook versions of advance reader copies of upcoming novels for librarians, booksellers, bloggers/vloggers and other people.
After resisting for a long time, I got an account and... well, it's far too easy to request an eProof and to be accept (publishers, you can decline me if you want. I get thrilled when I get a "We're decline your very kind offer"). I do culls if my tastes change but some books I've requested have been on my kindle since 2015/2016 and I feel like I should admit to my guilt of a slow reader and the fact I request these and I will read them or might read them one day.
I won't show you my most recent request as I have plans on a few. Maybe in a few weeks/month. Definitely am going to do this again before the year is out so, let me show you some of the oldest and the oddest choices (as I like to choose random stories on NetGalley to push myself in reading new genres/authors/etc)...
This, at the present moment in time, is the oldest unread NetGalley on my kindle and I WILL READ THIS! I have plans to read this - blame me reading Two Nights by Kathy Reichs. But I like creepy crime thrillers so the idea that this book revolves round a body found in a frozen sheet of ice sounds gripping and terrifying!
I am not a fan of horror. I get spooked SUPER easily. So why do I have this and one/two other "horror" type stories on my NetGalley TBR, I hear you ask? Because I want to be brave. I want to read new genres and push myself. Beside, though some people's reactions, this sounds more like a creepy psychology thriller and I, weirdly, enjoy reading psychology thrillers. So, while I think this will have me on the edge of my seat, the other horror stories might have me up late at night, freaking out...
I am not much of a history bluff. If you follow my reading on here or any of my social media, I stick very much to fantasy and sci-fi. But there's something about the Tudors I love, so when I saw this on NetGalley, even though I knew I wouldn't read it for quite some time, I really wanted to read it. This is the second book in the series (each book will follow a different wife of Henry VIII) so they are standalones. But Anne, Jane Seymour (Henry's third) and Catherine Parr (Henry's last wife) intrigue me...
Now we're talking about a genre I enjoy reading - thrillers. And this sounds a little messed-up. Four friends decided, as a way to strengthen their friendship, to tell each other a secret in letter-form. You can tell already that this is going to end badly, right? So, we have four friends, four letters, four secrets - so what will happen when they discover a fifth letter, revealing a secret so big that the writer tried to destroy it? This sounds so up my street, I excited to read this in the next few months...
Of course I asked/requested this. Am a huge fan of the Great British Bake Off (but will I watch this now it's moved off the BBC and onto Channel 4...? Still not sure.) so when I heard that the Nadiya was writing a novel (with a possible ghost writer), I was intrigued. And with the story following four Muslin sisters, each struggling with something, I was sold. Now, as they say, the proof of the pudding is in the eating - or in this case, reading...
Ok, I think we can all admit that this, while a good marketing tool and idea, we all knew that this was Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult. We all knew. And I really REALLY want to read Jodi Picoult. And this story sounded so good and complex. But am very hesitant over reading this because of two reasons: the first is that this is going to be a tough read - it's tackles tough issues and it's going to disturb me. The second is because this is a Jodi Picoult. This woman is a big deal and I am little intimidated to read her. I will try and read this or another of her works, but I have this for when I'm ready...
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