NetGalley November 2023

I decided that I’m going to do this back in the middle of August (same with my All Hallows Reads!), but I’ve decided that it’s time that I get my TBR under control. Mainly my NetGalley TBR (both my eProofs and my audiobooks).

Now, I did this last year (I forgot I did), but for those of you not sure what NetGalley is, NetGalley is a website where publishers can “aimed at the distribution of digital … proofs of books [and audiobooks], some of which have not yet been released” to booksellers, librarians, reviewers, educators and bloggers to help promote the title. So, it’s free? No, because in exchange for this, you must leave a review and promote the title.

Now, earlier this year, something strange happened my kindle/Amazon account (was it hacked? Did they delete it by accident? Who knows?!) but most of my eProofs from NetGalley that were on my kindle were wiped so I had to start again from scratch. And with NetGalley’s ideal feedback percentage for users being 80% (and mine is at 51% at time of writing), I needed to get self back on track with reading/review. I have been a bit on-the-outs of blogging/review of late so I want to push self into blogging again. 

I have some titles in mind I want to read/audio this month. I want them to be slightly different from last month’s “spooky” reading, but you know me, I love a good creepy thriller/fantasy. Plus, I don’t exactly stick to my reading plans as I am very much a mood reader. But, like I said, I do have a few titles I would like to attempt to read this month/by the end of the year. 

So, shall I tease some titles that I would like to try/attempt to read this month…? (Oh, if any titles catch your eye, I have put some affiliate links in this post for some ease. I have put a * next to the links in question. Hope these help!)

The first shouldn’t come as a huge surprise but A Power Unbound by Freya Marske*. This is the third and final book in The Last Binding trilogy, starting with A Marvellous Light and continuing with A Restless Truth. And this follows two characters that, as soon as they met in A Restless Truth, I hoped that this final book would follow them. And it’s does – HOORAY! Plus, it ticks most of my reading boxes: fantasy, mystery, romance, queerness! So yes, this is very high on my TBR list for this month! 

I have a few Christmas mysteries on this list (I know, I should save for next month) but they sound so good and fun. Stalking Around the Christmas Tree by Jacqueline Frost* is the fourth (I think) book in the Christmas Tree Farm Mysteries and I know I audiobook the first and second last year (they were on Audible Plus - don’t judge me). Christmas, weddings, Nutcracker ballet, murder. Very up my street so this might come at the end of the month (we shall see…)

Death Of A Lesser God by Vaseem Khan* is on my radar. Mainly because of the cover. So much so, I am actively trying not to find anything out. I know it’s set in 1950s post-colonial India, and it follows a man who has two weeks to live before he faces the gallows. Like I said, I am trying very hard not to know much about this one so I can go into it blind and just enjoy the ride. 

Last title - mainly because it’s a classic. Daphne du Maurier’s The Birds and Other Stories*. I mean, do I honestly need to say more? 

Like I said, I’m not going to commit to stone that I will read all four of these, but they are on my radar and if I can read at least one of them, I will be very happy.  

I do have a few NetGalley audiobooks (again, gifted by lovely publishers/authors/PR companies in exchange for honest review/reaction), so I am going to write a small post on that TBR list in the next few days (and a few titles that I bought in one form but was gifted a little while later via NetGalley so am going to pop on this list as well).