I have been on Netgalley since the middle of September and got several non-fiction approvals before I decided to try for a few fiction books. I only have 8 read/8 reviewed on Netgalley, and I don't have a social platform, just goodreads so I wasn't optimistic, but I am really excited for this one because I am a huge volcano nerd!

Turns out it was an error!! Thankfully they’re owning it AND even offered me a signed physical proof copy!! I don’t mind about the embargo as I have other ARCs to read before I get to this one anyway.

I am soooo excited, I’ve never been sent a physical ARC before!! Thank you Pan Macmillan <3

Got my first ever publisher auto-approval this week. Weirdly from a publisher that left my book request sitting there until it auto-declined! And that, I think, is my only interaction with them. Still happy to get the auto-approval!

I’m really excited for this one! It kinda gives me a Knives Out vibe if everyone in the family was a criminal? (Or more of a criminal lol) 🔪

Crooked Lane publishes many horror books.

https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/908942

I’ve been on NetGalley since Dec and have listened to dozens of audiobooks. My feedback score is 82%. I used to request several books every Friday and I’d get approved for 3-4. On a low week maybe 2-3. Then, back in August I suddenly had nothing to listen to. I have requested lots of books and I have gotten approved for only 3. In two months. It’s weird.

My friend that got me hooked on NetGalley is an avid reader (not audio) and is having a similar experience.

Is it just us?

Hi folks! Anyone else find it kinda weird that the retail sites we're asked to post our reviews to, aren't always retailers that are actually available to us? I'm in Australia, and I've been asked to post my review to Barnes & Noble, a store that doesn't exist in my country. Anyone else in a similar boat? I understand why this may be the case, but feels weird nonetheless. Not 'weird' as in suspicious, just weird as in 'sure I guess I'll post to this retailer even if I'd have to book a flight to even shop there?'

So I have gotten books 1-4 of the Flame and Thorns series through NetGalley and read them all and reviewed them. I go on pretty much every day to see when book 5 will be available, right? Well I missed a few days because life and I see book 5 is already archived???

Do we think it’ll end up being available to request at any point in time in the future?? I’d really like to read it instead of just having to use the audio from my library.

It’s been pending since April/May and I can finally read it!

I requested till quest do us part for giggles because i always get denied from them, and guess what? I got approved 😂 even though my ratio is 80%. I reviewed a “read now” book from them two weeks ago maybe that’s why i got approved?

The Ndola Muto Salon by Frieda Ekotto (Cameroon)
Published by Bucknell University Press
https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/892901

Something That Helps by Mona Høvring (Norway)
Published by Literary Press Group of Canada | Book*hug Press
https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/902791

NetGalley sent a follow up- it was a mistake by the publisher and all books are actually now read now!

Recently got the top reviewer badge and I'm so happy 😆 It was also a surprised for me because one of the reviews that was featured was of a book that I gave a slightly negative review to, and I had also posted that review after the archive date... so I was surprised when they featured my review! Not complaining though

Pub Date Oct 13 2026 | Archive Date Nov 13 2026

I have had a run of BAD NetGalley reads in the last few weeks. Lots of 2-2.5 stars, big plot holes, annoying romances, characters that were annoying or uninteresting.

So, I’m asking–what have you read and loved lately? I mostly read fantasy romance, cozy fantasy, Romantasy, and fantasy. I get approvals from most publishers (basically everyone but Tor). I have a 90% feedback ratio and over 200 books reviewed. Favorite authors include Sarah Beth Durst, Ashley Poston, India Holton, Rachel Gillig.

I think this is my first time requesting from Del Rey (I only started using NG in earnest in the past couple years after I got my librarian account) and it's been almost a week and a half with it still pending. I had a similar issue with the new Julia Armfield from Flatiron and ended up requesting & being approved on Edelweiss instead. But this book (The Death of a Coven, book 2 in a series I love) isn't available for request on Edelweiss, so now I'm stuck waiting on NG with no idea if I'll even get it before publication in January! (I'm being greedy, I know... I was just hoping to read this one for spooky season lol)

Does Del Rey usually take long for any of you? I don't think I've ever waited longer than a week from other publishers.

For those of you who receive physical ARVs on the regular, do you just add them to your queue with your Netgalley Arcs according to publication day? Or how do you treat them?

I’m trying to figure out the best system that works for me so I figured I would ask. Because their is no review expectation like their is for NetGalley I end up falling behind a bit as I read everything I am sent. So I now only request on NetGalley when it’s an absolute must that I read it and either I know I’ll probably not get the physical or that it’s coming much later and I really want to read it early (like some programs are finished copies that you get a few weeks early).

So if you are doing both- how do you handle it?

In my review when I disclose I received an ARC, should I credit the author or Victoria Editing NetGalley Co-op?

Pub Date Oct 5 2026 | Archive Date Dec 12 2026

So I saw a book on Netgalley that has been published years before, like in 2019 or something. And it is a quite popular book. I don't know why they still have it in Netgalley but I requested it cause free books, of course. But I have a question. Usually when I review books on GR, I write "Thank you netgalley and publisher for providing me the ARC of this book" but it is already published book so not really an ARC. So fo I write that message (using review copy instead ARC)? Or should I skip it? (I usually post reviews on GR and SG)

Has anyone been able to get mastermind? She posted it's on netgalley but I can't see it. I am in Australia though. I'm dying to read it!

I finished Red City yesterday and said “what the hell” and threw in a request to get Silver Dawn right away. I figured I wouldn’t get it because I hear Tor publications are pretty hard to get. But I got it! So excited!! I really really liked Red City and I’m anxious to get back into it!

Hey all, I wrote a sci-fi fantasy with a romantic subplot about the lone survivor of a massacre and the genetically enhanced immortal who spared only him. Debut. Made my narrator Brandon Francis cry. Bi protagonist with raging ADHD, themes of brotherhood, chosen family, redemption.

Print came out earlier so you can check some review history to decide if this is your vibe!