Anyone here a member of NetGalley? (It is located here if you want to take a peek.)
For those who don't know, it's a website where you can request digital titles that are either shortly to be published or have been very recently published, in return for a book review written on a blog as well as sent straight to the publisher via the link at the website. It's only for those who have ereaders, though.
If you are a member, what are you reading from it now? what genre grabs your interest the most frequently? have you run across any utterly awesome books you'd like to recommend?
I usually pick from the YA/NA categories, because the books are quicker to read and also tend to hold my attention (some of the adult books are a bit more rambly, at least, the ones I've tried), and I am also working on writing YA/NA myself so I need to have a good grasp of the field.
Right now I'm working on My Basmati Bat Mitzvah by Paula Freedman. It's more of a MG book but I am really enjoying how well Ms. Freedman captured the essence of what it's like being a 12 year old girl. Been awhile since I was that age but I can definitely empathize with how the protagonist feels sometimes, since I remember feeling the same way when I was her age. I mostly grabbed it because it has an interesting premise, about a girl trying to find her way between being Indian but also being a Jew.
One that I loved was Slumber by Tamara Blake, and also Lives of Magic by Lucy Leiderman.
Am interested to see if anyone else is a member and if so, what y'all are reading from NetGalley!!
For those who don't know, it's a website where you can request digital titles that are either shortly to be published or have been very recently published, in return for a book review written on a blog as well as sent straight to the publisher via the link at the website. It's only for those who have ereaders, though.
If you are a member, what are you reading from it now? what genre grabs your interest the most frequently? have you run across any utterly awesome books you'd like to recommend?
I usually pick from the YA/NA categories, because the books are quicker to read and also tend to hold my attention (some of the adult books are a bit more rambly, at least, the ones I've tried), and I am also working on writing YA/NA myself so I need to have a good grasp of the field.
Right now I'm working on My Basmati Bat Mitzvah by Paula Freedman. It's more of a MG book but I am really enjoying how well Ms. Freedman captured the essence of what it's like being a 12 year old girl. Been awhile since I was that age but I can definitely empathize with how the protagonist feels sometimes, since I remember feeling the same way when I was her age.
I mostly grabbed it because it has an interesting premise, about a girl trying to find her way between being Indian but also being a Jew.One that I loved was Slumber by Tamara Blake, and also Lives of Magic by Lucy Leiderman.
Am interested to see if anyone else is a member and if so, what y'all are reading from NetGalley!!
