NetGalley and Me

So, well,  I have a Kindle. Needless to say, I was looking forward to utilize it for NetGalley. And ever since I’ve started using the ebook-ARC service, I’ve totally fallen for it.

It’s a plus for both publishers and reviewers. We get to read books early, and publishers get to build buzz. I’m assuming that an egalley costs less to publish than a print copy, so that’s even more economical.

As a reviewer, I absolutely love the service. It’s easy to navigate, and fun, and there are so many titles that I wouldn’t normally get but took a risk on and ended up loving. I’ve widened my reading horizons, and I love that.

I’ve gotten a bunch of promising-looking books to read over vacation, like The Peculiars, which I like a lot right now, and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, which has the coolest cover EVER. And there are a whole lot more books, more than I’d normally have gotten to read early.

There’s only one con to NetGalley: rejections. Ouch. I mean, I get that if everybody reads a book early, sales will go down when the book comes out. Plus, this is the publishers’ method of quality control. But still… yeah, one con. Not a lot. I love NetGalley.

How is YOUR experience with NetGalley? Love it? Hate it? Tell me about it!

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A Semi-Hiatus

So. I’m heading on vacation soon to an undisclosed location you will probably figure out by the end of this post. I’m thinking of posting pictures, too. Maybe even a photo of *gasp* myself, so that you lovely peeps know that I don’t have a Nutella jar for a head. (Although that would be convenient- I’d just have to scratch my Nutella head and come away with heavenly chocolate spread on my fingers.)

What this vacation means, though, is that there will be a disruption in regular programming here. While that may or may not affect you, I just thought I’d let you guys know. Because, like, I love you peeps. A lot. In a non-creepy, platonic way.

The past few days have been tough. Of course, as a teenager, I think the world revolves around me, so things like me nearly getting one camera after another but then something ends up going wrong and I’m back to looking for a camera to buy- and this repeating for WEEKS- yeah, it’s taken a toll on me. When you want something badly enough, like, say, a good camera so that you can capture a completely different environment- everything else stops mattering as much.

That’s not a good thing.

So here I am, sitting at my computer feeling really down and unable to do anything about it. On bloggy matters, though, I have a BUNCH of reviews and some thoughts on YA that I’d like to share with you amazing peeps, and I hope to be able to do that in India. I’ve gotten so much through blogging, and I’d like to continue.

So here I am, saying this: see you later. I WILL be back. Just not for a week or so.

And I might even show you my face.

Also, here’s something for you: a clue. If you figure out what place I’m going to… no, you won’t get a prize, but you will gain the title of Smartest Person EVARRR in my head. And on this blog. (And Bee, you are excluded from this competition because you already know where I’m going.)

guess where?

Funny, the place didn’t look half as pretty when *I* went there. Have a good time guessing, lovely peeps. See you soon.

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