I love this idea! It’s taking me back to summer library challenges (bring them back for adults I beg) I think next year it may be fun if there were a few more badges to earn during the event :)

I love this concept! The badges and activities are a great way for readers to engage, and the only thing that would make it better was if the packet had individual download files included for a more user friendly experience.

In the summer I travel quite a bit and I read along the way. Camp NetGalley has been a fun way to make a game out of my summer reading. I always appreciate NetGalley and their efforts to help reviewers help books thrive. I enjoyed the bingo game and would love to see more games in a future camp. Trivia would be fun!

A great resource! I am excited to try using this and seeing how many of the bingo tiles I can complete.

This is such a fun way to bring readers and reviewers together. Not all of us have access to in person events like this or people to do fun activities with. Very cool ideas and activities. Maybe we could include a live stream readathon?

Nice idea to check in week to week and try something new to read and other book accounts to follow.
Cool idea to get another badge!

This is a really fun idea! I love the weekly activities and I think the theming of a summer camp is a super cute idea that was well executed! The bingo is my favorite! Really all around Camp NetGalley is a great way to engage the NetGalley community. I'd hope for something really similar in future years!

I love this summer challenge and can’t wait to participate in it! The board and other graphics included were well done.

How fun!

I already have a bingo lol also I was stressed having to pick out my favorite review wtf

What a fun idea! Looking forward to the activities. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to work the Bingo board as I can't get it to download.

Camp NetGalley is such a fun idea! I love any excuse to read and the bingo card is right up my alley.

The Camp NetGalley Welcome Packet by the We Are Bookish team at NetGalley is filled with fun, community-based activities. The stickers, story templates and bingo challenges are all structured perfectly and well-balanced. I loved the checklist at the beginning that help made ticking off items give that boost of dopamine.

For future years, I'd love to see some live events that the community can participate in together. For example, reading sprints or readathons where people can join, chat and read together.

Overall, I'm enjoying participating in Camp NetGalley so far and I'm keen to continue over the month of July.

Read the packet, but not sure what to do next. I was hoping there would be a discussion on the Goodreads Netgalley group.

Here’s my entry for the talent show.

https://www.netgalley.com/book/203742/review/22381

Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian
I found the narrative confusing and slow moving, as it jumped from the past, to the future as seen in Elaine’s visions, to the present. There were changes to some of the traditional Arthurian characters, too, making Morgana and Morgause twins, and Morgause the wife of Mordred. I’m familiar with the Arthurian legends and the Tennyson poem, but I never really got the sense of that time period. I found myself questioning the author’s research when she mentioned someone drinking cocoa, which was unknown in Europe before the 16th century, and a child was said to be wearing a taffeta dress, even though that fabric wasn’t around back then. The group, Elaine, Arthur, Lancelot, Morgana, and Gwen, seemed more like they belonged in an episode of “Friends” set in an alternate universe with knights, magic, and patricide. I received an ARC of this novel from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Fun idea to do bingo and have a chance at getting badges and stickers and all of that. I'm not thrilled about the graphics, but that's not a huge deal.

I loved the netgalley camp! So cool. The bingo was my favorite. And there were many things to do. There is something for everyone ! ❤️

So fun. I’m excited to participate. The bingo board is such a fun idea. I am looking forward to the weekly activities. I want to earn my badge!

Crashing into You is a YA romance novel that comes out on Tuesday!

Leti Rivera loves street racing, and dreams of being a famous female street racer. Her brother, Santos, taught her how to drive so no one could catch her, and driving is how she feels like she is escaping the world around her. But when tragedy strikes after a race, her love for racing is threatened by it. Except, she has promised to win this race for a new friend who she happens to be in love with.

If she can win, he would have the money he needs to save his home, but now Leti is unsure what to do and how to not break the promises she has made to those who are import to her.

This book has two wonderfully complex characters between Leti and Jacob. Leti was always ready to run, but Jacob has started to keep her in place. She has grown up believing that her brother is her saint, but that she is the reason their mother passed away. Jacob has just lost his father, and now the house his father built might be taken away from them. When Leti and Jacob become friends, they start to feel like they are flying while they are in the car together, mixing with Jacob's love for space and astronauts, together they are in tha spaceship. When Leti gets expected into a race with a prize that could win back Jacob's house, it's a no brainer to try to help him and his mom.

While Leti is neurotypical, Jacob is autistic, with one of his 'superpowers' being information about space and spaceships. I really how their relationship progresses throughout the story, with Leti learning to understand Jacob and his feelings more, and Jacob learning to be comfortable with Leti. The two characters come together really well, and I thought it was really powerful.

As a non-autistic person, I did think having the POV be Leti's was helpful, in the way that it showed trying to understand someone while also being open to asking what they need. Leti is also a strong FMC, with a lot of depth to what she worries about but also a willingness to stand up for herself and the people she cares about. I don't know much about street racing, but the scenes were very well written and you could feel how the experience affected Leti.

Overall, I think this book did a really good job representing the differences between Leti and Jacob but also showing how they could come together. There was also Latino Rep, with Leti and her 'crew' who work on cars, as well as Jewish Rep with Jacob. The book did a really great job at showing how the characters came together.

I love the idea of this! What a unique and engaging way to love and discuss books. I can’t wait to join in on the fun and see what others do as well!

This was such a great idea. Looking forward to participating in the challenge. Hoping to make a dent in all of the great arcs I have waiting for me !

I love the summer camp theme and the fun activities’! It seems like a great way to keep readers involved and interacting!