I enjoyed this online camp - reading can be largely lonely!

I was watching things from the sidelines with Instagram, I sort of wish there was a part of NetGalley's website itself that was like a forums for users to interact in these events, or in general, but I understand this is largely not what NetGalley is used for, and that might pose a problem to using it with publishers/writers but 0ver all - thank you for organizing all this for fun, I particularly enjoyed the lil Bingo boxes!

I was quite surprised to see a bookish event on NetGalley in July, quite reminiscent of Camp NaNoWriMo for writers. Needless to say, I was very excited!

I think the activities are very fun and lovely, as well as the stickers and the little challenges. It was like having small gifts and thrills throughout the month. I love that it gives everyone an equal chance at this game, too! You just have to participate, and if you want the badge, you promote one of your fave reviews (cool!) and you write one for this welcome packet--I mean, isn't that just sweet and fair?!

However, the bingo left me a bit puzzled... What would I win? Did I have to choose my own prize? And if so (which I believe was the case), is it "bingo" when I complete a row or the whole card? I would have preferred more instructions for the bingo and the activities.

Otherwise, this was very fun and I hope it will happen for many years again! I'll be ready!

Thank you We Are Bookish for coming up with the idea for Camp NetGalley.

Unfortunately, I did not get to participate the way I envisioned. Oh, how the summer seemed so long and free July 1st compared to today, July 31.

However, I loved the ideas that were provided and I think a summer reading bingo was interesting.

It would be fun to have something like a fall/holiday reading bingo for those of us who love holiday books, yet are always behind.

Thanks!
Kathleen K.

I found Camp NetGalley to be thoroughly confusing. I think it would have been clearer to me if I followed NetGalley on social media to go with the PDF packet, but that wasn't something I was super interested in so I missed the interactive pieces. Likewise, I think this would be good engagement for a bookstagramer, etc, but I just felt like I was missing something. That being said, I do love the concept and am all about the current trend of summer reading programs for adults. Thanks for sharing it with us!

I love the uniqueness of this packet! It is fun, and engaging. I wish I would have started sooner to really take advantage of this opportunity. I am looking forward to seeing what NetGalley offers next!

Thank ypu for providing such a fun summer event! It was so much fun exploring all the fun games, and seeing how everyone else was participating and what they were reading this month! I hope you are able to plan more events like this in the future!

This is a cute way to get readers involved and active! I know for the months of June and July I'm often slower on my reading progress because my kids are out of school. This summer we traveled quite a bit so I didn't get as involved with camp NetGalley as I would have, but I love the idea of this!

This was very helpful and had so much great information about the event. I am looking forward to this

Here is my entry for the Talent Show: https://www.netgalley.com/book/272838/review/376398

I was hoping for a bit more interactive-ness for Camp Netgalley, especially for those of us who don't participate in social media. Could we have had online bingo here on the Netgalley website? Or perhaps a separate site just for Camp Netgalley where we could've participated in all the activities and had some type of chat thread to interact with other players?

I love this idea! This gave me lots of incentive to read over the summer. I absolutely love a challenge. Like other reviews have said, I wish it had been more interactive. There were some parts I did not understand how to use either. I am looking forward to this next year and hope that they improve it.

What a great, fun idea this is! I'm hoping (a) it continues next year, (b) I can find more time to participate, and (c) any teething issues can be improved upon every year.

The Welcome Pack itself was great: informative, colourful, easy to understand. It was a shame it wasn't more interactive - it would have been nice to be able to tick the progress boxes off, for example. I realise this is a whole other layer of tech, though. Likewise, the idea of the reading journal and stickers was great, but I didn't really 'get' how to make use of them.

I think the main thing I'd like to see going forward is just more interactiveness. Perhaps I'm not on social media enough, but after the initial announcements, I don't remember seeing much at all about Camp Netgalley. It would have benefitted greatly from more of a planned and advertised social space, as otherwise it was too easy to forget and feel a bit... "Urm, what am I meant to be doing?"

As for my Talent Show entry (I think this could have been phrased a little more clearly as an existing/older review - I'm assuming? - and not this review for the Welcome Pack), the review I'm most proud of from my decade plus (wow!!) with NetGalley is my one for Stark Holborn's Ten Low. Not only did I love the book, but my review was quoted in the publicity for both this and the sequel, and that was possibly the coolest thing I've ever done :)

So, in summary: I didn't quite 'get' the Camp experience this year, but I am very hopeful that the event can be repeated and all of us will get more of the hang of it.

I wish I'd hate more time to participate! The month became very busy for me. It was a little difficult to know what the tasks were each week and where to find the templates. I hope you do this type of thing again soon!

I'm thrilled to be part of #CampNetGalley! Camp NetGalley is absolutely fantastic! Diving into all the action and reading has been so much fun.

I was especially excited to work on completing a "full card" BINGO with a few tweaks. Each day at camp, I eagerly looked forward to participating. I'm also on the hunt for the perfect review link to share for the Talent Show!

A huge thank you to NetGalley for organizing such an engaging event. I made the most of this amazing month! I'm looking forward to earning my Camp NetGalley Badge! Here's to a blessed and inspiring journey!

This has been a fun and interesting challenge to break up what can be a monotonous summer routine. The variety of activities kept me engaged and also coordinated nicely with our library’s summer reading program.

I absolutely loved the idea of Camp Netgalley and it was the perfect escape from a dreary winter for me. I enjoyed the fact that it could be done at your own pace, could be social but absolutely could be a solo challenge too. We could join with the time we had available and pick up wherever we left off. I liked the Insta posts sharing more about our fearless Camp Councillors than before, made me feel like one of the in crowd!
I think the booklet is an awesome idea and loved the bingo page and the chance to decorate with stickers.
A fantastic opportunity to meet other Netgalleyers! Thank you and sign me up for next year!

Camp NetGalley has been lots of fun. It is always great to have something to focus on (that isn't just for the kids) over the Summer and this has been great.
It's not just a reading challenge, with lots of fun activities and freebies along the way.

I have attached my review for The Mind of a Murderer by Michael Wood, my favourite book of the year so far.

The Camp NetGalley Welcome Packet is so cute! I absolutely love the bingo and that you can earn a badge for participating. For next year, it would be awesome if there was a way to somehow make it interactive with Instagram (since I'm a bookstagrammer). Like somehow getting my followers to engage with NetGalley through the various Camp Activities.

Thank you for the such a cute PDF!

This was so much fun! Took me back to my childhood and the summer reading challenges we did from the library!

This made reading book so fun!! It was an amazing idea, I actually felt like I was in a camping with my book. This month I found so many amazing reads!!

I didn't get chance to take part in all the challenges due to health but I am really looking forward to taking part next year. I did however enjoy the concept of the Camp