I have been on NetGalley a long time.

I have taken part in Camp NaNoWriMo and have various drafts of books I finished thanks to voice dictation, I was happy to find Camp NetGalley when I logged into my NetGalley account. I love challenges.

The Camp NetGalley Welcome Packet explains the challenge rules in a quick, yet fun and informative way. It has links to stickers, a challenge-related bingo card and other resources.

A good guide for anyone who loves challenges, whether you've been on NetGalley long or not.

My favourite things about Camp NetGalley were the variety of activities and how it was focused on enjoying books and sharing progress. It had a lot of good summer vibes. I loved the summer stickers and the Reading Journal. The Scavenger Hunt was fun, as was the bingo. There was so much to take part in. I loved sharing the Scavenger Hunt and other posts on Twitter.

My ideas for next year are:
A Favourite book challenge. Read or listen to a favourite book every day for a week.
A Book of The Week: Pick from a selection of books each week

My sugggestion would be for the Welcome Packet to be formatted so people can record their progress and more directly onto the sheet by using dictation. I am aperson with disabilities and this would help a lot as I use voice dictation.

Thanks to We Are Bookish for my copy of the Camp NetGalley Welcome Packet in exchange for an honest and voluntary review.

5 stars.

I had fun taking part in the Camp NetGalley summer challenges. they made reading through my TBR even more exciting.

my review i would showcase is for she who knows by nnedi okorafor
Although this book is the backstory of a character from the book 'Who Fears Death' which I have not read, this story stands alone. Okorafor has a way of writing characters and worlds were you all teleported into the story and they pack so much into the short amount of pages. I immediately loved our main character Najeeba and the story of her joining her father and brothers to go to the salt path. This tale tackles topics like gender norms and finding your place in the world, but still remains effortlessly magical. Okorafor can do no wrong, they are an author that every time I pick up I know I am in for a great story told flawlessly.

I have just completed my first Camp NetGalley, and I can't wait for next year!

This welcome packet, is bright, fun and includes everything for your stay at camp. The best thing about it, is you are not obliged to participate in everything, yet you are still made to feel welcome! Full of like-minded campers, and an opportunity to raise your NG ratio, what’s not to love!

Next year, it would be great if we had a bit of warning that this was coming up so campers could plan for Camp. Also maybe a buddy read section, or read-a-long night would be fun.

Overall, I have had a blast this month, and will definitely be look out for next years events!!

This is such a fun idea! I love having activities that keep me motivated to keep reading and reviewing.

Love this! A great summer idea! I unfortunately did not get to participate like I wanted to. Hopefully this comes back again for next year!

What a fun idea, loving the design of the pack! I couldn't wait to download and give it a read - see what the plan is for the month...and it did not disappoint. Looking forward to the bingo and taking myself out of my reading comfort zone. Also looking forward to following the scavenger hunt!

Looking forward to being a member of Camp NetGalley - what a great way to bring together the community with the added bonus of games and stickers :)

How fun thank you net galley! Can’t wait to participate and get a cool badge and stickers. Five stars obviously

I think camp netgalley is a great idea! And I appreciate that the talent contest is any review you've written, that you're proud of, no matter if it originally was on netgalley or not.
Ways to improve for next year: have participants actually receive a bookish tote. I'd carry it about town! Think of all the advertising you'd get!

Edited:below is my link for my submission for the talent show.

I like this idea of helping people get through some summer reading. July is an especially hard month for me and I wish I had downloaded this sooner to participate a little more fully. To that end, I wish there had been a better explanation that there were weekly tasks. The front page says that you can join any time in July so I didn't jump right in.
Would be fun to do a virtual call or have a collaboration center where people can talk about what books they are using for Bingo. Also, and hear me out, Prizes.

Was never sure how to use this. Seems like a good idea for interaction and guided creativity, but it also never really made sense to me.

I really enjoyed camp netgalley. It has a lot of fun little events to do during the event. It would be fun if there were a little more little tasks to do next year, like more book related events.

What fun! Great Welcome Packet for a great idea! The nostalgia and bookish vibes were perfect :) Love Camp NetGalley! See you next year!

This was such a fun idea, I loved the added engagement in the Netgalley community. I loved that there was a new things each week to participate in!! I don't think I would change a thing, but I would have loved to see more participation. I hope it continues to grow.

I loved the idea of Camp Netgalley. I have been in a bit of a reading slump, but the bingo and scavenger hunt have re-invigorated me and got me back into reading and reviewing.

My favourite part was the scavenger hunt - lots of fun!

I am excited for this! I think this is a fun challenge and something fun to post on our socials. I found that I had to reformat some of the templates to fit an instagram post but that is the only issue I have had. Otherwise I love the look of the templates and seems like it will be fun!

After doing some of the activities I found this really fun for creators! It gives some content ideas and makes for a great way to interact with others.

Thanks NetGalley for organising this! My favourite activity was the bingo sheet, but maybe there could be genre-specific bingos? Looking forward to Camp NetGalley next year! <3

Title: Starfish

Author: Lisa Fipps

Summary:

Ellie has rules for being a fat girl, the only thing that will help her survive. Most people in her life body shame her, except for her father and her best friend, who is moving away. Ellie’s mother is the worst bully of all, she posts articles about diets and bariatric surgery. Ellie has three main enemies at school, each of whom take every chance to put her down. When Ellie starts a friendship with new neighbor, Catalina, and she begins going to a therapist, she starts to find her true worth and begins standing up for herself.

Review:

This author gets it. While the events in this book seem outlandish, they are truths that I have also experienced. I loved Ellie’s journey and the growth mixed with reality. This book makes me want to give a hug to Ellie and it reading it felt like receiving a hug. Sure there could have been more development within the side characters and more added to plot trajectory, but overall Ellie captivated me and pushed this book into awesome territory.

Sounds fun although I don't really know if I'll participate or not. I thought there would be much more interractions between people, kinda like a book club, or challenges (appart from the bingo card).

Maybe it would be a nice thing to extend the challenge over several months instead of just one, it would let us have more time to participate.

It is such a fun and creative event by NetGalley! The concept and idea are neat and allow everyone to complete tasks at their own pace! However, I wish it was more collaborative with other readers, like being in group chats with the camp counselors on Instagram and explaining better how we can participate using the bingo board. I also don't use online digital journals because I'm a handwritten type of gal, so offering surveys and other ways to be involved would be great. The Instagram stories were fun to participate in, but instructions and interactions didn't seem clear, and I wish Netgalley on socials interacted more with users. I was excited to join and participate in this, but I hope for a better structure for future events like this. Overall, it is a unique idea!

A fun idea I thought about is doing book giveaways or activities to compete with one another nicely (making it feel like a real camp)! This idea could be fun and engaging, getting more people to participate and feel like they get recognition or a camp feel when involved. More explicit posts on Instagram and Instagram stories of how to participate would also be helpful!

I know people could join the process at any point, but setting a time frame at the beginning for when to join could be awesome as well. It would be like a real formed group of however many people want to take part, not just last minute (almost like a real camp)!

Last, another fun idea would be to host a live Instagram, TikTok, or Zoom call where everyone could bring a snack or drink and go around and share things about themselves at the beginning of the event, and maybe one at the end as well!

Overall, I enjoyed this experience and look forward to participating in another in the future!

Fun activities! I'm really proud of my review of Phantom Limb and will be submitting it XD Next year, it could be useful to add as an interactive game in the app.