This is such a neat idea! I'm bummed I didn't find it until July 26th to be able to participate more. Would love to participate in something like this again maybe during 'winter break' when things slow down again.

I loved this idea. I wanted it to work, but for me, I just couldn't figure out how to incorporate it. Maybe I'm not quite immersed enough in the community....I thought the activities were super fun, but I couldn't figure out how to use it on my current social media platforms. That's ok. I saw posts from those who did! I will continue to learn & maybe next year I'll be better for it!

Such a fun idea, thank you to the organizers!! I really appreciated all the hard work that went into the weekly tasks/challenges and the other details that went into it.

This was SUCH A FUN TIME!!! I really enjoyed doing a lot of the weekly things. I was on vacation and sick the last two weeks but I'm trying to catch up. I hope you guys do more things like this in the future!! Maybe a seasonal thing can happen. Definitely would help get me into a more reading mood during those long, cold winter months.

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I'm really proud of this review because the story helped me reconnect with what I love about reading in the SW.

Fun trend! Brings me back to the days of summer reading club at the library. Maybe make it a seasonal thing? Winter Camp?

This was a super fun July event! I loved the Camp NetGalley Welcome Packet and all the corresponding activities on social media (the scavenger hunts last week were a special favorite, as was the NetGalley bingo). As always, NetGalley puts together a beautiful, easy to follow booklet -- I love all the care that their design team puts into creating these. If this becomes a yearly event, I will be beyond thrilled. Many thanks to NetGalley for doing this!

I really enjoyed participating in Camp Netgalley so far! I loved participating in the bingo the most. It was a fun way to expand my TBR. I'd definitely participate in future netgalley challenges.

I think the idea for Camp Netgalley was very cool, though not executed in the best way. I'd much rather the activities were fully online.

It was a fun idea and I wanted the stamp but this summer is getting away from me and I just totally forgot about it. Hopefully next time I will be readily available to participate.

Great idea to get the book community together and sharing stories as they complete activities. I have really enjoyed my experience on NetGalley and love quirky takes to take part in.

The Stranded by Sarah Daniels
This book is so complex but also a wild ride. I didn’t think it would be possible to have such a layered society within the confines of a cruise ship, but Sarah Daniels create an incredibly detailed world with class divisions, gangs and hierarchies all based on ship levels, ticket holders (or not) and some misplaced ideas about loyalty or disloyalty. It was such an interesting world to read about and completely unlike any dystopian society I’ve encountered before.

This book really starts off with a bang (although not quite literally). In the very first chapter we see Esther (one of our protagonists) getting caught up in a leaflet drop (which is illegal), and these leaflets tell of how another cruise ship has been destroyed further up the coast. The first glimpse we get of Esther is her panic at her being found by the Coalies (the police force) in this scene of rebellion and the fear that she might lose her place as a medical cadet, her only chance to one day get ashore and off the ship The Arcadia. Esther, at first, is quite an insipid character. She’s a rule-follower, a stickler for protocol and the kind of character that you know would just snitch on anybody. You see this when she actually abandons a poor girl to the Coalies to save her own skin at the leaflet drop. I really didn’t like her character at first, but as the story progressed, she became one of my favourite characters in the book. She is driven and sometimes impulsive, and the way her storyline develops is really intriguing.

Our other protagonist, Nik, is seemingly at first your typical bad boy, but later on proves to not necessarily be that. I wasn’t sure about Nik at the beginning, he comes across quite immature and selfish which kind of put me off him at first. He’s an upper decker, with the privilege of that. But his father had ties to the Neaths (a below deck gang) and he’s involved in the rebellion. His connections make him complicated, but his character wasn’t that complex to me, at least not until the story started to pick up. He really is defined by his relationships to other characters and it isn’t until he has to break away from them and choose his own path that he really becomes his own person.

The thread that ties these two characters together is Esther’s sister May. I won’t say much about May as it would give away too much of the story, but she joins Nik and Esther together in a way that they cannot break.

The real shining thing about this novel is the story itself. This is very much a mixture between a character and a plot driven novel. The first half is about the characters, about their place in society and how they react to different situations. But, under the surface of the first half bubbles the plot that bursts into the forefront in the second half of the book. This is a twisty tale of gangs, rebellion and spies all mixed up together. Hadley (the third POV character in this book) is an interesting enigma that brings the characters, plot and explosive moments in this book together until they collide in spectacular fashion. It’s a really fast-paced read.

This is such a fun idea! I had a lot of fun seeing everyone’s Bingo boards and Get To Know Me’s. I love that new stickers were included for the reading journal. The instructions for downloading were really clear and I love that we can get another badge!

Thanks for taking the time to put this together for us!

I've shared the link to my Instagram review of Love, Just In, which was my first NetGalley review of the year and my first 5 star read of the year.

I enjoyed this Camp NetGalley packet but joined too late to take place in many of the activities. Still, it was a cute idea and I look forward to participating next year.

I like a good challenge, so Camp NetGalley was appealing to me.
I do tend to participate more when you can log information/achievements online, so the printable form was not as exciting.
I also like the idea of the talent show being a book review.

So fun! I hope that NG does this every year -- it's always a great year to celebrate books!
Summer is the best time for reading for me as I'm an educator and it "fuels" me for the busy fall.
Thanks, Net Galley, for doing this!
Beth's Book-Nook Blog

This was a fun way to engage with NetGalley and I look forward to more challenges to participate in.

This was such a wonderful and fun idea! The illustrations are super cute and I loved how easy it was set out and my favourite part was the literary bingo!
Next year, we should come up with a ‘summer drink recipe’ that we could add - thoughts?

This was such a good idea. I really wish I had found it sooner so that I could have joined in. The booklet itself was well put together with clear and precise instructions, lovely eye catching graphics and the activities sounded like a blast. I wish all those who attended the talent show luck and that you all have had fun this summer.

What a fun summer reading activity! I enjoyed all the graphics included in this pack. I can’t wait to use them for summer reading fun. Thank you!!