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2024 Camp Netgalley by Netgalley on 2024 July 01
Genres: Challenge
Pages: 6
Format: E-book
Source: Netgalley
The NetGalley team is thrilled to invite you to our online summer camp extravaganza July 1 – 31. Pack your favorite bookish tote bag and get ready for free weekly activities created just for you!
As they say, it’s always better to be late than never because I was certainly late for this online Netgalley event. It’s a good thing that I was looking for titles yesterday and I came across the Camp Netgalley in the Read Now titles. Hehehe. So I joined because having a #CampNetgalley badge is kind of cool. When I checked the things that need to be done for a successful participation in the Camp, I thought that “OK FINE. These are all doable given the time that I have so let’s do this.”
So here I am right now, writing this review because Camp Netgalley is almost at conclusion. What I found the most challenging in the event is the Bingo. Wow. I joined late into the party so my time is very limited and I was just saying while playing the Bingo “Please not this one…no, not Horror…not Thriller…” Thank the heavens because I got lucky with the Bingo, I got the row 1 across which is easy because when I joined the Camp, I have a lot of books and ARCs written by POC authors. It’s just a matter of choosing what book so I asked a friend from the office to choose among the books and ARCs that I have. And the verdict is …chan chadadan…. The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon, a fellow Filipina.
I have already posted the link of my review for the book. It’s not as enjoyable as I thought it would be but nonetheless, it was not a complete flop. I will also be reading the second book and I hope things such as plot development will get better. Anyway, let us forget the books for now and get down to business. So what are my thoughts about Camp Netgalley? Well, I enjoyed it despite that I was late into the game. As a busy person, I find that the challenges perfectly fitted my schedule. I was able to do the challenges without getting too stressed about completing the camp’s Bingo game.
Here is what the Bingo card has in store for me:
- Share review to social media – Check!
- BIPOC author – Check!
- Share pic of your Camp reading spot – Check! (Look at my IG)
- Raise your Feedback Ratio – Check! (I don’t think I can raise it any higher as I am already at around 96% reviewing ratio)
- Friend picks what you’ll read – Check! (My review here: Book Review: The Hurricane Wars – Snoozly Kitsune)
All in all, this was a fun camp and I’m certainly proud with my Bingo accomplishments. My only wish for this event, however, is that Netgalley should consider adding a forum wherein all the participants can gather and discuss their Camp Netgalley journey together. I’m so excited to get that badge and more events like this in the future, please Netgalley. 😀