This is such a cute idea! I think a social media challenge would be a great option to add in the future.

Fun! and cute, especially with the interactives like the scavenger hunt. I think it’s a great activity for some mid-year reading evaluations and to boost that feedback ratio! Some of my favorite parts about Camp NetGalley were the stickers and the low stakes. It’s all done leisurely with nothing extremely obligated of you. The stickers also now have to be a must. Some of my ideas for next year are recipes and crafts! A lemonade recipe or s’mores bars (something summery) included towards the back could add some flair. As for crafts, a cutesy diy bookmark (with a short list of what’s needed and instructions) would be perfect. The packet was super user-friendly, and I can’t wait to attend camp next time!

It was fun to see what everybody was reading and how to improve on netgalley. I was expecting the scavenger hunt to be a bit more than just a photo challenge.

While I didn't get as much reading done as I wanted this month (other than my Physics textbook because I'm in school right now), Camp NetGalley was a great way to get me back into reading and checking out some ARCs that had been sitting on my Kindle for a while! Bingo especially helped with that because it gave me specific tasks to check off my list in a fun way!

Camp NetGalley was a super fun way to enhance my summer reading. I appreciate the mix of interactive/social and solo activities. Thanks so much NetGalley for putting this together. I hope to participate again next year!

Camp NetGalley was so much fun and inclusive! I really loved how NetGalley was engaging with the readers and it allowed other readers to then interact with one another.

The packet was a nice introduction to the month and I wish I was able to participate more. That being said, I would love if there were a few activities each week to participate in so you had options to either choose from or participate in all of them. I also wish some of the "games" had prizes, whether that be tangible or something virtual would be a really cool inclusion for next year. For example, the bingo was fun but I didn't feel that I NEEDED to participate being there was no reward or change in the board. It also wasn't all that hard and I felt that I could check off the entire board already.

Maybe doing a winter retreat and creating holiday "camps" could be something of the future as well that I would love to participate in!

I read Jessica George's Debut Novel in May of 2024 and to this day I am captivated by the story and proud of my review, which I am linking below.

This was my first time attending Camp Netgalley. The Welcome Packet is a great tool and interactive way of helping you reach your goals and raising your Netgalley rating. I wish I had had more time to spend on the activities and engagement with other campers this year. Even though camp month is coming to a close I am going to continue look at other campers suggestions and reviews and enjoy participating in some of the prompts and activities the camp introduced to me. I will definitely attend camp again next year.

One of my books I read during camp is Every Time I Go On Vacation Someone Dies here is my review…
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6491179966

Super fun and enjoyable. I love how netgalley engages with its users and gives us fun things like this

Such a fun concept! I love the idea of a summer camp for book reviews!!! Looking forward to other fun events you have in the future.

This welcome packet was so much fun! I loved all of the activities! I appreciate all of the time and effort NetGalley went into to create this fun summer activity!

Thank you for the packet Netgalley. Would love to see these made into an app for easier, on the go use.

This was a cute resource! Very informative and well-designed. I also liked the links that were added for an easy click-and-go experience.

I'm not a nega big fan of interactive things, but I think this was really fun for some people. I also unfortunately was late for two of the challenges, so I decided to opt out.

I love this Camp NetGalley challenge. It's always nice to have some extra motivation to get out there and read and review all the ARCs I've requested. I am so thankful for this platform as it has helped mold and shape my reading personality into what it is today. So fun!

My summer reads for this month were:
Powerless (3 stars)
Hovergirls (4.5 Stars, Graphic Novel)
Compound Fracture (3 stars)
Lilith (4 stars)
A Court of Dragons (4 stars)
Im hoping to finish Not In Love today but Ali Hazelwood to finish up July but im not gonna rush it! So far its a 4 star read and definitely not my favorites of hers.

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!