Yay! This sounds like so much fun! I downloaded way too late though! I still want to participate, will you continue to do this every year?

I did leave a review for one of my favorites this year! The Chamber by Will Dean! It's so exciting and has a bit of everything for every reader. Thrills, adventure, mystery and emotional! Loved it so much!

The Chamber
Will Dean
8.6.24

Oh wow, The Chamber gives a whole new meaning to the locked room murder mystery and I whipped through it as fast as possible.

I’m going to keep this as brief as possible because going in blind is essential!

Brooke is a saturation diver and she, along with 5 others, alternately work on the bottom of the ocean repairing pipelines, etc.… while living in a small pod under a ship. It’s a hyperbaric chamber and they’ll spend a month there breathing in a helium mixture, wiping down everything constantly (because illness/disease in this situation is really bad), and having most of their basic needs met by the Betty’s on the other side of the porthole. It’s a claustrophobics nightmare!

There’s so much more, though, which is why I highly recommend this read. Not once was I bored with any of the details, it’s fascinating and well told by the main character.

This is a group of people that have worked together multiple times, they’re close and know that without trusting each other, they’ll be putting themselves at risk. So, close knit, definitely, except this trip has a new guy. Imagine if one of the people dies? And nobody knows why? Then another. Then another. That trust in each other starts to wear a bit thin. Problem is, they can’t leave the chamber until they’ve fully decompressed and as the day’s, hours, and minutes tick by, each of the survivors becomes more and more suspicious of their dive mates.

This is where I’ll leave off on the synopsis except to say that Will Dean wrote this book with every locked room thriller lover in mind. I had a new suspect every few pages and man, I wasn’t prepared for the twists.

Freaking loved this and I’m telling everyone about it! Highly recommend to any fan of the genre!

Tense, thrilling, and unforgettable!

My thanks to Atria Books for this gifted DRC!

this was a fun experience! not sure what i am supposed to include in a review as it was a netgalley challenge, so i am just typing until i reach 100 characters.

A great way to encourage interaction and re-engagement and generally remind everyone of the fun of reviewing books!

Here's my talent show link (also included in link section) - https://www.netgalley.co.uk/book/311430/review/172861

This is a fun idea and a great concept! I didn't download it soon enough to take full advantage but maybe next year if you do it again. I did write a review but am not submitting the link because I didn't like the idea of it being used in a public roundup on social platforms.

I think that this is a wonderful initiative and I look forward to joining in. I love the various activities and graphics.

This is a 5/5 concept: I loved the booklet and thought the activities it suggested inside were cute. I did complete some of them on my own and particularly enjoyed the bingo! However, unless I missed something (entirely possible!) Camp seemed heavily geared toward social media users. I’m not on social media so I didn’t get too much out of it despite loving the idea. Might there be a way to include the whole NetGalley community? This is a huge undertaking but a dashboard of activities and rooms or spaces we could chat to each other (like themed forums or something) would’ve been awesome.

Because it looks like all the action took place on social media platforms instead of here, I’m left with a feeling of “Did I miss it?” when looking at the feedback other folks have left: scavenger hunts? new books?
I’ll always have my canoe stamped bingo card, I guess! 🛶

If there’s a way to include the whole community, seasonal activities in this vein would be fun! Imagine a fall one!

One last thing I wanted to add was I loved the assets and design of the Camp materials. It was perfectly nostalgic and genuinely reminded me of 00s summer camp!



Pre review:
What a wonderful idea! I’m new here and this looks like a beautiful way to explore more about NetGalley!
I’ll bring marshmallows and spooky campfire tales! 🏕️

What a great idea! I wish I had discovered it earlier on. Hopefully I will get to participate in the next one. There will be a next one, right?

This is so cute! Love the idea - such a great way to build the community. I wish I’d downloaded this earlier in the month to take full advantage. Hope this happens again next year!

I am attending the first annual Camp NetGalley! What fun! There are bingo cards, a scavenger hunt, and a talent show, where you only need to submit a book review. No off-key singing attempts to sit through. Plus, at the end, all attendees get a NetGalley badge for their website and NetGalley page.

There are a few areas for improvement, which is true of me too honestly. First, advertise the camp activities. Other than the welcome packet, the camp and its events are not mentioned anywhere on the NetGalley website. It would be awesome if participant’s dashboards had the stickers pop up when earned. An interactive bingo card would also be a nice addition. Eventually, you might want the talent winners’ reviews to be featured on your home page, even the one for non-logged in viewers.

I am so happy that NetGalley is trying to lean into its We are Bookish community. Let’s just keep building this year-by-year to be the best that it can be.

By the way, you too can get free books, most as advanced reading copies by joining NetGalley. No blog is required though some social media presence is encouraged. All books should be reviewed and published on Goodreads, Amazon or other places where books are discussed.

You will start out by reading and reviewing Read Now books that don’t require publisher or author’s pre-approval. Eventually, you will develop relationships with publishers and/or authors of the types of books you like to read and review. They may pre-approve you for all of their titles. Their staff or the author themselves may email you with reading suggestions based on what you have read before that include direct links to download their galleys. Some may even offer physical copies of their books too. It is really an awesome experience for readers that I can’t recommend enough.

5 stars for NetGalley! Thanks for all the fish, I mean books!

What a cool idea! To be honest I’m not sure that I am participating correctly but I’m doing my best.

What a super fun thing for NetGalley to offer! I think that this was a wonderful idea and I hope it happens again next year!

I love the concept of this event and the focus on the nostalgia of summer camp and summer reading! I like that the prizes are stickers for our NetGalley journal, a previous resourced provided by the site. That helps link together the resources provided to readers. It’s also just fun! The graphic design is fun and the challenges are accessible with a variety of options.

This was such a fun idea. July has been extremely busy this year, but I hope to see it again next year. I loved the bingo board and cute stickers!

Link is for my Goodreads review of The Branded by Jo Riccioni. It's my top read (all reads, not just ARCs) this year so far and I doubt it's being bested unless SJM sneaks an ACOTAR book release in this year!

I've really enjoyed taking part in camp NertGalley. As a reader who mostly goes for Romantasy & Dark Romance a lot of my reading is not very diverse, and I've enjoyed the challenge of seeking out Bipoc & queer authors & characters with the NetGalley bingo. That's been the best bit!

To improve it for next year I would recommend a forum or a social media group that enables us to take part together, that would be really awesome

Such a fun idea for the summer!! Thanks NetGalley! Im still learning all about it! But think this is a spectacular event!

I think this was a great opportunity. I unfortunately didn't get to follow along this year. But hope to next year. Thank you NetGalley

What a fun summer activity! I wish I would have downloaded this early July so I could join in for all of the fun!

I really found this camp fun. I was not always remembering to join in the activities but the idea of doing something that involved reading was very cool

It’s so fun with these extra things that you set up for us. It makes it feel like a community. Thanks again!

This is a fun way to get out of a reading slump. The bingo game was creative and so was the scavenger hunt. Something like this for holidays would also be fun. Like Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year's themed. I hope to participate again next year!