This was a fun little activity pack to get users interested in and engaged with NG. I hope to do it again next year.

I was not able to participate in Camp NetGalley. I am writing this so missing a review stops lowering my feedback score.

I did not participate since I did not think any of my reviews were noteworthy. I thought it was a great idea.

I didn't participate in Camp NetGalley, although I downloaded the welcome packet. I became too busy and didn't have the time to complete everything in July.

Loved the idea of Camp NetGalley. I was too late to participate this year, but do plan to join in the fun in 2025, assuming it will return.

While I wasn't able to actively participate in this, I was able to really enjoy this way to engage with these books. Very hopeful to have this come around again next year where I'll actually be able to participate!

I thought this was a really cute idea! Looking forward to next year. I never got around to completing the camp but I did enjoy the tasks I participated in.

I wasn't able to this this year but it was such a great idea. I hope I have more time next summer if it comes back.

Unfortunately, I did not have the chance to do this, but I think it was a brilliant and engaging idea!
I hope it will be back soon!

This is a cool thing to do. Netgalley is so amazing I like the thought of this. Welcome packet. It's easy to understand.

I loved this packet! It helped me stay focused and read a few extra books. I didn’t get to participate the entire summer with it as life got busy. But I loved the idea and can’t wait to do it again!

So many fun activities for readers! I love that Netgalley is giving us all of these special treats to help encourage reading.

I love this idea of doing a camp theme book event! Summer camp is always a fun concept for the hot summer days.

I was very behind on writing a review for this camp packet! I hope that this is featured again next year, and I will make it a priority!

I didn't do this, thus summer got away from me. But man, what a great idea. I hope to get it together to take part in something like this next year.

This was a fun reading competition! I managed to get a few more books read and reviewed. I hope Netgalley does this again next summer!

Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata was an interesting read, but it ultimately did not impress me a lot. For the most part, I found the stories to be too short, making it hard to develop a real attachment to the narrative and the characters. With that being said, the first story, "A First-Rate Material", and the titular story, "Life Ceremony", were good, and I think that they go hand in hand. I almost would have preferred seeing a short story collection from Murata that exclusively explores unconventional ways of upcycling human bodies post-mortem. The first story was, again, a bit too short for my taste, and I found that it ended abruptly -- like many other stories in this book. Had the tension between the engaged party been drawn out a big longer and the stakes raised, I don't doubt that it would have been a 5-star read. "Life Ceremony", on the other hand, was really really good. I enjoyed learning about the relationship between the characters and the lore behind life ceremonies, and I thought that the story arc was well-executed with a satisfying ending. In my head, these two stories would work wonderfully as Black Mirror episodes.

Thanks to NetGalley and Grove Press for providing me with an ARC of this book! All opinions are my own.

I did read this at the time it was sent out. Unfortunately due to prolonged health problems and a death in the family I was unable to review or participate. My sincere apologies. I can say that I was looking forward to the event and had played close attention to the information on how to attain the badge. Such is life. I hope another opportunity will come along.

I won't be making this feedback public as I can see no useful purpose to NetGalley in me doing so.

Very helpful!! Enjoyed the packet! A great resource for NetGalley! I look forward to receiving the next packet from NetGalley!

A great resource for those new to netgalley! I’ve been enjoying my work on netgalley and the camp netgalley welcome packet really gave me more insight into what I could do on this site.