Yay for Camp NetGalley! I love interactive stuff like this and the bingo card was so much fun! This was a unique idea to get bookstagrammers and readers engaged. I had a great time following along with the activities each week and the instagram story templates were a fabulous idea! I'd love something similar to this every quarter!

This was so much fun! I can't wait to see if they do this again in the future. The bingo board was my favorite part.

I think any book that thanks Brendan Fraser first in the acknowledgments automatically gets 4 stars, but what made this 5 stars is just how fun and adventurous the story was. This is what a YA book should be: fun, light, relatable characters, all with a bit of magic and nostalgia throughout.
I only wish it had been longer! And I would have loved Van's POV a few times, if only to get his thoughts on the twenty-first century!

What a fun idea! I really enjoyed all the options for taking part in Camp NetGalley. I am definitely looking forward to next summer!

This was so much fun! I loved being active and engaged with catching up on ARC reads and reviews. I really hope to get more fun club activities like this one in the future. I really loved the bingo board. Thank you for recognizing and appreciating your members and their reviews! I attached a link to one of my favorite recent reviews.

The Camp NetGalley Welcome Packet was a fun way to engage with my instagram followers. . I really liked that it provided me with content to post on my profile. The web templates were very creative and helped me launch my new bookstagram site! Thank you for providing it to your first time readers so we can get off the ground with engaging with our followers.

I did not use the bingo or scavenger hunt options. I found them to not be as helpful as other portions of the welcome packet to engage with my followers.

Even if I was still at an age to attend camp, it’s much too hot for me to really enjoy all those outdoor activities. But, a camp for readers! Where do I sign up! Oh wait, I already have.

Unfortunately, life intervened and I haven’t been able to fully participate in Camp NetGalley in the way I intended. But, nevertheless, it’s a great idea for the summer, with a chance to restart some of my reading habits and explore new books that I’ve been putting off. Thanks NetGalley!

I enjoyed having something engaging to follow throughout a month. I love the bingo and the stickers ideas so much; as it was easy to follow and also cute illustrations.

I did have issue following some of it. I don't think the instructions were easy to follow for some. Like this part was confusing to me and posting a link to my fave review I've done (https://hayliosreadsbooks.wordpress.com/2024/05/29/the-eyes-are-the-best-part-by-monika-kim-review/)

I believe I'd love to do this again but maybe because I'm neurodivergent, I might need a little more help!

Camp NetGalley
This was a great idea and though I focused on reading as much as possible during the month of July, I admit I forgot to participate in some of the great activities…especially bingo! I will try to finish up today, but wanted to make sure I gave Camp NetGalley a glowing review.
As far as the talent show, my choice is for The Glassmaker, by Tracy Chevalier, actually published in June. It’s been my favorite one to recommend to my book clubs!
Thanks, NetGalley for this fun idea and help to engage with other members and great books!

This has been a great way to track summer reading, explore new books and revisit favourite ones. The activities are achievable and although I started late I managed to do some catching up and I’d love to take part again next year!

Additional review of a book I love!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-KmVXOgwfk/?igsh=MWpkeWh4bmtmNGRqcQ==

This was a really fun way to explore NetGalley and learn more about the website. And I love to collect badges!! The workbook is cute and creative. Thank you!

🫀Organ Meats by K-Ming Chang

Maybe the strangest book I’ve ever read? All in such a short length
Thank you @oneworldbooks for the gifted copy

Organ Meats is a story of two young girls, who one summer decide to be dogs. But really it is about the type of friendship you can only have when you are young together, about codependency and girlhood and queerness, about losing that bond and growing up. It is strange, it is surreal, and it is gross at times, not shying away from bodily fluids or the stickiness and grime of being a child who is maybe also a little bit of a wild animal.

This is a book that will take some time to digest (excuse the pun), and I’m still not sure  what was real and what was the remnants of a child’s imagination, but here is my attempt at telling you what this book is about.

Anita and Rainie are two young girls who perhaps through proximity or a shared strangeness, are best friends. One summer they decide that through observing the stray dogs in a lot by their apartment building, they themselves will become dogs, and return to their canine heritage. They wear a red string around their necks that over the years becomes more than a leash but a string of fate that bonds them together. A string of fate that tugs at Rainie’s throat and will eventually return her to Anita a decade after she had moved away. Rainie and Anita are bound by something deeper than blood, and when Anita falls into a coma without Rainie at her side and begins to rot away, Rainie must build her a new body. It is a story of Frankenstein as a love story between girls.

I saw someone on Goodreads describe it as My Brilliant Friend for people who like cannibalism metaphors, which honestly just about sums it up. Of all the books I've reviewed and recommended, this one is by far the one that is not for everyone, to be honest it's probably not for most. It's extremely surreal and strange, reading it was often a task of untangling a messy string of dreamlike stories, metaphors, metaphors that are actually not metaphors, and fragments of memories and dreams. I enjoy strange, weird books, and I really appreciate something that's
experimental in its storytelling, and still I did struggle to fully grasp this story. It's a book that challenged me as a reader and required my full attention and focus, and despite being so short, it took me a month to read. But I am grateful I did.
Organ Meats contained some of the best writing think I've ever read, and in its own weird, gory, gross way, it told a story of girlhood that I could relate to. With everything said, if it still sounds like something you might like, I would definitely recommend this strange little book.

The Camp Net Galley packet was a really fun idea. I had a great time exploring it. However, it would be even better if there was more info and instructions included. It was pretty confusing when it first came out and it was hard to know when to review. Adding a social sharing platform would make it more fun by allowing us to chat with other Net Galley readers, and stay motivated and inspired to do the activities. It would be cool to see what others are doing and share our own progress.

I hope they create more seasonal reading games and activities in the future. It would be exciting to have new challenges and fun things to do all year round.

Sharing a link to a Goodreads review below for a recent 4 star read: Leather & Lark

I thought this was a cute idea to keep ARC readers engaged and motivated to read during the summer. I liked the design and color scheme of the book. The badge was something fun to look forward to.

3.75 stars

Participating in Camp NetGalley was fun this year, and I liked having a bingo sheet and stickers for the camp. One thing I found to be inconvenient is that everything is in PDF format, which works great if you’re on a computer, but not so great if you’re on a mobile device.

Another thing I would have liked to see is a more concrete way to interact with other participants. I started off with a lot of enthusiasm, but found that sharing my progress fell to the wayside a bit because it felt kind of like an isolated experience. I think it there was a way to make this more mobile friendly, I’d be all in.

This is such a brilliant and interesting way to spend July with Netgalley enjoying a sort of reading summer camp with some fun bookish activities! I loved the bingo especially although I came to this almost at the end so feel quite gutted I didn't have mroe time to really enjoy it. I definitely look forward to this happening again next year, and hope it's extended for a longer period of time too as I really want to have more time enjoying this experience throughout the whole summer! :)

A cute & fun way to engage in summer reading as an adult! This time of year is often when summer reading slumps are hitting the most, so having some mini-challenges and community spirit on Bookstagram around this challenge has been fun!

The Camp NetGalley was a neat idea but I do wish it was easier to access. . Wasn't quite sure how to do some of the activists so I either skipped it or found my own way to do it. Never quite sure how to access the downloads. I'm still rating it a 4 because the concept was good.

This was so fun! It got me reading outside and knocked off a few books from my NetGalley TBR. Linking my favorite arc review of July below.

I really enjoyed taking part in Camp! It was a fun way to spend my summer. I didn't read as many books as I wanted, but there's always next year!