New to NetGalley

I recently joined NetGalley. Which is a site that allows one to read books, often before they are released, in exchange for feedback. One must make a request to read a book and then the publisher will either approve or deny the request. I didn't really understand how it worked at first and I requested every interesting book I saw. Which means I've received maybe 40 rejection emails from publishers but I also have 20 or so books to read. I feel responsible for reading them now. I feel like the publishers were very kind to let me read their books and I need to read them as soon as possible and give a little feedback.

So far I've read and reviewed two NetGalley books:

- Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, which I loved
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 - The Rejected Writers Book Club by Suzanne Kelman, which was just so so
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I am not at all confident in my reviewing ability. I don't find summaries necessary and my thoughts are just a mess. I've been sticking to Goodreads, for now, but I'm going to try blogging a bit and see how it goes.

So far I find NetGalley amazing. Most of the big name publishers aren't approving me to read their books because I don't have a blog and don't have any followers, which I totally understand. But also that makes the publishers that do approve me so very cool. I went on NetGalley because I wanted to read Juliet Takes a Breath and The Vegetarian by Han Kang. Juliet was obviously approved, thanks to Riverdale Avenue Books but The Vegetarian was not. That just means I'll have to wait a bit and get it elsewhere. I'll probably purchase Juliet at some point as well. I truly enjoyed it so much. 

(both book covers from goodreads.com)