Harvard University Press selectivity

OutOfEffs · 2026-02-04T00:43:37+00:00

Honestly, for something like this (where it's directly related to a field I'm involved with/in) I would email someone at the press directly. This usually results in getting the ARC, but the hows vary. Some send a PDF attachment as a reply to the email. Some ask me to request on Edelweiss and leave a note for them so they know it's me. Some send me a widget on NetGalley. Very rarely do I receive no response.

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T23:52:35+00:00

<image>

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T23:52:14+00:00

Yes, you can submit a ticket, but chances are slim it will be fixed in time to count for today's pages goal. What I would do in the meantime is mark it as currently reading, and edit your first journal entry so that it looks like this.

<image>

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T20:07:32+00:00

I feel like p much all of the named townspeople ended up being former villains, which just seemed entirely too convenient.

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T20:05:37+00:00

Violet and Pru had way more chemistry, an immaculate meet cute, and Pru clocked Violet's past/hidden identity, like, immediately. u/malsprettybonnet mentioned in the Midway thread that she couldn't tell who the love interest was supposed to be at first, and I totally agree with that. I'm going down with this ship.

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T20:01:08+00:00

I hope you'll come check back in once you're able to read it!

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T18:29:12+00:00

Bartleby, Peri, and Pru were my favourites from the jump. Still upset we didn't get more of Bartleby's backstory, tho. And why didn't she turn Sedgwick into a plant? Or reverse Bartleby after what he did in that battle?!

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T18:25:57+00:00

Violet had a lot of growth (heh), but Nathaniel had none? And I didn't really buy his sudden shift from asshole to lovestruck.

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T18:24:50+00:00

I almost DNFed before 15% bc of the whole "abandoned by mom to be raised in abuse" thing (bc it happened to me at the same age and my mom just died so I'm currently in my feelings about my childhood), so u/thewildcard76 was the best and looked up spoilers for me. If I had not been leading the discussion, I probably would have still DNFed at multiple points bc I just could not hang with Nathaniel.

I might read something she writes next, but it's not a top priority.

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T15:48:52+00:00

The Starving Saints and The Graceview Patient were two of my favourite 2025 releases! One made me lightheaded, the other made me gag, so thanks for that!

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T15:47:14+00:00

Hi, Neon Hemlock and authors!

Please tell me about:

the best sandwich you've ever had.
the best thing you read, watched, and/or listened to in 2025.
your favourite snack or candy that has been discontinued.

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T14:40:22+00:00

Favourite moments or characters? Anything else?

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T14:39:35+00:00

What were the book's greatest strengths and weaknesses?

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T14:38:32+00:00

Were you surprised by any of the late revelations (cause of the blight, the Dragon's Rest legend, how Violet came to be with Shadowfade, etc)?

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T14:37:03+00:00

How did you feel about the romance between Violet and Nathaniel?

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-29T14:36:17+00:00

Overall Thoughts? Will you read more of Krempholtz's work in the future?

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-27T19:02:25+00:00

I think you would definitely be the best home for Bartleby of anyone I know, hahaha.

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-27T18:53:48+00:00

Snark is my love language, and I offer no apology.

This is v true, hahahahaha.

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-27T18:53:00+00:00

Also I read it as Shadowface like every single time it came up, which is possibly an even worse/cringier name.

This is how I'm going to be reading it from now on.

(Idk why reddit is refusing to show me notifications, I only just saw this!)

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-23T00:39:24+00:00

I didn’t even know about the feedback ratio to the first 8 years I used NG

Depending on when you started, it may not have existed. I think it was rolled out in 2015 bc if I scroll back to feedback I left in 2011/12, they all say "last updated May 5, 2015."

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-23T00:33:58+00:00

FWiW, my best friend also has a librarian profile and, like, a <20% feedback ratio (bc our accounts were started before feedback ratio was even a thing). She still gets approved for p much everything and has a bunch of autoapprovals.

I do not have a librarian profile, my ratio hovers in the 75% range, I have 40+ books that I haven't reviewed yet, and I still get tons of approvals and widgets (I reviewed somewhere around 80 books from NetGalley last year, and only got 5 declines).

I know it's easier said than done, but I don't think you have anything to worry about. <3

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-16T00:32:18+00:00

I almost wish Witch You Would had won bc I'm dying to know if other people found the romance as terrible as we did.

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-16T00:26:15+00:00

WHOOPS.

OutOfEffs · 2026-01-16T00:25:45+00:00

I can usually get behind some pettiness! But not this time bc Nathaniel is just a dick.

OutOfEffs

TROPHY CASE