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Authors:To say that I am disappointed in the behavior of some of the participants in this group would be an understatement. Two authors (you know who you are) did not post reviews for either of the books assigned to them. To the authors who did follow through, I say thank you and apologize for your inconvenience. I will be taking action to see that this does not happen again.
R.
Authors:The review schedule has been posted in the first post of this topic. Authors can now start obtaining review copies.
R.
Your voices have been heard. A Fantasy review group has been opened for sign up at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
In joining this review group you have agreed to review the novels assigned to you on a two month schedule. This group is now in the review phase and is no longer open for sign up.This is Fantasy Review Group 10, which will include all types of novels classified as fantasy. As with other review groups, you will be expected to read and give an honest review of the books assigned to you. Assignments will be made after the group sign-up has filled.
Participants are expected to post reviews to Goodreads. If the review is positive (three stars or higher on Amazon), the review should be posted to Amazon (US and UK) as well, if the book is available there. This makes having accounts with both Goodreads and Amazon.com a requirement.
If a reviewer and the author agree that the review should not be posted to Goodreads due to quality issues, the reviewer is relieved of the requirement of posting the review. If this occurs in the first round, the second reviewer is relieved of the requirement to read and review the book. This is entirely at the discretion of the reviewer and is not intended in any way to manipulate the rating of any book.
Contact the authors you are scheduled to review to arrange to receive a review copy of their work.
Please post to this topic, both when you receive review copies and when you post the reviews.
If you are going to be late with your review, either post to this topic as soon as possible or message the author and the moderator.
If your book has not been reviewed by the deadline for either round, contact the review group moderator. This is necessary to make certain that the review process is fair for everyone.
Note that any participant who makes no effort to fulfill his or her commitment to this group will have all reviews of his or her work resulting from this group deleted and his or her membership in the Genre Specific Review Group will be terminated.
THE AUTHORS AND BOOKS ARE:
1 Sanna Hines - Shining Ones: Legacy of the Sidhe
2 A.M.H. Johnson - Midnight Over Moores
3 A.J. Culey - Sehmah's Truth
4 Stephanie R. Sorensen - Toru: Wayfarer Returns
5 James Devo - Blood Red
6 Christy Nicholas - Legacy of Hunger
THE ORDER OF REVIEW IS AS FOLLOWS:
May 20 to June 20
Sanna Hines reviews A.M.H. Johnson
A.M.H. Johnson reviews James Devo
A.J. Culey reviews Stephanie R. Sorensen
Stephanie R. Sorensen reviews Christy Nicholas
James Devo reviews Sanna Hines
Christy Nicholas reviews A.J. Culey
June 20 to July 20
Sanna Hines reviews Christy Nicholas
A.M.H. Johnson reviews Stephanie R. Sorensen
A.J. Culey reviews Sanna Hines
Stephanie R. Sorensen reviews James Devo
James Devo reviews A.J. Culey
Christy Nicholas reviews A.M.H. Johnson
Authors:There are several reviews that have not been completed including some from the first round. This is not acceptable. If your reviews are going to be late, contact me and/or the author to rework the schedule.
R.
Authors:This group is now full. Please let me know about any conflicts.
Note that L.C. Mawson has requested review of a boxed set. Participants assigned to review her work have the choice of reviewing the boxed set (The Freya Snow Pup Trilogy: Books 1-3) or White.
If there are no conflicts, a schedule will be published the beginning of next week.
R.
Authors:Tomorrow is the due date for second round reviews. If by the end of May 14, both reviews of your book have not been posted, please let me know.
R.
Elspeth wrote: "Hi what are the rules for if there is a major typo/formatting error ??? The sort of thing that really disrupts the reader but could be ironed out by resubmitting the book to Amazon? Do we mention i..."Definitely contact the author about the problem, so that he or she can have it fixed.
Generally, I do not comment on formatting errors, since they seldom are more than a small annoyance in reading a book. If there are only a few typos, I do not consider that worth noting, either. If there are a lot of typos, this reflects on the quality of the editing, and I would note it in the review.
Reviews are for potential readers not the author. A rule of thumb is that, if a defect with a book (whether technical, logical, or conceptual) impacts the value or readability of the work, it should be noted in the review.
Authors:Your voices have been heard. A Young Adult review group has been started at: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Please go to this topic and update it with your name and the name of your book.
In joining this review group you have agreed to review the novels assigned to you on a two month schedule. This group is now in the review phase and is no longer open for sign up.This is the Young Adult review group, which will include all types of novels appropriate and written for young adult readers. As with other review groups, you will be expected to read and give an honest review of the book assigned to you. Assignments will be made after the group sign-up has filled.
Participants are expected to post reviews to Goodreads. If the review is positive (three stars or higher on Amazon), the review should be posted to Amazon (US and UK) as well, if the book is available there. This makes having accounts with both Goodreads and Amazon.com a requirement.
If a reviewer and the author agree that the review should not be posted to Goodreads due to quality issues, the reviewer is relieved of the requirement of posting the review. If this occurs in the first round, the second reviewer is relieved of the requirement to read and review the book. This is entirely at the discretion of the reviewer and is not intended in any way to manipulate the rating of any book.
Contact the authors you are scheduled to review to arrange to receive a review copy of their work.
Please post to this topic, both when you receive review copies and when you post the reviews.
If you are going to be late with your review, either post to this topic as soon as possible or message the author and the moderator.
If your book has not been reviewed by the deadline for either round, contact the review group moderator. This is necessary to make certain that the review process is fair for everyone.
THE AUTHORS AND BOOKS ARE:
1 Melody Klink - Godeater: The Second World
2 Sanna Hines - Shining Ones: Legacy of the Sidhe
3 Alexa Dumas - Unbullied
4 Robby Charters - Pepe: homeless slum kid versus evil wired up president
5 Coral Walker - Children of Swan
6 L.C. Mawson - The Freya Snow Pup Trilogy: Books 1-3
THE ORDER OF REVIEW IS AS FOLLOWS:
May 18 to June 18
Melody Klink reviews Sanna Hines
Sanna Hines reviews Coral Walker
Alexa Dumas reviews Robby Charters
Robby Charters reviews L.C. Mawson
Coral Walker reviews Melody Klink
L.C. Mawson reviews Alexa Dumas
June 18 to July 18
Melody Klink reviews L.C. Mawson
Sanna Hines reviews Robby Charters
Alexa Dumas reviews Melody Klink
Robby Charters reviews Coral Walker
Coral Walker reviews Alexa Dumas
L.C. Mawson reviews Sanna Hines
Authors:The review schedule has been posted in the initial post of this topic. Please let me know as soon as possible, if there are any issues.
R.
Authors:Well, that filled up quickly. Please let me know as soon as possible if there are any additional conflicts besides Bruce and Laurel and Ica and Sanna. Unless there is another conflict, the review schedule will be published tomorrow (Friday).
R.
Authors:Your voices have been heard. A new Mystery/Thriller review group is not open for sign up. Please go to https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... and post your name and the name of your book to join this peer review group.
R.
In joining this review group you have agreed to review the novels assigned to you on a two month schedule. This group is now in the review phase and is no longer open for sign up.This is Mystery/Thriller Review Group 1, which will include all types of novels classified as any type of mystery or thriller. (Note that the mystery and/or thriller elements of the works submitted will be a greater factor in the ratings than in other genre.) As with other review groups, you will be expected to read and give an honest review of the book assigned to you. Assignments will be made after the group sign-up has filled.
Participants are expected to post reviews to Goodreads. If the review is positive (three stars or higher on Amazon), the review should be posted to Amazon (US and UK) as well, if the book is available there. This makes having accounts with both Goodreads and Amazon.com a requirement.
If a reviewer and the author agree that the review should not be posted to Goodreads due to quality issues, the reviewer is relieved of the requirement of posting the review. If this occurs in the first round, the second reviewer is relieved of the requirement to read and review the book. This is entirely at the discretion of the reviewer and is not intended in any way to manipulate the rating of any book.
Contact the authors you are scheduled to review to arrange to receive a review copy of their work.
Please post to this topic, both when you receive review copies and when you post the reviews.
If you are going to be late with your review, either post to this topic as soon as possible or message the author and the moderator.
If your book has not been reviewed by the deadline for either round, contact the review group moderator. This is necessary to make certain that the review process is fair for everyone.
THE AUTHORS AND BOOKS ARE:
1 Ica Iova - She Never Got to Say Goodbye
2 Diana J. Febry - Bells On Her Toes
3 Sanna Hines - Stealth Moves
4 Laurel Heidtman - Bad Girls
5 Bruce M. Perrin - Mind in the Clouds
6 Brian O'Hare - The 11:05 Murders
THE ORDER OF REVIEW IS AS FOLLOWS:
May 17 to June 17
Ica Iova reviews Laurel Heidtman
Diana J. Febry reviews Bruce M. Perrin
Sanna Hines reviews Diana J. Febry
Laurel Heidtman reviews Brian O'Hare
Bruce M. Perrin reviews Sanna Hines
Brian O'Hare reviews Ica Iova
June 17 to July 17
Ica Iova reviews Diana J. Febry
Diana J. Febry reviews Laurel Heidtman
Sanna Hines reviews Brian O'Hare
Laurel Heidtman reviews Sanna Hines
Bruce M. Perrin reviews Ica Iova
Brian O'Hare reviews Bruce M. Perrin
This folder has been created to facilitate communications between the members and the moderators. If a member would like to see a particular genre in a review group, that member can start a topic in this folder. The moderators will review any topics created here and, if there appears to be enough author interest, initiate a genre review group.As a suggestion, it would be more likely that there will be enough interest in starting a group, if the genre is not too specific. For example, Contemporary Romance is less likely to attract enough authors to participate in the group than Contemporary Fiction or Romance.
I believe that we have had just about as many reviews as are going to be posted. I will leave this group open for a few more weeks to see if Ibiloye follows through with his promise to complete a review for this group.R,
Review of Avanaux:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R5D7YHQ...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RCER6...
Pete wrote: "Make sure the Hydrans are present!"
No Hydrans in "The Tourist of Infinity", but don't worry. There will be unique alien sentients.
R.
Pete wrote: "Here is my review of The Negative's Tale by R. Leib:...
Nice one, Richard - any thoughts of a sequel?"
Thank you for the complimentary review.
In answer to your question, I have written the first draft of a sequel, "The Tourist of Infinity". I haven't worked on it for a while, but hope to get back to it someday soon. Many of the central characters from "The Negative's Tale" are back along with several new ones.
R.
