E.K.’s Comments (group member since Jun 18, 2022)

E.K.’s comments from the Review / Write / Read Club (Indie & Self-Published) group.

OK, no problem.

Amber wrote: "Hi.
I read E.Ks book, The Missing, and posted my review on GR and Amazon.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3OFR7N...

Thanks!
Amber"

Thanks for the review, Amber.

Here are my links for The Family Dance:

GRs: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Zon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R146S...

Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas to those who celebrate.

Thanks, just grabbed a copy.

Thanks!

Please can I join with The Missing.

GR book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
GR author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

I'm OK having The Compound reviewed instead if anyone has already reviewed The Missing. The Compound is also a short read.

I have reviewed Carly before but not the book listed; she hasn't reviewed me. Second review on Zon please.

Thanks!

Just need one more person and then we can get this round started.

I really liked Dyrwolf by Kat Kinney:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Thanks, Juliette, and welcome to the round.

Please be sure to follow the round discussion (an option just below the "comment box"), so you don't miss out on activity in the round.

P.J. wrote: "Hi EK, Juliette has reviewed me but I haven't reviewed her."

That's helpful - thank you!

Juliette, I would love to have you join the round, but before I do please can you let me know if you have any conflicts with either Amber or P.J.

Thanks, Lynn. Happy to be here :)

Welcome to the round, Amber. Please be sure to check back as the round fills up to let me know of any review conflicts. Also, please make sure you're following the round discussion (an option just below the "comment box"), so you don't miss out on activity in the round.

Welcome to the round, P.J. Please be sure to check back as the round fills up to let me know of any review conflicts. Also, please make sure you're following the round discussion (an option just below the "comment box"), so you don't miss out on activity in the round.

This is a "Mature, Goodreads & Amazon" round
Any and all types of books, both fiction and non-fiction, are accepted. The Mature round is ideal for books that contain explicit material, i.e. with explicit sex and/or violence and gore, including horror and erotica, but not at all limited to these genres.

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To comply with Amazon’s rule that authors/publishers aren’t allowed to specifically supply published books in return for reviews on Amazon, we don’t require members review on Amazon, but we do request it, please.

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1. You’ve thoroughly read and understand How Read/Review Rounds Work (The Rules). Participating in the round indicates your understanding and acceptance of the rules and compliance with them.

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Round Parameters:

-Three weeks to complete reading the book and post your review.

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-After your review is posted, add the link(s) to it to this reading-round thread so the mod can "sign you off" for the round.

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Additional Notes:

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Each author will review one other book in this reading round.

(Person 1 reviews 2. Person 2 reviews 3. Person 3 reviews 1. (And if the round expands to a 4-way or 5-way round, reviewing follows the same pattern, just expanded for the additional participants.))

Please don’t get books or begin reading/reviewing until the moderator has posted that the round has started.

Participants & Book Links (tentative order)
1. P.J. Ashton ✓ - The Eternal's Chosen
2. Amber Daulton ✓ - Arresting Mason
3. Ed Morawski ✓ - View

(✓ means the participant is done with their review commitment, ✍︎ means the participant has provided one review link but hasn't yet posted the other link)

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Hope you get back to feeling 100% soon. Thanks for all you do.

And what you posted was helpful as I saw it was possible.

Ed wrote: "I was trying to post the html code but GR just displays my images!!!"

😁 I've got it though, thanks. I didn't realise I had to save it and then point GRs to the image.

Got it to work (I think)

S.Lynn wrote: "If you click on "(some html is ok)" above the comment box, it's got the code for adding an image in that list. And as Ed said, you have to supply the image location."

Thanks!