Loralee’s Comments (group member since Oct 20, 2015)

Loralee’s comments from the Review Group group.

Completed reviews so far. (Completed is when both Goodreads and Amazon reviews are finished and links are posted here.)

1. S D Brown - 3 reviews
2. Amber Daulton
3. Balroop Singh - 1 review
4. Linda A Sanchez
5. Jane C R Reid - 1 review
6. Sean DeLauder
7. David Alyn Gordon - 3 reviews
8. G J Griffiths
9. Emma C Buenen
10. Loralee Evans - 3 reviews

Thanks, David. Your 3rd review is complete!

Completed reviews so far. (Completed is when both Goodreads and Amazon reviews are finished and links are posted here.)

1. S D Brown - 3 reviews
2. Amber Daulton
3. Balroop Singh - 1 review
4. Linda A Sanchez
5. Jane C R Reid - 1 review
6. Sean DeLauder
7. David Alyn Gordon - 2 reviews
8. G J Griffiths
9. Emma C Buenen
10. Loralee Evans - 3 reviews

Thanks, S D. Your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd reviews are complete!
And your 4th will be once your Amazon review for Amber’s book comes through, and you’ve posted your link for it here!

Completed reviews so far. (Completed is when both Goodreads and Amazon reviews are finished and links are posted here.)

1. S D Brown
2. Amber Daulton
3. Balroop Singh - 1 review
4. Linda A Sanchez
5. Jane C R Reid - 1 review
6. Sean DeLauder
7. David Alyn Gordon - 2 reviews
8. G J Griffiths
9. Emma C Buenen
10. Loralee Evans - 3 reviews

Thanks, David. Your 2nd review is complete!
Thanks, Balroop. Your 1st review is complete!

Completed reviews so far. (Completed is when both Goodreads and Amazon reviews are finished and links are posted here.)

1. S D Brown
2. Amber Daulton
3. Balroop Singh
4. Linda A Sanchez
5. Jane C R Reid - 1 review
6. Sean DeLauder
7. David Alyn Gordon - 1 review
8. G J Griffiths
9. Emma C Buenen
10. Loralee Evans - 3 reviews

Here are my reviews for Amber's book.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R17QZQ0...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Thanks, Jane. Your 1st review is complete!

Here are my reviews for I’m 50…
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1SQ2QQ...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Here is my first review with both Amazon and goodreads finished.
Balroop's poems, Just One Goodbye.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R3RYHA2...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completed reviews so far. (Completed is when both Goodreads and Amazon reviews are finished and links are posted here.)

1. Seth Hobbs - 4 reviews
2. Laura Koerber - 3 reviews
3. Whittney Corum - 3 reviews
4. Tenkara Smart - 4 reviews
5. J A Freely - 4 reviews
6. David Alyn Gordon - 4 reviews
7. Emma C Buenen - 4 reviews
8. Juliette Godot - 4 reviews
9. Miriam Schwellnus - 4 reviews
10. Loralee Evans - 4 reviews

Completed reviews so far. (Completed is when both Goodreads and Amazon reviews are finished and links are posted here.)

1. S D Brown
2. Amber Daulton
3. Balroop Singh
4. Linda A Sanchez
5. Jane C R Reid
6. Sean DeLauder
7. David Alyn Gordon - 1 review
8. G J Griffiths
9. Emma C Buenen
10. Loralee Evans

Thanks, David. Your 1st review is complete!

And congratulations, being the first in this group to post a review!

Thanks, Seth! Your 4th review is complete.
And thanks so much for your participation!

Okay, we’re ready!
START DATE: 1-July-25
END DATE: 23-Sep-25




Round 1 – post your review by 22-July-25
Round 2 – post your review by 12-Aug-25
Round 3 – post your review by 2-Sep-25
Round 4 – post your review by 23-Sep-25

You will be SENDING your book file to the four people above you, and RECEIVING a book file from the four people below you. Read below, including the instructions further down.


As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:


381-01__S D Brown
Loralee Evans for round 1
Emma C Buenen for round 2
G J Griffiths for round 3
David Alyn Gordon for round 4

381-02__Amber Daulton
S D Brown for round 1
Loralee Evans for round 2
Emma C Buenen for round 3
G J Griffiths for round 4


381-03__Balroop Singh
Amber Daulton for round 1
S D Brown for round 2
Loralee Evans for round 3
Emma C Buenen for round 4




381-04__ Linda A Sanchez
Balroop Singh for round 1
Amber Daulton for round 2
S D Brown for round 3
Loralee Evans for round 4




381-05__ Jane C R Reid
Linda A Sanchez for round 1
Balroop Singh for round 2
Amber Daulton for round 3
S D Brown for round 4




381-06__Sean DeLauder
Jane C R Reid for round 1
Linda A Sanchez for round 2
Balroop Singh for round 3
Amber Daulton for round 4




381-07__ David Alyn Gordon
Sean DeLauder for round 1
Jane C R Reid for round 2
Linda A Sanchez for round 3
Balroop Singh for round 4


381-08__ G J Griffiths
David Alyn Gordon for round 1
Sean DeLauder for round 2
Jane C R Reid for round 3
Linda A Sanchez for round 4




381-09__ Emma C Buenen
G J Griffiths for round 1
David Alyn Gordon for round 2
Sean DeLauder for round 3
Jane C R Reid for round 4




381-10__ Loralee Evans
Emma C Buenen for round 1
G J Griffiths for round 2
David Alyn Gordon for round 3
Sean DeLauder for round 4




As REVIEWERS you will RECEIVE books from:


381-01__S D Brown
Amber Daulton for round 1
Balroop Singh for round 2
Linda A Sanchez for round 3
Jane C R Reid for round 4

381-02__Amber Daulton
Balroop Singh for round 1
Linda A Sanchez for round 2
Jane C R Reid for round 3
Sean DeLauder for round 4

381-03__Balroop Singh
Linda A Sanchez for round 1
Jane C R Reid for round 2
Sean DeLauder for round 3
David Alyn Gordon for round 3

381-04__ Linda A Sanchez
Jane C R Reid for round 1
Sean DeLauder for round 2
David Alyn Gordon for round 3
G J Griffiths for round 4

381-05__ Jane C R Reid
Sean DeLauder for round1
David Alyn Gordon for round2
G J Griffiths for round3
Emma C Buenen for round4

381-06__ Sean DeLauder
David Alyn Gordon for round1
G J Griffiths for round2
Emma C Buenen for round3
Loralee Evans for round4

381-07__ David Alyn Gordon
G J Griffiths for round 1
Emma C Buenen for round 2
Loralee Evans for round 3
S D Brown for round 4

381-08__ G J Griffiths
Emma C Buenen for round 1
Loralee Evans for round 2
S D Brown for round 3
Amber Daulton for round 4

381-09__ Emma C Buenen
Loralee Evans for round 1
S D Brown for round 2
Amber Daulton for round 3
Balroop Singh for round 4

381-10__Loralee Evans
S D Brown for round 1
Amber Daulton for round 2
Balroop Singh for round 3
Linda A Sanchez for round 4


Please remember the commitment you are making to your fellow group members. If you pull out after the start date for any reason it is the other members who will be faced with the problem of finding a replacement, or missing out on reads/reviews, through no fault of their own. Please don’t ask the moderators to chase after replacements as we just don’t have the time.

It is the responsibility of the author to get their book to their readers in a format the reviewer can manage. Everyone must be able to provide and accept PDF. You may buy or borrow the books you are due to read if you wish, and I’m sure the author will appreciate the verified review, but IT IS NOT COMPULSORY. There are no set dates for the start of each round. You can each work at your own pace, within the limits of the round deadlines. You can finish as quickly as you like, provided you have read all your assigned books. (See rule #10.)

All reviews must be posted to GR. We also expect members to post on Amazon. When you have posted your reviews, please post the links to each of your reviews (not the book page) in this thread.
The mod of each round will record whether members have posted reviews on Amazon and for the good of all, members who persistently fail to post reviews or DNF reviews to Amazon, will find mods less than willing to add them to subsequent groups.

Postings to other sites are by agreement by both author and reviewer.

If I’ve missed something that results in you being asked to review someone who has already reviewed you, please let me know asap.

To exchange book files, my advice is to use PM to give email addresses to each other (save the chance of spammers getting your addresses from this open forum).

Setting up and modding these rounds is a labour of love, with a lot of emphasis on the ‘labour’. If you want to show appreciation for all the hard work we admins put in for the group, you could download one of our books as a ‘thank you’.

Excellent! Thanks, everybody! Give me a bit, and I will get the reading lists set up!

Thanks, Laura. Your 3rd review is complete!

Great job, everyone! Most people are done, and Seth, Laura, and Whittney have just one review left, each. Outstanding, everybody!

I have finished checking my conflicts, and I am good to go!

Welcome, Jane! It looks like you fit.

Everybody, it looks like we have enough people now!

At this point, we need to do roll call!
You need to check your conflicts, then comment here and state if you are good to go!
In order to do that, please read and follow the instructions after the list of names below.
DO NOT RELY ON MEMORY AS THAT HAS CAUSED TROUBLE IN THE PAST.



Here is the list:
1. S D Brown (Who also writes under Spike Brown) Scott Peters*
2. Amber Daulton
3. Balroop Singh
4. Linda A Sanchez
5. Jane C R Reid
6. Sean DeLauder
7. David Alyn Gordon
8. G J Griffiths
9. Emma C Buenen
10. Loralee Evans


Please check your conflicts with the 4 people above you. (The list wraps, so 10 is above 1.)
To do that, go to the menu at the top of your screen that says Home My Books Browse etc.
Click on My Books
On the page this click takes you to, find a small search box that says Search and add books
In this box, type one of the names of the 4 people above you then click on the icon of the magnifying glass on the right side of the box. If you have not reviewed that person (which is good) the next screen will say You have no books matching "Author's Name"
Repeat this same search with the other 3 names above you.
If you have NOT read any of the 4 authors above you, you are good to go in that direction.

*You will also need to check if the 4 people below you have reviewed you. Again, the list wraps so 1 is below 10. To do that, go to one of their profiles. Find the person's picture and click on the middle link under their picture. It should say "... reviews" showing how many reviews they've done.
On the page this click takes you to, find the small box that says Search and add books
Type your name into that box.
If they have never reviewed you (which is good) the next page will say So'n'So has no books matching "Your Name"

Repeat this with the other 3 authors below you.

If none of them have reviewed you, you are good to go in that direction.

You do not need to worry about the 5th person away from you, since s/he is in your blind spot.

Once you have done that and you are good to go in both directions, please come back here and post "Good to go!" or something equivalent.

*Important note: If you are reviewing SD Brown, also check if SD's co-author on this particular book, SCOTT PETERS has reviewed you. If Scott has reviewed you, you'll need to review a different book by SD, like I will have to do since Scott has reviewed me in the past. If Scott Peters has reviewed you but SD hasn't, you're still good to go, just make sure to mention to SD that you will need a different book.
If SD is reviewing you, you do not need to check your conflicts with Scott Peters.

Once all 10 of us have said that we are good to go, we'll get started!