E.K.’s Comments (group member since Feb 26, 2022)

E.K.’s comments from the Review Group group.

Linda wrote: "I have completed my round 1 book Story Time With YaYa below are my Goodreads & Amazon review.

https://www.amazon.com/review/RERSERD......"

Thanks for those links, Linda. That's your first round complete.

Just a reminder, it's best to shorten your Zon link, removing everything after and including the letters "ref" - that will give you a clean link that doesn't include any of your personal information.

J.R. wrote: "Noticed a conflict here. I've already read Gloam, so I'll review Jennifer's book The War Between instead."

Thanks, J.R.

P. Pherson wrote: "Howdy all,

So, as fate would have it, I am in a battle with cancer, and my kemo started 2 days ago. For me, I am three days on, and three weeks off. For the last few days, I have been out of it.

..."

So sorry to hear that. I hope the treatment goes as smoothly as possible. Please just focus on getting better. Wishing you all the best.

Completed reviews up to this point. (Completed is when both Amazon and Goodreads reviews have come through, and links are posted here.)

1. Rachel Byrne - 2 reviews
2. Florian Armas
3. Terry Birdgenaw - 2 reviews
4. Tony Travis - 2 reviews
5. Arriah Kiprujistho - complete
6. Joseph Minart - 1 review
7. Phillip Murrell - complete
8. S. Lynn Helton - complete
9. T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley - complete
10. Liudmila Brus - 1 review

Just a reminder, that the round 2 deadline is 5th May (Monday.)

Tony wrote: "Tony wrote: "GR Review for" The Memory of Lost Dreams: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Well post amazon when available."

Amazon Review: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re......"

Thanks, Tony. That's your second review complete.

Rachel wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I have completed Round 2, Antuna's Story. Here is the Goodread's Link. Waiting on Amazon to show up.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

I just resubmitted my Amazon r..."

It often takes up to seven days, sometimes even longer. I can see it now too, here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

That's your second review complete - thanks!

Shoshana wrote: "E.K. wrote: "Thank you all for confirming...

Here we go! You SEND books to the 4 people ABOVE you, and receive from the 4 people BELOW you. If you think you see a mistake on the list, please leave..."

Hi Shoshana,

The ABOVE and BELOW comments are based on the original list of ten which you can see in message one or at the start of message 93.

You are reviewing:
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 1
P. Pherson Green-round 2
Ann Birdgenaw-round 3
J.R. Gibson-round 4

You are being reviewed by:
Linda A. Sanchez-round 1
Audrey Driscoll-round 2
E.K. Frances-round 3
Sass Green-round 4

And just a tip from me -- since Amazon can take days and days to post the review, you might want to wait until the Amazon review appears, then post your Goodreads review, and post both links together in one message on this thread.

If you don't have the Goodreads and Amazon links on the same date, please do not edit your post to add the second link. I likely won't see that, so create a new post with the link.

Thank you! :)

GUIDE FOR THOSE NEW TO THESE ROUNDS.

Quick 'start-up' summary for anyone new who might be scratching their heads. You are reviewing the four books 'below' you on the list.

You can, of course, choose to buy any or all of the books or read the books on KU, if you are a subscriber and the books are available there. If you can buy it adds weight to your review as it gives the 'Verified Purchase' stamp on Amazon.

However, as not everyone can buy, you should PM the four people who will be reviewing you (the four above you on the original list of names) through their Goodreads author pages. Click on the down arrow beside the 'Follow Author' button under their picture and it opens a menu which will allow you to message them.
Ask what kind of file they would like or say you can only offer PDF.
Don't forget to ask where to send it so they can give you their email.
The four people who you are reviewing should be in touch with you in a similar way.

Please make sure you have exchanged ALL FOUR books - or have been assured by your reviewers they will buy your book or read it through KU - as soon as possible.

Some people read fast and it can be very frustrating to have to wait a long time to get hold of a book you are committed to review.

Don't forget to post the links to your reviews here so you can be signed off for them. When posting you Amazon links, please post a "clean link." A clean link on Amazon means you delete everything after and including the letters "ref" in the link.

The reason this is important is because everything after "ref" is linked to your personal Amazon account.

Please post your review to Goodreads, your own Amazon store and any other Amazon stores you might have access to as well.

I will be modding this round. Please PM me ongoing with any issues. Thanks.

Thank you all for confirming...

Here we go! You SEND books to the 4 people ABOVE you, and receive from the 4 people BELOW you. If you think you see a mistake on the list, please leave a comment!

Member Links | Book Links
1. J.R. Gibson | Wizard Bamzooki's Election
2. Jennifer Withers | Gloam: A Gritty Dystopian Revenge Murder Mystery
3. Sass Green (also Cat Green) | Billionaire's Naughty Secret
4. E.K. Frances | The First Alpha - The Beginning
5. Audrey Driscoll | Winter Journeys: A Novel of Music and Memory
6. Linda A. Sanchez | Lost & Found: The Journey of Socorro
7. Shoshana Yarin | Story Time With YaYa
8. T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley | Remnants : The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame
9. P. Pherson Green | The Eye of Ebon
10. Ann Birdgenaw | Black Hole Radio - Furilani

START DATE: Apr 29, 2025
END DATE: Jul 23, 2025
Round 1 – post your review by May 21, 2025
Round 2 – post your review by Jun 11, 2025
Round 3 – post your review by Jul 2, 2025
Round 4 – post your review by Jul 23, 2025

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

J.R. Gibson
Ann Birdgenaw-round 1
P. Pherson Green-round 2
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 3
Shoshana Yarin-round 4

Jennifer Withers
J.R. Gibson-round 1
Ann Birdgenaw-round 2
P. Pherson Green-round 3
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 4

Sass Green
Jennifer Withers-round 1
J.R. Gibson-round 2
Ann Birdgenaw-round 3
P. Pherson Green-round 4

E.K. Frances
Sass Green-round 1
Jennifer Withers-round 2
J.R. Gibson-round 3
Ann Birdgenaw-round 4

Audrey Driscoll
E.K. Frances-round 1
Sass Green-round 2
Jennifer Withers-round 3
J.R. Gibson-round 4

Linda A. Sanchez
Audrey Driscoll-round 1
E.K. Frances-round 2
Sass Green-round 3
Jennifer Withers-round 4

Shoshana Yarin
Linda A. Sanchez-round 1
Audrey Driscoll-round 2
E.K. Frances-round 3
Sass Green-round 4

T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley
Shoshana Yarin-round 1
Linda A. Sanchez-round 2
Audrey Driscoll-round 3
E.K. Frances-round 4

P. Pherson Green
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley -round 1
Shoshana Yarin-round 2
Linda A. Sanchez-round 3
Audrey Driscoll-round 4

Ann Birdgenaw
P. Pherson Green-round 1
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 2
Shoshana Yarin-round 3
Linda A. Sanchez-round 4


As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

J.R. Gibson
Jennifer Withers-round 1
Sass Green-round 2
E.K. Frances-round 3
Audrey Driscoll-round 4

Jennifer Withers
Sass Green-round 1
E.K. Frances-round 2
Audrey Driscoll-round 3
Linda A. Sanchez-round 4

Sass Green
E.K. Frances-round 1
Audrey Driscoll-round 2
Linda A. Sanchez-round 3
Shoshana Yarin-round 4

E.K. Frances
Audrey Driscoll-round 1
Linda A. Sanchez-round 2
Shoshana Yarin-round 3
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 4

Audrey Driscoll
Linda A. Sanchez-round 1
Shoshana Yarin-round 2
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 3
P. Pherson Green-round 4

Linda A. Sanchez
Shoshana Yarin-round 1
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 2
P. Pherson Green-round 3
Ann Birdgenaw-round 4

Shoshana Yarin
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 1
P. Pherson Green-round 2
Ann Birdgenaw-round 3
J.R. Gibson-round 4

T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley
P. Pherson Green-round 1
Ann Birdgenaw-round 2
J.R. Gibson-round 3
Jennifer Withers-round 4

P. Pherson Green
Ann Birdgenaw-round 1
J.R. Gibson-round 2
Jennifer Withers-round 3
Sass Green-round 4

Ann Birdgenaw
J.R. Gibson-round 1
Jennifer Withers-round 2
Sass Green-round 3
E.K. Frances-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.

All reviews must be posted to GR. We also encourage 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 addies 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’.

Happy reviewing, everyone :)

Lisbeth wrote: "Hi there,

Please may I join this group with my contemporary fiction: Fake Rich in London

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Linda A. Sanchez and I have already rev..."

Hi Lisbeth,

I'm sorry, this group is full. There will probably be other groups opening soon that you can join.

I know you've signed up to Round 68 in the RWR group. When signing up to any groups here, you should also mention the person your due to review there and the person who is due to review you as conflicts.

Thanks

P. Pherson wrote: "I think this one is filled up but 380 is started."

Thanks :)

Tajammul wrote: "Dears,

Hi there!!

So glad to join this group. I have just released my third book named "Mixed Bag- Short Stories"

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I would like to partic..."

Hi Tajammul, this group is full, but I think you found Group 380 which is still looking for participants.

Hi Gretchyn and Nicole,

I've deleted your posts, as we don't allow review swapping in this group. If you're looking for reviews, you’re welcome to join one of the Review Groups - they offer non-reciprocal reviews in line with our guidelines.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Or the one to one list here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thanks for understanding!

Thank you! So that's eight confirmed, two to go...

Shoshana, J.R., please review and confirm when you get a chance...

Thanks! That's four down, six to go...

Gretchyn wrote: "Hey everyone I would love to get in one of these groups! I just published my first book, relative outbreak, a biomedical thriller. I am definitely interested in connecting with like minded people a..."

Hi Gretchyn,

This group hosts non-reciprocal reading/review rounds. Authors are assigned four books to read by the moderator. Four different people are assigned to read your book. There are no swaps.

There are currently no groups looking for members. New groups will be posted here with ‘Now Forming’ in the subject:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

If you would rather choose the books that you read one at a time, instead of being in a reading round, we have the one for one list:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

With the one for one list, you choose a book from the first post of the list, read and after your reviews are posted to GR/Amz, your book is added to the list for someone else to choose. Full instructions are in the first post of the thread.

I'm good to go :)

We finally have our ten! We'll now check now to make certain there are no conflicts, and alternates are available for those who need them.

Please tell me if you have reviewed any of the four people above you on the list (the list wraps around so (10) is 'above' (1) ). Please also check that if you have already reviewed any of the four people 'below' you on the list, they have more books available that you have not yet reviewed.

Remember you're SENDING your book to the four names above you (the list wraps so 10 is above 1) -- and you're RECEIVING books from the four names below you on the first post of the thread.

Once EVERYONE confirms they're good to go, the round can begin.

Member Links | Book Links
1. J.R. Gibson | Wizard Bamzooki's Election
2. Jennifer Withers | Gloam: A Gritty Dystopian Revenge Murder Mystery
3. Sass Green (also Cat Green) | Billionaire's Naughty Secret
4. E.K. Frances | The First Alpha - The Beginning
5. Audrey Driscoll | Winter Journeys: A Novel of Music and Memory
6. Linda A. Sanchez | Lost & Found: The Journey of Socorro
7. Shoshana Yarin | Story Time With YaYa
8. T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley | Remnants : The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame
9. P. Pherson Green | The Eye of Ebon
10. Ann Birdgenaw | Black Hole Radio - Furilani

T.E.W. wrote: "I would like to enter with Remnants : The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I have completed All of my reviews and have no conflicts"

Welcome to the round, Tameka.