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[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

Hi my name is Jackie, and I am the creater of A&R. I love reading books, and I also love reviewing them as well. I hope this group will help authors and readers connect, so our authors will be heard.


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[Marisa]

Hi Jackie. I recently started writing, Sep 12' and have two self published novels. I won't lie, they have typos but I'm trying to catch them all. I'd love for anyone to read and give me feedback :)

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

Hi Marisa, congrats on your book, I hope you find some reviewers. I am hoping this group will grow, but for now we are really small. And welcome to the group!

[A.R.]

Hello Jackie and thank you for the invite. Also thank you for reading our book and your wonderful review. I'd be more than happy to participate in anyway you wish me too.

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

thanks, and welcome!

[Michelle]

Hi. My name is Michelle, and love reading. I'm not the best at writing reviews, but I'm working on getting better at that. I'm not a writer- yet, but I hope to be one day.

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

hi Michelle, reviewing is all about your thoughts on a book. Just take it slow, and then you'll be a pro before you know it!

[R.]

Hi I'm R.Lynn. I'm self published with two ebooks out to date and the novels I write are Romance. I'm glad to be a part of this group.

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

hi R.Lynn, welcome to the group, glad to have you!

[R.]

R Lynn wrote: "Hi I'm R.Lynn. I'm self published with two ebooks out i write Romance. I'm glad to be a part this group."

[R.]

Thanks Jackie.

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

No problem

[Marisa]

✿Michelle✿ wrote: "Hi. My name is Michelle, and love reading. I'm not the best at writing reviews, but I'm working on getting better at that. I'm not a writer- yet, but I hope to be one day."

Hi Michelle. What kind of books do you typically read?

One thing I've noticed about reviews that I really hate, is when the reviewer gives the synopsis of the book...ummm it's already there. LOL

I'm not the best reviewer either, I just say how I feel and that's good enough for me.

Marisa

[Marisa]

Jackie wrote: "hi Michelle, reviewing is all about your thoughts on a book. Just take it slow, and then you'll be a pro before you know it!"

I agree Jackie!

[Marisa]

R Lynn wrote: "R Lynn wrote: "Hi I'm R.Lynn. I'm self published with two ebooks out i write Romance. I'm glad to be a part this group.""

Hi Lynn. Me too! LOL Well Romance/Eortica (I guess) What classifies a book as erotica?

Marisa

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

Heavily sexual content

[Marisa]

Well, it's not really. There are like maybe 5 scenes? To me it's more of a love story, and to me you needs sex w/ love unless you are writing for kids/teens, which I don't.

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

Then it will be considered as a romance.

[Marisa]

Even if they are graphic? Well what I deem graphic, I'm no Silvia Day but they do get kinda dirty LOL

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

I have read some romance books that are kind of graphic, but it all depends on how graphic your books are. I don't know, is there someone out there who knows the exact definition of Erotica? not m/m or f/f, Where does the line for erotica Start, and romance finishes? If you know please help LOL

[Marisa]

Jackie wrote: "I have read some romance books that are kind of graphic, but it all depends on how graphic your books are. I don't know, is there someone out there who knows the exact definition of Erotica? not m/..."

There is no m/m or f/f in my books. ;)

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

lol okay, Is your book an ARC book?

[Marisa]

Hmmm I feel stupid again, what's ARC?

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

Advanced readers copy, if it is not, then I will have to transfer it to the correct topic. That is why I am asking.

[Marisa]

No, it's been out for a while. I'm new to all this. Sorry.

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

That's okay, I will transfer the information. Also all comments in this topic that are not related to introducing your self, will now be moved into the chat zone.

[R.]

Marisa wrote: "✿Michelle✿ wrote: "Hi. My name is Michelle, and love reading. I'm not the best at writing reviews, but I'm working on getting better at that. I'm not a writer- yet, but I hope to be one day."

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Hi Marisa:-) Yes, you're not the only one, I've noticed the same, go figure, LOL. As far as reviewing, and believe me I'm no pro but I just give it from my perspective and try to be fair.

[Gloria]

Hello, I have four books published by small presses, with the fifth coming out this year. They are all romantic suspense and I love to hear what people think about them.

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

Hi Gloria, welcome to the group, glad to have you!

[Marisa]

Hi Gloria. Welcome. What are the names of your books?

[J.L.]

Hi Jackie, thanks for the invite to join the group and thank you also for the great review you gave my novel. I rarely get reading time, being deep in the editing process of two series but will keep up with the news and jump in when I can.

All the best,
JL Madore
Author of Blaze Ignites

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

hi Welcome to the group, and you're welcome I enjoyed reading your book!



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[Gloria]

Marisa, my books are Sweet Sacrifices, Shades of Silence, Flowers for Megan and The Butterfly Game.

[Marisa]

Gloria wrote: "Marisa, my books are Sweet Sacrifices, Shades of Silence, Flowers for Megan and The Butterfly Game."

Hi Gloria,
What is small presses?

Marisa

[J.M.]

Hi! I hope I'm doing this right. :) I'm Joanne, and I write contemporary romance. I write sweet and heartwarming, with fully described love scenes, but nothing graphic or vulgar. I've got three books published right now with small presses, and I'm hoping to boost reviews for my latest, Her Knight in Black Leather. Anyway, I think I'm rambling now. lol Thanks for letting me join. :)

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

hi Joanne, Welcome to the group, Thanks for joining!

[Marisa]

Hi Joanne! Welcome to the group! I'd be happy to get some reviews your way. What formats is you book available? I have my Nook or you can email me a PDF to FallingAuthor@aol.com. Just let me know where you need the reviews.

[J.M.]

Marisa wrote: "Hi Joanne! Welcome to the group! I'd be happy to get some reviews your way. What formats is you book available? I have my Nook or you can email me a PDF to FallingAuthor@aol.com. Just let me know w..."

Hi Marisa!

Thanks for the welcome. :) I have PDF, Mobi and epub. I'm honestly not sure which one would work for Nook, sad to say. I use an iPad, but if you let me know which one works best for you, I'd be happy to send a copy. As for where...in a perfect world, I'd like here, Amazon and B&N, if you wouldn't mind?

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Hi everyone :) My name is Shay and I am a YA paranormal romance/ horror author.

[Marisa]

Joanne,

PDF works, I think it depends on where I can download the book for ePub.

You can email me the PDF to FallingAuthor@aol.com.

Maybe you'd be interested in a review exchange?

Email me ;)

[Marisa]

Hi Shay. Welcome!

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

epub and PDF works for nook i believe..

[Marisa]

Yea PDF for sure, I'm reading Trial of Marriage by R. Lynn Archie on my Nook in PDF format. It's not my preferred method though. It's harder to navigate.

[Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews]

hi everyone, We have another moderator! I have asked Shay to help me out with the group. I will notify everyone in Tuesdays broadcast message. but for those who see this before then, i just wanted to let you guys know that if you have any questions, you can ask her as well!

welcome to the group Shay, and thanks for helping me out!

[Michelle]

Marisa wrote: "✿Michelle✿ wrote: "Hi. My name is Michelle, and love reading. I'm not the best at writing reviews, but I'm working on getting better at that. I'm not a writer- yet, but I hope to be one day."

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Hi Marisa! Yeah, I try not to give the synopsis of the book, just my opinion. Some of the reviewers here on goodreads are just so articulate. It makes me feel like I'm writing trash, when they're writing professional reviews, LOL!

[Marisa]

✿Michelle✿ wrote: "Marisa wrote: "✿Michelle✿ wrote: "Hi. My name is Michelle, and love reading. I'm not the best at writing reviews, but I'm working on getting better at that. I'm not a writer- yet, but I hope to ..."

Me too Michelle, but who cares. ;) We all have the right to our opinions, articulate or not. I prefer the reviews that I can understand and don't tell me the entire book I want to read. :)

[J.M.]

✿Michelle✿ wrote: "Marisa wrote: "✿Michelle✿ wrote: "Hi. My name is Michelle, and love reading. I'm not the best at writing reviews, but I'm working on getting better at that. I'm not a writer- yet, but I hope to ..."

For what it's worth, I write for a living and I cannot write a fabulous review to save my life. I honestly don't think it matters. I'm with Marisa on this one. As a reader, when I'm looking up a book, I skip the long reviews. I don't want to have to wade through a retelling of the book's plot--that's already on every buy page. I just want to know what other readers thought of the book.

[Michelle]

Thanks Marissa and J.M. I think you're both right, thanks! My reviews are my opinion, and if its not good enough for the New York Times, I'll just have to be ok with that, LOL!

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Well I think all reviews are pretty much opinion. They have to be. it's literature therefore what one person likes another may not and what one person does not like, another may. Just like if one review says "The cover is great" another person may say "the cover sucks". I sometimes do a brief like two sentence intro as to what it is about but I usually don't summarize the book.

[Marisa]

J.M. wrote: "✿Michelle✿ wrote: "Marisa wrote: "✿Michelle✿ wrote: "Hi. My name is Michelle, and love reading. I'm not the best at writing reviews, but I'm working on getting better at that. I'm not a writer- ..."

Exactly! ;)