GROUP 12

[K.A.]

Thanks!

[Renita]

Lambert wrote: "Renita wrote: "My (R2) review of Lambert Nagle's Revolution Earth is posted here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

as well as Amazon and Amazon UK"

Who wouldn't love to get a revie..."

:-) Excellent job Alison!

[Kathleen]

Here's my 4th and final review for Yesterday Mourning. Such lovely writing.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...

[K.A.]

Good job, Kathleen! Thanks (from another Kathleen).

[Annie]

Here's my review of Glyn's The Sanctuary.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[K.A.]

Great! thanks!

[Renita]

Kathleen wrote: "Here's my 4th and final review for Yesterday Mourning. Such lovely writing.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17..."

Kathleen, thank you sincerely for the touching review!!!

-RB

[Glyn]

Annie wrote: "Here's my review of Glyn's The Sanctuary.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/..."

Thanks, Annie. A marketing genius? I wish! True I wanted readers of 'Sanctuary' to follow the story further in 'Repercussions' and the idea of adding chapter one of the next book is neither new or unique. Anyway, thanks for your kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed it enough to consider buying the sequel. But be warned, there's the final part 'The Reckoning' which is hopefully being published in November!

[Ubiquitous]

My Round 3 review of Hock's Battle of Chibi has been posted to GR, Amazon and Amazon UK.

Here's the link to the Goodreads review. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

(edited to add) I also posted the review on Smashwords at the author's request.

[K.A.]

Thanks, UB!

[Glyn]

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

Here's my review of The Burning of Cherry Hill.

I really don't know how to review this book. It is not my favourite genre and at first I didn't think I was going to enjoy it at all. However, once the story got going I was drawn in because of the two main characters. The story line was vibrant, exciting and almost believable. Whilst the plight of the two youngsters made me read on, I got a bit bored with the repetitive torture scenes, the blood and gore.
Having said all that, I think the story was well constructed, and the characters came across well. If the story line could have been set in an era that I could relate to, I would have enjoyed it much more.

[K.A.]

Glyn, could you link to your actual review? I can't find it. Thanks!

[Glyn]

K.A. wrote: "Glyn, could you link to your actual review? I can't find it. Thanks!"

Have done. Glyn

[K.A.]

Thanks!

[Hock]

Jennifer wrote: "Hock wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "OK, (more than) a day late and a dollar short, but I am posting the reviews I am behind on now. Hock Tjoa, I just posted a review of you book here, on Amazon and on Sm..."

Thanks for your review!

[Hock]

Ubiquitous wrote: "My Round 3 review of Hock's Battle of Chibi has been posted to GR, Amazon and Amazon UK.

Here's the link to the Goodreads review. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

(edited to add) I..."

Many, many thanks!

[Annie]

Finished Nic's Cinderella shoes:http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
That was my last.
I have to say I am really glad to have been part of this group. I truly enjoyed each of the books I was given to read. Thank you guys!
Oh, and all posts were put on goodreads, Amazon US and UK, but if any of my partners want it on any other site, they need only ask.

[K.A.]

Thanks, Annie! You join the elite ranks of Those Who've Done All Their Reviews!

[Nicolas]

Thanks for the review Annie.

Can I ask if you remember any of the missing words or conflicting tenses you commented on? I'd love to get them fixed, if I can. My editor has been complaining for months about the dropped words, and we're wondering if it's a corruption in the file or something, since it's stuff that we both swore we already remembered correcting. We've both been noticing randomly dropped words in the drafts sent back and forth.

[Annie]

I'll see if I can find them again. If I'd have been smart I'd have hi lighted them. Fix it and ill bump it up to five.

[Nicolas]

Happily. Thanks for taking the time to offer more detail on them. I'll give it another going-over, too, to see if I can find any others.

Thanks.

[Hock]

My 3rd assignment, review of Cherry Wood
posted at http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[K.A.]

How's everyone doing? After a rip-roaring start, things seem to have slowed down! As of tomorrow, everyone should be done with two Rounds & moving on to a third review. Don't give up now, the end is in sight!

[Hock]

I have completed my fourth assignment,
Here is a link to the review--

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/....

Amazon is "processing."

[Nicolas]

Annie wrote: "I'll see if I can find them again. If I'd have been smart I'd have hi lighted them. Fix it and ill bump it up to five."

Annie, I just uploaded a newly edited version of Cinderella Shoes. I'm hoping I caught all of the errors you saw. I've sent my other collections back to be re-edited too, since I'm not quite sure why text information was being dropped in between drafts. For some of them, it seems to be a problem associated with copy-pasting large text blocks(like full chapters) from other documents, but that doesn't explain all of it. I'm hoping to get a different, more reliable, word processing program to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Thanks for bringing them to my attention!

[K.A.]

Thanks, Hock!

[Annie]

Nicolas wrote: "Annie wrote: "I'll see if I can find them again. If I'd have been smart I'd have hi lighted them. Fix it and ill bump it up to five."

Annie, I just uploaded a newly edited version of Cinderella..."
Awesome! Send me a copy, if you can.

[Nicolas]

I just gifted you the new Amazon copy.

I still want to go over it again, once I've figured out the hardware problems that have been happening, since I don't know the extent of the file problems to know if it'll lose information again. Let me know if you notice other specific spots, and I can compare them to my current files, and try again to fix it. I'm hoping it's just a problem because I use an off-brand version of Word, that doesn't always play nice. It's still frustrating, since I've spent ten times as long proofreading things, trying to track down the erroneous file changes. Yuck.

Thanks, again.

[William]

Sorry to my other two review partners, but I read this last book second because I had my list mixed up. I'll get yours done soon. Here's my review though for Zen and Sex by Dermot Davis.

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[K.A.]

Thanks, William!

[Renita]

I have completed my third review: William Dickerson's "Cherry Wood"

http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[K.A.]

Thanks, Renita.

[K.A.]

How're we doing here, folks? Still got about ten days in Round 3, which ends August 3. Looks like we still need six reviews from Round 2 posted. I know some of that is due to some books being read out of order for various reasons, which is fine. Nine people have posted reviews for Round 3 already, way to go! Keep it going, folks, we started this Group on a roll, let's show 'em what we have!

[K.A.]

Okay, maybe that sounds a little cheerlead-y.

"Gimme a G, gimme an R, gimme an O-U-P!
Gimme a 1, gimme a 2, whatdoesitspell?
Group Twelve!"

Rah.

[Glyn]

My review of Kathleen Garlock's 'Gone for a Soldier' can be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/edit/...

Gone for a Soldier

[Kathleen]

What a lovely review. Thank you, Glyn. And thanks to Brannon, Dermot, and Nic for their equally wonderful reviews. You guys are the best! And an even bigger thanks to the gracious moderators of this fine group. What a great opportunity you've given us all. Thanks doesn't seem to be a big enough word, but it will have to do. :)


Kathy

[K.A.]

Thanks, Glyn!

And thanks, Kathleen! Glad you find this group useful!

[K.A.]

For those of you who aren't aware, this group created an anthology, hopefully the first in a line, of short stories, with the intent being to raise money for a charity, WaterAid. The anthology was edited and organized and conceived by moderator Jay Howard. It's available for free download, with a suggestion that you donate to WaterAid if you like it. Here's the link:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

If you're interested in getting involved in this in the future, watch the threads for the call!

[Nicolas]

It worked out for the best, William. Now I can send you the ARC of my newest, set to get out August 19th. I'm happier to have reviews on that. Message me with your email when you're ready to tackle the Round 2 assignment.

[Glyn]

Hi, Jay. I have just sent a message to Ubiquitous Bubba regarding my reviewing his book. I have done so because I don't think it would be fair for me to assess his writing prowess when I do not understand his genre sufficiently to be able to make such comments. I wonder if other reviewers are having similar difficulties? Perhaps writers/reviewers should be matched by genre?

"

[K.A.]

Glyn, there's no way any of the mods have time to match people by genre, even if it was possible (we get a lot more books in certain genres than in others). We are all people with full-time other jobs and work. As far as reviewing something not in your genre, I've done it a bunch of times here. You review it on the writing quality, not on whether it floats your boat. You can even mention in your review that you don't usually read in this genre. But that's what we sign up for when we join this group - you takes what you gets, to quote Popeye! If you don't review one of your assigned books, you short someone out of the reviews they deserve, having done their own. Remember that although awesome reviews are nice, the NUMBER of reviews also counts to boost your book on Amazon, too.

[Alison]

K.A. wrote: "Glyn, there's no way any of the mods have time to match people by genre, even if it was possible (we get a lot more books in certain genres than in others). We are all people with full-time other j..."

Just wanted to say, K.A. how much I appreciate all the work the moderators put in to this review thread. It's been a great experience and I'd recommend it to anyone else out there looking to have a thorough, non-reciprocal review. Alison LN

[K.A.]

Thanks, ALN - Jay has done such a great job organizing it that it's easier to deal with than it otherwise would be. We all participate as authors, too, so we get out of it what we put in!

[Brannon]

Yes, I would have to agree with Lambert! Thank you K.A. and all other moderators for all the work and time you put in.

Here is my review of A.K. Butler's, The Burning of Cherry Hill! http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[K.A.]

Thanks, Brannon!

[K.A.]

O.K., folks. This group ends in less than three weeks, on the 24th of August. Round 3 finished two days ago. Below are the missing reviews, according to my current records. Please correct if I missed something. If you are unable to complete a review on time, but are still planning to, or are out of order, contact your reviewee to let them know. I know it's the dog days of summer, but let's get crackin'!

Round One: everyone's done! (cue fireworks)

Round Two: waiting for
A.K.
Jennifer
Philip
William

Round Three: waiting for
Sandra
Brannon
Jennifer
Renita
Philip
William

Round Four: waiting for:
Glyn
Brannon
A.K.
Ubiq.
Jennifer
Philip

Thanks!

[Jennifer]

I finished my Round 2 review a long time ago and posted it.

About to post Round 3.

[K.A.]

Sorry, Jennifer, I'll correct that! That's why I do these checks from time to time! thanks!

[William]

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

Here is my review of Chez Tulip by Sandra Rector. One more to go, and I'll have that one soon.

[K.A.]

Thanks, William!