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[Peter]

Hello everyone,
My book 'Candles on The Ganges' is now in its last seven days of a Giveaway for three signed copies of the 1st edition. Thank you to everyone who has already entered the competition and to those of you who sent your best wishes.
At the start of the competition I had no friends at all on the Goodreads site yet the Giveaway has still attracted over 600 entrants. How many of those 600 will eventually go on to actually read the book I have no idea but to have reached so many is a tribute to the power of Goodreads.
The book is a true account of my own spiritual journey to an experience of enlightenment told while travelling through some of the holy places of India. My hope is that the book could change your life but at the very least I believe you will find it thought provoking.
If you want to read a few chapters of the book to see if you want to enter the competition you can go to amazon kindle ebooks where a free download of the first few chapters is available.
Thank you for reading this and good luck with the competition!

[Bryan]

Michael wrote: "Hallo. Just joined and interested in reading anything that is well written, imaginative and grabs me. Have a passion for the language used imaginatively and creatively (I guess poetically). My firs..."

Hey Michael-
Take a look at the excerpt of my book on Amazon and see if it grabs you- "Calamity Jane: How the West Began." Historical fiction more than Western. If it does interest you, I could email you a file in return for an honest review. Bryan

[Michael]

Bryan wrote: "Michael wrote: "Hallo. Just joined and interested in reading anything that is well written, imaginative and grabs me. Have a passion for the language used imaginatively and creatively (I guess poet..."

Hi Bryan. Have a look at Pegasus to Paradise (also on amazon). If you like the look of it perhaps we can review each others books. Had a quick look at Calamity Jane and happy to proceed.

[Bryan]

Michael-
I have read in these pages that Amazon frowns on review exchanges, so I am not comfortable doing that. Glad to send you a copy still if you are interested.
Bryan

[Michael]

Bryan
Didn't realise that! Anyway happy to continue with a review for you.

[Bryan]

Thanks in advance. Should I send you a PDF at the btinternet address I see on your website?

[J.D.]

Greetings everyone,
I'll introduce myself as J.D. I'm one of those green debut authors. I haven't been on Goodreads for too long but I'm ready to make some new friends of authors and reviewers both. I'm an author of Speculative Fiction and my first work, A Space Between Worlds Vol.1: Conception, was published by Royal James Publishing, a small press situated in Utah.

[Michael]

Bryan wrote: "Thanks in advance. Should I send you a PDF at the btinternet address I see on your website?"

Yes please

[Eileen]

Hi, all:
I'm an author of historical and regency romance, gradually learning how to navigate Goodreads groups. (I'm finding it's a bit like a maze with way too many intriguing avenues to explore.) Anyway, I've just finished Book #4 in my Love in Disguise series. It has a number of reviews but I'm always happy for more so I'll post that in the appropriate request area, assuming I can find it. Looking foward to learning from this group!

Eileen Putman
Reforming Harriet

[Sebastian]

Hello my name is sebastian serna I am a writing my first book. I hope that you could give some feedback with my writing before publish thank you

[Lisa]

Hi I'm Lisa. I love to read and love to write even more. I just released a memoir that's brutally honest and raw. So even though I've done my homework in the industry I'm still a newbie. I like to connect with other authors and readers/reviewers alike. Hope to connect and make new friends.

[Audrey]

Dalu wrote: "Hello everyone, my name is Dalia, I'm 22 years old and I'm from Argentina, i love reading romance novels, so if you'd like me to review a book and then post it on Goodreads or Amazon just send me a..."

Hi!

I tried to friend you but for some reason I can't. Do you mind friending me? I have a clean YA Contemporary Romance. It's part of a series but it's a HEA standalone.

Thanks, Audrey

[Jo]

Hi everyone! Having been an avid reader my whole life - I love YA, particularly The Hunger Games and The Mortal Instruments (basically anything with kickass female leads), and also fantasy series like The Belgariad by David Eddings. I'm now trying my hand at self-publishing that all important first book, a YA thriller called WANTED)

I'm a screenwriter by trade (I created the BBC action fantasy kid's show, SPIRIT WARRIORS) which stars Jessica Henwick (Game of Thrones, Star Wars:The Force Awakens and Marvel's upcoming Iron Fist) and Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange, Marco Polo).

I specialise in high concept ideas so if you want monsters or dystopia starring a teen female lead, then I'm your girl. If like me, you're a geek obsessed with Buffy, then you'll probably like my work :)

I'm newly joined to GR and in dire need of some friends so do drop me a line - I'm nice, I promise!

In the meantime, happy reading! - Jo
www.johoscribe.com
@johoscribe
blog

[Irene]

Hi, thank you for allowing me to join the group. My name is Irene aka womanreadsbooks, and I'm from just outside Birmingham in England. I eventually set up a blog earlier this year after being told to do so for about 5 years.

I love reading (obviously) all genres, perhaps with the exception of vampire stories. I've passed this passion on to my childhood who are rapidly accumulating lots of books themselves! I post all reviews on my blog and positive ones I like to share on goodreads, though I'm just trying to figure out my way around here.

[Rosie]

Hiya guys & dolls! I'm author Roze Wallin, aka Writing Roze around the web. I've been around Goodreads for years as a reviewer, but am new this year to the author side of it. I published my first book in February, and love working as an author!

Glad to be a part of this group - it seems like fun! =D

[Joe]

Hello Everyone!

My name is Joe and I'm a children's book author/illustrator.

I write adventure stories meant for boys (approx. aged 5 - 10), in the hopes of getting them interested in reading.

I'm looking forward to reading & reviewing your work as well!

[[deleted user]]

Hello Everyone,

My name is Chris Swinney. I'm a deputy sheriff. I'm also an author of crime fiction, true crime, poetry, and short stories (14 published books/novels under my pen name of C. L. Swinney). I started Goodreads as an avid reader and reviewer. Reviews are very important for authors and readers. Although I don't review as much as I used to (some people find it tacky that authors review other authors) I still write reviews and will use a different name. If you have something you'd like me to read, let me know.

Thank you,

Chris

[Nalini]

My name is Nalini Murlidhar. I have recently published a book on travel ' Wings on my Feet.' The book is on pre order at aAmazon.in. It will soon be available on amazon.com, kindle, Flipcart etc.I would like some reviews for the book.
Nalini

[Rosalynn]

Hello all, reading is my life! I love reading every genre, as long as it catches my attention.

I am also an emerging short story writer :).

[J.P.]

Rosalyn wrote: "Hello all, reading is my life! I love reading every genre, as long as it catches my attention.

I am also an emerging short story writer :)."

Hi Rosalyn, perhaps this will catch that attention....Through the Mind's Eye: A Journey of Self-DiscoveryJ.P. Willson If so , send me an e-mail - jpwillson@gmail.com

[Nick]

Hello all!

I'm Nick Sconce. My third novel, Hatchet Women, was released in October.

https://www.amazon.com/Hatchet-Women-...

I'm looking to connect with authors for possible review exchanges and readers. Please feel free to send me a friend request.

Thanks!
Nick

[Eric]

Hello. My name is Eric Stoffle. I enjoy writing mystery/suspense and have just released my novel Trading Lives. Of course, like any author I'd love positive reviews. It's hard not to feel invisible in the author space.

I do believe Trading Lives is a worthwhile read and provides some nice twists. Trading Lives began when I wanted to explore a critical character in another novel I had been working on called The Trespass. Jamie Kelly was such a competent and dangerous sidekick, I had to explore her background.

I hope you take a moment and follow me as well as look at/review my novel. I would be honored.

[Michael]

Hello
My name is Michael G. Bergen (Mike) and I have just published my first historical fiction novel called Storm over South Africa, the 1st part of a four part historical series called The Rutherford Chronicles. I would appreciate someone interested in this genre to review my book of 234 pages and approximately 85,000 words.

Storm over South Africa follows the lives and tribulations of a diverse group of characters through the Second Anglo-Boer War from 1899-1902 in South Africa. They belonged to different levels of the opposing societies and the story follows their actual life and death experiences in this conflict.

The characters include the seventeen year old son of a Boer president; a young shipbuilding dock worker and his military nurse girlfriend from the industrial north-east of England, and a young Canadian soldier who volunteered for Canada’s first campaign outside its borders. Involved too are such illustrious British participants as Winston Churchill, Field marshal Frederick Roberts and Generals Kitchener, Ian Hamilton and Robert Baden-Powell among others. Boer leaders involved include Generals Christiaan de Wet, Louis Botha, Koos de la Rey and Jan Smuts.

The reader is guided through the various twists and turns of the first major British conflict of the 20th century from its beginning through to its end. The naivety and excitement of combatants in the lead up to and beginning of the Second Anglo-Boer War was contagious. It pulled many naive young men into the maelstrom of combat. The failures, frustrations, disappointment, disillusionment and sufferings soon emerge. It is a tale of imperial arrogance and determination, of stubbornness, innocence, love and loss experienced in a rugged and alluring land far from the heart of the British Empire.

My contact details are within Goodreads but my email address is michaelgbergen@gmail.com

[Sara]

Hello everyone! I have been a member of Goodreads for awhile, but am now delving more into it and really enjoying the community and support.

I recently published, Go Go Yoga Kids Go Go Yoga Kids: Empower Kids for Life Through Yoga and it has achieved bestseller status on Amazon. It includes over 150 games, lesson plans, poses and fun ideas for introducing yoga to kids. Perfect for parents, teachers, child care providers, coaches and those who want kids to have the mental and physical benefits of yoga.

I would love to have more reviews on Goodreads and hear your thoughts and ideas. Please let me know if you are interested.

I am looking forward to being an active member of Goodreads. They offer so much!
Thank you!
Sara Weis
Go Go Yoga Kids: Empower Kids for Life Through Yoga

[Shawn]

THE DIMENSION RIPPERS
HELLO everybody! My brother just got his 1st book published. He has been working on it for the last 3 years. I am so proud of him and want to help him spread his story to the world. I am currently about halfway through it and have loved every bit of it so far. (not being bias) It has only been a few weeks since it was released but it has already gaining momentum on amazon and his createspace page.
We are looking to network with other authors and get some honest reviews and feedback.
Please say hello and lets chat :)

[Mary Ellen]

Hi! I'm a new author who just published my first novel. I read and write mostly romance and historical fiction.

[Alex]

Hi everyone! I'm a new author. Joined the group to meet some new people and engage in book discussions! I'm mainly a sci-fi/fantasy reader, and my first e-book is a sci-fi mystery.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[Shashi]

Hi, I am an Interior designer, spiritual blogger - adjudged by prominent blog aggregators, including IndiBloggers, as No 1 spiritual Blogger of India, for last three years. And yes, I have written my first of three book series "The Monk Key" - Songs of the Mist

Here is a review of my book at Amazon by a prominent author, script writer and Play writer - Timeri N Murari.
____

Despite our successes and the advent of technology, many of us still yearn for something more in our lives. Shashi has provided this spiritual release in his beautiful book Songs of the Mist: first of the 3-part in the Monk Key Series.
Shashi takes us on an exploratory journey not only of the Himalayas but also self discovery through the 5 protagonists he has created in this unusual and thought provoking book. Within the tradition of our culture and history, these characters, like the Buddha, like Gurunanak, and so many others, his characters are on a search for the answers that are ultimately within us. - Timeri N Murari
___
I will be very grateful if you can read it and review. It is also available on Kindle and various online platforms across the world and many book stores.
Cheers
___
Shashi - Author of Songs of the Mist
www.TheMonkKey.com

[George]

Hi all,

I am a writer of contemporary horror/suspense fiction. I am new to GoodReads, so just trying to integrate into the community currently!

I am a big fan of horror movies and books. I guess old school Stephen King remains my favorite material.

Both my currently available short stories are available free on Smashwords, if anyone would like to read and or review (negative or positive!).

I will aim to be as visible as possible in the coming weeks!

Best!

GH

[Tania]

Hi Everyone
I am new here. Just popped in to say "hi"
I enjoy paranormal series and horror books
Loved The Mortal Instruments and Sweep. Also love Ellie Jordan and The Lockwood & Co series.

[[deleted user]]

Hi, I'm Brooke.

I'm an author and book lover. I write the kind of books I love to read — suspenseful thriller romances. I tend to read mostly in this genre, with Nora Roberts, Sandra Brown and Linda Howard being my favorite authors. I do also love historical fiction and some fantasy.

I try to read 3-4 books per month (1-2 fiction, 1 business, and 1 spiritual). I don't always get the balance right because once I fall in love with a fiction writer I tend to binge read every book they've written :P

It's nice to meet you all -B.

[Alistair]

Hi,

I live in not-always-sunny Scotland (the very top bit of the UK), and I write SF and Fantasy adventures. I've been lurking in the background for a bit to see how things work, but have decided to go public.

In e-book format, I've self-published 3 Fantasy novels in a series called The Sunset of Magic, and an SF story, The Box of Tricks.

I've been getting back some nice 5 star reviews and ratings through Amazon UK, Goodreads and Readers' Favorite across the novels.

I'm hoping to get a little more 'review' presence in the US. Amazon UK reviews don't appear on the Amazon US (Amazon.com) website, but US ones appear anywhere you have the book listed with Amazon. (...which is just a little annoying!)

I've a website here; www.alipotter.co.uk with details of existing books and new projects.

My next project "Perax Frontier" is another SF adventure. I'm in the middle of the polishing phase, but there's a link to a draft first chapter on my website.

I'm hoping to get more involved with reviewing and feedback when 'my kind of novel' shows up.

Cheers, Alistair

[[deleted user]]

Tania wrote: "Hi Everyone
I am new here. Just popped in to say "hi"
I enjoy paranormal series and horror books
Loved The Mortal Instruments and Sweep. Also love Ellie Jordan and The Lockwood & Co series."

HELLO!!!!

[[deleted user]]

Brooke wrote: "Hi, I'm Brooke.

I'm an author and book lover. I write the kind of books I love to read — suspenseful thriller romances. I tend to read mostly in this genre, with Nora Roberts, Sandra Brown and Li..."

NICE TO MEET YOU!

[[deleted user]]

Alistair wrote: "Hi,

I live in not-always-sunny Scotland (the very top bit of the UK), and I write SF and Fantasy adventures. I've been lurking in the background for a bit to see how things work, but have decided..."

Welcome to the GROUP!

[Alistair]

Thanks for the welcome! :)

[Mark]

Hello everyone, and thanks for having me. I'm a teacher and new author of Out of the Blue: Leaving the Air Force Academy which is a heartfelt memoir of my two years at USAFA in the Class of 1980, which happened to be the first class with women. Humor and heartbreak, but a quick read.
http://a.co/aDkrW9G
I'll be doing a Giveaway soon, as soon as I figure out how!
Thanks!

[Mark]

Welcome, Sam. Keep reading; you're not weird!

[Sharlene]

HI everyone,

I'm an author of psychological thrillers, and always on the look out for those that might be interested in reviewing my first novel - Initiated to Kill.

I'm also a student studying Naturopathy Nutrition, and Body Language. Although I love writing, I am hoping to eventually start up my own business as a Complementary Health Therapist from home.

Looking forward to checking out the reviews in the group. :)

[Bryan]

Welcome Sam! May books enrich you for your entire lifetime.

[Jim]

Hi,
My Name is Imtiaz and I go by the pen name Jim Spencer. You can get a free copy of my book right now at http://dl.bookfunnel.com/n80rdmsuqm for a limited time. I have other novels I have written and will publish soon. I enjoy reading (though not as much as I'd like to) and I'm always looking for a new challenge in life. It keeps things interesting as I always say :)

[Brenda]

Hi, I'm a new author of historical romance, just getting my bearings on Goodreads groups etc. I'm finding it hard to devote time to book promotion when I just want to get back to writing, how do other writers manage their time?
My book has been described as a Regency romance that breaks all the rules and that's probably because I don't know what the rules are! Do you really have to read books in the genre you write in?

[Shashi]

Over a period of some years, I have been writing reviews of new authors at my blog which has more than Half Million hits and read by 700+ readers every day. Initially I reviewed most of my friend’s book but now I would like to do so more comprehensively, in order to help new authors to reach out to their target audience.

Hence I started a regular feature at my blog “Shadow Dancing With Mind“, displayed at the top right corner of my blog as SPOT LIGHT to promote new authors and help them to reach their target audience.

It is for FREE but I intend to be very selective about the books I going to feature in the SPOTLIGHT and give an honest review, as and when I do it.

THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR SPOTLIGHT:
If you fulfil the following requirements, please send me an email (you can find it here) to take the process forward…

Check out the link below for further info and process... http://themonkkey.com/calling-authors...

Cheers!!!
___
Shashi
Author of Songs of the Mist

[Shashi]

Sharlene wrote: "HI everyone,

I'm an author of psychological thrillers, and always on the look out for those that might be interested in reviewing my first novel - Initiated to Kill.

I'm also a student studying ..."

Thank you for approaching me for the SpotLight, Sharlene. Looking forward to feature you at my blog shortly.

http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot...


Cheers

[Mary]

Brenda wrote: "Hi, I'm a new author of historical romance, just getting my bearings on Goodreads groups etc. I'm finding it hard to devote time to book promotion when I just want to get back to writing, how do ot..."

Hi Brenda,
Welcome to the group! No, you don't have to read in the genre you write in. Read in your favourite genre while you are busy writing, and this way reading won't seem like a task. You can view it as a break from writing.

[Brenda]

Mary wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Hi, I'm a new author of historical romance, just getting my bearings on Goodreads groups etc. I'm finding it hard to devote time to book promotion when I just want to get back to wri..."
Good advice since I love reading as much as I love writing!

[Lora]

Hi, all!

I'm a YA author with a small press, Clean Reads, and am looking to garner more reviews for my debut fantasy/sci-fi. It's great to have discovered this group and to be able to connect with you guys :).

[Groovy]

Hi, I'm Groovy

I write wholesome Suspense and Romantic/Suspense novels. I'm currently working on a new book that has a sci-fi element in it, and includes an evil mummy. I'm so excited about this.

I'm addicted to bottled tea and tennis. And my passion is writing.

I hope to gain new friends and lots of reviews:)

[Nalini]

Hi,
I am Nalini. I have written my first book ' Wings on my Feet' --a collection of travelogues to many countries across the globe. Anybody interested in reviewing it?
Nalini

[J.]

Hi. I'm an indie writer looking to get reviews and build a following. You can find some of my free stuff on smashwords.

My blog is www.jrichardsingleton.blogspot.com