Pay-it-foward read and review challenge

[Tiger]

If anyone is willing, I could use some more takers for No Deadly Thing

thanks!

[Jason]

Tiger -

I will move on to that after I finish Famine.

[Tiger]

Thanks Jason!

[Nathan]

I've gotta ask.

I thought you couldn't rate and review books on Amazon without having paid for them. If someone send you a pdf of the book for free, how can you leave an amazon review?

[Tiger]

Aren't you guys all buying these?

[Courtney]

:D - you all do good by one another - :D

[Jason]

You can do reviews without buying them. Buying them from Amazon gives the "Verified Amazon Purchase" thing but you don't need to.

Yes, Tiger, we are buying them. (At least I am).

[Tiger]

OH I see what you mean.

[Heather]

Jason wrote: "You can do reviews without buying them. Buying them from Amazon gives the "Verified Amazon Purchase" thing but you don't need to.

Yes, Tiger, we are buying them. (At least I am)."

Hey Jason, I have and am buying the ones I review, but for future reference
How do you do that? My 'write a review' doesnt pop up unless I bought it or got it during a free Amazon day? Is there a special
place we need to looking?

[Wren]

If you click on the link to see the reviews, it gives you the option to write your own.

[Jason]

What Wren said.

[Maron]

This is a terrific idea! Here are the books I've chosen to read from those of you who've posted on this thread:
The Shadow Miner (Katie Beitz)
Chain of Prophecy (Jason Patrick Crawford)
The Seventh Sentinel (Yolando Ramos)

Now I'm off to purchase those books and begin reading them! :) I'll post my reviews on both Amazon and Goodreads.

Here is my book, Laika in Lisan:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JYNFXTC
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

It's actually free on Amazon today (May 15), so I won't get paid if anyone chooses to read it. However, I'm completely fine not receiving a reciprocal purchase, because simply getting reviews and ratings would be wonderful! :)

[Chad]

I'm buying everything I'm reading.

[Heather]

Wren wrote: "If you click on the link to see the reviews, it gives you the option to write your own."

Thanks, I just can't do it on my phone, I guess. Found it on the PC fine. :)

[Monica]

C wrote: "Monica, here are my reviews of Famine:

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

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3723VZ2......"

Awesome! Thank you, C! :D (Ack, so many sequels, so little time!)

[Katie]

Maron wrote: "This is a terrific idea! Here are the books I've chosen to read from those of you who've posted on this thread:
The Shadow Miner (Katie Beitz)
Chain of Prophecy (Jason Patrick Crawford)
The Seventh..."

Thanks for reading and reviewing. I really appreciate it!!

[Michael]

here is my review for Chains of Prophecy
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
also posted on Amazon. now to just buy my third one, after that any and all books will be just for fun :)

[Jason]

Thank you, Michael! I'm glad you enjoyed it...and that you took a chance, even if you were worried!

Maybe you'll think one of my other books is "great" when I get them out there ;)

[Michael]

no problem! I love being proved wrong :)
I will definitely take a chance on the next ones as the come out :)

[Jason]

Maybe you can check out my revised blurb when I post it and tell me if it comes off as less worrisome.

Thanks again!

[Michael]

shall do!

[Maron]

Here is my review of The Seventh Sentinel:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2GZDSNP...

[Katie]

First review done for Totem and posted on Goodreads and Amazon.

Will read through and pick my next book soon.

[David]

pick mine pick mine plz plz plz :D!

[Heather]

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

My review for INTO THE VEIL is up! And can I just say-WOW!!

[Jennifer]

Thanks, Heather. I'm so happy you liked it:)

[Heather]

My review for The Seventh Sentinel is up!

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

Now onto diving further into Totem!

[Heather]

Jennifer wrote: "Thanks, Heather. I'm so happy you liked it:)"

Absolutely, Jennifer, you deserved it, great book. I also shared it on my fb. ;)

[Wren]

Here's my 3rd review. It's for Restricted Renegade

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

[David]

woot!

[Yolanda]

Thank you Heather and Maron for the reviews

[Justin]

I just realized that everyone's got very catchy book titles. Aside from eye catching covers a title is also the second thing an author sees, so yeah, a lot of good sounding names of books everyone!

[Tiger]

@Justin

thanks! titles are very important. I bet we can all think of titles that put us off of a book we might otherwise have enjoyed.

[K.P.]

Tiger wrote: "@Justin

thanks! titles are very important. I bet we can all think of titles that put us off of a book we might otherwise have enjoyed."

it sucks when you think you have a unique title and realise it's a common one >_< like this one i couldn't think of anything to change it. and it was already in print for a good while (6 years)...

[Tiger]

@ K.P Yeah that is pretty common. Originally NDT was titled Sacrificial Magic, but I googled it and realized a ton of authors had used that already.

If I ever get around to reading CR I'll throw some ideas your way if you want.

[K.P.]

Tiger wrote: "@ K.P Yeah that is pretty common. Originally NDT was titled Sacrificial Magic, but I googled it and realized a ton of authors had used that already.

If I ever get around to reading CR I'll throw some ideas..."

thanks! i get so burdened with trying to come up with a snappy title, but then i get too esoteric about it and folks are like wut. i don't have anyone to bounce ideas off of (i stutter, so i avoid talking to people like the plague). whenever you want a copy, let me know. i can wait. :)

[Maron]

I like the discussion of titles. :) Sadly, I fear that I should have picked a better title for my book. "Laika in Lisan" meets the goal of being unique, but it isn't snappy or attention-grabbing. It started as a working title and I had every intention of changing it before publishing, but I couldn't think of anything better. Eventually the title grew on me, so I kept it because I liked it. In hindsight, I realize I should have considered something else because the average potential reader won't be drawn to what is basically a confusing title. ("Who the hell is Laika? Is that even a name? And what's Lisan?" :))

[Tiger]

K.P. wrote: "Tiger wrote: "@ K.P Yeah that is pretty common. Originally NDT was titled Sacrificial Magic, but I googled it and realized a ton of authors had used that already.

If I ever get around to reading C..."

Oh, are you willing to provide a review copy? If so I'll take a look as soon as I am done with the three or four books ahead of yours. (I'm broke)

[Tiger]

I made a thread so we can talk titles!

[Chad]

Katie wrote: "First review done for Totem and posted on Goodreads and Amazon.

Will read through and pick my next book soon."

Thanks, Katie!

[Jennifer]

Finished Atancia:)

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

I also posted on Amazon. Great book, Wren. Can't wait for the second.

[Wren]

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it. The second is done. Just waiting on the final edit :)

[Jennifer]

Let me know when it's published. I'll save a couple of dollars on my highly over-used card for a read and review:)

[Wren]

Will do! Thanks! Oh, and if you like torture (which I seem to, lol) I have a few teasers from the second book on my GR blog.

[Jennifer]

I love teasers. I'll check it out.

[Tara]

This...is...amazing!

LOVE the idea, and it seems to be very successful!

I would like to add my book, Bloodline into the mix. It is a YA/SciFi/thriller. It is also book #1 in a trilogy and I am working on the third and final book right now. For that reason, I will be slow in my reviews, but I promise to get them out eventually. I already have David's book added and I have seen several others that look good. (but his is first. :) )

Here is mine!

[K.P.]

Tiger wrote: "Oh, are you willing to provide a review copy? If so I'll take a look as soon as I am done with the three or four books ahead of yours. (I'm broke)

I messaged you, so let me know when you'd like to get a copy.

just about done with writing my review for and giddily pouring through .

[David]

yay!!

[Yolanda]

My reviews for Restricted Renegade and Old Souls is up :
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3KMD77F...

[Amber]

Has anyone given a fellow Fringer a less than happy review through this process? I've been struggling for days on what's going to be a two-star review. It's honest, it's my real response, and I hope that's what we're doing here, but everyone seems so enthusiastic and celebratory all the time I just wonder if I'm the first person to encounter a book that didn't please them as a reader (I mean a fellow Fringer's book). I know that a variety of reviews is said to give the good reviews more integrity, so I shouldn't feel that I'm hurting this writer with my opinion, but I've never posted lower than a three-star before so I've revised and revised this two-star review as diligently as if I were writing a book, trying to make it constructive and well-supported.