General sci-fi round (MK 2) (Closed)

[L.N.]

Thank you for your links Bruce, nicely done review =).

[Melonie]

Here are my links for A Life Worth of Fleeting Suns

Goodreads
Amazon US
Amazon UK

[L.N.]

Thanks for your links Melonie =)

[Ben]

Posted my review of Melonie's book, Shield of Drani here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01JTPAJWK
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JTPAJWK
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[L.N.]

Thanks for your links Ben. I agree with you about the cover =)

[Adam]

Hi. Here are my review links to the *surprisingly good* book The Box of Tricks by Alistair Potter.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RWTHT...

[Alistair]

Adam wrote: "Hi. Here are my review links to the *surprisingly good* book The Box of Tricks by Alistair Potter.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/revie..."

... gobsmacked and a little humbled! Thanks for the amazing review! Ehrm... (any chance you could add it to the US Amazon site as well?) :)

Cheers, Alistair.

[Adam]

I can't. It redirects me to the UK site. I think I haven't met the minimum threshold of 50 dollars of purchases from the US site before I can review products. I can try asking someone else to post it.

[Ben]

Nice review Adam, makes me want to check out the book.

[Adam]

I really do recommend it. I know that in theae review rounds you've no idea what you're going to get but I was really lucky this time with both titles. It's great to see what other people are doing in the same genre.

[Alistair]

Adam wrote: "I can't. It redirects me to the UK site. I think I haven't met the minimum threshold of 50 dollars of purchases from the US site before I can review products. I can try asking someone else to post it."

Hi Adam, thanks for clearing that up. Of course, if you can get someone else to 'read' the book, agree with you and post to Amazon US, my conscience can cope. Thanks. :)

[Melonie]

Thanks so much for the great review!

[Melonie]

I just started Bruce Perrin's In The Space of an Atom. That has to be one of the best first chapters I have ever read. Serious props, Bruce.

[Adam]

Hi Melonie. I like your book too. Three species and I changed aliegance three times, so that's a record.

[Bruce]

Thanks Melonie. I hope you like the rest.

And as we seem to be giving each other kudos, let me reinforce what Adam said about Alistair Potter's book. I'm only a quarter done, but so far, it's been really fun and well paced. I'm looking forward to the rest of it.

Bruce

[Melonie]

Adam wrote: "Hi Melonie. I like your book too. Three species and I changed allegiance three times, so that's a record."

That's pretty funny, Adam. It means my plan is working!

[Melonie]

Bruce wrote: "Thanks Melonie. I hope you like the rest. "

I'm about halfway done. It's a win. I do not love the blurb, though. Hope I'm not over stepping here, but if it were me, I would want someone to tell me and that isn't something I would ever put in a review. I strongly recommend redoing your blurb. You could also take it over to the blurb section on Goodreads and get some opinions on it.

[Alistair]

Melonie wrote: "Bruce wrote: "Thanks Melonie. I hope you like the rest. "

I'm about halfway done. It's a win. I do not love the blurb, though. Hope I'm not over stepping here, but if it were me, I would want some..."

There's a 'blurbs' section!

Immediately I get a picture of a darkened room, and a trapdoor that opens every now and again for waste-baskets full of terrible 'blurb copy' to be thrown in. The poor troglodytic creatures manning their ancient typewriters will only get fed if they edit the text and send out good copy. (Which they load onto a bucket that gets lowered down to them!) I've obviously been reading too much Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde.

Where's the blurb section?

Alistair.

[Melonie]

Alistair wrote: "Immediately I get a picture of a darkened room, and a trapdoor...Where's the blurb section?"

LOL - Your visual isn't far off. I hate writing blurbs. And I know a good one when I see one or a bad one for that matter, but I struggle to determine what makes it good or bad. They are the worst! But even knowing how hard they are to write well, they are key when deciding whether or not I will read a book.

So anyhow, in the group called Support for Indie Authors, there is a discussion group called Blurbs/Covers/Trailers. You can post your blurb or cover there and folks will chew it up and spit on it for you free of charge. It's the best. We just ask that you return the favor. Here is a link, but if you have not joined the Support for Indie Authors Group, it may not work.

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

[Bruce]

Melonie wrote: "Bruce wrote: "Thanks Melonie. I hope you like the rest. "

I'm about halfway done. It's a win. I do not love the blurb, though. Hope I'm not over stepping here, but if it were me, I would want some..."

You're not overstepping in my opinion - any feedback given in the spirit of helping is entirely welcome!

I've posted the blurb in the appropriate Support for Indie Authors section (funny I never thought of getting a blurb reviewed - just covers and the MS of course). You have me really curious, so if you have a moment and want to PM me with a couple of your thoughts on the blurb, please do.

Bruce

[Bruce]

My review of The Box of Tricks by Alistair Potter:

Amazon-US: https://www.amazon.com/review/RD796F8...

Amazon-UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R17O1...

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

I believe that completes my obligations to this group. It's been fun, with a couple of good books to read and some helpful feedback. Happy writing, BmP

[L.N.]

Thanks for your links Bruce. You are, indeed, done! See you in another round soon =)

[Alistair]

Bruce wrote: "My review of The Box of Tricks by Alistair Potter:

...and thanks from me too!

AListair

[Melonie]

Here are my reviews for In the Space of an Atom

goodreads
Amazon US
Amazon UK

Nicely done, Bruce!

[L.N.]

Good review Melonie. Thank you for your links, I do believe your commitment to this review round is done. I hope to see you in another round soon =)

[Melonie]

For sure!!

[Bruce]

Melonie wrote: "Here are my reviews for In the Space of an Atom

goodreads
Amazon US
Amazon UK

Nicely done, Bruce!"

Melonie,

Thanks for the kind words and the thoughtful review. Happy writing, BmP

[L.N.]

For those of you who haven't completed your 1st round reviews, you have to days left to post =). Thank you in advance, and happy reading.

[Leon]

Done! Review of Final Choice on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I can't find Final Choice on Amazon (despite being able to locate another work by the author) so I haven't been able to post reviews there. I'm happy to if/when it's published on Amazon.

[L.N.]

Thank you for your links Leon. See you in another round soon.

[Leon]

Sorry, I meant round one done! Round two to go! :)

[L.N.]

Oops! Silly me lol....enjoy round 2.

[Alistair]

Hi,

Here's my review of Rejena's "Final choice"

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

Cheers, Alistair.

[L.N.]

Thanks for your review Alistair. Hope to see you in another round soon =)

[L.N.]

Rejena, are you able to inform me of whether you are still participating in this round, as I have not seen any links posted for the last round. Thanks in advance for your reply =).

[Alistair]

Hi Adam,

I was having a little 'scoot' round my reviews - I was wondering if you posted to Amazon.com for Box of Tricks?

Every little helps... :)

Thanks, Alistair.

[Adam]

Hi Alistair. I posted to Amazon UK. The dot com site redirected me to the UK site. I can try asking someone to post it for me.

[Alistair]

Hi Adam,

You can 'search' on Amazon.com or if you follow the US Amazon link from my listing of the book on my website;

http://alipotter.co.uk/novels.html

You can click the review link on the Amazon.com page and you'll get to the review interface - very slightly different from the UK 'dialogue' - you need to click some options before it opens the box for leaving a review. If you can manage, that would be great.

Cheers, Alistair.

[Adam]

Hi Alistair. I've added the review to the Amazon.com site as well.

[Alistair]

Adam wrote: "Hi Alistair. I've added the review to the Amazon.com site as well."

Mercy buckets!

Alistair.

[Ben]

Okay. here is my 4 star review for Adams book, Lightspeed Frontier.
It was a fun read.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

[Adam]

Ben wrote: "Okay. here is my 4 star review for Adams book, Lightspeed Frontier.
It was a fun read.

Thanks Ben. I'm glad you liked it. I read the review but the star rating hasn't come through yet. Has anyone else noticed a time lag on Goodreads?

[Ben]

Adam wrote: "Ben wrote: "Okay. here is my 4 star review for Adams book, Lightspeed Frontier.
It was a fun read.

Thanks Ben. I'm glad you liked it. I read the review but the star rating hasn't come through yet...."

My fault Adam, I forgot to star rate it, but all done now.

[Adam]

Ben wrote: "all done".
Thanks Ben.

[Leon]

Here are my reviews for In the Space of an Atom:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2RIV...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1XVM...

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

That's me. Thanks, all.

[L.N.]

Thank you for your links Leon, see you again soon for another round =)

[Melonie]

This is late. I'm sorry. I did let the author know I was running behind though. Great book, btw.

As Wings Unfurl

Goodreads
Zon with fries
Zon with chips

[L.N.]

Thank you for your links Melonie. See you in another round soon.

[L.N.]

Apologies in the delay in closing this round down. It would appear that Rejena had pulled out of the round. People who reviewed her book need to un-review it forthwith...thank you!