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172. Out of this World - Mod. L.N.
First Review: Tales of the Renegadehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
Thank you Lucretia and C.E for your first round links... motoring!
Lucretia wrote: "Round one. Great to read you again Stacie.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3TA9PJ...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R20M4..."
Thank you for your review, Lucretia! So glad you enjoyed it. I'm writing the third and final book in the series now. :-) -Stacie
Stacie wrote: "Thank you for your review, Lucretia! So glad you enjoyed it. I'm writing the third and final book in the series now. :-) -Stacie "You are very welcome, Stacie. I look forward to reading the final part. :)
Round 2:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2PDZ...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2POO9F...
Round 3:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R343I6H...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1AID...
Oh Lucretia...you are really motoring, girl! Thank you for your round two and three links. One more to go then you're outta here!
Lucretia wrote: "Round 2:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2PDZ...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2POO9F...
Round 3:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/sh..."
Thanks Lucretia. Glad you enjoyed Heart of the Mountain :)
Round 1:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/Children-Furna...
Amazon review is processing. Don't know how long it will take.
Thank you for your links, Benedict. UK Zon can be a bit slow.
C.E. wrote: "First Review: Tales of the Renegadehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re..."
Thank you, C.E.! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for your review links. I know there are flaws, and i'll be tinkering later in the year.
Review of Grounded a dragon's tale:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
review of ammolite adventures:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2V7VPM...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3SKR...
review of tales of the renegade:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R210I...
review of going Underground:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1I5T...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R17I7K4...
A couple of links haven't come back to me yet, and I want to go to bed now!! I'll post them asap
Thank you for all your links, Brin...super quick, as ever. Catch you in another round soon.
Round 2 Review of Akrad's Children: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R38H3AU...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3TID...
*Note* I started with Round 2 Book because I have not received Round 1 Book from the author yet. I have already contacted her, so hoping it will arrive in my email soon.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Stacie
Stacie wrote: "Round 2 Review of Akrad's Children: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R38H3AU...
https://www.amazon.co..."
Thanks Stacie 😊
I don't know what the correct procedure is, but I move to expel Benedict Holmes from the review group. He’s a troll:his reviews are malicious, inaccurate and deeply stupid.
Saying that you bear no ill will does not make it true.
Cowards hide behind masks.
last links that hadn't come through before:https://www.amazon.com/review/R1W58DK...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1TED...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R354LTB...
Review #2: Burning Captivationhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...
Thank you Stacie and C.E for your links, and thank you Brin for your added links.
Interesting. I seem to remember there being a specific guideline in the group about ad hominem attacks, but you just jumped right in there, didn't you?Well, now. Personally, I find an author who responds to a poor review with such blatant emotionalism to be . . . let's say unprofessional.
Writing is a tough gig. Some people are going to love your stuff, some are going to hate it - that's life. It can't be personal. I'll repeat that, just to be clear. IT CAN'T BE PERSONAL. If you take poor reviews personally, it will wreck you. If you feel the reviewer missed the point, shrug and move on. If there were valid concerns that need to be addressed, do so - then move on.
Write the next book, improve your craft, and push forward.
That being said . . .
I am not going to lie to ANYONE just to make you feel better about yourself. I didn't like your book. Too bad. I am amused how that automatically defines me as a troll ( a term which you need to look up), stupid, a coward, and malicious.
Now you tell me: between the two of us, who has behaved the most maliciously? I would suggest taking a deep breath and re-thinking your decision making paradigm.
L.N. - I'm not interested in getting drawn into some sort of petty squabble, and this is all I intend to say on the subject. As moderator of the group, if you would like me off the round, just say so - but I won't take down my reviews. Despite opinions to the contrary, they were honest and I stand by them.
Definition from the Urban Dictionary:"The most essential part of trolling is convincing your victim that either a) you truly believe in what you are saying, no matter how outrageous, or b) give your victim malicious instructions, under the guise of help.
As such, your victim must not know that you are trolling; if he does, you are an unsuccesful troll.
Signs that your trolling is succesful:
*Your victim screaming in all-caps at you.
Signs that your trolling is unsuccesful:
*Your victim identifying you as a troll."
I think that just about covers it.
I'm sure we all read books we don't like fairly frequently as part of this review group, but that doesn't stop most of us reviewing with kindness and respect.
And PS I didn't post until after Benedict Holmes' review of LN's story, which was also despicable.
Ah, and herein is what likely lies at the heart of the problem.I'm not here to 'help' you in the way you seem to think I am. I joined this group - and this round - for one purpose only: to write honest reviews in exchange for other honest reviews. That's all. Not to make you feel good about yourself, not to tell you how wonderful you are - none of that. I don't remember reading the guideline that mentioned that I was here to provide emotional validation, but I'll keep checking - just in case.
However, as long as we're throwing out definitions, how about this one?
A bully: an overbearing, browbeating person who is cruel, insulting, or threatening to others.
Is this type of behavior something you habitually engage in with those who disagree with you? Good lord, woman, how do you get through life?
We could keep going round and round about this, but what's the point? You will never forgive me for not liking your book enough and I . . . don't care. And I don't care mostly because of the ridiculous, over the top reaction you had to the review. Assuming your book ever took off, would you personally write and insult every reader who disliked your story? I would certainly hope not, but after seeing your reaction here, I wouldn't be so sure.
If you had contacted me privately, I wouldn't have changed my position, but I would have attempted to explain it in greater detail. I'm afraid you've forever lost that courtesy.
N.B. L.N. wrote to me and thanked me for the honesty of my 'despicable' review. She, at least, knows how to be a professional.
And now this is where it ends. May I remind you, that if you have a problem that you are to PM me, and not air it on this thread. This applies to everyone, not just Brin and Benedict. If there is any further discourse, I will be forced to get offenders removed from the group. Now please, can we let this matter rest and finish the round. Remember to be respectful to each other, and we won't have a problem.On another note... Gloria, can you PM me regarding another matter?
So back on track...Thank you for the review of Tales of the Renegade, Brin!
My Round 1 reviews for Blessedly Bound:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blessedly-Bo...
GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Thank you for your links, Caleb. Enjoy your next round.
Thank you so much, Caleb! Here are my round 4 links:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2RBO1G...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1EHT...
Great books this round. I hope to see you in other rounds.
Thank you for your links Lucretia. See in anotther round soon.
Review #3 - Bear Kingdomhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
C.E. wrote: "Review #3 - Bear Kingdomhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...
https://www.amazo..."
Thank you for your review, C.E.! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Yes, the dragons are taking flight in Book 3, which I'm working on now! :-) Stacie
Round 3 Review: Man in The Moon by Benedict Holmeshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R307HRY...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R25DS...
-Stacie
*Note* I still have not received Round 1 Book, so will be reviewing Round 4 book next.
Sara, please can you start sending files out to the people who are reviewing your book... and Stacie, thank you for your links.
Round 1 Review - Man in the MoonGoodreads https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
.com https://www.amazon.com/review/RKHLARU...
.co.uk https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2VGW...
Thank you for your links, Jeanette. On to roind two.
My round one reviews are up. Thanks for the great read Jeanette O'Hagan! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...
Sara wrote: "My round one reviews are up. Thanks for the great read Jeanette O'Hagan! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re......"
Thanks, Sara. Thrilled you enjoyed it 😊👍
Hi,I've completed Bluestone.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1GHW...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3JXPE0...
Round 4 Review: Children of the Furnace by Brin Murrayhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R29Y9N4...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R31H1...
*Note: I still have not received my Round 1 book for review. Since I have completed all others, I'd like to be released from this group in order to join one now forming. If I receive the Round 1 book while this group is still active, I will return to review it. Thank you.
Thanks to everyone for participating! Good luck in your writing endeavours. -Stacie
Round 2Bear Kingdom & The Golden Sword:GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...
Deadline day for the first round is tomorrow folks.
Here are my links for Grounded: A Dragon's Tale:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
Good read, thank you for sharing. I apologise for the shortness of the review, but I have made my point.
Caleb wrote: "Round 2Bear Kingdom & The Golden Sword:GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/..."
Thank you for your review, Caleb! Have a great day. :-)
Stacie
Thank you Caleb and Benedict for your links.
My co-author Michael Hecht will be reviewing my Round 4 assignment, Akrad's Children, in order to speed up the process. He had tried to join another group but was advised that co-authors are counted as one and he wouldn't be eligible until my obligations were fulfilled here first.So since we count as one within the group as a whole, we'll likely just always divvy out the assignments going forward. I had assumed wrongly that we had the option of either divvying out 4 or taking on 4 each to ourselves as long as they were in different rounds.
I have already sent him the .mobi that had been sent to me.
Can he comment the links here himself or do I need to do that part as well if it's too confusing otherwise?
Round 3: We Own the SkyGoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...
My Round Two read - thanks Brin Murray Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2052L2...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RP5SG...
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I don't think I'll be done with all four in the next two weeks or anything, but if you DO finish reading and reviewing all of your assignments early, does that make you eligible to join another group sooner or are you still ineligible to join another group until after April 18th, the final due date? I recall you aren't supposed to be in multiple groups at the same time, but didn't know if there was any way to speed up the process at all.
With Amazon's somewhat creepy networking that somehow even tracks extended Facebook friends and relatives, I feel in desperate need of reviews and am willing and able to read more than 4 books every 3 months to try to get more for my own book in these types of exchanges.