Group 205 - Out of this World - Mod. Warren

[E.M.]

Kat KinneyThe review group is the most successful group for peer reviews on goodreads. It hosts non-reciprocal reading/review rounds of ten authors with a variety of themes and genres, as well as ‘general’ rounds where any book is permitted, from non-fiction, to horror. When a round has ‘now forming’ in the title, there are places available, you can sign up. If it doesn’t, it’s full – look for another round or check back another time.

The Amazon rules state that authors/publishers are not allowed to specifically supply published books in return for reviews on Amazon. To comply with this rule, we don’t insist members review on Amazon, but we do insist that every participant in the round has the capacity to leave a review on their local Amazon store, so we all start with the same options.

The founding principle of the group is honest, non-reciprocal reviews, so please help maintain the integrity of the group by letting me know as you sign up if you have been reviewed by, or have reviewed another author in the group and do check back as the group fills to report any clashes. Usually places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

This is an 'Out of this World' round
Fiction books classified as sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian, paranormal.


Now for the boring stuff, but please read it, it saves a lot of time if everyone is on the same wavelength.
Before signing up below with your Goodreads author and Goodreads book link in the thread below, please ensure that:

1. You have enough time to read and review 4 books within the 12 weeks of time allowed.

2. Your book is currently available for sale on Amazon (not pre-order) and it complies with the individual round theme, if there is one.

3. Your book is fit to be reviewed.
If it is not, due to editing or other issues, you risk poor reviews. This is your problem, not that of the reviewers or the groups. For a small fee, the group admin will look at the first few pages of your book to advise. The number one error new authors make is not having their book beta read and edited, by non-family members.

4. You can submit reviews to Goodreads and Amazon.
Amazon allows only those people who have spent $50 in the last year to leave reviews in each of their stores. If you are unsure about your Amazon reviewer status, try posting a ‘test’ review before signing up. If you are unable to post reviews on Amazon, please do not sign up.

5. You can provide (and accept) at least PDF files.
You are not expected or required to buy the books you are allocated to review, but as this will give a ‘Verified Purchase’ review on Amazon, it is welcomed when you choose to do so. Many authors have books available via KU and others might provide smashwords coupons. Most authors can provide mobi and/or epub files directly by email. Please note: International Copyright laws apply. You cannot sell, or give away material you have received without the author’s express permission.

6. You have completed your reading if you are currently in another review round in this group. You can be involved in the ‘one for one’ list whilst you are in a round.

7. You have an author profile set up before you join.

8. Your Goodreads profile allows people to message you, i.e. your profile is not set to private.

9. You declare any relationship you have with another member in the round.
Amazon will not allow reviews from the same household on the same book or if you are an editor, relative or close friend of another member.

10. You agree that your reviews will be unbiased and honest, whatever the star rating, and you will try to avoid ‘spoilers’. i.e. giving away the finale of a book.

11. You will not ask a fellow author to change a review of your book because you don’t agree with it.
If you think you have a legitimate concern, talk to the mod of your round, NOT the other author. Personal attacks, or pressurising other members WILL NOT BE TOLERATED and will result in you being blacklisted.

Please note:
The amazon.com review guidelines do not allow for free books to be supplied in return for reviews. Therefore, you are not obliged to review on Amazon, just on Goodreads. We all want reviews, its why we joined the group. It is bad taste to expect other people to review your book and then not do the same for other people in the group. People that DNF and/or don’t post reviews will find it difficult to get into a subsequent group.

It is not necessary to leave any kind of disclaimer in your review, but ultimately, it is up to individuals. Reviews that state you received a copy ‘in return’ for a review will probably be removed/not allowed by amazon.com. ‘I received a free copy from the author without an obligation to review’ would be more acceptable if you feel the need to add a disclaimer.

Your Goodreads details and the rounds you participate in may be recorded by the admin mod on a database. We do not retain details of email addresses etc.

Allocation is entirely random and there will NOT be any rearranging of the listing to accommodate personal preference. The ONLY circumstance in which you may duck out of giving a review is if YOU provide a stand-in reviewer.

The only way this group can function is if we trust each other to behave honourably. And it IS perfectly possible to give a fair-minded review of a text that does not coincide with our normal choice of reading matter. If you need a few hints/tips, please see this thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I will do my best to fit everyone into the group they request, but occasionally, particularly in the case of our more prolific good standing members, I may have to decline a member request to fit the maximum number of people into a particular round. I will always endeavour to start another round as soon as possible with that member in mind.

It is permissible to review an author more than once if a different book is available.
If you need anything clarified please ask, either by goodreads personal message to me or on the thread below, before signing up. It’s a pain to have to keep rearranging the list because people haven’t read the above.

Your group moderator will be:
Warren Dean



Member Links
1. William Collins
2. Brenda Cheers
3. Jennifer Arntson
4. Stjepan Varesevac Cobets
5. James Maxstadt
6. Stephanie Flores
7. Helen Mathey-Horn
8. Carleton Chinner
9. Justin Cook
10. Kat Kinney

Book Links
1. A Darker Shade of Sorcery
2. In Strange Worlds
3. Scavenger Girl: Season of Atchem
4. The dream of the forest
5. Rejected Worlds: A Short Story Anthology
6. To Wander in Purgatory
7. Bait
8. Plato Crater
9. The Awakening: Demon Within
10. Dyrwolf

[Kat]

I would like to join, please.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

[Brenda]

I would like to join, please:

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

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Thank you.

[Justin]

I would like to join as well, please.

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

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

Thanks

[Stephanie]

I would like to join with 'To Wander in Purgatory'.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

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

Thank you

[Stjepan]

I would like to join with my book "The dream of the forest"
The Dream of the Forest

[James]

I'd like to join with Rejected Worlds.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

[E.M.]

Welcome aboard Kat, Brenda, Justin, Stephanie, Stjepan and James.
Please keep checking for any clashes and let me know if you see any ASAP. Thanks :)

[James]

I've read one of Stephanie's books and Stjepan has read one of mine so far.

[E.M.]

Thanks for that James. For future reference, if you have clashes when you sign up for a group, please post them right away as otherwise I have to go back and re-jig the list ;)

[Jennifer]

I'm ready this time! No scheduling conflicts and lots of 'me time' to use. I've read James before in another round (Hi, James!) and I've done one of yours, EM.

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

[Justin]

Bit of a dilemma

I have read one of Stjepan books a couple of years ago but not this one. But he read mine outside of this group.

[E.M.]

Welcome Jennifer and problem solved Justin - I hope ;)

[William]

I'd love to join with A Darker Shade of Sorcery

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

I have one clash with Cobets and another with Flores, but I believe that's all.

Thank you.

[E.M.]

You need to tell me the nature of those clashes, please, William. Who's read whom?

[William]

Oh sorry, I've read both of their books before. Godeena by Cobets and the 1st book in Flores's series.

[Helen]

I would love to join with Bait.

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

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

I was just recently in Round 202, but I just finished my last review for that group.

[Florian]

I would like to join with Errant or something else.
I received reviews from Helen and Stjepan
I reviewed William and Brenda
Plenty of clashes :)

[Kat]

As I am new, there are no clashes for me.

[Carleton]

I'm new and would love to join with my latest

Carleton Chinner

Plato Crater

If any of you are Australian, I'm also happy to post reviews to Aussie Speculative Fiction Review

[E.M.]

Welcome aboard William, Helen and Carleton. Really sorry, Florian, but I can't fit you in this time.

Now I need everyone to double check they have no negative clashes - that they have not reviewed the four people 'above' them on the list (it wraps around so 10 is 'above' 1) or been reviewed by the four below.

When enough people have posted that they don't have such clashes, I can start the round :)

[Kat]

No clashes for me

[Stjepan]

No clashes

[Stephanie]

It's been mentioned before, but James M, has read 'To Wander in Purgatory'.

Other than that, I am good.

[William]

No problem. I've already reviewed Stepjan, but I take it I can just review another book of his?

[James]

No problems here. I can read Stephanie's first book. And Stjepan and Jennifer have read mine, but not this book.

I'm good.

[Carleton]

I'm good with my four. Let the reading commence

[Justin]

No clashes for me

[Brenda]

All good. :)

[Helen]

No clashes here.

[Jennifer]

I’ve read James and am looking forward to another one of his! No issues other than that for me.

[E.M.]

Looks like we are all good to go!

START DATE: 05-Dec-18

END DATE: 27-Feb-19

Round 1 – post your review by 26-Dec-18
Round 2 – post your review by 16-Jan-19
Round 3 – post your review by 06-Feb-19
Round 4 – post your review by 27-Feb-19

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

205-01__William Collins
Kat Kinney for round 1
Justin Cook for round 2
Carleton Chinner for round 3
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 4

205-02__Brenda Cheers
William Collins for round 1
Kat Kinney for round 2
Justin Cook for round 3
Carleton Chinner for round 4

205-03__Jennifer Arntson
Brenda Cheers for round 1
William Collins for round 2
Kat Kinney for round 3
Justin Cook for round 4

205-04__ Stjepan Varesevac Cobets
Jennifer Arntson for round 1
Brenda Cheers for round 2
William Collins for round 3
Kat Kinney for round 4

205-05__ James Maxstadt
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 1
Jennifer Arntson for round 2
Brenda Cheers for round 3
William Collins for round 4

205-06__ Stephanie Flores
James Maxstadt for round 1
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 2
Jennifer Arntson for round 3
Brenda Cheers for round 4

205-07__ Helen Mathey-Horn
Stephanie Flores for round 1
James Maxstadt for round 2
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 3
Jennifer Arntson for round 4

205-08__ Carleton Chinner
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 1
Stephanie Flores for round 2
James Maxstadt for round 3
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 4

205-09__ Justin Cook
Carleton Chinner for round 1
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 2
Stephanie Flores for round 3
James Maxstadt for round 4

205-10__ Kat Kinney
Justin Cook for round 1
Carleton Chinner for round 2
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 3
Stephanie Flores for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

205-01__William Collins
Brenda Cheers for round 1
Jennifer Arntson for round 2
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 3
James Maxstadt for round 4

205-02__Brenda Cheers
Jennifer Arntson for round 1
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 2
James Maxstadt for round 3
Stephanie Flores for round 4

205-03__Jennifer Arntson
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 1
James Maxstadt for round 2
Stephanie Flores for round 3
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 4

205-04__ Stjepan Varesevac Cobets
James Maxstadt for round 1
Stephanie Flores for round 2
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 3
Carleton Chinner for round 4

205-05__ James Maxstadt
Stephanie Flores for round 1
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 2
Carleton Chinner for round 3
Justin Cook for round 4

205-06__ Stephanie Flores
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 1
Carleton Chinner for round 2
Justin Cook for round 3
Kat Kinney for round 4

205-07__ Helen Mathey-Horn
Carleton Chinner for round 1
Justin Cook for round 2
Kat Kinney for round 3
William Collins for round 4

205-08__ Carleton Chinner
Justin Cook for round 1
Kat Kinney for round 2
William Collins for round 3
Brenda Cheers for round 4

205-09__ Justin Cook
Kat Kinney for round 1
William Collins for round 2
Brenda Cheers for round 3
Jennifer Arntson for round 4

205-10__ Kat Kinney
William Collins for round 1
Brenda Cheers for round 2
Jennifer Arntson for round 3
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 4


Please remember the commitment you are making to your fellow group members. If you pull out after the start date for any reason it is the other members who will be faced with the problem of finding a replacement, or missing out on reads/reviews, through no fault of their own. Please don’t ask the moderators to chase after replacements as we just don’t have the time.

It is the responsibility of the author to get their book to their readers in a format the reviewer can manage. Everyone must be able to provide and accept PDF. You may buy or borrow the books you are due to read if you wish, and I’m sure the author will appreciate the verified review, but IT IS NOT COMPULSORY. There are no set dates for the start of each round. You can each work at your own pace, within the limits of the round deadlines.

All reviews must be posted to GR. We also encourage members to post on Amazon. When you have posted your reviews, please post the links to each of your reviews, not the book page in this thread.
The mod of each round will record whether members have posted reviews on Amazon and for the good of all, members who persistently fail to post reviews or DNF reviews to Amazon, will find mods less than willing to add them to subsequent groups.

Postings to other sites are by agreement by both author and reviewer.

If I’ve missed something that results in you being asked to review someone who has already reviewed you, please let me know asap.

To exchange book files, my advice is to use PM to give email addresses to each other (save the chance of spammers getting your addies from this open forum). Happy reviewing, everyone :)

Please consider downloading one of my books and/or one of the round mod’s books as a thank you for all the hard work we put in for the group.

[E.M.]

Please read this especially if you are new to these review rounds.

Quick 'start-up' summary for anyone new who might be scratching their heads. You should PM the four people who will be reviewing you (the four above you on the original list of names) through their Goodreads author pages. Click on the down arrow beside the 'Follow Author' button under their picture and it opens a menu which will allow you to message them.

Ask what kind of file they would like or say you can only offer PDF, though unless a publisher uploaded it for you, you can always download a .mobi of your own book from Amazon.

Don't forget to ask where to send it so they can give you their email.

The four people who you are reviewing should be in touch with you in a similar way.

You can, of course, choose to buy any or all of the books instead, or read the books on KU, if you are a subscriber and the books are available there. If you can buy it adds weight to your review as it gives the 'Verified Purchase' stamp on Amazon.

Please make sure you have exchanged ALL FOUR books - or have been assured by your reviewers they will buy your book or read it through KU - as soon as possible. Some people read fast and it can be very frustrating to have to wait a long time to get hold of a book you are committed to review.

Finally, recent changes on Amazon mean that we are now asking you to post your review to your own Amazon store and any others you might have access to as well. Please still attempt to post on .com and .uk, but if you can only post on your local Zon you will not be penalised.

I shall now hand you over to Warren Dean who is modding this round, please contact him if you hit any issues :)

[Kat]

I'm really excited to be reading some great new books! 😊 For those who are reading "Dyrwolf" it's currently free on Amazon, and will be so until 12/9. If you could please download it there, I would appreciate the verified purchase review.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KNBGN4Z

[Helen]

Carleton, Justin, Kat and William - I have purchased your books on Amazon. You do not need to send me any copies.

[Kat]

Thanks so much, Helen!

[Warren]

Nice one, Helen!

Hello Brenda, really nice to see you.

If anyone needs help, has questions or problems, don't hesitate to post on the thread or PM me.

Also for those new to the process, please don't forget to post the links to your reviews. It makes it easier for me to keep score and it is also nice for group members to follow the reviews as they come out.

Happy Reading.

[Stephanie]

Can't seem to be able to message you, Kat K, but I downloaded your book!

[Kat]

Thanks, Stephanie for downloading it. Hope you enjoy! Looks like I had my settings messed up there. All corrected now!

[Justin]

Helen wrote: "Carleton, Justin, Kat and William - I have purchased your books on Amazon. You do not need to send me any copies."

Thanks Helen makes things easy

[Justin]

Kat wrote: "I'm really excited to be reading some great new books! 😊 For those who are reading "Dyrwolf" it's currently free on Amazon, and will be so until 12/9. If you could please download it there, I would..."

Thanks Kat ignore my PM got the book now

[William]

Awesome, thanks for downloading a copy Helen and Kat. :)

[Carleton]

Helen wrote: "Carleton, Justin, Kat and William - I have purchased your books on Amazon. You do not need to send me any copies."

Thank you so much for the purchase

[Kat]

Justin wrote: "Thanks Kat ignore my PM got the book now"

Oh sorry, saw the PM first. Anyway, you now have several copies! Thanks for downloading and hope you enjoy :)

[Jennifer]

Round 1 complete for Dream of the Forest, I'll post the GR here, Amazon is still reviewing so no link yet.

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

[Kat]

My Round One reviews... awesome read by William Collins 😊

GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R31Q34S...

[James]

My reviews of Plato Crater

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

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Carleton]

My Round One reviews for The Awakening: Demon Within

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

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[William]

Thanks a lot Kat, I'm really glad you enjoyed it. :)

[Justin]

Thanks for the review, Carleton