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Group 213 - Clean - Mod Trish
Mod
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Raccoons-Rabbi...
Author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Hope no one minds a nonfiction personal growth book, Personal Wisdom.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Thanks,
Bob
Hi. I would like to join with my middle grade children's fantasy book The Telling Mirror. Author Page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Please note I am working on a new cover so it's not available on Amazon right now. Should be within the week and will post with link then. Can send PDF, epub, etc.
Also E.M. I'm done with my other group reading just need to post reviews. Thank you.
I can't sign you up here until you have finished in that other group, M.G. and please post me the Goodreads link to the book you want to enter when you are free and clear to do so :)
Hi,I've just finished my reveiws for another review group and would like to submit my book Calcite Corpse... a mystery.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Hi. I want to take part in this round.
My book: Dor from the planet Dogginaria: every puppy is unique. Great book for teaching how to be brave and improve the self-esteem
Author Page: Ann Lighman
Okay all reviews are done, posted and authors notified from the other group.Here's the book I'd like to submit for this round.
Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Return-Podocia...
Welcome S.D. and M.G.Ann, have you claimed your author page? If not you need to do so and then post your request to join the group from that page. Thanks.
please sign me up...thanks!Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Josh-Anvil-Cyp...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
I'll join in, please, with my novelette, Stolen Legacy. :)https://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Legacy-...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
SD can read me--I can't read her. : )
Mod
So far, I don't have any other conflicts with anyone else currently on the list.
Cathleen wrote: "I'll join in with my novelette, Stolen Legacy. :)https://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Legacy-...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
SD ..."
I've read Stolen Legacy... but this is teh first time I've posted this book for a review.
A
SD, I can offer an alternate if you don't mind a WWI fairy tale--The Golden Key, also a novelette.
Please sign me up thanks : )https://www.amazon.co.uk/Room-Service...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Hi I read the rules and I'd love to sign up!I'm Brooke Bent and I wrote If You Wake with the Stars which is on Amazon and I'll be doing a free promotion starting tomorrow. Thanks!
Cathleen wrote: "SD, I can offer an alternate if you don't mind a WWI fairy tale--The Golden Key, also a novelette."I'm easy.. love to.
If there's still room, I'd like to join with my clean romantic suspense novel, Anchored in Misty Lake. I have previously reviewed Loralee, but not the book she has in this round, and would be happy to review her again.
I don't believe I have any other conflicts.
Anchored in Misty Lake
Margaret Standafer
Welcome Bruce, Cathleen, Brooke and Margaret.B.B. - I looked at your book and need your reassurance that it fits a 'clean' round. The cover and the reviews suggest it might not be, but I might be completely wrong to assume so.
I don't have any conflicts with the current posted order of reviewers. :)
Thanks for confirming that B.B. and welcome!I now need everyone to check that you have no negative clashes - that means you need to check you have not reviewed the four people 'above' you 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 any such clashes, I can start the round :)
Mod
Sorry for the delay - life happened. Here we go:START DATE: 01-Apr-19
END DATE: 24-June-19
Round 1 – post your review by 22 -Apr-19
Round 2 – post your review by 13-May-19
Round 3 – post your review by 03-June-19
Round 4 – post your review by 24-June-19
As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:
213-01__Mary E. Hughes
B.B. James for round 1
Margaret Standafer for round 2
Brooke Bent for round 3
Cathleen Townsend for round 4
213-02__Loralee Evans
Mary E. Hughes for round 1
B.B. James for round 2
Margaret Standafer for round 3
Brooke Bent for round 4
213-03__Robert A. Brown
Loralee Evans for round 1
Mary E. Hughes for round 2
B.B. James for round 3
Margaret Standafer for round 4
213-04__ S.D. Brown
Robert A. Brown for round 1
Loralee Evans for round 2
Mary E. Hughes for round 3
B.B. James for round 4
213-05__ M.G. Nelson
S.D. Brown for round 1
Robert A. Brown for round 2
Loralee Evans for round 3
Mary E. Hughes for round 4
213-06__ Bruce E. Arrington
M.G. Nelson for round 1
S.D. Brown for round 2
Robert A. Brown for round 3
Loralee Evans for round 4
213-07__ Cathleen Townsend
Bruce E. Arrington for round 1
M.G. Nelson for round 2
S.D. Brown for round 3
Robert A. Brown for round 4
213-08__ Brooke Bent
Cathleen Townsend for round 1
Bruce E. Arrington for round 2
M.G. Nelson for round 3
S.D. Brown for round 4
213-09__ Margaret Standafer
Brooke Bent for round 1
Cathleen Townsend for round 2
Bruce E. Arrington for round 3
M.G. Nelson for round 4
213-10__ B.B. James
Margaret Standafer for round 1
Brooke Bent for round 2
Cathleen Townsend for round 3
Bruce E. Arrington for round 4
As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:
213-01__Mary E. Hughes
Loralee Evans for round 1
Robert A. Brown for round 2
S.D. Brown for round 3
M.G. Nelson for round 4
213-02__Loralee Evans
Robert A. Brown for round 1
S.D. Brown for round 2
M.G. Nelson for round 3
Bruce E. Arrington for round 4
213-03__Robert A. Brown
S.D. Brown for round 1
M.G. Nelson for round 2
Bruce E. Arrington for round 3
Cathleen Townsend for round 4
213-04__ S.D. Brown
M.G. Nelson for round 1
Bruce E. Arrington for round 2
Cathleen Townsend for round 3
Brooke Bent for round 4
213-05__ M.G. Nelson
Bruce E. Arrington for round 1
Cathleen Townsend for round 2
Brooke Bent for round 3
Margaret Standafer for round 4
213-06__ Bruce E. Arrington
Cathleen Townsend for round 1
Brooke Bent for round 2
Margaret Standafer for round 3
B.B. James for round 4
213-07__ Cathleen Townsend
Brooke Bent for round 1
Margaret Standafer for round 2
B.B. James for round 3
Mary E. Hughes for round 4
213-08__ Brooke Bent
Margaret Standafer for round 1
B.B. James for round 2
Mary E. Hughes for round 3
Loralee Evans for round 4
213-09__ Margaret Standafer
B.B. James for round 1
Mary E. Hughes for round 2
Loralee Evans for round 3
Robert A. Brown for round 4
213-10__ B.B. James
Mary E. Hughes for round 1
Loralee Evans for round 2
Robert A. Brown for round 3
S.D. Brown 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.
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.
Don't forget to post the links to your reviews here so you can be signed off for them.
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.
Your mod for this round is Trish Butler and she will be along in a few to greet you all.
HI, I'm looking forward to reading my new books.I will purchase them from Amazon.
Mod
First and most importantly, thank you to E.M. for setting up this round and handing it off to me. I hope you are all busy messaging each other and getting your first reads underway.
I'm here for questions/problems if you have any. Post here or send me a message via my profile page Trish Butler Bear in mind that I am on the east coast of the US, so if I don't answer straight away, I might still be in bed - depending on where in the world you are! LOL
Here are a few things/reminders.
Participation in these groups means being willing to write a proper review for the books you read. Whilst we don't have any set rules on such things, it is expected at the very least a review should say what was good about the book in your opinion and (unless you have given 5 stars) what you struggled with as a reader. If you feel any of your reviews might not meet this minimum, it is very easy to edit in another paragraph to be sure you are doing so.
When writing a review for others consider if you would feel satisfied by it had someone written it for you. An overly brief review can seem dismissive and disrespectful to another group member. If you are not familiar with how to write reviews please check out this post on the topic.
General note: please be aware when posting links to Amazon that you need to delete everything after and including the letters 'ref' in the URL. If you don't, Amazon knows anyone clicking on that link is in some way connected with you as that information is your personal account link information.
Thanks for spending a moment to read this. I hope you enjoy the experience and have fun reading!
Trish
Thanks so much, EM and Trish, for putting together this round for us. : )If You Wake with the Stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'll post the Amazon review as soon as it comes through. : )
ETA: Amazon was quick today: https://www.amazon.com/review/RPEP2L9...
Mod
If You Wake with the Stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'll post the Amazon review as soon as it c..."
Wow, that was a quick start!
Brooke, I might pop that book on a group my org manages, it's for those with special needs and waking up in the night is a common problem! Just search CTFSN Bookworms. I think you'll have to join to see the post though. :D
Trish
Mod
If You Wake with the Stars:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'll post the Amazon revie..."
FYI, I meant a FB group - sorry I didn't clarify that. :D
T
Trish, I typically rip through these rounds, but in the case of this first review, it's no great achievement. Btw, for any sleep-deprived parents out there--I highly recommend checking this book out. It might take you fifteen minutes, and that's if you read and re-read carefully. : )
https://www.amazon.com/You-Wake-Stars...
My review of Stolen Legacy. Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
Mod
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
EDIT:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R6CVQZM...
Anchored in Misty Lake:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2I6MM9...
Loralee wrote: "Here is my goodreads review of Calcite Corpse. Will post Amazon’s shortly.Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Thanks, S.D.
Mod
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
Mod
Edit:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
Still waiting on Calcite Corpse to come through on amazon!
Review Group
Books mentioned in this topic
Room Service: Love, Lust and Lies (other topics)If You Wake with the Stars (other topics)
Anchored in Misty Lake (other topics)
Stolen Legacy (other topics)
Josh Anvil and the Cypress Door (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Trish Butler (other topics)Trish Butler (other topics)
B.B. James (other topics)
Brooke Bent (other topics)
Margaret Standafer (other topics)
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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 a Clean round
Fiction and non-fiction, adult and children's books are acceptable.
No explicit violence or explicit sexual situations. If you have to wonder if an aspect of your book could be considered offensive, this is probably not the group for you!
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.
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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.
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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:
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.
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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:
Trish Butler
Member Links
1. Mary E. Hughes
2. Loralee Evans
3. Robert A. Brown
4. S.D. Brown
5. M.G. Nelson
6. Bruce E. Arrington
7. Cathleen Townsend
8. Brooke Bent
9. Margaret Standafer
10. B.B. James
Book Links
1. Imagining Violet
2. Raccoons and Rabbit Holes
3. Personal Wisdom
4. Calcite Corpse
5. The Return to Podocia
6. Josh Anvil and the Cypress Door
7. Stolen Legacy
8. If You Wake with the Stars
9. Anchored in Misty Lake
10. Room Service