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Group 223. General - Mod. Trish
Trish Butler for round 1Matt Gianni for round 2
Rose Gonsoulin for round 3
Cathleen Townsend for round 4
YOu guys do not need to send me books. I will buy them! Thanks, Laura
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Matt Gianni for round 2
Rose Gonsoulin for round 3
Cathleen Townsend for round 4
YOu guys do not need to send me books. I will buy them! Thanks, Laura"
Thank you very much Laura. I hope you enjoy mine.
Trish
This is not a response to anyone in particular, just a comment based on being part of review groups for a couple years now.The amazon rating scale is based on "liking" a book. Since we are assigned books that we probably would not have chosen for ourselves, it is quite likely that we will get books we don't actually like very much--even if the book would be liked by someone else. For example, I don't choose to read YA fantasy--but I review a lot of that genre! And I don't let my personal attitude about YA affect my rating. I just think of teens I know and imagine how they might react to the book.
So I don't give stars based on whether or not I personally liked the book. I try to imagine the right reading audience for the book and base my stars on how satisfying I think the book would be for that audience. I also take the teacher's perspective and use the stars as grades based on attributes of the prose.
That's my philosophy of reviewing for review groups I don't think it is really fair to the author to give stars based on "liking" sense we did not choose the books for ourselves and might be given a book we would normally avoid.
FWIW
To everyone who has been assigned the WIld Hare--it's free for the next couple of days as a KIndle download.
Mod
The amazon rating scale is based on "liking" a book. Since we are assign..."
Very nicely said, Laura.
While we can't dictate what anyone puts in their reviews, I hope that given we didn't 'chose' the books we read in review rounds, we bear that in mind.
Thank you!
Trish
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That is very nice of you to organize.
Trish
Laura wrote: "Trish Butler for round 1Matt Gianni for round 2
Rose Gonsoulin for round 3
Cathleen Townsend for round 4
YOu guys do not need to send me books. I will buy them! Thanks, Laura"
Thanks Laura!
Hi everyone for some reason I seem to be the only one who hasn’t received her assignments. Please let me know where I can go to find them. Thanks TM
Mod
Hi T.M.
Sneakily GR has moved us on to page two of this thread - take a look on page one (you can click on it at the top of this page) and look for message 49 - it's all on there.
If you're still unclear, let me know. :D
Trish
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Whoop Whoop! :D
T
Here’s another dumb question I don’t seem to be able to find the others on the website how do I go about finding authors?
Mod
No dumb questions! LOL
Go to the long first post from E.M. on page one and scroll down to the lists of just names and books - she has linked all of those to our author and book pages
T
PS - she really does a good job!
Mod
My pleasure.
T
Review - 223-07__ Willow Thomson Laura Koerber for round 1
Trish Butler for round 2
Matt Gianni for round 3
Rose Gonsoulin for round 4
I have gotten all of these books through Kindle Unlimited. I look forward to reading! Willow
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Laura Koerber for round 1
Trish Butler for round 2
Matt Gianni for round 3
Rose Gonsoulin for round 4
I have gotten all of these books through Kindle Unlimited. I..."
That's great Willow - thank you very much.
Happy reading.
T
Laura, thanks for the purchase, and just ignore my message. I should have checked the feed first. : )And TM, everyone who does this has a first time. I felt a bit lost in the beginning, too. I bet a lot of us did.
Thanks Laura, but this is actually not my first time which makes it even more embarrassing! Ha ha
Cathleen, you made it really easy for me. I devoured the stories in To the Victor. Here's the review on Goodreads. The Amazon review has been posted but likely won't show up for a day.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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We all have our moments T.M. - I have several every day. Makes life interesting.
T
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https://www..."
Wow, first out of the blocks Rose - that was quick.
FYI to any slowpokes like me. Don't worry if other people are posting their reviews quickly and you aren't. You do you, and providing reviews are in by the deadlines E.M. stated in message #49, I will be happy.
Any problems, just keep me posted - that's what I'm here for.
Have a good one.
Trish
My review of The Dilsberg Engagement.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1GMZIQ...
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1GMZIQ..."
Thank you, Robert - nice to see you again! :D
Trish
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As we are getting our first reviews already, I thought it a good time to remind everyone of rule #11 of the rules you all agreed to when signing up for this reading round (if you want to go over them again take a look at the very first message of this thread).
Please make sure you do not ask anyone reviewing your book to make any changes to their review.
If you have any issue with a review you have received, you should bring it to my attention, not to the reviewer concerned.
Please note that infringement of any of the rules can lead to an author being excluded from future rounds.
Thanks for listening and carry on reading!
Trish
Hi Trish,My Round 1 review of THE PERFECTLY GOOD LIE by Rose Gonsoulin:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1Z9NH7...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R25WY...
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My Round 1 review of THE PERFECTLY GOOD LIE by Rose Gonsoulin:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1..."
Thanks Matt.
T
My review of Seeds of Change.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/RUBU2O2...
Matt wrote: "Hi Trish,My Round 1 review of THE PERFECTLY GOOD LIE by Rose Gonsoulin:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1..."
Matt, Thanks for the review.
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/RUBU2O2..."
Thank you, Robert!
T
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My Round 1 review of THE PERFECTLY GOOD LIE by Rose Gonsoulin:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon...."
Oh and Matt, don't forget to take the 'ref' part onwards off your URLs for Amazon - that takes your personal info out of it. You'll see it still works fine without it.
T
Robert wrote: "My review of Seeds of Change.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/RUBU2O2..."
Thank you, Robert!
My review for "My First Ten Days in Heaven" By Robert Brown https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
Here is my review of Seeds of Change: Space Opera Metaphysical by Willow Thompson. Will post on Amazon next.https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re..."
Thank you, T.M. :D
Trish
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Thanks, Danielle.
T
My review of Seeds of Change: Space Opera Metaphysical by Willow Thompson is now posted on Amazon.https://www.amazon.com/review/R2GQWKP...
My reviews of Redway Acres and To the Victor. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Went by Amtrak to Chicago and back which gave me a lot of reading time--so I will have all my reviews posted shortly.
Mod
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Went by Amtrak to Chicago and back which gave me a l..."
A personal thank you for my review Laura.
Thanks also for the other reviews. Pop the amazon links up on here when you have them you are a fast reader!! :D
T
Laura wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...One left! Will complete shortly!"
Thanks Laura. I appreciate the thoughtful review.
Rose
Here's my review of The Dawnvel Druidshttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon review will be posted shortly.
Mod
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2GQWKP..."
Great!
Thanks for the link - don't forget to remove the ref part onwards from the ones you post here in future. Thanks! :D
T
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Went by Amtrak to Chicago and back which gave me a l..."
Hey Laura, your GR review of To the Victor shows up as a comment on your rating, not the actual review. Can you fix it and repost here?
Thanks.
Trish
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re..."
Thanks for the two links for this, Rose.
T
My review for Wild Harehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1BD3C7...
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As E.M. mentioned, I'm taking over from here (rubs hands in delight). I have a few more pointers for you if you can stand to read on just a little more before getting stuck in.
First and most importantly, thank you to E.M. for setting up this round and handing it off to me.
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! 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.
If you are a newbie, don't be afraid to ask questions. My experiences in this group are that everyone is really friendly and happy to help.
Thanks for spending a moment to read this. I hope you enjoy the experience and have fun!
Happy Hump Day!
Trish