Group 227. 18+ - Mod. Trish

[William]

Oh okay, I'll try another group. Thank you.

[Elizabeth]

Hello, I will like to enter with Hasina: My Great Escape
Don't think I have been reviewed anyone in this group and vice versa.

[E.M.]

Welcome Elizabeth!

[E.M.]

Matt - your generous offer is noted, but to remove you in favour of one other person is not really fair as you signed up first and our policy here is always 'first come first served' as being the fairest way to decide issues.
Also you could hit the same issues in other rounds thus effectively debarring you from participating. But to reassure you, anyone who can't fit in here will only have to wait a week or two at most for a new round as I start them every month - in fact I'll be opening a new lot as soon as this round is up and running :)

[Trish]

E.M. wrote: "Matt - your generous offer is noted, but to remove you in favour of one other person is not really fair as you signed up first and our policy here is always 'first come first served' as being the f..."

Thanks as always for all you do, E.M.!! Can't wait to get this one going.

One more - hurrah!

T

[Norma]

I would love to join the group if there is still room. I don't have clashes with anyone. Nobody has read my book and I did not read anyone's book. My book is a non fiction book:
Title: Turn Your Happiness On: How to light up your days and fill your life with joy.

Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Your-Happ...

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

Goodreads Author Page:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

Thank you!

[E.M.]

Welcome Norma.

Sam has had to withdraw from the group so we still need one more.

[Norma]

I'm so happy to be part of this group.

[Trish]

E.M. wrote: "Welcome Norma.

Sam has had to withdraw from the group so we still need one more."

Glad to have you Norma.

Oh no re Sam. I thought we'd made it. Never mind, we will get there patience people.

Thanks E.M.

T

[Christian]

Are you still missing one person? I'm game!

[Trish]

Yes we are!

Please give the goodreads links for your author page and the book you want to submit.

Check the list of authors already in this round and mention if you have any conflicts

Thanks!!

Trish

[Christian]

Hi, Trish.

This is my author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

*This is the book I'd like to submit: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

I didn't find any issues with the authors list.

This is my first time here, so if you could please let me know what else is needed of me, it'd be awesome.

Regards,
Chris

[Trish]

Christian wrote: "Hi, Trish.

This is my author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

*This is the book I'd like to submit: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4......"

Ah, Chris. Sorry, I should have said that you need to read all the rules in the first post of this thread. The second of which is that your book needs to be available on Amazon now, not pre-order. Look out for more of these rounds forming after the 1st.

Hope to see you around here then.

Trish

[Trish]

WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF ONE MORE FOR THIS ROUND!

Fingers crossed.

Thanks

Trish

[Arriah]

Hey.. would you accept my book? I had submitted it in "Out of the world" group.. but it didn't get selected that time since my other review round was in progress. Now that it is completed, I would really appreciate if you consider my book :-)

Wishing for a Parallel World - A Supernatural Romance
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Goodreads Author Profile: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...

[E.M.]

Welcome Arriah!

Christian - sorry, but as Trish points out you do need to have the book available to purchase and not on pre-order, but keep an eye out for new rounds as soon as your book goes live :)

Alright, everyone, the round is now full so we move onto the checking stage. Please look at the list and check you have never been reviewed by the four people below you on the list and that if you have been reviewed by any of the four people above you, that you have a book they have not reviewed before to offer them to read for this round.

As soon as the vast majority have reported in, I will be able to launch the reading/reviewing stage of the round.

[Christian]

E.M. wrote: "Welcome Arriah!

Christian - sorry, but as Trish points out you do need to have the book available to purchase and not on pre-order, but keep an eye out for new rounds as soon as your book goes liv..."

Hi! I'm confused. Could it be I shared the wrong link above?

The book is available to buy now on paperback:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1688678573

[Trish]

No clashes for me that haven't been taken care of.

Thanks, E.M.

T

[E.M.]

Christian - I'm going to open some new rounds shortly which will easily run over the 1 October. You can sign up for one of those.

[Christian]

Sure thing, E.M.!

=)

[Rebecca]

Reminder: I'll be reviewing Trish Butler's Redway Acres: Amelia, which leaves me with no clashes.

[Arriah]

no clashes for me...

[Matt]

Hi E.M., Just to summarize my clashes:
(1) I've read Kat's DYRWOLF, so I can read DARK but she can't read LEVER TEMPLAR.
(2) I've read Rebecca's SOPHIE LOST AND FOUND, so I can read WINTER GARDEN but she can't read LEVER TEMPLAR.
(3) Trish has read LEVER TEMPLAR and it's my only book, so that's a two-way clash.
- Thanks, Matt

[Trish]

Matt wrote: "Hi E.M., Just to summarize my clashes:
(1) I've read Kat's DYRWOLF, so I can read DARK but she can't read LEVER TEMPLAR.
(2) I've read Rebecca's SOPHIE LOST AND FOUND, so I can read WINTER GARDEN b..."

You're all good, Matt. The 4 people below you that you will review are at positions 1, 2, 3, & 4 in the list which includes Kat and Rebecca.
The four people above you that will review Lever Templar are at positions 6, 7, 8 & 9 - none of which are me! :D

Cheers!

T

[D.M.]

I'm good, no clashes, as I said, I have read Rebecca Winkler before, but it was a different book.

[Susana]

Hi readers and writers and everything in between 🙂
I would love to be part of the group both as a reader and review those awesome works out there and also putting one of my books available for you to review.

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

[Trish]

Susana wrote: "Hi readers and writers and everything in between 🙂
I would love to be part of the group both as a reader and review those awesome works out there and also putting one of my books available for you..."

Hi Susana,

This reading round is full and about to start, but new rounds will be added shortly. Before you decide to join a round, please read this post about how this group works.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Also, before you sign up for a round, please read the first set up post thoroughly to be sure you understand how it works and can commit to a round.

Thanks and good luck!

Trish

[D.M.]

E.M.

How much longer till the rounds are approved? I am going on holiday in the morning and would like to have a few of the files before I leave, and I also have my own book on a free promotion.

Cheers

[E.M.]

I only have 6 people reporting in so far D.M. I really need a couple more at the least to be sure we are good to go with no clashes. I am really sorry I can't speed the process, that is completely down to the people in the group. :(

[D.M.]

E.M. wrote: "I only have 6 people reporting in so far D.M. I really need a couple more at the least to be sure we are good to go with no clashes. I am really sorry I can't speed the process, that is completely ..."

Ok, no worries, but I won't be about now for at least a week. Cheers

[Kat]

D.M. wrote: "E.M.

How much longer till the rounds are approved? I am going on holiday in the morning and would like to have a few of the files before I leave, and I also have my own book on a free promotion.
..."

DM, I grabbed your book now while it's on promo so you'll get the verified purchase review. Have a great holiday! 😊

[D.M.]

Thanks Kat.

[Norma]

I posted already but just in case I have no clashes.

[Norma]

Kat wrote: "D.M. wrote: "E.M.

How much longer till the rounds are approved? I am going on holiday in the morning and would like to have a few of the files before I leave, and I also have my own book on a free..."

DM, it seems I will review your book. Where is the free promotion of your book?

[Kat]

Norma, you can go to Amazon and download DM's book for free from there. 😊

[D.M.]

Norma wrote: "Kat wrote: "D.M. wrote: "E.M.
Hi Norman,

https://www.amazon.com/Sea-Monsters-O...

Thanks

D

How much longer till the rounds are approved? I am going on holiday in the morning and would like to have a few of the files before I leave, and I also have my own bo..."

[Trish]

Norma wrote: "I posted already but just in case I have no clashes."

Norma,

We were just looking for people to confirm again (see E.M.'s post #70 above) now that the round is full and the order set on the first post on here.

Thanks for confirming.

Marco, Khloe and Elizabeth if you can confirm there are no clashes with the final list on post #1 that would be great!

Trish

[Trish]

Norma wrote: "Kat wrote: "D.M. wrote: "E.M.

How much longer till the rounds are approved? I am going on holiday in the morning and would like to have a few of the files before I leave, and I also have my own bo..."

Norma,

I found D.M.'s free book for you.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...

Trish

[Norma]

Awesome!
Thank you Trish!
I got Sea of Monsters and Other Tales for free on Amazon.

[Marco]

Hi Everyone,

I'm a newbie so forgive me if I'm slow getting the hang of the process, but I can confirm I have no clashes whatsoever.

Denis (aka Marco Ocram)

[E.M.]

W00t! Eight out of ten is close enough for jazz - and for me - so let's get this round rolling :)

START DATE: 23-Sept-19

END DATE: 16-Dec-19

Round 1 – post your review by 14-Oct-19
Round 2 – post your review by 04-Nov-19
Round 3– post your review by 25 -Nov-19
Round 4 – post your review by 16-Dec-19

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

227-01__Kat Kinney
Matt Gianni for round 1
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 2
Elizabeth Johnson for round 3
Khloe Summers for round 4

227-02__Norma Nikutowski
Kat Kinney for round 1
Matt Gianni for round 2
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 3
Elizabeth Johnson for round 4

227-03__D.M. Wolfenden
Norma Nikutowski for round 1
Kat Kinney for round 2
Matt Gianni for round 3
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 4

227-04__ Rebecca Winkler
D.M. Wolfenden for round 1
Norma Nikutowski for round 2
Kat Kinney for round 3
Matt Gianni for round 4

227-05__ Trish Butler
Rebecca Winkler for round 1
D.M. Wolfenden for round 2
Norma Nikutowski for round 3
Kat Kinney for round 4

227-06__ Marco Ocram
Trish Butler for round 1
Rebecca Winkler for round 2
D.M. Wolfenden for round 3
Norma Nikutowski for round 4

227-07__ Khloe Summers
Marco Ocram for round 1
Trish Butler for round 2
Rebecca Winkler for round 3
D.M. Wolfenden for round 4

227-08__ Elizabeth Johnson
Khloe Summers for round 1
Marco Ocram for round 2
Trish Butler for round 3
Rebecca Winkler for round 4

227-09__ Arriah Kiprujistho
Elizabeth Johnson for round 1
Khloe Summers for round 2
Marco Ocram for round 3
Trish Butler for round 4

227-10__ Matt Gianni
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 1
Elizabeth Johnson for round 2
Khloe Summers for round 3
Marco Ocram for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

227-01__Kat Kinney
Norma Nikutowski for round 1
D.M. Wolfenden for round 2
Rebecca Winkler for round 3
Trish Butler for round 4

227-02__Norma Nikutowski
D.M. Wolfenden for round 1
Rebecca Winkler for round 2
Trish Butler for round 3
Marco Ocram for round 4

227-03__D.M. Wolfenden
Rebecca Winkler for round 1
Trish Butler for round 2
Marco Ocram for round 3
Khloe Summers for round 4

227-04__ Rebecca Winkler
Trish Butler for round 1
Marco Ocram for round 2
Khloe Summers for round 3
Elizabeth Johnson for round 4

227-05__ Trish Butler
Marco Ocram for round 1
Khloe Summers for round 2
Elizabeth Johnson for round 3
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 4

227-06__ Marco Ocram
Khloe Summers for round 1
Elizabeth Johnson for round 2
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 3
Matt Gianni for round 4

227-07__ Khloe Summers
Elizabeth Johnson for round 1
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 2
Matt Gianni for round 3
Kat Kinney for round 4

227-08__ Elizabeth Johnson
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 1
Matt Gianni for round 2
Kat Kinney for round 3
Norma Nikutowski for round 4

227-09__ Arriah Kiprujistho
Matt Gianni for round 1
Kat Kinney for round 2
Norma Nikutowski for round 3
D.M. Wolfenden for round 4

227-10__ Matt Gianni
Kat Kinney for round 1
Norma Nikutowski for round 2
D.M. Wolfenden for round 3
Rebecca Winkler 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).

Setting up and modding these rounds is a labour of love, with a lot of emphasis on the ‘labour’. If you want to show appreciation for all the hard work we admins put in for the group, you could download one of our books as a ‘thank you’.

Happy reviewing, everyone :)

[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 are reviewing the four books 'below' you on the list.

You can, of course, choose to buy any or all of the books 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.

However, as not everyone can buy, 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.

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.

Please post your review to Goodreads, your own Amazon store and any other Amazon stores you might have access to as well.

Your mod for the round is Trish Butler so please direct any problems - and loads of praise - her way!

[Kat]

Norma, DM, Rebecca and Trish, I will buy or KU your books, so no need to send me any files.

[Trish]

Good morning, good afternoon, goodnight! Depending on where you are in the world.

As E.M. mentioned, I'm taking over from here (lucky lucky you!). 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. It was a sticky one, but we got there in the end.

I'm here for questions/problems if you have any. Post here or send me a message via my profile page. 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
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

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

General note: please be aware when posting links to Amazon in this thread, 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!

Enjoy your day.

Trish

[Kat]

My round one reviews:

GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2HTRGA...

My round two reviews:

GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R13IQ7L...

Wonderful reads, Norma and DM! 😊

[Trish]

Kat wrote: "Norma, DM, Rebecca and Trish, I will buy or KU your books, so no need to send me any files."

Thank you, Kat. You should find mine on KU.

Trish

[Trish]

Kat wrote: "My round one reviews:

My round two reviews:

Thank you, Kat! So quick off the mark.

Quick note to EVERYONE - we all go at our own pace. Some people like to get their reviews done and move onto another round. Don't feel pressured that you need to do the same. Providing you get your reviews in by each round deadline, all is good. If you are having any issues, let me know. Thank you.

Have a good evening (or whatever, wherever you are!). :D

Trish

[Norma]

Trish wrote: "Good morning, good afternoon, goodnight! Depending on where you are in the world.

As E.M. mentioned, I'm taking over from here (lucky lucky you!). I have a few more pointers for you if you can sta..."

Kat, thank you so much for buying my book and for your thoughtful review.

[Kat]

Norma wrote: "Kat, thank you so much for buying my book and for your thoughtful review."

My pleasure. It was an excellent read!

[Kat]

My round 3 reviews:
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R3HHNB3...

Awesome book, Rebecca! Alligators and marshmallows? LOL 😊