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Group 228. General - Mod. Chrys
I'm happy to put my book - The Life and Times of the Floathouse Zastrozzi - up for .99 for a week. Good idea.
Mary wrote: "I'm happy to put my book - The Life and Times of the Floathouse Zastrozzi - up for .99 for a week. Good idea."I can do the same for The Perfectly Good Lie
Rose
E.M. wrote: "Thanks for letting me know, Loralee. As you were again people.Really sorry, Elissa, but I'll have to remove you from the group as I can't fit you in. You could try the 18+ group if you are comfor..."
I am interested. Yes, please.
Welcome Meliha!Third time is the charm - everyone please look again at the list in the top post and check that you have never previously reviewed the four people 'above' you on the list (it wraps around so 10 is 'above' 1) and you have never been reviewed by the four people 'below' you.
Please post to say if you are clash free - or not.
Hopefully this time we will be good to go!
I'm new to this, so can I just check that I've got it right. I should read and review: 1. Ian Cannon - It's a Long Way Down
2. Norma Nikutowski - Turn Your Happiness ON: How to Light Up Your Days and Fill Your Life with Joy
3. Lorance Evens - Tobby Cats and Trap Doors
4. Mary E. Hughes - The Life and Times of the Floathouse 'Zastrozzi'
I have no clashes with any of these. I have no clashes with anyone in the group, but just to make sure I have this straight.
Really excited about this. Thank you!
Meliha wrote: "I'm new to this, so can I just check that I've got it right. I should read and review: Mehila - this is just the checking stage and as you are new you have no clashes so all is good. When the read/review stage starts, you will be reviewing the four people below you on the list, which is why it is particularly important to make sure you have never been reviewed by them.
E.M. wrote: "Thanks for letting me know, Loralee. As you were again people.Really sorry, Elissa, but I'll have to remove you from the group as I can't fit you in. You could try the 18+ group if you are comfor..."
Not a problem - I understand. Clearly I have to get my second book out faster now!
Looks like we are ready to roll!START DATE: 03-Sept-19
END DATE: 26-Nov-19
Round 1 – post your review by 24-Sept-19
Round 2 – post your review by 15-Oct-19
Round 3 – post your review by 05-Nov-19
Round 4– post your review by 26 -Nov-19
As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:
228-01__J.P. Willson
Joe Albanese for round 1
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 2
Rose Gonsoulin for round 3
Robert A. Brown for round 4
228-02__Mary E. Hughes
J.P. Willson for round 1
Joe Albanese for round 2
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 3
Rose Gonsoulin for round 4
228-03__Loralee Evans
Mary E. Hughes for round 1
J.P. Willson for round 2
Joe Albanese for round 3
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 4
228-04__ Norma Nikutowski
Loralee Evans for round 1
Mary E. Hughes for round 2
J.P. Willson for round 3
Joe Albanese for round 4
228-05__ Ian Canon
Norma Nikutowski for round 1
Loralee Evans for round 2
Mary E. Hughes for round 3
J.P. Willson for round 4
228-06__ Meliha Avdic
Ian Canon for round 1
Norma Nikutowski for round 2
Loralee Evans for round 3
Mary E. Hughes for round 4
228-07__ Robert A. Brown
Meliha Avdic for round 1
Ian Canon for round 2
Norma Nikutowski for round 3
Loralee Evans for round 4
228-08__ Rose Gonsoulin
Robert A. Brown for round 1
Meliha Avdic for round 2
Ian Canon for round 3
Norma Nikutowski for round 4
228-09__ Thomas A. Burns Jr.
Rose Gonsoulin for round 1
Robert A. Brown for round 2
Meliha Avdic for round 3
Ian Canon for round 4
228-10__ Joe Albanese
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 1
Rose Gonsoulin for round 2
Robert A. Brown for round 3
Meliha Avdic for round 4
As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:
228-01__J.P. Willson
Mary E. Hughes for round 1
Loralee Evans for round 2
Norma Nikutowski for round 3
Ian Canon for round 4
228-02__Mary E. Hughes
Loralee Evans for round 1
Norma Nikutowski for round 2
Ian Canon for round 3
Meliha Avdic for round 4
228-03__Loralee Evans
Norma Nikutowski for round 1
Ian Canon for round 2
Meliha Avdic for round 3
Robert A. Brown for round 4
228-04__ Norma Nikutowski
Ian Canon for round 1
Meliha Avdic for round 2
Robert A. Brown for round 3
Rose Gonsoulin for round 4
228-05__ Ian Canon
Meliha Avdic for round 1
Robert A. Brown for round 2
Rose Gonsoulin for round 3
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 4
228-06__ Meliha Avdic
Robert A. Brown for round 1
Rose Gonsoulin for round 2
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 3
Joe Albanese for round 4
228-07__ Robert A. Brown
Rose Gonsoulin for round 1
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 2
Joe Albanese for round 3
J.P. Willson for round 4
228-08__ Rose Gonsoulin
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 1
Joe Albanese for round 2
J.P. Willson for round 3
Mary E. Hughes for round 4
228-09__ Thomas A. Burns Jr.
Joe Albanese for round 1
J.P. Willson for round 2
Mary E. Hughes for round 3
Loralee Evans for round 4
228-10__ Joe Albanese
J.P. Willson for round 1
Mary E. Hughes for round 2
Loralee Evans for round 3
Norma Nikutowski 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 :)
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.
Chrys Cymri will be modding this round so please PM her with any issues ongoing.
And they're off... Mary, Loralee, Norma and Ian- I have all of your books.
Happy reading everyone!
Mod
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/product-review...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Loralee wrote: "Thanks, J.P. I had Robert's book (not this one as I already read this one, but another one he kindly sent me) reviewed. So here it is:Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/product-review...
G..."
GOOD GRIEF! How fast can you get? Thanks for the kind review, Loralee.
Bob
J. P. Wilson thank you so much for buying my book. I bought Ian and Rose books.
Robert, please let me know which book you want me to read and review.
I will change the price of my book to 0.99c tonight and leave it at that price for a week. Happy reading!
Mod
Norma wrote: "J. P. Wilson thank you so much for buying my book. I bought Ian and Rose books.
Robert, please let me know which book you want me to read and review.
I will change the price of my book to 0.99c to..."
Norma, Thanks for buying my book.
Rose
Chrys wrote: "Hi everyone, just dropping a line here to welcome you as your moderator. Any problems, just send me a message."Welcome to you Chrys! ;)
Mod
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R18I3J9...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My round 1 review for 'The Life and Times of the Floathouse 'Zastrozzi" -Mary E. Hughes-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R37B4QL...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R30L8...
E.M. wrote: "Meliha wrote: "I'm new to this, so can I just check that I've got it right. I should read and review: Mehila - this is just the checking stage and as you are new you have no clashes so all is goo..."
Thank you so much. Got it now. I review below me, I am reviewed by those above me.
Since I am very 'new' to this, I have created a coupon on Smashwords for my book:
LB29C
Use this coupon to download the book for free. The coupon expires 14.09.2019. If you need the book but did not download it in time, please send me a PM.
Is this okay, or should I send PMs to people reviewing my book?
Sorry for all the questions. But I am seriously technolexic, so...
My round 4 review for 'It's A Long Way Down' -Ian Canon-https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R149U...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2BW93S...
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Still waiting on Amazon.
Also, I have not yet heard back from Thomas or Joe, to whom I am supposed to send my book.
Mod
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I will post Amazon's when I can.
This concludes the four books that I need to review.
Here is my review of Personal Wisdom by Robert A Brown
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I need to sort out the amazon. For some reason, I can't leave a review even though I read the book on Kindle.
Loralee wrote: "Here is my review for Just Another Life. I am also still waiting on Amazon. Also, I have messaged them, but I still have not heard from either Thomas or Joe, and I need to get copies of my books to..."Neither have I Loralee...they both seem to be AWOL...
Meliha wrote: "Here is my review of Personal Wisdom by Robert A Brown
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I need to sort out the amazon. For some reason, I can't leave a review even though I read..."
Meliha, thank you for your thorough and thoughtful review. It is a hard book to review and you did well with it. And it appears you have learned more than most from your life experience.
Bob
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Chrys wrote: "Thanks to everyone for your reviews thus far. I'll try to message Thomas and Joe."I did manage to get my book to Thomas...
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Just Another Life: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2VC2Z2...
Turn Your Happiness On: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2XC5H8...
Also, Thomas did message me requesting a mobi of my book, so I sent one to the address he gave me. I have yet to hear back from Joe.
Review for Rose's wonderful Perfectly Good Lie:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R11ZI2C...
I haven't received books from Joe or J.P. So that's me done for a while. I'm at bob at collwisdom dot com
Robert wrote: "Review for Rose's wonderful Perfectly Good Lie:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R11ZI2C...
I haven't ..."
Bob, thanks for the review. Rose
Robert wrote: "Review for Rose's wonderful Perfectly Good Lie:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R11ZI2C...
I haven't ..."
Uh, Robert, I sent the book to the address you gave me, did you not receive it??
J.P. wrote: "Robert wrote: "Review for Rose's wonderful Perfectly Good Lie:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R11ZI2C......"
Uh, J.P., I wouldn't had mentioned it if I had found it. I may have lost it somehow, please send again.
My review for Tom's gripping Trafficked!https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R22XY8D...
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Loralee wrote: "Has anyone else heard from Joe? I have yet to hear from him."Nope, not even a whisper...
My review of Caina by Joe Albnesehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Still working on sorting out the Amazon... Sorry for the delay but I will get something sorted out before the deadline.
Robert wrote: "J.P. wrote: "Robert wrote: "Review for Rose's wonderful Perfectly Good Lie:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/revie..."
Resent Robert, please let me know you received it- or not...
Loralee,Thank you so much for your review!
J.P. wrote: "Robert wrote: "J.P. wrote: "Robert wrote: "Review for Rose's wonderful Perfectly Good Lie:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.a..."
No such luck, J.P. I checked all folders on three devices. How's this? Let me know your email address either here or PM. I'll send you an email and you can attach the book in your reply.
My Round 2 review of J.P. Willson's Through The Mind's Eye: A Journey of Self DiscoveryGoodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Bookbub
https://www.bookbub.com/books/through...
Amazon (You'll have to look for it here when they post it)
https://www.amazon.com/Through-Minds-...
What happened to Joe Albanese? I still need a copy of his book.
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Really sorry, Elissa, but I'll have to remove you from the group as I can't fit you in. You could try the 18+ group if you are comfortable with the possibility of reading adult material.
Meliha - if you are still interested, there is now an opening in this group.