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Group 232. General - Mod. E.M.
I'd like to submit my crime comedy, Caina, for the round. Thanks! I hope you like it!https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Welcome Gene.Kat and Joe - please note you can only sign up for and be in one round at one time.
I'd like to submit my book to the group. Behind the Red Curtain is dark, psychological suspense/horror. Hope you like that sort of thing. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...Cheers.
Good evening. I would like to submit my book La FLor Manor. It is the first book in a trilogy. It is a historical romance.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Hello! I have withdrawn from the YA/Children's round because there were too many clashes with people who had previously read my book and would have therefore had to read an alternate book by me that was not YA/Children's. I would like to enter this round, please. My book DYRWOLF is YA Fantasy.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
I have no clashes with anyone who has entered so far.
Hi E.M.- I'd like to join the round if I may.. As of yet I have no issues with the one person listed, yet I may with some others wanting to be in the round...How To Become a Successful (Recovering) AlcoholicJ.P. Willson
Thanks...
I have read JP before, but not this book 😊
Welcome Casey, Mary, Kat and J.P.J.P. - For future reference, if when you sign up for a round you see any clashes with those who are signing up, even if not yet accepted into the round, you would help me a lot to let me know those too :)
E.M. wrote: "Welcome Casey, Mary, Kat and J.P.J.P. - For future reference, if when you sign up for a round you see any clashes with those who are signing up, even if not yet accepted into the round, you would..."
Sorry E. M. - my bad, will do in the future for sure...
I am new to GoodReads and don't know any of the authors currently on this list, so I don't see any conflicts.My book is a collection of humorous short stories. I sincerely hope you laugh out loud at least once as you read it.
Here are the details:
Book Name: Happy Curb (don’t forget the salt)
Author: Jaela Lynndon
Goodreads Link:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Wordcount: 14,000
Please add my book to this group. Thank you.
I'd like to join with a translation I did, Woman of the Old Roads.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
This is a pretty short book of short stories.
I'd like to submit Awakening: The Shard Chronicles (Book 1) for review, please.Urban Fantasy
Summary: Matrix+Bourne Identity+Tony Robbins Seminar :-)
Target Audience: Males, 14+
100k words
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Hi E.M.! If there's room in this round, please include me as well with my novel THE WAKE UP. :)
I've read some of Kat Kinney's work (Dyrwolf + Dark), Gene's Black Hat Blues, and two of your novels as well. J.P. + Casey have reviewed my novel The Wake Up before; if needed, I can provide another book.
No other conflicts thus far. :)
Welcome Ono and Angela!Joey - I would love to have you in the group but you first need to claim your author page here on Goodreads. If you scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the 'Authors' link there, you will find out how to do so.
Is there still some room in this group? I would like to join.
The title of my book is Turn Your Happiness On - How to light up your days and fill your life with joy.
Kat Kinney and J P Wilson already reviewed my book.
Goodreads link:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Norma wrote: "Is there still some room in this group? I would like to join.
The title of my book is Turn Your Happiness On - How to light up your days and fill your life with joy.
Kat Kinney and J P Wilson alr..."
I know it's random, but I'd love to be the one to review this - sounds great!
Thank you! I would love to read your review.
I am really sorry, Norma, but as you only have one book there is no way to accommodate you in this group, where two people have already read it. Fear not though, new rounds will be opening next month.
I would like to submit my science fiction novel Damian's Workshop for this round.
Welcome Deborah!Now we need to check for clashes. Please look at the four people 'above' you on the list (10 is 'above' 1) and make sure you have never reviewed them. Also, check the 4 below and if you have reviewed them before please make sure they have a book you have not yet reviewed that could do so.
If you are all good, please post that you are. If you have any issues on either of the points above, please post to say what they are.
Thanks.
I'm good, too! I can provide copies of my other book "The Art of War: A Novel" to J.P. and Casey. E.M. and Gene, just let me know what else you'd like me to review of yours instead.
Mod
Apologies. I'm going to have to withdraw.
No worries Kat, I hope to see you in a future round.Everyone else - as you were...
Hi E.M., I'd like to join this group, please. I've reviewed Angela Panayotopulos (THE WAKE UP) but see no other clashes.- Thanks, Matt
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
E.M. wrote: "Welcome Deborah!Now we need to check for clashes. Please look at the four people 'above' you on the list (10 is 'above' 1) and make sure you have never reviewed them. Also, check the 4 below and ..."
I don't see any clashes. I have not reviewed or been reviewed by anyone on the list.
Welcome Francis!Now we need to check for clashes. Please look at the four people 'above' you on the list (10 is 'above' 1) and make sure you have never reviewed them. Also, check the 4 below and if you have reviewed them before please make sure they have a book you have not yet reviewed that could do so.
If you are all good, please post that you are. If you have any issues on either of the points above, please post to say what they are.
Thanks.
Mod
Whoops! I didn't see it had started. I'll get on my reading asap.8,9,10, and 1 right? (noob question)
Please note: My reviews will show up under "Nicholas Hermann" (my editor, who has a KU account) -- STAND IN :)
I am still waiting - after a week - for everyone to confirm they have no clashes. Maybe I should take silence as assent and go for it anyway.Ono - the reading phase has not started yet, you are fine :)
Here we go then...START DATE: 13-Nov-19
END DATE: 05-Feb-20
Round 1 – post your review by 04-Dec-19
Round 2 – post your review by 25-Dec-19
Round 3– post your review by 15 -Jan-20
Round 4 – post your review by 05-Feb-20
As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:
232-01__Gene Kendall
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 1
Angela Panayotopulos for round 2
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 3
Ono Northey for round 4
232-02__Jaela Lynndon
Gene Kendall for round 1
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 2
Angela Panayotopulos for round 3
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 4
232-03__Mary Jaimes-Serrano
Jaela Lynndon for round 1
Gene Kendall for round 2
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 3
Angela Panayotopulos for round 4
232-04__ Francis Mont
Mary Jaimes-Serrano for round 1
Jaela Lynndon for round 2
Gene Kendall for round 3
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 4
232-05__ J.P. Willson
Francis Mont for round 1
Mary Jaimes-Serrano for round 2
Jaela Lynndon for round 3
Gene Kendall for round 4
232-06__ Casey Bartsch
J.P. Willson for round 1
Francis Mont for round 2
Mary Jaimes-Serrano for round 3
Jaela Lynndon for round 4
232-07__ Ono Northey
Casey Bartsch for round 1
J.P. Willson for round 2
Francis Mont for round 3
Mary Jaimes-Serrano for round 4
232-08__ Deborah A. Kaminski
Ono Northey for round 1
Casey Bartsch for round 2
J.P. Willson for round 3
Francis Mont for round 4
232-09__ Angela Panayotopulos
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 1
Ono Northey for round 2
Casey Bartsch for round 3
J.P. Willson for round 4
232-10__ E.M. Swift-Hook
Angela Panayotopulos for round 1
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 2
Ono Northey for round 3
Casey Bartsch for round 4
As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:
232-01__Gene Kendall
Jaela Lynndon for round 1
Mary Jaimes-Serrano for round 2
Francis Mont for round 3
J.P. Willson for round 4
232-02__Jaela Lynndon
Mary Jaimes-Serrano for round 1
Francis Mont for round 2
J.P. Willson for round 3
Casey Bartsch for round 4
232-03__Mary Jaimes-Serrano
Francis Mont for round 1
J.P. Willson for round 2
Casey Bartsch for round 3
Ono Northey for round 4
232-04__ Francis Mont
J.P. Willson for round 1
Casey Bartsch for round 2
Ono Northey for round 3
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 4
232-05__ J.P. Willson
Casey Bartsch for round 1
Ono Northey for round 2
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 3
Angela Panayotopulos for round 4
232-06__ Casey Bartsch
Ono Northey for round 1
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 2
Angela Panayotopulos for round 3
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 4
232-07__ Ono Northey
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 1
Angela Panayotopulos for round 2
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 3
Gene Kendall for round 4
232-08__ Deborah A. Kaminski
Angela Panayotopulos for round 1
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 2
Gene Kendall for round 3
Jaela Lynndon for round 4
232-09__ Angela Panayotopulos
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 1
Gene Kendall for round 2
Jaela Lynndon for round 3
Mary Jaimes-Serrano for round 4
232-10__ E.M. Swift-Hook
Gene Kendall for round 1
Jaela Lynndon for round 2
Mary Jaimes-Serrano for round 3
Francis Mont 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.
I shall be modding this round so PM me with any issues please.
Jean, Jaelya, Mary & Francis - No need to contact me about your books. I have already either purchased them or picked them up on KU directly from the Zon
Casey, Ono, Deborah and Angela- I also have all of your books...Happy reading everyone...
Mod
I still need confirmation on this -- Angela Panayotopulos has already reviewed my book in a previous round, so I'm not sure if I should be reviewing her book (at least by Amazon rules, as they tend to delete those reviews.)
Gene - You are not reviewing Angela, she is reviewing you so you will need to offer her a different book. If you check Message 48 it says:As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:
232-01__Gene Kendall
Jaela Lynndon for round 1
Mary Jaimes-Serrano for round 2
Francis Mont for round 3
J.P. Willson for round 4
Hope this helps clarify for you :)
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Books mentioned in this topic
Droplets (other topics)The 2 Richards (other topics)
Black Hat Blues (other topics)
Happy Curb (Don't Forget the Salt) (other topics)
Saved in Time: An Escape Story (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Ajay Nair (other topics)Deborah A. Kaminski (other topics)
Francis Mont (other topics)
Deborah A. Kaminski (other topics)
Angela Panayotopulos (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 an 'General' round
All books welcome - fiction/non-fiction.
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:
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:
E.M. Swift-Hook
Member Links
1. Gene Kendall
2. Jaela Lynndon
3. Mary Jaimes-Serrano
4. Francis Mont
5. J.P. Willson
6. Casey Bartsch
7. Ono Northey
8. Deborah A. Kaminski
9. Angela Panayotopulos
10. E.M. Swift-Hook
Book Links
1. Black Hat Blues
2. Happy Curb (Don't Forget the Salt)
3. La Flor Manor: The Introduction
4. Saved in Time: An Escape Story
5. How To Become a Successful (Recovering) Alcoholic
6. Behind The Red Curtain
7. Awakening: The Shard Chronicles Book 1
8. Damian's Workshop
9. The Wake Up
10. Trust a Few