Round 234. In This World - Mod. E.M.

[Laura]

I have reviewed debra febry she's above me on the list.. t blake braddy who is below me has reviewed one of my book

[Helen]

No conflicts for me.

[Diana]

All good for me.

[Clive]

No issues on my side

[E.M.]

Laura - thanks for letting me know your clash with Diane, the one with T. Blake is not a clash as he is in your 'blind spot'. I might have missed you mentioning the clash before, if so apologies, but when you signed up you mentioned Diane by name, but not that you had reviewed her hence why I assumed you were ok. :(

I need everyone to RECHECK AND REPOST if they are ok with the new list please.

if we can get that done fast we can start this round! :)

[Thomas]

Still no clashes

[Helen]

NO clashes

[Laura]

okay now

[Clive]

All ok still

[Diana]

I def haven't reviewed any of the authors in the group but as I have no recollection of Laura previously reviewing I can only say I'm pretty sure I have no other clashes. Sorry, Laura - I hope you enjoyed my earlier book!

[Mary]

Thomas Burns has reviewed me, but I have not reviewed him. No conflicts for me.

[Laura]

diana I did! sorry I don't get to read one for this round

[E.M.]

You will be reading Diana this round, Laura ;)

I just need a couple more people to say they are ok and we can roll.

[Laura]

oh cool!

[E.M.]

Alright - this group has been delayed quite long enough so I checked back over the responses to the pre-modified list and I am going to start us rolling.

START DATE: 06-Dec-19

END DATE: 28-Feb-20

Round 1 – post your review by 27-Dec-19
Round 2 – post your review by 17-Jan-20
Round 3– post your review by 07 -Feb-20
Round 4 – post your review by 28-Feb-20

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

234-01__J.C. Gatlin
Bruce Hutchison for round 1
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 2
T. Blake Braddy for round 3
Aysha Baqir for round 4

234-02__Thomas A. Burns Jr.
J.C. Gatlin for round 1
Bruce Hutchison for round 2
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 3
T. Blake Braddy for round 4

234-03__Laura Koerber
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 1
J.C. Gatlin for round 2
Bruce Hutchison for round 3
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 4

234-04__ Diana J. Febry
Laura Koerber for round 1
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 2
J.C. Gatlin for round 3
Bruce Hutchison for round 4

234-05__ Mary E. Hughes
Diana J. Febry for round 1
Laura Koerber for round 2
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 3
J.C. Gatlin for round 4

234-06__ Clive Hawkswood
Mary E. Hughes for round 1
Diana J. Febry for round 2
Laura Koerber for round 3
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 4

234-07__ Aysha Baqir
Clive Hawkswood for round 1
Mary E. Hughes for round 2
Diana J. Febry for round 3
Laura Koerber for round 4

234-08__ T. Blake Braddy
Aysha Baqir for round 1
Clive Hawkswood for round 2
Mary E. Hughes for round 3
Diana J. Febry for round 4

234-09__ Helen Mathey-Horn
T. Blake Braddy for round 1
Aysha Baqir for round 2
Clive Hawkswood for round 3
Mary E. Hughes for round 4

234-10__ Bruce Hutchison
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 1
T. Blake Braddy for round 2
Aysha Baqir for round 3
Clive Hawkswood for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

234-01__J.C. Gatlin
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 1
Laura Koerber for round 2
Diana J. Febry for round 3
Mary E. Hughes for round 4

234-02__Thomas A. Burns Jr.
Laura Koerber for round 1
Diana J. Febry for round 2
Mary E. Hughes for round 3
Clive Hawkswood for round 4

234-03__Laura Koerber
Diana J. Febry for round 1
Mary E. Hughes for round 2
Clive Hawkswood for round 3
Aysha Baqir for round 4

234-04__ Diana J. Febry
Mary E. Hughes for round 1
Clive Hawkswood for round 2
Aysha Baqir for round 3
T. Blake Braddy for round 4

234-05__ Mary E. Hughes
Clive Hawkswood for round 1
Aysha Baqir for round 2
T. Blake Braddy for round 3
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 4

234-06__ Clive Hawkswood
Aysha Baqir for round 1
T. Blake Braddy for round 2
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 3
Bruce Hutchison for round 4

234-07__ Aysha Baqir
T. Blake Braddy for round 1
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 2
Bruce Hutchison for round 3
J.C. Gatlin for round 4

234-08__ T. Blake Braddy
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 1
Bruce Hutchison for round 2
J.C. Gatlin for round 3
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 4

234-09__ Helen Mathey-Horn
Bruce Hutchison for round 1
J.C. Gatlin for round 2
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 3
Laura Koerber for round 4

234-10__ Bruce Hutchison
J.C. Gatlin for round 1
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 2
Laura Koerber for round 3
Diana J. Febry 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.

I shall be modding this round so PM me with any issues please.

[E.M.]

Kat wrote: "Out of curiosity, do we know when new rounds will be opening up?"

Next week, Kat :)

[Laura]

i broke my arm and typing is difficult. please if you are reading my book contact me at lkoerber889@aol.com and I will send it to you. I will buy the books I am reading no need to send me anything

[Diana]

Laura wrote: "i broke my arm and typing is difficult. please if you are reading my book contact me at lkoerber889@aol.com and I will send it to you. I will buy the books I am reading no need to send me anything"

Hope it gets better soon. Nightmare for a writer!

[Diana]

Hi Mary, Clive & T Blake - no need to contact me - I've downloaded copies. Aysha - I would prefer to provide a verified purchase review for you but the kindle price of £7.88 is a bit too steep. I'll pm you for a copy.

[Matt]

Laura wrote: "i broke my arm and typing is difficult. please if you are reading my book contact me at lkoerber889@aol.com and I will send it to you. I will buy the books I am reading no need to send me anything"

Oh no, Laura - sorry to hear that. I'm Italian so for me a broken arm would be an impediment to both writing and speech . . .

[Thomas]

My review of the Dog Thief and Other Stories

Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

BookBub
https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-dog...

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Laura]

thank you Thomas

[Diana]

Round 1 - Imagining Violet
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...

[Laura]

round one trouble at clencher's mill


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

https://www.amazon.com/review/R14I01P...

[Laura]

bruce Hutchison, I hope you see this. I cannot contact you through your goodreads page please contact me at lkoerber889@aol.com thank you

[Mary]

My review for Round One - for Quintrell's White

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

and on Amazon.ca
https://www.amazon.ca/product-reviews...

[Mary]

Diana wrote: "Round 1 - Imagining Violet
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-..."
Thank you Diana. I'm especially pleased you caught the slight difference in language and tone between the letters to Mama and to her sister. Those run-on sentences were all deliberate, not just bad writing!

[Thomas]

My round 2 reviews of The Trouble at Clencher's Mill

Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Bookbub
https://www.bookbub.com/books/trouble...

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Helen]

My round 1 review:

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

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[T.]

Hello, all! Here's my Round 1 Review of 'Nightingale.'
Goodreads—https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

(I've posted the Amazon review, but it is "still processing," so it may take a few days for it to appear. But it's done, too.)

[Diana]

Round 2
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I hope everyone had a lovely few days.

[Aysha]

Hello, Here's my Round 1 Review of The Suicide Blondes

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

Wishing everyone a happy season.

[Thomas]

The deadline for round 1 has passed, and I haven't seen a review for Stripper!

[Laura]

round two violet lovely book posted on amazon

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... and goodreads

[Mary]

My review of Nightingale by Helen Mathey Horn
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
https://www.amazon.ca/product-reviews...

[Helen]

Thanks for the review.


Mary wrote: "My review of Nightingale by Helen Mathey Horn
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
and
https://www.amazon.ca/product-reviews..."

[Clive]

Here's my review of: Beyond the Fields
by Aysha Baqir

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

[J.C.]

My reviews posted for Stripper! by Thomas A. Burns Jr.

Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Thomas]

Thanks to J.C. for the great review of Stripper!

[Mary]

Thank you Laura for such a discerning and sensitive review. You got it.

[E.M.]

Thanks to all who have submitted reviews so far. Hope you all had a great festive season :)

PLEASE NOTE - You should post Amazon links as soon as you have them or I have to go in search of them and if I can't find them you won't be signed off. I managed to track down T's review but can't find Aysha's or Clive's so can't sign you two off for your reviews yet.

The second deadline is 17 January.

Bruce - I have yet to see anything from you, do please contact me if you have an issue.

[Laura]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re... amazom imaging violet

[Mary]

My review of Suicide Blondes
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and at Amazon.ca
https://www.amazon.ca/Suicide-Blondes...

[Clive]

E.M. wrote: "Thanks to all who have submitted reviews so far. Hope you all had a great festive season :)

PLEASE NOTE - You should post Amazon links as soon as you have them or I have to go in search of them an..."

Thanks for the reminder - review has been submitted to Amazon - just waiting for it to appear

[Thomas]

Round 3 review of Imagining Violet:

Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Bruce]

GROUP 234 REVIEWS COMPETE

All four of my Group 234 book reviews and now done and posted on Goodreads and on Amazon except my Amazon review of Thomas Burns Stripper. Amazon’s analog did not like one of the words I used in my Stripper review so they blocked me and disallowed my from reviewing it. I contacted them to change the wording but they have not responded. My Stripper review IS posted on Goodreads.

1. The Dog Thief and Other Stories

Goodreads (Posted 12/27)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon (POSTED 12/28)
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3IWMVR...

2. Trouble at Clenchers Mill

Goodreads (12/16)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon (1/1/20)
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1UMR35...

3. H_NGM_N: Murder is the Word
Goodreads (Posted 12/31)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon (Posted 1/5)
https://www.amazon.com/review/R8YPEB0...

4. Stripper! Thomas Burns

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=stripper+t...

Goodreads (Posted 12/23) (Rejected 1/5)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon (POSTED 1/5/20) (Rejected 1/5/20)

[Diana]

Round 3
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...

[Thomas]

Thanks for the great review, Bruce. I can't imagine what word it was that 'Zon objected to, unless it was porn. You can buy plenty of that there, tho :-)

[T.]

Hello, all! Here is my Round 2 review for 'The Shakespeare Conspiracy.' I've posted both the Goodreads and the Amazon reviews, but the Amazon one always takes longer, so it's not included below.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...