Group 242. 18+ - Mod Kat

[Rose]

Still good Rose

[Thomas]

me too!

[Miriam]

No issues for me, I am ready to read.

[Guy]

I'm good.

[S.D.]

No problem... will see you in another round.
thanks for all your effort.

[Grace]

No clashes for me, thank you for the add! :)

[Angela]

Looks good to me, too.

[J.E.]

Yes thanks

[Felix]

Checking in and good to go!

[E.M.]

Here we go then!

START DATE: 20-Feb-20

END DATE: 14-May-20

Round 1 – post your review by 12-March-20
Round 2 – post your review by 02 -April-20
Round 3– post your review by 23-April-20
Round 4 – post your review by 14-May-20

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

242-01__Thomas A. Burns Jr.
Grace Owens for round 1
J.E. Rowney for round 2
Felix Long for round 3
Angela Panayotopulos for round 4

242-02__Kat Kinney
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 1
Grace Owens for round 2
J.E. Rowney for round 3
Felix Long for round 4

242-03__Deborah A. Kaminski
Kat Kinney for round 1
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 2
Grace Owens for round 3
J.E. Rowney for round 4

242-04__ Guy E. Estes
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 1
Kat Kinney for round 2
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 3
Grace Owens for round 4

242-05__ Miriam Yvette
Guy E. Estes for round 1
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 2
Kat Kinney for round 3
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 4

242-06__ Rose Gonsoulin
Miriam Yvette for round 1
Guy E. Estes for round 2
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 3
Kat Kinney for round 4

242-07__ Angela Panayotopulos
Rose Gonsoulin for round 1
Miriam Yvette for round 2
Guy E. Estes for round 3
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 4

242-08__ Felix Long
Angela Panayotopulos for round 1
Rose Gonsoulin for round 2
Miriam Yvette for round 3
Guy E. Estes for round 4

242-09__ J.E. Rowney
Felix Long for round 1
Angela Panayotopulos for round 2
Rose Gonsoulin for round 3
Miriam Yvette for round 4

242-10__ Grace Owens
J.E. Rowney for round 1
Felix Long for round 2
Angela Panayotopulos for round 3
Rose Gonsoulin for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

242-01__Thomas A. Burns Jr.
Kat Kinney for round 1
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 2
Guy E. Estes for round 3
Miriam Yvette for round 4

242-02__Kat Kinney
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 1
Guy E. Estes for round 2
Miriam Yvette for round 3
Rose Gonsoulin for round 4

242-03__Deborah A. Kaminski
Guy E. Estes for round 1
Miriam Yvette for round 2
Rose Gonsoulin for round 3
Angela Panayotopulos for round 4

242-04__ Guy E. Estes
Miriam Yvette for round 1
Rose Gonsoulin for round 2
Angela Panayotopulos for round 3
Felix Long for round 4

242-05__ Miriam Yvette
Rose Gonsoulin for round 1
Angela Panayotopulos for round 2
Felix Long for round 3
J.E. Rowney for round 4

242-06__ Rose Gonsoulin
Angela Panayotopulos for round 1
Felix Long for round 2
J.E. Rowney for round 3
Grace Owens for round 4

242-07__ Angela Panayotopulos
Felix Long for round 1
J.E. Rowney for round 2
Grace Owens for round 3
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 4

242-08__ Felix Long
J.E. Rowney for round 1
Grace Owens for round 2
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 3
Kat Kinney for round 4

242-09__ J.E. Rowney
Grace Owens for round 1
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 2
Kat Kinney for round 3
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 4

242-10__ Grace Owens
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 1
Kat Kinney for round 2
Deborah A. Kaminski for round 3
Guy E. Estes 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.

The mod for this round is Kat Kinney (Thanks Kat!) so please direct any issues ongoing to her.

[Kat]

Hi everyone! I'm really excited to be modding this round. Please let me know if I can help with any questions and I look forward to a great round! 😊

And special thanks to EM for getting us organized into a round! All the sorting would make my head spin!

[Kat]

I wound up doing my reading this time while the round was getting set up (I could see with the clashes in place, my four assigned books probably weren't going to move) and was treated to all wonderful reads! 😊

Round One:
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://amazon.com/review/R16AZV0H0M7...

Round Two:
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://amazon.com/review/RH8U8BVLIO832/

Round Three:
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://amazon.com/review/R2LEYGPNS6X...
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/35822...

Round Four:
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://amazon.com/review/RCUG4T1UEQZN9/
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/15257...

[Rose]

Kat,

you're good! Thanks.

Rose

[Kat]

Someone asked a great question about how best to contact other authors.

It's totally cool to chat back and forth through this thread. Sometimes a question you might have for one person could apply to others so that information can be helpful for the group to see. Or, it's also perfectly fine to use the private messaging function through Goodreads if you'd rather. Whatever works best for you 😊.

Hopefully everyone has been able to get their books exchanged. Let me know if you encounter any issues and I'll do my best to help! Have a wonderful weekend!

[J.E.]

Review posted for Always Yours - Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-revi...

[J.E.]

Your book glamourises rape and as I do believe very strongly that there should be a trigger warning. I would not have agreed to read it if I had been forewarned. I have already discussed this with the group moderator and I do not intend on discussing it further here with you.

[Kat]

As a reminder, one of the rules we agree to in the round is that if you think you have a legitimate concern, talk to the mod of your round through the PM function, not the other author. Personal attacks, or pressuring other members will not be tolerated and will result in you being blacklisted.

People will respond to our books in different ways and we can't tell them how to do so.

[Rose]

My review of Angela's The Art of War (in place of The Wake Up)

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

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

[J.E.]

Review for Stripper! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I’ve posted to Amazon too and will add the link when it’s up.

[Angela]

Rose wrote: "My review of Angela's The Art of War (in place of The Wake Up)

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

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/g..."

Thanks Rose!

[Kat]

Thanks for the reviews, Rose and J.E. 😊!

[Thomas]

Thanks so much for your review, J.E.

J.E. wrote: "Review for Stripper! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I’ve posted to Amazon too and will add the link when it’s up."

[J.E.]

Reviews for Dark https://smile.amazon.co.uk/review/R3E...

and Damian’s Workshop https://smile.amazon.co.uk/review/R2F...

completed.

Thanks for the opportunity to read these books, I enjoyed them both!

[J.E.]

My review for stripper! Is here on Amazon https://smile.amazon.co.uk/review/R12...

[Kat]

Great, JE! Can I please get your Goodreads links for Dark and Damian's Workshop? Thanks 😊.

[J.E.]

J.E. wrote: "My review for stripper! Is here on Amazon https://smile.amazon.co.uk/review/R12..."

Damian’s workshop https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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

[Kat]

Perfect, thank you! And thank you for your lovely review of DARK 😊.

[Deborah]

J.E., thank you for your review of Damian's Workshop. It made me smile.

[Guy]

My review for Lola.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3FS4WM...

[Deborah]

Hi,

I completed my round one review of Lords of Illusion.

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

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[Kat]

Thanks, Deborah and Guy!

[Angela]

Round #1 for SOPHROSYNE
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Miriam]

Round 1 review complete.

Well done, Rose. I enjoyed how you executed your third-person writing.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Kat]

Thanks, Angela and Miriam!

[Guy]

Deborah wrote: "Hi,

I completed my round one review of Lords of Illusion.

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

https://www.goodreads.com/book..."
Thank you!

[Felix]

Angela wrote: "Round #1 for SOPHROSYNE
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: pending"

Gosh Angela, I have never seen such an artistically arranged review. Well done and thank you very much.

[Kat]

Angela's reviews are kind of epic. I still fangirl over the one she did for DARK.

[Angela]

My pleasure. :)

[Rose]

Miriam wrote: "Round 1 review complete.

Well done, Rose. I enjoyed how you executed your third-person writing.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re......"

Thanks for the lovely review.
Rose

[Rose]

My review of Sophrosyne

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

Amazon to follow.

[Felix]

My review of Derelict
https://www.felixlong.co.uk/derelict/
Amazon review submitted.

[Kat]

Thanks, Rose and Felix!

Felix, if you could please do two things. 1) Post the link to the Goodreads review (I checked out the one you wrote, which looks great.) 2) Assign a rating for the book.

Thanks 😊!

[Rose]

Amazon review of Sophrosyne

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

[Felix]

Felix wrote: "My review of Derelict
https://www.felixlong.co.uk/derelict/
Amazon review submitted."

Done, and apologies for posting the wrong link.

Good reads review

Amazon review

[Kat]

Thank you, Rose and Felix! 😊

[Thomas]

My 1st round review of Kat Kinney's Dark:

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

BookBub
https://www.bookbub.com/books/dark-a-...

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

[Kat]

Thanks so much, Tom! Glad you enjoyed :)

[Thomas]

Kat wrote: "Thanks so much, Tom! Glad you enjoyed :)"

Not my normal read, but as a former DM, I really appreciate the world-building effort!

[Kat]

Amazing job, group 242! Thanks for getting those first round reviews in ahead of schedule. And now on to round two! 😊