Group 247. Out of this World - Mod. Chrys

[Bethany]

Checking in from the Carribbean. Looks like things aren't sorted yet, so I'll be back online in 4 days. Definitely no clashes for me!

[Jeanette]

Vanessa wrote: "Jeanette wrote: "Vanessa wrote: "No clashes for me.

But I have to ask, am I supposed to read three books for Jeannette, or just one, because I'm not that fast of a reader and it doesn't feel quite..."

Hi Vanessa

Jeanette is a good name (then I'm biased, lol).

It was a looong read. Thankfully, most books are a more normal length.

Jeanette

[Grady]

I am available to be the last member of this round.

Author Link: Grady P. Brown

Book Link: Numen the Slayer

[E.M.]

Grady - As you have already signed up for the Novella round and you can only sign up for one round at a time, I can't include you in this one. However, if you would prefer to be in this round, please let me know and I will include you here and remove you from the Novella round. Thanks.

[Grady]

E.M. wrote: "Grady - As you have already signed up for the Novella round and you can only sign up for one round at a time, I can't include you in this one. However, if you would prefer to be in this round, plea..."

No. I am fine in the Novella round. I just had extra time on my hands and thought I could get extra reading done.

[Ned]

Is there still room in this group? If so, I would like to join.

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

[E.M.]

Welcome Ned!

And onto the checking phase again.

To remind you please check you haven't reviewed the four people above you on the list ( the list wraps around so 10 is 'above 1).

Please also check (by looking at their author page) that if you have already reviewed any of the four people 'below' you on the list they have more books available that you have not yet reviewed.

Once you have done these checks, then please post to say if you spot an issue or if you are good to go!

[Jeanette]

E.M. wrote: "Welcome Ned!

And onto the checking phase again.

To remind you please check you haven't reviewed the four people above you on the list ( the list wraps around so 10 is 'above 1).

Please also chec..."

All good for me. I've reviewed Helen's Bait & Dream Warrior - but she has plenty of other books. Shadows sounds intriguing, or maybe Dawning, though open to suggestion, Helen

[J.S.]

Everything good

[D.]

Good here too. :-)

[Gene, Admin]

I don't see any conflicts. I can provide D. an alternate book.

[D.]

Gene wrote: "I don't see any conflicts. I can provide D. an alternate book."
Let me know, Gene. I'm ready to read. :-)

[Ned]

I have not reviewed any of these people or been reviewed by any. I am willing to buy books so I can post on Amazon.

I did review Tristen, but it looks like he's not on the list anymore.

[Ned]

I'm going to put my book TIMESTORM RIDERS up for free on Amazon for a limited time if I can swing it, so hold off buying it.

[Ned]

I have put my book TIMESTORM RIDERS on a free promotion on Amazon through March 18.

[Lucretia]

I’m still good.

[Helen]

I was doing my checking and I have reviewed Gene's book before, Black Hat blues.

[E.M.]

Helen - Thanks for letting me know.

Everyone - Back to the beginning again for the check phase, please. Apologies for this taking such a time, but we do need to get it right.

[D.]

I'm still good. :-)

[J.S.]

Still good!

[Lucretia]

Still good

[Gene, Admin]

I've reviewed Akrad's Children by Jeanette O'Hagan and, if I'm reading this right, that creates a conflict. And both D. Wallace Peach Helen Mathey-Horn have reviewed my book, but i have alternates.

[E.M.]

Alright Everyone - I can't make this sudoku work! I have tried - very hard but it just will not go.

So - I have opened a new Out of this World Round and I am, politely, asking people with clashes to consider migrating there. I know this would mean a delay in getting reviews, but as regulars here know Out of this World rounds fill very fast usually so I don't think it'll be too long a delay.

So, if you are willing, please sign up on the new thread HERE

It may be I do not need you to migrate in the end, but unless a couple of people at least do, this round is going nowhere and the other option is I choose who to migrate.

Alternatively, there is the 18+ Round you could join, or if someone has a shorter book or short story they would like to offer for review instead, the Novella Round also has places.

This is an object lesson, maybe, in me remembering to ask people to continually check back and report on any clashes which occur as the sign-ups progress. Something I will make a point of doing ongoing - and you can all help by doing the same!

[Bethany]

I couldn't resist the Logic puzzle of this problem. It looks like the only unsurmountable clashes (correct me if wrong) are:

Lucreti -> Jenette
Jenette -> Helen
Gene -> Jenette
Helen -> Gene

with surmountable clashes at:

D -> Helen**
D -> Gene*
Lucreti -> Jenette*

If we put the names in this order, I believe it avoids all clashes from both lists, except for D->Helen, who I think has already started an alternate book and might like to keep at it.

Helen
D
Prashanti
JS
Lucretia
Gene
Ned
Bethany
Vanessa
Jeanette

[E.M.]

Wow Bethany, I am genuinely dead impressed! Can I borrow you for future tricky reorderings, please?

However, as you note D cannot review Helen, so this still won't work :(

I have opened a new round, and the 18+ and Novella rounds are both also open. If no one decides to move in the next week, I will try and figure out who was both last to join with clashes (and forgot to list them all) and remove them from the round.

[Lucretia]

I can move to the 18 group if it helps. My only clash there so far is Casey, but I see he has another book I could read.

[Gene, Admin]

I can move to the new group.

[E.M.]

Thank you so much Gene, you are a real star.

Lucretia - since Gene has kindly moved we should be fine now, although if you wish to shift groups - or anyone else does, please do so.

Anyone signing up for the final spot in this group please make sure you fit in before doing so. If you can't fit in the last spot without clashes, then please sign up for group 249 instead. Thank you.

[Lucretia]

Thank you, Gene. E.M., I’ll sit put unless you need me to move. 🥰

[Helen]

Dawning and Shadows are both more of the beginning stories from the Tienna's World books that Dream Warrior and Bait are from.

Jeanette wrote: "E.M. wrote: "Welcome Ned!

And onto the checking phase again.

To remind you please check you haven't reviewed the four people above you on the list ( the list wraps around so 10 is 'above 1).

Ple..."

[Jeanette]

Gene wrote: "I can move to the new group."

Thanks, Gene.

[Jeanette]

Helen wrote: "Dawning and Shadows are both more of the beginning stories from the Tienna's World books that Dream Warrior and Bait are from.



Sounds great Helen. Thanks. Will see how things pan out, in case another of us has to move.

[Jeanette]

E.M. wrote: "Wow Bethany, I am genuinely dead impressed! Can I borrow you for future tricky reorderings, please?

However, as you note D cannot review Helen, so this still won't work :(

I have opened a new ro..."

Thanks, E.M.

[Arriah]

Hi would you please consider my submission?

Hope I am on time :-)

Author Link Arriah Kiprujistho

Book Link Wishing for a Parallel World

[Bethany]

E.M. wrote: "Wow Bethany, I am genuinely dead impressed! Can I borrow you for future tricky reorderings, please?

However, as you note D cannot review Helen, so this still won't work :(

I have opened a new ro..."

Oh! So to clarify the rules, when someone says they have an alternate book that a participant could read in place of the submitted book, that is actually not acceptable?

[D.]

Bethany wrote: "E.M. wrote: "Wow Bethany, I am genuinely dead impressed! Can I borrow you for future tricky reorderings, please?

However, as you note D cannot review Helen, so this still won't work :(

I have op..."

That was a typo I think, Bethany. One your proposed list, you have Helen reviewing me, and that doesn't work because I've reviewed her. Having an alternate book is fine. It's complicated, but I think EM has us almost there. :-)

[Bethany]

You review the people above you, correct? So on my list, Helen would be reviewing Ned, Bethany, Vanessa, Jeanette? (It's fine however it works out. I don't feel miffed or anything. Just trying to understand.)

[J.S.]

Bethany wrote: "You review the people above you, correct? So on my list, Helen would be reviewing Ned, Bethany, Vanessa, Jeanette? (It's fine however it works out. I don't feel miffed or anything. Just trying to u..."

No. You review people under you. :)

[J.S.]

Bethany wrote: "You review the people above you, correct? So on my list, Helen would be reviewing Ned, Bethany, Vanessa, Jeanette? (It's fine however it works out. I don't feel miffed or anything. Just trying to u..."

No. You review people under you. :)

[Bethany]

Ah, that's my problem. Should've reversed the list! :)

[E.M.]

Welcome Arriah!

And one more time please good people!

I need everyone to check they have not previously reviewed the four people above them on the list ( the list wraps around so 10 is 'above' 1).

Please also check (by looking at their author page) that if you have already reviewed any of the four people below you on the list they have more books available that you have not yet reviewed.

As before, please post to say if you have a clash or to say all is ok for you!

[Lucretia]

I’m good. 🥰

[J.S.]

I'm good

[Ned]

I'm good.

[D.]

I'm good.

[Jeanette]

I'm good

[Bethany]

Good!

[Vanessa]

Good here!

[Vanessa]

J.S. wrote: "Bethany wrote: "You review the people above you, correct? So on my list, Helen would be reviewing Ned, Bethany, Vanessa, Jeanette? (It's fine however it works out. I don't feel miffed or anything. ..."

Oh, I thought you reviewed people above you, too (how did I get that mixed up?). Either way, I haven't reviewed or been reviewed by anyone in this group.

[E.M.]

With 7 of 10 saying good to go, we'll risk it!

START DATE: 18-March-20

END DATE: 10-June-20

Round 1 – post your review by 08-April-20
Round 2 – post your review by 29 -April-20
Round 3– post your review by 20-May-20
Round 4 – post your review by 10-June-20

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

247-01__Jeanette O'Hagan
D. Wallace Peach for round 1
Lucretia Stanhope for round 2
Prashanti Talluri for round 3
Ned Huston for round 4

247-02__Helen Mathey-Horn
Jeanette O'Hagan for round 1
D. Wallace Peach for round 2
Lucretia Stanhope for round 3
Prashanti Talluri for round 4

247-03__Arriah Kiprujistho
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 1
Jeanette O'Hagan for round 2
D. Wallace Peach for round 3
Lucretia Stanhope for round 4

247-04__ J.S. Fernandez Morales
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 1
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 2
Jeanette O'Hagan for round 3
D. Wallace Peach for round 4

247-05__ Vanessa MacLellan
J.S. Fernandez Morales for round 1
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 2
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 3
Jeanette O'Hagan for round 4

247-06__ Bethany Rae Salway
Vanessa MacLellan for round 1
J.S. Fernandez Morales for round 2
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 3
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 4

247-07__ Ned Huston
Bethany Rae Salway for round 1
Vanessa MacLellan for round 2
J.S. Fernandez Morales for round 3
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 4

247-08__ Prashanti Talluri
Ned Huston for round 1
Bethany Rae Salway for round 2
Vanessa MacLellan for round 3
J.S. Fernandez Morales for round 4

247-09__ Lucretia Stanhope
Prashanti Talluri for round 1
Ned Huston for round 2
Bethany Rae Salway for round 3
Vanessa MacLellan for round 4

247-10__ D. Wallace Peach
Lucretia Stanhope for round 1
Prashanti Talluri for round 2
Ned Huston for round 3
Bethany Rae Salway for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

247-01__Jeanette O'Hagan
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 1
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 2
J.S. Fernandez Morales for round 3
Vanessa MacLellan for round 4

247-02__Helen Mathey-Horn
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 1
J.S. Fernandez Morales for round 2
Vanessa MacLellan for round 3
Bethany Rae Salway for round 4

247-03__Arriah Kiprujistho
J.S. Fernandez Morales for round 1
Vanessa MacLellan for round 2
Bethany Rae Salway for round 3
Ned Huston for round 4

247-04__ J.S. Fernandez Morales
Vanessa MacLellan for round 1
Bethany Rae Salway for round 2
Ned Huston for round 3
Prashanti Talluri for round 4

247-05__ Vanessa MacLellan
Bethany Rae Salway for round 1
Ned Huston for round 2
Prashanti Talluri for round 3
Lucretia Stanhope for round 4

247-06__ Bethany Rae Salway
Ned Huston for round 1
Prashanti Talluri for round 2
Lucretia Stanhope for round 3
D. Wallace Peach for round 4

247-07__ Ned Huston
Prashanti Talluri for round 1
Lucretia Stanhope for round 2
D. Wallace Peach for round 3
Jeanette O'Hagan for round 4

247-08__ Prashanti Talluri
Lucretia Stanhope for round 1
D. Wallace Peach for round 2
Jeanette O'Hagan for round 3
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 4

247-09__ Lucretia Stanhope
D. Wallace Peach for round 1
Jeanette O'Hagan for round 2
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 3
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 4

247-10__ D. Wallace Peach
Jeanette O'Hagan for round 1
Helen Mathey-Horn for round 2
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 3
J.S. Fernandez Morales 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.
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