Group 286. General - Mod. Chrys

[Balroop]

Hi E.M, I don't have any clashes, good to go.

[William]

Good to go.

[Bobbi]

I'm good to go!

[Zita]

Good to go!

[Gene, Admin]

Before the round starts, I'm curious if I'm required to send each reviewer the same book? I know we send alternates if the reviewer has already read that book, but do authors have the discretion to send a different book, as long as it's still on Amazon?

[E.M.]

Gene wrote: "Before the round starts, I'm curious if I'm required to send each reviewer the same book? I know we send alternates if the reviewer has already read that book, but do authors have the discretion to..."

Not really. If there is a problem with the book concerned you can ask the reviewer if they are willing to read a different book and explain why you are offering the substitution. But the entire point of listing a specific book is that is the book to be reviewed wherever possible.

[Sandra]

Good to go.

[Gill]

Balroop has reviewed another book of mine, but not this one. So I've got no conflicts.

[E.M.]

Looks like we are indeed good to go!

START DATE: 02-July-21

END DATE: 24-Sept-21

Round 1 – post your review by 23-July-21
Round 2 – post your review by 13-Aug-21
Round 3– post your review by 03-Sept-21
Round 4 – post your review by 24-Sept-21

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

286-01__Sandra Rector
Gene Kendall for round 1
Eunice Nascimento for round 2
Bobbi Faulkner for round 3
Gill Mather for round 4

286-02__Balroop Singh
Sandra Rector for round 1
Gene Kendall for round 2
Eunice Nascimento for round 3
Bobbi Faulkner for round 4

286-03__James W. George
Balroop Singh for round 1
Sandra Rector for round 2
Gene Kendall for round 3
Eunice Nascimento for round 4

286-04__ William Hart
James W. George for round 1
Balroop Singh for round 2
Sandra Rector for round 3
Gene Kendall for round 4

286-05__ A. Claire Everward (Kate)
William Hart for round 1
James W. George for round 2
Balroop Singh for round 3
Sandra Rector for round 4

286-06__ Zita Harrison
A. Claire Everward (Kate) for round 1
William Hart for round 2
James W. George for round 3
Balroop Singh for round 4

286-07__ Gill Mather
Zita Harrison for round 1
A. Claire Everward (Kate) for round 2
William Hart for round 3
James W. George for round 4

286-08__ Bobbi Faulkner
Gill Mather for round 1
Zita Harrison for round 2
A. Claire Everward (Kate) for round 3
William Hart for round 4

286-09__ Eunice Nascimento
Bobbi Faulkner for round 1
Gill Mather for round 2
Zita Harrison for round 3
A. Claire Everward (Kate) for round 4

286-10__ Gene Kendall
Eunice Nascimento for round 1
Bobbi Faulkner for round 2
Gill Mather for round 3
Zita Harrison for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

286-01__Sandra Rector
Balroop Singh for round 1
James W. George for round 2
William Hart for round 3
A. Claire Everward (Kate) for round 4

286-02__Balroop Singh
James W. George for round 1
William Hart for round 2
A. Claire Everward (Kate) for round 3
Zita Harrison for round 4

286-03__James W. George
William Hart for round 1
A. Claire Everward (Kate) for round 2
Zita Harrison for round 3
Gill Mather for round 4

286-04__ William Hart
A. Claire Everward (Kate) for round 1
Zita Harrison for round 2
Gill Mather for round 3
Bobbi Faulkner for round 4

286-05__ A. Claire Everward (Kate)
Zita Harrison for round 1
Gill Mather for round 2
Bobbi Faulkner for round 3
Eunice Nascimento for round 4

286-06__ Zita Harrison
Gill Mather for round 1
Bobbi Faulkner for round 2
Eunice Nascimento for round 3
Gene Kendall for round 4

286-07__ Gill Mather
Bobbi Faulkner for round 1
Eunice Nascimento for round 2
Gene Kendall for round 3
Sandra Rector for round 4

286-08__ Bobbi Faulkner
Eunice Nascimento for round 1
Gene Kendall for round 2
Sandra Rector for round 3
Balroop Singh for round 4

286-09__ Eunice Nascimento
Gene Kendall for round 1
Sandra Rector for round 2
Balroop Singh for round 3
James W. George for round 4

286-10__ Gene Kendall
Sandra Rector for round 1
Balroop Singh for round 2
James W. George for round 3
William Hart 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 wonderful Chrys Cymri will be modding this round and will be by shortly to say hello. Please PM her ongoing with any issues. Thanks.

[Chrys]

Hello all

Just dropping by to say hello and wish you all the best in this round.

I hope to be on a sail boat for ten days as from Wednesday, with no internet connection, so if you contact me during that time it'll take awhile before I can get back to you... If it's urgent, please PM E.M.

[Gill]

Gill MatherClass of ’97: An absorbing, page-turning read for all lovers of suspense and mystery
I've yet to communicate with the other authors and ask for email addresses or give mine as necessary. I'll be doing that asap. But for anyone who is due to read my book and wants to purchase it, FYI it's priced at 99p on Kindle.

[Balroop]

Hi James, William and Kate. Since your books are in KU, I am going to borrow from there. There is no need to send a message. Thanks. Happy reading everyone.

[Zita]

Bought the books that were under three dollars, so no need to send those to me.

Zita Harrison

[Eunice]

Zita, thank you!

[Eunice]

James, I’ll borrow your book on KU.

[Bobbi]

Eunice Nascimento, I finished your book and left a review. I loved it! Thank you!
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Also left on Amazon.

[Kate]

Contacted everyone and am looking forward to reading your books. Enjoy your reading everyone :)
Kate

[Bobbi]

I have completed Love is Dead(ly) and the review.

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

Also reviewed on Amazon.

I really enjoyed this book, Gene.

[Eunice]

Bobbi, thank you for the lovely review!

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks for the review, Bobbi!

[Bobbi]

You are welcome, both of you!

[A. Claire]

Zita wrote: "Bought the books that were under three dollars, so no need to send those to me.

Zita Harrison"

Hi Zita, I sent you a message, did you see it?

[Zita]

A. Claire wrote: "Zita wrote: "Bought the books that were under three dollars, so no need to send those to me.

Zita Harrison"

Hi Zita, I sent you a message, did you see it?"

Yes, thanks, just returned from a trip. Sent you the book.

[Balroop]

Here is my review of Roller Rink Starlight: A Memoir by William Hart

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

https://www.amazon.com/review/RCJB92N...

[Sandra]

Here is my Goodreads review of Moments We Love, by Balroop Singh.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I have posted to Amazon as well, and will post the link here once Amazon processes it.

[William]

Balroop wrote: "Here is my review of Roller Rink Starlight: A Memoir by William Hart

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

https://www.amazon.com/review/RCJB92N..."


Thanks for the good review, Balroop! Much appreciated.

[Sandra]

Here is the link to the Amazon review for Moments we Love:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Balroop]

Sandra wrote: "Here is my Goodreads review of Moments We Love, by Balroop Singh.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I have posted to Amazon as well, and will post the link here once Amazon processe..."

Thank you Sandra for liking my poetry, much appreciated.

[William]

Here are my review links for Claire Everward's A Tangled Web:

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

Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Web-Fi...

[Gene, Admin]

Charlotte Parker Forty-Niner reviews:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3SXPM7...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Magical Whispers (my alternate for Balroop) reviews:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1KUH9Q...

[A. Claire]

William wrote: "Here are my review links for Claire Everward's A Tangled Web:

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

Amazon.com: https:/..."
Thank you so much for an incredible review. I'm glad you enjoyed the book.

[Bobbi]

I finished reading Sandra Rector's Charlotte Parker Forty Niner and left a review. Here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I also left a review on Amazon.

Thank you! I enjoyed it.

[William]

Here are the links to my reviews of Zita Harrison's A Tangled Web, Abigail:

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

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Owl-Manor-Abig...

[Balroop]

Gene wrote: "Charlotte Parker Forty-Niner reviews:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3SXPM7...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Magical Whispers (my alternate for Balroop) reviews:
https://ww..."

Thank you Gene for a lovely review of my book.

[Sandra]

Gene wrote: "Charlotte Parker Forty-Niner reviews:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3SXPM7...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Magical Whispers (my alternate for Balroop) reviews:
https://ww..."

Thank you, Gene!

[Sandra]

Bobbi wrote: "I finished reading Sandra Rector's Charlotte Parker Forty Niner and left a review. Here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I also left a review on..."

Thank you, Bobbi!

[Zita]

My Goodreads review of Class of 97

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

Zon pending

[Gene, Admin]

Reviews for The Prophet's Reward: A Novel of Puritan New England My Father's Kingdom - Book Three
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1GXD7F...

[Zita]

Amazon review for Class of 97

https://www.amazon.com/review/R3PY6WK...

[Zita]

Thanks for the reviews William and A. Claire!

Zita Harrison

[Gill]

Thanks for the review Zita. Regards, Gill

[William]

I've posted reviews for Gill Mather's Class of 97. It's not yet gone live on Amazon, however. The links:

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

https://www.amazon.com/Class-97-absor...

[Sandra]

Here is the Goodreads link for my review of The Prophet's Reward, by James W. George.

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

I will post the Amazon link once it processes.

[Balroop]

Here is my review of The Prophet's Reward: A Novel of Puritan New England My Father's Kingdom - Book Three by James W. George:

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

https://www.amazon.com/review/R3S7429...

[Gill]

William wrote: "I've posted reviews for Gill Mather's Class of 97. It's not yet gone live on Amazon, however. The links:

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

Very many thanks William. Your review bumped up my number of Amazon reviews (yours is on Amazon already) which is great since I've just started an Amazon ad campaign. Fingers crossed!

[William]

Gill wrote: "William wrote: "I've posted reviews for Gill Mather's Class of 97. It's not yet gone live on Amazon, however. The links:

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

Good luck with your campaign, Gill !

William

[William]

I posted reviews of Bobbi Faulkner's Candy, Sweet and Sour:

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

https://www.amazon.com/Candy-Sweet-So...

A fun read!

[Balroop]

Round 3: Here is my review of A Tangled Web by A Claire Everward

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

https://www.amazon.com/review/R25XS7W...

[Gene, Admin]

My final round reviews for Roller Rink Starlight: A Memoir:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/RHIIA0W...