Group 288. General - Mod. Trish

[E.M.]

Welcome Laura - I think you fit where I've put you but please double-check.

[Audrey]

I have reviewed two books by Angela, including The Art of War.

[Laura]

I'm sorry but JC Gatlin has reviewed one of my books so I cannot review his.

[J.C.]

I was just about to say that I've reviewed The Dog Thief, but Laura beat me to it. :)

[E.M.]

Tried a tweak, does it work now?

[Laura]

I think it works for me now.

[Gita]

Looks like the Children's and YA round will take some time to fill up. I want to leave that round and join this one with my collection of short stories, A Tapestry of Tears.
E.M., J.E., and Balroop have reviewed a different book of mine. I have reviewed one of Laura's books so I'm sure you'll be able to fit me in!

[Angela]

Audrey wrote: "I have reviewed two books by Angela, including The Art of War."

I have a third book I can send you, Audrey -- The Cardiology of Broken Things, which I've coauthored. :)

[Gill]

Could I join this round with 'Class of ’97' https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

I've just finished and posted reviews in round 286. I've read/reviewed 'Starting Out' in the list but no other books. I've been reviewed by Balroop Singh, but not for Class of 97.

[Angela]

Gill has read one of my books.

[Gill]

Yes, I've read a book by Angela, but not the one on the list.

[Gill]

I should perhaps have said that William has reviewed Class of 97, but I wasn't sure if he's still in the round.

[Kat]

Gill wrote: "I should perhaps have said that William has reviewed Class of 97, but I wasn't sure if he's still in the round."

Gill, you should please check the first post in the thread and check the nine people already assigned to the round for potential conflicts. You should also please check anyone who has thrown their name in the past few posts since EM has updated.

[William]

Yes, Gill's right. I've reviewed her Class of '97. But maybe she has another book I can review.

[E.M.]

Gill - I am sorry the only available place is for someone who can review both Balroop and William.

[Audrey]

Angela wrote: "Audrey wrote: "I have reviewed two books by Angela, including The Art of War."

I have a third book I can send you, Audrey -- The Cardiology of Broken Things, which I've coauthored. :)"

I have not read that one, so OK.

[Audrey]

FWIW, Gill has reviewed one of my books, but not the one I'm putting into this round.

[Gill]

I could offer As The Clock Struck Ten, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... a crime/mystery (Balroop has reviewed this book),
The Unreliable Placebo, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... a rom-com tho' not of the sentimental variety; or
The Ardent Intern, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... a legal romance and the first of a series (my first published novel so I hope anyone who reads it will make allowances!).

[Gill]

Just realised, The Ardent Intern is in the One for One review list but no one has requested or reviewed it yet.

[E.M.]

Gita and Gill - I am really sorry but I can't put either of you into the space remaining as there are too many other fixed clashes.

[Ann]

Hi e.m. can I join this group as we wait for the other to be filled? https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Black Hole Radio or bk 2 - Bilaluna

[Trish]

Hey, E.M.

I think I would fit very nicely in this group (unless I'm forgetting someone). I wasn't going to join one but I have a bit more time on my hands than I expected right now.

I'd join with my book A Redway Acres Companion I
And this is me Trish Butler

Angela, Laura and J.E. have all reviewed me but only J.E. has read this one. J.E. could read another Redway or (and she might prefer it) my contemporary romantic mystery Ctrl+Alt+Deleted.

I've read Balroop before but not the book she's listed.

I think that's all, but feel free to chime in anyone I've forgotten.

Thanks

Trish
PS - E.M. - I'll PM you about modding.

[Ann]

There are no clashes for me at all! :-)

[J.E.]

Ann wrote: "There are no clashes for me at all! :-)"


You can only sign up for one group at a time, Ann.

[Cam]

Since I will need a big headstart on J.E. (haha), I might just start reading now and hope for the best.

[Ann]

Ahhh, ok thanks.

[A. Claire]

Hi can I still join?
I'd like to join with A Tangled Web
Balroop and William Hart reviewed this book.

Claire

[E.M.]

Welcome Trish - and thanks for your offer to mod the round too!

A. Claire - sorry we are full in this round you could look to see if you fit any of the others.

Everyone - Now we need to do a final check. So please post to tell me if you have reviewed any of the four people above you on the list (the list wraps around so (10) is 'above' (1) ). Please also check 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 and post to tell me if they have not.

You can check if you have reviewed anyone before by going to your reviews through your profile (the link is under your portrait), and searching their name. You can check if someone has reviewed you in the same way through their profile and searching for your name. Please check all those who are the 4 above and below you.
If you have no review clashes - or if you are scheduled to review someone who you have reviewed before but can see they have another book available just post 'Good to go :)' or words to that effect.
When everyone has posted 'Good to go' we will be :)
If you are new to these rounds do not worry, full instructions will be provided at every stage.

[J.E.]

Looks good to me, thanks.

[Angela]

Good to go!

[Trish]

I'm good to go too! Excited for some new reads and taking part again, not just modding.

T

[Cam]

I'm good to go as well.

[William]

Good to go, E.M., and thanks! Thank you too, Trish!

[Balroop]

I am good to go. Thanks.

[Audrey]

I'm good to go!

[Laura]

All good here

[Trish]

J.C. and Ian - we just need to hear from you!

Thanks.

Trish

[David]

Hello. My name is David Gordon and I would like to sign up for the General Review group with my first book Jigsaw Beginnings. Please advise on the next steps and take care.

[Trish]

Hey, David,

This General round is full and pending confirmation from two more members before going ahead.

You can check out other available rounds here
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
18+, Children and YA, Novella and Out of This World rounds are still filling up at the moment. Check the first post on each one to see what type of books fit in each.

There are other threads for questions about this group and also you can PM any of the mods.

I hope that helps.

Trish

[David]

Thank you, Trish. I just signed up for Out of this World. Take care and thank you again.

[Colin]

Good to go!

[Trish]

Colin wrote: "Good to go!"

Very good, Colin, but you are in the 18+ round this is the general round! LOL
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please check there and comment. Make sure you look at the list on the first post for the list order. You are reviewing the 4 listed below you (it wraps so 1 is below 10) and you will be reviewed by the 4 listed above you. There must not be any clashes to avoid reciprocal reviewing. You cannot review anyone who has already reviewed you and vice versa.

Hope that helps.

Trish

[Cam]

Trish wrote: "Colin wrote: "Good to go!"

Very good, Colin, but you are in the 18+ round this is the general round! LOL
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please check there an..."

I think he was just keeping you on your toes Trish. Nice catch!

[Trish]

Cam wrote: "Trish wrote: "Colin wrote: "Good to go!"

Very good, Colin, but you are in the 18+ round this is the general round! LOL
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Please ..."

I need it sometimes! LOL

No sign of JC or Ian yet for this round. Hopefully they'll check in over the weekend.

T

[J.C.]

Sorry for the delay getting back to the group.

The Dog Thief is my only conflict. Other than that, I'm good to go.

[Laura]

J.C. wrote: "Sorry for the delay getting back to the group.

The Dog Thief is my only conflict. Other than that, I'm good to go."
JC I have other books, Maybe you could pick one of the others?

[E.M.]

Apologies for the delay folks, but it is very important we get everyone to check-in at this stage, both so we can double-check that there are no clashes and also so so we can be sure everyone knows the round is about to start. Otherwise, there can be all kinds of issues down the line and sometimes even a no show which ruins the round for everyone.

[Ian]

No clashes for me. Never read any of the authors as far as I can remember.

[E.M.]

Brilliant! Here we go. Anyone new to the rounds please read the post below this as well.

START DATE: 25-Aug-21

END DATE: 17-Nov-21

Round 1 – post your review by 15-Sept-21
Round 2 – post your review by 06-Oct-21
Round 3– post your review by 27-Oct-21
Round 4 – post your review by 17-Nov-21

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

288-01__J.C. Gatlin
Cam Lang for round 1
William Hart for round 2
Balroop Singh for round 3
Trish Butler for round 4

288-02__Audrey Driscoll
J.C. Gatlin for round 1
Cam Lang for round 2
William Hart for round 3
Balroop Singh for round 4

288-03__Laura Koerber
Audrey Driscoll for round 1
J.C. Gatlin for round 2
Cam Lang for round 3
William Hart for round 4

288-04__ Angela Panayotopulos
Laura Koerber for round 1
Audrey Driscoll for round 2
J.C. Gatlin for round 3
Cam Lang for round 4

288-05__ J.E. Rowney
Angela Panayotopulos for round 1
Laura Koerber for round 2
Audrey Driscoll for round 3
J.C. Gatlin for round 4

288-06__ Ian G. Welch
J.E. Rowney for round 1
Angela Panayotopulos for round 2
Laura Koerber for round 3
Audrey Driscoll for round 4

288-07__ Trish Butler
Ian G. Welch for round 1
J.E. Rowney for round 2
Angela Panayotopulos for round 3
Laura Koerber for round 4

288-08__ Balroop Singh
Trish Butler for round 1
Ian G. Welch for round 2
J.E. Rowney for round 3
Angela Panayotopulos for round 4

288-09__ William Hart
Balroop Singh for round 1
Trish Butler for round 2
Ian G. Welch for round 3
J.E. Rowney for round 4

288-10__ Cam Lang
William Hart for round 1
Balroop Singh for round 2
Trish Butler for round 3
Ian G. Welch for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

288-01__J.C. Gatlin
Audrey Driscoll for round 1
Laura Koerber for round 2
Angela Panayotopulos for round 3
J.E. Rowney for round 4

288-02__Audrey Driscoll
Laura Koerber for round 1
Angela Panayotopulos for round 2
J.E. Rowney for round 3
Ian G. Welch for round 4

288-03__Laura Koerber
Angela Panayotopulos for round 1
J.E. Rowney for round 2
Ian G. Welch for round 3
Trish Butler for round 4

288-04__ Angela Panayotopulos
J.E. Rowney for round 1
Ian G. Welch for round 2
Trish Butler for round 3
Balroop Singh for round 4

288-05__ J.E. Rowney
Ian G. Welch for round 1
Trish Butler for round 2
Balroop Singh for round 3
William Hart for round 4

288-06__ Ian G. Welch
Trish Butler for round 1
Balroop Singh for round 2
William Hart for round 3
Cam Lang for round 4

288-07__ Trish Butler
Balroop Singh for round 1
William Hart for round 2
Cam Lang for round 3
J.C. Gatlin for round 4

288-08__ Balroop Singh
William Hart for round 1
Cam Lang for round 2
J.C. Gatlin for round 3
Audrey Driscoll for round 4

288-09__ William Hart
Cam Lang for round 1
J.C. Gatlin for round 2
Audrey Driscoll for round 3
Laura Koerber for round 4

288-10__ Cam Lang
J.C. Gatlin for round 1
Audrey Driscoll for round 2
Laura Koerber for round 3
Angela Panayotopulos 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.]

GUIDE FOR THOSE NEW TO THESE 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 that 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 Trish Butler will be modding this round and will be by shortly to say hello. Please PM her ongoing with any issues.