Group 301. Out of this World - Mod. Chrys

[P.L.]

I have not reviewed nor been reviewed by any of the authors four above or four below me. I *do* see my two novels on Khira's shelves--but I'm guessing these are 'to read' (thank you!!!) -- I don't see any reviews on them. Khira and i follow one another (or are friends) here on Goodreads.

(I plan to send files for Seven Strengths, but it will also be on a 99c countdown deal on February 12th.)

So anyway, i believe i am:

Good to go!

[Khira]

I do not have any review clashes in this round (TBR on P.L.'s novels), so good to go.
I am happy to send files of my novel in the preferred format, and it will also be available for 99c from 19 Feb for a two week promotion period.
I will be purchasing the books that I will review.

[Jeff]

I have not reviewed any books by the four above me or the four below me.

As noted previously, Stjepan has reviewed one of my other books but not the one on offer in this round.

[Bruce]

I'm good to go E.M.

Thanks
Bruce

[E.M.]

Thanks to all who have reported in so far - just waiting to hear from Greg and D.

[Alex]

The South Tower now free on Kindle...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VNH8L25

[Greg]

E.M. wrote: "Thanks to all who have reported in so far - just waiting to hear from Greg and D."

No conflicts, all clear here. No review clashes. I plan to send a file. I'm good to go.

[E.M.]

Greg wrote: "No conflicts, all clear here. No review clashes. I plan to send a file. I'm good to go."
Thanks Greg. I have just PMd D so we should hear from her soon, I hope.

[D.]

Hi Everyone, Sorry about the late reply. I've been traveling and just got to my emails. I'm good, EM.

I will purchase all the books I'm reading and will get the emails out right now about mine.

[E.M.]

That's all present and correct so here we go!

START DATE: 28-Jan-22

END DATE: 22-April-22

Round 1 – post your review by 18-Feb-22
Round 2– post your review by 11-March-22
Round 3 – post your review by 01-April-22
Round 4 – post your review by 22-April-22


As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

301-01__Stjepan Varesevac Cobets
D. Wallace Peach for round 1
Henryan Arkson for round 2
Greg Kuznetsov for round 3
Bruce Pedersen for round 4

301-02__Alex Canna
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 1
D. Wallace Peach for round 2
Henryan Arkson for round 3
Greg Kuznetsov for round 4

301-03__Jeff Chapman
Alex Canna for round 1
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 2
D. Wallace Peach for round 3
Henryan Arkson for round 4

301-04__ S.D. Brown
Jeff Chapman for round 1
Alex Canna for round 2
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 3
D. Wallace Peach for round 4

301-05__ P.L. Tavormina
S.D. Brown for round 1
Jeff Chapman for round 2
Alex Canna for round 3
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 4

301-06__ Khira Allen
P.L. Tavormina for round 1
S.D. Brown for round 2
Jeff Chapman for round 3
Alex Canna for round 4

301-07__ Bruce Pedersen
Khira Allen for round 1
P.L. Tavormina for round 2
S.D. Brown for round 3
Jeff Chapman for round 4

301-08__ Greg Kuznetsov
Bruce Pedersen for round 1
Khira Allen for round 2
P.L. Tavormina for round 3
S.D. Brown for round 4

301-09__ Henryan Arkson
Greg Kuznetsov for round 1
Bruce Pedersen for round 2
Khira Allen for round 3
P.L. Tavormina for round 4

301-10__ D. Wallace Peach
Henryan Arkson for round 1
Greg Kuznetsov for round 2
Bruce Pedersen for round 3
Khira Allen for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

301-01__Stjepan Varesevac Cobets
Alex Canna for round 1
Jeff Chapman for round 2
S.D. Brown for round 3
P.L. Tavormina for round 4

301-02__Alex Canna
Jeff Chapman for round 1
S.D. Brown for round 2
P.L. Tavormina for round 3
Khira Allen for round 4

301-03__Jeff Chapman
S.D. Brown for round 1
P.L. Tavormina for round 2
Khira Allen for round 3
Bruce Pedersen for round 4

301-04__ S.D. Brown
P.L. Tavormina for round 1
Khira Allen for round 2
Bruce Pedersen for round 3
Greg Kuznetsov for round 4

301-05__ P.L. Tavormina
Khira Allen for round 1
Bruce Pedersen for round 2
Greg Kuznetsov for round 3
Henryan Arkson for round 4

301-06__ Khira Allen
Bruce Pedersen for round 1
Greg Kuznetsov for round 2
Henryan Arkson for round 3
D. Wallace Peach for round 4

301-07__ Bruce Pedersen
Greg Kuznetsov for round 1
Henryan Arkson for round 2
D. Wallace Peach for round 3
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 4

301-08__ Greg Kuznetsov
Henryan Arkson for round 1
D. Wallace Peach for round 2
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 3
Alex Canna for round 4

301-09__ Henryan Arkson
D. Wallace Peach for round 1
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 2
Alex Canna for round 3
Jeff Chapman for round 4

301-10__ D. Wallace Peach
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 1
Alex Canna for round 2
Jeff Chapman for round 3
S.D. Brown 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.

Firstly please make sure your private message status is set to 'Anyone'. You can find it under Account Settings > Edit my user Profile > Settings > Privacy > Who Can Send Me Private Messages.

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.

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]

Hi everyone, just dropping in to say hello. Here's to happy reading and reviewing!

[Khira]

I attempted to get in touch with all of my reviewers in this round via DM on Goodreads about a day ago (individual messages, asking if they would like me to send them the novel, no links or anything like that). I'm pretty sure that the messages didn't go through. I don't know if anyone else is having this issue. I've received messages from three people in the round and have replied to all of them.
For my reviewers, apologies for the delay and please let me know if you would like me to e-mail through the file for Songbird Ascension.

[S.D.]

Khira wrote: "I attempted to get in touch with all of my reviewers in this round via DM on Goodreads about a day ago (individual messages, asking if they would like me to send them the novel, no links or anythin..."

I have already purchased you book.

[Khira]

S.D. wrote: "I have already purchased your book..."

Thank you S.D., much appreciated :)

I have just tried replying to P.L.'s message as well.

[P.L.]

My message to Khira went through without an issue, and I don't understand why it didn't work the other direction, but she and I are squared away on her book, now.

[D.]

Round One and Two reviews. Also posted on Bookbub.

Black Seeds

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

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

The South Tower

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

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2M9WFX...

[P.L.]

For the folks reviewing "Seven Strengths,' I'm putting it on a 99c promotion starting tomorrow, the 12th-14th.

I'm thoroughly enjoying my first round read. Glad to be in this group.

Patty

[Alex]

Thanks Greg and D.!

[Khira]

My links for Round One review (The Eighth Stone):

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

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

Thank you to the author for a very enjoyable read :)

(Something interesting I've noticed with Amazon is that although I have an amazon.com account, any kindle purchase I make is automatically redirected through the com.au website, since I make the purchase in Australia. Then the reviews I make on my account appear on the US marketplace, but without the verified purchaser tag. I'm not entirely sure why Amazon doesn't automatically sync the purchase information.)

[Jeff]

My review of Saving Bigfoot Valley:

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

Amazon review posted.

[S.D.]

Jeff wrote: "My review of Saving Bigfoot Valley:

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

Amazon review posted."

THANKS FOR THE LOVELY REVIEW!

[Stjepan]

My first review "Saving Bigfoot Valley" by Spike Brown, S.D. Brown

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

https://www.amazon.com/review/RZOMS1X...

[S.D.]

Stjepan wrote: "My first review "Saving Bigfoot Valley" by Spike Brown, S.D. Brown

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

https://www.amazon.com/review/RZOMS1X..."

Thanks for the review,

[P.L.]

My round one review for Songbird Ascension:

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

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

[Bruce]

Thanks for the lovely review Khira!
Cheers
Bruce

[Greg]

My review of The South Tower (Alex Canna)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

Soul Swallowers (D. Wallace Peach)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

Amperyall Star (Henryan Arkson)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Khira]

P.L. wrote: "My round one review for Songbird Ascension:

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

Amazon: Pending"

Thank you for the lovely and in-depth review. (I also saw the Amazon one appear today.)

[D.]

Greg wrote: "My review of The South Tower (Alex Canna)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re......"

Thanks for the review, Greg. :-)

[Stjepan]

My second review "The South Tower: An alternate history of 9/11"
by Alex Canna

https://www.amazon.com/review/R1DXUZZ...

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

[Chrys]

Just a reminder that the deadline for a first review is today. Thank you to everyone who has posted their links thus far!

[D.]

My third round review of The Great Contagion

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

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/review/R1EK8J7...

[Jeff]

D. wrote: "My third round review of The Great Contagion

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

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/review/R1EK8J7..."

Thanks for the review!

[S.D.]

Here are my reviews... enjoyed reading them all!
Seven Strengths--A Tale from Turaset
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R8MI3E7...

Songbird Ascension
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3FJ53B...

The Eighth Stone (Lands of the Faith Book 1)
Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3RMLU6...

Jupiter's Black Diamond and Other Stories
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/review/RAZB1JW...

[Greg]

My review for Godeena of Cobets:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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

That completes all rounds for me. TY all I enjoyed reading all of the books.

[Khira]

Thank you for the lovely review S.D.

[P.L.]

Thank you, SD! Much appreciated.

[Khira]

My review links for Round 2, Jupiter's Black Diamond and Other Stories:

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

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

[Henryan]

My round one:

Soul Swallowers

GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: Already posted

I'm really busy. Doing my best to keep it up.

Thanks.

[D.]

Henryan wrote: "My round one:

Soul Swallowers

GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: Already posted

I'm really busy. Doing my best to keep it up.

Thanks."

Thanks so much for the review, Henryan. I had no problem waiting.

[Henryan]

Hi D.,

It was a pleasure reading your book.

I was just letting the authors know that I'll take a little longer to post the reviews, but I will meet the deadlines.

Cheers.

[Bruce]

Here are my first two reviews for this round:

Henryan Arkson: Amperyll Star

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

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/customer...

Greg Kuznetsov: Jupiter's Black Diamond

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

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/customer...

Greg, as an FYI your book can’t be found on Amazon Australia via the Goodreads link. Not sure why but the link seems to be broken.

Thanks
BP

[D.]

My fourth round review of Alabaster Alibi

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

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

Thanks for the great reads.

[Chrys]

Hello everyone

I just want to remind you all of this point:

11. You will not ask a fellow author to change a review of your book because you don’t agree with it.
If you think you have a legitimate concern, talk to the mod of your round, NOT the other author. Personal attacks, or pressurising other members WILL NOT BE TOLERATED and will result in you being blacklisted.

This includes asking a fellow author to delete a review, either in public or in private. A reviewer is NOT to be pressured in any way.

[S.D.]

THANKS FOR THE NICE REVIEW.
D. wrote: "My fourth round review of Alabaster Alibi

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

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

Thanks for the great reads."

[P.L.]

Round Two review for The Eighth Stone.

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

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

[Bruce]

Thanks P.L. for the review.

Some things to think about in there. I appreciate you taking the time.

All the best
BP

[P.L.]

You know what, the writing was really quite good. Most fantasy readers I know (are men and gamers and) would actually be fine with what I said in the review.

Part of it is deciding if you want to expand your audience to include strong-minded women or not. It's fine if you don't want to do that.

Anyway, I feel like I had read some of this story before--are you in the LA writers crit group?

[Khira]

My review links for rounds 3 and 4:

Amperyall Star and the Egosyntonic Frequencies

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

Soul Swallowers

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

[Jeff]

My review of P.L. Tavormina's Seven Strengths.

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

Reviews on Amazon and Bookbub have also been posted.