Group 311. Clean - Mod. Loralee

[Ann]

ok thanks Loralee. Fingers crossed. :)

[E.M.]

Welcome Ann - let's see if you can indeed fit in that spot.

[Ann]

Unfortunately, I have already reviewed both of Dorothy's books.

[E.M.]

Ann wrote: "Unfortunately, I have already reviewed both of Dorothy's books."

Ugh - really sorry then Ann, I can't see a way to fit you in here.

As you were everyone.

[C.R.]

Hello. I would like to join the group with Jane Digby's Diary: To Begin, Begin, but I have a concern with the sexual situations in the book, though none are what I would consider explicit. Would such scenes be considered clean? E.M. - you might be the best one to answer, since you read it in another round. Thanks!

[Ann]

E.M. wrote: "Ann wrote: "Unfortunately, I have already reviewed both of Dorothy's books."

Ugh - really sorry then Ann, I can't see a way to fit you in here.

As you were everyone."

No prob

[Loralee, Admin]

C.R., anyone in this group who has reviewed you, or whom you have reviewed?

I personally have no conflicts with C.R. either way.

As far as the explicitness of the sexual situations, E.M. is probably a good judge if she's already read the book. But basically, if the camera (figurative camera since it's a book) is on them while they're doing the deed, it's explicit. But if the door closes, or the camera angles away before they begin the deed, then it isn't. At least, that's my feeling.

[C.R.]

Thanks Loralee for answering my not-so-simple question. I would say that in this installment the "camera" angles away, though other installments may be thought more explicit, though in a soft focus way. As for possible review conflicts, I have reviewed Wayne's Beyond the Atmosphere and J.E. 's The Woman in the Woods. Mary has reviewed the last installment of Jane Digby.

[Loralee, Admin]

Which Mary? Mary Kincaid, or Mary Hughes?

[C.R.]

Apologies - Mary Kincaid.

[Loralee, Admin]

I don't know for sure, but maybe Amanda can take spot 8, and you take the spot below her. Amanda has reviewed me and Dorothy, so if she's in my blind spot and still in position to review Dorothy, it might work.
E.M. would have to make that call, though.

[C.R.]

Thanks Loralee. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

[E.M.]

Welcome C.R. - To be honest I can't recall those specific romantic encounters - which suggests they were not graphic as I am not a one for such. There is no graphic sexual language I am pretty sura, as again I would have recalled that. So I think you are probably fine.

Loralee's suggestion seems to make sense. I can't see any obvious flaws, but I might have missed one somewhere.

Let's hope not!

[E.M.]

So now let's check to make sure we are indeed ready to roll. PLEASE do a thorough check according to the instructions below.

Everyone - 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.

Remember that 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 4 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.
If you spot a clash or someone in the four below who has no book you can review, please say.

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.

[C.R.]

Good to go - and thanks E.M. for the input!

[Amanda]

Good to go

[David]

Good to go!

[J.E.]

All looks good to me

[Loralee, Admin]

I am good to go.

[Jojo]

Good to go

[Dorothy]

Good to go!

[Mary]

I have reviewed CR Hurst: Jane Digby's Dairy: White Lady but I have not read this one.

There is no one else who I have reviewed.

Mary Kincaid

[Loralee, Admin]

Just Mary Hughes and Wayne to go. Are you two folks good to go?

[Wayne]

Good to go!

[Loralee, Admin]

Thanks, Wayne! Mary H, are you good to go?

[Wayne]

Now I see that I have reviewed Mary T. Kincaid
Hawk McCoy: The Mutant Onion

Sorry to not catch that before. Can I do another book of hers?

Thanks, Wayne

[Loralee, Admin]

Does she have other books you haven't read? If that's the only book of Mary Kincaid's that you've read, then you'll be fine. She has a few more that you can read.

[Mary]

good to go

[Loralee, Admin]

Thanks, Mary! It looks like everyone has said good to go! E.M. will start us of soon, and then I will take over as Mod.

[Mary]

Sorry I was slow. I’m at the cottage on an island in Ontario and not at my desk.

[Mary]

Wayne.

Please review Hawk McCoy: The Penthiads.

Thank you.

Mary Kincaid

[Wayne]

Mary wrote: "Wayne.

Please review Hawk McCoy: The Penthiads.

Thank you.

Mary Kincaid"

Will do. Thanks, Wayne

[C.R.]

I will be downloading all my book assignments with Kindle Unlimited. My book (the first in the Jane Digby series) is available with KU and will be discounted to 99 cents through next Thursday - or I will email you a PDF or EPUB file if you prefer.

[Mary]

Hello,

Do I review the ones above me or below me?

Mary Kincaid

[Loralee, Admin]

The 4 people above you will be reviewing you. The four people below you, you will be reviewing.

[Dorothy]

Hi everyone! I'll be purchasing the books I'm due to review.

[Loralee, Admin]

Hello, everyone. I'll try to get us started. I hope I'm doing this right.

Start Date: 27 July 2022

End Date: 19 Oct. 2022

Round 1- Post your review by 17 Aug. 22
Round 2- Post your review by 7 Sept 22
Round 3- Post your review by 28 Sept 22
Round 4- Post your review by 19 Oct 22

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

311-01__J.E. Rowney
Dorothy Mbori for Round 1
C.R. Hurst for Round 2
Amanda Stuntz for Round 3
Jojo Debrazza for Round 4

311-02__Mary E Hughes
J.E. Rowney for Round 1
Dorothy Mbori for Round 2
C.R. Hurst for Round 3
Amanda Stuntz for Round 4

311-03__Loralee Evans
Mary E. Hughes for Round 1
J.E. Rowney for Round 2
Dorothy Mbori for Round 3
C.R. Hurst for Round 4

311-04__Wayne McKinstry
Loralee Evans for Round 1
Mary E. Hughes for Round 2
J.E. Rowney for Round 3
Dorothy Mbori for Round 4

311-05__Mary T. Kincaid
Wayne McKinstry for Round 1
Loralee Evans for Round 2
Mary E. Hughes for Round 3
J.E. Rowney for Round 4

311-06__David MacNamera
Mary T. Kincaid for Round 1
Wayne McKinstry for Round 2
Loralee Evans for Round 3
Mary E. Hughes for Round 4

311-07__Jojo Debrazza
David MacNamera for Round 1
Mary T. Kincaid for Round 2
Wayne McKinstry for Round 3
Loralee Evans for Round 4

311-08 Amanda Stuntz
Jojo Debrazza for Round 1
David MacNamera for Round 2
Mary T. Kincaid for Round 3
Wayne McKinstry for Round 4

311-09 C.R. Hurst
Amanda Stuntz for Round 1
Jojo Debrazza for Round 2
David MacNamera for Round 3
Mary T. Kincaid for Round 4

311-10 Dorothy Mbori
C.R. Hurst for Round 1
Amanda Stuntz for Round 2
Jojo Debrazza for Round 3
David MacNamera for Round 4

As REVIEWERSyou will RECEIVE books from:

311-01__J.E. Rowney
Mary E Hughes for Round 1
Loralee Evans for Round 2
Wayne McKinstry for Round 3
Mary T Kincaid for Round 4

311-02__Mary E Hughes
Loralee Evans for Round 1
Wayne McKinstry for Round 2
Mary T. Kincaid for Round 3
David MacNamera for Round 4

311-03__Loralee Evans
Wayne McKinstry for Round 1
Mary T. Kincaid for Round 2
David MacNamera for Round 3
Jojo Debrazza for Round 4

311-04__Wayne McKinstry
Mary T. Kincaid for Round 1
David MacNamera for Round 2
Jojo Debrazza for Round 3
Amanda Stuntz for Round 4

311-05__Mary T. Kincaid
David MacNamera for Round 1
Jojo Debrazza for Round 2
Amanda Stuntz for Round 3
C.R. Hurst for Round 4

311-06__David MacNamera
Jojo Debrazza for Round 1
Amanda Stuntz for Round 2
C.R. Hurst for Round 3
Dorothy Mbori for Round 4

311-07__Jojo Debrazza
Amanda Stuntz for Round 1
C.R. Hurst for Round 2
Dorothy Mbori for Round 3
J.E. Rowney for Round 4

311-08 Amanda Stuntz
C.R. Hurst for Round 1
Dorothy Mbori for Round 2
J.E. Rowney for Round 3
Mary E Hughes for Round 4

311-09 C.R. Hurst
Dorothy Mbori for Round 1
J.E. Rowney for Round 2
Mary E. Hughes for Round 3
Loralee Evans for Round 4

311-10 Dorothy Mbori
J.E. Rowney for Round 1
Mary E. Hughes for Round 2
Loralee Evans for Round 3
Wayne McKinstry for Round 4

This copy and pasted from what E.M. has written on other threads:
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’.

Good luck everyone!

[Dorothy]

Hi everyone,

My books are available on K.U. If you don't have K.U, just message me, and I will send you a PDF of my book.

Thank you,
Dorothy

[E.M.]

Thanks for kicking the round off Loralee.

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 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.

As you will have noticed, the wonderful Loralee Evans will be modding this round. Please PM her ongoing with any issues. Thanks.

[C.R.]

The links for my round one reviews:

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

[Loralee, Admin]

Thank you, C.R. Your 1st Review is Complete!

[Dorothy]

Here are my reviews for Imagining Violet Married

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2Z3WYP...

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

Starting Out

https://www.amazon.com/review/R3H72LV...

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

[Loralee, Admin]

Thank you, Dorothy. Your 1st and 2nd Reviews are Complete!

[Loralee, Admin]

Here are 2 of my completed Amazon and Goodreads reviews.
Cast Out:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1O9UH0...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Hawk McCoy:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1L7K2A...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jojo]

Thank you Loralee :)

[Loralee, Admin]

My Amazon reviews finally came through for my other two.

7 Spirits 4 Friends
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R21JXME...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Beyond the Atmosphere
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R35GUAU...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


I have finished all four of my reviews, but will still be around to moderate!

[Wayne]

Round one
Review of Hawk McCoy: The Penthiads by Mary T. Kincaid

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

Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3BWBFV...

[Loralee, Admin]

Wayne, the link to your Amazon review was fine, but the link to your goodreads review was a dud. I found your actual review though, here it is:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Thank you Wayne. Your 1st Review is Complete!

[J.E.]

Here’s my round one review for Mary’s Life and Times of the Floathouse.

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

Amazon link to follow.

(I loved this book. I hope others get the chance to read it in later rounds or choose to pick it up on Kindle Unlimited.)

[Loralee, Admin]

Thanks for that goodreads review, J.E. I look forward to seeing your amazon one when it comes through!