Group 321. Out of this World - Mod. Trish

[Gina]

Good to go.

[Isaac]

Sounds like I’m good to go

[Trish]

Rik,

Thanks for all of those. I understand.

That decision is really up to E.M. and perhaps Noor.

Let's see what E.M. has to say first.

Cheers.

Trish

[E.M.]

Rik - Noor is only obliged to read one of your other books regardless of length and there should be no pressure on her to do anything else. You could also offer the 'grim' novel as it might be something Noor appreciates. You will find quite often people will need to re-read you, so you might want to consider that ongoing.

Noor - we still need to hear if you are good to go.

[Noor]

Oh, sorry. I have been a bit sick and didn't realize I hadn't responded yet. I am good to go and don't see any clashes.

Rik, I'd be happy to read any one of your books for this. You guessed correctly that I'm not a huge fan of grim books so I'd rather read one that isn't grim, but I don't think I can do more than one!

[Rik]

Okay! Let's go with the comic!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

I will make it free - stay tuned

[Rik]

I made everything free that can be free for Saturday the 8th and sunday the 9th (midnight Pacific time)
Everything is here:
https://www.amazon.com/author/rikty
and the comic alone is here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088KSZ9KM
Okay, good to go!

[E.M.]

Sorry to hear you have been unwell Noor. Hope you are on the up now.
Looks like everyone is good to go!

START DATE: 07-Oct-22

END DATE: 30-Dec-22
Round 1 – post your review by 28-Oct-22
Round 2 – post your review by 18-Nov-22
Round 3 – post your review by 09-Dec-22
Round 4 – post your review by 30-Dec-22



As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

321-01__Gina Karasek
Ann Birdgenaw for round 1
Rik Ty for round 2
Noor Al-Shanti for round 3
Isaac Nasri for round 4

321-02__David Alyn Gordon
Gina Karasek for round 1
Ann Birdgenaw for round 2
Rik Ty for round 3
Noor Al-Shanti for round 4

321-03__Tristen Kozinski
David Alyn Gordon for round 1
Gina Karasek for round 2
Ann Birdgenaw for round 3
Rik Ty for round 4

321-04__ P.L. Tavormina
Tristen Kozinski for round 1
David Alyn Gordon for round 2
Gina Karasek for round 3
Ann Birdgenaw for round 4

321-05__ Wayne McKinstry
P.L. Tavormina for round 1
Tristen Kozinski for round 2
David Alyn Gordon for round 3
Gina Karasek for round 4

321-06__ K.T. Munson
Wayne McKinstry for round 1
P.L. Tavormina for round 2
Tristen Kozinski for round 3
David Alyn Gordon for round 4

321-07__ Isaac Nasri
K.T. Munson for round 1
Wayne McKinstry for round 2
P.L. Tavormina for round 3
Tristen Kozinski for round 4

321-08__ Noor Al-Shanti
Isaac Nasri for round 1
K.T. Munson for round 2
Wayne McKinstry for round 3
P.L. Tavormina for round 4

321-09__ Rik Ty
Noor Al-Shanti for round 1
Isaac Nasri for round 2
K.T. Munson for round 3
Wayne McKinstry for round 4

321-10__ Ann Birdgenaw
Rik Ty for round 1
Noor Al-Shanti for round 2
Isaac Nasri for round 3
K.T. Munson for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

321-01__Gina Karasek
David Alyn Gordon for round 1
Tristen Kozinski for round 2
P.L. Tavormina for round 3
Wayne McKinstry for round 4

321-02__David Alyn Gordon
Tristen Kozinski for round 1
P.L. Tavormina for round 2
Wayne McKinstry for round 3
K.T. Munson for round 4

321-03__Tristen Kozinski
P.L. Tavormina for round 1
Wayne McKinstry for round 2
K.T. Munson for round 3
Isaac Nasri for round 4

321-04__ P.L. Tavormina
Wayne McKinstry for round 1
K.T. Munson for round 2
Isaac Nasri for round 3
Noor Al-Shanti for round 4

321-05__ Wayne McKinstry
K.T. Munson for round 1
Isaac Nasri for round 2
Noor Al-Shanti for round 3
Rik Ty for round 4

321-06__ K.T. Munson
Isaac Nasri for round 1
Noor Al-Shanti for round 2
Rik Ty for round 3
Ann Birdgenaw for round 4

321-07__ Isaac Nasri
Noor Al-Shanti for round 1
Rik Ty for round 2
Ann Birdgenaw for round 3
Gina Karasek for round 4

321-08__ Noor Al-Shanti
Rik Ty for round 1
Ann Birdgenaw for round 2
Gina Karasek for round 3
David Alyn Gordon for round 4

321-09__ Rik Ty
Ann Birdgenaw for round 1
Gina Karasek for round 2
David Alyn Gordon for round 3
Tristen Kozinski for round 4

321-10__ Ann Birdgenaw
Gina Karasek for round 1
David Alyn Gordon for round 2
Tristen Kozinski for round 3
P.L. Tavormina 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 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 amazing Trish Butler will be modding this round. Please PM her ongoing with any issues. Thanks.

[Trish]

Hello to you, the amazing Trish Butler here.

Whether you are new to this process, new to me, or have seen me around a lot, I'm here for you. If you have any questions, please feel free to post here or PM me.

Firstly, an enormously big thank you to the fabulous E.M. for all her hard work pulling this round together and getting us started.

As mentioned, some people read fast and get all their reviews done very quickly. As I am never one of those people, I understand how it can feel rather intimidating if you are still on book one. Don't panic. You have 3 weeks per book, and I will be with you until the bitter end. I'll pop up the occasional reminder that a round is coming to an end etc. ANY problems, please PM me. I worry much less if I hear from people.

Feel free to pop up your Goodreads review link before the Amazon one has been approved, but when the Zon one comes in, please post a separate message - I don't get notifications for edits and won't know to go hunting for it.

When you do post your links, they should be to your own review, not the book page. Plus, please shorten the links (always a good practice with any social media anyway). For Amazon, remove the word ref and everything after it on the URL. For Goodreads, the ? and everything after that. Press enter, and you'll see your review still pops up (always a good test before copying and pasting here). If you need any more detailed instructions on that or on finding the review page for your review, LMK and I'll pop them up here.

On your marks, off you go!! Enjoy and have fun.

Cheers.

Trish

[Ann]

Here is my #1 review of Gina's The Girl in the Mirror.

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

Amazon pending

[Gina]

Ann wrote: "Here is my #1 review of Gina's The Girl in the Mirror.

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

Amazon pending"

Thanks, Ann!

[Ann]

Here's the Zon link for my #1 review
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R8ECFI2K...

[Tristen]

Goodreads link for review of Aerovoyant :https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Will post amazon link when it lands.

[Trish]

Ann wrote: "Here's the Zon link for my #1 review
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R8ECFI2K..."

Thank you for both of those links, Ann

Trish

[Trish]

Tristen wrote: "Goodreads link for review of Aerovoyant :https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Will post amazon link when it lands."

Thanks, Tristen.

Yep Zon link when you get it.

T

[Ann]

Here is my #2 review of David's Jigsaw Bk 3

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

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/customer-rev...

[David]

Thank you Ann. Take care.

Ann wrote: "Here is my #2 review of David's Jigsaw Bk 3

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

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/customer-rev..."

[P.L.]

Thank you, Tristen! XO

[Isaac]

I've made my review of Noor's When the Traveler Stands Still

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

Amazon's own is here
https://www.amazon.com/review/RYYBPW2...

[Rik]

Hello. My review of Ka'Azula is up on good reads and pending on amazon.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Ann]

That's for the wonderful review Rik!

[Rik]

Ann wrote: "That's for the wonderful review Rik!" Sure Thing!

[Rik]

Hello.
Here is the amazon link for Ka'Azula
https://www.amazon.com/review/R21XJM0...

[Ann]

Here is my #3 review for The Darkness that Slept

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

Amazon pending

I will add to the appropriate listopia lists as well

[Ann]

Zon link for The darkness that slept
https://www.amazon.ca/review/RELNQX3V...

[Trish]

Ann wrote: "Zon link for The darkness that slept
https://www.amazon.ca/review/RELNQX3V..."

Ann,

Thanks for those links for your round 2 & 3.

Trish

[Trish]

Isaac wrote: "I've made my review of Noor's When the Traveler Stands Still

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

Amazon's own will be pending."

Thank you, Isaac

Yes please to the Zon link when you get it.

Trish

[Trish]

Rik wrote: "Hello.
Here is the amazon link for Ka'Azula
https://www.amazon.com/review/R21XJM0..."

Thanks for both those links, Rik.

Don't forget to shorten your Amazon links in future please.

Trish

[Ann]

My #4 review for Telomeric

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

amazon pending

[P.L.]

Thank you! Bless you dear.

[Ann]

You're welcome PL
Here's the Amazon link for Telomeric

https://www.amazon.ca/review/ROWA05WT...

[Trish]

Ann wrote: "Your welcome PL
Here's the Amazon link for Telomeric

https://www.amazon.ca/review/ROWA05WT..."

Thanks for those, Ann.

You are first past the post. All done.

Cheers.

Trish

[P.L.]

Round one: Review of Wayne's Beyond the Atmosphere. Fun to read a military sci fi! I don't get a whole lot of these in my stack. Thanks, Wayne.

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

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

[Trish]

P.L. wrote: "Round one: Review of Wayne's Beyond the Atmosphere. Fun to read a military sci fi! I don't get a whole lot of these in my stack. Thanks, Wayne.

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

Thanks, PL

Trish

[Tristen]

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

Goodreads link for Into the Violet Garden:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[P.L.]

Thank you Tristen!

It feels so nice to have finally, finally hit 50 reviews. Could not have done it without help from this group. Thank you!!!

[Noor]

Thanks, Isaac!

Here's my round 1 review for Thrill Kings:

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

I'll post the amazon link once I get it!

[Isaac]

I appreciate the review tristen. It’s been beneficial

[Trish]

Tristen wrote: "Amazon Review for Aerovoyant: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

Goodreads link for Into the Violet Garden:https://www.goodrea..."

Thanks, Tristen.

Zon link for Into the Violet Garden when you get it. Don't forget to shorten those links.

Trish

[Trish]

Noor wrote: "Thanks, Isaac!

Here's my round 1 review for Thrill Kings:

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

I'll post the amazon link once I get it!"

Thanks, Noor

Yep, Zon link when you get it.

Cheers.

Trish

[Trish]

Hey all,

Quick FYI, the first round of reviews is due on the 28th, six days away.

Thanks.

Trish

[Noor]

Here's the amazon link for my round 1 review for Thrill Kings:
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R3H0GFW6...

[Trish]

Noor wrote: "Here's the amazon link for my round 1 review for Thrill Kings:
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R3H0GFW6..."

Thank you, Noor

Perfect.

Trish

[Isaac]

Here is my Goodreads review for Rik's Thrill Kings: Fragmented Sky. Round 2

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

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1EZ4RA...

I read the one that was highlighted on the round chart.

[Rik]

Thank you Noor!
Thank you Isaac!

[Trish]

Isaac wrote: "Here is my Goodreads review for Rik's Thrill Kings: Fragmented Sky. Round 2

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

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1EZ4RA......"

Thanks for those links, Isaac

Trish

[Wayne]

Round 1: My review of The Sixth Gate by K. T. Munson

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

Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1KNMPG...

[Trish]

Wayne wrote: "Round 1: My review of The Sixth Gate by K. T. Munson

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

Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1KNMPG......"

Thank you, Wayne

Trish

[Tristen]

goodreads link for Beyond the Atmospere: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon Link for Into the Violet Garden: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
I, unfortunately, don't know how to shorten the amazon link. Can you explain it?