Group 322. General - Mod. Gene

[Brody]

I have no conflicts

[Gene, Admin]

Okay, so we need a final confirmation from Catherine Spruill and Francis. I believe we're good, but want to make totally sure there are no review conflicts before we began.

[Jessica]

I have no conflicts

[Francis]

I have never reviewed or been reviewed that I know of.

[Gene, Admin]

Well, looks like we have a clambake. This is the first round I've established the reading round, so please affirm you're SENDING your book to the four names above you (the list wraps so 10 is above 1) -- and you're RECEIVING books from the four names below you on the first post of the thread. Yell if I've made a mistake.

1. Gene Kendall
2.Brody Coy
3. Thomas O.
4. J.E. Rowney
5.Catherine Spruill
6. Khira Allen
7. Sotto Voce
8. Francis T Crowley
9. Ann Birdgenaw
10. Zita Harrison


START DATE: 12-11-22
END DATE: 3-5-22

Round 1 – post your review by January 1, 2023
Round 2 – post your review by January 22, 2023
Round 3 – post your review by February 12, 2023
Round 4 – post your review by March 5, 2023



As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

322-01__Gene Kendall
Zita Harrison for round 1
Ann Birdgenaw for round 2
Francis T Crowley for round 3
Sotto Voce for round 4

322-02__Brody Coy
Gene Kendall for round 1
Zita Harrison for round 2
Ann Birdgenaw for round 3
Francis T Crowley for round 4

322-03__ Thomas O.
Brody Coy for round 1
Gene Kendall for round 2
Zita Harrison for round 3
Ann Birdgenaw for round 4

322-04__J.E. Rowney
Thomas O. for round 1
Brody Coy for round 2
Gene Kendall for round 3
Zita Harrison for round 4

322-05__ Catherine Spruill
J.E. Rowney for round 1
Thomas O. for round 2
Brody Coy for round 3
Gene Kendall for round 4

322-06__ Khira Allen
Catherine Spruill for round 1
J.E. Rowney for round 2
Thomas O. for round 3
Brody Coy for round 4

322-07__ Sotto Voce
Khira Allen for round 1
Catherine Spruill for round 2
J.E. Rowney for round 3
Thomas O. for round 4

322-08__ Francis T Crowley
Sotto Voce for round 1
Khira Allen for round 2
Catherine Spruill for round 3
J.E. Rowney for round 4

322-09__ Ann Birdgenaw
Francis T Crowley for round 1
Sotto Voce for round 2
Khira Allen for round 3
Catherine Spruill for round 4

322-10__ Zita Harrison
Ann Birdgenaw for round 1
Francis T Crowley for round 2
Sotto Voce for round 3
Khira Allen for round 4



As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

322-01__Gene Kendall
Brody Coy for round 1
Thomas O. for round 2
J.E. Rowney for round 3
Catherine Spruill for round 4

322-02__Brody Coy
Thomas O. for round 1
J.E. Rowney for round 2
Catherine Spruill for round 3
Khira Allen for round 4

322-03__ Thomas O.
J.E. Rowney for round 1
Catherine Spruill for round 2
Khira Allen for round 3
Sotto Voce for round 4

322-04__J.E. Rowney
Catherine Spruill for round 1
Khira Allen for round 2
Sotto Voce for round 3
Francis T Crowley for round 4

322-05__ Catherine Spruill
Khira Allen for round 1
Sotto Voce for round 2
Francis T Crowley for round 3
Ann Birdgenaw for round 4

322-06__ Khira Allen
Sotto Voce for round 1
Francis T Crowley for round 2
Ann Birdgenaw for round 3
Zita Harrison for round 4

322-07__ Sotto Voce
Francis T Crowley for round 1
Ann Birdgenaw for round 2
Zita Harrison for round 3
Gene Kendall for round 4

322-08__ Francis T Crowley
Ann Birdgenaw for round 1
Zita Harrison for round 2
Gene Kendall for round 3
Brody Coy for round 4

322-09__ Ann Birdgenaw
Zita Harrison for round 1
Gene Kendall for round 2
Brody Coy for round 3
Thomas O. for round 4

322-10__ Zita Harrison
Gene Kendall for round 1
Brody Coy for round 2
Thomas O. for round 3
J.E. Rowney 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 labor of love, with a lot of emphasis on the ‘labor’. 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 :)

[Gene, Admin]

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.

I'm reviewing this round and please send a PM is you have any issues. Thanks!

[Gene, Admin]

Also, REMINDER TO EVERYONE:
In order to participate in this round, your setting for 'Who Can Send Me Private Messages' needs to be 'anyone'.
Please follow this link to check - and if necessary change - your privacy setting. https://www.goodreads.com/user/edit?t...
I've already attempted to contact two authors who still has profiles on Private.

[Khira]

For my reviewers, my novella 'Engineer of Stainless Souls' will be available on Amazon and in KU after 16th of December. If you would like me to email you a copy earlier, could you please direct message me on Goodreads (I've tried messaging all my reviewers, but due to an ongoing system glitch my own messages don't always go through. I seem to be able to receive and reply to messages OK though. )

[Khira]

I will purchase the books that I'm reviewing on Amazon :)

[Zita]

Brody Coy, please set your privacy settings to "anyone" per above instructions so I can message you. :) I have your book to review for round 2.

Thanks,
Zita Harrison

[Zita]

I got all the books I'm reviewing from KU. Yay!

[Thomas]

I will be purchasing all the books I'm going to review. No need for anyone to send me their book.

[J.E.]

I can’t message Brody to send my book I’m afraid.

[J.E.]

I thought books couldn’t be included in these rounds pre-release, so I’m a little confused about Khira’s book. Can you message me to send me a copy now please, Khira as I am ready to read and review now.

[Khira]

Hi J.E., I've been hoping that my book will come out art the same time as the start of the round, so a slight timing mismatch there. If you send me a message with your email address, I will send through the manuscript straight away (my own messages don't always go through on Goodreads but I usually can receive messages OK)

[Jessica]

I know this is redundant, but I also cannot message Brody.

@Khira, I have your book for round one. I don’t mind waiting until it releases on the 16th in KU. I’ll start on my round 2 book in the interim 😁

[Khira]

Thank you, Catherine :)

[Khira]

@J.E, I've tried sending you the manuscript using the email address provided in your GR message, but it keeps coming up as an invalid email address (perhaps a typo?). I've also replied to your GR message, providing my own email address in turn, so hopefully my GR reply's gone through and we can connect soon :).

[Ann]

Hi Brody Brody Coy Can you change your settings to receive PMs from anyone and not just friends? I need to send you my email for your book.

Ann

[Brody]

Hi Everyone! My apologies, I thought my settings were set to anyone. I updated the settings and can receive messages now. Sorry for the delay

[Brody]

Hi Thomas, I can read your book using KU so I am okay, but I think you need to update your settings to allow messages from others.

[Thomas]

My Round 1 reviews for The Book Swap:

Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/review/ROOIT8G...
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[J.E.]

Thomas wrote: "My Round 1 reviews for The Book Swap:



Thanks for the review, Thomas!

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks, Thomas.

[Sotto]

My Round 1 Review
(Talking to a Praying Mantis by Francis T Crowley)

Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/12541...
Blog: https://sottovoceinora.blogspot.com/2...
Amazon pending

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks, Sotto. Also thanks for listing the author and book name when posting the review links -- that helps me to check names off on the spreadsheet. :)

[Ann]

Here is my round 1 review of Owl Manor: The final stroke

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

Amazon pending

[Zita]

Thank you, Ann! Glad you enjoyed it!

[Khira]

My reviews for Round 1 (The Bet of the Monsters by Sotto Voce):

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

and Round 2 (Talking to a Praying Mantis by Francis T. Crowley):

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

(Amazon links to come)

Thank you to both authors for great reads!

[Sotto]

Thank you, Gene.
Thanks Khira for the review.

My Round 2 Review
(Ka'Azula, Black Hole Radio #3 by Ann Birdgenaw)

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/25956...
Blog: https://sottovoceinora.blogspot.com/2...
Amazon pending

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks to everyone for getting going so soon.
I did forget to mention when the round began to delete the ref= gibberish and everything after it in the Amazon URLs when posting your Amazon links.
Also, please post a new reply when the Amazon reviews go live, instead of editing your original post.

[Gene, Admin]

Trapped In Tranquility by Brody Coy reviews:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/RZIG4ZR...

[Ann]

My Amazon link for round #1
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R1X8616P...

[Zita]

Ann wrote: "My Amazon link for round #1
https://www.amazon.ca/review/R1X8616P..."

Thanks, Ann. Are you able to post on Amazon U.S. by any chance?

https://www.amazon.com/Owl-Manor-Stro...

[Zita]

My Goodreads review for An Unofficial Guide to NYPD Blue: A Comprehensive Exploration of the Legendary Drama, Gene Kendall.

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

Zon to follow.

[Jessica]

Review for The Bet of Monsters by Sotto Voce

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

Amazon posted and pending

[Francis]

My review of Round 1, (Ka'Azula, Black Hole Radio #3 by Ann Birdgenaw)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks, Zita, Catherine, Francis, & Ann!

[Khira]

This is the Amazon review link for my Round 1 review for The Bet of the Monsters by Sotto Voce:

https://www.amazon.com.au/review/RX67...

[J.E.]

My reviews for the round are up on Goodreads and Amazon. Here are the links.

Alpha's Lost Prophecy
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R28EW...

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

Engineer of Stainless Souls
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1CHL...

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

The Bet of the Monsters
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3N2G...

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


Talking To A Praying Mantis
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1RFF...

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

[Thomas]

My round 2 review for Alpha's Lost Prophecy by Catherine Spruill
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/review/RSQ84VR...

[Jessica]

Review for Engineer of Stainless Souls by Khira Allen
Goodreads- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon- pending

[Ann]

Sorry Zita. I can only post on amazon.ca

Hi Francis Crowley. Can you re post the link to the review of my book - Ka'Azula? The link just goes to my book page. Thx

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks to Khira, JE, Thomas, and Catherine for the reviews.
I sorted the reviews on Ann's book by most recent and here's Francis' review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Khira]

This is the Amazon link for my Round 2 review of Talking to a Praying Mantis by Francis T. Crowley:

https://www.amazon.com.au/review/R3AG...

[Khira]

Catherine wrote: "Review for Engineer of Stainless Souls by Khira Allen
Goodreads- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon- pending"

Thank you very much for your review, Catherine :)

[Khira]

These are the Goodreads links for my reviews for Round 3, Ka'Azula by Ann Birdgenaw:

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

and Round 4, Owl Manor - The Final Stroke by Zita Harrison:

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

Amazon reviews pending

[Sotto]

This is the Amazon links for:

My round 1: Talking To a Praying Mantis by Francis T Crowley
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2RCP63...

My round 2: Black Hole Radio - Ka'Azula by Ann Birdgenaw
https://www.amazon.com/review/R29URV5...

Thank you.

[Khira]

This is the Amazon link for my Round 3 review: Ka'Azula by Ann Birdgenaw:

https://www.amazon.com.au/review/R20X...

[Zita]

Zon review for Guide to NYPD:

https://www.amazon.com/review/R1K8QNA...