Group 330. Out of This World - Mod. Kat

[Dennis]

No conflicts. Good to go!

[Lynn]

Good to go.
-Lynn

[Phillip]

I'll have to read book 2 for S. Lynn, but I'm otherwise G2G.

[P.L.]

Good to go.

[Isaac]

No conflicts at all. Ready

[Loralee, Admin]

I've checked, and I'm good to go.

[K.A.]

Good to go

[S.T.]

Thanks, Kat. No conflicts anywhere for me.

[Joseph]

(confirming)
I'm RECEIVING books from Dennis Strubbe, S. Lynn Helton, K.A. Burgess, and Loralee Evans.
I'm SENDING books to P.L. Tavormina, S.T. Blake, Seth Hobbs, and Phillip Murrell.

Did I get that correct or did I switch my SENDS and RECEIVES?
(thankee)

[Kat]

Joseph wrote: "(confirming)
I'm RECEIVING books from Dennis Strubbe, S. Lynn Helton, K.A. Burgess, and Loralee Evans.
I'm SENDING books to P.L. Tavormina, S.T. Blake, Seth Hobbs, and Phillip Murrell.

Did I get t..."

You switched it.

After we have all checked in, you will review: PL, ST, Seth, Phillip.
You will be read by: Dennis, Lynn, KA, Loralee.

[Seth]

PL Tavormina has reviewed "Four Puppet Kings" for me, but none of my other books. I have reviewed S Lynn Helton, but will gladly review her other books. I see no other conflicts. Good to go.

[Kat]

That's 9 out of 10 checked in. Joseph, as soon as you check in as good to go, we can start.

[Joseph]

Kat wrote: "That's 9 out of 10 checked in. Joseph, as soon as you check in as good to go, we can start."

I'm good.

[Joseph]

Kat wrote: "Joseph wrote: "(confirming)
I'm RECEIVING books from Dennis Strubbe, S. Lynn Helton, K.A. Burgess, and Loralee Evans.
I'm SENDING books to P.L. Tavormina, S.T. Blake, Seth Hobbs, and Phillip Murrel..."

You know, I had it correct then thought I'd screwed it up.
Okay, got it.

[Kat]

Here we go! You SEND books to the 4 people ABOVE you, and receive from the 4 people BELOW you. If you think you see a mistake on the list, please leave a comment!

Member Links * Book Links
1. P.L. Tavormina*Vengeance: A Tale from Turaset
2. S.T. Blake*A Lunatic's Laugh
3. Seth Hobbs*Plutocracy of the Gods
4. Phillip Murrell*The Soldiers' Perspective
5. Isaac Nasri*Into the Violet Gardens
6. Dennis Strubbe*Dr. Metifunger’s Transdimensional Veterinary Clinic
7. S. Lynn Helton*Duplicity of Power
8. K.A. Burgess*The Strange Taste of Metal
9. Loralee Evans*Felicity~ A Sparrow's Tale
10. Joseph Carrabis*Empty Sky

START DATE: April 17, 2023
END DATE: July 10, 2023
Round 1 – post your review by May 8, 2023
Round 2 – post your review by May 29, 2023
Round 3 – post your review by June 19, 2023
Round 4 – post your review by July 10, 2023

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

P.L. Tavormina
Joseph Carrabis-Round 1
Loralee Evans-Round 2
KA Burgess-Round 3
S. Lynn Helton-Round 4

S.T. Blake
PL Tavormina-Round 1
Joseph Carrabis-Round 2
Loralee Evans-Round 3
KA Burgess-Round 4

Seth Hobbs
ST Blake-Round 1
PL Tavormina-Round 2
Joseph Carrabis-Round 3
Loralee Evans-Round 4

Phillip Murrell
Seth Hobbs-Round 1
ST Blake-Round 2
PL Tavormina-Round 3
Joseph Carrabis-Round 4

Isaac Nasri
Phillip Murrell-Round 1
Seth Hobbs-Round 2
ST Blake-Round 3
PL Tavormina-Round 4

Dennis Strubbe
Isaac Nasri-Round 1
Phillip Murrell-Round 2
Seth Hobbs-Round 3
ST Blake-Round 4

S. Lynn Helton
Dennis Strubbe-Round 1
Isaac Nasri-Round 2
Phillip Murrell-Round 3
Seth Hobbs-Round 4

K.A. Burgess
S. Lynn Helton-Round 1
Dennis Strubbe-Round 2
Isaac Nasri-Round 3
Phillip Murrell-Round 4

Loralee Evans
KA Burgess-Round 1
S. Lynn Helton-Round 2
Dennis Strubbe-Round 3
Isaac Nasri-Round 4

Joseph Carrabis
Loralee Evans-Round 1
KA Burgess-Round 2
S. Lynn Helton-Round 3
Dennis Strubbe-Round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

P.L. Tavormina
ST Blake-Round 1
Seth Hobbs-Round 2
Phillip Murrell-Round 3
Isaac Nasri-Round 4

S.T. Blake
Seth Hobbs-Round 1
Phillip Murrell-Round 2
Isaac Nasri-Round 3
Dennis Strubbe-Round 4

Seth Hobbs
Phillip Murrell-Round 1
Isaac Nasri-Round 2
Dennis Strubbe-Round 3
S. Lynn Helton-Round 4

Phillip Murrell
Isaac Nasri-Round 1
Dennis Strubbe-Round 2
S. Lynn Helton-Round 3
K.A. Burgess-Round 4

Isaac Nasri
Dennis Strubbe-Round 1
S. Lynn Helton-Round 2
K.A. Burgess-Round 3
Loralee Evans-Round 4

Dennis Strubbe
S. Lynn Helton-Round 1
K.A. Burgess-Round 2
Loralee Evans-Round 3
Joseph Carrabis-Round 4

S. Lynn Helton
K.A. Burgess-Round 1
Loralee Evans-Round 2
Joseph Carrabis-Round 3
P.L. Tavormina-Round 4

K.A. Burgess
Loralee Evans-Round 1
Joseph Carrabis-Round 2
P.L. Tavormina-Round 3
S.T. Blake-Round 4

Loralee Evans
Joseph Carrabis-Round 1
P.L. Tavormina-Round 2
S.T. Blake-Round 3
Seth Hobbs-Round 4

Joseph Carrabis
P.L. Tavormina-Round 1
S.T. Blake-Round 2
Seth Hobbs-Round 3
Phillip Murrell-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 :)

[Kat]

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 will be modding this round. Please PM me ongoing with any issues. Thanks.

[Phillip]

I'm buying or using KU for my books. No need to send me anything.

[Dennis]

I’ll be getting mine on Kindle as well, so no need to send anything. :)

[S.T.]

Hi everyone, during the last review group I participated in people had issues receiving messages from me (not sure why) - so I just wanted to say that I've now messaged all 4 of my reviewers and also replied to Dennis and Phillip.

If you haven't received these messages, please can you let me know here in the group chat. Thanks.

[K.A.]

Thanks Phillip and Dennis!

[P.L.]

Hiya I have not seen a mail from S.T. and will try to send a message in the other direction.

[Kat]

ST, I saw that in your last round. Try sending me a message, but put a generic book question in the message body. Nothing about ARC files or reviewing. I'm wondering if GR has increased the aggressiveness of its spam filters. I have had several instances in the last few months where people have not gotten the private messages I have sent and they've all been related to me trying to send an ARC file in a review round so I wonder if it's maybe targeting words like epub or pdf or email to cut down on spammers.

Or I could be totally off base. :)

[S.T.]

Kat wrote: "ST, I saw that in your last round. Try sending me a message, but put a generic book question in the message body. Nothing about ARC files or reviewing. I'm wondering if GR has increased the aggress..."

Hi Kat, will do. Thanks. The strangest part is that some people receive the messages with no trouble, whereas others just won't go through..

[Kat]

I got your message. GR may also be flagging you if you send out a bunch at once. Who knows. They get unhappy with me when I post all my reviews on two days per week rather than spacing them out and start freaking out with captchas and the same pops up in my PMs. So maybe something like that is happening with you if you send out all four in quick succession or if they're the same message copy/pasted?

[P.L.]

Hiya.

I've been in touch with Phil and Seth but have not heard yet from S.T. or Isaac. In case they sent something that did not arrive. I see S.T. is dealing with this odd GR messaging headache...

I'll start on Phil's, which is my round two. :)

[S.T.]

P.L. wrote: "Hiya.

I've been in touch with Phil and Seth but have not heard yet from S.T. or Isaac. In case they sent something that did not arrive. I see S.T. is dealing with this odd GR messaging headache......"

Hi P.L., I messaged you on 17th and also replied to your message 12 hours ago :(

Kat - please could you message P.L. and pass on my email address? Thanks!

[Kat]

S.T. wrote: "P.L. wrote: "Hiya.

I've been in touch with Phil and Seth but have not heard yet from S.T. or Isaac. In case they sent something that did not arrive. I see S.T. is dealing with this odd GR messagin..."

I did a little while ago. Hopefully she got my message. Fingers crossed!

[Loralee, Admin]

I got my first review done. P.L.'s book.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R34LUV2...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[S.T.]

Kat wrote: "S.T. wrote: "P.L. wrote: "Hiya.

I've been in touch with Phil and Seth but have not heard yet from S.T. or Isaac. In case they sent something that did not arrive. I see S.T. is dealing with this od..."

Thanks, Kat. I received P.L.'s email and just sent my book across :)

[Kat]

Thanks, Loralee!.

A quick reminder to all, please make sure when you post your Amz links that you are posting a "clean" link that removes all your personal identifying information. To do this, remove everything after and including "ref" in the link. Please see Loralee's Amz link in message 78 as an example of what a clean link looks like.

[P.L.]

Thank you Loralee! :)

[S.T.]

I've now sent my book to P.L. and Loralee.
I still need to contact K.A. and Joseph, so please can you DM me with your email and preferred format? Thanks!

Btw I've contacted GR admins again to try to get my messages fixed...

[Loralee, Admin]

I have two more finished.
A Lunatic's Laugh:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R17128G...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and
Plutocracy of the Gods:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1LCA4P...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Loralee, Admin]

I have finished the last book for me to read.
Empty Sky:
Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R31HYVY...

That is all four for me!

[Joseph]

S.T. wrote: "I've now sent my book to P.L. and Loralee.
I still need to contact K.A. and Joseph, so please can you DM me with your email and preferred format? Thanks!

Btw I've contacted GR admins again to try..."

Howdy, just messaged you my preferred format and email.

[Kat]

Hi Loralee!

Most of those look good, however on your review of ST's book on Goodreads, you assigned a rating, but did not post a review. Could you please update that?

[Seth]

I messaged ST Blake, but I see there is some trouble with the account, according to this feed. My books are on KU, but if you need a PDF, just let me know here, and we will get in touch so I can send that. Thanks!

[Kat]

Seth, I have sent you ST's contact information so that you can reach out to him directly.

[S.T.]

Loralee wrote: "I have two more finished.
A Lunatic's Laugh:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R17128G...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

and
Plutocracy of the Gods:
Amazon:..."

Thanks, Loralee. Wow, you're quick :)

[Loralee, Admin]

That review for S.T. should be fixed now.

[Kat]

Perfect! Loralee, you're all done. See you in a future round. :)

[Lynn]

Here's my review for my round 1 book, K.A.'s The Strange Taste of Metal...

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: submitted, but not yet showing

-Lynn

[K.A.]

Thanks Lynn!

[P.L.]

Round one: A lunatic's laugh

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

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

[Kat]

Thanks, everyone!

[K.A.]

Hi all, I have a Reedsy review out, and was wondering, if you've read Strange Taste of Metal and enjoyed it, would you be so kind as to consider giving the book an "up vote"? Thanks.

Karlee
https://reedsy.com/discovery/book/the...

[S.T.]

P.L. wrote: "Round one: A lunatic's laugh

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

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

Thanks, P.L. - I'm so glad you enjoyed the book :)

[S.T.]

My Round 1 review for Seth's Plutocracy of the Gods -

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

Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...

[Kat]

Thanks, everyone!

[Lynn]

S.Lynn wrote: "Here's my review for my round 1 book, K.A.'s The Strange Taste of Metal...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: submitted..."

Here's the Amazon review: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1TS6OX...
-Lynn