Group 335. Out of This World - Mod. Kat

[Zita]

Good to go

[Zita]

Joseph you are reading the four that come after you, wrapping back around to the top. So you'll be reading me again. Yay :D

[Kat]

Hold tight, everyone. We're on pause until I hear back from Rik what he wants to do.

[Kat]

S.T. wrote: "Hi, as I mentioned, Joseph has already reviewed my book - and if I'm reading the instructions properly, I'm currently due to send it to him again..?"

If someone has read the book you submitted and you have alternates available, you send one of those instead.

[Joseph]

Zita wrote: "Joseph you are reading the four that come after you, wrapping back around to the top. So you'll be reading me again. Yay :D"

Excellent!

[Rik]

Kat wrote: "Rik wrote: "EK has reviewed both my novels.
Noor has reviewed this novel and one comic book of mine. I have one short story that might be possible.

I am putting together a short story collection. ..."

[Rik]

cool. bowing out

[Kat]

Okay! Alistair is going into that spot. We now have a new order.

We'll check now to make certain there are no conflicts, and alternates are available for those who need them.

Please 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.

Remember 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.

Once EVERYONE confirms they're good to go, the round can begin.

Member Links * Book Links
1. Zita Harrison*Owl Manor - the Final Stroke: Book 3 of the Owl Manor Gothic Suspense Trilogy
2. E.K. Frances*The Compound: YA Dark Dystopian
3. Jeff Chapman*The Great Contagion
4. S.T. Blake*A Lunatic's Laugh
5. Noor Al-Shanti*When the Traveler Stands Still
6. S. Lynn Helton*Duplicity of Power
7. Shari Branning*Sea and Soul
8. Michael Ferguson*The Genesis 6 Project
9. Joseph Carrabis*The Inheritors
10. Alistair Rey*The Art of Ghost Writing

[E.K., Admin]

I'm good to go. Thanks!

[Michael]

I am good to go!
MIchael Ferguson

[Zita]

Good to go!

[Jeff]

Good to go! Again.

[Shari]

good. again.

[Joseph]

I read Jeff's book. Any chance you have another, Jeff?

[Lynn]

I'm good to go.
(And just a heads-up for my readers, Duplicity of Power (Kindle) will be on sale beginning Friday, July 14.)
-Lynn

[Jeff]

Joseph wrote: "I read Jeff's book. Any chance you have another, Jeff?"

Yes, I have others.

[Kat]

That's seven out of ten checked in! We just need to hear from Noor, ST, and Alistair and then we will be ready to start.

[Alistair]

I have not reviewed anyone on this list so I am good to go. One basic question as I’m new. I was told to review the people listed below me in the list. If you are at the bottom, who is below me?

[Kat]

Alistair, you will be reviewing people #1-4 (after we all check in.)

Right now though, we are still in the check in phase so if someone fails to check in, the list could still change and a substitution could be made, so hang tight. Once the final two people check in, we will officially start and detailed instructions will be provided. Glad to have you with us! :)

[S.T.]

Hi Kat, thanks for your message. Everything's fine for me - no conflicts here.

[Alistair]

My mistake, saw that the list wraps— so good to go.

[Kat]

Excellent! One more person to check in and then we will be ready to start. :)

[Noor]

Good to go!

[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. Zita Harrison*Owl Manor - the Final Stroke: Book 3 of the Owl Manor Gothic Suspense Trilogy
2. E.K. Frances*The Compound: YA Dark Dystopian
3. Jeff Chapman*The Great Contagion
4. S.T. Blake*A Lunatic's Laugh
5. Noor Al-Shanti*When the Traveler Stands Still
6. S. Lynn Helton*Duplicity of Power
7. Shari Branning*Sea and Soul
8. Michael Ferguson*The Genesis 6 Project
9. Joseph Carrabis*The Inheritors
10. Alistair Rey*The Art of Ghost Writing

START DATE: July 12, 2023
END DATE: Oct 4, 2023
Round 1 – post your review by Aug 2, 2023
Round 2 – post your review by Aug 23, 2023
Round 3 – post your review by Sept 13, 2023
Round 4 – post your review by Oct 4, 2023

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

Zita Harrison
Shari Branning-Round 1
Michael Ferguson-Round 2
Joseph Carrabis-Round 3
Alistair Rey-Round 4

E.K. Frances
Michael Ferguson-Round 1
Joseph Carrabis-Round 2
Alistair Rey-Round 3
Zita Harrison-Round 4

Jeff Chapman
Joseph Carrabis-Round 1
Alistair Rey-Round 2
Zita Harrison-Round 3
EK Frances-Round 4

S.T. Blake
Alistair Rey-Round 1
Zita Harrison-Round 2
EK Frances-Round 3
Jeff Chapman-Round 4

Noor Al-Shanti
Zita Harrison-Round 1
EK Frances-Round 2
Jeff Chapman-Round 3
ST Blake-Round 4

S. Lynn Helton
EK Frances-Round 1
Jeff Chapman-Round 2
ST Blake-Round 3
Noor Al-Shanti-Round 4

Shari Branning
Jeff Chapman-Round 1
ST Blake-Round 2
Noor Al-Shanti-Round 3
Lynn Helton-Round 4

Michael Ferguson
ST Blake-Round 1
Noor Al-Shanti-Round 2
Lynn Helton-Round 3
Shari Branning-Round 4

Joseph Carrabis
Noor Al-Shanti-Round 1
Lynn Helton-Round 2
Shari Branning-Round 3
Michael Ferguson-Round 4

Alistair Rey
Lynn Helton-Round 1
Shari Branning-Round 2
Michael Ferguson-Round 3
Joseph Carrabis-Round 4


As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

Zita Harrison
EK Frances-Round 1
Jeff Chapman-Round 2
ST Blake-Round 3
Noor Al-Shanti-Round 4

E.K. Frances
Jeff Chapman-Round 1
ST Blake-Round 2
Noor Al-Shanti-Round 3
Lynn Helton-Round 4

Jeff Chapman
ST Blake-Round 1
Noor Al-Shanti-Round 2
Lynn Helton-Round 3
Shari Branning-Round 4

S.T. Blake
Noor Al-Shanti-Round 1
Lynn Helton-Round 2
Shari Branning-Round 3
Michael Ferguson-Round 4

Noor Al-Shanti
Lynn Helton-Round 1
Shari Branning-Round 2
Michael Ferguson-Round 3
Joseph Carrabis-Round 4

S. Lynn Helton
Shari Branning-Round 1
Michael Ferguson-Round 2
Joseph Carrabis-Round 3
Alistair Rey-Round 4

Shari Branning
Michael Ferguson-Round 1
Joseph Carrabis-Round 2
Alistair Rey-Round 3
Zita Harrison-Round 4

Michael Ferguson
Joseph Carrabis-Round 1
Alistair Rey-Round 2
Zita Harrison-Round 3
EK Frances-Round 4

Joseph Carrabis
Alistair Rey-Round 1
Zita Harrison-Round 2
EK Frances-Round 3
Jeff Chapman-Round 4

Alistair Rey
Zita Harrison-Round 1
EK Frances-Round 2
Jeff Chapman-Round 3
ST Blake-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.

[Michael]

Excellent! This is going to fun.

[Joseph]

Shari, I can't message you (not even listed on an option when I send a friend request.
Help?

[Kat]

Shari, please switch your GR settings. Sorry. I thought I checked everyone during sign ups.

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...

[Zita]

My books are on Kindle Unlimited for any of my readers who have that. I'll be in touch.

[Shari]

Ack! Sorry about that. It should be fixed.

[Kat]

Shari wrote: "Ack! Sorry about that. It should be fixed."

Yup, you're good! Thanks so much, Shari. :)

[Khurram]

Hi. I just joined. I would like to review some books to get mine in

[Kat]

Khurram wrote: "Hi. I just joined. I would like to review some books to get mine in"

Hi Khurram! Welcome to Review Group. This particular reading round is full and in progress, however there are two rounds that are looking for participants that I think your book would be the perfect fit for. It looks like your books do not have supernatural elements, so you could enter the "In This World" group, which just needs one more person to get started. I'd try this one first:

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

There is also a general round, if your books do have supernatural elements (I'm just going based on your amz categories.)

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

[Khurram]

I updated my settings to comply

[Kat]

Khurram wrote: "I updated my settings to comply"

Khurram, I messaged you with the information from the previous post. This round is already full, but there are two other rounds that currently have space. Please see the links I posted.

[Khurram]

Hi. I have not reviewed any of the ones in the list

[Kat]

Khurram wrote: "Hi. I have not reviewed any of the ones in the list"

Hi Khurram! You need to post this response in the 333 thread I've linked below. That is the reading round you are trying to join. This reading round (335) is already full.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...?

[Michael]

I had time to make progress this weekend on Round 1. Please see The Inheritors – Joseph Carrabas

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

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...?
Book Geek is My Name on Amazon

[Joseph]

Michael wrote: "I had time to make progress this weekend on Round 1. Please see The Inheritors – Joseph Carrabas

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

https://www.amazon.com/gp/..."

(i am so flattered!)
Thank you, Michael. It means a lot to me when a fellow writer appreciates my work.

[Kat]

Thanks, Michael!

A quick reminder for all those new to rounds... when posting review links, please delete everything after and including the letters "ref" in an Amz link to remove your personal information. This will give you a "clean link."

[Lynn]

Here's my review for my round 1 read: Shari Branning's Sea and Soul.
-Lynn

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

[Shari]

Thank you!

[Zita]

Goodreads review for "The Compound", round 1.

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

The book is not on Amazon yet, so there is no way to post a review until it's published...is there?

[Kat]

It's not on Amazon yet, but it will be up there on August 4th, which is just two weeks from now.

[E.K., Admin]

Thanks for the review, Zita :)

Thanks, Kat.

[Lynn]

Here's my round 2 review, for Michael Ferguson's The Genesis 6 Project.
-Lynn

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

[Noor]

Here's my round 1 review of Duplicity of Power:

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

I'll be back with the amazon link when it goes through.

[Lynn]

Noor wrote: "Here's my round 1 review of Duplicity of Power:
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'll be back with the amazon link when it goes through."

Thank you for the review, Noor.
-Lynn

[Noor]

You're welcome. And here's the amazon link: https://www.amazon.ca/review/R14IPUBM...

[Kat]

Thanks for those links, everyone!