Group 356. Out of this World - Mod. Gene

[Tony]

got it thanks, sorry I fixed that

[Tim]

I have no conflicts. I will be buying the relevant books from Amazon.

Note to those reviewing 'Empire: Spiral' - it is the fifth in a series, so...

[Michael]

I am good to go
Michael Ferguson

[Stella]

I haven't reviewed anybody on the list. Good to go. S

[J.A.]

Okay, in light of Lynn's request that i review the next book in her series, I'm good to go. nobody above me has reviewed me, and with the exception of Lynn, I haven't reviewed any of the books below me, and vice versa

[pdmac]

Good to go

[Gene, Admin]

Member Links * Book Links
1. J.R. Gibson* A Collection of Fabulous Fascinating Fairy Tales Volume 7 : Fairy tales for children age 5-7: Bedtime stories for children age 5-7
2. S. Lynn Helton *Crystalborne Sigils
3. W. R. Rosche * Heroes Borne: Tales of the One True Realm
4. Stella Jorette * Harvest of Shadows
5. Tim Goff * Empire: Spiral
6. Stjepan Varesevac Cobets * The Dream of the Forest
7. Michael Ferguson * The Genesis 6 Project
8. pdmac * Rebirth of Angels: A Dystopian Novel
9. J.A. Freely * A Quick Spin Around the Galaxy
10. Gene Kendall * Dogteeth and Other Tales of the Paranormal


START DATE: March 15, 2024
END DATE: June 7, 2024

Round 1 – post your review by April 5, 2024
Round 2 – post your review by April 26, 2024
Round 3 – post your review by May 17, 2024
Round 4 – post your review by June 7, 2024


As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

-01__ J.R. Gibson
Gene Kendall for round 1
J.A. Freely for round 2
pdmac for round 3
Michael Ferguson for round 4

-02__S. Lynn Helton
J.R. Gibson for round 1
Gene Kendall for round 2
J.A. Freely for round 3
pdmac for round 4

-03__W. R. Rosche
S. Lynn Helton for round 1
J.R. Gibson for round 2
Gene Kendall for round 3
J.A. Freely for round 4

-04__ Stella Jorette
W. R. Rosche for round 1
S. Lynn Helton for round 2
J.R. Gibson for round 3
Gene Kendall for round 4

-05__ Tim Goff
Stella Jorette for round 1
W. R. Rosche for round 2
S. Lynn Helton for round 3
J.R. Gibson for round 4

-06__ Stjepan Varesevac Cobets
Tim Goff for round 1
Stella Jorette for round 2
W. R. Rosche for round 3
S. Lynn Helton for round 4

-07__ Michael Ferguson
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 1
Tim Goff for round 2
Stella Jorette for round 3
W. R. Rosche for round 4

-08__ pdmac
Michael Ferguson for round 1
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 2
Tim Goff for round 3
Stella Jorette for round 4

-09__J.A. Freely
pdmac for round 1
Michael Ferguson for round 2
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 3
Tim Goff for round 4

-10__ Gene Kendall
J.A. Freely for round 1
pdmac for round 2
Michael Ferguson for round 3
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

-01__J.R. Gibson
S. Lynn Helton for round 1
W. R. Rosche for round 2
Stella Jorette for round 3
Tim Goff for round 4

-02__S. Lynn Helton
W. R. Rosche for round 1
Stella Jorette for round 2
Tim Goff for round 3
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 4

-03__W. R. Rosche
Stella Jorette for round 1
Tim Goff for round 2
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 3
Michael Ferguson for round 4

-04__ Stella Jorette
Tim Goff for round 1
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 2
Michael Ferguson for round 3
pdmac for round 4

-05__ Tim Goff
Stjepan Varesevac Cobets for round 1
Michael Ferguson for round 2
pdmac for round 3
J.A. Freely for round 4

-06__ Stjepan Varesevac Cobets
Michael Ferguson for round 1
pdmac for round 2
J.A. Freely for round 3
Gene Kendall for round 4

-07__ Michael Ferguson
pdmac for round 1
J.A. Freely for round 2
Gene Kendall for round 3
J.R. Gibson for round 4

-08__ pdmac
J.A. Freely for round 1
Gene Kendall for round 2
J.R. Gibson for round 3
S. Lynn Helton for round 4

-09__ J.A. Freely
Gene Kendall for round 1
J.R. Gibson for round 2
S. Lynn Helton for round 3
W. R. Rosche for round 4

-10__ Gene Kendall
J.R. Gibson for round 1
S. Lynn Helton for round 2
W. R. Rosche for round 3
Stella Jorette 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]

Post TWO of instructions:
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 with any issues. Thanks.

[Gene, Admin]

Post THREE of instructions:
Some final things: Please shorten your Amazon link, removing everything after and including the letters "ref" -- that will give you a clean link that doesn't include any of your personal information.

It's important to respond to messages and send your book files as soon possible, as some reviewers read faster than others and they shouldn't be held up waiting for their review copy.

And just a tip from me -- since Amazon can take days and days to post the review, you might want to wait until the Amazon review appears, then post your Goodreads review, and post both links together in one message on this thread.

If you don't have the Goodreads and Amazon links on the same date, please do not edit your post to add the second link. I likely won't see that, so create a new post with the link.

[W.R.]

I will buy / read on KU the books I am to review.

W.R. (Wes)

[Lynn]

For the books that I am to review that are available through KU (Heroes Borne: Tales of the One True Realm, The Dream of the Forest), I'll get them there. For the books that aren't in KU (Harvest of Shadows, Empire: Spiral), I'll message my email address shortly for getting a pdf review copy.


For those who will be reading and reviewing my book, it's available through KU, if you have that. If you won't be getting the book that way, I can send you a pdf copy - I'll message you shortly about that.

[pdmac]

For all those authors I am reviewing, I have purchased your books on Amazon/

[Michael]

I will be purchasing everyone's books

[Lynn]

pdmac wrote: "For all those authors I am reviewing, I have purchased your books on Amazon/"

Thank you, pdmac!

[Lynn]

Here's my review for my round 1 book Heroes Borne: Tales of the One True Realm.

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

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks, Lynn.

[Tim]

Decided to read my way through a blizzard - then I went and snow-blowed the driveway. Anyhow, my review for Conets 'The Dream of the Forest.' Amazon posted the review within minutes.

https://www.amazon.com/review/R1BHR1B...

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

[pdmac]

Here's my review for J A Freely's book 'A Quick Spin Around the Galaxy':

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

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

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks, pdmac and Tim.

[Gene, Admin]

My review links for A Collection of Fabulous Fascinating Fairy Tales by JR Gibson:
https://www.amazon.com/review/RU8YVOA...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tim]

Stayed up late last night reading 'The Genesis 6 Project.' My review:

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

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

Amazon posted in mere minutes.

[W.R.]

My reviews of Harvest of Shadows:

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

https://www.amazon.ca/review/R2G1WJ4O...

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks to Tim and W.R.

[W.R.]

On reflection, I thought my original review might be a bit too much of a 'spoiler,' so I did a slight edit on both Amazon and Goodreads.

[J.A.]

my review of Dogsteeth is live on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Dogteeth-Other...

goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

[J.A.]

Hi JR -

I'm posting this here because you haven't responded to the messages I sent you directly. Hopefully you'll see this one here!

I'm traveling so I can't buy a copy from amazon. I'd like to get started and read the book though. Please email me a odf version to jeffrey.zatlin@hotmail.com

Thanks
JA Freely

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks, JA.

[Michael]

My review of Rebirth Angels

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

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks, Michael.

[Lynn]

Here's my 2nd review for the round, for my round 3 book (out of order) Empire: Spiral.

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

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks, Lynn.

[Tim]

Lynn wrote: "Here's my 2nd review for the round, for my round 3 book (out of order) Empire: Spiral.

GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amz: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re......"
Thank you for the review.

[Gene, Admin]

Crystalborne Sigils (The Deliberia Chronicles, #1) by S. Lynn Helton review links:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3A8C7X...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Lynn]

Gene wrote: "Crystalborne Sigils (The Deliberia Chronicles, #1) by S. Lynn Helton review links:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3A8C7X...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Thank you for the review, Gene!

[Stella]

Here's my review for round one: Empire:Spiral
https://www.amazon.com.au/review/R13R...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I also copied the review to BookBub.

[Tim]

Stella wrote: "Here's my review for round one: Empire:Spiral
https://www.amazon.com.au/review/R13R...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I also copied the review to BookBub."
Thank you for the review!

[Gene, Admin]

Thank you, Stella.

[Gene, Admin]

My reviews for Heroes Borne: Tales of the One True Realm by W. R. Rosche
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Stella]

Thanks so much for the review of Harvest of Shadows, WR!

[Stjepan]

My first review "The Genesis 6 Project" by Michael Ferguson

https://www.amazon.com/review/R14BQN1...

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

[Stjepan]

Tim wrote: "Decided to read my way through a blizzard - then I went and snow-blowed the driveway. Anyhow, my review for Conets 'The Dream of the Forest.' Amazon posted the review within minutes.

https://www.a..."

Thank you, Tim :)

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks, Stjepan.

[J.A.]

My review of S Lynn Helton's Songborne Gates is live on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Songborne-Gate...
And Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

This was my round 3 assignment...

[Lynn]

J.A. wrote: "My review of S Lynn Helton's Songborne Gates is live on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Songborne-Gate...
And Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review..."

Thank you for the review, J.A.

[Lynn]

Here's my review for my round 2 book Harvest of Shadows.
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amz: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

And my review for my round 4 book The Dream of the Forest.
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amz: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks to J.A. and Lynn. This completes Lynn's obligations for the round.

[Tim]

Bunch of pesky items to contend with this week, but I finished 'Rebirth of Angels' by PD Mac. Amazon posted within a few minutes.

https://www.amazon.com/review/R3FOD5X...

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

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks, Tim.

[pdmac]

Here is my review for JR Gibson's 'A Collection of Fabulous... Vol 7':

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

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

[pdmac]

Here is my review for Gene Kendell's 'Dogteeth and Other Tales of the Paranormal':

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

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