Group 369. General - Mod. E.K.

[J.A.]

I am good to go.

[E.K., Admin]

Thanks, all. We're just waiting on P.L., Christine, Sephyrra, and Obinna to confirm and then we can get started. :)

[Sephyrra]

Good to go.

[Christine]

I see no conflicts

[E.K., Admin]

Thanks, Sephyrra, Christine. Just waiting on Obinna and P.L.

[Obinna]

Let's do it.

[Obinna]

E.K. wrote: "Obinna, thanks for confirming. I've added you to the list."

I am all set.

[P.L.]

Good to go.

Thanks!

[E.K., Admin]

Thanks, Obinna, P.L.

[E.K., Admin]

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. J.A. Freely | A Quick Spin Around the Galaxy
2. David Alyn Gordon | Trail of the Zombies
3. P.L. Tavormina | Aerovoyant
4. Carly Berg | St. Louis Sisters: A 1970s Retelling of Little Women
5. Christine Hees | Mission: Accepted!: U.S. College Admissions for International Students
6. Tim Goff | Empire: Capital
7. Sephyrra | Dreams and Desires: A Plus Size Enemies to Lovers Romance
8. Joseph Minart (also D.M. Custis) | The Tale of the Young Witch
9. Obinna Onwugbene | Purpose and Habits: Personal Transformation to Accomplishing Your Dreams
10. TheReal Rayster | Trance Formation: My Hero's Journey of How I Turn Life's Greatest Challenges into Life's Greatest Gifts


START DATE: Sep 14, 2024
END DATE: Dec 7, 2024
Round 1 – post your review by Oct 5, 2024
Round 2 – post your review by Oct 26, 2024
Round 3 – post your review by Nov 16, 2024
Round 4 – post your review by Dec 7, 2024

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

J.A. Freely
TheReal Rayster-round 1
Obinna Onwugbene-round 2
Joseph Minart-round 3
Sephyrra-round 4

David Alyn Gordon
J.A. Freely-round 1
TheReal Rayster-round 2
Obinna Onwugbene-round 3
Joseph Minart-round 4

P.L. Tavormina
David Alyn Gordon-round 1
J.A. Freely-round 2
TheReal Rayster-round 3
Obinna Onwugbene-round 4

Carly Berg
P.L. Tavormina-round 1
David Alyn Gordon-round 2
J.A. Freely-round 3
TheReal Rayster-round 4

Christine Hees
Carly Berg-round 1
P.L. Tavormina-round 2
David Alyn Gordon-round 3
J.A. Freely-round 4

Tim Goff
Christine Hees-round 1
Carly Berg-round 2
P.L. Tavormina-round 3
David Alyn Gordon-round 4

Sephyrra
Tim Goff-round 1
Christine Hees-round 2
Carly Berg-round 3
P.L. Tavormina-round 4

Joseph Minart
Sephyrra-round 1
Tim Goff-round 2
Christine Hees-round 3
Carly Berg-round 4

Obinna Onwugbene
Joseph Minart-round 1
Sephyrra-round 2
Tim Goff-round 3
Christine Hees-round 4

TheReal Rayster
Obinna Onwugbene-round 1
Joseph Minart-round 2
Sephyrra-round 3
Tim Goff-round 4


As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

J.A. Freely
David Alyn Gordon-round 1
P.L. Tavormina-round 2
Carly Berg-round 3
Christine Hees-round 4

David Alyn Gordon
P.L. Tavormina-round 1
Carly Berg-round 2
Christine Hees-round 3
Tim Goff-round 4

P.L. Tavormina
Carly Berg-round 1
Christine Hees-round 2
Tim Goff-round 3
Sephyrra-round 4

Carly Berg
Christine Hees-round 1
Tim Goff-round 2
Sephyrra-round 3
Joseph Minart-round 4

Christine Hees
Tim Goff-round 1
Sephyrra-round 2
Joseph Minart-round 3
Obinna Onwugbene-round 4

Tim Goff
Sephyrra-round 1
Joseph Minart-round 2
Obinna Onwugbene-round 3
TheReal Rayster-round 4

Sephyrra
Joseph Minart-round 1
Obinna Onwugbene-round 2
TheReal Rayster-round 3
J.A. Freely-round 4

Joseph Minart
Obinna Onwugbene-round 1
TheReal Rayster-round 2
J.A. Freely-round 3
David Alyn Gordon-round 4

Obinna Onwugbene
TheReal Rayster-round 1
J.A. Freely-round 2
David Alyn Gordon-round 3
P.L. Tavormina-round 4

TheReal Rayster
J.A. Freely-round 1
David Alyn Gordon-round 2
P.L. Tavormina-round 3
Carly Berg-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.K., 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. When posting you Amazon links, please post a "clean link." A clean link on Amazon means you delete everything after and including the letters "ref" in the link.

The reason this is important is because everything after "ref" is linked to your personal Amazon account.

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.

[E.K., Admin]

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 both Goodreads and Amazon links together in one message on this thread.

If you don't post 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.

Thank you!

[Carly]

Tim Goff, Sephyrra and Joseph Minart, I got your books on Kindle.

I messaged Christine Hees for the pdf.

Thanks, all.

[Tim]

Carly wrote: "Tim Goff, Sephyrra and Joseph Minart, I got your books on Kindle.

I messaged Christine Hees for the pdf.

Thanks, all."

Thank
you!

[Tim]

Sephyrra, Joseph, Obinna, and Rayster - I just purchased your books from Amazon.

[TheReal]

Tim wrote: "Sephyrra, Joseph, Obinna, and Rayster - I just purchased your books from Amazon."

The eBook? Many thanks, Tim.

I already replied to those in the email. Cheers.

[Joseph]

Round 1:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R33JEPI...

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

I'm starting reading Round 2.

[E.K., Admin]

Joseph wrote: "Round 1:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R33JEPI...

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

I'm starting reading Round 2."

Thanks for those links, Joseph. That completes your review commitment for round 1.

[E.K., Admin]

Carly, did you receive the message I sent you?

[Obinna]

Tim wrote: "Sephyrra, Joseph, Obinna, and Rayster - I just purchased your books from Amazon."


Thank You!

[Tim]

My review for Sephyrra's 'Dreams and Desires' -

https://www.amazon.com/review/RLVQEB6...

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

Amazon posted the review within minutes.

[E.K., Admin]

Tim wrote: "My review for Sephyrra's 'Dreams and Desires' -

https://www.amazon.com/review/RLVQEB6...

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

Amazon posted the review within minutes."

Thanks, Tim. The Zon link looks fine, but the Goodreads link doesn't go to your review (and I can't find your review.) Please can you check and resend.

[E.K., Admin]

Everyone should have communicated with their 8 people by now, (4 above and 4 below) and gotten their 4 assigned books, either via email, or having bought them or gotten them on KU. Everyone should also have sent their books to the 4 people who are to review them, or gotten a PM from a person saying that person will get it.

If you have not contacted your people, please do so, today. If you have reached out to your people and have not heard back from some, please PM me and let me know.

[P.L.]

Round one: St. Louis Sisters by Carly Berg:

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

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

[E.K., Admin]

P.L. wrote: "Round one: St. Louis Sisters by Carly Berg:

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

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

Thanks for those links, P.L. That completes your round 1 commitment.

[Tim]

corrected link for Goodreads Review of 'Dreams and Desires' -

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

[E.K., Admin]

Tim wrote: "corrected link for Goodreads Review of 'Dreams and Desires' -

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

That works - thanks! Your round 1 commitment is complete.

[David]

Hi Everyone.

I have not heard from Carly yet. Take care.

[Tim]

David, I just sent the PDF for 'Empire: Capital' to your jigsaw email address. Can you confirm if it reached you?

[Carly]

Hi David. If you want the PDF file, please send me your email address. Otherwise, it's free on Amazon, if you have KU. Thanks.

[Carly]

Thank you for the lovely review, P.L.

PDF file sent to David.

And here are my reviews of Dreams and Desires by Sephyrra:

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

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

Thank you.

[E.K., Admin]

Carly wrote: "Thank you for the lovely review, P.L.

PDF file sent to David.

And here are my reviews of Dreams and Desires by Sephyrra:

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

https://www.go..."

Thanks for those links, Carly.

[E.K., Admin]

Completed reviews up to this point. (Completed is when both Amazon and Goodreads reviews have come through, and links are posted here.)

Completed Reviews:

J.A. Freely
David Alyn Gordon
P.L. Tavormina - 1 review
Carly Berg - 1 review
Christine Hees
Tim Goff - 1 review
Sephyrra
Joseph Minart - 1 review
Obinna Onwugbene
TheReal Rayster

[Christine]

GR review of Tim Goff's Empire: Capital: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[E.K., Admin]

Christine wrote: "GR review of Tim Goff's Empire: Capital: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Thanks for that link, Christine. Please put the Zon link in a new post when it's available.

[E.K., Admin]

A member has been removed from this group for violating GR terms and conditions. I will contact you if you are affected by that removal.

[Sephyrra]

My review for round 1

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


https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/B...

[E.K., Admin]

Sephyrra wrote: "My review for round 1

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


https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/B..."

Thanks for those links, Sephyrra. That's your round 1 complete.

[Christine]

Amazon Review for Tim Goff’s Empire Capital:

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

[E.K., Admin]

Christine wrote: "Amazon Review for Tim Goff’s Empire Capital:

https://www.amazon.com/review/RAHACWI..."

Thanks, Christine. That completes your round 1 review.

[Christine]

GR review of "Dreams and Desire":
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Christine]

Amazon review for Dreams and Desires: https://www.amazon.com/review/RHKE5XM...

[Tim]

My reviews for 'Tale of a Young Witch.'

Amazon posted the review within minutes.

https://www.amazon.com/review/R24MGC6...

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

[Tim]

Christine - thank you for the review!

[E.K., Admin]

Thanks for those links, Tim and Christine. That completes your round two reviews.

[TheReal]

Review Round 1:

GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Zon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R4193R0...

Cheers

[E.K., Admin]

TheReal wrote: "Review Round 1:

GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Zon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R4193R0...

Cheers"

Thanks for those links. That completes your round 1 review.

[J.A.]

Links to my round 1 reviews - David Gordon Trail of Zombies:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2CIDFB...
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[E.K., Admin]

J.A. wrote: "Links to my round 1 reviews - David Gordon Trail of Zombies:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2CIDFB...
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Thanks for those links, J.A. That completes your round 1 review.

[TheReal]

Round 2- Trail of the Zombies:

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

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