Group 377. General - Mod. E.K.

[Gene, Admin]

Liudmila wrote: "Sorry for my late reply, I posted all the links for the group 374, every book's been reviewed. So can I join?"

Liudmila -- I don't believe you've posted all of the Amazon links in group 374.

[Liudmila]

Liudmila wrote: "Sorry for my late reply, I posted all the links for the group 374, every book's been reviewed. So can I join?"

No, I haven't reviewed anyone or been reviewed either.

[E.K., Admin]

Liudmila wrote: "Liudmila wrote: "Sorry for my late reply, I posted all the links for the group 374, every book's been reviewed. So can I join?"

No, I haven't reviewed anyone or been reviewed either."

Thanks. You'll fit into this round perfectly, but please can you revert back to Gene regarding his query about Group 374.

[Liudmila]

Gene wrote: "Liudmila wrote: "Sorry for my late reply, I posted all the links for the group 374, every book's been reviewed. So can I join?"

Liudmila -- I don't believe you've posted all of the Amazon links in..."

4 links for 4 books that I had to review. Personally checked that they work.

[Gene, Admin]

Liudmila -- I wasn't aware all four were posted because the links were added to existing posts. (We're not notified when a post is edited.) Please remember this: 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.

Anyway, I can confirm that you are done with Group 374 :)

[Rachel]

It looks like there are 10 now! E.K., do you assign us the 4 books to review or is there a set grouping based on which number we are? And should we start? Sorry if I'm getting ahead of things, but I haven't done this before and I'm a rule follower! Thanks!

[Lynn]

Rachel wrote: "It looks like there are 10 now! E.K., do you assign us the 4 books to review or is there a set grouping based on which number we are? And should we start? ..."

Rachel, E.K. will post the next steps and instructions. We aren't starting yet - but it shouldn't be too much longer now. :)

[Sebastian]

I have a new release if you are still looking for an extra.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1C435HP

[E.K., Admin]

Gene wrote: "Liudmila -- I wasn't aware all four were posted because the links were added to existing posts. (We're not notified when a post is edited.) Please remember this: If you don't have the Goodreads and..."

Thanks, Gene. And welcome to the round, Liudmila.

[E.K., Admin]

Rachel wrote: "It looks like there are 10 now! E.K., do you assign us the 4 books to review or is there a set grouping based on which number we are? And should we start? Sorry if I'm getting ahead of things, but ..."

As Lynn said (thanks Lynn!) we'll do a final check very shortly and once everyone has confirmed they are ready to go I'll send full instructions on which books to read.

[E.K., Admin]

Sebastian wrote: "I have a new release if you are still looking for an extra.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1C435HP"

Hi Sebastian, we have 10 participants now. We are about to do a final check before starting the round. If anyone drops out we can keep you in mind.

There is also this group that is looking for one participant in case your book fits the theme: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[E.K., Admin]

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. Rachel Byrne | Predestined
2. Florian Armas | Errant
3. Terry Birdgenaw | Antunites Unite
4. Tony Travis | Unearthing Worlds: Book Two of the Keyholes Trilogy
5. Arriah Kiprujistho | A Tale of Renascence
6. Joseph Minart (also Davon M. Custis) - The Memory of Lost Dreams
7. Phillip Murrell | Just Joe
8. S. Lynn Helton (also (Lynn Helton) | Duplicity of Power
9. T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley | Remnants : The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame
10. Liudmila Brus | No Life but Immortality: Book 1 of Geryon's Code Cycle

[Joseph]

I can send my book to the four names above, but I have already read Lynn’s Duplicity of Power (I haven’t read her other books, though). The 3 below me are good to send to me.

[Lynn]

I'm good to go.

And a few notes...

Florian Armas, I've already read this book of yours, as well as the next book in the series. Shall I read and review the third book (Ascendant) in that series?

Of those who have reviewed me before, when we get started...

Phillip Murrell:
Would you prefer to read and review the next book (Power Redeemed) in the series in which you've already read other books? Or would you prefer the first book (Crystalborne Sigils) in a different series of mine?

Joseph Minart:
Please read and review the next book (Power Awry) in the series.

Arriah Kiprujistho:
Instead of this book of mine on the list, would you prefer to read and review the last book (A Galeborne Resolve) in my other series (of which you've already read the other books)?

[Terry]

I'm good to go. For those who haven't read my books, if they prefer to start with book 1 of the trilogy, Antuna's Story, just let me know.

[Phillip]

I have no conflicts.

Lynn, I'm inclined to read the last book in the trilogy, but if you'd prefer your other series get another view, I'm good with that too.

[Tony]

I am good to go

[Arriah]

Lynn wrote: "I'm good to go.

And a few notes...Florian Armas, I've already read this book of yours, as well as the next book in the series. Shall I read and review the third book (Ascendant) in..."


Sure, Lynn. :-)

[Arriah]

Good to go

[Rachel]

I have not read any of these books so I'm good! Also, I have Kindle Unlimited so can review on there if it works.

[Liudmila]

Good to go.

[E.K., Admin]

Thank you all. Just waiting on two more people to confirm and then we can get this round kicked off.

[Lynn]

Phillip wrote: "...Lynn, I'm inclined to read the last book in the trilogy, but if you'd prefer your other series get another view, I'm good with that too."

Phillip, the last book in the trilogy is fine with me. (I just wanted to give you an option.) Thanks!

- - - - -
Arriah wrote: "Sure, Lynn. :-)"

Great, thanks Arriah!

[Florian]

Good to go.

[Florian]

Lynn wrote: "I'm good to go.

And a few notes...Florian Armas, I've already read this book of yours, as well as the next book in the series. Shall I read and review the third book (Ascendant) in..."

Yes, it's fine, thank you.

[T.E.W.]

I am ready

[E.K., Admin]

Thanks, everyone. 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. Rachel Byrne | Predestined
2. Florian Armas | Errant
3. Terry Birdgenaw | Antunites Unite
4. Tony Travis | Unearthing Worlds: Book Two of the Keyholes Trilogy
5. Arriah Kiprujistho | A Tale of Renascence
6. Joseph Minart (also Davon M. Custis) - The Memory of Lost Dreams
7. Phillip Murrell | Just Joe
8. S. Lynn Helton (also (Lynn Helton) | Duplicity of Power
9. T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley | Remnants : The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame
10. Liudmila Brus | No Life but Immortality: Book 1 of Geryon's Code Cycle

START DATE: Mar 23, 2025
END DATE: Jun 16, 2025
Round 1 – post your review by Apr 14, 2025
Round 2 – post your review by May 5, 2025
Round 3 – post your review by May 26, 2025
Round 4 – post your review by Jun 16, 2025

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

Rachel Byrne
Liudmila Brus-round 1
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 2
S. Lynn Helton-round 3
Phillip Murrell-round 4

Florian Armas
Rachel Byrne-round 1
Liudmila Brus-round 2
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 3
S. Lynn Helton-round 4

Terry Birdgenaw
Florian Armas-round 1
Rachel Byrne-round 2
Liudmila Brus-round 3
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 4

Tony Travis
Terry Birdgenaw-round 1
Florian Armas-round 2
Rachel Byrne-round 3
Liudmila Brus-round 4

Arriah Kiprujistho
Tony Travis-round 1
Terry Birdgenaw-round 2
Florian Armas-round 3
Rachel Byrne-round 4

Joseph Minart
Arriah Kiprujistho-round 1
Tony Travis-round 2
Terry Birdgenaw-round 3
Florian Armas-round 4

Phillip Murrell
Joseph Minart-round 1
Arriah Kiprujistho-round 2
Tony Travis-round 3
Terry Birdgenaw-round 4

S. Lynn Helton
Phillip Murrell-round 1
Joseph Minart-round 2
Arriah Kiprujistho-round 3
Tony Travis-round 4

T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley
S. Lynn Helton-round 1
Phillip Murrell-round 2
Joseph Minart-round 3
Arriah Kiprujistho-round 4

Liudmila Brus
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 1
S. Lynn Helton-round 2
Phillip Murrell-round 3
Joseph Minart-round 4


As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

Rachel Byrne
Florian Armas-round 1
Terry Birdgenaw-round 2
Tony Travis-round 3
Arriah Kiprujistho-round 4

Florian Armas
Terry Birdgenaw-round 1
Tony Travis-round 2
Arriah Kiprujistho-round 3
Joseph Minart-round 4

Terry Birdgenaw
Tony Travis-round 1
Arriah Kiprujistho-round 2
Joseph Minart-round 3
Phillip Murrell-round 4

Tony Travis
Arriah Kiprujistho-round 1
Joseph Minart-round 2
Phillip Murrell-round 3
S. Lynn Helton-round 4

Arriah Kiprujistho
Joseph Minart-round 1
Phillip Murrell-round 2
S. Lynn Helton-round 3
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 4

Joseph Minart
Phillip Murrell-round 1
S. Lynn Helton-round 2
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 3
Liudmila Brus-round 4

Phillip Murrell
S. Lynn Helton-round 1
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 2
Liudmila Brus-round 3
Rachel Byrne-round 4

S. Lynn Helton
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley-round 1
Liudmila Brus-round 2
Rachel Byrne-round 3
Florian Armas-round 4

T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley
Liudmila Brus-round 1
Rachel Byrne-round 2
Florian Armas-round 3
Terry Birdgenaw-round 4

Liudmila Brus
Rachel Byrne-round 1
Florian Armas-round 2
Terry Birdgenaw-round 3
Tony Travis-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.

[Lynn]

For those I'm reading and reviewing (T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley, Liudmila Brus, Rachel Byrne, and Florian Armas), if your book is available through KU, I'll get it that way. Thanks!

[Rachel]

Ditto for my books - I have KU as well.

[T.E.W.]

S. Lynn Helton

Yes, my book is on KU

[Lynn]

T.E.W. wrote: "S. Lynn Helton
Yes, my book is on KU"

Thanks!

[Terry]

My GRs review of Unearthing Worlds:

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

Amazon review is pending.

[E.K., Admin]

Terry wrote: "My GRs review of Unearthing Worlds:

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

Amazon review is pending."

Thanks for that link, Terry. Please post your Zon link in a new message when it comes through.

[Terry]

Here's my Amazon review of Unearthing Worlds:

https://www.amazon.ca/review/R2MR6RJT...

[E.K., Admin]

Terry wrote: "Here's my Amazon review of Unearthing Worlds:

https://www.amazon.ca/review/R2MR6RJT..."

Thanks, Terry. That's your first round done :)

[Arriah]

Here are my reviews of three books that I have read and reviewed.

One is pending

The memory of lost dreams: (Joseph Minart)
A - https://www.amazon.in/review/R155A31M...
G - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Just Joe (Phillip Murrell)
A - https://www.amazon.in/review/R2BVDIW3...
G - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

A Galeborne Resolve (Lynn Helton)
A - https://www.amazon.in/review/R2OO5HQH...
G - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Lynn]

Arriah wrote: "...A Galeborne Resolve (Lynn Helton)
A - https://www.amazon.in/review/R2OO5HQH...
G - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Thank you for the review, Arriah!

[E.K., Admin]

Arriah wrote: "Here are my reviews of three books that I have read and reviewed.

One is pending

The memory of lost dreams: (Joseph Minart)
A - https://www.amazon.in/review/R155A31M...
G - https://www.goodr..."

Thanks, Arriah. That's your first three rounds done.

[Phillip]

Here is my review for Power Redeemed.

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

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1TP623...

[Lynn]

Phillip wrote: "Here is my review for Power Redeemed..."

Thank you for the review, Phillip.

[E.K., Admin]

Phillip wrote: "Here is my review for Power Redeemed.

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

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1TP623..."

Thanks for those links, Phillip. That's your first round complete.

[Liudmila]

My review of Predestined (Rachel Byrne)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[E.K., Admin]

Liudmila wrote: "My review of Predestined (Rachel Byrne)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Thanks for that link, Liudmila. Please post your Zon link in a new message when it comes through.

[Lynn]

Here are my Goodreads reviews for my round 1 and round 2 books. Amazon is pending and I'll post those in new messages when they show up.

For Remnants : The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame for round 1:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

For No Life but Immortality: Book 1 of Geryon's Code Cycle for round 2:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[E.K., Admin]

Lynn wrote: "Here are my Goodreads reviews for my round 1 and round 2 books. Amazon is pending and I'll post those in new messages when they show up.

For Remnants : The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame for..."

Thanks for those links, Lynn.

[Lynn]

Lynn wrote: "...For No Life but Immortality: Book 1 of Geryon's Code Cycle for round 2:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

The Amazon review for my round 2 book for No Life but Immortality: Book 1 of Geryon's Code Cycle has shown up:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[E.K., Admin]

Lynn wrote: "Lynn wrote: "...For No Life but Immortality: Book 1 of Geryon's Code Cycle for round 2:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

The Amazon review for my round 2 book For No Life but Immo..."

Thanks for that link, Lynn.

[Liudmila]

Hi, here's the Amazon review for Predestined (Rachel Byrne)
https://www.amazon.com/review/R9BNKUJ...

[E.K., Admin]

Liudmila wrote: "Hi, here's the Amazon review for Predestined (Rachel Byrne)
https://www.amazon.com/review/R9BNKUJ..."

Thanks for that link, Liudmila. That's your first round done.

Just a reminder, it's best to shorten your Zon 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.