Group 382. General - Mod. Gene

[Florian]

I've read S.D.

[J.R.]

Hi, I would like to join this round with Wizard Bamzooki's Conflict:

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

Gene and Ann have reviewed me before. I've reviewed Jane before, I don't think I've been reviewed/ have reviewed the others

[Gene, Admin]

S.D. wrote: "I have no conflict with Florian."

S.D. -- It looks like Ann has reviewed you under your pen name (please tell me if this isn't so.) With that added conflict, there isn't going to be a slot to place you, unfortunately.

[Gene, Admin]

J.R. wrote: "Hi, I would like to join this round with Wizard Bamzooki's Conflict:

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

Gene and Ann have reviewed me before. I've reviewed Jane before, I don't think ..."

J.R. -- as I've stated before, authors need to check each individual name for conflicts. We can't rely on memory. Again: How to do this? Go to your Reviews page and type in the name of the other authors. That will tell you if you've read them in the past.

Then go to the profile of other authors in the thread and click on their "My Books" page, this time searching for your name. That will tell you if they have read you in the past.

[S.D.]

Gene wrote: "S.D. wrote: "I have no conflict with Florian."

S.D. -- It looks like Ann has reviewed you under your pen name (please tell me if this isn't so.) With that added conflict, there isn't going to be a..."

I'LL STEP OUT. thanks for considering me.

[Shoshana]

Will this review group still be forming or should we try another?

[Gene, Admin]

Shoshana wrote: "Will this review group still be forming or should we try another?"

We'll form when another author offers to sign up!

[Jennifer]

Hi Gene,
Loralee contacted me and asked if I would switch groups to help get you guys up and running....

I'd be joining with Forging the Future: Elven Roots Book 3 and I have no conflicts.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/dash...

[Matt]

Hi Jennifer. Thanks for joining!

[Gene, Admin]

Okay, please everyone, let's try this again. :)

Member Links | Book Links
1. Florian Armas | The Other Side
2. Tenkara Smart | His Name is Junsaku
3. Eliza Thorncroft A Hedgerow Hollows Tale: Hedgehog's Birthday Surprise
4. Shoshana Yarin | Story Time With YaYa
5. Matt Savino | Land Without a Continent: A Road Trip through Mexico and Central America
6. Jane C.R. Reid | Allure of the Stone: Tales from the Stones, Crystals and Precious Gems
7. Ann Birdgenaw | Black Hole Radio - Furilani
8. Jennifer Abrahamsen * Forging the Future: Elven Roots, Book 3
9. T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley | Remnants : The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame
10. Gene Kendall | Efficient and Divine: Honey Locust


Everyone - please post to 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 and post to tell me if they have not.

If you write under a pen name or have additional Goodreads profiles, then you'll have to follow these instructions for every pen name or additional Goodreads profile.

Remember that you can check if you have reviewed anyone before by going to your reviews through your profile (the link is under your portrait), and searching their name. You can check if someone has reviewed you in the same way through their profile and searching for your name.
Please check all those who are the 4 above and 4 below you.
If you have no review clashes - or if you are scheduled to review someone who you have reviewed before but can see they have another book available just post 'Good to go :)' or words to that effect.
If you spot a clash or someone in the four below you who has no book you can review, please say.

When everyone has posted 'Good to go' we will be :)

If you are new to these rounds do not worry, full instructions will be provided at every stage.

[Shoshana]

I have reviewed Ann Birdgenaw.

[Matt]

I have not reviewed or been reviewed by any of the 4 people above me or below me.

[Jane]

I have reviewed Anne Birdgenaw's Black Hole Radio Furilani.

I have also reviewed Gene Kendall, but not the one listed.

[Jennifer]

I have not reviewed ANYONE on the list, nor have I been reviewed by anyone on the list.
This is my one and only Goodreads account.
Good to go.

[Florian]

Good to go

[Ann]

I'm good to go

[Tenkara]

I am good to go

[Jennifer]

Shoshanna said she read Anne, but Anne said she was good to go, so I was nosey and decided to go look. Shoshanna did indeed review Anne's book on June 4.

[Ann]

Shoshana can read one of the other books in my series.

[Jane]

Ann wrote: "Shoshana can read one of the other books in my series."

Possibly me too, as I have read and reviewed your listed book, Ann.

[Jennifer]

That makes 7 of us I think.... my fingers are crossed! :)

[Jennifer]

Crud...it looks like T.E.W. has reviewed Ann's book and now Ann is scheduled to read T.E.W. in this round. That is what we DON'T want to happen right? I'm new to this, but I think that one is a problem.

Sorry I am sticking my nose in, but I'm just trying to help speed things along a little bit. :)

[Shoshana]

Thank you for your diligence! I will be happy to read another book of Ann's.

[Gene, Admin]

Sorry, everyone. (The rule: A reviewed B, so A can't send to B.) Ann and T.E.W. do have a conflict. Ideally, this would've been made known before everyone had to go through the checkoff process again. But, it's better to find out before a round officially begins, at least.

Going through the various groupings, I can't find a way for both T.E.W. and Ann to fit. The rule is first come, first served, which means Ann's name will be taken off.

We'll keep waiting for that one elusive author. Sorry again!

[S.D.]

As Ann has left the group, will I fit in now?

[Gene, Admin]

Since S.D. had previously asked, and has provided the most recent list of conflicts, I tried to work the list out again with her name. And it does appear as if she fits. Thanks S.D. for checking back in.

So, yes, we're going to do the roll call again. :)

Member Links | Book Links
1. Florian Armas | The Other Side
2. Tenkara Smart | His Name is Junsaku
3. Eliza Thorncroft | A Hedgerow Hollows Tale: Hedgehog's Birthday Surprise
4. Shoshana Yarin | Story Time With YaYa
5. Matt Savino | Land Without a Continent: A Road Trip through Mexico and Central America
6. S.D. Brown | Alabaster Alibi
7. Jane C.R. Reid | Allure of the Stone: Tales from the Stones, Crystals and Precious Gems
8. Jennifer Abrahamsen | Forging the Future: Elven Roots, Book 3
9. T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley | Remnants : The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame
10. Gene Kendall | Efficient and Divine: Honey Locust

Everyone - please post to 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 and post to tell me if they have not.

If you write under a pen name or have additional Goodreads profiles, then you'll have to follow these instructions for every pen name or additional Goodreads profile.

Remember that you can check if you have reviewed anyone before by going to your reviews through your profile (the link is under your portrait), and searching their name. You can check if someone has reviewed you in the same way through their profile and searching for your name.
Please check all those who are the 4 above and 4 below you.
If you have no review clashes - or if you are scheduled to review someone who you have reviewed before but can see they have another book available just post 'Good to go :)' or words to that effect.
If you spot a clash or someone in the four below you who has no book you can review, please say.

When everyone has posted 'Good to go' we will be :)

If you are new to these rounds do not worry, full instructions will be provided at every stage.

[Jane]

S.D. Brown has read my listed book, but I can offer her another.

I have read Gene Kendall, but not the book in question.

[Jennifer]

Good to go!

[Shoshana]

Also good to go. (Checked and double checked!)

[Matt]

I'm good to go.

[Florian]

Good to go.

[Jane]

Good to go.

[S.D.]

Good to go... I have several books if you've read this one.
Gene, thanks for squeezing me in.

[Tenkara]

I am good to go, Gene :)

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks, everyone. As of now, we're waiting to hear from T.E.W. and Eliza.

[T.E.W.]

Good to go

[Jennifer]

Hi all, though this group is TECHNICALLY not finalized, I wanted to mention that my book is currently FREE to purchase on Kindle. If you are scheduled to read my book and you do not have KU (since you can get it whenever you want), then you can pick my book up for free now and it counts as an official Amazon purchase when you review it. It is scheduled to be free for the next few days: https://a.co/d/9yz5Nct

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks to everyone who's checked in. We still haven't heard from Eliza. (I know her profile has zero reviews/conflicts, but we need to know she's paying attention to the thread and ready to begin.) If she hasn't posted by Wednesday, I'll remove her name and we'll have to go back to "One Needed."

[Eliza]

Im good to go. As i said at the start Im new to reviewing so have no conflicts.

[S.D.]

FYI, I will be off grid for a couple of days...
I will grab the books I'm reviewing from Amazon...
Will be out of the dead zone Thursday.

[Jane]

S.D. wrote: "FYI, I will be off grid for a couple of days...
I will grab the books I'm reviewing from Amazon...
Will be out of the dead zone Thursday."

Hi Sharon, since you've read my book Allure of the Stone, can you read my latest book Becoming Catherine please?

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks for checking back in, Eliza.

Okay, everyone, we now begin. :)

1. Florian Armas | The Other Side
2. Tenkara Smart | His Name is Junsaku
3. Eliza Thorncroft | A Hedgerow Hollows Tale: Hedgehog's Birthday Surprise
4. Shoshana Yarin | Story Time With YaYa
5. Matt Savino | Land Without a Continent: A Road Trip through Mexico and Central America
6. S.D. Brown | Alabaster Alibi
7. Jane C.R. Reid | Allure of the Stone: Tales from the Stones, Crystals and Precious Gems
8. Jennifer Abrahamsen | Forging the Future: Elven Roots, Book 3
9. T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley | Remnants : The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame
10. Gene Kendall | Efficient and Divine: Honey Locust


START DATE: August 5, 2025
END DATE: October 28, 2025

Round 1 – post your review by August 26, 2025
Round 2 – post your review by September 16, 2025
Round 3 – post your review by October 7, 2025
Round 4 – post your review by October 28, 2025


As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

-01__Florian Armas
Gene Kendall for round 1
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley for round 2
Jennifer Abrahamsen for round 3
Jane C.R. Reid for round 4

-02__Tenkara Smart
Florian Armas for round 1
Gene Kendall for round 2
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley for round 3
Jennifer Abrahamsen for round 4

-03__Eliza Thorncroft
Tenkara Smart for round 1
Florian Armas for round 2
Gene Kendall for round 3
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley for round 4

-04__ Shoshana Yarin
Eliza Thorncroft for round 1
Tenkara Smart for round 2
Florian Armas for round 3
Gene Kendall for round 4

-05__ Matt Savino
Shoshana Yarin for round 1
Eliza Thorncroft for round 2
Tenkara Smart for round 3
Florian Armas for round 4

-06__ S.D. Brown
Matt Savino for round 1
Shoshana Yarin for round 2
Eliza Thorncroft for round 3
Tenkara Smart for round 4

-07__ Jane C.R. Reid
S.D. Brown for round 1
Matt Savino for round 2
Shoshana Yarin for round 3
Eliza Thorncroft for round 4

-08__ Jennifer Abrahamsen
Jane C.R. Reid for round 1
S.D. Brown for round 2
Matt Savino for round 3
Shoshana Yarin for round 4

-09__ T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley
Jennifer Abrahamsen for round 1
Jane C.R. Reid for round 2
S.D. Brown for round 3
Matt Savino for round 4

-10__ Gene Kendall
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley for round 1
Jennifer Abrahamsen for round 2
Jane C.R. Reid for round 3
S.D. Brown for round 4



As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

-01__Florian Armas
Tenkara Smart for round 1
Eliza Thorncroft for round 2
Shoshana Yarinfor round 3
Matt Savino for round 4


-02__Tenkara Smart
Eliza Thorncroft for round 1
Shoshana Yarin for round 2
Matt Savino for round 3
S.D. Brown for round 4


-03__Eliza Thorncroft |
Shoshana Yarin for round 1
Matt Savino for round 2
S.D. Brown for round 3
Jane C.R. Reid for round 4


-04__ Shoshana Yarin
Matt Savino for round 1
S.D. Brown for round 2
Jane C.R. Reid for round 3
Jennifer Abrahamsen for round 4


-05__ Matt Savino
S.D. Brown for round 1
Jane C.R. Reid for round 2
Jennifer Abrahamsen for round 3
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley for round 4


-06__ S.D. Brown
Jane C.R. Reid for round 1
Jennifer Abrahamsen for round 2
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley for round 3
Gene Kendall for round 4


-07__ Jane C.R. Reid
Jennifer Abrahamsen for round 1
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley for round 2
Gene Kendall for round 3
Florian Armas for round 4


-08__ Jennifer Abrahamsen
T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley for round 1
Gene Kendall for round 2
Florian Armas for round 3
Tenkara Smart for round 4


-09__ T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley
Gene Kendall for round 1
Florian Armas for round 2
Tenkara Smartfor round 3
Eliza Thorncroft for round 4


-10__ Gene Kendall
Florian Armas for round 1
Tenkara Smart for round 2
Eliza Thorncroft for round 3
Shoshana Yarin 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]

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.

Please DM me with any issues. Thanks.

[Gene, Admin]

AND SOME FINAL THINGS:
Some final notes: 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.

[Jennifer]

My Round One Reviews of Remnants:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/RPQQIL1...

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

This was a fun book!

[Gene, Admin]

Thank you, Jennifer.

[T.E.W.]

Hi, if you're scheduled to read my book in Group 382. It's free on KU today Happy reading, I look forward to your thoughts.

Thank you.

The link is below

https://amzn.to/3UglsCC

[T.E.W.]

Round One Review

Efficient and Divine: Honey Locust

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2GUSDZ...

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

[Jennifer]

Round Two Review of Honey Locust

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R16HNLH...

also, I left a review on Audible...we shall see if that one pops up!

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

[Gene, Admin]

Thanks to Jennifer and T.E.W. Very much appreciated.