Group 388. General - Mod. E.K.

[Lonnie]

Hi, I am brand new to this, but I write and edit regularly, and have a book on the Amazon store--Claws of the Hollow. I am retired and generally have time to read. My words and misspellings are my own and not AI.

Can I join this group?

This is me, with one pending error in my author page:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8...

[Loralee, Admin]

Everyone, Goodreads is saying they are going to get rid of direct messaging. (DMs) This is an important part of how our group communicates. If we can't DM, then we have to share everything (including emails) on here which is not safe, and communicate with each other via email instead. Will you sign this petition asking goodreads to keep the DM feature?
Here is the petition: https://c.org/cg6TB9VcBM

[Tenkara]

Signed and hope they change the new rule

[Jane C.R.]

Me too.

[C.R.]

Signed. Thanks, Loralee, for bringing the petition to our attention.

[E.K., Admin]

Lonnie wrote: "Hi, I am brand new to this, but I write and edit regularly, and have a book on the Amazon store--Claws of the Hollow. I am retired and generally have time to read. My words and misspellings are my ..."

Hi Lonnie,

I would love to add you but before I can you need to claim your author profile on Goodreads. Right now you are posting from a regular user profile.

The author profile is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

You can contact Goodreads with any questions here: https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...

Once that's done, 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 from your author profile (once you've claimed it.)

https://www.goodreads.com/user/edit?t...

I also need the Goodreads link to the book you want to include in the round.

Thanks

[Chelsea]

Could i join please, with my book Absent
Gene. Loralee and Thomas have reviewed me but not this book.
Absent

[Lonnie]

E.K. wrote: "Lonnie wrote: "Hi, I am brand new to this, but I write and edit regularly, and have a book on the Amazon store--Claws of the Hollow. I am retired and generally have time to read. My words and missp..."

My newly blessed author page is https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
(thank you whoever interceded there!)

and my book is
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

updated my settings too

[E.K., Admin]

Chelsea wrote: "Could i join please, with my book Absent
Gene. Loralee and Thomas have reviewed me but not this book.
Absent"

Welcome to the round, Chelsea.

[E.K., Admin]

Lonnie wrote: "E.K. wrote: "Lonnie wrote: "Hi, I am brand new to this, but I write and edit regularly, and have a book on the Amazon store--Claws of the Hollow. I am retired and generally have time to read. My wo..."

Welcome to the round, Lonnie.

[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. David Alyn Gordon | Case Files from the Nightfall Detective Agency: Fury of the Vampire: A Mystery Horror Fiction Novella
2. Gene Kendall | Dogteeth and Other Tales of the Paranormal
3. Thomas A. Burns Jr. | Cult!: A Natalie McMasters Mystery
4. Loralee Evans | Felicity and the Raccoons
5. Jennifer Reinoehl | The Inconvenient Sister
6. Chelsea O'Hara | Absent
7. Christa Nonnemaker | Hearts at War
8. Lonnie Webb | Claws of the Hollow
9. C.R. Hurst | Round the World: A Life of Jeanne Baret: A Daughter of Eve
10. Jane C.R. Reid | Becoming Catherine

[C.R.]

Good to go.

[Gene, Admin]

No conflicts.

[Chelsea]

All good!

[David]

Good on my end.

[Thomas]

Good to go.

[Jane C.R.]

No conflicts providing I can read a different book from Gene as I've read Dogteeth.

[Lonnie]

No conflicts. Are we sending physical or kindle files? (I'm very excited about this)

[Jennifer]

No conflicts. I can get the books I need to read through KU if they are available there, but I will need PDFs if they are not.

[E.K., Admin]

Thank you all. Just waiting for Loralee and Christa to confirm and then I'll post instructions and we can get started.

[E.K., Admin]

Lonnie wrote: "No conflicts. Are we sending physical or kindle files? (I'm very excited about this)"

Hi Lonnie, I'll post instructions once we're ready to go. :) But essentially you will need to ask the four people due to review you what format they would like your book in and you must be able to provide at least PDF files.

[Lonnie]

Ok.

[Loralee, Admin]

My apologies for being late! I am good to go.

[E.K., Admin]

Loralee wrote: "My apologies for being late! I am good to go."

No problem :)

One more to go...

[Christa]

I’m good to go, thank you!!!

[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. David Alyn Gordon | Case Files from the Nightfall Detective Agency: Fury of the Vampire: A Mystery Horror Fiction Novella
2. Gene Kendall | Dogteeth and Other Tales of the Paranormal
3. Thomas A. Burns Jr. | Cult!: A Natalie McMasters Mystery
4. Loralee Evans | Felicity and the Raccoons
5. Jennifer Reinoehl | The Inconvenient Sister
6. Chelsea O'Hara | Absent
7. Christa Nonnemaker | Hearts at War
8. Lonnie Webb | Claws of the Hollow
9. C.R. Hurst | Round the World: A Life of Jeanne Baret: A Daughter of Eve
10. Jane C.R. Reid | Becoming Catherine

START DATE: Dec 7, 2025
END DATE: Jul 23, 2025
Round 1 – post your review by Dec 29, 2025
Round 2 – post your review by Jan 19, 2026
Round 3 – post your review by Feb 9, 2026
Round 4 – post your review by Mar 2, 2026

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

David Alyn Gordon
Jane C.R. Reid-round 1
C.R. Hurst-round 2
Lonnie Webb-round 3
Christa Nonnemaker-round 4

Gene Kendall
David Alyn Gordon-round 1
Jane C.R. Reid-round 2
C.R. Hurst-round 3
Lonnie Webb-round 4

Thomas A. Burns Jr.
Gene Kendall-round 1
David Alyn Gordon-round 2
Jane C.R. Reid-round 3
C.R. Hurst-round 4

Loralee Evans
Thomas A. Burns Jr.-round 1
Gene Kendall-round 2
David Alyn Gordon-round 3
Jane C.R. Reid-round 4

Jennifer Reinoehl
Loralee Evans-round 1
Thomas A. Burns Jr.-round 2
Gene Kendall-round 3
David Alyn Gordon-round 4

Chelsea O'Hara
Jennifer Reinoehl-round 1
Loralee Evans-round 2
Thomas A. Burns Jr.-round 3
Gene Kendall-round 4

Christa Nonnemaker
Chelsea O'Haraz-round 1
Jennifer Reinoehl-round 2
Loralee Evans-round 3
Thomas A. Burns Jr.-round 4

Lonnie Webb
Christa Nonnemaker-round 1
Chelsea O'Haraz-round 2
Jennifer Reinoehl-round 3
Loralee Evans-round 4

C.R. Hurst
Lonnie Webb-round 1
Christa Nonnemaker-round 2
Chelsea O'Haraz-round 3
Jennifer Reinoehl-round 4

Jane C.R. Reid
C.R. Hurst-round 1
Lonnie Webb-round 2
Christa Nonnemaker-round 3
Chelsea O'Haraz-round 4



As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

David Alyn Gordon
Gene Kendall-round 1
Thomas A. Burns Jr.-round 2
Loralee Evans-round 3
Jennifer Reinoehl-round 4

Gene Kendall
Thomas A. Burns Jr.-round 1
Loralee Evans-round 2
Jennifer Reinoehl-round 3
Chelsea O'Hara-round 4

Thomas A. Burns Jr.
Loralee Evans-round 1
Jennifer Reinoehl-round 2
Chelsea O'Hara-round 3
Christa Nonnemaker-round 4

Loralee Evans
Jennifer Reinoehl-round 1
Chelsea O'Hara-round 2
Christa Nonnemaker-round 3
Lonnie Webb-round 4

Jennifer Reinoehl
Chelsea O'Hara-round 1
Christa Nonnemaker-round 2
Lonnie Webb-round 3
C.R. Hurst-round 4

Chelsea O'Hara
Christa Nonnemaker-round 1
Lonnie Webb-round 2
C.R. Hurst-round 3
Jane C.R. Reid-round 4

Christa Nonnemaker
Lonnie Webb-round 1
C.R. Hurst-round 2
Jane C.R. Reid-round 3
David Alyn Gordon-round 4

Lonnie Webb
C.R. Hurst-round 1
Jane C.R. Reid-round 2
David Alyn Gordon-round 3
Gene Kendall-round 4

C.R. Hurst
Jane C.R. Reid-round 1
David Alyn Gordon-round 2
Gene Kendall-round 3
Thomas A. Burns Jr.-round 4

Jane C.R. Reid
David Alyn Gordon-round 1
Gene Kendall-round 2
Thomas A. Burns Jr.-round 3
Loralee Evans-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 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.

[Thomas]

Loralee, Jennifer, Chelsea and Christa -

No. need to send your books. I've already acquired them thru KU.

[Thomas]

My first round review of Loralee's Felicity and the Raccoons:

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

I'll post the Amazon link when the review is up.