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Stephanie wrote: "Hey everyone - seemed to have stalled out at five followers (yikes!).Hi Stephanie. I'm new to the group, I have a book-blog too, a few more followers than you, but precious few comments. I'll happily follow if you'll return the compliment? Same for anyone else here - follow me and I'll follow you!
http://mayapanika.wordpress.com/
Thanks for the invitation.Hello everyone.
I wonder if someone could be interested to have a look at Memoria. A Corporation of Lies, a science fiction thriller:
About me in my blog http://boblak.blogspot.com/ or on GR page here.
Hello, I just joined this group and it looks awesome :] I love to read everything YA and I'm new to reviewing.
Hello, Everyone, Jessie here,what a great idea this group is, just read a recommendation from the 'Bringing Writers and Readers Together Group!'
Welcome Maya, Alex, Kaitlin and Jessie!(goodness, I'm getting a bit behind with this thread!!)
If you have a book that needs reviewing, do add a thread in the relevant folder and (if you'll take my advice) read down the "Looking to REview" threads and send queries to anyone who looks relevant. Actual requests to bloggers will get you a lot further than a general appeal.
If you have a blog and would like to review, do add your thread to the "Looking to review" folder and put your tin hat on as in recent times this has resulted in an avalanche of requests!! I have been offline for a bit though, so if we've gone a bit quiet over the summer, do check out our author threads. most of them (me included) are generally game to swap a review copy for an honest review.
And now I'm going to see what's going on in the other threads! but any questions, do give me a shout and there are usually a couple of others generally hanging around who can help.
It's a pretty good, helpful group, so have a flick through the threads and don't be afraid to ask questions!
JAC
Hi all! My name's Melissa and I'm a YA author from good ol' Philadelphia! Just thought I'd say hi and let you all know that my new YA novel is out and about. It's called "Traffic Jam" ---
If anyone would like to review it, I have a PDF file that I can send you! Thanks so much and looking forward to being a part of a great group!
Melissa :)
Hi everybody! I'm newbie here, I don't even remember how I discovered this group but I'd really like to be part of it.
My name is Natalia and I'm from Argentina, I'm studying English and just finished Level Senior 5 (PET level) at the AACI Institute, my average is 90/100 and at first it was difficult for me to read entire books or novels in another language, but now after 4 months of reading a lot of different books in english I find it easier.
I will love to improve my review's skills because I suck at it! Well, maybe I'm exagerating but I'd love to be a better reviewer, honestly I started reviewing books 2 or 3 months ago, I'm new at Goodreads too, and I'm excited because I found a whole new world of bookworms just like me! I'd like to learn how to review properly and I'm doing my best to not make grammar or spelling mistakes, but I'm still learning so sometimes I don't know how to explain things or thoughts. I hope to get books to review and I hope even more that the authors will be patient and understand that I'm from a different country, speaking another language and doing my best with all my heart, actually I'm not reading books in spanish anymore if I can read them in english, I like a lot more the vocabulary, the slangs, metaphores, the "wordplays", their almost whole meaning changes with the translations, even though it is more difficult for me to read in english.
I read a lot, maybe not as much as another goodreads's users, but I read in every free moment I have. My life is divided between my job (sometimes I read at my office but ssshhh!), studying, my two lovely cats, my precious daughter and my patient/lovely/understandable/ husband. My goal in life is becoming an english/spanish translator and editor and read for a living ;)
Being all said I really hope to get to know all of you soon.
Peace!
Naty.
My name is Natalia and I'm from Argentina, I'm studying English and just finished Level Senior 5 (PET level) at the AACI Institute, my average is 90/100 and at first it was difficult for me to read entire books or novels in another language, but now after 4 months of reading a lot of different books in english I find it easier.
I will love to improve my review's skills because I suck at it! Well, maybe I'm exagerating but I'd love to be a better reviewer, honestly I started reviewing books 2 or 3 months ago, I'm new at Goodreads too, and I'm excited because I found a whole new world of bookworms just like me! I'd like to learn how to review properly and I'm doing my best to not make grammar or spelling mistakes, but I'm still learning so sometimes I don't know how to explain things or thoughts. I hope to get books to review and I hope even more that the authors will be patient and understand that I'm from a different country, speaking another language and doing my best with all my heart, actually I'm not reading books in spanish anymore if I can read them in english, I like a lot more the vocabulary, the slangs, metaphores, the "wordplays", their almost whole meaning changes with the translations, even though it is more difficult for me to read in english.
I read a lot, maybe not as much as another goodreads's users, but I read in every free moment I have. My life is divided between my job (sometimes I read at my office but ssshhh!), studying, my two lovely cats, my precious daughter and my patient/lovely/understandable/ husband. My goal in life is becoming an english/spanish translator and editor and read for a living ;)
Being all said I really hope to get to know all of you soon.
Peace!
Naty.
Hi, I'm KT, and I'm new to Goodreads, just figuring out how everything works, but I love writing reviews for bad YA paranormal romance, and hope to be churning them out here with longer re-caps on my livejournal. (Uh, the reviews, that is--not bad books, though I'm also a writer who hopes to one day actually finish writing something!)
Let me know if I get things wrong--I've started off with the eminently easy target of Hush, Hush, for those of you who can't get enough of that one :)
Hello everyone,I'm an author and it looks like this is the intro thread. I'll look around and figure out the relevant place to give info on my books. I write BDSM Romance, which is kind of a specialized niche :)
Hi everyone, my name is Argie . I love to read, I usually go thru 5-6 books a week. I'd love to be able to help by reviewing!
Argie wrote: "Hi everyone, my name is Argie . I love to read, I usually go thru 5-6 books a week. I'd love to be able to help by reviewing!"Hi Angie,
What type of books do you like to read? I have a fiction novel, Cat's Eye Marble, that I am looking to have reviewed. You can read the synopsis and email me at catseyemarble@yahoo.com if you are interested. http://www.amazon.com/Cats-Eye-Marble...
Argie wrote: "Hi everyone, my name is Argie . I love to read, I usually go thru 5-6 books a week. I'd love to be able to help by reviewing!"Do the books you review have to be ebooks or would you be willing to review a PDF.
If you would do PDF, I am looking for reviews for my book, Mortal Realm Witch: Learning About Magic, as well as reviewer suggestions on how to improve the next books in the series.
I think most of the problems the few people who have currently told me about the book, are fixed in the next ones, but basically all the ones who have said anything negative about the book basically said there wasn't enough action, they were looking for more of a plot,whichalthough there is a main one throughout the series that becomes clearer in between books 2-3, and 5, the first book is made up of 6 short stories. Each of which continue a larger story, but set up more for the later books, which is another problem people have said there were too many details. This is why, I would like some people to give book one some good reviews, but I am looking for reviewers opinions to tell me what they think such as, where book one lacks action the most and maybe gets a little boring, and what details are too many. I think the details thing is because I created the first book so that each story could be read individually and because of this each one catches up on details from the last as if they are seperate short books in the series rather than part of one full book.
So, if you would be willing to review it let me know by emailing me at: comboj2@yahoo.com
Hi to all, Lovely to finally meet like minded people to discuss book reviews. I too have started recently a blog on book reviews . Currently I am reviewing only on the romance genre but would branch out soon. Would love it if you all could stop by my blog and leave a comment or suggestion.
http://rubinaramesh.blogspot.com/
Hi...I am a budding book reviewer, hardly reviewed few books. but it is an exciting job.http://huesofasoul.wordpress.com/cate...
You guys can see my reviews here.
Anant
Hi everyone!!I'm Myra. I'm so happy to have found this group.. I have a blog but it's not that grand and I just started posting for like 3 times..
I love reviewing and reading books: paranormal romance, historical romance, contemporary romance, NA, YA, and others... But most likely my favorite type of books are romance type.. But sometimes, I do read non-romance and non-fictional books.. =)
Hello everyone,I'm Ana, and I love to read (does this sound too much as an AA introduction?...)
Being a real bookworm, I read pretty much any genre and usually at least 2-3 books a week, more if work is slow.
I don't have any blog and I confess I very rarely took the time to actually write a review but I'd love to help as a beta reader. I'm a translator/proofreader so you may expect a special focus on spelling and grammar. I do NOT expect any financial or monetary compensation for my help other than a free copy of the book.
Hello, my name is Debbie & I'm a Read-a-holic. I love the whole experience of books, reading and reviewing.. sharing my thoughts, feelings and inclinations in regards to what journey a book took me on, what emotions were brought to the forefront and what lessons were learned. I look forward to reading and sharing reviews with the group. Happy Reading. ;o)
Hi everyone, I am Margitte and would love to review books in the genres historical fiction, contemporary novels (in English), travel journals, international authors(English) if the genres are presented here.
Hey, Debbie, I'm Keith and I have several e-book novels I have written which I would love to get your review on. Let me just give you the info on one of them, and if you read and like it, I can send you info on the others I have written:When Evan Jordan's 14-year old daughter dies of cancer, he goes on a quest to find a place where children don't die, and where life is still good. The search is inspired by an interest his dying daughter expressed in the Garden of Eden. Could it be that such a place still exists somewhere? Using a small inheritance, he goes searching for that garden, hoping thereby to rediscover the goodness and innocence he lost with the young girl's death. Evan's story intersects with those of a beautiful divorced archaeologist, a 14-year old Hispanic prostitute, and an Iranian woman who killed her rapist; all of whom join Evan in his quest. The journey brings together Christians and Jews, Muslims and skeptics, all looking to recover a sense of goodness at the heart of life and human relationship.
Evan and friends travel through Iran and Iraq, and even to the Island of Bahrain, looking for clues to the Garden's reality, and whether it might still be found. They dig in ancient cemeteries, climb ziggurats, race through war zones and examine bizarre art carved into human skulls; all the time seeking the secret to humanity's foundational story. In the process of searching they run afoul of the Iranian government for getting too close to nuclear sites, they battle militants, and they have to decide who to trust in a very dangerous part of the world. Will what they find make it worth the risk?
Reviews
" I consider myself pretty traditional when it comes to reading books the old-fashioned way, but just having finished Searching for Eden by Keith Madsen in e-book format I may just have to leap into the new millennium… Madsen does a splendid job of weaving tension, politics, romance, theology and history into an excellent story, and if you are at all interested in any of these subjects, I recommend Searching for Eden highly!" Kelly Davis, bookideas.com
"A classic hero's journey... The archaeological information as is well-researched as anything found in James Michener's The Source, and includes fascinating theories about where academics believe the historical Eden may have been, and why…Highly recommended." Terence Ward, Allbooks Review
Debbie, if you want to review this book I will have my publisher send you a free copy.
Welcome Patricia! I'm Keith and I have several e-book novels I have written which I would love to get your review on. Let me send you the same info I sent to Debbie, another new reviewer. As I told her, if you read and like this book, I can send you info on the others I have written:When Evan Jordan's 14-year old daughter dies of cancer, he goes on a quest to find a place where children don't die, and where life is still good. The search is inspired by an interest his dying daughter expressed in the Garden of Eden. Could it be that such a place still exists somewhere? Using a small inheritance, he goes searching for that garden, hoping thereby to rediscover the goodness and innocence he lost with the young girl's death. Evan's story intersects with those of a beautiful divorced archaeologist, a 14-year old Hispanic prostitute, and an Iranian woman who killed her rapist; all of whom join Evan in his quest. The journey brings together Christians and Jews, Muslims and skeptics, all looking to recover a sense of goodness at the heart of life and human relationship.
Evan and friends travel through Iran and Iraq, and even to the Island of Bahrain, looking for clues to the Garden's reality, and whether it might still be found. They dig in ancient cemeteries, climb ziggurats, race through war zones and examine bizarre art carved into human skulls; all the time seeking the secret to humanity's foundational story. In the process of searching they run afoul of the Iranian government for getting too close to nuclear sites, they battle militants, and they have to decide who to trust in a very dangerous part of the world. Will what they find make it worth the risk?
Reviews
" I consider myself pretty traditional when it comes to reading books the old-fashioned way, but just having finished Searching for Eden by Keith Madsen in e-book format I may just have to leap into the new millennium… Madsen does a splendid job of weaving tension, politics, romance, theology and history into an excellent story, and if you are at all interested in any of these subjects, I recommend Searching for Eden highly!" Kelly Davis, bookideas.com
"A classic hero's journey... The archaeological information as is well-researched as anything found in James Michener's The Source, and includes fascinating theories about where academics believe the historical Eden may have been, and why…Highly recommended." Terence Ward, Allbooks Review
Patricia, if you want to review this book I will have my publisher send you a free copy.
Hi I am new to this group, but I love, love , love to read and review books. I have read and reviewed quite a few, several in the past month. I have already posted 2 of them. do you want Goodreads, Amazon and Barnes and Noble , or how do you guys work it?
Welcome Deborah! I'm Keith and I'll tell you what I have said to other new reviewers on this site: I have several e-book novels I have written which I would love to get your review on. If you read and like this book, I can send you info on the others I have written:When Evan Jordan's 14-year old daughter dies of cancer, he goes on a quest to find a place where children don't die, and where life is still good. The search is inspired by an interest his dying daughter expressed in the Garden of Eden. Could it be that such a place still exists somewhere? Using a small inheritance, he goes searching for that garden, hoping thereby to rediscover the goodness and innocence he lost with the young girl's death. Evan's story intersects with those of a beautiful divorced archaeologist, a 14-year old Hispanic prostitute, and an Iranian woman who killed her rapist; all of whom join Evan in his quest. The journey brings together Christians and Jews, Muslims and skeptics, all looking to recover a sense of goodness at the heart of life and human relationship.
Evan and friends travel through Iran and Iraq, and even to the Island of Bahrain, looking for clues to the Garden's reality, and whether it might still be found. They dig in ancient cemeteries, climb ziggurats, race through war zones and examine bizarre art carved into human skulls; all the time seeking the secret to humanity's foundational story. In the process of searching they run afoul of the Iranian government for getting too close to nuclear sites, they battle militants, and they have to decide who to trust in a very dangerous part of the world. Will what they find make it worth the risk?
Reviews
" I consider myself pretty traditional when it comes to reading books the old-fashioned way, but just having finished Searching for Eden by Keith Madsen in e-book format I may just have to leap into the new millennium… Madsen does a splendid job of weaving tension, politics, romance, theology and history into an excellent story, and if you are at all interested in any of these subjects, I recommend Searching for Eden highly!" Kelly Davis, bookideas.com
"A classic hero's journey... The archaeological information as is well-researched as anything found in James Michener's The Source, and includes fascinating theories about where academics believe the historical Eden may have been, and why…Highly recommended." Terence Ward, Allbooks Review
Deborah, if you want to review this book I will have my publisher send you a free copy.
I would love to, it sounds very interesting.
Deborah, where should I have my publisher send a copy (remember it's in e-book format)?
To my email, epub, for my nook please. My email is blanchard1954@yahoo.com. Thanks
Hi everyone! I'm chuckles and I'm a reader and reviewer. My favourites are action packed urban fantasy, gory/slasher horror, dystopian and paranormal. I'm not into erotic, historical, gothic and very slow moving plots and all sex no plot. I read YA, NA and adult fiction and I choose books to review based on plot. I like chatting about books so I plan to be active here. I'll be looking at what is offered for review and looking at author posts to see what catches my eye for my wishlist.
My book blog is new and promotes Indie authors with new releases, reviews, news, Featured Authors, events etc. I also have a book group that tries to do the same. It would be nice if a few more people could visit both.
Here is my blog: http://chucklesbookcave.blogspot.co.uk/
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
chucklesthescot wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm chuckles and I'm a reader and reviewer. My favourites are action packed urban fantasy, gory/slasher horror, dystopian and paranormal. I'm not into erotic, historical, gothic and ve..."Hey Chuckles, I'd be happy to send you an e-book copy of "Night of the Chupacabra" for your review.
For more info: Night of the Chupacabra
Feel free to contact me at info@michaelhebler.com
Cheers!
New here. I have published three books, love to read and have been doing reviews for quite some time on amazon before I found goodreads.Thanks for having me!
http://authorjodiwoody.com/
Hi everyone! I'm Sofia and I just started my first blog, where I review books, mostly YA and Fantasy novels.If you're interested, come say hi over on http://takeawalkonthewriteside.blogsp....
I'm looking forward to meeting everyone :)
Hello everyone! I'm not sure how this works: I have a blog where I review cheap books for readers on a budget:http://wormingthebooks.wordpress.com/
If anyone's interested.
I'll be checking your blogs!
Do we submit cheap books to you?how?
where?
jeromevbrooke@yahoo.com
Hi everyone! I'm new here ~ as most people posting in this thread! I am a writer (hence the longs posts), an avid reader, and a reviewer. I have one novel out already ("False Security" ~ suspense) and I am releasing my next book "Conduit" on March 5. It's a paranormal thriller that will also appeal to suspense/thriller as well as mystery readers.I'm always looking for reviews on "False Security", but I'll really be seeking reviews of "Conduit" in about few weeks. I'm hoping I can find others in the group who are interested!
As a reviewer, I have a review policy on my website: www.angiemartinbooks.com. I post reviews there, as well as Amazon, Goodreads, Facebook, and wherever else the author requests. If someone asks me to post on 15 sites, I will...I'm an author, I understand the need for publicity. Plus books I really like also get a spot on my "Other Authors" page on my website.
I only review books I'm interested in, so I usually check out the "Look Inside" on Amazon or ask for the first couple chapters. I review almost every genre, and my review policy lists the genres I prefer. I also review comic books and graphic novels...I'm a bit of a geek like that. :) I am currently booked until the beginning of April, but if you can wait that long, use the form on my website or send me an email here so I can take a look at your book and get you added to my list!
I'm really looking forward to getting to know other authors, as well as readers!
Hey Everyone,I'm not new but rather a returning member. I took a break from this group for several months due to inactivity and to pursue other groups. However, after lacking interest in the other groups, I decided to come back to this one which has always been good to me.
Glad to be back to Creative Reviews! :)
Hello, everyone! I'm new. I'm an author. And I love writing reviews. Love reading them, too!
Hello guys, I am a reader and writer as well. At the age of 15. Go check my blog sometimes --> http://bittersweetblogs.blogspot.com/
HI everyone. My name is Cyn. I just found my love of books this year since then I have started a blog to share this love. I am new at doing reviews so right now there not that good hope to get better. Hope you all had a great week end.
Hi. My name is Bjorn Street, author of a couple of books in the sci-fi/ adventure/ PN/ romance genres. I have a website: http://www.bjornstreet.com plus a general blog [not just about books].I was browsing through the group's threads and I must say there are some passionate group members here! It's great to see a group where people CARE about things so much [even if it gets testy sometimes]. Sounds like FUN! :)
Happy Fourth of July, folks. Am new here. Have a book called Becoming Twigo. https://www.createspace.com/Preview/1...Have a look at the first few chapters. If you're interested in YA that centers in bullying and finding oneself thrown into the human predicament, you may like the story.
Thanks for your interest.
Hello, I wasn't invited, however, I thought I would join so I can get on the writing band wagon. I want to improve my writing learn how to write improved book reviews. I am also using this site to help me start writing my history paper that is due Nov 12; haven't started because I have writers block. Furthermore, learning a new citation method sucks: CMS; takes my concentration from writing.
Write your paper first. Once you have your paper written, you can then worry about the citations. I would recommend that you mark the place where a citation should be in whatever way with which you are comfortable. Once the paper is written, go back and make the citations fit the requirements. The important thing is writing the paper.
Madelon wrote: "Write your paper first. Once you have your paper written, you can then worry about the citations. I would recommend that you mark the place where a citation should be in whatever way with which you..."So true Madelon. Thanks for the feedback. However, my professor wants us to read and write our notes first then write our papers from our notes. This is a different perspective on writing; never have I done notes in this manner before. What you say is exactly how I have written all of my papers in the past; this is so different.
If it was me, I would write the paper and extrapolate some notes from it. I will admit, it's been a long time since I was in school, but this seems like a non-traditional approach to paper writing. Do you have to turn in the notes? And, just out of curiosity, what is the topic of your paper?I have always found that learning is a very personal endeavor. I used to write papers by reading the subject matter pertinent to what I was writing, then pretty much put the books away and start to write.
I will say, the most difficult paper I ever had to write was about Tolstoy and Zola where I had to write about each of these writers and then compare them. This was for a history class, so the slant had to be historical rather than literary, and the big catch was that the paper could be no more than 10 pages, double spaced, including the bibliography. I discovered it is really easy to write a long paper, but to get everything said succinctly and not leave anything out in a limited space was really tough.
I mention this because the paper I handed in was to spec. The paper I started out with was probably more like 25 or 30 pages. So once you get the paper out of your system, you can then focus on the requirements set forth, no matter how strange or difficult they may seem.
Yes, I do need to turn my notes, and yes this paper is non-traditional. It is my first CMS paper, and it is supposed to be 3 pages long, + title page, + bibliography, double spaced with 6 references. The topic is the Assyrians of Mesopotamia. I have my books and my articles and fighting writer's block at the same time. Although, I did explain to my professor, the paper won't be 3 pages by the time he wants 3 questions to be answered; I told him 6 pages because the introduction will take up space as well as the conclusion. I don't really know how to write short papers; I am so used to research thesis. I went back to school for my master's and need to take 15 units to fulfill prerequisites.
I can see why you are frustrated with all this. Your topic is very broad, and, I for one, could probably write a book on it. My secret unfulfilled passion is archaeology and anthropology.Back in the day, you could fudge the length of a paper only by making the paper's margins smaller. No changing the size of type on an old fashioned typewriter. Today, you could pick a narrow font and use careful line spacing to give yourself a bit of an edge.
Other than that, I still say, write your paper. Make is as long, and as detailed as your brain would like to to be. Embellish the hell out of it. That may take away the writer's block. Be sure to save a copy of the long one. Then, read it and see how much you can remove without losing the essence of what you have to say,
I read for an author out in California. He is under appreciated, and I truly love his stuff. He sent me a short story, not long ago, that I read and offered up my opinions and even suggested a title. The next day, he wrote to me frantic that he had misread the specs for the story and had to cut 8,000 words. That's a lot of words. I told him to send me the shortened version. I was amazed that the story itself suffered not at all from this drastic edit. In fact, it was tighter and still conveyed everything that the longer version had.
Let your inner voice dictate how your first write goes and then proceed to polishing and fitting your work to the spec.
Thanks Madelon, super advice, wish I thought of it myself. That seems to be a logical validation of how I should approach this paper.
I'm always happy to help. Let me know how you make out.
Madelon wrote: "I'm always happy to help. Let me know how you make out."Hey Madelon, I took your advice and I wrote that paper. It truly was maddening; still confused about CMS. But the monster is finished!!! It's only 6 sorry pages long, but I do need to practice writing my paper at the same time as creating notes so I can write my comments at the same time as creating my citations with keywords, etc. Geeze! Headache! I am going to friend you for myself and invite you to the group I created. Check it out and tell me what you think. Thank you again for you assistance.
Desiree' wrote: "Madelon wrote: "I'm always happy to help. Let me know how you make out."Hey Madelon, I took your advice and I wrote that paper. It truly was maddening; still confused about CMS. But the monster i..."
Oh, P.S., I can't get off the writing band wagon now and I still have to study for an exam this Thursday. Oh, boy.
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Thank you. :) Will do.