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I am a fan of dystopian novels and alternative history themes. One of my favorite writter is Margaret Atwood, is thanks to her that i've searched the keyword and found the group.

Diana wrote: "I am a fan of dystopian novels and alternative history themes. One of my favorite writter is Margaret Atwood, is thanks to her that i've searched the keyword and found the group."

Thank you for replying and to anyone who took the time to vote. :)

I haven't been in the group long enough to think of any changes that might improve things. I was a bit disconcerted to see that the R4R often has books put up for review that don't get any notice for months. As an author, I was hoping for a more active read/review process. Not sure Goodreads could do anything about that. Thanks for asking!

Lizzie wrote: " I was a bit disconcerted to see that the R4R often has books put up for review that don't get any notice for months."

Do you mean notice from the readers or the authors?

both, but mostly readers

Found this group by searching for a specific author's name in groups. That author doesn't write Dystopian but this is one of the groups that appeared on the first page of results. I do like dystopian reads(have been reading them since long before they had their own genre name).
Haven't been part of the group long enough to explore many of the pages yet. But I did read the other messages in this thread.
About the R4R, in another group I'm in that has a review program, a moderator keeps track of it all. Two books a week are offered, in a post that includes the Goodreads link to the book, the blurb of the book, what formats will be available, the date the reviews are due by, and the email address specifically created for the program. Us readers have to email the moderator who the tells the author the email address and format choice of the person. All reviews are due 3 weeks after the post about the book goes live and we are only allowed to sign up two at a time. And if you don't follow the rules you are banned from any further participation.

Myles wrote: "I believe a lot of the R4R communication is done off-forum (i.e. PMs) as it often involves exchanging email addresses.

Perhaps if there was a template for authors to promote their books and provid..."

Myles thank you for the suggestion, I have covered most of it here, but I should specify a link to the book is desirable.

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Beth wrote: "Two books a week are offered, in a post that includes the Goodreads link to the book, the blurb of the book, what formats will be available, the date the reviews are due by, and the email address specifically created for the program. Us readers have to email the moderator who the tells the author the email address and format choice of the person. All reviews are due 3 weeks after the post about the book goes live and we are only allowed to sign up two at a time. And if you don't follow the rules you are banned from any further participation. "

While I see the point that you are making in regards to the R4R I just want to stress that this is not a R4R oriented group, as there are plenty such. R4R's a double sided knife and while I agree I could adapt other groups way of handling r4r's, I need to think if I actually want to do this and then to find a mod to deal with this. As a lot of the r4r offered books are YA oriented I may not be willing to make those changes as we already have one YA Dystopian Group.

Also Beth, a question to you as a reader and reviewer - Is it more likely for you to participate in an r4r where you have to contact the mod or the author? Just curious.

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Lizzie wrote: "both, but mostly readers"


My sincere apologies that you are not finding what you are looking for in this group, but we are not as active as other groups, and I am not striving to increase activity by providing R4Rs, nor will I start putting only YA books as group reads to attract what seems to be the most active participants of Goodreads - the YA oriented reader. In addition, a lot of the books offered may simply not appeal to the participants of this group or the people that would be willing to review them may not be seeing them.

That said I am not unwilling to make changes to the r4r process, so please think about alternatives and let me know.

Also I know authors sometimes send books and don't receive reviews, but in my opinion in those cases the books are not being read at all.

Myles wrote: "I admit I never even looked; it renders my comment pretty redundant! "

Not entirely, and even if so I appreciate your comment ;) I did add today the suggestion to link the book, as this is something I had missed.

I was searching for Dystopian Groups. I've read some of the classics which had this theme: „1984” by George Orwell, „Fahrenheit” by Ray Bradbury and wanted to know more about. I love the theme, going against the current, thinking on your own, having the courage to stand up and speak up.

Have a nice day!