Review Group discussion

When you receive the book you are reviewing please post a link to the book here on the round thread. That way the author can check you have the correct file, and the mods can check you are all on track OK.

When you post you review on GR post a link to the review here on the round thread so that we can all get to it easily, and again it will make the mods lives easier.

Thank you :)

Round 4 Start date: 22 December 2012
End date: 12 January 2013

K.A. reviews Annette
Kanwar reviews Tanjlisa
Peter reviews Katrina
xxxx reviews Lisa
Annette reviews SL
Tanjlisa reviews Magdalena
Katrina reviews K.A.
Lisa reviews Kanwar
SL reviews Peter
Magdalena reviews xxxx

30 Oct: Jamie has left the group - I'm arranging an alternative

09 Dec: Rory has left the group

Links
K.A. http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Kanwarpreet http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Peter http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Annette http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Tanjlisa http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Katrina http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Lisa http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
SL http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Magdalena http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Hi, Group 4.

FYI
Kanwar has volunteered to join Group 4 for Rounds 3 & 4. In this round (#4), he'll be reviewing Tanjlisa, and Lisa will review Kanwarpreet Grewal.
Here's his link. He'll let you know which book of his you are reviewing, Lisa
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Anne,

Thank you for making me a part of rounds 3 and 4 of Group 4. I would be delighted to review Tanjlisa's book.

regards
Kanwar

Great! Thank YOU!

I've received a copy of Peter's book, Campaign Zen: 500bc - 2012.. Looking forward to reading it!

I have received Annette's book "A Sea Change" & will begin it shortly:

A Sea Change

I've received S.L.'s book: "Act Locally"

Will start it very soon!

Act Locally

Anne wrote: "Hi, Group 4.

FYI
Kanwar has volunteered to join Group 4 for Rounds 3 & 4. In this round (#4), he'll be reviewing Tanjlisa, and Lisa will review Kanwarpreet Grewal.
Here's his link. He'll let you..."

Anne, I thought Kanwarpreet was supposed to be reviewing my book (A Sea Change) in Round 3/Group 4. I know I sent it to him... Let me know if I'm somehow mixed up.
A Sea Change Thanks... Annette

Annette,

Yes I would be reviewing your book "A Sea Change" for Group 4 round 3. I have read 80% of your book and will be finishing it in 2-3 days.

After that is done Group 4 round 4 will start in which I would be reviewing Tanjlisa's book.



regards
Kanwar

Kanwarpreet wrote: "Annette,

Yes I would be reviewing your book "A Sea Change" for Group 4 round 3. I have read 80% of your book and will be finishing it in 2-3 days.

After that is done Group 4 rou..."
Thanks Kanwar. Life is very confused for me right now, and wanted to make sure I'd actually SENT you the book! All the best, Annette

I've posted my review of "A Sea Change" here:

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

and that's it for me for Group 4 - see you all in a group down the line!

Hi there - I'd love to review for Group 4 - if I'm needed you know where to find me! Happy Holidays xxxx

Hi, Magdalena, I haven't been able to get ahold of Katrina recently, which means I won't get a review this round unless someone else steps in. Do I understand that you have no one to review this round? If so...

K.A. wrote: "Hi, Magdalena, I haven't been able to get ahold of Katrina recently, which means I won't get a review this round unless someone else steps in. Do I understand that you have no one to review this ro..."

Hi there - I'm happy to review :) Would love a new e-read, just let me know....Happy Holidays :)

I have received Tanjlisa's book:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...

Magdalena - did you miss out on a round 3 review? We haven't heard from Katrina in a while and she was due to review you, wasn't she? I'll do one for you if you want, but it will take me a few weeks to fit it in.

FYI, Magdalena is picking up a review for me this round, too, for the same reason...

I thought she reviewed your book in round 1, Kathy...

I'll send her Book Two, which I'll be throwing in the mix anyway...

Book 2? Oh goody, another one to look forward to reading :)

Remember, if you do the first one, you get the second one gratis with no obligation! And vice-versa - if I send someone the second one to review, they get the first one gratis with no obligation. Seems fair to me...

I received Magdalena's book.

Thanks :) I think I have my head screwed on backwards. Tanjlisa is reviewing my book for this round. And yes, I'm still waiting on Katrina's review from round 3 :) No worries, it's a busy time of year and I don't want to add to the craziness of asking for the review....no worries as they say down under. Happy New Year everyone :)

Jay wrote: "Magdalena - did you miss out on a round 3 review? We haven't heard from Katrina in a while and she was due to review you, wasn't she? I'll do one for you if you want, but it will take me a few week..."

Yes I'm still waiting :) Hey thanks for the offer, don't worry it's a crazy time of year and I don't want to add to the stress - thanks again :)

Hi there - I see you're talking about me. It has been a crazy holiday, the craziest I've ever had. I had worked popped on me last minute and found myself with barely enough time to think, so all of my extra activities got dropped. I have two jobs, you see, on top of the third job of writing/creating. (And it is a job for me.) So I kept telling myself I had plenty of time to get that review in only to discover, when I'd finished round 3's book last night, that I was very very late with it. I'm sorry I disappeared on folks!

I put out my review for Magdalena's book last night. And at this time I have no idea if I'm supposed to be reviewing anything anymore or not reviewing anything anymore. I have a hard time following what's going on in the threads, I'm afraid.

Katrina wrote: "Hi there - I see you're talking about me. It has been a crazy holiday, the craziest I've ever had. I had worked popped on me last minute and found myself with barely enough time to think, so all of..."

Hi Katrina,
Hopefully our new policy of having all the dates in one group thread will make things easier in future but as you see from the top of this thread you were due to review KA (Kathy's) book by Jan 12th and to have sent yours to Peter to review. This is the last round of your group - then you will have done 4 reviews in exchange for 4. I gather that Magdalena has kindly offered to review Kathy's for you instead though.

Can you please post the link to your review on this thread to make it easier for the mods and everyone to find your review? Thank you! And hope everything is a bit less hectic for you now.

Katrina,

Can you review my book "Shadows of Lost Time". Lisa has left the group. So it would be great if you could review my book.

Jay requested Laura( not a part of review group group 4) to review my book and I have sent my book to her. But if you could review it, that would be very helpful.

thank you
Kanwar

Katrina now has my book & is in the process of reviewing it. Magdalena has the 2nd book in the series. Thanks, all.

Kanwar, maybe we could get a registered reader to fill in for Lisa?

Lauren's already offered to review Kanwar's book as Lisa has pulled out.

Kanwarpreet wrote: "Katrina,

Can you review my book "Shadows of Lost Time". Lisa has left the group. So it would be great if you could review my book.

Jay requested Laura( not a part of review group gr..."

Kanwar - you're out of order asking Katrina to review.

Just to make it clear to everyone - Jay gives up a lot of her time to figure out who can review whom so that we don't have reciprocal reviews and so that authors can potentially start again in a new group later down the line.
If group members try to organise this for themselves it just creates confusion. So New Year's resolution please... let's all try to stick to the reviewing schedule we've committed to and not give Jay extra work

Jay wrote: "Kanwarpreet wrote: "Katrina,

Can you review my book "Shadows of Lost Time". Lisa has left the group. So it would be great if you could review my book.

Jay requested Laura( not a par..."

Jay, I apologize. Will be more careful in the future.

Apology accepted, Kanwar. We all get confused at times about who's doing what - as you'll have seen me doing several times here lol! Hardly surprising as we now have 238 members, which I find quite amazing.

Have a good year writing and reviewing :)

Katrina wrote: "Hi there - I see you're talking about me. It has been a crazy holiday, the craziest I've ever had. I had worked popped on me last minute and found myself with barely enough time to think, so all of..."
Thanks for your review Katrina - I truly appreciate your time and effort. Cheers!

Hello. Here is my review for Love in the Vines.

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

Thanks for posting your review. I appreciate it and your feedback.

Put on your asbestos PJs and have a read of my review for Tanjlisa's Codename Fairy Godmother: Reassigned. Five star Huzzah! At Amazon US & UK and B&N.

This is one of the most inventive books I’ve ever read. Author Tanjlisa says she wants to encourage readers age 14+. Well, she encourages me, a rare visitor to young adult fantasy. Enjoyable and creative, with lots of pent up exploration of what human emotions mean to other-worldly folk, the story left me singing the fairy godmother’s song: “Good better best. I will never rest until my good is better and my better is best.” Imagine brain-washing all teenagers accordingly, where girls act only spice and boys always wash behind their ears.

Akin to Grimm on TV, this is a recasting of fairy and leprechaun roles with a modern update to black leather and biker chic, magic wands, instant scene changes, wish granting and debt collection methods drawn from The Godfather. Agent Thunder is a Huntress for the FGO (Fairy Godmother Organization) and so hot she’d roast the cover of Vogue. If spontaneous combustion has a mother, she is it. She is pitted against Ciaran, an alpha-hunka-hunka, who is in character diabolique with a thick Irish accent. If their relationship is infatuation, then it’s potentially earth-shattering. Together, their waltz could spin a Samoan creation myth, though the banks of the Arkansas River will do nicely.

Engrossed after three pages, I just wanted to know what made these fairies tick. By what rules do they grant wishes? And when was Agent Thunder appearing in my bedroom at 3am, wand at the ready? Come on down, says I, in my asbestos PJs. By page 105, I could only sip ice-water while soaking in the bath tub until I had read every page. Gasp and great balls of fire, I don’t remember coming up for air. Descriptive and alliterative, each sentence has been massaged to masterly atmospheric effect. We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto, not even on planet Earth half the time.

OK, Tanjlisa Marie, set me up for a shot of pixie dust. I’m ready to flap my skirts and do the Can-Can after spending pages with these girl scout grant wishers on steroids. Every fairy tale I’ve even read has been shattered at warp speed. Who knew pulling emotions from a fairy was like visiting the dentist. After this tour of the off-worldly underside of fairyland, the back office of promise enforcement and favors returned on time, to the day, I’m ready to make offerings to my Irish heritage and keep the leprechauns at bay. I vote for the asthmatic genius in the day bed and am ready to be tattooed head to toe to walk a pristine Pacific island if it keeps the volcanoes benign.

Now, about that wish? I only get one? Huzzah for Tanjlisa! We readers need more of you. Please blow the lid off the library stack at your local junior high school by gifting this book.

A glowing review for it here, Peter, and the book is showing your 5* rating and that you recommend it, but not the review that you've written here. Was GR playing up again?

Hi Jay - I could not find the convenient link to post my review close to the book listing on Goodreads. I found one other review in October and a list of want to reads. So? Dunno?

Ah, I see (which is something I didn't initially - some things on GR are not obvious) - when you click on rating a book, if you hover your mouse on the bit just above it, you'll see the option to review. Have you not seen this before, Peter, or is it part of the current difficulty many of us are facing at the moment in leaving reviews? I have asked the GR team to look into this and I'll keep you all posted with any updates.

Wow, Peter! Your review was so poetic and made me smile. I'm so pleased you enjoyed it.

Just posted my review of Campaign Zen to Goodreads and Amazon.

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

Thanks for the opportunity to read it!

Thank you - CZ really does sound intriguing. I must find time to read it. Back to work tomorrow, but I'd far rather be reading and writing.

My review of Reassigned (Codename Fairy Godmother, #1):

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

Thanks, Kanwar, hope you enjoy your new group :)

That's G4 just about wrapped up now.

Not quite, though...getting there (??)

My Crypt of Souls review will be delayed by a week or so. Thanks for your patience :)

Hi all,
Due to circumstances beyond my control my review of SL Vail's "Act Locally" will be a couple of days late. I sincerely apologize, but it's just been a very tough 4 weeks.
Thanks to all of you! Annette

I'll do something an author shouldn't - use a cliche - better late than never, all, I'll just leave the thread until you're done.

No problem, here, Magdalena - I appreciate you doing it at all.