Review Group discussion

Here we go with another group then...
As usual we'll get started once we have 10 members, so watch this thread and your PMs.

25 Oct - Frederick Coxon https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
26 Oct - Douglas Wallis https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
29 Oct - D.E. Haggerty https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
29 Oct - Mackenzie Harper https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2...
29 Oct - Nicole Dweck https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
29 Oct - Stevan Nikolic https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
29 Oct - K.A. Krisko K.A. Krisko https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
30 Oct - Tammy Domingue https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
30 Oct - C.F. Waller https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9...
01 Nov - Marie-Jo Fortis https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

That makes 10 members so this group is now complete

- group 23 thread will go up soon for more members, or add your name on the Register Here thread.

I am still in G20 (two more reviews), but would like to signup for G22 if possible..

Stevan wrote: "I am still in G20 (two more reviews), but would like to signup for G22 if possible.."

No problem - if you have the time to do the reviews we have the space to slot you in :)

Thanks, Jay

Stick me in there, Jay. I'm ready for another (geez, I sound like a frat boy!)

K.A. wrote: "Stick me in there, Jay. I'm ready for another (geez, I sound like a frat boy!)"

So I turn Vivek into a woman in G21 (don't ask!) and now I turn you into a man? What power moderators have lol!

Well, G21 started up this week and now G22 only has 3 places left... Won't be able to keep up with it all soon.

You can put me here, Jay.

Marie-Jo wrote: "You can put me here, Jay."

Excellent - now we have the full complement for the group to get going.

Everyone - watch out for your PM with further instructions over the w/e. Now I'm off to the pub!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Signing in, with the following two links (reader's choice):

Cornerstone: Raising Rook (a contemporary fantasy):
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

The Snow Deer (a book of short stories):
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Thanks, Tammy and Kathy (loved the Snow Deer stories - did I review it or did I forget/get distracted?)

Apologies for the incorrect link - might wake a couple of G21 members up to see the competition arrive lol!

Signing in as well. Jay, my submission is a short story. I hope that doesn't upset the group too much. Thanks.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Mackenzie wrote: "Signing in as well. Jay, my submission is a short story. I hope that doesn't upset the group too much. Thanks.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1..."

Your reviewers will be delighted they're getting an easy ride, Mackenzie ;)

If you love shorts how about one for the group charity anthology?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Here's the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Signing in as well. Here's my current book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

I'm hoping to have my next book out before the rounds finish so I can get that reviewed as well.

Thanks, Marie-Jo and D.E.

A new book out, eh? That's always so exciting, no matter how many you write. Good luck with it! Don't forget that you can join more than one group if you have the time to do the reviewing, or immediately follow one group with the next that's forming up at the time you finish the reviews for the other group.

Signing in. Here is the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Hi Stevan - thanks :)

Over half way there now so we should be on course to start next Saturday. Don't start swapping any books yet, though, as the listing isn't finalised for who reviews whom.

Hi all. What does "signing in" mean? Thank you!

Basically this: if you are an author in need of reviews, it means you have to review other books in exchange. Honesty is not only a plus, it's a must. So is acceptance of criticism if the reviewer is not in love with your book. But Jay will explain this better.

Nicole wrote: "Hi all. What does "signing in" mean? Thank you!"

Hi Nicole - I'm just asking the group members to show they are still with us in Group 22 (it's surprising how many people say 'yes' then we don't hear from them again when it's time to start), plus it pulls together all the members in one place on the group thread, since some may have registered on the Register Here thread, others asked to join via PM to me or another mod. Just post the GR link to your book and a) I'll know you are ready, b) all group members can see which book you want reviewed.

Here's your book link:

The Debt of Tamar

Due to my error with the group link Frederick posted on G21 thread. Here's the link to his book:

World War 1 - An Unkept Promise

So, we're waiting to hear from CF and Douglas...

Jay wrote: "Here we go with another group then...
As usual we'll get started once we have 10 members, so watch this thread and your PMs.

25 Oct - Frederick Coxon https://www.goodreads.com/author/show......."

sorry I was slow

http://www.amazon.com/Far-Forward-C-F...

That's OK, CF, you're here with us in time :)

As all bar one of the group are here and ready I'm going to post the 'who reviews who and when' stuff. That way you can get your books swapped ready for the group start date (which I've put back to Sunday instead of Saturday to give Douglas an extra day to get here). If we don't see Douglas here in time I'll get another member to join this group, so don't panic, Frederick and DE ;-)

Big news for us all - Hock Tjoa has kindly agreed to give up some of his precious time to help us out as a moderator. You are very lucky to have this experienced group member and accomplished author as your moderator.
But please remember you are his first group so be gentle!

Welcome, Hock, we really appreciate your help :)

GROUP 22 - moderator
Hock Tjoa
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

START DATE: 10 November 2013
END DATE: 02 February 2014

Please remember the commitment you are making to your fellow group members. If you don’t think you can manage to do 4 book reviews between these dates please let me know now. I will find someone else for this group and you will be able to choose a later group that will be more suitable for you.

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 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 reviewer in a format the reviewer can manage. When the file is received, please post a GR link to the book in this thread so that the author has confirmation that reviewing of the correct book has started.

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 by 02 February 2014.

When you have posted your review on GR please post a link to your review in this thread.

All reviews of 3, 4 or 5 stars must be posted to GR, Amazon .com and Amazon.co.uk.

If the rating is 1 or 2 stars, the review must be posted to GR but the author should be asked if they want the review to go to Amazon or not.

Postings to any other sites are by agreement by both author and reviewer.

In the next post are the listings for the 4 review rounds, the who reviews who stuff. You don’t have to put forward the same book for every round, but you can only ask for one review per round.

Happy reviewing, everyone :)

If I’ve missed something that results in you being asked to review someone who has already reviewed you, or you have already reviewed the author's work, please let me know asap.

Member Links
Frederick Coxon https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Douglas Wallis https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
D.E. Haggerty https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Mackenzie Harper https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2...
Nicole Dweck https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
K.A. Krisko https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Stevan Nikolic https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Tammy Domingue https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
C.F. Waller https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9...
Marie-Jo Fortis https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

The four rounds you have signed up for:

start 10-Nov-13
end 02-Feb-14
R1 end 01-Dec-13
R2 end 22-Dec-13
R3 end 12-Jan-14
R4 end 02-Feb-14

ROUND 1
Frederick Coxon reviews Douglas Wallis
Douglas Wallis reviews D.E. Haggerty
D.E. Haggerty reviews Mackenzie Harper
Mackenzie Harper reviews Nicole Dweck
Nicole Dweck reviews K.A. Krisko
K.A. Krisko reviews Stevan Nikolic
Stevan Nikolic reviews Tammy Domingue
Tammy Domingue reviews C.F. Waller
C.F. Waller reviews Marie-Jo Fortis
Marie-Jo Fortis reviews Frederick Coxon

ROUND 2
Frederick Coxon reviews D.E. Haggerty
Douglas Wallis reviews Mackenzie Harper
D.E. Haggerty reviews Nicole Dweck
Mackenzie Harper reviews K.A. Krisko
Nicole Dweck reviews Stevan Nikolic
K.A. Krisko reviews Tammy Domingue
Stevan Nikolic reviews C.F. Waller
Tammy Domingue reviews Marie-Jo Fortis
C.F. Waller reviews Frederick Coxon
Marie-Jo Fortis reviews Douglas Wallis

ROUND 3
Frederick Coxon reviews Mackenzie Harper
Douglas Wallis reviews Nicole Dweck
D.E. Haggerty reviews K.A. Krisko
Mackenzie Harper reviews Stevan Nikolic
Nicole Dweck reviews Tammy Domingue
K.A. Krisko reviews C.F. Waller
Stevan Nikolic reviews Marie-Jo Fortis
Tammy Domingue reviews Frederick Coxon
C.F. Waller reviews Douglas Wallis
Marie-Jo Fortis reviews D.E. Haggerty

ROUND 4
Frederick Coxon reviews Nicole Dweck
Douglas Wallis reviews K.A. Krisko
D.E. Haggerty reviews Stevan Nikolic
Mackenzie Harper reviews Tammy Domingue
Nicole Dweck reviews C.F. Waller
K.A. Krisko reviews Marie-Jo Fortis
Stevan Nikolic reviews Frederick Coxon
Tammy Domingue reviews Douglas Wallis
C.F. Waller reviews D.E. Haggerty
Marie-Jo Fortis reviews Mackenzie Harper

Hi Jay, thanks, things are begining to become clear to me what it is all about. What do I do next? Choose a book to review?
Douglas

Hi again, being stupid, I review the books shown on the list, right?
It takes time but I will catch up.
Doulas

Douglas wrote: "Hi Jay, thanks, things are begining to become clear to me what it is all about. What do I do next? Choose a book to review?
Douglas"

Hello, Douglas, glad you made it here in time. Have you read the PMs I sent you and the info here on the thread?

Firstly, we need the GR link to your book so your reviewers can easily get there to post their reviews.

Please read message 28 to be sure you're clear on the process. Next you need to check message 29 which lists the round dates and who is reviewing whom. For round 1 Frederick is reviewing your book - PM him to arrange how you're getting your book to him (email or Smashwords coupon) and in what format. You will be reviewing DE's book.

Douglas wrote: "Hi again, being stupid, I review the books shown on the list, right?
It takes time but I will catch up.
Doulas"

By order of the moderators, group members are each allowed one moment of total stupidity a week. This moderator is allowed one per day...

C.F. wrote: "sorry I was slow

http://www.amazon.com/Far-Forward-C-F..."

Here's the GR link:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Jay, please don't slap my legs, but how do I PM Fredrick?
I promise to sit at the back of the class and keep quiet after that.
Douglas

Douglas wrote: "Jay, please don't slap my legs, but how do I PM Fredrick?
I promise to sit at the back of the class and keep quiet after that.
Douglas"

Please don't make me laugh, Douglas - I have a bug at the moment and laughter gets me coughing which then gets my nose running...!
OK, tissue's in the bin, I don't have a stool or dunce's cap handy, so here's your answer. If you click the link next to Frederick's name it will take you to his home page and there's a 'Send a message' link (below his picture).

Thanks miss!

I've sent messages to each of those who are to review my books and each of those I'll be reviewing (well, Marie-Jo got to me first!). I'm looking forward to getting four new books to read! Let's see if we can stretch my genre experience!

Note to everyone - if you prefer you can, as Kathy has just done, sort out getting your book(s) to your reviewers at the outset. Or you can stick with doing it round by round - the choice is yours. The best way is probably to do all 4 now since some reviewers are very fast and that would save them hanging around waiting for the next round to start.

I'm saying book(s) rather than book as you have the option of getting more than one book reviewed in a group, but you can only get one reviewed per round.

Hello Group 22!
I am the group moderator, soon to be made official. This is my first turn as moderator and I think of this job as facilitating the delivery of books from author to reviewers and that of the reviews to this Group discussion.
Reviews giving three stars or more should also be posted to Amazon.com and to Amazon.co.uk.
Let me know if you have a question by posting on this thread or PM to me; I'll check in at least once a day.
Best wishes,
Hock

Hi Hock,
I am sending copies direct to the reviewers listed for me, is that correct? Do I have to contact the ones who have not sent me copies of their books?
Regards
Douglas

Currently reading Stevan's book & have passed mine off to two others...welcome, Hock! See what you get roped into when you contribute to this group?

Hello and goodbye, Hock - welcome to your first group (first, I hope, of many). I'll bow out now and sort group 23 out, but feel free to contact any of us mods if you get any posers. (Sshhh - watch out for that Douglas - don't tell him I said so!) You have Kathy here as a group member and she's very good at keeping us all in line so you should be fine.

Have fun!

Douglas wrote: "Hi Hock,
I am sending copies direct to the reviewers listed for me, is that correct? Do I have to contact the ones who have not sent me copies of their books?
Regards
Douglas"

That's all correct--authors seeking reviews should initiate the conversation. But in practice, both parties should reach out to each other, preferably by PM as opposed to a post on this forum. Post in this forum when you are not getting through.

Reviewers, it would be nice to acknowledge receipt of the review copies. Again, preferably by PM.

K.A. wrote: "Currently reading Stevan's book & have passed mine off to two others...welcome, Hock! See what you get roped into when you contribute to this group?"

A familiar name. Yes, no good deed goes unpunished.

Hi Hock,

I still haven't received my first assignment. Just contacted the author for the second time. I've got the book of my second assignment, though. If the first author does not respond soon, is it possible to swap and start with "number 2"?

Best,
Marie-Jo

Marie-Jo wrote: "Hi Hock,

I still haven't received my first assignment. Just contacted the author for the second time. I've got the book of my second assignment, though. If the first author does not respond soon, ..."

Yes, it is O.K. to do the reviews out of order; just make sure you do them all--assuming you get all the books.

Thanks, Hock. I got the first book after all. But it's good to know.

Great. Best to do the reviews in the order established but if not, best to do what's available!

My first review, of Stevan Nikolic's 'On The Square':

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

Good job!

Now on to 'Kate'.