Review Group discussion

This thread is now open for you to join GROUP 25 by adding your GR (not Amazon) book link. We have 10 places – I’ll add your name as you sign in. We’ll aim to get started in just a few weeks so once you’ve signed in watch your PMs for a message that we’re ready to start.

When you add your book link it not only indicates you want to join the group – it indicates you AGREE that you are WILLING TO REVIEW ANY ALLOCATED BOOK within the set 12 week limit.

There is no genre filtering.

If you are only willing to review your own preferred genres then sorry, but you’re better off finding a group that specialises in your preference. Here you might be asked to review fiction/non-fiction, adults’/children’s books, a religious text, BDSM, or anything in between. Allocation is entirely random and there will NOT be any rearranging of the listing to accommodate genre preference. The ONLY circumstance in which you may duck out of giving a review is if YOU provide a stand-in reviewer.

Let’s be honest here – we don’t all like the same things but we all want reviews. The only way this group can function is if we trust each other to behave honourably. And it IS perfectly possible to give a fair-minded review of a text that does not coincide with our normal choice of reading matter. If you need a few hints/tips, please see this thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1) Gary Williams, reviewing on behalf of Robert James https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...
2) Les Huntley https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
3) D.M. Wolfenden http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
4) Stephen Rose https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
5) D.E. Haggerty https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
6) Tara Crescent https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
7) Lewis Attrib https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...
8) Jennifer Lark https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2...
9) Erica Olson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
10) Giovanni Russano http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Edit 14 Dec - Khalid is joining G24

Edit 21 Dec - THIS GROUP IS NOW CLOSED TO NEW MEMBERS - PLEASE WATCH FOR GROUP 26 THREAD IF YOU WANT TO JOIN

Count me in.

Agency Rules - Never an Easy Day at the Office

Khalid wrote: "Count me in.

Agency Rules - Never an Easy Day at the Office"

Hi Khalid, good to see you found the group :)

Kept my eye out, like you said Jay!

Jay, count me in.
;My book is "Truth & Freedom, A Match Made In Heaven", subtitle, "Antivirus Protection For Your Cranial Computer". I've been watching like a hawk since I saw your first announcment of the group forming and am glad I caught it before it filled up.

I know you want the GR book link, but don't know exactly what that is or where to find it. Please advise!!

Les Huntley

Hi Les
When you post a comment look at the line above the comment box - you'll see add book/author. If you click on that you can find your book on GR and click the Add button to the side. That will add the link to your comment. If you haven't already got an author profile set up with your book you need to sort that out asap - check out the advice on how to do it from the Help link at the bottom of each page.

The other way, of course, is to the use the Search option at the top of the page. Searching for your book title got me to the book page and I've just copied the link from the address bar at the top:

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

Hi Jay,
I would love to join group 25.

Dianne


Behind Blue Eyes

D.M. wrote: "Hi Jay,
I would love to join group 25.
Dianne
Behind Blue Eyes"

Hi Dianne - nice to see you back :)

I'll write a longer intro on the other thread of this forum soon, but it represent my father, who's written many books, as his administrator/agent/managment/editor/publisher (there's probably more roles I could list).

I undertake to review any of the books that my father doesn't...

The book I'd like reviewed is:

Divine Deception: The Will Traveller Chronicals

I'll provide Smashwords coupons to reviewers (unless they require something else).

Very excited to be a part of this and... A big thank you too all the moderators putting in the hard yards to facilitate this.

Gary
Regards,

Gary Williams
robertjamesbooks.com
Blog: What will I read next?
Sent from Gary's iPad



Robert James

Dr Robert James (at Goodreads)

The book I'd like reviewed is Triadic Tales http://buff.ly/1haGJn6

I will be happy to send the reviewer a Word document of the mss.

I am new to this and I hope this is the right procedure and that I am in time to be included.

I cannot find my post to edit it but I note the need for the Goodreads link so here it is:

The book is Triadic Tales.

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

Gary wrote: "I'll write a longer intro on the other thread of this forum soon, but it represent my father, who's written many books, as his administrator/agent/managment/editor/publisher (there's probably more ..."

Welcome to the group, Gary. I'll record it as you are the group member reviewing on behalf of your father. You can sort it out between you who does which reviews, but I suggest you stay as the point of contact for the group - swapping books, posting reviews, posting here - to save any confusion.

Stephen wrote: "I cannot find my post to edit it but I note the need for the Goodreads link so here it is:

The book is Triadic Tales.

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

Hi Stephen, both posts are here OK - sometimes you need to do a refresh (F5) to see a recent post (normally if you've followed a link and gone backwards and forwards through pages visited). When the group is complete I'll let you know it's time to contact the members listed as due to review your book in order to arrange getting your book file to them.

Thanks Jay. I am following the group. Live and learn! Cheers, S

Thanks Jay. Agreed - I think it's simpler.

Hi! I'm in another group but nearly done with it and would like to join this group as well. My book is Buried Appearances Buried Appearances

D.E. wrote: "Hi! I'm in another group but nearly done with it and would like to join this group as well. My book is Buried Appearances Buried Appearances"

Glad you're enjoying it enough to have another go :)

Another question. I infer that the reviews generated here are for Goodreads. Unfortunately, if that is so, the only reviews at present that would be valuable to me would be on my Kindle pages as Kindle is the only place I sell books. I did find the book I want reviewed Triadic Tales here at Goodreads but the price has changed since I posted it and so has the cover. I was unable to change the cover not being a librarian. Someone wishing to buy it would probably be led from here to the Amazon Kindle site and in that sense a review here would be of value. But it would be better if the reviewer posted it there as well as here or confined it to that site. This is overly involved but I think the issue is clear enough. Thanks. S

Posting reviews - all reviews are posted to GR. Reviews 3*+ are posted to Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. 1* or 2* should only be posted to Amazon if the author wants it there.

Hope that clarifies it for you, Stephen. It's all covered in the FAQs. As for the cover, you can't replace the old cover but you can add the new one and make that the default. Have a look in the help topics (link at the bottom of every page). It's also covered in our own thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Lots of good stuff here on the forum if you take a look ;)

More homework! Will do. Assume 3"+ refers to the length of the review. Cheeers and thanks, S

Stephen, 3* = three stars = the rating.

Hi,

I'd love to join this round - I write BDSM/BDSM Romance (it's definitely erotica, but not particularly hardcore BDSM.) Which will hopefully not be a problem for anyone reviewing.

I'll provide a gift certificate to the Kindle store, which is the only place this book is sold.

Teaching Maya

Cheers,
Tara

Tara wrote: "Hi,

I'd love to join this round - I write BDSM/BDSM Romance (it's definitely erotica, but not particularly hardcore BDSM.) Which will hopefully not be a problem for anyone reviewing.

I'll provid..."

Hi Tara, welcome to the group, but we have a potential problem - gift certificates are only valid on the site they were purhcased. I know this as I was gifted a book on Amazon.com, was not allowed to 'buy' it there as I'm in the UK, but Amazon.co.uk wouldn't accept the gift certificate. Could you not provide a Word doc or a pdf? Personally I'm quite happy to receive Word as it's very quick and easy to convert to my preferred format (mobi).

Hello everyone, I'm looking forward to swapping books. My profile link is https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...
and the book I have for review is https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
- I'll let the story speak for itself.
best regards
Lewis

Hi Lewis, welcome to G25 :)

K.A. wrote: "Stephen, 3* = three stars = the rating."

What a dunce I be. Eyesight rather than words fail me. Thanks!

Hi Jay!

I guess I could provide a .mobi or a PDF as well, if that's the preference.

Cheers,
Tara

Count me in.

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

Thanks,
Jen

Tara wrote: "Hi Jay!

I guess I could provide a .mobi or a PDF as well, if that's the preference.
"

It would save any problems with location, Tara, and save you some cash too. Another option, if you don't join Select, is to publish on Smashwords and give coupon codes for the reviewer to download any format they like.

Jennifer wrote: "Count me in.

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

Thanks,
Jen"

Welcome, Jen :)
At this rate it won't be long before this group starts!

Stephen wrote: "K.A. wrote: "Stephen, 3* = three stars = the rating."

What a dunce I be. Eyesight rather than words fail me. Thanks!"

The dunce is the person who doesn't understand but won't ask the question. Besides, you gave me a giggle, which is always welcome after a long Monday in work :)

You might find things become clearer if you read the FAQs:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
There are some suggestions for how to write reviews here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Jay wrote: "D.M. wrote: "Hi Jay,
I would love to join group 25.
Dianne
Behind Blue Eyes"

Hi Dianne - nice to see you back :)"
Thanks Jay
glad to be a part of another group :)

Jay wrote: "Stephen wrote: "K.A. wrote: "Stephen, 3* = three stars = the rating."

What a dunce I be. Eyesight rather than words fail me. Thanks!"

The dunce is the person who doesn't understand but won't ask ..."

I always thought a dunce was a philosophical realist with scholastic roots who steered clear of Ockham's Razor. :)

Stephen wrote: I always thought a dunce was a philosophical realist with scholastic roots who steered clear of Ockham's Razor. :)

Are you maybe confusing a hypothesis with the fewest assumptions with a person with the fewest functioning brain cells?

Jay wrote: "Stephen wrote: I always thought a dunce was a philosophical realist with scholastic roots who steered clear of Ockham's Razor. :)

Are you maybe confusing a hypothesis with the fewest assumptions ..."

It's possible. I am a master of confusion. Cheers, S

I would like to be part of this, please! I have my book in pdf and ePub format so far.

The Kings of Cantium

Thanks!

Hi Erica - welcome to G25 :)

This means we only need 1 more member to get going...

I'd like to join if there's still room.

I'd also like to join if you will have me. My book is http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19.... I haven't done this before, so I'm sorry if I forgot to include something.

Getting these urls is a real pain on an ipad. They really should have a way to get the url in case you want to do things like post about the book in the forums.

I'd like to join also. Through the Eyes of a Child

It's first come first served, so you make #10 in the group, Giovanni.

B. and Pam - sorry but you'll have to wait for G26 forming. Hope to see you there.

GROUP 25 - moderator
K.A. Krisko
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

START DATE: 28 December 2013

END DATE: 22 March 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 29 June 2013.

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, please let me know asap.

Member Links
Gary Williams https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Les Huntley https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
D.M. Wolfenden http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Stephen Rose https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
D.E. Haggerty https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Tara Crescent https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Lewis Attrib https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...
Jennifer Lark https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2...
Erica Olson https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Giovanni Russano http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

The four rounds you have signed up for:


R1 end 18-Jan-14
R2 end 08-Feb-14
R3 end 01-Mar-14
R4 end 22-Mar-14


ROUND 1
Gary Williams reviews Les Huntley
Les Huntley reviews D.M. Wolfenden
D.M. Wolfenden reviews Stephen Rose
Stephen Rose reviews D.E. Haggerty
D.E. Haggerty reviews Tara Crescent
Tara Crescent reviews Lewis Attrib
Lewis Attrib reviews Jennifer Lark
Jennifer Lark reviews Erica Olson
Erica Olson reviews Giovanni Russano
Giovanni Russano reviews Gary Williams

ROUND 2
Gary Williams reviews D.M. Wolfenden
Les Huntley reviews Stephen Rose
D.M. Wolfenden reviews D.E. Haggerty
Stephen Rose reviews Tara Crescent
D.E. Haggerty reviews Lewis Attrib
Tara Crescent reviews Jennifer Lark
Lewis Attrib reviews Erica Olson
Jennifer Lark reviews Giovanni Russano
Erica Olson reviews Gary Williams
Giovanni Russano reviews Les Huntley

ROUND 3
Gary Williams reviews Stephen Rose
Les Huntley reviews D.E. Haggerty
D.M. Wolfenden reviews Tara Crescent
Stephen Rose reviews Lewis Attrib
D.E. Haggerty reviews Jennifer Lark
Tara Crescent reviews Erica Olson
Lewis Attrib reviews Giovanni Russano
Jennifer Lark reviews Gary Williams
Erica Olson reviews Les Huntley
Giovanni Russano reviews D.M. Wolfenden

ROUND 4
Gary Williams reviews D.E. Haggerty
Les Huntley reviews Tara Crescent
D.M. Wolfenden reviews Lewis Attrib
Stephen Rose reviews Jennifer Lark
D.E. Haggerty reviews Erica Olson
Tara Crescent reviews Giovanni Russano
Lewis Attrib reviews Gary Williams
Jennifer Lark reviews Les Huntley
Erica Olson reviews D.M. Wolfenden
Giovanni Russano reviews Stephen Rose

D.M. wrote: "Hi Jay,
I would love to join group 25.

Dianne


Behind Blue Eyes"

Hi Dianne,

I see I will be reviewing your book Behind Blue Eyes. I see you have it on Kindle where I can borrow it with my Prime membership. Won't be able to get it until the 1st of January, as I've already borrowwed a book in December. Hope this will work well for you.

Looking forward to a good read. Best Regards, Les

Les wrote: "D.M. wrote: "Hi Jay,
I would love to join group 25.

Dianne


Behind Blue Eyes"

Hi Dianne,

I see I will be reviewing your book Behind Blue Eyes. I see you have it on Kindle where..."

Les wrote: "D.M. wrote: "Hi Jay,
I would love to join group 25.

Dianne


Behind Blue Eyes"

Hi Dianne,

I see I will be reviewing your book Behind Blue Eyes. I see you have it on Kindle where..."

Hi Les,

thats perfect
Thank you

I do believe I'll be modding this Group, so hi, and welcome! Please keep checking back here for messages as we begin to get off the ground - thanks.

K.A. wrote: "I do believe I'll be modding this Group, so hi, and welcome! Please keep checking back here for messages as we begin to get off the ground - thanks."

Hi Kathy - I was looking to give you an easy start by overseeing the first week of book swapping. It's very nice to have you here already though - thank you!

If you want to do that, go ahead! Thanks!

Les,

if you're checking this thread... but not your personal messages... I was wondering how you were going to get your book to us to review. My father will review yours - he's quite familiar with Australia's version of this topic... :)

Gary

Gary wrote: "Les,

if you're checking this thread... but not your personal messages... I was wondering how you were going to get your book to us to review. My father will review yours - he's quite familiar with..."

Gary, I can email your father either the PDF or Word document (.doc. Just need his email address. Thanks, Les.