Review Group discussion

This thread is now open for you to join GROUP 31 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 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) Samuel Astbury https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
2) Jade Onyx https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
3) Anna O'Hare https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
4) AL Goulden https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
5) Heather Leigh https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
6) Bonnie Ferrante https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
7) Gaurav Agrawal https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2...
8) Ted Farrar https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
9) Gabriela Popa https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
10) Mike Meyer https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

EDIT 25 Feb - there are now 10 members in this group so it is closed to other members. If you want to join a group please watch for Group 32 forming. thank you.

Hi, I'd like to submit 'Cloud Storage' please.

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

Hi Sam - you've just saved me a job. Good to see you made it here :)

Glad to see you again, Sam! Jay, I've reviewed Sam's work before. So I want to ensure however you sign me up that he does not end up reviewing my work.
Here is my author link: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Here is the book I wanted to submit (I was short one review before):
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Jade wrote: "Glad to see you again, Sam! Jay, I've reviewed Sam's work before. So I want to ensure however you sign me up that he does not end up reviewing my work.
Here is my author link: https://www.goodread..."

Hi Jade, good to see you back :) No problem keeping you and Sam apart.

Hi Anna, welcome aboard :)

What happens if Jade and Sam are not kept apart? Is some sort of critical mass reached? I'm imagining you fighting a compelling magnetic force...cape fluttering in the wind...

Oh, Kathy, you crack me up!

We would create a wormhole in time and space causing a chain reaction which would destroy the entire Universe.

Sorry, I've been drinking. Hi Jade, hope you are well?

Are you the matter or the antimatter, Sam?

Hi, I would like to be part of this group please. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

All I know is that I've been watching 'Back to the Future II' a lot recently.

Samuel wrote: "All I know is that I've been watching 'Back to the Future II' a lot recently."

So if your back is to the future, do you walk forward into the past?

Must stop doing this - we're supposed to forming a group! All move over to Want to chat?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Louise wrote: "Hi, I would like to be part of this group please. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1..."

Hi Louise, welcome :)

I'm well, Sam! Thank you for asking. Welcome, Louise! :-)

Jay wrote: "This thread is now open for you to join GROUP 31 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 on..."

I would love to be part of this group and submit my book August Fog
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
August Fog

Hi, AL, welcome to the group :)

I've just received a PM from Louise - she has changed her mind about joining this group. Hopefully we'll see her in a later one.

AM i too late???

I'd like to submit Relatively Famous https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

and I'll read pretty much anything!

Hi Heather - welcome :)

Count me in.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I would like to read Cloud Storage. It sounds fractured and crazy in a good way.

Too bad everything isn't set up yet. I've got time this weekend to read and review 4 books in a row.

Hi, Peter, good to see you back :)

Sign me up please.

Bonnie

howdy!

Hi, Peter.

I can send Cloud Storage through to you now, if that's okay with Jay.

cool

Sam, Peter - sorry but no, that's not OK. What if you are due to review Peter's book, Sam? That would create a reciprocal situation which is against group rules. Please wait and see what the group review ordering is.

Once the group is finished I obviously have no say what the 2 of you do, but for now I must insist on no book swapping between group members.

Bonnie wrote: "Sign me up please.

Bonnie"

Another returner! Hi, Bonnie :)

Please post your GR book link here so we know what book you want reviewed.

Okay, no biggie.

You never know - he may get lucky. We get a lot of returning members these days: the ordering will depend on prevention of clashes.

Hey, have you seen my latest post about the group? We now have over 1,000 members!!!

cool. i just want to read it for free. no review necessary. unless thats against the rules or something. "Zombie Theory" is a lame duck and i know it. the only reason why im on here is to critique (or just read with no critique) other people's books and thereby improve my own writing skills. on a side note, ive noticed that most of the top books on goodreads are romance and erotica. hmmm. it's amazing what you can learn by studying trends and critically reading other people's works.

well, those are my motives. just wanted to air them out so everyone will know my intentions here, that's all.

1000 members? wow. i feel for the moderators!

Peter wrote: "cool. i just want to read it for free. no review necessary. unless thats against the rules or something. "Zombie Theory" is a lame duck and i know it. the only reason why im on here is to critique ..."

Thanks for being up front with us. You are free to join this group if you wish, since the only criterion is that your book has been published and is currently available online. However, if you really feel that is the case with Zombie Theory, is it fair to ask the group members to review it? There are other groups who will help with critiques if you want to work on it and improve it. We don't offer critiques or editorial suggestions here, just reviews.

Perhaps a better solution for you in the Review Group would be as a registered reader. That way all books that have been through our review process are available for you to request a copy from our authors in order to review them. Here's the link for the Registered Readers' Group:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

well, ill never improve if i don't get reviews. so i'll stay here.

and yeah, after comparing my reviews to other peoples reviews in group 28, i realized that i was critiquing books as opposed to reviewing them. being here has really been helpful. ive learned to be a little more objective and a little less over-opinionated and critical when reviewing.

thanks for the link. havent clicked on it yet (im busy working on a sci-fi comedy right now, hence the rushed, lower-case typing), but ill definitely check it out later.

You're welcome to stay in the group, Peter - decision is yours. Is your comment about your book a shade of too much modesty perhaps?

I've just read the reviews you already have. They're good, no 'dead in the water' there. In fact, I'm rather intrigued, and I never thought that would be the case with a book that included the word 'zombie' in the title.

Jay wrote: "Bonnie wrote: "Sign me up please.

Bonnie"

Another returner! Hi, Bonnie :)

Please post your GR book link here so we know what book you want reviewed."

Desiccate to be released in a week. A new adult fantasy.

Jay wrote: "This thread is now open for you to join GROUP 31 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 on..."

please let me in. Here is the GR link of my book
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

i want to join this group too. please let me in
here is the GR link of my book.

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

Bonnie wrote: "Jay wrote: Please post your GR book link here so we know what book you want reviewed."

Desiccate to be released in a week"

That's OK, then, as we don't start for a week. Just post the link as soon as you have it and make it a priority to get the file to your first round reviewer so they have the full 3 weeks for round 1. thanks.

Gaurav wrote: "i want to join this group too. please let me in
here is the GR link of my book.

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

Welcome to the group, Gaurav :)

Yes please, I'd like to join.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Hi Ted - glad to see your found your way here OK :)

Hi Jay
Didn't count how many above but I would like to join. Space left?

You make #10, Gabriela - welcome back :)

Please post your GR book link so we know which book you want reviewed.

Great, thanks, Jay.

Here is the link to my novel "Kafka's House":

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

OK, folks, I'll post the listing for who/what/when asap - back to the day job tomorrow, but hopefully tomorrow night.

Peter has decided to join a later group so we still have one place to fill.

I would like to add my Caribbean mystery, DEADLY EYES.

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