Genre Specific Review Groups discussion

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THE AUTHORS AND BOOKS ARE:

1 Ryan Troske - The Rising

2 Alistair Potter - The Last Trollid

3 Christy Nicholas - Legacy of Hunger

4 J.B. Trepagnier - The Spirus

5 Jack Fernard - A Righteous Fury

6 A.J. Culey - Sehmah's Truth

THE ORDER OF REVIEW IS AS FOLLOWS:

February 12, 2017 to March 12, 2017

Ryan reviews A.J
A.J reviews Jack
Christy reviews Ryan
J.B reviews Alistair
Jack reviews J.B
Alistair reviews Christy

March 12, 2017 to April 12, 2017

Ryan reviews Jack
A.J reviews Alistair
Christy reviews J.B
J.B reviews A.J
Jack reviews Christy
Alistair reviews Ryan

I'd like to join with my book The Rising.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Hi,
I'd like to join with my book "The Last Trollid."The Last Trollid

I'd love to add Legacy of Hunger!

I'd like to join with The Spirus
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

I'd like to join with my book:

I'd like to join with Sehmah's Truth

Christy Nicholas has already reviewed it for a different group. However, she could review the 2nd book if need be.

Ryan Troske has also reviewed a book of mine, but not this one.

Thank you, A.J, I shall add you. The latter isn't a problem, Ryan can review you again with this book, if I schedule that way. But I will try and separate Christy and yourself.

That's it folks.... this round is now full. If there are any more conflicts, please let me know before I start scheduling. If there are, I may need to find 1 or 2 more people to join the round.

You added Legacy of Truth (book 2) rather than Legacy of Hunger (book 1). Either is fine. Or Legacy of Luck (book 3). They work as standalone novels. :)

Christy wrote: "You added Legacy of Truth (book 2) rather than Legacy of Hunger (book 1). Either is fine. Or Legacy of Luck (book 3). They work as standalone novels. :)"

I have changed it =)... apologies, my dear =).

No worries - they all need reviews :) But I'm hoping to push Legacy of Hunger to the mark that Bookbub will consider it some day!

I've heard that Bookbub are very hardcore when it comes to accepting books, even if they are good reads.

They are indeed. I just wish they'd give an exact reason why a book is rejected rather than the generic "things to consider" that they send out.

There must be a logic there somewhere.

I imagine it's simply because of the sheer number of submissions they receive and the time it would take to respond to each individual one. Still sucks though.

It does indeed. While I have you here, are there any conflicts for you? Has anyone reviewed you before, or have reviewed anyone here before?

I've been submitting to Bookbub every month for the last year for my books (as each one comes out). Never got a nibble yet. But my book with the most reviews (Legacy of Hunger) has 33 reviews. The ones I've seen they DO accept usually have at least 100 reviews. So, the long slog continues...

I've reviewed a book of AJ Culey's before, different book though. No real conflict if she doesn't mind me possibly reviewing another.

Man, gonna take forever to get 100+ reviews. Especially when Amazon keeps randomly deleted them. I've had at least five 5-star reviews randomly disappear over the last month. Talk about frustrating.

Okay! If there are no more conflicts I shall start with scheduling. I will give a day just to be certain, as my timeline maybe different to some of yours.

Ryan wrote: "Man, gonna take forever to get 100+ reviews. Especially when Amazon keeps randomly deleted them. I've had at least five 5-star reviews randomly disappear over the last month. Talk about frustrating."


They randomly delete the legitimate 5 stars, but both myself and a few people on facebook have gotten some bogus 1 stars that have nothing to do with the book by people who have never read it. Amazon's response is generally "this is within our guidelines"

Yeah, I've had the same thing happen with both. It's incredibly frustrating!

Hi guys, should we start a comment thread on this elsewhere, as this is a legitimate concern of everyone's? We should really keep this thread free of topics other than the reviewing schedule and whether there are any conflicts. Apologies for being a killjoy, and all =).

I can set up a thread for this topic now, and you can redirect all your concerns on this matter to that particular thread, what do you reckon?

Christy wrote: "Yeah, I've had the same thing happen with both. It's incredibly frustrating!"

Same here!
Only my 1 star disappeared after awhile. Sure wish my 5 star had come back : (

I'll get this new thread started up straight away, as this thread needs to be reserve for reviewing purposes...thanks guys.

The new thread is up for you to discuss this further, here's the link:

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

Thanks!

Christy wrote: "Thanks!"

You're welcome! Sorry to have to stop it here though =). I thought if I opened this new thread, you could all carry on the discussion =). Knock yourselves out.

Ryan wrote: "I've reviewed a book of AJ Culey's before, different book though. No real conflict if she doesn't mind me possibly reviewing another."

You should be fine to review this one of A.J's

As there are no other conflicts other than the ones mentioned. I will be setting the schedule tonight. I will set the provisional reviewing date as this coming Monday, but as you know, you can start as soon as the schedule goes up...enjoy the round guys.

This group is now reviewing, please let me know if there is still any conflicts, and I will rearrange the assignments. A.J, I have paired you with Ryan again, as he hasn't read the book you are offering for review.

I just bought both of mine. Looking forward to the reading :)

Are we supposed to be contacting the people we are reading and those reviewing us to send copies or purchasing on Amazon? I've never reviewed in one of these rounds before

You can do it either way. I always contact those to make the offer of a free copy. But Amazon is so capricious about yanking unverified reviews, I feel better buying the book myself to make it more likely to stay posted.

Yeah, what Christy said =D. Actually, I think it states it up top =)

Also, if you have Kindle Unlimited, you get the book that way. It may not show as a verified review, as the the book is technically, borrowed, but your review will not be removed doing it this way.

I've purchased both of my books to review. I think both people who are reviewing mine have purchased. If you are reviewing me and didn't, I'll get you whatever format you want

I've received both my books and am looking forward to reading them!

Enjoy the round A.J. =)

Hi, that's me finished reviewing Christy's Legacy of Hunger

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

https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1SGL...

https://www.amazon.com/review/RES3IYW...

Thank you Alistair, good review, by the way. I read it on my update feed =). That's your round one done and dusted.

Hi again, that's me finished Ryan's The Rising

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

https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1XWW...

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2N28PK...

Alistair wrote: "Hi again, that's me finished Ryan's The Rising

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

https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1XWW...

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2N28PK..."

Thank you Alistair, see you in another round soon =)

My reviews for The Last Trollid

https://www.amazon.com/review/R144L36.....

https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R173Q...

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

Thank you J.B, what a great review =)

Hi J.B. - I'll second that last comment - thank you. :)

My reviews for Supernaturals: The Rising

Goodreads

Amazon

Thank you for your review links Christy. Nicely written review, by the way =)

Thanks, nicely written book! :)