Review Group discussion

Margaret wrote: "Sorry, one more thing...
Kelly has already reviewed my book, I Know an Old Lady, and that's my only YA book."

This could be an issue.

Kelly - are you willing to take on a Misty Lake mystery instead of a YA from Margaret?

Yes of course.

Kelly wrote: "Yes of course."

Thanks Kelly, you are a star :)

Looks like we are ready to roll!

START DATE: 19-Feb-21

END DATE: 14-May-21

Round 1 – post your review by 12-March-21
Round 2 – post your review by 02-April-21
Round 3– post your review by 23-April-21
Round 4 – post your review by 14-May-21

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

274-01__Dorothy Mbori
Margaret Standafer for round 1
D. Gail Miller for round 2
Kelly Brady Channick for round 3
K.S. Abhishek for round 4

274-02__Loralee Evans
Dorothy Mbori for round 1
Margaret Standafer for round 2
D. Gail Miller for round 3
Kelly Brady Channick for round 4

274-03__Stephanie M. Ward
Loralee Evans for round 1
Dorothy Mbori for round 2
Margaret Standafer for round 3
D. Gail Miller for round 4

274-04__ S.D. Brown
Stephanie M. Ward for round 1
Loralee Evans for round 2
Dorothy Mbori for round 3
Margaret Standafer for round 4

274-05__ S.D. Reeves
S.D. Brown for round 1
Stephanie M. Ward for round 2
Loralee Evans for round 3
Dorothy Mbori for round 4

274-06__ Balroop Singh
S.D. Reeves for round 1
S.D. Brown for round 2
Stephanie M. Ward for round 3
Loralee Evans for round 4

274-07__ K.S. Abhishek
Balroop Singh for round 1
S.D. Reeves for round 2
S.D. Brown for round 3
Stephanie M. Ward for round 4

274-08__ Kelly Brady Channick
K.S. Abhishek for round 1
Balroop Singh for round 2
S.D. Reeves for round 3
S.D. Brown for round 4

274-09__ D. Gail Miller
Kelly Brady Channick for round 1
K.S. Abhishek for round 2
Balroop Singh for round 3
S.D. Reeves for round 4

274-10__ Margaret Standafer
D. Gail Miller for round 1
Kelly Brady Channick for round 2
K.S. Abhishek for round 3
Balroop Singh for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

274-01__Dorothy Mbori
Loralee Evans for round 1
Stephanie M. Ward for round 2
S.D. Brown for round 3
S.D. Reeves for round 4

274-02__Loralee Evans
Stephanie M. Ward for round 1
S.D. Brown for round 2
S.D. Reeves for round 3
Balroop Singh for round 4

274-03__Stephanie M. Ward
S.D. Brown for round 1
S.D. Reeves for round 2
Balroop Singh for round 3
K.S. Abhishek for round 4

274-04__ S.D. Brown
S.D. Reeves for round 1
Balroop Singh for round 2
K.S. Abhishek for round 3
Kelly Brady Channick for round 4

274-05__ S.D. Reeves
Balroop Singh for round 1
K.S. Abhishek for round 2
Kelly Brady Channick for round 3
D. Gail Miller for round 4

274-06__ Balroop Singh
K.S. Abhishek for round 1
Kelly Brady Channick for round 2
D. Gail Miller for round 3
Margaret Standafer for round 4

274-07__ K.S. Abhishek
Kelly Brady Channick for round 1
D. Gail Miller for round 2
Margaret Standafer for round 3
Dorothy Mbori for round 4

274-08__ Kelly Brady Channick
D. Gail Miller for round 1
Margaret Standafer for round 2
Dorothy Mbori for round 3
Loralee Evans for round 4

274-09__ D. Gail Miller
Margaret Standafer for round 1
Dorothy Mbori for round 2
Loralee Evans for round 3
Stephanie M. Ward for round 4

274-10__ Margaret Standafer
Dorothy Mbori for round 1
Loralee Evans for round 2
Stephanie M. Ward for round 3
S.D. Brown for round 4


Please remember the commitment you are making to your fellow group members. 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 reads/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 readers in a format the reviewer can manage. Everyone must be able to provide and accept PDF. You may buy or borrow the books you are due to read if you wish, and I’m sure the author will appreciate the verified review, but IT IS NOT COMPULSORY. 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 to GR. We also encourage members to post on Amazon. When you have posted your reviews, please post the links to each of your reviews, not the book page in this thread.
The mod of each round will record whether members have posted reviews on Amazon and for the good of all, members who persistently fail to post reviews or DNF reviews to Amazon, will find mods less than willing to add them to subsequent groups.

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

If I’ve missed something that results in you being asked to review someone who has already reviewed you, please let me know asap.

To exchange book files, my advice is to use PM to give email addresses to each other (save the chance of spammers getting your addies from this open forum).

Setting up and modding these rounds is a labour of love, with a lot of emphasis on the ‘labour’. If you want to show appreciation for all the hard work we admins put in for the group, you could download one of our books as a ‘thank you’.

Happy reviewing, everyone :)

Please read this especially if you are new to these review rounds.

Quick 'start-up' summary for anyone new who might be scratching their heads. You are reviewing the four books 'below' you on the list.

You can, of course, choose to buy any or all of the books or read the books on KU, if you are a subscriber and the books are available there. If you can buy it adds weight to your review as it gives the 'Verified Purchase' stamp on Amazon.

However, as not everyone can buy, you should PM the four people who will be reviewing you (the four above you on the original list of names) through their Goodreads author pages. Click on the down arrow beside the 'Follow Author' button under their picture and it opens a menu which will allow you to message them.

Ask what kind of file they would like or say you can only offer PDF, though unless a publisher uploaded it for you, you can always download a .mobi of your own book from Amazon.

Don't forget to ask where to send it so they can give you their email.

The four people who you are reviewing should be in touch with you in a similar way.

Please make sure you have exchanged ALL FOUR books - or have been assured by your reviewers they will buy your book or read it through KU - as soon as possible. Some people read fast and it can be very frustrating to have to wait a long time to get hold of a book you are committed to review.
Don't forget to post the links to your reviews here so you can be signed off for them.

Please post your review to Goodreads, your own Amazon store and any other Amazon stores you might have access to as well.

Chrys Cymri be modding this round so PM her with any issues ongoing please.

Hi, If your books are in Kindle Unlimited, I would borrow from there.
Thanks. Balroop.

Balroop wrote: "Hi, If your books are in Kindle Unlimited, I would borrow from there.
Thanks. Balroop."

Thank you, Balroop. You're scheduled to review my book, I Know an Old Lady, and it is in KU.

Margaret

Margaret wrote: "Balroop wrote: "Hi, If your books are in Kindle Unlimited, I would borrow from there.
Thanks. Balroop."

Thank you, Balroop. You're scheduled to review my book, I Know an Old Lady, and it is in KU..."

I have downloaded it Margaret. :)

I will purchase the kindle version of books that I will be reviewing.

Thanks,
Dorothy

I've purchased the books I'm reviewing. Look forward to reading.

Hello all, just dropping in as your mod to say hello!

Hello, Chrys! Good to see you!

Hola, Chrys!

Here is my first review for The Lake Quilt Mystery by S.D. Brown

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/RENA790...

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

I have finished my second review of Magical Whispers by Balroop Singh

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1QYM37...

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Loralee wrote: "Here is my first review for The Lake Quilt Mystery by S.D. Brown

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/RENA790...

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

Thanks Loralee for the great review!

Here is my third review for Wally The Warm Weather Penguin by Stephanie Ward.

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1JRT2W...

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

Loralee wrote: "I have finished my second review of Magical Whispers by Balroop Singh

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1QYM37...

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5..."
Thank you Loralee for a lovely review.

Hi All.

I only have the one conflict mentioned -- I'm in the #3 spot and have reviewed the #5 book (Melody of Three). Otherwise, all looks good.

Thanks,
Stephanie

Here is my last review, Curses of Scale by S.D. Reeves

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2VKCGF...

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

I am finished with all four of my reviews. Thanks!

Here is my first review: Asbury High and the Parcels of Poison: Asbury High Series, Book 2 by Kelly Brady Channick

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2XC33O...

Here is my second review: The Sword of Kalki by K.S. Abhishek

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R34BH6T...

Here is my review of The Gateway To Danger:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/B...

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

Here is my first:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...?

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

Here are my reviews for "Felicity - a sparrow tale" and "Escape to Molokai"

Felicity a Sparrows Tale
Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/review/R2B4KBL...

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

Escape to Molokai
Amazon -
https://www.amazon.com/review/R38B5GV...

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

Thanks for the nice review Dorothy

Here is my Goodreads review for Arabella and the Magic Pencil
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'll post the Amazon review as soon as it's been approved.

Thanks,
Dorothy

S.D. wrote: "Thanks for the nice review Dorothy"

You are welcome. :-)

Here are my first two reviews:

The Quest: Search for a Lost Brother
Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

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


Tabby Cats and Trapdoors:
Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

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

Well done everyone thus far!

Woops, did my second review first. No worries, will start on the first soon.

Here's my review for the first round.

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

Will be posting the amazon one shortly.

I really enjoyed the book. It was a really sweet story. All the best for your future writings, Kelly.

I have my next review done. I haven't yet heard from Stephanie Ward to get a copy of her book, so jumped ahead to my review for SD Brown. I'd already reviewed Escape to Molokai so read and reviewed Alabaster Alibi for this round...a wonderful book!

Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/review/R2MY42A...

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

Margaret wrote: "I have my next review done. I haven't yet heard from Stephanie Ward to get a copy of her book, so jumped ahead to my review for SD Brown. I'd already reviewed Escape to Molokai so read and reviewed..."

Thanks for the wonderful review.

Here's my third round review: The Gateway to Danger: Chelsea Crosses into e-Commerceland: by D. Gail Miller

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

https://www.amazon.com/review/R34RVEF...

My fourth and final review - Arabella and the Magic Pencil
A delightful book!

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

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R29JW66...

Thank you to everyone for your participation in this round. I enjoyed everything I read!

Here are my reviews of Misty Lake:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/B...

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

Kelly wrote: "Here are my reviews of Misty Lake:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/B...

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

Thank you, Kelly, I'm glad you enjoyed the story!

Here is my first round review for S D Brown's Escape to Molokai...

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

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3beTIIO

Exciting read!

Margaret wrote: "My fourth and final review - Arabella and the Magic Pencil
A delightful book!

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

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R29JW66......"

Thanks so much, Maragaret. Really appreciate your lovely review!

Stephanie wrote: "Here is my first round review for S D Brown's Escape to Molokai...

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

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3beTIIO

Exciting read!"
Thanks, Stephanie for the nice review!

Here is my 4th review - ‘I know an Old Lady’ by Margaret Standafer

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

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2N51JT...

And I am done with all my reviews in this group. See you soon!
Thank you. Balroop.

Balroop wrote: "Here is my 4th review - ‘I know an Old Lady’ by Margaret Standafer

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

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2N51JT...

And I am done with all my review..."

Thank you for the review!

Second review, but this was supposed to be my first. Grade rounded up on Amazon.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

Gee, you guys are fast reviewers! Here is my Round 1 review of I Know an Old Lady. It's live on Amazon.ca (and Goodreads, of course). It should be on Amazon.com soon.

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

Amazon.ca: https://www.amazon.ca/review/R2J4ATKT...

Amazon.com to follow.

On to Round 2!

D. wrote: "Gee, you guys are fast reviewers! Here is my Round 1 review of I Know an Old Lady. It's live on Amazon.ca (and Goodreads, of course). It should be on Amazon.com soon.

Goodreads: https://www.goodr..."


Thank you very much!

Here are my reviews ... a nice mix of reading!
Curses of Scale
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R37KPGY...


When Success Eludes...A Step by Step Guide To Success
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1W52RJ...

The Sword of Kalki
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R32EA3Z...


Asbury High and the Parcels of Poison: Asbury High Series
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R3J07S1...

My review is live now on Amazon.com. https://www.amazon.com/review/R36HGH8...

Well done everyone, first deadline has been met and some of you have finished already.

So earlier I had posted the Goodreads review for -'The parcels of poison' .
the Amazon review is here..

https://www.amazon.in/gp/aw/review/B0...

the Amazon and Goodreads reviews for D Gail's The Gateway to Danger are:
https://www.amazon.in/gp/aw/review/B0...

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

Enjoyed reading both the books. All the best to the authors....