Review Group discussion

Good to go!

Good to go. All I need is for JE Rowney to tell me which alternate book she wants me to review. : )

newbie question - do we pick any four of the 9 available (obviously I'm excluding my own ) or are we assigned folks?

Hi Matthew. You will review the four authors after your name in the list.

Looks like we are ready to roll!

START DATE: 04-April-21

END DATE: 27-June-21

Round 1 – post your review by 25-April-21
Round 2 – post your review by 16-May-21
Round 3– post your review by 06-June-21
Round 4 – post your review by 27-June-21

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

280-01__J.E. Rowney
T. Blake Braddy for round 1
Colin Rink for round 2
Alice McVeigh for round 3
Cathleen Townsend for round 4

280-02__Matthew T. Summers
J.E. Rowney for round 1
T. Blake Braddy for round 2
Colin Rink for round 3
Alice McVeigh for round 4

280-03__Lori Allison
Matthew T. Summers for round 1
J.E. Rowney for round 2
T. Blake Braddy for round 3
Colin Rink for round 4

280-04__ Cam Lang
Lori Allison for round 1
Matthew T. Summers for round 2
J.E. Rowney for round 3
T. Blake Braddy for round 4

280-05__ Thomas A. Burns Jr.
Cam Lang for round 1
Lori Allison for round 2
Matthew T. Summers for round 3
J.E. Rowney for round 4

280-06__ Victor Hess
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 1
Cam Lang for round 2
Lori Allison for round 3
Matthew T. Summers for round 4

280-07__ Cathleen Townsend
Victor Hess for round 1
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 2
Cam Lang for round 3
Lori Allison for round 4

280-08__ Alice McVeigh
Cathleen Townsend for round 1
Victor Hess for round 2
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 3
Cam Lang for round 4

280-09__ Colin Rink
Alice McVeigh for round 1
Cathleen Townsend for round 2
Victor Hess for round 3
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 4

280-10__ T. Blake Braddy
Colin Rink for round 1
Alice McVeigh for round 2
Cathleen Townsend for round 3
Victor Hess for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

280-01__J.E. Rowney
Matthew T. Summers for round 1
Lori Allison for round 2
Cam Lang for round 3
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 4

280-02__Matthew T. Summers
Lori Allison for round 1
Cam Lang for round 2
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 3
Victor Hess for round 4

280-03__Lori Allison
Cam Lang for round 1
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 2
Victor Hess for round 3
Cathleen Townsend for round 4

280-04__ Cam Lang
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 1
Victor Hess for round 2
Cathleen Townsend for round 3
Alice McVeigh for round 4

280-05__ Thomas A. Burns Jr.
Victor Hess for round 1
Cathleen Townsend for round 2
Alice McVeigh for round 3
Colin Rink for round 4

280-06__ Victor Hess
Cathleen Townsend for round 1
Alice McVeigh for round 2
Colin Rink for round 3
T. Blake Braddy for round 4

280-07__ Cathleen Townsend
Alice McVeigh for round 1
Colin Rink for round 2
T. Blake Braddy for round 3
J.E. Rowney for round 4

280-08__ Alice McVeigh
Colin Rink for round 1
T. Blake Braddy for round 2
J.E. Rowney for round 3
Matthew T. Summers for round 4

280-09__ Colin Rink
T. Blake Braddy for round 1
J.E. Rowney for round 2
Matthew T. Summers for round 3
Lori Allison for round 4

280-10__ T. Blake Braddy
J.E. Rowney for round 1
Matthew T. Summers for round 2
Lori Allison for round 3
Cam Lang 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.

Trish Butler will be modding this round so PM her with any issues ongoing, please.

I have purchased the books I'll be reviewing.

BIG thanks to E.M. for setting up this round and handing it off to me.

Please do not hesitate to PM me if you have any questions. I really am quite friendly (don't believe the rumours!) I'm a Brit but am on the US east coast, so bear that in mind when expecting a response.

General note: please be aware when posting links to Amazon in this thread, that you should delete everything after and including the letters 'ref' in the URL. If you don't, Amazon knows anyone clicking on that link is in some way connected with you as that information is your personal account link information.

Feel free to post the Goodreads link to your review while you are still waiting for the Amazon review, but when you get the Amazon review link please post it separately rather than updating your original post. I only get a notification for new posts, so am not aware of edits made and then have to hunt them up if it's been a while.

I hope you are all well and safe.

Have a great round, everyone!

Trish

Cathleen wrote: "Good to go. All I need is for JE Rowney to tell me which alternate book she wants me to review. : )"

Cathleen,

Please PM J.E. if you have not heard from her already.

Thanks.

Trish

Matthew wrote: "newbie question - do we pick any four of the 9 available (obviously I'm excluding my own ) or are we assigned folks?"

Hi Matthew,

I hope that E.M.'s last two messages have cleared up your questions. These are your four to review...

Lori Allison for round 1
Cam Lang for round 2
Thomas A. Burns Jr. for round 3
Victor Hess for round 4

If you have any more questions, feel free to post here or PM me. Answering questions is my job here.

Cheers.

Trish

it did, yes. I've already emailed my folks, just waiting to hear back. thanks!

Victor wrote: "I have purchased the books I'll be reviewing."

How very generous of you, Victor!

Trish
PS A note to everyone else. You do not have to buy the books you review, it is entirely up to you. Everyone agreed to make at least a PDF version of their work available for review. It is nice, however, to get those all-important 'verified purchase' reviews on Amazon.

Trish, JE PMed me with the relevant title, which is free on Amazon. I've also purchased Alice's book and messaged everyone else, so everything appears to be a go from my end. : )

I will also be purchasing the books I need to review. I checked their prices on Amazon and they're not so steep as to break my bank account.

Forgot to mention I will also be purchasing the mods books for setting up this round. Thanks for doing so. It appears to be quite a juggling act, at times.

Last Man Standing

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R3LQD0P...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Review for Draconian Pipeline

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

Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RMK5Q...

Review for Sheltering Spirits

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

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/RV5HW1M...

My Review of Snow White and the Civil War Part 2 (I already reviewed Part 1)
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2E9URG...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Thanks, Victor.

Review for Trafficked!

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

Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3IU8...

Reviews for Concrete Vineyard

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

Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R19H0...

J.E. wrote: "Review for Draconian Pipeline

Thank you!

The rest of my reviews. I was waiting on Amazon, but I'll just have to post them later when they pop.

Chase of the Rising Sun:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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

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

Life Lessons Amazon review:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3IEB21...

Here's my first round review of Victor Hess's The Clock Tower Treasure.

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

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2E5YOD...

J.E. Rowney, thanks so much for your review of Trafficked! I usually don't comment on reviews, but yours has one inaccuracy - Stripper!, not Sniper!, is the first book in the series.

Sorry Thomas. I knew that, my brain must have mistyped it! Looking forward to reading the rest of the series. Fab books.

Thanks, Thomas, for your review. It is quite helpful.

J.E. wrote: "Sorry Thomas. I knew that, my brain must have mistyped it! Looking forward to reading the rest of the series. Fab books."

Thanks!

Victor wrote: "Thanks, Thomas, for your review. It is quite helpful."

You're welcome, Victor.

Chase of the Rising Sun Amazon review:
https://www.amazon.com/review/RDEVJYU...

Suicide Blondes Amazon review:
https://www.amazon.com/review/RM40OU6...

And that's all from me for now. May everyone have a terrific round. :)

My Review of Last Star Standing
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1CP5KI...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Cam wrote: "Forgot to mention I will also be purchasing the mods books for setting up this round. Thanks for doing so. It appears to be quite a juggling act, at times."

That is very kind of you, Cam

Trish

Cathleen wrote: "Suicide Blondes Amazon review:
https://www.amazon.com/review/RM40OU6...

And that's all from me for now. May everyone have a terrific round. :)"

Thanks for all of those links, Cathleen. You sure are a fast reader!!

See you around.

Trish

J.E. wrote: "Reviews for Concrete Vineyard

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

Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R19H0..."

J.E. Thanks for all those!! You were even faster than Cathleen!

Amazing

See you around too I'm sure.

Trish

Victor wrote: "My Review of Last Star Standing
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1CP5KI...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Thank you for your first two reviews, Victor!

halfway there already.

Trish

Thomas wrote: "Here's my first round review of Victor Hess's The Clock Tower Treasure.

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

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2E5YOD..."

Thanks, Thomas!

I believe I've finally caught up on all those reviews posted so quickly!

Cheers.

Trish

Hi all,

We're off to a flying start.

I just wanted to touch base because we do have a few newbies in this round.

Don't panic when you see some people flying through their reads and reviews. We all read at different paces and have differing amounts of time available to read. Some like to get through them all and join other rounds (you can only join one round at a time).

The first review isn't due until April 25th, so as long as you are on pace for that, you're good.

Take care everyone and enjoy the weekend.

Trish

Thanks for that info Trish. Gives me some relief. I was beginning to think this was a race. I do have a lot of commitments and only have time to read about 2 hours a day which translates to about a book per week. I will be done my first book this weekend. Have a good weekend as well. Cam.

I’m on Easter break this week so I have lots of reading time! It’s been a pleasure.

My review of Sheltering Spirits: A Mallory McGrath Mystery, Book 1

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/review/RUA442B...

Lori, if you want more specific feedback, I'll be happy to email you with some of the issues I found. Just let me know!

My review of Chase of the Rising Sun
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1XR20T...

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

Cam wrote: "Thanks for that info Trish. Gives me some relief. I was beginning to think this was a race. I do have a lot of commitments and only have time to read about 2 hours a day which translates to about a..."

I'll be here with you until the (hopefully not) bitter end, Cam! LOL

Have a great one.

Trish

J.E. wrote: "I’m on Easter break this week so I have lots of reading time! It’s been a pleasure."

Nice!!

We have spring break here this coming week and I took the week off - boy do I need it.

Trish

Matthew wrote: "My review of Sheltering Spirits: A Mallory McGrath Mystery, Book 1

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/review/RUA442B...

Lori, if you ..."

Thank you, Matthew.

Trish

Victor wrote: "My review of Chase of the Rising Sun
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1XR20T...

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

Thank you, Victor!

Trish

My review of Suicide Blondes

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

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

I enjoyed the books in this round.

My review of Stripper.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I will post the Amazon link when it's approved.