Review Group discussion

I've reviewed a different book by Scott.

I'll be promoting my book free during the next week, and pm my reviewers with a request to download it.

I will purchase the books assigned to me as well.

I'm good to go, thanks!

I would like to join with my book Black Hole Radio

Ann wrote: "I would like to join with my book Black Hole Radio"

hi Ann! You already signed up for this round. Right now we are in the stage where you should please check the four people above you on the list and make sure you have not read their books before, and also verify that the four people below you on the list have never read your book. You can find the list in the first post of the thread.

New Beginnings is free now - 8th for whoever has it

also no clashes here!

good to go

Bye-Bye Magpie will be free July 6, 12:00am PDT through July 10, 11:59pm PDT.
-Lynn

Looks like we're just waiting on one person. I sent her a PM several days ago, and have also attempted to contact her through IG and Twitter. Hopefully she'll check in soon.

Kat wrote: "Looks like we're just waiting on one person. I sent her a PM several days ago, and have also attempted to contact her through IG and Twitter. Hopefully she'll check in soon."

If we don't hear from that missing person within a couple more days they might need to be removed from this round so the rest of us can progress.

Having made contact with Anne through PM - looks like we are ready to roll!

START DATE: 10-July-21

END DATE: 02-Oct-21

Round 1 – post your review by 31-July-21
Round 2 – post your review by 21-Aug-21
Round 3– post your review by 11-Sept-21
Round 4 – post your review by 02-Oct-21

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

285-01__S. Lynn Helton
Scott Peters for round 1
Gita V. Reddy for round 2
Janet Olson for round 3
Dorothy Mbori for round 4

285-02__Victor Hesse
S. Lynn Helton for round 1
Scott Peters for round 2
Gita V. Reddy for round 3
Janet Olson for round 4

285-03__Tim Hague
Victor Hesse for round 1
S. Lynn Helton for round 2
Scott Peters for round 3
Gita V. Reddy for round 4

285-04__ Sarah Mensinga
Tim Hague for round 1
Victor Hesse for round 2
S. Lynn Helton for round 3
Scott Peters for round 4

285-05__ Ann Birdgenaw
Sarah Mensinga for round 1
Tim Hague for round 2
Victor Hesse for round 3
S. Lynn Helton for round 4

285-06__ E.M. Swift-Hook
Ann Birdgenaw for round 1
Sarah Mensinga for round 2
Tim Hague for round 3
Victor Hesse for round 4

285-07__ Dorothy Mbori
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 1
Ann Birdgenaw for round 2
Sarah Mensinga for round 3
Tim Hague for round 4

285-08__ Janet Olson
Dorothy Mbori for round 1
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 2
Ann Birdgenaw for round 3
Sarah Mensinga for round 4

285-09__ Gita V. Reddy
Janet Olson for round 1
Dorothy Mbori for round 2
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 3
Ann Birdgenaw for round 4

285-10__ Scott Peters
Gita V. Reddy for round 1
Janet Olson for round 2
Dorothy Mbori for round 3
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

285-01__S. Lynn Helton
Victor Hesse for round 1
Tim Hague for round 2
Sarah Mensinga for round 3
Ann Birdgenaw for round 4

285-02__Victor Hesse
Tim Hague for round 1
Sarah Mensinga for round 2
Ann Birdgenaw for round 3
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 4

285-03__Tim Hague
Sarah Mensinga for round 1
Ann Birdgenaw for round 2
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 3
Dorothy Mbori for round 4

285-04__ Sarah Mensinga
Ann Birdgenaw for round 1
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 2
Dorothy Mbori for round 3
Janet Olson for round 4

285-05__ Ann Birdgenaw
E.M. Swift-Hook for round 1
Dorothy Mbori for round 2
Janet Olson for round 3
Gita V. Reddy for round 4

285-06__ E.M. Swift-Hook
Dorothy Mbori for round 1
Janet Olson for round 2
Gita V. Reddy for round 3
Scott Peters for round 4

285-07__ Dorothy Mbori
Janet Olson for round 1
Gita V. Reddy for round 2
Scott Peters for round 3
S. Lynn Helton for round 4

285-08__ Janet Olson
Gita V. Reddy for round 1
Scott Peters for round 2
S. Lynn Helton for round 3
Victor Hesse for round 4

285-09__ Gita V. Reddy
Scott Peters for round 1
S. Lynn Helton for round 2
Victor Hesse for round 3
Tim Hague for round 4

285-10__ Scott Peters
S. Lynn Helton for round 1
Victor Hesse for round 2
Tim Hague for round 3
Sarah Mensinga 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 :)

GUIDE FOR THOSE NEW TO THESE 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.

The wonderful Kat Kinney will be modding this round and will be by shortly to say hello. Please PM her ongoing with any issues. Thanks.

Just to say that I shall be purchasing or acquiring on KU all the books I am down to read and review.

A Christmas Tail will be available free to download from Amazon for 5 days from tomorrow (11-15 July).

Hi everyone! I will be your mod for this round. Please let me know if I can help with any questions and happy reading! 😊

I missed my name on this list.

All, there's a typo in the assignments. If it says you're reading Stjepan, you're actually reading Victor Hess.

Message me if you want a copy of my book. The Clock Tower Treasure. (Stjepan)

Victor wrote: "I missed my name on this list."

Kat wrote: "All, there's a typo in the assignments. If it says you're reading Stjepan, you're actually reading Victor Hess."

Sorry about that - all sorted now :)

Will you be correcting the list?

Victor wrote: "Will you be correcting the list?"

I have done already :)

The list is now correct.

Apologies again for the mistake.

E.M. wrote: "Victor wrote: "Will you be correcting the list?"

I have done already :)

The list is now correct.

Apologies again for the mistake."

Thanks!

Hi everyone who is reading my book, I've made it free on Amazon for tomorrow & Monday. I'll send all of you a message tomorrow to remind you. :) Janet, I downloaded your book during your free promotion.

I'll be purchasing all the books assigned to me. let me know if you need a copy of my book. Thanks everyone!

Ok I have not read any of the books on the list and Im pretty sure no one has read mine. I'm good to go

My Review of Black Hole Radio. These reviews will be out of order as I have submitted all the books. Just waiting as Amazon approves.

https://www.amazon.com/review/R36BMWL...

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

Ann wrote: "Ok I have not read any of the books on the list and Im pretty sure no one has read mine. I'm good to go"

Great, Ann! Now that we're in the reading phase, can you please be sure to send a copy of your book to the four authors who are assigned to read you? (Lynn, Victor, Tim, Sarah)

You can reach out to them through the Goodreads PM system.

My Review of a Christmas Tail.

https://www.amazon.com/review/R33FOSV...

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

I will be purchasing the books assigned to me

Hi all. I've been down with some food poisoning (not fun!). I'll get caught up with everything over the next day or so.
-Lynn

Hope you feel better soon, Lynn.

Kat wrote: "Hope you feel better soon, Lynn."
Thank you!

I will be purchasing/reading through KU the books that I am to review.

FYI, I have finished Shimmerdark (5 stars) and A Royal Tiger Tale (5 stars) but for four days Amazon has yet to post the reviews so I have escalated the issue. They are posted on Goodreads and I'll share all the URL's when Amazon releases my reviews. Please stay tuned.

Victor wrote: "My Review of a Christmas Tail.

https://www.amazon.com/review/R33FOSV...

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

Thanks Victor :)

Here is my review of A Christmas tail.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/customer-rev...

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

I also added it to the appropriate Listopia lists! :-)

My Review of a Royal Tiger Tale:

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

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2HZFEY...

My review of Shimmerdark

https://www.amazon.com/review/R1LIBXX...

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

This complete my reviews.

Dorothy wrote: "Hi,

I would like to join with my book "The Quest: Search for a lost brother. I have reviewed Victor Hess, the clock tower treasure.

My author page
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

My G..."

Hi Dorothy

Can you PM me I would like to send you my email for a PDF of your book. thanks

Thanks, Victor! See you in a future round :)

Victor wrote: "My Review of a Royal Tiger Tale:

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

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2HZFEY......"

Thanks Victor! Glad the review finally showed up on Amazon.

For my round 1 reviewing...

Goodreads review of The Clock Tower Treasure: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon review has been submitted and is currently pending.
-Lynn

For Round 1, here's my review of Black Hole Radio:

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2QWPBU...

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

S. Lynn wrote: "For my round 1 reviewing...
Goodreads review of The Clock Tower Treasure: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon review has been submitted and is currently pending."

And now here's the Amazon review: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
-Lynn

For my round 2 reviewing...

Goodreads review of A Royal Tiger Tale: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Amazon review has been submitted but hasn't yet shown up.
-Lynn

My review of Nine Short Chapter Books

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

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/customer-rev...

I aslo added it to the appropriate Listopia lists! :-)

Dorothy wrote: "I'm good to go!"

Hi Dorothy,
I want to read your book for round 2. Can you send me a PM as I would like to give you my email for the pdf. (I can't PM you for some reason.) :-)
Thanks

Hey all!

Here are my reviews

New Beginnings
Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/review/RKCVISK...

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

Review for Bye Bye Magpie
Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3GWE9I...

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

Dorothy, can you please add a rating to your Goodreads review for Lynn's book? Thank you :)

Sure Kat! Sorry I forgot.