Review Group discussion

The review group is the most successful group for peer reviews on Goodreads. It hosts non-reciprocal reading/review rounds of ten authors with a variety of themes and genres, as well as ‘general’ rounds where any book is permitted, from non-fiction, to horror. When a round has ‘now forming’ in the title, there are places available, you can sign up. If it doesn’t, it’s full – look for another round or check back another time.

The Amazon rules state that authors/publishers are not allowed to specifically supply published books in return for reviews on Amazon. To comply with this rule, we don’t insist members review on Amazon, but we do insist that every participant in the round has the capacity to leave a review on their local Amazon store, so we all start with the same options.

The founding principle of the group is honest, non-reciprocal reviews, so please help maintain the integrity of the group by letting me know as you sign up if you have been reviewed by, or have reviewed another author in the group and do check back as the group fills to report any clashes. Usually places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

This is an '18+' round.

Books that may contain explicit material. Including but by no means limited to horror and erotica. Books in other genres may be submitted. All authors must be comfortable with reading extreme and explicit material.

Please note it is always possible that the books you are assigned may contain material you find upsetting or offensive. If you can't commit to this, please do not sign up.

Now for the boring stuff, but please read it, it saves a lot of time if everyone is on the same wavelength.
Before signing up below with your Goodreads author and Goodreads book link in the thread below, please ensure that:

1. You have enough time to read and review 4 books within the 12 weeks of time allowed.

2. Your book is currently available for sale on Amazon (not pre-order) and it complies with the individual round theme, if there is one.

3. Your book is fit to be reviewed.
If it is not, due to editing or other issues, you risk poor reviews. This is your problem, not that of the reviewers or the groups. For a small fee, the group admin will look at the first few pages of your book to advise. The number one error new authors make is not having their book beta read and edited, by non-family members.

4. You can submit reviews to Goodreads and Amazon.
Amazon allows only those people who have spent $50 in the last year to leave reviews in each of their stores. If you are unsure about your Amazon reviewer status, try posting a ‘test’ review before signing up. If you are unable to post reviews on Amazon, please do not sign up.

5. You can provide (and accept) at least PDF files.
You are not expected or required to buy the books you are allocated to review, but as this will give a ‘Verified Purchase’ review on Amazon, it is welcomed when you choose to do so. Many authors have books available via KU and others might provide smashwords coupons. Most authors can provide mobi and/or epub files directly by email. Please note: International Copyright laws apply. You cannot sell, or give away material you have received without the author’s express permission.

6. You have completed your reading if you are currently in another review round in this group. You can be involved in the ‘one for one’ list whilst you are in a round.

7. You have an author profile set up before you join.

8. Your Goodreads profile allows people to message you, i.e. your profile is not set to private.

9. You declare any relationship you have with another member in the round.
Amazon will not allow reviews from the same household on the same book or if you are an editor, relative or close friend of another member.

10. You agree that your reviews will be unbiased and honest, whatever the star rating, and you will try to avoid ‘spoilers’. i.e. giving away the finale of a book. Please note the Review Group will back any reviewer's right to express their opinion about a book, but personal comments about a fellow author are against both Review Group and Goodreads policy.

11. You will not ask a fellow author to change a review of your book because you don’t agree with it.
If you think you have a legitimate concern, talk to the mod of your round, NOT the other author. Personal attacks, or pressurising other members WILL NOT BE TOLERATED and will result in you being blacklisted.

Please note:
We all want reviews, it’s why we joined the group. It is bad taste to expect other people to review your book and then not do the same for other people in the group. People that DNF and/or don’t post reviews will find it difficult to get into a subsequent group.

It is not necessary to leave any kind of disclaimer in your review, but ultimately, it is up to individuals. Reviews that state you received a copy ‘in return’ for a review will probably be removed/not allowed by amazon.com. ‘I received a free copy from the author without an obligation to review’ would be more acceptable if you feel the need to add a disclaimer.

Your Goodreads details and the rounds you participate in may be recorded by the admin mod on a database. We do not retain details of email addresses etc.

Allocation is entirely random and there will NOT be any rearranging of the listing to accommodate personal preference. The ONLY circumstance in which you may duck out of giving a review is if YOU provide a stand-in reviewer.

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/...

I will do my best to fit everyone into the group they request, but occasionally, particularly in the case of our more prolific good standing members, I may have to decline a member request to fit the maximum number of people into a particular round. I will always endeavour to start another round as soon as possible with that member in mind.

It is permissible to review an author more than once if a different book is available.
If you need anything clarified please ask, either by goodreads personal message to me or on the thread below, before signing up. It’s a pain to have to keep rearranging the list because people haven’t read the above.

Your group moderator will be:
Kat

Member Links * Book Links
1. Michael Ferguson*The Genesis 6 Project
2. Snigdha Jha*Rahi
3. Ally Brown*Blast Radius: Shrapnel, shards and scars from the lies I lived
4. Bella Nox*Delusional in Darkness
5. Joseph Carrabis*The Augmented Man
6. Juliette Godot*From the Drop of Heaven: Legends, Prejudice, and Revenge
7. Seth Hobbs*Millennium of the Ocean Serpent: A Dark Metaphysical Fantasy Novel: A Brief History of the Kezz'args
8. Angela Panayotopulos*The Wake Up
9. Sass Green*Rich & Sexy Volume One
10. A.R. Shellnut*Evasive Winds


In order to participate in this round, your setting for 'Who Can Send Me Private Messages' needs to be 'anyone'.
Please follow this link to check - and if necessary change - your privacy setting.

https://www.goodreads.com/user/edit?t...

I'd like to join. I'll be done with my Group 335 readings before this one launches.

Joseph wrote: "I'd like to join. I'll be done with my Group 335 readings before this one launches."


Hi Joseph! We'd love to have you join as soon as you've posted all 4 reviews over in 335. :)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C...

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

Hey Everyone! I would like to join with my book, "Millennium of the Ocean Serpent". Joseph has reviewed "Plutocracy of the Gods" by me, but not this book.

Welcome, Seth! :)

Seth, just a note... when I tried to add your book I noticed that GR (probably due to an automatic import error from Amz) has this book assigned to a different "Seth Hobbs" than the "Seth Hobbs" account you are using and that the rest of your books are under.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...

I would recommend contacting the GR librarians to see if they can merge this book to your existing author account to avoid reader confusion.

Ok, Kat. Thanks for noting that! I will try to message them.

Hello. I would like to submit my book Rich & Sexy BOOK 1

Sass wrote: "Hello. I would like to submit my book Rich & Sexy BOOK 1"

We only allow participation in one group at a time and you are already signed up for the 337 group.

If you have some extra reading time right now and are looking for reviewing opportunities while waiting for the 337 round to fill, I would encourage you to check out our one for one list. Simply choose a book from the first post of the list, read and review, then post your GR/Amz review links when done, along with the link for the book of yours you would like added to the list for someone else to choose. Full instructions are in the first post of the thread.

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

Thanks

Hi
I have added all 4 posts in my 335 round and would like to add -

https://www.amazon.com/Genesis-6-Proj...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Thanks
Michael Ferguson

Welcome, Michael!

Hi

I would like to join this group and submit my book 'Rahi'

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://a.co/d/gdsK94y

Thanks

Welcome, Snigdha!

All, it will help me greatly if as more people join the round, you will update me with anyone you have reviewed in the past, or who has reviewed you. I will try to check bookshelves as well, but the more eyes we have checking, the more likely we are to get an order that works for everyone from the get go. :)

To check if you have reviewed someone in the past, please go to your My Books, and type in the name of the author in question. That will tell you if you have reviewed them before.

To check if someone has reviewed YOU, go to their author profile, click under their avatar where it says 100 reviews (or whatever) and that will take you to their bookshelf. Then type in your name in their search bar to see if they have reviewed you before.

Hope this helps!

I would like to join with From the Drop of Heaven

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

https://www.amazon.com/Drop-Heaven-Le...

I can review this book of Seth's, but he can't review me. Michael has already reviewed my book.

Welcome, Juliette!

I'd like to join with Efficient and Divine: Almost Heaven. I've just completed my reviews for the "In this World" round.
Juliette has reviewed me before, but not this one.
I have no conflict with the other authors at this time.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Thanks!

Hello all. I'd like to join with my brand new book, just two weeks old on the retailers, Rich & Sexy Book 1. There are other books in this series but this is BOOK 1.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBTL4X81

Moderator please note I'm out of the clean group and hope to jump into this spicy one. The spice level is lower, a 2 or at most 2.5. I am not sure but the only possible conflict might be Gene ... not sure if he reviewed me, vice versa, or we have no book contact





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Sass has reviewed me before, but not this book.

Sass/Cat, before I can add you I will need you to check the entire list in post one and check all of your pen names (Cat Green, Sass Green and any others) and tell me 1) who has reviewed you, 2) who you have reviewed.

Welcome Angela (who I could not fit into 338, but will fit here), and Gene.

Thaks Kat. Gene is correct. I am leaving for the airport and taking two flights so I'llt try to report in 20 hours. No one else on the list except possibly possibly Angela but I need a good hour to check this when I reach my destination.

Member Links * Book Links
1. Michael Ferguson*The Genesis 6 Project
2. Snigdha Jha*Rahi
3.
4.
5.
6. Juliette Godot*From the Drop of Heaven: Legends, Prejudice, and Revenge
7. Seth Hobbs*Millennium of the Ocean Serpent: A Dark Metaphysical Fantasy Novel: A Brief History of the Kezz'args
8. Angela Panayotopulos*The Wake Up
9. Sass Green*Rich & Sexy Volume One
10. Gene Kendall*Efficient and Divine: Almost Heaven

Cat/Sass, I *think* I can fit you there in spot 9.

You also need to switch your Goodreads messaging to "anyone can send me private messages," please.

In order to participate in this round, your setting for 'Who Can Send Me Private Messages' needs to be 'anyone'.
Please follow this link to check - and if necessary change - your privacy setting.

https://www.goodreads.com/user/edit?t...

Kat wrote: "Welcome Angela (who I could not fit into 338, but will fit here), and Gene."

Thank you, Kat!

I've read Cat's 'Silenced in Salem'. So I think the placement on the list is OK since I'd be reviewing her again.

Thanks Angela. To all, I am Cat Green and Sass Green. These are my ONLY two names and I know for sure only one book has been reviewed as Sass, the short story version two years ago featuring some of the same characters in this novel

Hi Kat! I would like to get into this 18+ category as I have some colorful language in my book and it talks about a whole host of issues.

Here is the link to my author profile: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

Here is the link to my book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Looking forward to some great reading!

Welcome, Ally!

Kat wrote: "Joseph wrote: "I'd like to join. I'll be done with my Group 335 readings before this one launches."


Hi Joseph! We'd love to have you join as soon as you've posted all 4 reviews over in 335. :)"

Hello again,
Just posted my last two Goodreads reviews, waiting for Amazon to publish.
Let me know if I made the cut and, if so, I'll post links.
Thanks.

Hi Joseph! Let me know as soon as your Amazon reviews post in the round you are currently in and then you will be clear to join a new group.

Hello all and Kat. I am still waiting to hear from a Goodreads librarian but can someone try to message me to “test” if my profile is public and anyone can message me. Thanks

It has been fixed.

Just posted my last Amazon review for 335.
I'd like to submit my "The Augmented Man"
Amazon - http://nlb.pub/Augmented
Goodreads - http://nlb.pub/GAugmented

Hello, new to the group. Hope I'm in time to snag the last spot. Read the requirements.
Offering up 'Evasive Winds'. Adult themes, cursing, drinking, murder, the usual.
Amazon - https://a.co/d/7BQtyDJ
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Welcome, AR!

Hi Kat,

I have only reviewed Juliette's book, but none of the others.
Thanks
Michael

Hello,
I think I've read Genesis Project. Nothing else seems familiar.
J

Joseph wrote: "Hello,
I think I've read Genesis Project. Nothing else seems familiar.
J"

Joseph, I'm afraid you won't fit in the round in that case. Sorry!

Kat wrote: "Joseph wrote: "Hello,
I think I've read Genesis Project. Nothing else seems familiar.
J"

Joseph, I'm afraid you won't fit in the round in that case. Sorry!"

My error. I looked at the provided Genesis 6 link and am asked if I'd like to leave a review, hence I didn't read that novel.
Sorry about that.

Hi! May I join with my book:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm new and have not reviewed for any group.

Maria wrote: "Hi! May I join with my book:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm new and have not reviewed for any group."

Hi Maria! Are you the author of this book? If so, you will need to first please claim your author profile before signing up for reading rounds. Right now you are posting from a regular user profile. Please contact the Goodreads Help Desk for instructions on how to merge a regular user account with an author account.

https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...

May I join please?

I've reviewed Juliette Godol's book before but no others

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

Jason wrote: "May I join please?

I've reviewed Juliette Godol's book before but no others

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

Hi Jason! I can't fit you into this group because you have already read Juliette and she only has one book out (and someone else is in the same situation and is already in her blind spot), however I believe I can fit you into the 338 general round if you'd like a spot there?

Kat wrote: "Jason wrote: "May I join please?

I've reviewed Juliette Godol's book before but no others

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

Hi Jason! I can't fit you i..."

Hi Kat

Thanks for the reply, yes please, can I go into that group

Thanks

Hey Kat.

I'll join with my book Delusional in Darkness and have no clashes, because I haven't done a round in FOREVER. I'll fit right where the blank space is.
Here's my author profile/page https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

Welcome, Bella :)

We'll check now to make certain there are no conflicts, and alternates are available for those who need them.

Please tell me if you have reviewed any of the four people above you on the list (the list wraps around so (10) is 'above' (1) ). Please also check that if you have already reviewed any of the four people 'below' you on the list, they have more books available that you have not yet reviewed.

Remember you're SENDING your book to the four names above you (the list wraps so 10 is above 1) -- and you're RECEIVING books from the four names below you on the first post of the thread.

Once EVERYONE confirms they're good to go, the round can begin.

Member Links * Book Links
1. Michael Ferguson*The Genesis 6 Project
2. Snigdha Jha*Rahi
3. Ally Brown*Blast Radius: Shrapnel, shards and scars from the lies I lived
4. Bella Nox*Delusional in Darkness
5. Joseph Carrabis*The Augmented Man
6. Juliette Godot*From the Drop of Heaven: Legends, Prejudice, and Revenge
7. Seth Hobbs*Millennium of the Ocean Serpent: A Dark Metaphysical Fantasy Novel: A Brief History of the Kezz'args
8. Angela Panayotopulos*The Wake Up
9. Sass Green*Rich & Sexy Volume One
10. A.R. Shellnut*Evasive Winds

Hi Kat,
I am good, no conflicts with 4 above or 4 below me. Thanks
Michael Ferguson

Kat wrote: "Welcome, Bella :)"

Thanks, Kat. :) Been a while.

Good to go.