Review Group discussion

Kathryn, unfortunately I cannot add you to the round while you have your messages turned to private. Moderators and other group members must be able to message you.

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 have no conflicts with anyone!
Kathryn

Kathryn, look at message 52, the one right above the one you just posted. There are detailed instructions and a link.

Are you posting from the Goodreads app?

If so, please find a computer and try logging into Goodreads there. The GR app is notoriously buggy and does not display properly in many instances.

I'm sorry for the delay - now I found it under privacy settings and I have allowed anyone to private message me. THANK you for helping me figure this out.

Kathryn wrote: "I have no conflicts with anyone!
Kathryn"

The issue holding us up is not your conflicts. The issue is that you have messages turned to "private" and because of this moderators and other group members are not able to communicate with you.

One of the rules for sign up is that all members must switch their messaging settings to "anyone may send me private messages" in order to participate in rounds.

Kat wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "I have no conflicts with anyone!
Kathryn"

The issue holding us up is not your conflicts. The issue is that you have messages turned to "private" and because of this moderators and ..."

I have altered the privacy settings and it should be good to go.

Thank you, Kathryn.

Now, because we have had to switch the order around and replace a member, we must ALL recheck in and verify the order works. Thank you for your patience.

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. Gene Kendall*Efficient and Divine: Almost Heaven
2. Dee Osah*Queen of Trades
3. Haus Lake*Into the Void: A Dark Fantasy Detective
4. Kathryn Betts Adams*The Pianist's Only Daughter: A Memoir
5. TheReal Rayster*Trance Formation; A Memoir From Software Engineer to Storyteller: My Hero's Journey of How I Turn Life's Greatest Challenges into Life's Greatest Gifts. A Spiritual Awakening Real Life Story
6. Nivedita M.K.*Unexpected Journey of Life
7. Terry Birdgenaw*Antuna's Story
8. Seth Hobbs*Black Powder, Black Heart: A Dark Flintlock Fantasy Novel
9. Laura Koerber*The Holey Land
10. E.M. Swift-Hook*The Fugitive's Sword

Good to go.

Good to go with earlier caveats

Im good

Good for me as well

Looks good to me!
Thanks for adding me here Kat :)

We are halfway checked in!

No conflicts, and I have alternates to offer the two reviewers who need them.

Good to go

All good

Almost there!

We need to hear from Nivedita and Kathryn, and then we can start :).

I have messaged Nivedita and Kathryn, but have not heard back. If they do not check in by tomorrow morning, we will open those two spots back up.

Sorry, everyone. We'll get there.

I've no conflicts. Good to go

Since Kathryn hasn't checked in, I'm opening that spot back up. Hopefully we can fill it pretty quickly and get going. Thanks for your patience, everyone!

The Seventh Room If there is still a place on this round, I have not yet been on any review rounds, and I would like to put my name forward.

Nicola,
Just FYI, but you'll need to open your DMs before joining:
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...

Nicola, we'd love to have you as soon as you adjust your DMs setting :).

I'm here! Sorry about that. My privacy setting is now set to 'anyone.'

Nicola wrote: "I'm here! Sorry about that. My privacy setting is now set to 'anyone.'"

Nicola, please check again. When I try to message you, I cannot, which means your privacy setting is still on "friends only."

Thank you! :)

Sorry, Kat, I think perhaps I didn't save the updated settings. Do I have to make my email address visible to everyone too?

Nicola wrote: "Sorry, Kat, I think perhaps I didn't save the updated settings. Do I have to make my email address visible to everyone too?"

You're all good now! :) Please do not make your email address visible. GR is notorious for spammers :).

Thank you, I wasn't keen to do it.

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. Gene Kendall*Efficient and Divine: Almost Heaven
2. Dee Osah*Queen of Trades
3. Haus Lake*Into the Void: A Dark Fantasy Detective
4. Nicola Belluomo*The Seventh Room: An odd little woman in the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
5. TheReal Rayster*Trance Formation; A Memoir From Software Engineer to Storyteller: My Hero's Journey of How I Turn Life's Greatest Challenges into Life's Greatest Gifts. A Spiritual Awakening Real Life Story
6. Nivedita M.K.*Unexpected Journey of Life
7. Terry Birdgenaw*Antuna's Story
8. Seth Hobbs*Black Powder, Black Heart: A Dark Flintlock Fantasy Novel
9. Laura Koerber*The Holey Land
10. E.M. Swift-Hook (also Eleanor Swift-Hook)*The Fugitive's Sword

All looks good to me!

Woo-hoo! First person checked in! We've got this, round 373 :). I have a good feeling this time :).

Good to go.

Good!

No conflicts.

All good.

Good to go!

We are more than halfway there! We just need to hear from Dee, Ray, Nivedita and Laura and then we can start!

Good!

All good here!

Doing awesome, everyone! We just need Ray and Nivedita to check in and then we are ready to start!

I'm good.

Good to go from my side!

Woo hoo! We've got all 10! Great job, everyone! Give me a minute to get us set up and we'll be ready to rock and roll :).

Here we go! You SEND books to the 4 people ABOVE you, and receive from the 4 people BELOW you. If you think you see a mistake on the list, please leave a comment!

Member Links * Book Links
1. Gene Kendall*Efficient and Divine: Almost Heaven
2. Dee Osah*Queen of Trades
3. Haus Lake*Into the Void: A Dark Fantasy Detective
4. Nicola Belluomo*The Seventh Room: An odd little woman in the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
5. TheReal Rayster*Trance Formation; A Memoir From Software Engineer to Storyteller: My Hero's Journey of How I Turn Life's Greatest Challenges into Life's Greatest Gifts. A Spiritual Awakening Real Life Story
6. Nivedita M.K.*Unexpected Journey of Life
7. Terry Birdgenaw*Antuna's Story
8. Seth Hobbs*Black Powder, Black Heart: A Dark Flintlock Fantasy Novel
9. Laura Koerber*The Holey Land
10. E.M. Swift-Hook (also Eleanor Swift-Hook)*The Fugitive's Sword

START DATE: Nov 12, 2024
END DATE: Feb 4, 2025
Round 1 – post your review by Dec 3, 2024
Round 2 – post your review by Dec 24, 2024
Round 3 – post your review by Jan 14, 2025
Round 4 – post your review by Feb 4, 2025

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

Gene Kendall
EM Swift-Hook-round 1
Laura Koerber-round 2
Seth Hobbs-round 3
Terry Birdgenaw-round 4

Dee Osah
Gene Kendall-round 1
EM Swift-Hook-round 2
Laura Koerber-round 3
Seth Hobbs-round 4

Haus Lake
Dee Osah-round 1
Gene Kendall-round 2
EM Swift-Hook-round 3
Laura Koerber-round 4

Nicola Belluomo
Haus Lake-round 1
Dee Osah-round 2
Gene Kendall-round 3
EM Swift-Hook-round 4

TheReal Rayster
Nicola Belluomo-round 1
Haus Lake-round 2
Dee Osah-round 3
Gene Kendall-round 4

Nivedita MK
TheReal Rayster-round 1
Nicola Belluomo-round 2
Haus Lake-round 3
Dee Osah-round 4

Terry Birdgenaw
Nivedita MK-round 1
TheReal Rayster-round 2
Nicola Belluomo-round 3
Haus Lake-round 4

Seth Hobbs
Terry Birdgenaw-round 1
Nivedita MK-round 2
TheReal Rayster-round 3
Nicola Belluomo-round 4

Laura Koerber
Seth Hobbs-round 1
Terry Birdgenaw-round 2
Nivedita MK-round 3
TheReal Rayster-round 4

EM Swift-Hook
Laura Koerber-round 1
Seth Hobbs-round 2
Terry Birdgenaw-round 3
Nivedita MK-round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

Gene Kendall
Dee Osah-round 1
Haus Lake-round 2
Nicola Belluomo-round 3
TheReal Rayster-round 4

Dee Osah
Haus Lake-round 1
Nicola Belluomo-round 2
TheReal Rayster-round 3
Nivedita MK-round 4

Haus Lake
Nicola Belluomo-round 1
TheReal Rayster-round 2
Nivedita MK-round 3
Terry Birdgenaw-round 4

Nicola Belluomo
TheReal Rayster-round 1
Nivedita MK-round 2
Terry Birdgenaw-round 3
Seth Hobbs-round 4

TheReal Rayster
Nivedita MK-round 1
Terry Birdgenaw-round 2
Seth Hobbs-round 3
Laura Koerber-round 4

Nivedita MK
Terry Birdgenaw-round 1
Seth Hobbs-round 2
Laura Koerber-round 3
EM Swift-Hook-round 4

Terry Birdgenaw
Seth Hobbs-round 1
Laura Koerber-round 2
EM Swift-Hook-round 3
Gene Kendall-round 4

Seth Hobbs
Laura Koerber-round 1
EM Swift-Hook-round 2
Gene Kendall-round 3
Dee Osah-round 4

Laura Koerber
EM Swift-Hook-round 1
Gene Kendall-round 2
Dee Osah-round 3
Haus Lake-round 4

EM Swift-Hook
Gene Kendall-round 1
Dee Osah-round 2
Haus Lake-round 3
Nicola Belluomo-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.
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 will be modding this round. Please PM her ongoing with any issues. Thanks.

Hi all,

We got there in the end!

Thanks to Kat for setting this up. Now, all I have to do is log all the reviews in. So get to reading, enjoy, and post your reviews here.

If you want to post GR reviews before the Zon ones come in, please do so in a separate post if I have acknowledged the first one. That way, I don't have to scroll through.

I'm in the UK, so bear that in mind when you message me or post on here. I do like to sleep, but I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Have fun! On we go.

Trish

Thanks Kat for setting us up and rolling!

Thanks Trish for taking on the cat herding ;)

Just to let Dee Osah, Haus Lake and Nicola Belluomo know they do not need to message me as I already have their books snagged on KU or purchased.

Looking forward to some good reading :)

I also bought books by Nicola Belluomo, TheReal Rayster, Nivedita MK and Terry Birdgenaw

E.M. wrote: "Thanks Kat for setting us up and rolling!

Thanks Trish for taking on the cat herding ;)

Just to let Dee Osah, Haus Lake and Nicola Belluomo know they do not need to message me as I already have t..."

Thank you, EM. I'm looking forward to this.

And thank you, Kat for the advice for newbies. Very useful.