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As you're aware, we no longer have the Direct Message feature on Goodreads. The mods have discussed the best way to go forward, and have determined that we will need an email address from everyone, which will be collected in an online form.(Please refer to the revised Rule 8 above.)
If you’d like to join this round, please remember, that I can’t add you to the list until I have the link to your Goodreads book and you have contacted me through my website: https://writetodreamreality.com/conta... with the e-mail address you would like to use. You must do this even if you have joined one of my groups before because I do not retain information about these groups once they begin. Other moderators have different ways of collecting contact information that are most convenient for them. For the sake of everyone's privacy, we're asking participants to give their email address on the form and not in the actual thread where it's visible to everyone and everything online.
Please note: When signing up, as well as posting your Goodreads author, Goodreads book link, and submitting your email address using the form, please post any review conflicts.
Please, don’t rely on your memory for determining conflicts.
How do you find out your conflicts? Go to your Reviews page and type in the name of other authors in the thread. That will tell you if you've read them in the past. Then go to the profile of other authors in the thread, scroll down a bit and click on their "My Books" page, this time searching for your name. That will tell you if they have read you in the past.
Also: If you write under a pen name or have additional Goodreads profiles, then you'll have to follow these instructions for every pen name or additional Goodreads profile.
Once the group starts: Considering Amazon’s recent delay in posting reviews (it has taken more than three weeks to see some appear in previous groups), the moderators have been discussing a way to address the issue. We can’t do anything about Amazon’s policies, but if we have sufficient proof that you submitted a review to Amazon, we would like for you to be “checked off” and free to join a new review thread.We’re asking everyone to take a screenshot of the Amazon page that appears when you post a review. It’s the page that says “Thank you for reviewing…” In that screenshot, please also include the bottom of the screen, as the right-hand corner will verify the date.
This page only appears right after you post the review, so you’ll have to be mindful about catching it in time.
If the Amazon review isn’t up in two weeks, you can email the screenshot to the moderator and be cleared for the next round. If the review does post after that, we’d still appreciate you posting the link in that group’s review thread (as always, please post Amazon links in a new post instead of editing a previous post).
I would like to join with The Inconvenient SisterMy profile link is: Jennifer Reinoehl
I currently have no obligations for any of the other groups.
Since I am the first, I have no conflicts.
I would like to join withRemnants: The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame
My profile (T.E.W.) Tameka E. Wesley
Remnants : The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame
I have no conflicts.
T.E.W. wrote: "I would like to join withRemnants: The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame
My profile (T.E.W.) Tameka E. Wesley
I have no conflicts."
Can you please link the book and your profile to ensure I get the right one? When you type into the comment box, there is a menu you can click at the top of it that says "add book/author." By typing your name into the author tab of that menu, you can pick which profile is yours and add it to your response. The same works on the book tab of that menu. I also need you to send me your e-mail through my contact form https://writetodreamreality.com/conta... so it isn't posted in this public forum.
I'd like to join with Alabaster Alibi.JENNIFER, YOU HAVE REVIEWED
WRITING AS SPIKE BROWN
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Welcome to the group, S.D.! I have received your e-mail address and added you.
Jennifer, I posted my info on your website. I hope I did it correctly. I'm currently modding Group 394, but just posted links to my fourth review. Again, I've reviewed both S.D. Brown and you. I've reviewed a lot of S.D.'s books, but I believe there are a few more I haven't reviewed. Here is the link to my book, Raccoons and Rabbit Holes: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Loralee wrote: "I've reviewed both S.D. Brown and you. I've..."Yes, I have your information.
I checked S.D./Spike Brown's books. It seems like you haven't reviewed all of them in the Every Number Counts series or I Escaped the Gold Rush Fever.
It looks like you have only reviewed two of mine, so you can choose any of the others.
Mary Hughes Mary E. Hughes contacted me through my website with the information to join this group. I am reposting it here.Book to review: A Mid-Century Childhood: Growing Up in Toronto's Lawrence Park
It looks as if she has reviewed S.D.'s and Loralee's books, but there are still many other books by S.D. and Loralee that she could review.
I can't review I Escaped the Gold Rush Fever because Scott Peters is her co-author on that book, and he has reviewed me.
Loralee wrote: "I can't review I Escaped the Gold Rush Fever because Scott Peters is her co-author on that book, and he has reviewed me."Are THREE SAILS THE SEA or FOUR OUT THE DOOR: Numbers at Play okay?
I think I could. S.D. would need to say for sure. I could also read one of her Sherlock Holmes books under Spike Brown.
Hi! I’d love to join with my first book, *Memories of a Free Range Life*. It’s an honest, humorous memoir about starting over abroad, parenting, chaos, culture shock, and building a very unfiltered life far from the original plan.It’s also my very first published book, so I’m especially excited (and nervous!) to start getting some first reader reviews and feedback.
It’s available on Kindle Unlimited here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GXN6RR5X
Thanks so much for creating the group and opportunity for indie authors!
I have no clashses/ conflicts to review all other books :)
Welcome, Kris! I've received your e-mail and added you to the list. Feel free to ask questions if you have any.
Jennifer wrote: "T.E.W. wrote: "I would like to join withRemnants: The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame
My profile (T.E.W.) Tameka E. Wesley
I have no conflicts."
Can you please link the book and your profi..."
Completed.
Loralee wrote: "I think I could. S.D. would need to say for sure. I could also read one of her Sherlock Holmes books under Spike Brown."I don't have any Sherlock Holmes books.... It must be someone else,
Have I read 4 Out The Door yet? I don't think I have.
Loralee wrote: "Have I read 4 Out The Door yet? I don't think I have."When I checked your profile, I did not see 3 or 4 in your reviews.
T.E.W. wrote: "I have no conflicts."
Welcome, T.E.W.! I have received your e-mail and added you to the list.
Jennifer wrote: "Loralee wrote: "Have I read 4 Out The Door yet? I don't think I have."When I checked your profile, I did not see 3 or 4 in your reviews."
With S.D., there is more than one profile. Some books that show up under one profile don't show up under another, and some books I've read show up read under one profile, and not another. For example, on this profile, https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
it shows that I haven't read Who Pea'd the Bed? but this profile https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
it shows that I have. So I have to be careful and check both to see what I haven't reviewed. From my memory, I have not read 4 Out the Door.
S.D. would be able to say for sure, but I can't see anywhere that I've reviewed 4 Out the Door.
That's weird, I didn't think I had more than one profile... you haven't reviewed 3 ( with pirates) OR 4 (with forest animals).
I’ve read so many of your lovely books! I think that’s the last one of yours I haven’t read!
S.D. wrote: "That's weird, I didn't think I had more than one profile... you haven't reviewed 3 ( with pirates) OR 4 (with forest animals)."If this: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... is not a profile you created and just a different author who is using the same name, I recommend you leave a new topic with the Librarians here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Ask them to remove the books from that author's page that are yours and add the ones not accredited to your profile. I think you have to give them links for both your page and the other author's page, as well as links for each of the books, and clearly state which ones to remove/add. They sometimes ignore requests like this from people who are not the actual author, or I would do it myself. You do have to check back when it's done and note that in the post title, but it might prevent conflicts or doubled-up reviews in future groups.
Jennifer wrote: "S.D. wrote: "That's weird, I didn't think I had more than one profile... you haven't reviewed 3 ( with pirates) OR 4 (with forest animals)."If this: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show......"
Thanks for the info, I have sent in the request to have my books removed .
I have a soon-to-be-released contemporary Christian romance. I am looking for early reviews for Amazon. If you enjoy faith-filled romance with heart and hope, I’d love to share the story with you.You can get a download of the novel here: https://storyoriginapp.com/directdown...
Karen wrote: "I have a soon-to-be-released contemporary Christian romance. I am looking for early reviews for Amazon. If you enjoy faith-filled romance with heart and hope, I’d love to share the story with you...."
To join a reading round, your book must already be published. If you have another clean book that you would like to join with, please contact me through my website (see the first post) so I can get your e-mail, and post here any conflicts you have with any of the other members who have already joined, so I can make sure the people you are reviewing haven't already reviewed you and vice versa.
Hi, Jennifer,I would like to join this group with The Mule Spinners' Daughters .
I have read books by Loralee, S.D. Brown and Mary Hughes (But not this one by Mary).
Thanks, G.J. Griffiths, G.J. Griffiths
G.J. wrote: "Hi, Jennifer,I would like to join this group with The Mule Spinners' Daughters .
I have read books by Loralee, S.D. Brown and Mary Hughes (But not this one by Mary).
Thanks, G.J...."
I'm sorry, G.J., but I can't find a way to fit you into this one because I have reviewed you, and both Loralee and S.D. have reviewed me. I would step out, but I think another mod is going to start a new General round sometime in the next week that would be easier for you to join than me, since I'm leading this one.
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 soon as you sign up, if you have been reviewed by or have reviewed another author in the group. Do check back as the group fills to report any clashes that might be missed. Usually, spots in the group are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Fiction and non-fiction, adult and children's books are acceptable. This means you may be required to read anything from a non-fiction book about how to make a flint arrowhead or Dharma romance novels or a memoir about living a Christian life or a young adult book about teens with superpowers and everything in between.
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Infrequent uses of words like "damn" and "hell" and milder words are acceptable, but nothing stronger than that.
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If you have to wonder if an aspect of your book could be considered offensive, this is probably not the group for you!
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Now for the boring stuff, but please read it, it saves a lot of time if everyone is on the same wavelength.
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I will do my best to fit everyone into the group, 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 this round. I will always endeavour to start another round as soon as possible with that member in mind.
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If you need anything clarified, please ask in this thread before signing up. You can also contact me via the form on my website, which is linked in this thread.
Your group moderator will be:
Jennifer Reinoehl
Member Links | Book Links
1. S.D. Brown | Alabaster Alibi
2. T.E.W. Tameka E. Wesley | Remnants : The Forsaken Goddess & The Eternal Flame
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7. Mary E. Hughes | A Mid-Century Childhood: Growing Up in Toronto's Lawrence Park
8. Kris Maddox | Memories of a Free Range Life
9. Loralee Evans | Felicity and the Raccoons
10. Jennifer Reinoehl | The Inconvenient Sister
Everyone: When signing up, please remember to list all the people currently on the list above whom you have previously reviewed, as well as all the people on the list who have reviewed you.