Chain_37 “General” Reviewer's Choice (May-Aug) -OPEN- > Likes and Comments

This is a "General", Reviewer's Choice chain.
Any & all types of books, both fiction & non-fiction, are acceptable here. This means you might be reading anything from a book about tax returns to horror or erotica & anything in between. ARC files are fine, as long as your book can be reviewed in at least one other place in addition to Goodreads.

Sign-ups for this chain are open! For 4 months, from now through August.

Please post your review no later than four weeks from the date you're added to the chain in message 2. You can always post reviews earlier & that's encouraged.

In Review Chains, participants post reviews to two places: to Goodreads & at least one place elsewhere. For this "Reviewer's Choice" chain, the second place to post the review is determined by the reviewer, such as BookBub, LibraryThing, IG, X/Twitter, B&N, FB, Kobo, Amazon, etc. Posting the review to more than two places can be arranged between reviewer & reviewee, if they like.

When posting a review to places like IG, Twitter, etc., review in a new post on your own account. Don’t go to the author's account & paste your review as a comment on one of their posts - that comment's too easily lost.

Any indie/SP author may join a chain & you may join a chain even if you’re currently involved in a read/review round.

Before you sign up, please make sure that:

1. You’ve thoroughly read & understand How Read/Review Chains Work (The Rules). Participating in the chain indicates your understanding & acceptance of the rules & compliance with them.

2. You’ve claimed your Goodreads author page.
If you’re on a regular Goodreads user account, rather than an author account, you need to do this before joining a chain. Find the directions for claiming your author profile page here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/program.

3. You’ve completed any current commitment for any other read/review chains in this group (including a prior commitment in this one). Note: you can join a chain without having yet completed any current commitment for a read/review round.

4. Your book is fit & ready to be reviewed.
If it’s not, due to editing or other issues, you risk poor reviews.

5. You're ready to get started reading & have enough time to read & review a book within the chain timeframe.

6. Your book fits the chain theme.

7. You can provide — & accept — at least PDF files.
You’re not expected or required to buy the books you’re scheduled to read, although that’s a nice gesture (you certainly may buy or borrow the book, if you want). Each participant is responsible for getting a review copy of their book to their reader in the chain & must be able to provide — & accept — at least PDF files. Many provide & accept other formats as well. Please ask your reader’s preference if you can provide files in a variety of formats. And many authors have books available via KU; others might provide Smashwords coupons.

Note that International Copyright laws apply: you cannot sell or give away material you’ve received, without the author’s express permission.

8. You have NO conflict with reviewing the person in the chain before you (see message 2 of this thread), i.e. they have NOT previously reviewed you, nor are you from the same household, or an editor, relative, or close friend of the author.

The first part is to avoid reciprocal reviewing. The second is because it’s a more-professional practice to avoid reviews from people in those relationships to the author.

To check for reciprocal reviews:
Go to your reviews through your profile (the link is under your portrait) & search for the other author’s name. Check if someone has reviewed you in the same way… through their profile, searching for your name.

To sign up for this read/review chain, please:

1. Reply to this thread with the following details

a) Your Goodreads Profile link, including any additional names/profiles under which you publish, to help the other participants check for & avoid reciprocal reviewing.

b) Your Goodreads Book info link for your preferred book to get reviewed

Note: if you have other books, you need to be open to having one of them reviewed instead, to help keep the chain from stalling, since someone who has already reviewed that book can sign up & review a different book of yours.

c) Confirmation that you haven't been previously reviewed by the author you'll be reviewing (the one who'll be directly above you in the chain when you're added to it).

AND

2. Provide contact information via this form - https://forms.gle/KjqB9uuHuYbPwpfG8 - to allow for sending/receiving a review copy, if needed, as well as to allow the Mod to contact you about your reviewing commitment, if needed.

If you want to create a new email account only for use for this review group, see Getting a review copy for a list of the supposedly best free email providers.

By joining this chain, you agree to accept for reading & reviewing whatever book you are scheduled for. Please note that it’s possible that the book you’re scheduled to read may contain material you find upsetting or offensive. You are expected to finish the book — that’s only fair. If you can't commit to this, please don’t sign up.

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Each author reviews the book of the person who signed up directly before them on the chain, with the author in position #1 being the only exception... so person 2 reviews 1, person 3 reviews 2, etc. Because you'll have just 4 weeks from the time you sign up to post your review, please begin reading/reviewing as soon as possible upon being added to the chain. Authors please get your book to your reviewer as soon as you can manage, to facilitate this.

The chain, showing participants & book links, is in message 2 of this thread. (Mods try to keep this updated as expediently as they can.)

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Chain Parameters:

-Complete reading the book(s) & post your review(s) no later than four (4) weeks from the date you're added to the chain in message 2.

-If you need to get a review copy of the book you are to read & review, post in the chain requesting a review copy from the author of the book you're to review. Then the Mod will email both of you (using the contact information you provided in the form when you signed up to the chain) to pass along contact information so you can send/receive the review copy. Don’t post your email in the chain - it’s an open forum from which scammers can get that information.

Note, if you are signing for position #2 & the book in position #1 came from The Book List, that author might not be visiting the group regularly. You may post in the chain to try to coordinate for a review copy, but because it came off that list, the author isn’t required to provide a review copy. If they can’t/don’t, you might need to buy the book or read it via KU (if available).

-Please make sure your reviewer has gotten a copy of your book as soon as possible so they can start reading.

-As soon as you have gotten a copy of the book, through whatever means, please post in the chain that you've got the copy of the book.

-Read the entire book & write your unbiased & honest review of the book, making every attempt to avoid spoilers if possible, & post it.

For what constitutes a book review for this group (& for reviewing tips), please see Reviewing in RWR Club.

Note that if you are going to be late posting your review, you need to post to the chain topic about the delay.

-After your review is posted, please reply to this thread with the links to your reviews (not the book page) so you can be "signed off" for reviewing. Please shorten the links (always a good practice for any social media). See Finding review links to post them in the group for specific tips.

-If you've completed your previous chain-reviewing commitment(s) & it doesn't put you at the end of more than one chain, you may join an additional chain. (The only exception: you may be at the end of one "Audible" chain & one of the "non-Audible" chains at the same time.) Or you can sign up again in the current chain. So you can join a specific chain more than once.

- The chain is open for sign-ups for four months, at the end of which it will close & a new one will open.

Additional Notes:

-Note that if the second review is going on Amazon, it can sometimes take days for the review to show up there. So you might want to wait until the Amazon review appears, then review the book on Goodreads, and then post both links together in one message in the chain. If you don't have the Goodreads and Amazon links on the same date, please don't edit your original post to add the second link as it's unlikely the Mod will see that. Create a new post with the link.

-You can leave a disclaimer in your review, if you want. Just note that reviews stating you received a copy "in return" or "in exchange" for a review will probably be removed/disallowed by some retailers. If you wish to add a disclaimer, the following would be more acceptable: "I received a free copy from the author without an obligation to review".

-Your Goodreads details & chains you participate in may be recorded by Mods on a database. We don’t retain details of email addresses, etc. For the good of all, participants in any type of chain who persistently fail to post reviews, or DNF reviews, will find Mods less than willing to allow them in subsequent chains.

Questions? Please review How Read/Review Chains Work (The Rules) & check Questions about Review Chains for an answer. Still have questions? Please ask before signing up. If you need to talk to Mod about a sensitive subject (i.e. privately), post a message to that effect to coordinate with the Mod for that communication.

Chain #37 “General” Reviewer’s Choice

Participants, Book Links, & Requested Review Location
You have 4 weeks to post your review from the time you’re signed up, so please begin reading/reviewing as soon as possible upon being added to this chain. To facilitate this, reviewers and authors please coordinate to make sure the reviewer has a copy of the book as soon as possible.

Also be sure to check back periodically, so you don't miss out on posts in the chain (note that Goodreads notifications aren't reliable).

1. Crystalborne Sigils {from the end of closed Chain#35} (S. Lynn Helton)

2. Jane C.R. Reid✓ {reviewed #1}
book: Who Am I?

3. Kat Kinney✓ {reviewed #2}
preferred book: Light My Pyre (or any by the author)

4. {reviews #3}
preferred book:

etc.

(Symbols key:
✓ participant is completely done with that review commitment
✍︎ participant has provided one review link but hasn't yet posted the other link )

Note: all books will be reviewed on Goodreads. The 2nd, additional location to post the review is “reviewer's choice”.

Hi Lynn, I'd like to join this chain with my book The Sera Knox Hour: A Conspiratorium Novel.

You have reviewed me, and I have not reviewed you.

Linda wrote: "Hi Lynn, I'd like to join this chain with my book The Sera Knox Hour: A Conspiratorium Novel.
You have reviewed me, and I have not reviewed you."

Linda, I'm sorry but I can't add you to the chain at this time. That would create a reciprocal reviewing situation (which this group avoids) because as stated in message 1 "Each author reviews the book of the person who signed up directly before them on the chain" (spot 2 - the next spot to fill in the chain - reviews book 1).

Please check back after someone else has joined and maybe then I can add you to this chain. Or you could see if you could fit in the other open chain if you'd like: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...-.

Sounds good.

Hi, if possible, I'd like to join with my book "Who am I?"

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

I have reviewed a book by Lynn Helton, but not the one listed.

Jane wrote: "Hi, if possible, I'd like to join with my book "Who am I?"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
I have reviewed a book by Lynn Helton, but not the one listed."

Jane, I'm happy to add you to the chain, but to be able to do so, I need you to please finish the sign-up tasks as listed in message 1. Specifically, please provide your contact information via the form linked in #2 under "To sign up for this read/review chain". Thanks!

If Jane is added to the chain, may I please join with Light My Pyre or any book by me?

I have checked shelves and neither Jane nor I have reviewed each other. Jane's name is familiar to me (though it may just be because she has been in rounds I modded over in Review Group.) I assume there are no other accounts I need to check as that is part of the sign up rules.

If Jane can join, I'd like to join as well with my book Acceptable Loss

I have reviewed Jane, but not her book listed, and she has not reviewed me.

Kat, I'm happy to add you to the chain, but to be able to do so, I need you to please finish the sign-up tasks as listed in message 1. Specifically, please provide your contact information via the form linked in #2 under "To sign up for this read/review chain". Thanks!


Linda, Kat signed up before you did, meaning you'll be reading one of her books if you join the chain at this time. So would you please post about any conflicts for that. Thanks!

I have reviewed Kat, and if she has a new book for me to review, then I'm good. She has not reviewed me.

I apologize. I didn't know we needed to do it each time.

Linda, my new book is not ready (yet!) but should be ready in about a month.

Kat wrote: "I apologize. I didn't know we needed to do it each time..."

No worries, Kat. Yes, each time because Mods aren't retaining the information any longer that it's needed for the specific round or chain or book list book sending/receiving. (Trying to avoid getting into that morass!)

Okay, looks like I won't fit right now. I'll try later.

S. Lynn wrote: "Jane wrote: "Hi, if possible, I'd like to join with my book "Who am I?"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
I have reviewed a book by Lynn Helton, but not the one listed."

Jane..."

Ok, Lynn, thanks. I've completed the form. Here are the links to my author profile and book link:

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

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

Thank you all for your patience as we work through this new non-PMing GR.

Welcome to the chain Jane and Kat.

Jane, please post your review of book #1 no later than June 19.

Kat, please post your review of book #2 no later than June 19.

Thanks!

Linda, do keep checking back. We'll get you in at some point! :)

And everyone, since Goodreads notifications aren't reliable, please be sure to check back from time to time, so you don't miss out on anything posted in the chain.

Jane, I have grabbed your book in KU. No need to send it to me.

Jane, my book's available through Kindle Unlimited, if you have that.

Or if you prefer, I can email you a review copy in PDF format (using the contact info you submitted in the form) - just please let me know if you need that. Thanks!

Kat wrote: "Jane, I have grabbed your book in KU. No need to send it to me."

That's great! Many thanks, Kat.

S. Lynn wrote: "Jane, my book's available through Kindle Unlimited, if you have that.

Or if you prefer, I can email you a review copy in PDF format (using the contact info you submitted in the form) - just pleas..."

Yes, I have KU, so I'll grab a copy that way. Thank you, Lynn.

Jane wrote: "Yes, I have KU, so I'll grab a copy that way..."

Sounds good, thanks!

My reviews for Jane's book. Really enjoyed this!

GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
LT: https://www.librarything.com/work/364...
Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_re...
IG: https://www.instagram.com/p/DY8IuNkERlY/

Also posted to Bookbub.

Thanks so much, Kat!

Kat wrote: "My reviews for Jane's book. Really enjoyed this!
GR: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
LT: https://www.librarything.com/work/364...
Storygraph: https://app.thest..."

Thank you for the review links, Kat. You're done with that reviewing commitment for the chain.

Please find my review for “Crystalborne Sigils”

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://https://www.amazon.co.uk/revi...
https://www.bookbub.com/books/crystal... - bookbub

Jane wrote: "Please find my review for “Crystalborne Sigils”
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://https://www.amazon.co.uk/revi...
https://www.bookbub.com/books/crystal......"

Thank you for the review links, Jane. (Although there was a problem with the Amazon link, but I was able to find the review here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...) And thank you for reviewing my book!

You're done with that reviewing commitment for the chain. Please delete any email contact information that you received for use for this chain. Thank you!

All Mod-collected email contact information for you for this chain has been deleted.

Thank you, Lynn.