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Hi loralee can I join with my new book black hole radio nebulis. I would have to he in yr blindspot
HI Loralee - I'd like to join with my first Novella, The Proposition:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
The form is completed as requested. I don't have any conflicts.
Ann, you were the first, so since I have read all your current books, I will be able to fit you in my blind spot.J.R., I apologize but since both Ann and I have reviewed you, and she needs to stay in my blind spot, I won't be able to fit you.
Linda, I have also reviewed you. I was hoping to be able to fit you between me and Ann, but it looks like you have read all of Ann's available books. I apologize that I won't be able to fit you, either.
Anna, please claim your author profile here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
and then post again from that profile. If you have not reviewed or been reviewed by anyone on the list by then, I should be able to fit you.
Stjepan, I really wish I could let you join, but since you’ve reviewed both me and Ann, and we have to stay in each other’s blind spots, I’m afraid you won’t fit. I’m so sorry!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...I'd like to join with Holey Ghosts. Loralee has read it but I have other books. I've read Anne's books but could review her book of poems.
From what I saw, you haven't read all of Ann's books. I can see only four of them that you've read, and she has 6. I should be able to fit you, Laura, once you've fill out the form, but you'll need to offer a different book than Holey Ghosts. It is a bit more than 45,000 words. Since this is a novella round, please choose one of your books that is 45,000 words or less.If I've read it already, and the only other options for me are books over 45,000, that's okay. But the book on the list needs to be a novella.
If I remember correctly, I think The Dog Thief was novella sized.
Please fill out the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BUML...
Then post again to let me know you've done it, and also let me know what book you'd like to offer that is a novella.
Ann, do you have a book of poems published? Checking your page just now to re-count your books and see how many Laura hadn't read, I saw a book titled Quick Stories and Poems, Volume 1. Are you a co-author on that? If so, I could move people around, and I might be able to fit JR, Linda, and Stjepan instead of leaving them out of the group. If it's a mistake, and that book doesn't belong there, let me know, and also contact Goodreads so it's not saying the book is partly yours if it isn't. If it is partly yours, but you don't have PDFs Mobis or Epubs because a co-author has all of that, let me know. We might be able to figure something out. I may just be completely confused, too!Please let me know in the next couple of days, preferably by 5 July.
Lorilee, thank you for doing all that work checking things out. Dog Thief is a collection of short stories and one long story. A Mountain in the Air is three novellas and some people have read and reviewed just one. Encounters With Old Coyote is very short. I really don't care which book someone reviews.
Thanks, for the reply, Laura. If it's okay with you, I'll put Encounters with Old Coyote as the book you're offering. I believe I've read that, so I'll need to read something else.But I need to wait for just a bit to hopefully hear from Ann.
Hi loralee. The book of poems only has an exerpt from one of my books, so I'd rather not have that reviewed. Another author compiled it.
Hi, can I join with my novel Snow This is my profile Bill Carmona I have reviewed Linda and Loralee. Thanks!
Bill, Ann has also reviewed you, and will need to read another book besides Snow, but it looks like you've got at least one more book in English (I.C.U) . Please remember to list who has reviewed you, as well as whom you have reviewed.Also, please make sure that the book you offer is 45,000 words or fewer.
It doesn't look like you've read or been read by Laura. I think I'll be able to fit you!
I have finished all reviews on the other group.Season of the Stranger
Tony Travis
Would love to join.
Thanks.
-Tony
I have reviewed all three listed atm.
Tony, you have not reviewed Ann. Ann, however, has reviewed you. If you had reviewed her, I would not have been able to fit you. As it is, it looks like you have reviewed Laura and me, and Ann has reviewed you, so you should be able to fit. You will need to review different books than what Laura and I have listed since you have read both of those. Ann has reviewed two of your books, neither of which is Season of the Stranger, so she should be able to review that.Edit: Oh, and Bill, whom I just put on in the last few minutes, has reviewed Season of the Stranger, but since you have others for him to read, that should be fine.
It looks like I was able to fit Laura, Bill, and Tony onto the list. Please everyone, as new people come on, check back and let me know if you have read or been read by any of them. It is a really big help.Also, please make sure the books you are offering on the list are 45,000 words or less, since this is a novella round. If someone has read your offered book (for example, I have read Laura's book, Encounters with Old Coyote) and the only other books you can offer them have more words, that can't be helped. But the book on the list needs to be a novella.
Bill wrote: "Hi, can I join with my novel Snow This is my profile Bill Carmona I have reviewed Linda and Loralee. Thanks!"I also reviewed Tony on that list.
Yes, you did. Thanks for checking that, Bill. It looks like Tony has other books though, and you can read one of those.
Hi Loralee,I would like to join with Round the World: A Life of Jeanne Baret, part one or two. I have reviewed you and Laura. Ann has reviewed me.
Thanks, CR
Bill wrote: "Bill wrote: "Hi, can I join with my novel Snow This is my profile Bill Carmona I have reviewed Linda and Loralee. Thanks!"I also reviewed Tony on that list."
And what about you? I reviewed you.
Bill, I can't see where you've reviewed C.R. I've looked, but have not been able to see her name under the authors you've read. If you have reviewed C.R., will you post a link to a review for me? I can only see that you have reviewed me, Tony, and Laura.C.R., please fill out this form first: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BUML...
then post here that you've completed the form.
Unless the group starts to fill super fast, I should be able to fit you once you've posted that the form is filled out. Even if Bill has reviewed you, you should fit.
Hi Loralee,Just responding to your email. I am very keen to be included.
I submitted a request to goodreads just after your post to claim my author profile (which I had totally forgotten to do prior so thank you for reminding me!).
I checked this morning and I think it's been finalised, so I'd love to join the round.
Kind regards,
Anna
Anna
Hi Loralee,I have the completed the form. I have no record of Bill having reviewed me.
It looks like I was able to fit both Anna and C.R.
Loralee, so far, based on how the list is currently set up, only Ann has reviewed my work (this particular novel), and I've reviewed Tony's and yours (those books)
You're right, Bill. That's my mistake. I checked, and you have not reviewed Laura, or been reviewed by her.
Bill wrote: "Loralee, so far, based on how the list is currently set up, only Ann has reviewed my work (this particular novel), and I've reviewed Tony's and yours (those books)"How do you handle these cases? Do you skip the ones that have already been reviewed, move them to a different spot, or just remove them from the list?
When someone who has read you before is assigned to read you again, they simply read another book that they haven't yet. Checking your list of books, you have at least 2 other books in English that Ann should be able to review, I.C.U, and Violent Times. Since Ann has already read Snow, you can discuss with her which one she would read and review this time.For me and Tony, you would also read another book that you haven't yet. You have already read Felicity and the Raccoons, so I would send you another of my books. For Tony, you've already read Season of the Stranger, so you would decide with him which of his other books he'd want you to read next.
Once you've been in the group for a while, you'll see that this happens frequently.
Loralee wrote: "When someone who has read you before is assigned to read you again, they simply read another book that they haven't yet. Checking your list of books, you have at least 2 other books in English that..."Ah, ok. Thanks.
Hi Loralee. May I join with my newest and last in the Jigsaw Time Travel series: Temporal Apocalypse? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0H...
I do not see any conflicts. Anne and Laura have read me before but this is a new book, and the other writers that I have read all have additional material I can review. I filled out the form. Please advise, and take care.
You've also reviewed me. In addition, you need to state the other names of the people whom you have reviewed.It looks like you've also reviewed Bill Carmona and Tony Travis.
In addition, it appears that C.R. Hurst has also reviewed you.
I'm going to try to take myself out, and see if I can make a spot for you with the remaining conflicts. If I can, I still won't be able to add you until the book is on Goodreads. See below.
David, I wasn't able to find a book by that title under your name on Goodreads. It needs to be on both Goodreads and Amazon before I can add you.
Hi Loralee. CR, Anne B, and Laura have not read the latest book. I have reviewed Bill and Tony, but they, and you, have other works I can review. Anne S has not read me, and I have not read her. I will add the book to Goodreads and send over the link. Please advise and take care.
I see it, but it does not appear to be linked to your current profile. It would be a big help if it was connected to the profile from which you are posting, if you can.
David, I have tried to fit you in, but even with taking myself out, I cannot see a way to fit you with the existing conflicts of the other participants the way they are. I wish that I could fit you in some way.Edit: In the meantime, if there is some way to get your newest book onto your own profile, that would be a big help to both you and others. As it is, it is under a completely different profile. It does have your name, but it does not have any of your other information. Perhaps because "Mr" was added, which created another profile.
Here are some steps that might help get your new book on your own profile:
1. Find your new book. (The same as the link in your message above.)
2. Click on the name above it (your name, but with "Mr" as well.)
3. Find a link that says "Edit Details" or "Edit Data"
4. Find the page to edit your name, and type your name into the boxes (I believe there are three, and in one you have to do last name first) and type in your name without the Mr.
5. Go to the bottom and click "save".
6. If that does not move your new book to your profile, follow this link: https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...
and explain the problem to them.
Any chance I can fit in ? I've reviewed AnnI've been reviewed by Loralee, CR and Laura.
I also write as Spike Brown
I'll filled out the form...
I'd like to join with my middle grade book
The Lake Quilt Mystery
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
I think you just might, S.D. I'll need to read your very last book that I haven't read, but I think I'll be able to fit you. Let me check some things first.Edit: Oh shoot, S.D. It looks like Ann reviewed one of your books as Spike Brown, Escape to Molokai. Since you've reviewed each other and you won't fit in her blind spot, I'm afraid I can't fit you in this round. I wish I could.
Hi Loralee,I must withdraw my name for this round. My husband's health has taken a turn for the worse, and I am afraid I can't devote the time to reviews. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Best, CR
I'm so sorry, CR! Best wishes to him, and to you!
Because CR left the group, that made, according to my checks, a spot available for David. I have put him in and contacted him to make sure he is still interested. Since I had to move a couple of people a little bit, please check again, and let me know if I messed up.
From all I saw, he should be good. But the more eyes that check, the better.
Hi Loralee. I just emailed you. Yes I would like to join. Thank you for the opportunity. Take care.
David has already reviewed this book of mine. I should give him another one of mine, right?
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Member Links | Book Links
1.Laura Koerber | Encounters with Old Coyote
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5. Ann Birdgenaw |Black Hole Radio - Nebulus
6. David Alyn Gordon | Jigsaw: Temporal Apocalypse
7. Bill Carmona | Snow
8.Tony Travis | Season of the Stranger
9. Anna Sinclaire | The Proposition
10. Loralee Evans | Felicity and the Raccoons