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If the book you'd like reviewed was published 2023 or later, please let me know if you have participated in groups 400, 401, or 402, and if Jennifer, Gene, or E.K. have already checked the book you want reviewed for AI. Then let me know here with a link to their message that your book cleared, or if you can't find it (if the round has been archived) let me know what group you were in and who was the mod, and I can check.For example, I am submitting my book Felicity and the Raccoons, which was published in 2025. Jennifer checked it against AI for me, and returned with her results. Here is a link to her message after she checked it for AI: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Hi Loralee!I think I might have a shot at this group! Here it is again, my one and only pride and joy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Out of the one member of this round that is already participating in this group, there is only one conflict! Loralee, you have reviewed my work.
I have completed the form.
J. A., your book A Quick Spin Around the Galaxy has passed the AI screening, and I have added you to the list! Welcome!Since you have only the one book, I have put you in my blind spot.
Hi I would like to join with my novel "A Dangerous Game."https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
My author profile - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
I have not read either of J.A. or Loralee but they have read me.
J.A. has read one of my books but not this one. Loralee has read "A Dangerous Game" but I have a third she has not read.
I will fill out the form now.
Sebastian, because both J.A. and I have reviewed you and I have reviewed J.A. and J.A. only has the one book, I wasn't able to fit both you and me. So I took myself out, and put you in. Because J.A. has already reviewed the book you'd like reviewed, he'll need to review another book. He can review A Dangerous Game without you needing to submit it for my review since it was published before 2023. If you want him to review Ridge Stryker: The Sins of War, you'll need to submit that since it was published after 2023.
I would like to join with :https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...https://www.goodreads.com/author/dash...
I have read and reviewed Loralee previously.
Loralee wrote: "Sebastian, because both J.A. and I have reviewed you and I have reviewed J.A. and J.A. only has the one book, I wasn't able to fit both you and me. So I took myself out, and put you in. Because J..."
I'll give J.A. the choice between the two books --- if he chooses Sins of War I will submit it for an AI check.
Tristen, your book passed my AI checks, and it looks like you haven't read or been read by J.A. or Sebastian. Welcome!
Loralee wrote: "Tristen, your book passed my AI checks, and it looks like you haven't read or been read by J.A. or Sebastian. Welcome!"Hi Loralee, quick note--the book I want to submit is "A Dangerous Game." You have me down for "Ridge Stryker" -- I'm okay if J.A. would prefer to read the sequel to Ridge Stryker since he's read the first one. Is that against the rules?
My apologies, Sebastian! I have fixed the book you'd like reviewed. I think that will work fine, as it appears that J.A. has not read that one yet.
Loralee wrote: "My apologies, Sebastian! I have fixed the book you'd like reviewed. I think that will work fine, as it appears that J.A. has not read that one yet."No problem, thanks!
Tristen, J.A., and Sebastian, the other mods and I have been discussing a new system of small review groups, so that people can get reviewed faster, and groups aren't sitting and languishing for months. (Jennifer's poor group has been waiting since the beginning of August to fill, and they still don't have one last person.) Since no one has asked to join in some time, I would like to ask if you would be willing to consider the group full now, and you'd each get one review. Tristan would review J.A., J.A. would review Sebastian, and Sebastian would review Tristen. I know it's only one review, but you won't be sitting and waiting for months for the group to fill.
What do you think?
I would need you all to be in agreement in order to begin the round. If you are agreeable to the suggestion, let me know. If all three of your agree, then I will begin the round, which would be only two weeks long, since you'd only have one book to read. If one or more of you wants to continue waiting, then we will continue waiting.
Let me know.
I'm okay with it. it does seem that there aren't as many authors seeking the review group out as of late.
Thanks! Still waiting to hear from J.A.What are your thoughts, J.A?
I'll send him an email.Edit: I sent the email. Let's see what he says.
J.A. hasn't replied yet. Let's wait a few days. If he hasn't replied to my email or commented here, in a little over a week, we'll begin the round. I'll put myself in, since I've read Sebastian, and have no conflicts with Tristen.J.A., please let us know your opinion soon!
Edit: I sent another email.
sorry folks. I have been on a vacation and haven't been checking my stuff much lately. Anyway, I'm fine with it. It's a little disappointing that we can't fill the round, but I realize I'm the cause of at least some of the problem. So, let's proceed. I'm okay with the sequel, Sebastian.Thanks for putting this together, Loralee.
We’re ready! Be looking for an email from me with the emails of the person you will be reviewing, and the person who will review you.Send your ebook to the person above you. You should receive the ebook of the person below you.
1. START DATE: 3-Nov-26
END DATE: 24-Nov-26
Round 1 – post your review by 24-Nov-26
You will be SENDING your book file to the person above you, and RECEIVING a book file from the person below you. Read below, including the instructions further down.
As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:
403-01__Tristen Kozinski
Sebastian Black for round 1
403-02__J.A. Freely
Tristen Kozinski for round 1
403-03__Sebastian Black
J. A. Freely for round 1
As REVIEWERS you will RECEIVE books from:
403-01__Tristen Kozinski
J. A. Freely for round 1
403-02__J. A. Freely
Sebastian Black for round 1
403-03__Sebastian Black
Tristen Kozinski for round 1
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. You can finish as quickly as you like, provided you have read all your assigned books. (See rule #10.)
All reviews must be posted to GR. We also expect 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, email each other to request and send your epubs, mobis, or PDFs.
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’.
GUIDE FOR THOSE NEW TO THESE ROUNDS. (This is copy and pasted from groups with 10 members. I've tried to edit out information about "4" books considering this group of only 3 members. If I missed taking anything about "4" books or reviews, just ignore that, please.)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 the book or read it 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 will receive a listing of the email addresses of the other round participants.
Please make sure you have exchanged your book or have been assured by your reviewer 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.
AND SOME FINAL THINGS:
Some final notes: Please shorten your Amazon link, removing everything after and including the letters "ref" -- that will give you a clean link that doesn't include any of your personal information.
It's important to respond to messages and send your book files as soon as possible, as some reviewers read faster than others and they shouldn't be held up waiting for their review copy.
And just a tip from Gene, a fellow moderator: since Amazon can take days and days to post the review, you might want to wait until the Amazon review appears, then post your Goodreads review, and post both links together in one message on this thread. That makes it so much easier for moderators to count the reviews.
If you don't have the Goodreads and Amazon links on the same date, please do not edit your post to add the second link. I likely won't see that, as we’re not notified of post edits, so create a new post with the link.
Something else… Considering Amazon’s recent delay in posting reviews, the moderators have been looking for a way to address the issue. We can’t do anything about Amazon’s policies, but if we have sufficient proof you did submit a review, we would like for you to be “checked off” and free to join a new review thread.
So, we’re asking for 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.
We’ll also need to see the URL in the screenshot, as the URL includes the book’s unique Amazon product ID number (thus proving the review was for the book and not something else.)
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 this 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).
Screenshots are intended as a backup method when reviews are delayed for over two weeks. Members who frequently rely on screenshots instead of live review links risk being blocked from future rounds.
Screenshots should not be altered, edited, or manipulated in any way (with the exception of cropping out any personal info on the Amazon page). Providing false, misleading, or manipulated proof will lead to removal from the review group
Please email me with any issues going forward. Thanks.
I should have sent an email to all of your with your email addresses. If you did not get it, please post here and let me know.
Hi I sent a message to your email but I'll put it here too --- let me know if you need me to send you a copy of my Sins of War book for an AI check.
I'm so sorry it's taken me four days to get back. That's my fault. I saw the link to your PDF on the list, but I guess I need permission to go into it. And I feel kind of silly, I could have also had you email the PDF to me, now that I've sent emails out. If you'd like to email the PDF to me, with permission to look at it, you can do that, to the email I used to send all of you your emails the other day.
Sebastian Black's book, Ridge Stryker The Sins of War has passed my AI checks. From what I was able to assess, it is 100% human written.Sebastian, you can reference this post in the future when signing up for other rounds in this group, unless the mods specifically want to check for themselves. But when signing up for anything I mod, you won't need to submit another PDF of this particular book.
Everybody, when you have finished your review obligation, might you consider seeing if you can join Jennifer's group? It has taken quite a while to fill, and they need one more person. Jennifer can't move anyone around because of the current review conflicts. J.A., I don't think you would fit, and Sebastian, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't either, but Tristen, you might be able to fit.Here is a link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
It would help Jennifer and Group 401 a lot, and you'd get (and give) 4 reviews in this group.
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 'Out of the World' round. Fiction books classified as sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian, paranormal.
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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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1. You have enough time to read and review 4 books within the 12 weeks of time allowed.
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3. Your book is written in English, or you can provide an English translation, and it 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. The number one error new authors make is not having their book beta read and edited, by non-family members.
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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 Do not Finish (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. Reviews that state you received a copy ‘in return’ for a review will probably be removed/not allowed by amazon.com.
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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 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: Loralee Evans
Member Links | Book Links
1. Tristen Kozinski | Stormflower
2. J A Freely | A Quick Spin Around the Galaxy
3. Sebastian Black | A Dangerous Game
Everyone: When signing up, please remember to list all the people currently on the list whom you have reviewed, as well as all the people on the list who have reviewed you.