Genre Specific Review Groups discussion

In joining this review group you have agreed to review the novels assigned to you on a two month schedule. The sign up phase is over and the review stage is starting.

This is Fantasy Review Group 7, which will include all types of novels classified as fantasy. As with other review groups, you will be expected to read and give an honest review of the book assigned to you. Assignments will be made after the group sign-up has filled.

Participants are expected to post reviews to Goodreads. If the Goodreads review is positive (three stars or higher), the review should be posted to Amazon at the same star level, if the book is available there. This makes having accounts with both Goodreads and Amazon.com a requirement.

If a reviewer and the author agree that the review should not be posted to Goodreads due to quality issues, the reviewer is relieved of the requirement of posting the review. If this occurs in the first round, the second reviewer is relieved of the requirement to read and review the book. This is entirely at the discretion of the reviewer and is not intended in any way to manipulate the rating of any book.

Contact the authors you are scheduled to review to arrange to receive a review copy of their work.

Please post to this topic, both when you receive review copies and when you post the reviews.

If you are going to be late with your review, either post to this topic as soon as possible or message the author and the moderator.

If your book has not been reviewed by the deadline for either round, contact the review group moderator. This is necessary to make certain that the review process is fair for everyone.


THE AUTHORS AND BOOKS ARE:

1: Yannis Karatsioris - The Book of the Forsaken

2: Robby Charters - The Story of Saint Catrick

3: M.B. Mooney - The Living Stone

4: A.N. Sinner - Enter the Realm of Flesh

5: Susanne Leist - The Dead Game

6: Tim Stead - Shanakan


THE ORDER OF REVIEW IS AS FOLLOWS:

June 22 to July 22

Yannis Karatsioris reviews A.N. Sinner
Robby Charters reviews Susanne Leist
M.B. Mooney reviews Robby Charters
A.N. Sinner reviews Tim Stead
Susanne Leist reviews M.B. Mooney
Tim Stead reviews open

July 22 to August 22

Robby Charters reviews M.B. Mooney
M.B. Mooney. reviews Tim Stead
A.N. Sinner reviews Susanne Leist
Susanne Leist reviews A.N. Sinner
Tim Stead reviews Robby Charters

Hello,

I'm in.
The book I'd like to be reviewed is The Book of the Forsaken and my author's profile is this - Yannis Karatsioris.

Best,

Yannis

I'd like to enter The Story of Saint Catrick, www.goodreads.com/book/show/7846469-t...

It's a fantasy only in that it's an animal story - no magic apart from animals talking, wearing victorian style clothes and drinking tea from teacups.

Warning label: It does have a message, though it's one which I don't think too many people on Goodreads will take offence to, about ethnic reconciliation.

Hello everyone! I'm in, as well. I would like to enter The Living Stone and my author's profile is MB Mooney.

I will join as well. Looking forward to reading your books.
Book: Enter the Realm of Flesh
Author profile: A.N. Sinner
This is my first review group, and I'm a little excited about it. Like getting on a train to another city.

Hi,
I would like to join this group. My book is The Dead Game, a paranormal mystery.
Kindle
http://amzn.to/1lKvMrP
Nook
http://bit.ly/1lFdqNj
Thank you,
Susanne

I'm in too - my book Shanakan starts a new series.

Local link :

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

cheers
Tim

Authors:

Well that filled up quickly. The schedule of review is published in the first post of this topic. Please update this topic when you receive your review book and when you post your reviews.

R.

R. wrote: "Authors:

Well that filled up quickly. The schedule of review is published in the first post of this topic. Please update this topic when you receive your review book and when you post your revie..."

Author Tim Stead is my first reviewer and he isn't accepting any direct messages through his profile here. How can we communicate in order for him to receive a review copy of my book?

Yannis wrote: "R. wrote: "Authors:

Well that filled up quickly. The schedule of review is published in the first post of this topic. Please update this topic when you receive your review book and when you post..."

Goodreads has changed how author pages are formatted. Next to the "Follow Author" button is a gray down arrow. Click on the down arrow and a menu will be displayed. The second option on the menu is "Send message".

R. wrote: "Yannis wrote: "R. wrote: "Authors:

Well that filled up quickly. The schedule of review is published in the first post of this topic. Please update this topic when you receive your review book an..."

ditto, thanks

I have received my copy of Shanakan.
A.N. Sinner

I have received my copy of Enter the Realm of Flesh.

I've got The Book of the Forsaken and will begin reading today.

I've got my copy of The Dead Game.

I've got my copy of the Story of St. Catrick. 70% through.

Put up my review of Story of St. Catrick.

I received my copy of The Living Stone.

I posted reviews of The Living Stone on Goodreads and Amazon.

Shanakan has been reviewed, and the review has been posted on Goodreads and Amazon.

I am now beginning to read the Dead Game, which I have already received.

Yannis wrote: "Hello,

I'm in.
The book I'd like to be reviewed is The Book of the Forsaken and my author's profile is this - Yannis Karatsioris.

Best,

Yannis"

Hi,
You haven't answered my messages about receiving a copy of your book for review.
Susanne Leist

A.N. wrote: "Shanakan has been reviewed, and the review has been posted on Goodreads and Amazon.

I am now beginning to read the Dead Game, which I have already received."

Thanks A.N. a swift and thoughtful review.

I'm withdrawing The Book of the Forsaken
from the list of books.

I now don't have a second book to review.

Authors:

Since Yannis has bowed out, I will rework the order of review for the second round of reviews. If you have started on reviewing the second round, hold off until I have completed the rescheduling.

R.

Now I don't have a first book to review!

Tim and I could review each others' books.

Since Yannis was supposed to review A.N. Sinner's book on the first round, perhaps Tim could do it instead. I'm sure this is quite awkward if Tim is already half way through Yannis'

I don't mind whose book I review, but one idea of this arrangement is that we don't do mutual reviews, and A.N. has already reviewed mine. I vote we wait for R. to decide, and I'll be happy with whatever.

I agree.

Authors:

The schedule for the second round has been updated.

Thank you all for your understanding and patience.

R.

I've posted my review of Susanne's The Dead Game:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/1320984412
www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3...

The Nook site seems to to be suffering a data error. I'll try again later

Thank you Robby for your review. It seems that you liked it.

I have Saint Catrick and have started reading.

I've received my copy of Living Stone.

My review for Living Stone is up:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-rev...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Living-St...

My review for Catrick is posted:

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

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3M9CK71...

Thank you, Tim.

Would you be so kind as to post it on Amazon UK as well? That would be www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Saint-Catrick-...

I appreciate the fact that this doesn't 100% fit into the fantasy genre. For my first book in this group I had to do a horror story -- not what I was hoping for, but -- ok. This genre is just too broad!

cheers
robby

I posted my reviews for Enter the Realm of Flesh on Goodreads and Amazon. I loved this book! If you want me to post anywhere else, let me know.

Hello delightful reviewers,
How does one request or suggest a book to be reviewed? I've recently published a fantasy meets humor and I would love to somehow get it in here.

Let me know if you're taking suggestions and I can send you a link!

(Sorry if this post is in the wrong place - I've looked for a way to send this as a message to the moderator, but either my computer skills are even less impressive than I thought, or there isn't one).

Cheers,
Natalie

Finally posted my review of the Dead Game on Goodreads. I apologize it took so long; I've been having medical problems.

Authors:

The due date for the second round of reviews has passed. If both reviews for your book have not been published, please let me know. Otherwise, I will close this group next week.

R.

Still to see a second review of Shanakan.

Tim

Robby wrote: "Thank you, Tim.

Would you be so kind as to post it on Amazon UK as well? That would be www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Saint-Catrick-...

I appreciate the fact that this doe..."

Posted on UK - sorry to be tardy, but I haven't been back to this forum for a long time - direct mail would have got a quicker response :-)
cheers
Tim

No worries. Good luck on your literary endeavors

All the reviews should be done by now. If you still have not gotten both reviews of your book, please message me. Otherwise, I will close this topic in one week.

R.