Review Group discussion

This is a general group. In joining this group you have agreed TO REVIEW ANY ALLOCATED BOOK within the set 12 week limit.
If you don’t agree to that tell me now so that I can find another member who will do so.
There is no genre filtering.

If you are only willing to review your own preferred genres then sorry, but you’re better off finding a group that specialises in your preference, or joining one of the 18+ rounds or a ‘clean’ review round. In this general group you might be asked to review fiction/non-fiction, adults’/children’s books, a religious text, BDSM, or anything in between. Allocation is entirely random and there will NOT be any rearranging of the listing to accommodate genre preference. The ONLY circumstance in which you may duck out of giving a review is if YOU provide a stand-in reviewer.

Let’s be honest here – we don’t all like the same things but we all want reviews. 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/...
Your group moderator will be
Chance Maree

Member Links

1.Valicity Garris https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
2.Chance Maree https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
3.Ronesa Aveela https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
4.Fran Caulfield https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
5.Marie-Jo Fortis https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
6.Dermot Davis https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
7.K Kumar https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
8.Hock G Tjoa https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
9.Neil M Campbell https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
10.L N Denison https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

Book Links

1.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
2.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
3.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
4.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
5.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
6.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
7.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
8.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
9.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...
10.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...


Please let me know if you have reviewed, or been reviewed by anyone else in the group as you sign up.

Can I sign up? My book is Cross Academy a YA Dark Fantasy novel with religious references. It's 98,500 words.

Welcome aboard Valicity.
Remember everyone, by signing up you agree to review any book allocated to you, from non-fiction to erotica to scifi and thrillers.

Hi!

Please add

Undazzled

by

Chance Maree

Thanks!

Hi, I'd like to join. I have a non-fiction book about Bulgarian rituals.
Author profile: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

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

I need to supply a PDF, though. The epub and mobi files didn't come out right when I converted them.

You're in Ronesa, pdf is fine. The group rules are that everyone had to be able to supply and accept PDF, having other formats is a bonus but not essential.

Carly, you've been in a few groups recently, I'll add you if I can but I'm going to leave it open to other people for a little while first.

I will participate.

author link: www.goodreads.com/Fcaulfield
book link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

How do I add Amazon link from my Goodreads page?

Fran, this group is only open to currently published books. If your book is published before this group fills up, let me know and I'll see if there is still room. Fingers crossed for you.

Emma wrote: "Fran, this group is only open to currently published books. If your book is published before this group fills up, let me know and I'll see if there is still room. Fingers crossed for you."

Book is published; available on Goodreads and Amazon.

That's great, welcome aboard Fran. Keep an eye of the thread and when we have 10 members we'll get started.

Emma, can I join? I never heard from group 77. Matter of fact, I can't see it anywhere.

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

Would love to join in, if I may:

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

Its still there Marie-Jo, between group 76 and 78, its just not filling up very fast. You are welcome to join this group in the meantime though.

Welcome aboard Dermot.

Terrific! Thank you, Emma

I'd like to join this one too, please. I am also in review round 78 but I'm pretty new to this. I am not, nor have ever, reviewed any one else in this review group. I understand if I'm left open for others though :)

My book:
shadows in the sand
Shadows in the Sand

Hi Michael, as you are already in an active group, and you haven't completed your reviews in that one, I'm going to leave you out for now.
Don't worry now we have a good crop of mods, I'll be able to start groups on a regular basis.

Emma wrote: "Hi Michael, as you are already in an active group, and you haven't completed your reviews in that one, I'm going to leave you out for now.
Don't worry now we have a good crop of mods, I'll be able ..."

Hi Emma, I completely understand. Will keep my eyes open for the next one :) thanks.

Hello,
I am interested in participating. This is my book:

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

Thanks

K

welcome aboard K.

Looks like there might perhaps be space for me and my book

The Ninja and the Diplomat

Any clashes Hock?

I've read a book by Hock before, but a different one than he has listed here. So, you probably don't want to schedule him to read mine.

Emma wrote: "Its still there Marie-Jo, between group 76 and 78, its just not filling up very fast. You are welcome to join this group in the meantime though."

Yes, thanks, Emma.

Emma wrote: "Any clashes Hock?"

I didn't recognize any of the names or books.

Hello Emma. Now that I have updated my files and renewed my internet connection, I am ready for another review group. I would be happy to join this group if you have a space.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Robin wrote: "Hello Emma. Now that I have updated my files and renewed my internet connection, I am ready for another review group. I would be happy to join this group if you have a space.
https://www.goodreads...."

Hi Robin, your book needs to be available on amazon to be included, but I will be starting an 18+ group next if you want to hang on a little while.

Emma wrote: "Robin wrote: "Hello Emma. Now that I have updated my files and renewed my internet connection, I am ready for another review group. I would be happy to join this group if you have a space.
https://..." I will list it on Amazon and await the new group.

Hi, I was going to wait for the next 18+, but if you will except a dark, dystopian, speculative fiction I will post my goodreads link. In fact, I will add my link to the mix.

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

I would love to participate in this round :-)

All the best,

L

Hi Emma,

Can I squeeze on board?

My book is https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...

Thanks,

Neil

I'm going to set up the next 18+ as soon as this one is full, or by th weekend, whichever is sooner.

If you don't want to wait another day or so, say so quickly and we'll get this group going.

Welcome aboard Neil.

If you want to get this group started, I am quite happy to stick with this group :-)

Thanks,

Layla

okay dokie. We have our ten. I'll sort out the order and post tomorrow, its time for bed here.

START DATE: 1st Oct

END DATE: Christmas Eve

Round 1 – post your review by 22nd Oct
Round 2 – post your review by 12th Nov
Round 3 – post your review by 3rd Dec
Round 4 – post your review by Christmas Eve

As AUTHORS you send your book file to:

G79-01__ Valicity Garris
L N Denison for round 1
Neil M Campbell for round 2
Hock Tjoa for round 3
K. Kumar for round 4

G79-02__ Chance Maree
Valicity Garris for round 1
L N Denison for round 2
Neil M Campbell for round 3
Hock Tjoa for round 4

G79-03__ Ronesa Aveela
Chance Maree for round 1
Valicity Garris for round 2
L N Denison for round 3
Neil M Campbell for round 4

G79-04__ Fran Caulfield
Ronesa Aveela for round 1
Chance Maree for round 2
Valicity Garris for round 3
L N Denison for round 4

G79-05__ Marie Jo Fortis
Fran Caulfield for round 1
Ronesa Aveela for round 2
Chance Maree for round 3
Valicity Garris for round 4

G79-06__ Dermot Davis
Marie Jo Fortis for round 1
Fran Caulfield for round 2
Ronesa Aveela for round 3
Chance Maree for round 4

G79-07__ K. Kumar
Dermot Davis for round 1
Marie Jo Fortis for round 2
Fran Caulfield for round 3
Ronesa Aveela for round 4

G79-08__ Hock Tjoa
K. Kumar for round 1
Dermot Davis for round 2
Marie Jo Fortis for round 3
Fran Caulfield for round 4

G79-09__ Neil M Campbell
Hock Tjoa for round 1
K. Kumar for round 2
Dermot Davis for round 3
Marie Jo Fortis for round 4

G79-10__ L N Denison
Neil M Campbell for round 1
Hock Tjoa for round 2
K. Kumar for round 3
Dermot Davis for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

G79-01__ Valicity Garris
Chance Maree for round 1
Ronesa Aveela for round 2
Fran Caulfield for round 3
Marie Jo Fortis for round 4

G79-02__ Chance Maree
Ronesa Aveela for round 1
Fran Caulfield for round 2
Marie Jo Fortis for round 3
Dermot Davis for round 4

G79-03__ Ronesa Aveela
Fran Caulfield for round 1
Marie Jo Fortis for round 2
Dermot Davis for round 3
K. Kumar for round 4

G79-04__ Fran Caulfield
Marie Jo Fortis for round 1
Dermot Davis for round 2
K. Kumar for round 3
Hock Tjoa for round 4

G79-05__ Marie Jo Fortis
Dermot Davis for round 1
K. Kumar for round 2
Hock Tjoa for round 3
Neil M Campbell for round 4

G79-06__ Dermot Davis
K. Kumar for round 1
Hock Tjoa for round 2
Neil M Campbell for round 3
L N Denison for round 4

G79-07__ K. Kumar
Hock Tjoa for round 1
Neil M Campbell for round 2
L N Denison for round 3
Valicity Garris for round 4

G79-08__ Hock Tjoa
Neil M Campbell for round 1
L N Denison for round 2
Valicity Garris for round 3
Chance Maree for round 4

G79-09__ Neil M Campbell
L N Denison for round 1
Valicity Garris for round 2
Chance Maree for round 3
Ronesa Aveela for round 4

G79-10__ L N Denison
Valicity Garris for round 1
Chance Maree for round 2
Ronesa Aveela for round 3
Fran Caulfield for round 4



Please remember the commitment you are making to your fellow group members. If you don’t think you can manage to do 4 book reviews between these dates please let me know now. I will find someone else for this group and you will be able to choose a later group that will be more suitable for you. 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 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 reviewer in a format the reviewer can manage. 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. All reviews must be posted by .

When you have posted your review on GR please post a link to your review in this thread.

All reviews must be posted to GR, Amazon .com and Amazon.co.uk.

Postings to any 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.

My advice is to use PM to give email addresses to each other to exchange book files (save the chance of spammers getting your addies from this open forum). I'll stay with you until your group mod Chance takes over.
We have quite a few new members in this group, and well as a few old hands (waves at Hock, Chance, Ronesa and K.)

We also have a new mod for this round, so be gentle and she might volunteer to do it again.

Happy reviewing, everyone :)

Greetings all, gentle novelists of Goodreads.

I'm new at this, so I've pinched some written advice from Mike, who appears to be a seasoned moderator. Here goes:

I'm the moderator for this round, and will take over from Emma from now on. I will track progress and keep the group on schedule. I am here to help with any queries or problems you may have, so message me directly or post your questions on this thread and I'll answer as soon as I can.

Your reviews must be posted on Goodreads, Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk, but don't announce your accomplishment here until you have updated all 3 sites and have the links to your reviews (you might have to wait a while for Amazon to email you with the permalinks). I am tasked with keeping track of it all, so please help me out by copying the links to all three reviews in a single post. Remember to post link to your reviews, not the book page. Both Amazons include the permalink in the email that tells you your post is live.

Useful advice on reviewing can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

If you have any questions or problems, please let me know, either by posting here or by messaging me. Good reading!

Hi Chance,

Welcome from another newbie!

Thank you for so kindly volunteering your time and energy to help us here, much appreciated.

Neil

Neil wrote: "Hi Chance,

Welcome from another newbie!

Thank you for so kindly volunteering your time and energy to help us here, much appreciated.

Neil"

Thanks, Neil. The review groups have been helpful for me, so I thought I'd show my appreciation in this manner. So far, so good!

Light Love Rituals: Bulgarian Myths, Legends, and Folklore
by Ronesa Aveela

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R119I42...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3NTU...

Thanks, Chance. :)

Your contribution is very much appreciated, Chance. Thanks a bunch!

My Round 1 review of Love and Tumult by K. Kumar

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R5USFMS...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RDO1T...

Thanks, Dermot!

Thank you Dermot for the book review, K

K. wrote: "Thank you Dermot for the book review, K"

Welcome K, great read:)

Chance wrote: "Thanks, Dermot!"

:)

Here's my review for Cross Academy by Valicity Garris.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RS2UI...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2OFVNM...

Thanks, Layla!

Chance wrote: "Thanks, Layla!"

It was a very enjoyable read! :-). Now to start yours, Chance :-)

Layla wrote: "Here's my review for Cross Academy by Valicity Garris.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RS2UI...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2OFVNM..."

Thank you Layla! Your review was amazing and inspiring!

Valicity wrote: "Layla wrote: "Here's my review for Cross Academy by Valicity Garris.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RS2UI...
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2..."

Your book was a pleasure to read :-)