Genre Specific Review Groups discussion

In joining this review group you have agreed to review the books assigned to you on a two month schedule. This group is now in the review phase and is no longer open for sign up.

This is Thriller Review Group 4. (This includes thrillers of all sorts including historical thrillers, mysteries, and crime stories.) As with other review groups, you will be expected to read and give an honest review of the books assigned to you. Assignments will be made after the group sign-up has filled.

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THE AUTHORS AND BOOKS ARE:

1 A.P. Martin - Spy Trap

2 Scott Spotson - The Strange Life of Brandon Chambers

3 J.B. Trepagnier - Flash-A Death Story

4 A.M.H. Johnson - Midnight Over Moores

5 Haunting Weir - Note that the contact Goodreads page for this book is https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6...

6 Oracle's Hunt - Note that the contact Goodreads page for this book is https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5...

7 Laurel Heidtman - Whiteout

8 Leonard Mokos - The Bad Canadian


THE ORDER OF REVIEW IS AS FOLLOWS:

November 1 to December 1

A.P. Martin reviews J.B. Trepagnier
Scott Spotson reviews Leonard Mokos
J.B. Trepagnier reviews Kate (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5...)
A.M.H. Johnson reviews Emma (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6...)
Emma (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6...) reviews A.P. Martin
Kate (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5...) reviews Scott Spotson
Laurel Heidtman reviews A.M.H. Johnson
Leonard Mokos reviews Laurel Heidtman

December 1 to January 1

A.P. Martin reviews Scott Spotson
Scott Spotson reviews Emma (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6...)
J.B. Trepagnier reviews Laurel Heidtman
A.M.H. Johnson reviews J.B. Trepagnier
Emma (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/6...) reviews Kate (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5...)
Kate (https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5...) reviews Leonard Mokos
Laurel Heidtman reviews A.P. Martin
Leonard Mokos reviews A.M.H. Johnson

Thanks for organising this, R. I'd like my spy adventure/thriller Spy Trap to be included.A.P. Martin

Hi I'll throw in The Strange Life of Brandon Chambers.

The Strange Life of Brandon Chambers

I'd like to join with Flash-A Death Story

So far no conflicts except J.B. has reviewed me a few times, and I think she even reviewed this book.

Scott wrote: "So far no conflicts except J.B. has reviewed me a few times, and I think she even reviewed this book."

Yes, I've reviewed Scott a few times, but not this particular book. If it works out that way, I would be happy to review this one

I'd like to join with THE BAD CANADIAN https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Canadian-L... (Leonard G Mokos) and I would LOVE to read/review SPY TRAP.

I've reviewed Leonard, but not this book. Hey, I'm Canadian, and I'm good! Just kidding!

I'd like to nominate my book, Midnight Over Moores.

Hello! I’m on the waiting list for another group but can I get in on this one too? I’ll be doing the review on the behalf of the authors. Scott might have done a review of mine, but I’m not 100% sure!

Title: Haunting Weir
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

First time here so tell me if I did it wrong :)
My sister A. Claire Everward novel is a combination of suspense/thriller. I hope it fits here though I probably missed the train....
Title: Oracle's Hunt
Oracle's Hunt

Oh and if we're supposed to review two from this group then I'd love to review The Bad Canadian and The Strange Life of Brandon Chambers (which apparently belongs to a good Canadian :) and I like Canadians lol).

I should say that I have already read, reviewed and really enjoyed The Bad Canadian.

I have reviewed the Haunting Weir.

I'd like to submit Whiteout if there's still room.

Whiteout

Authors:

We have a circumstance concerning which I would like input. A member has proposed including a book with the member providing the requisite reviews in place of the actual authors of the book. Since this is a peer review group, is this okay with the other participants?

R.

R. wrote: "Authors:

We have a circumstance concerning which I would like input. A member has proposed including a book with the member providing the requisite reviews in place of the actual authors of the bo..."

I'm okay with it.

Sure

Participants:

We now have eight books and are moving on to the scheduling phase. Note that we have two non-authors who will be acting as reviewers for their respective books. Contact them to obtain and provide review copies. Please update this topic when you receive your review copies and when you post your reviews to Goodreads and Amazon.

Let me know about any conflicts not already mentioned in this topic as soon as possible. I will be posting the schedule of review in a day or so.

R.

Been about three days so far? But thanks for the thankless job of doing all this work already!

Scott wrote: "Been about three days so far? But thanks for the thankless job of doing all this work already!"

Thanks for reminding me. The schedule is published in the initial comment of this topic. Authors please review the guidelines and the schedule. Post to this topic when you get your review copies and when you publish your reviews.

R.

I've picked up all the books I'm reviewing on KU. Mine is also on KU, but if you don't have it, shoot me a message with your preferred format and where to send it

R. wrote: "Participants:

We now have eight books and are moving on to the scheduling phase. Note that we have two non-authors who will be acting as reviewers for their respective books. Contact them to obtai..."

Thanks so much for organizing this. Can't wait to start reading the books I got :)

My review of The Bad Canadian:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3TIY...

https://www.amazon.com/review/R2U1CH6...

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

I've gotten both of the books I'm reviewing and have started on the first one.

My review of Shadow Confectionary:

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

Amazon reviews posted but links to arrive soon...


I'm all done! Thanks!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R106M...

https://www.amazon.com/review/RIURH1O...

My round 1 reviews for Oracle's Hunt

Goodreads
Amazon
Amazon UK

I just noticed this in the admin post: "As long as a review that is not verified as a purchase is recent, it will be displayed on the book's Amazon page. Once it rolls off, it will still be counted in the ranking of the book, but the link to show more reviews has been modified by Amazon to show only reviews that come from verified purchases."

A person still has the option of selecting See All (x-number) Reviews, then selecting Filter By: All Reviewers, so I'm not sure what this means. I can see all the reviews for my books, including the ones that weren't verified purchases. Am I not understanding what is meant in the post?

My round 1 review for Midnight Over Moores.

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

https://www.amazon.com/review/R32IMGU...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3T9Z...

My round 2 for Whiteout

Goodreads
Amazon
Amazon UK

Thank you, Laurel!

WHITEOUT by Laurel Heidtman - 5 stars!

Aside from needing a new title (b/c there are multiple novels with this title already), the story, characters, setting and suspense are marvelous.

amzn com, uk, GR

Thanks, Leonard.

I posted my review of A.P. Martin's Spy Trap tonight! Links are still pending at amazon, but will post them tomorrow! It's was a great read! :-)

Just posted my reviews for The Strange Life of Brandon Chambers. I'm really glad I chose it Scott. You have a wild imagination.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

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

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...

Ha, thanks! Everyone seems to agree the book is really strange but fun...

Gotcha your tips...

Scott wrote: "Ha, thanks! Everyone seems to agree the book is really strange but fun...

Gotcha your tips..."
It is strange :) and you have one incredible imagination.

Here's my links for Spy Trap!

GR- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon- https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
AmazonUK- https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...

Here are the links to my review of Flash - a Death Story.


https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...


https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...


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

Emma wrote: "Here's my links for Spy Trap!

GR- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon- https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re......"

Thanks very much for the review, Emma. I’m delighted that you liked Spy Trap.

Will post review for Haunting Weir this weekend. Just finished it! Surprise holiday drama threw off my schedule.

My review of Spy Trap.

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

https://www.amazon.com/review/R3GK7LP...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R358Q...

I want to thank you all for your patience. The last 3 weeks have been hell for my family with drama, some kids started a fire behind our house, and my grandfather fell down a flight of stairs breaking 6 ribs, and has been in the hospital. I only just found time to write and post my reviews this morning, so I'm so sorry for the delay.

Here they are:

The Haunting Weir:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...

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

 

 

Flash-A Death Story:
 
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...

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

Midnight over Moores, done.

https://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Moore...

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

Finished reading The Bad Canadian. Great book.
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

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

Amazon UK: Uploaded the review but still don't have the link :)

AMH- yikes!!! Is everyone ok? I wish you all the best! Thank you for the review.

I posted the reviews for Oracle's Hunt today! If I get the links later for amazon I will post them, if not, I'll post the links Tuesday night!

Thanks!
Emma

Yes, fire department got the fire before it got to the house. And my grandfather is home from the hospital, and is projected to make a full recovery. it was just very scary for a few weeks.

Emma wrote: "AMH- yikes!!! Is everyone ok? I wish you all the best! Thank you for the review.

I posted the reviews for Oracle's Hunt today! If I get the links later for amazon I will post them, if not, I'll po..."

Thanks Emma! I'm so happy you enjoyed the book. And so is my sister :). I saw it on Amazon.com. Happy New Year!

A.M.H. wrote: "Yes, fire department got the fire before it got to the house. And my grandfather is home from the hospital, and is projected to make a full recovery. it was just very scary for a few weeks."

Hi A.M.H I didn't see the full story of what happened but I'm glad everyone's okay. I hope you have a much much better and peaceful year.
Kate

Yikes! Sorry Kate! Just realized I never came back to post my links! Here they are just in case you'd like them. If you need reviews anywhere else, just let me know!

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-...