Christian Books Only Review Group discussion

What if you have written a "fantasy/speculative" fiction series?
Right now, I have a 4-book MG/Children's series called "Light Horse Dark Horse", an "allegorical" retelling of the New Testament... with horses. :) Kind of like Chronicles of Narnia... without humans and other creatures.

Do I submit one book to the "Children's book" link or all books?

Thank you Natalie for inviting me to join the group! I’m looking forward to getting to read and review Christian books. I read other genres as well, but love the Christian genre. Do readers have a limit to read or do we just pick a book we would like to review? And if we do want to review a certain book, how do I go about asking the author could I have a free copy to review?
Thank you again Natalie!

Do the books have to be available on Amazon? Mine aren’t. Sorry for any inconvenience.

That’s fine.

HI Natalie -

You have mentioned that the Star Rating for a book is different on Goodreads than on Amazon, namely that if a Book is reviewed at 3 stars on Goodread, for example, it should be given 4 stars on Amazon.

Perhaps you would consider adding that to the Group Rules because otherwise no one will know to even consider this. I certainly wasn't aware of it when I wrote my reviews and wonder now if I should go back and change the star ratings on Amazon.

So ok, after reading about Natalie making sure we post correctly (and by the way, thanks Natalie for doing an amazing job with all the selections, keeping us informed for our time periods, and just being so organized) it finally hit me that I was not leaving my reviews on the UK side. I checked with the books that I was submitting to the group and only a few reviews were there, I don't think any from this book group as I too noticed my reviews of my assigned books were not there. I presumed it just flipped over, but it didn't.

So I apologize if you haven't seen your reviews on the UK side, as I just went through them all and posted them there too! I guess I really not quite understood the differences ... and yes, we all know how important it is to have Amazon promote our books with that "golden" 50 count reviews!

If you noticed that I have NOT posted on the UK side and I have read and reviewed your book from this group, please let me know! (maybe give it a day from this post, as we all know Amazon is not always that fast to process our posts) I also never realized the difference in the stars on Good Reads and Amazon, so in my case I am never too old to learn!

Thanks,
Linda B

Just to say--really good of you to post to the UK Amazon site.

But also to say that, sadly, Amazon does NOT promote your books after 50 reviews or anything like that. An urban myth...

Awww....really? I’ve read so much about the golden “50” How do you get your book as suggested reads on book sites?


Thanks,
Linda

I just want to say thank you since this is a group that actually do not have to beg people to read or review your book but books are assigned on genre base, or the one you put your books under via genre.

Thanks...since the other ones are not working unfortunately but had good intent. Now that Amazon does not allow swap reviews.

Natalie wrote: "Maria wrote: "HI Natalie -

You have mentioned that the Star Rating for a book is different on Goodreads than on Amazon, namely that if a Book is reviewed at 3 stars on Goodread, for example, it s..."

Good point. I have seen with a .5 value that on Goodreads either will give it a number below or above (e.g. 2.5 seen 2 stars or 3 stars).

Hi Natalie, thanks for the invite. I have a question regarding the language in my books. While I feel it's mild and I do put content advisory's on all my listed books, I'm concerned I may not be a good fit here.

The words I use sparingly over my series of books are: B***dy, D**n and H*ll. I'll remove myself from this group of those are an issue.

Sarah good question since they've found that in one of my novels which I do just hell with H--cut themselves from saying it. I've seen Christians say that, stop themselves from saying the word. So upset where they almost cuss.

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Natalie, it's been almost a year and a half since you had a non-fiction group. I would like to suggest you start another. Thanks for your consideration

Hi,
I've been subscribed to this group for some time but I haven't participated. So I hope I'm not breaking any rules. I have a new non-fiction book concerning Christian eschatology and Bible interpretation. It is available both as a Kindle and paperback. The Kindle will be a free download from 2-14 through 2-18. Is anybody interested in the Book of Revelation? Is it okay to post a link and request a review?
Dark Sayings of the Apocalypse

Lavay wrote: "What if you have written a "fantasy/speculative" fiction series?
Right now, I have a 4-book MG/Children's series called "Light Horse Dark Horse", an "allegorical" retelling of the New Testament......"

Hello, I saw this post and I am a fellow serial author. Would you be willing to do 1 for 1 review exchange for each other’s books? I wrote a Christian fiction end times thriller novella book that is close to coming out on Amazon (8k words), I wrote a political theory book that is the basics of liberty (that has a Christian section in the back third of the book (simplistic and fast-paced 16k words), and I have 2 Christian picture books (5-minute reads). So you could read the equivalent of 25k words and get 4 reviews of out me. I will soon be releasing a new Christian picture book and will release a second novella of the Christian fiction end times. (so probably less than 40k words for 6 reviews).

Angela wrote: "Thank you Natalie for inviting me to join the group! I’m looking forward to getting to read and review Christian books. I read other genres as well, but love the Christian genre. Do readers have a ..."

Hello, I saw this post. Would you be willing for my books? I wrote a Christian fiction end times thriller novella book that is close to coming out on Amazon (8k words), I wrote a political theory book that is the basics of liberty (that has a Christian section in the back third of the book (simplistic and fast-paced 16k words), and I have 2 Christian picture books (5-minute reads). So you could read the equivalent of 25k words. I will soon be releasing a new Christian picture book and will release a second novella of the Christian fiction end times.

Kent wrote: "Natalie, it's been almost a year and a half since you had a non-fiction group. I would like to suggest you start another. Thanks for your consideration"

Are you a nonfiction author yourself or do you like reading non-fiction?

Alan wrote: "Hi,
I've been subscribed to this group for some time but I haven't participated. So I hope I'm not breaking any rules. I have a new non-fiction book concerning Christian eschatology and Bible inter..."

Hello, would you be interested in 1 to 1 exchanged review for your book? I also have a book coming out in April, called the Last Tribe. It is an end-times Christian Thriller (not doom and gloom left behind like but Christians trying to reach the last tribe excitement). It is only 8k words so it's really a novella. It is the first in the series.

Timothy, I would love to review your books! I will message you.

Timothy wrote: "Kent wrote: "Natalie, it's been almost a year and a half since you had a non-fiction group. I would like to suggest you start another. Thanks for your consideration"

Are you a nonfiction author yo..."
Yes, I am the author of one nonfiction, Remade, a preacher find victory over porn and complaint.