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+ groups 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
Barbara Land

Member Links
1. Mike Robbins https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
2. Chance Maree https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
3. Michelle Irwin https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
4. Gloria Ng https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
5. Pricila Murrell https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
6.A J Stewart https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
7.Meriel Brooks https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
8.Adam Snowflake https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
9.Bruce E. Arrington https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
10.Karen Fields https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Book Links

1.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
2.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
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/2...
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. It makes it so much easier when I'm setting up the group.

Can I start the ball rolling again, please, Emma? I'm also in group 50 but have completed all my reviews for it.

The Nine Horizons: Travels in Sundry Places

Hello. I'd like jump in here and give this format a try. It does sound intriguing.

Dark Matter Tiding

Hi! I was introduced to this group and it sounds interesting. I would love to be involved in this review group if I can.

Name Games

Hi! I've never been reviewed here, and I'm interested in joining.

Girl of the Book

All updated folks.

I'm keen to join this group.
Thanks
AJ

I'd like to join this group

I have finished my obligations for my previous group. I would like to enter with my story, Cthulhu's daughterCuthlu's daughter

I would like to join this group as well. Adam is currently signed up to read a short story of mine from another group, but I think everyone else is new. Thanks!

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

Is it the same book Bruce? It is just reciprocal reviews we avoid here. So Adam can review more than one book from you.

Which book Meriel?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
I only want this book reviewed, but can you have two books going in the same round, Emma?

It's a different story.

thats makes things easier Bruce.

Meriel, no you cn't have two books in the same round, as you'd end up reviewing people that were reviewing you. For each author, there is only one person you don't interact with in each review round.

For example name 1 will review 2, 3, 4, and 5.
They will be reviewed by 7, 8 ,9 and 10.
Only name 6 would not interact with name 1.

Clear as mud?

Thanks, Emma,
It's just that I thought I saw one author giving one book for review in one round and a different book in another round - but I can't remember where it was, so I'm probably mistaken.
I was just curious.

Hello. I'd like to join this group if there's still time. I've not been reviewed by any of the member listed so far. My link is:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

(and BTW, the paperback version is only 278 pages, NOT 1,278 pages, which I can't seem to change as it shows up correct in the data entry view -- didn't want to scare anyone).

Hi, I haven't joined one of these groups before, but I'm keen to give it a try. Is the group already full or can I be included?


Emma: Desperately Seeking Baby

Regards, Jo

You've just missed out Jo, but I'll start another group ASAP.

Ok, no worries. Thanks Emma.

Here we go folks.

START DATE: 02 Dec 14

END DATE:24-Feb-15



Round 1 – post your review by 23-Dec-14
Round 2 – post your review by 13-Jan-15
Round 3 – post your review by 03-Feb-15
Round 4 – post your review by 24-Feb-15



As AUTHORS you send your book file to:

G55-01__ Mike Robbins
Karen Fields for round 1
Bruce Arrington for round 2
Adam Snowflake for round 3
Meriel Brooke for round 4

G55-02__ Chance Maree
Mike Robbins for round 1
Karen Fields for round 2
Bruce Arrington for round 3
Adam Snowflake for round 4

G55-03__ Michelle Irwin
Chance Maree for round 1
Mike Robbins for round 2
Karen Fields for round 3
Bruce Arrington for round 4

G55-04__ Gloria Ng
Michelle Irwin for round 1
Chance Maree for round 2
Mike Robbins for round 3
Karen Fields for round 4

G55-05__ Princila Murrell
Gloria Ng for round 1
Michelle Irwin for round 2
Chance Maree for round 3
Mike Robbins for round 4

G55-06__ A.J. Stewart
Princila Murrell for round 1
Gloria Ng for round 2
Michelle Irwin for round 3
Chance Maree for round 4

G55-07__ Meriel Brooke
A.J. Stewart for round 1
Princila Murrell for round 2
Gloria Ng for round 3
Michelle Irwin for round 4

G55-08__ Adam Snowflake
Meriel Brooke for round 1
A.J. Stewart for round 2
Princila Murrell for round 3
Gloria Ng for round 4

G55-09__ Bruce Arrington
Adam Snowflake for round 1
Meriel Brooke for round 2
A.J. Stewart for round 3
Princila Murrell for round 4

G55-10__ Karen Fields
Bruce Arrington for round 1
Adam Snowflake for round 2
Meriel Brooke for round 3
A.J. Stewart for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

G55-01__ Mike Robbins
Chance Maree for round 1
Michelle Irwin for round 2
Gloria Ng for round 3
Princila Murrell for round 4

G55-02__ Chance Maree
Michelle Irwin for round 1
Gloria Ng for round 2
Princila Murrell for round 3
A.J. Stewart for round 4

G55-03__ Michelle Irwin
Gloria Ng for round 1
Princila Murrell for round 2
A.J. Stewart for round 3
Meriel Brooke for round 4

G55-04__ Gloria Ng
Princila Murrell for round 1
A.J. Stewart for round 2
Meriel Brooke for round 3
Adam Snowflake for round 4

G55-05__ Princila Murrell
A.J. Stewart for round 1
Meriel Brooke for round 2
Adam Snowflake for round 3
Bruce Arrington for round 4

G55-06__ A.J. Stewart
Meriel Brooke for round 1
Adam Snowflake for round 2
Bruce Arrington for round 3
Karen Fields for round 4

G55-07__ Meriel Brooke
Adam Snowflake for round 1
Bruce Arrington for round 2
Karen Fields for round 3
Mike Robbins for round 4

G55-08__ Adam Snowflake
Bruce Arrington for round 1
Karen Fields for round 2
Mike Robbins for round 3
Chance Maree for round 4

G55-09__ Bruce Arrington
Karen Fields for round 1
Mike Robbins for round 2
Chance Maree for round 3
Michelle Irwin for round 4

G55-10__ Karen Fields
Mike Robbins for round 1
Chance Maree for round 2
Michelle Irwin for round 3
Gloria Ng 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 24-Feb-15.

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.

You have the next week to exchange your book files. My advice is to use PM to give email addresses to each other (save the chance of spammers getting your addies from this open forum). I'll stay with you for the next week to answer your questions then your group moderator will take over. Happy reviewing, everyone :)

Welcome to Group 55!

For those of you who are newbies, here are some links that will help you acclimate to the process:

How it Works:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

FAQ:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

After reading these two articles, you’ll have a good idea how the Review Groups work and what will be expected from you as a participant.

So what is a review and how do I write one?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This article will guide you in the steps to writing an effective review for your fellow authors.

Please address direct questions to an individual via PM (private message) and more general questions to the group on this thread.

Round 1 reviews are due December 23, with subsequent rounds at three week intervals. Please remember that you must post links on this thread to all three locations where your reviews appear (here on Goodreads, at Amazon and Amazon UK).

Thanks and good reading!

Round 1 reviews: Name Games
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
http://www.amazon.com/review/RP3ZG471...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R9T47...

Round 3 reviews: Offside Trap
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RZCD6...
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3HXF348...

Michelle wrote: "Round 1 reviews: Name Games
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
http://www.amazon.com/review/RP3ZG471...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R9T47......"

Thank you, Michelle.

My review of Adam's book:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I couldn't find this book on Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com

Meriel wrote: "My review of Adam's book:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I couldn't find this book on Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com"

Hello Meriel,

This appears to be the book link here at GR. Do you have a separate link for your review?

Thank you,
Barbara

Round 1 Review: Through the Fire, By Michelle Irwin

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

http://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R1RB6...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2U26I...

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

Hope this is a better link, Barbara

Round 1 Review: Offside Trap by AJ Stewart

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

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

https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R25QX...

Here is my review of Dark Matter Tiding, by Chance Maree.

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

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Matter-Tid...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-revie...

Meriel wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Hope this is a better link, Barbara"

Yes, that's perfect. Thank you, Meriel.

Chance wrote: "Round 1 Review: Through the Fire

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

http://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R1RB6...

http://www.amazon.co...."

Thank you, Chance.

Princila wrote: "Round 1 Review: Offside Trap

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

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

https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R25QX......"

Thank you, Princila.

Good morning everyone,

If you would be so kind, please include both the name of the book and the author when you post your reviews. It makes things easier to track.

Thank you,
Barbara

Round 2: Name Games, by Gloria Ng

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

http://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R37NX...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R38E9P...

Round 1 review posted

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

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3PJGUC1...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R38JKV...

Round 2: Girl of the book Princila Murrell

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

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

http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3OZMT...

Round one review trial by fireBruce E. Arrington : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I was having a hard time finding the book on other websites, so help finding those links would be much appreciated.

Chance wrote: "Round 2: Name Games, by Gloria Ng

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

http://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R37NX......"

Thank you, Chance.

Gloria wrote: "Round 1 review posted

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

http://www.amazon.com/review/R3PJGUC1...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R38JKV......"

Thank you, Gloria

Michelle wrote: "Round 2: Girl of the book Princila Murrell

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

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

http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3OZM..."

Thank you, Michelle

Adam wrote: "Round one review trial by fireBruce E. Arrington : https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I was having a hard time finding the book on other websites, so help find..."

Hello Adam,

Thank you for posting your review here at Goodreads. You'll find "Trial by FEAR" by Bruce Arrington on Amazon and Amazon UK by typing the name of the book and the name of the author in the search bar once you're on the site. Please post the links to your reviews here as soon as you've posted them on Amazon and Amazon UK.

Thank you,
Barbara

Bruce wrote: "Here is my review of Dark Matter Tiding, by Chance Maree.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Greetings Bruce,

Do you have links to your reviews for Amazon and Amazon UK?

Thanks Barbara. See my original notation.

Bruce wrote: "Thanks Barbara. See my original notation."

Got it, thanks.

My round 1 review, Dark Matter Tiding by Chance Maree:

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

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2UKA0P3...

Amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3IL6Z...

Mike wrote: "My round 1 review, Dark Matter Tiding by Chance Maree:

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

Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2UKA0P3..."

Thank you, Mike

Round 3, Girl of the Book, by Princila Murrell

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3VQ6YNC...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R37WNL...

Chance wrote: "Round 3, Girl of the Book, by Princila Murrell

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
http://www.amazon.com/review/R3VQ6YNC......"

Thank you, Chance.

My Review for Adam Snowflake's book, Cthulu's Daughter.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...