Review Group discussion

The review group is the most successful group for peer reviews on Goodreads. It hosts non-reciprocal reading/review rounds of ten authors with a variety of themes and genres, as well as ‘general’ rounds where any book is permitted, from non-fiction, to horror. When a round has ‘now forming’ in the title, there are places available, you can sign up. If it doesn’t, it’s full – look for another round or check back another time.


The founding principle of the group is honest, non-reciprocal reviews, so please help maintain the integrity of the group by letting me know as you sign up if you have been reviewed by, or have reviewed another author in the group and do check back as the group fills to report any clashes. Usually places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

This is a 'General' round. It was once a Novella, but has been changed.
Fiction and non-fiction, adult and children's books accepted.

Please note it is always possible that the books you are assigned may contain material you find upsetting or offensive. If you can't commit to this, please do not sign up.

Communication & Contact Details

As Goodreads has disabled private messaging, participation in this round requires providing a contact email address via a Google Form (or an alternative method specified by the moderator). This email will be used by the moderator to resolve round-related issues and will be shared with other participants solely for the purpose of exchanging review copies. Email addresses must not be used for marketing or shared more widely. The form with all collected email addresses will be deleted once the round has closed. If you are not comfortable with this, please do not sign up for the round.

Any participant who knowingly uses the email addresses for marketing, or is caught selling them, will be blacklisted from the group.

If you’re uncomfortable with sharing email addresses, you’re encouraged to establish a new free Gmail or Yahoo account, to be used exclusively for Review Group.

Now for the boring stuff, but please read it, it saves a lot of time if everyone is on the same wavelength.

Before signing up below with your Goodreads author and Goodreads book link in the thread below, please ensure that:

1. You have enough time to read and review 4 books within the 12 weeks of time allowed.

2. Your book is currently available for sale on Amazon (not pre-order) and it complies with the individual round theme, if there is one.

3. Your book is written in English, or you can provide an English translation, and it is fit to be reviewed. If it is not, due to editing or other issues, you risk poor reviews. This is your problem, not that of the reviewers or the groups. The number one error new authors make is not having their book beta read and edited, by non-family members.

4. You can submit reviews to Goodreads and Amazon.
Amazon allows only those people who have spent $50 in the last year to leave reviews in each of their stores. If you are unsure about your Amazon reviewer status, try posting a ‘test’ review before signing up. If you are unable to post reviews on Amazon, please do not sign up.

5. You can provide (and accept) at least PDF files.
You are not expected or required to buy the books you are allocated to review, but as this will give a ‘Verified Purchase’ review on Amazon, it is welcomed when you choose to do so. Many authors have books available via KU and others might provide smashwords coupons. Most authors can provide mobi and/or epub files directly by email. Please note: International Copyright laws apply. You cannot sell, or give away material you have received without the author’s express permission.

6. You have completed your reading if you are currently in another review round in this group. You can be involved in the ‘one for one’ list whilst you are in a round.

7. You have an author profile set up before you join.

8. You agree to provide a contact email address when requested by the moderator. This is required in order to participate in a round and replaces the previous requirement for Goodreads private messaging. Emails must not be sold, or used for marketing purposes.

The link to the mod's email form will be in the next post.

9. You declare any relationship you have with another member in the round.
Amazon will not allow reviews from the same household on the same book or if you are an editor, relative or close friend of another member.

10. You agree to finish assigned books before leaving a review, that your reviews will be unbiased and honest, whatever the star rating, and based on your perception of the merits of the book not on whether you like the genre or not, and you will try to avoid ‘spoilers’. i.e. giving away the finale of a book. Please note the Review Group will back any reviewer's right to express their opinion about a book, but personal comments about a fellow author are against both Review Group and Goodreads policy. If you DNF* an assigned book, you run the risk of not being allowed into review rounds in the future.

11. You will not ask a fellow author to change a review of your book because you don’t agree with it.
If you think you have a legitimate concern, talk to the mod of your round, NOT the other author. Personal attacks, or pressurizing other members WILL NOT BE TOLERATED and will result in you being blacklisted.

12. You declare all Goodreads accounts when signing up for rounds, including all pen names and additional user accounts, so that these can be checked by moderators and other group members to ensure that there are not previous review conflicts.

13. Books which include AI-generated writing are not permitted. Reviews may not be written by AI.

Please note:
*We all want reviews, it’s why we joined the group. It is bad taste to expect other people to review your book and then not do the same for other people in the group. People that Do not Finish (DNF) and/or don’t post reviews will find it difficult to get into a subsequent group.

It is not necessary to leave any kind of disclaimer in your review. Reviews that state you received a copy ‘in return’ for a review will probably be removed/not allowed by amazon.com.

Your Goodreads details and the rounds you participate in may be recorded by the admin mod on a database. We do not retain details of email addresses after the round has closed.

Allocation is entirely random and there will NOT be any rearranging of the listing to accommodate personal preference. The ONLY circumstance in which you may duck out of giving a review is if YOU provide a stand-in reviewer.

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/...

I will do my best to fit everyone into the group they request, but occasionally, particularly in the case of our more prolific good standing members, I may have to decline a member request to fit the maximum number of people into a particular round. I will always endeavour to start another round as soon as possible with that member in mind.

It is permissible to review an author more than once if a different book is available.

If you need anything clarified please ask on the thread below before signing up. It’s a pain to have to keep rearranging the list because people haven’t read the above.

Your group moderator will be: Loralee Evans
Member Links | Book Links
1. Keerthana Balamurugan | Angelo Sapiens and the Serpent's Stone
2. P. Portraits | HEAD: A Ben Lorloch Mystery Thriller
3. Balroop Singh | Fusion
4. Laura Koerber | Holey Ghosts
5. Ann Birdgenaw |Black Hole Radio - Nebulus
6. David Alyn Gordon | Jigsaw: Temporal Apocalypse
7. Bill Carmona | Snow
8.Anna Sinclaire | The Proposition
9. Tony Travis | Season of the Stranger
10. Loralee Evans | Felicity and the Raccoons

You'll need to fill out this form before I can add you to the list in the first post: https://forms.gle/1agVLiMeQntnFLZ47

Please read the two important messages below before joining the round:

Message 1:
As you're aware, we no longer have the Direct Message feature on Goodreads. The mods have discussed the best way to go forward, and have determined that we will need an email address from everyone, which will be collected in an online form.

(Please refer to the revised Rule 8 above.)

If you'd like to join this round, please remember that I can't add you until I have links to your Goodreads book and your email address, provided in this form. For the sake of everyone's privacy, we're asking participants to list the email address on the form and not in the actual thread where it's visible to all online.

Message 2:
Also: Considering Amazon’s recent delay in posting reviews (it has taken more than three weeks to see some appear in previous groups), the moderators have been discussing a way to address the issue. We can’t do anything about Amazon’s policies, but if we have sufficient proof that you submitted a review to Amazon, we would like for you to be “checked off” and free to join a new review thread.

We’re asking everyone to take a screenshot of the Amazon page that appears when you post a review. It’s the page that says “Thank you for reviewing…” In that screenshot, please also include the bottom of the screen, as the right-hand corner will verify the date. (The date would need to be at least 2 weeks prior to you sending the screenshot to the moderator.) Save the screenshot somewhere on your computer where you can get to it again if needed. (If your review comes through before two weeks have passed, you can then delete the screenshot.)

This page only appears right after you post the review, so you’ll have to be mindful about catching it in time.

If the Amazon review isn’t up in two weeks, you can email the screenshot to the moderator and be cleared for the next round. If the review does post after that, we’d still appreciate you posting the link in that group’s review thread (as always, please post Amazon links in a new post instead of editing a previous post).

Ann wrote: "Hi loralee can I join with my new book black hole radio nebulis. I would have to he in yr blindspot"

Anna wrote: "HI Loralee - I'd like to join with my first Novella, The Proposition:

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

The form is completed as requested. I don't have any conflicts."


Ann, you were the first, so since I have read all your current books, I will be able to fit you in my blind spot.
J.R., I apologize but since both Ann and I have reviewed you, and she needs to stay in my blind spot, I won't be able to fit you.
Linda, I have also reviewed you. I was hoping to be able to fit you between me and Ann, but it looks like you have read all of Ann's available books. I apologize that I won't be able to fit you, either.

Anna, please claim your author profile here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
and then post again from that profile. If you have not reviewed or been reviewed by anyone on the list by then, I should be able to fit you.

Loralee wrote: "Stjepan, I really wish I could let you join, but since you’ve reviewed both me and Ann, and we have to stay in each other’s blind spots, I’m afraid you won’t fit. I’m so sorry!"

Laura wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
I'd like to join with Holey Ghosts. Loralee has read it but I have other books. I've read Anne's books but could review her book of poems."

From what I saw, you haven't read all of Ann's books. I can see only four of them that you've read, and she has 6. I should be able to fit you, Laura, once you've fill out the form, but you'll need to offer a different book than Holey Ghosts. It is a bit more than 45,000 words. Since this is a novella round, please choose one of your books that is 45,000 words or less.

If I've read it already, and the only other options for me are books over 45,000, that's okay. But the book on the list needs to be a novella.

If I remember correctly, I think The Dog Thief was novella sized.

Please fill out the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BUML...

Then post again to let me know you've done it, and also let me know what book you'd like to offer that is a novella.

Ann, do you have a book of poems published? Checking your page just now to re-count your books and see how many Laura hadn't read, I saw a book titled Quick Stories and Poems, Volume 1. Are you a co-author on that? If so, I could move people around, and I might be able to fit JR, Linda, and Stjepan instead of leaving them out of the group. If it's a mistake, and that book doesn't belong there, let me know, and also contact Goodreads so it's not saying the book is partly yours if it isn't. If it is partly yours, but you don't have PDFs Mobis or Epubs because a co-author has all of that, let me know. We might be able to figure something out. I may just be completely confused, too!

Please let me know in the next couple of days, preferably by 5 July.

Ann wrote: "Hi loralee. The book of poems only has an exerpt from one of my books, so I'd rather not have that reviewed. Another author compiled it."

Bill wrote: "Hi, can I join with my novel Snow This is my profile Bill Carmona I have reviewed Linda and Loralee. Thanks!"

Bill, Ann has also reviewed you, and will need to read another book besides Snow, but it looks like you've got at least one more book in English (I.C.U) . Please remember to list who has reviewed you, as well as whom you have reviewed.

Also, please make sure that the book you offer is 45,000 words or fewer.

It doesn't look like you've read or been read by Laura. I think I'll be able to fit you!

Tony wrote: "I have finished all reviews on the other group.

Season of the Stranger

Tony Travis

Would love to join.

Thanks.

-Tony

I have reviewed all three listed atm."

Tony, you have not reviewed Ann. Ann, however, has reviewed you. If you had reviewed her, I would not have been able to fit you. As it is, it looks like you have reviewed Laura and me, and Ann has reviewed you, so you should be able to fit. You will need to review different books than what Laura and I have listed since you have read both of those. Ann has reviewed two of your books, neither of which is Season of the Stranger, so she should be able to review that.

Edit: Oh, and Bill, whom I just put on in the last few minutes, has reviewed Season of the Stranger, but since you have others for him to read, that should be fine.

It looks like I was able to fit Laura, Bill, and Tony onto the list. Please everyone, as new people come on, check back and let me know if you have read or been read by any of them. It is a really big help.

Also, please make sure the books you are offering on the list are 45,000 words or less, since this is a novella round. If someone has read your offered book (for example, I have read Laura's book, Encounters with Old Coyote) and the only other books you can offer them have more words, that can't be helped. But the book on the list needs to be a novella.

Anna wrote: "Hi Loralee,

Just responding to your email. I am very keen to be included.

I submitted a request to goodreads just after your post to claim my author profile (which I had totally forgotten to do prior so thank you for reminding me!).

I checked this morning and I think it's been finalised, so I'd love to join the round.

Kind regards,

Anna


Anna"

It looks like I was able to fit both Anna and C.R.

David wrote: "Hi Loralee. May I join with my newest and last in the Jigsaw Time Travel series: Temporal Apocalypse?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0H...

I do not see any conflicts. Anne and Laura have read me before but this is a new book, and the other writers that I have read all have additional material I can review. I filled out the form. Please advise, and take care.

David wrote:"Hi Loralee.

CR, Anne B, and Laura have not read the latest book. I have reviewed Bill and Tony, but they, and you, have other works I can review. Anne S has not read me, and I have not read her. I will add the book to Goodreads and send over the link. Please advise and take care."

David wrote: "Hi Loralee. Here is the link. Take care.

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

Loralee wrote:"I see it, but it does not appear to be linked to your current profile. It would be a big help if it was connected to the profile from which you are posting, if you can."

David, I have tried to fit you in, but even with taking myself out, I cannot see a way to fit you with the existing conflicts of the other participants the way they are. I wish that I could fit you in some way.

Edit: In the meantime, if there is some way to get your newest book onto your own profile, that would be a big help to both you and others. As it is, it is under a completely different profile. It does have your name, but it does not have any of your other information. Perhaps because "Mr" was added, which created another profile.

Here are some steps that might help get your new book on your own profile:

1. Find your new book. (The same as the link in your message above.)
2. Click on the name above it (your name, but with "Mr" as well.)

3. Find a link that says "Edit Details" or "Edit Data"

4. Find the page to edit your name, and type your name into the boxes (I believe there are three, and in one you have to do last name first) and type in your name without the Mr.

5. Go to the bottom and click "save".

6. If that does not move your new book to your profile, follow this link: https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...
and explain the problem to them.

Because CR left the group, that made, according to my checks, a spot available for David. I have put him in and contacted him to make sure he is still interested.
Since I had to move a couple of people a little bit, please check again, and let me know if I messed up.
From all I saw, he should be good. But the more eyes that check, the better.

David wrote:"Hi Loralee. I just emailed you. Yes I would like to join. Thank you for the opportunity. Take care."

Hello, everyone. Since it has been almost a month since I started the thread and we still don't have the last three spots filled due to various review conflicts, I will be changing this to a general round to hopefully get those last three spots filled.

Bill, the people you will be reviewing are already present, so this will barely affect you, if at all. But if you still would like to leave the group due to the change from novella to general, I will take you off. I hope you choose to stay. Please let me know.

Hello! I’d like to join with Memories of A Free Range Life.

I do not have any conflicts with the current group.

Hello,
Is it possible for me to join with my book, Angelo Sapiens and the Serpent's Stone

I have no conflicts with the current group, except that Kris Maddox, who posted above, has already reviewed my book. I also don't have any other books to submit.

I was able to fit Kris.
Keerthana, I will need you to fill out the form in message 2 before I can add you. From what you said, it looks like I should be able to fit you, but you'll need to fill the form out and then report back here that you have done so before other people complete the form and ask to join.

Thanks Loralee. I have filled the form.

Thank you for filling out the form, Keerthana. I have added you to the group.

We just have one more to go, everyone! Stay alert, and watch for my post asking for check ins.

Loralee wrote: "Thank you for filling out the form, Keerthana. I have added you to the group.

We just have one more to go, everyone! Stay alert, and watch for my post asking for check ins."

Thanks, Loralee.
But I'm still a little confused because Kris has already reviewed my book, and I'm directly below her on the list. Just wanted to check if the list will be adjusted further, or if it would be easier for me to wait for the next round if this might cause confusion for the current list.
Thanks!

Good morning. Since being added I see Angelo Sapiens and the Serpent's Stone been added but I have reviewed.

Oh dear, you're both right. And Keerthana only has the one book. I am so sorry. I will need to take her off. I apologize, Keerthana.

Group 398 still doesn't have an Amazon link for Kris' review of Terry Birdgenaw for round 3.

Apologies I will submit my round three Amazon review again. I did it, but it is not showing his live.

Thank you so much for that information, Gene. I had counted Kris's reviews, and thought all four were finished. I missed that Kris had not submitted an Amazon review yet. My apologies.

Keerthana, I will put you back on, since Kris's reviews were not complete in Group 398. My apologies, Kris.

Everyone, please remember to have both Goodreads and Amazon reviews complete and posted in a previous round before asking to join others. It is a big help when you do that. We mods do what we can, but obviously we can't keep track of everyone's reviews perfectly. When you do your part, it makes it a lot easier for us.

Kris wrote: "I have done the review, but Amazon has not made it live so this means I am out of this group now?"

I'm afraid so. Since Keerthana asked to join before your Amazon review posted, and there is a conflict between you that can't resolve with the current conflicts in the group, you'll need to wait for the next available round.

Seth wrote: "Not sure if I can fit, but I would like to join with Seven Serpents Assembled. I have reviewed Laura Koerber, but she has plenty of books I have not read yet. David and Ann have reviewed me, but not this book of mine. Lora Lee has reviewed me, but there some of my books she has not. I don't see any other conflicts but I will double check. Thanks!

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

https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Serpents...

Ok, I checked and I have reviewed one of Tony Travis's other books. No conflicts with anyone else.


Seth, I'm so sorry, but since Ann and I have both reviewed you, I won't be able to fit you. I wish that I could!

Franca Vanessa wrote: "Hi I would like to join with Book 2 of my series-- The Wielder Trials.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

However if any one wants to start with Book 1, I can send that one to the reviewers.
I also have book 3 or 4 for anyone who has read the first two books.

My conflicts-- Loralee has reviewed 3 of my books so book 4 is available for her.
I have reviewed Laura before for a different book than this one.
I have reviewed David before for a different book
I have reviewed Tony Travis for this book he listed.

Thanks"

Franca, I really wish I could fit you. But since you have reviewed both Laura and Tony, and Tony has reviewed Laura and me, I can't work you in without creating a review conflict. I am so sorry!

Everyone, I am so sorry this is taking so long. Hopefully soon, we will get those last two spots filled.

Franca Vanessa wrote: "No worries, thanks for considering me. I'll wait for the next round. Thanks again."

Hi,

Is my book suitable for this round?

HEAD - A Ben Lorloch Mystery Thriller

No conflicts other than with Kris Maddoz.

Thanks

Hello, P. Portraits. It looks like you might be able to fit. Will you fill out the questionaire in the second message?

Here is another link for that questionaire: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BUML...

Once you have done so, will you post again here, to let us know you completed it?

J.A. wrote: "Hi-

I don't know if it's possible, but I'd like to join the round. Loralee and Laura have reviewed me, and I've reviewed David and Ann.

This is my one and only book:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..."

I'm so sorry, J.A. If you had another book, I could let you join. But since both Laura and I have read it, I can't fit you in the group. I wish that I could.

Loralee wrote: "Hello, P. Portraits. It looks like you might be able to fit. Will you fill out the questionaire in the second message?

Here is another link for that questionaire: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/..."

Ok, thanks. I'll complete the form, but I just wanted to check because my book is regarded as a long read at 630 pages, and this group was originally for novella-length books!

It looks like I was able to include P. Portraits.

Everyone, it looks like we have one last spot to fill. Stay alert, and be ready to check your conflicts and check in when I give the go ahead.

Loralee wrote: "I noticed, while checking the google sheet, that someone named Sharin Bhatti posted information there, but never commented here. If Sharin Bhatti sees this, please comment here so I can include you, provided you don't have review conflicts on the current list that would conflict with the other members."

B.W. wrote: "I could join. Saving Hampton Grace is my book. I know P. Portraits has reviewed it but that's it I think."

B.W., please fill out the form first, then report back here to let us know that you have. The form can be found in the second message, but here is a link for your convenience: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BUML...

B.W. wrote: "Done"

B.W., thanks so much for doing that, but upon checking your profile, you currently have only the one book. If you had another P. Portraits could review, I could move her and Keerthana up a spot each, and put you in. But as it is, I won't be able to fit you. I apologize!

Also, B.W., upon checking your status on group 398, unless I missed a post you had made, you have not posted your 4th review on either Goodreads or Amazon. Please do not try to join other groups until all 4 of your reviews for both Amazon and Goodreads have posted.

Balroop wrote: "Hi Loralee, Just finished 398 but I checked that I won't fit in here!"
Mr. Crown, my apologies, but the book needs to be currently available. (Please note rule #2 in the first post of this thread.) It looks like your book will not be released until the end of August.

Balroop, I'm trying to figure out if I can squeeze you in.

EVERYONE:
I have some news. I have figured out a way to fit in Balroop. But the only way to do that, is by moving a few people around.

Bill, that would mean that Keerthana would be reviewed by you.

Here is the list as I will make it, if Balroop is still interested in being in the group.

Keerthana
P. Portraits
Balroop
Laura
Ann
David
Bill
Anna
Tony
Me

Balroop, if you are still interested in being in the group, let me know. You will also need to fill out the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BUML...

Bill, if Balroop does not reply before someone else who is eligible and will fit in the remaining spot asks to join, I will not change the line up. But if she does reply, then I will make the change I have outlined above. If you wish to be removed from the group because Keerthana joined after I changed the group from novella to general, please let me know. The rest of the people you will review still have novellas.

Sure. I'll sign up with my book Fusion
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Thanks, Balroop!

Everyone, it's time to check in!

Please do not rely on memory as this has caused trouble in the past!

This is what we all need to do, including me.

You need to make sure that the 4 people below you have never reviewed you (the list wraps, so 1 is below 10) and that you have never reviewed the 4 people above you. The person in the 5th spot from you is in your blind spot.

To check if you have reviewed any of the 4 people above you:

1. Go to your profile, and click the middle link under your picture/avatar.

2. In the small box that says "Search and add books" type in one of the names of the 4 people above you.

3. If you have never read that person, the next page will say: 'You have no books matching "Author's Name"

4. Repeat the same with the other three names. If you have not reviewed any of them, you are good to go in that direction.

To check if any of the 4 people below you have reviewed you:

1. Go to the profile of one of the 4 people under you, and click the middle link under their picture/avatar.

2. Type your name into the box that says "Search and add books".

3. If that person has never read you, the next page will say 'Author's name has no books matching "Your Name".

4. Repeat the same with the other three names. If all four have not reviewed you, you are good to go in that direction.

Once you have checked in both directions in the way that I have asked, please come back here, and report that you are "Good to go" or similar.

Once all ten of us have checked in, the group will be ready to start!

Please check back by one week from today, (by August 5) otherwise I will need to open your spot.

I have checked both above and below me, and I am good to go!

Well, as I said before, I have reviewed you and Tony, and Ann and David have reviewed me.

I am good to go. No conflicts with anyone

Good to go.

Hi Loralee,

I've checked and all ok. No conflicts.

Hi,

The people below me have never reviewed me.

I have never reviewed the people above me except for Balroop, whom I reviewed in Round 398.

Also, did you see that my book is 116,000 words, so quite long for people expecting a novella?

Thanks,
P.

Hi Loralee

I am good to go. Take care.

Good to go

good to go

All good for me!

P. Potraits, the group changed from novella to general several days ago. Also, if you take a look at the list in message #1, you will see that Balroop is actually below you. It would be bad if she was above you, because then the lineup wouldn't work. But since she is below you, and you will be reviewing the people below you, that will be fine. You will just review a book of hers that you haven't before.

Thanks everyone for checking in! Give me a little bit, and I will get a list put together. Then, I will send you emails with the people you'll be reviewing, and the people who will be reviewing you.

We’re ready! Be looking for an email from me with the emails of the people you will be reviewing, and the people who will review you.

Send your ebook to the 4 people above you. You should receive the ebooks of the 4 people below you.




1. START DATE: 30-July-26
END DATE: 22-Oct-26




Round 1 – post your review by 20-Aug-26
Round 2 – post your review by 10-Sept-26
Round 3 – post your review by 1-Oct-26
Round 4 – post your review by 22-Oct-26

You will be SENDING your book file to the four people above you, and RECEIVING a book file from the four people below you. Read below, including the instructions further down.


As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:


399-01__Keerthana Balamurugan
Loralee Evans for round 1
Tony Travis for round 2
Anna Sinclaire for round 3
Bill Carmona for round 4

399-02__P Portraits
Keerthana Balamurugan for round 1
Loralee Evans for round 2
Tony Travis for round 3
Anna Sinclaire for round 4


399-03__Balroop Singh
P Portraits for round 1
Keerthana Balamurugan for round 2
Loralee Evans for round 3
Tony Travis for round 4




399-04__ Laura Koerber
Balroop Singh for round 1
P Portraits for round 2
Keerthana Balamurugan for round 3
Loralee Evans for round 4




399-05__ Ann Birdgenaw
Laura Koerber for round 1
Balroop Singh for round 2
P Portraits for round 3
Keerthana Balamurugan for round 4




399-06__David Alyn Gordon
Ann Birdgenaw for round 1
Laura Koerber for round 2
Balroop Singh for round 3
P Portraits for round 4




399-07__ Bill Carmona
David Alyn Gordon for round 1
Ann Birdgenaw for round 2
Laura Koerber for round 3
Balroop Singh for round 4


399-08__ Anna Sinclaire
Bill Carmona for round 1
David Alyn Gordon for round 2
Ann Birdgenaw for round 3
Laura Koerber for round 4




399-09__ Tony Travis
Anna Sinclaire for round 1
Bill Carmona for round 2
David Alyn Gordon for round 3
Ann Birdgenaw for round 4




399-10__ Loralee Evans
Tony Travis for round 1
Anna Sinclaire for round 2
Bill Carmona for round 3
David Alyn Gordon for round 4




As REVIEWERS you will RECEIVE books from:


399-01__Keerthana Balamurugan
P Portraits for round 1
Balroop Singh for round 2
Laura Koerber for round 3
Ann Birdgenaw for round 4

399-02__P Portraits
Balroop Singh for round 1
Laura Koerber for round 2
Ann Birdgenaw for round 3
David Alyn Gordon for round 4

399-03__Balroop Singh
Laura Koerber for round 1
Ann Birdgenaw for round 2
David Alyn Gordon for round 3
Bill Carmona for round 3

399-04__ Laura Koerber
Ann Birdgenaw for round 1
David Alyn Gordon for round 2
Bill Carmona for round 3
Anna Sinclaire for round 4

399-05__ Ann Birdgenaw
David Alyn Gordon for round1
Bill Carmona for round2
Anna Sinclaire for round3
Tony Travis for round4

399-06__ David Alyn Gordon
Bill Carmona for round1
Anna Sinclaire for round2
Tony Travis for round3
Loralee Evans for round4

399-07__ Bill Carmona
Anna Sinclaire for round 1
Tony Travis for round 2
Loralee Evans for round 3
Keerthana Balamurugan for round 4

399-08__ Anna Sinclaire
Tony Travis for round 1
Loralee Evans for round 2
Keerthana Balamurugan for round 3
P Portraits for round 4

399-09__ Tony Travis
Loralee Evans for round 1
Keerthana Balamurugan for round 2
P Portraits for round 3
Balroop Singh for round 4

399-10__Loralee Evans
Keerthana Balamurugan for round 1
P Portraits for round 2
Balroop Singh for round 3
Laura Koerber for round 4


Please remember the commitment you are making to your fellow group members. 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 reads/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 readers in a format the reviewer can manage. Everyone must be able to provide and accept PDF. You may buy or borrow the books you are due to read if you wish, and I’m sure the author will appreciate the verified review, but IT IS NOT COMPULSORY. 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. You can finish as quickly as you like, provided you have read all your assigned books. (See rule #10.)

All reviews must be posted to GR. We also expect members to post on Amazon. When you have posted your reviews, please post the links to each of your reviews (not the book page) in this thread.
The mod of each round will record whether members have posted reviews on Amazon and for the good of all, members who persistently fail to post reviews or DNF reviews to Amazon, will find mods less than willing to add them to subsequent groups.

Postings to 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.

To exchange book files, email each other to request and send your epubs, mobis, or PDFs.

Setting up and modding these rounds is a labour of love, with a lot of emphasis on the ‘labour’. If you want to show appreciation for all the hard work we admins put in for the group, you could download one of our books as a ‘thank you’.

GUIDE FOR THOSE NEW TO THESE ROUNDS.

Quick 'start-up' summary for anyone new who might be scratching their heads. You are reviewing the four books 'below' you on the list.

You can, of course, choose to buy any or all of the books or read the books on KU, if you are a subscriber and the books are available there. If you can buy it adds weight to your review as it gives the 'Verified Purchase' stamp on Amazon.

However, as not everyone can buy, you will receive a listing of the email addresses of the other round participants.

Please make sure you have exchanged ALL FOUR books - or have been assured by your reviewers they will buy your book or read it through KU - as soon as possible. Some people read fast and it can be very frustrating to have to wait a long time to get hold of a book you are committed to review.
Don't forget to post the links to your reviews here so you can be signed off for them.

Please post your review to Goodreads, your own Amazon store and any other Amazon stores you might have access to as well.

AND SOME FINAL THINGS:
Some final notes: Please shorten your Amazon link, removing everything after and including the letters "ref" -- that will give you a clean link that doesn't include any of your personal information.

It's important to respond to messages and send your book files as soon as possible, as some reviewers read faster than others and they shouldn't be held up waiting for their review copy.

And just a tip from Gene, a fellow moderator: since Amazon can take days and days to post the review, you might want to wait until the Amazon review appears, then post your Goodreads review, and post both links together in one message on this thread. That makes it so much easier for moderators to count the reviews.

If you don't have the Goodreads and Amazon links on the same date, please do not edit your post to add the second link. I likely won't see that, as we’re not notified of post edits, so create a new post with the link.

Something else… Considering Amazon’s recent delay in posting reviews, the moderators have been looking for a way to address the issue. We can’t do anything about Amazon’s policies, but if we have sufficient proof you did submit a review, we would like for you to be “checked off” and free to join a new review thread.

So, we’re asking for everyone to take a screenshot of the Amazon page that appears when you post a review. It’s the page that says “Thank you for reviewing…” In that screenshot, please also include the bottom of the screen, as the right-hand corner will verify the date.

We’ll also need to see the URL in the screenshot, as the URL includes the book’s unique Amazon product ID number (thus proving the review was for the book and not something else.)

This page only appears right after you post the review, so you’ll have to be mindful about catching it in time.

If the Amazon review isn’t up in two weeks, you can email this screenshot to the moderator and be cleared for the next round. If the review does post after that, we’d still appreciate you posting the link in that group’s review thread (as always, please post Amazon links in a new post).

Screenshots are intended as a backup method when reviews are delayed for over two weeks. Members who frequently rely on screenshots instead of live review links risk being blocked from future rounds.

Screenshots should not be altered, edited, or manipulated in any way (with the exception of cropping out any personal info on the Amazon page). Providing false, misleading, or manipulated proof will lead to removal from the review group

Please email me with any issues going forward. Thanks.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

I have sent everyone an email with the names and emails of the people they are to review as well as the names and emails of the people who are to review them.

I have also emailed the four people I am to review and the four people who are to review me.

If you have not gotten two emails from me (except for Ann who should have only gotten the first one) please post here and let me know.

Hello,
I can get P Portraits', Balroop Singh's, and Laura Koerber's books through KU. My book is also in KU, and I can share a PDF copy if required.
Thanks!