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.
The new amazon rules state that authors/publishers are no longer allowed to specifically supply published books in return for reviews on amazon. To comply with this new rule, we no longer insist members review on amazon. However, we are all in the same situation, we want reviews.
When sorting out groups, I prioritise those members who have fully participated in previous groups and don’t have multiple review connections with the other participants.

This is an 18+ round
IF you are not comfortable reading graphic violence and adult situations, this is NOT the group for you. However, books do not HAVE to contain these aspects to be entered.

If you are only willing to review your own preferred genre, make sure you join a genre round. 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.
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/...

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 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 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. For a small fee, the group admin will look at the first few pages of your book to advise. 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, amazon.com and amazon.uk. Amazon has recently changed their criteria for reviewers to allow only those people who have spent $50 on amazon. If you are unsure about your amazon reviewer status, try posting a ‘test’ review before signing up.

5. You can provide (and accept) at least PDF files. Many authors can also provide mobi and epub files. You are not expected or required to buy the books you are allocated to review. Some authors borrow books via KU and others provide smashwords coupons. This is their choice. International Copyright laws apply. You cannot sell, or give away material you have received without the author’s express permission.

6. It is up to individuals what disclaimers they place in a review concerning receiving a book in exchange for a review. Note: reviews that state you received a copy ‘IN RETURN’ for a review will probably be removed/not allowed by amazon.com. ‘I received a free copy from the author without an obligation to review’ would be more acceptable if you feel the need to add a disclaimer.

7. 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.

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

9. Your goodreads profile allows people to message you, i.e. your profile is not set to private.

10. 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.

11. You agree that your reviews will be unbiased and honest, whatever the star rating, and you will try to avoid ‘spoilers’. i.e. giving away the finale of a book.

12. 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 pressurising other members WILL NOT BE TOLERATED and will result in you being blacklisted.

13. The new amazon.com review guidelines do not allow for free books to be supplied in return for reviews. Therefore, you are not obliged to review on amazon, just on goodreads. We all want reviews, its 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 DNF and/or don’t post reviews will find it difficult to get into a subsequent group.

14. Your goodreads details and the rounds you participate in will be recorded by the admin mod on a database. We do not retain details of email addresses etc.

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. Usually places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
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, either by goodreads personal message to me or 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
Neil Carstairs>

Member Links
1.Kilby Blades
2.Watson Davis
3.Justin Bohardt
4.Jessica Titone
5.Tassa Desalada
6.Maggie Hasbrouck
7.Rhian Waller
8.Lorraine M.L.M.
9.Erin Lee Daniels
10.Emily Williams

Book Links
1.Snapdragon
2.The Archbishop's Amulet
3.Parliament of the Profane: Summum Omnium Bonus
4.Watermarked
5.Call me lady
6.Muriel Avenue Sluts
7.Ship Rats - A Story of Heroism on the High Seas
8.SeQuence
9.Blaque Beauty and the Rancher
10.Letters to Eloise

I'd love to get in on this. I have read and understand the rules. Here are my Goodreads Author and Book links:

Kilby Blades Author Page
"Snapdragon" by Kilby Blades

Thanks,

K

I'm up for it.

Author Page
The Archbishop's Amulet

This is dark swords and sorcery with violence and gore, not so much on the sexy side.

Watson wrote: "I'm up for it.

Author Page
The Archbishop's Amulet

This is dark swords and sorcery with violence and gore, not so much on the sexy side."

And I should have said, I have or will have reviewed: Dale Rutter, Brett Stadelmann, Isabella Bedi, and Scott Spotson.

And I will have been reviewed by: Courtney Shepard, Brent A. Harris, Leon Huet, and J. D. Wilde. (But for a different series.)

I would like to join this group.

My Goodreads author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

The Parliament of the Profane: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Superheroes and the supernatural. A fair amount of profanity, violence, and sexuality.

I'd love to join in! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Kilby Blades has already reviewed my book.
Thanks,
Maggie

Sign me up. I've read and agree to all terms.


Goodreads Author Page
Watermarked

Pretty hefty page count, profanity, and a little sexuality.

Updated to note that I have reviewed Erin's book.

Emma, I would love to join this group with my book, Unholy Alliance, which has been reviewed by Kilby Blades. (Thanks again, Kilby.) This is my only conflict with persons so far. Unholy Alliance is a steamy romantic suspense. Unholy Alliance

Have read and agree to the rules and would like to submit my book: Blaque Beauty and the Rancher

Jessica wrote: "Sign me up. I've read and agree to all terms.


Goodreads Author Page
Watermarked

Pretty hefty page count, profanity, and a little sexuality.

Updated to note that I have reviewed Erin's book."

Actually you reviewed my first book. This is my second book it just has a similar title.

I have reviewed Watermark :)

Erin wrote: "Jessica wrote: "Sign me up. I've read and agree to all terms.


Goodreads Author Page
Watermarked

Pretty hefty page count, profanity, and a little sexuality.

Updated to note that I have reviewed..."

You're right. I did review your first book. But I've reviewed the one in this thread as well.

At this point, you and I are basically off limits for each other until one of us puts out another book. :)

Jessica wrote: "Erin wrote: "Jessica wrote: "Sign me up. I've read and agree to all terms.


Goodreads Author Page
Watermarked

Pretty hefty page count, profanity, and a little sexuality.

Updated to note that I ..."

*smacks forehead* omg you're right lol! I need a coffee break!

I've read and agree to the rules. And I'm interested in joining with my short story "Call Me Lady". It's romantic erotica, standard 18+ material.

Here is the link - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Thanks.

Tassa

I'll join if there's room and not too many conflicts. I've read and understand the rules.

My author page: K.B. Rose
Book page: In What Remains

I've reviewed Watermarked and Erin's first book, but not the book she submitted in this round.

Kathleen wrote: "Emma, I would love to join this group with my book, Unholy Alliance, which has been reviewed by Kilby Blades. (Thanks again, Kilby.) This is my only conflict with persons so far. Unholy Alliance is..."

I have also reviewed Unholy Alliance, just finished it today!

Kathleen wrote: "Emma, I would love to join this group with my book, Unholy Alliance, which has been reviewed by Kilby Blades. (Thanks again, Kilby.) This is my only conflict with persons so far. Unholy Alliance is..."

Sorry Kathleen, with both Maggie and Kibly having to avoid you, and each other, I can't fit you in. And as they both signed up before you, I have to give them priority. Perhaps the general group is an option?

Sorry K.B. With the list as it is, I can't fit you in. Perhaps try the general group?

That's ok, I'll try to catch the next one.

Maggie wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "Emma, I would love to join this group with my book, Unholy Alliance, which has been reviewed by Kilby Blades. (Thanks again, Kilby.) This is my only conflict with persons so far. U..."

Thank you for your review, Maggie. Thanks for choosing Unholy Alliance from the one-for-one review list.

Emma wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "Emma, I would love to join this group with my book, Unholy Alliance, which has been reviewed by Kilby Blades. (Thanks again, Kilby.) This is my only conflict with persons so far. U..."

Absolutely, Emma, totally understandable. I'll look for another group down the line.

Please sign me up for Mudd's Luck.

Tim

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

Hi Tim, any review clashes?

Hi, I'd love to join.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Thank you.

Please could I join this review round with Letters to Eloise
Thank you!
Emily
http://amzn.eu/0IU0Ffn

Hi Emily, can you confirm if you have any review relationships with the others in this round?

Can everyone please check for review relationships with other members in this round?
Use these methods: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


If everything is fine, I'll set up the ready, steady, go message (with details of round times and who is reviewing who) in 24 hrs.
Remember, you will be reviewed by the four names 'above' yours and you will review the four people 'below' you.

Hi Emma, thank you. I've checked and as far as I can see there are no review relationships. Thanks again
Emily

Great!

Hi Emma, I'm still new in the group, and I've checked. I don't think I have any review clashes. Apologies I should have declared that with the first post. Thank you.

Hi Kilby and Justin,
Please send a pdf of your book to: (view spoiler)[eldanielsromance@gmail.com (hide spoiler)]

Erin, we aren't going yet. The order may yet change. Please wait for the go ahead.

Emma wrote: "Erin, we aren't going yet. The order may yet change. Please wait for the go ahead."

K :)

Emma wrote: Can everyone please check for review relationships with other members in this round?
Use these methods..."

Maggie has cited our only conflict. I reviewed "Muriel Avenue Sluts" in a previous round.

Thanks,

Kilby

Kilby reviewing my book is my only conflict. The order looks good to me.
Thanks for all your work

T.S. wrote: "Please sign me up for Mudd's Luck.

Tim

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

No conflicts

Erin Daniels has reviewed T.S. O'Neil (Tampa Star) as part of Group 136

No conflicts.

Oops, didn't make the connection...does anyone else find that a spreadsheet would be helpful? Think I'll compile one :)

No conflicts.

We are looking for one more member.

Sorry T.S. but with the clash with Erin, which you didn't declare when you signed up, I can't fit you in. Watch out for the next group.

I'm in. No clashes as a new member.

18+ is fine for me but I'd like reviewers to note that my recent novel is a children's book, therefore treat it as such.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

About 17k words (an hour-ish of reading time). Smashwords freebie coupon for e-pub/mobi available.

Ok, as long as you're fine with that, I'm sure the other members won't object to a short book.

I'll pop you in the list Rhian and post the reading order message.

Great, thanks.

Ready, Steady, Go!

start 27-Jun-17
end 19-Sep-17

R1 end 18-Jul-17
R2 end 08-Aug-17
R3 end 29-Aug-17
R4 end 19-Sep-17



As AUTHORS you send your book file to:

149-01__ Kilby Blades
Emily Williams for round 1
Erin Lee Daniels for round 2
Lorraine M.L.M. for round 3
Rhian Waller for round 4

149-02__ Watson Davis
Kilby Blades for round 1
Emily Williams for round 2
Erin Lee Daniels for round 3
Lorraine M.L.M. for round 4

149-03__ Justin Bohardt
Watson Davis for round 1
Kilby Blades for round 2
Emily Williams for round 3
Erin Lee Daniels for round 4

149-04__ Jessica Titone
Justin Bohardt for round 1
Watson Davis for round 2
Kilby Blades for round 3
Emily Williams for round 4

149-05__ Tassa Desalada
Jessica Titone for round 1
Justin Bohardt for round 2
Watson Davis for round 3
Kilby Blades for round 4

149-06__ Maggie Hasbrouk
Tassa Desalada for round 1
Jessica Titone for round 2
Justin Bohardt for round 3
Watson Davis for round 4

149-07__ Rhian Waller
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 1
Tassa Desalada for round 2
Jessica Titone for round 3
Justin Bohardt for round 4

149-08__ Lorraine M.L.M.
Rhian Waller for round 1
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 2
Tassa Desalada for round 3
Jessica Titone for round 4

149-09__ Erin Lee Daniels
Lorraine M.L.M. for round 1
Rhian Waller for round 2
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 3
Tassa Desalada for round 4

149-10__ Emily Williams
Erin Lee Daniels for round 1
Lorraine M.L.M. for round 2
Rhian Waller for round 3
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

149-01__ Kilby Blades
Watson Davis for round 1
Justin Bohardt for round 2
Jessica Titone for round 3
Tassa Desalada for round 4

149-02__ Watson Davis
Justin Bohardt for round 1
Jessica Titone for round 2
Tassa Desalada for round 3
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 4

149-03__ Justin Bohardt
Jessica Titone for round 1
Tassa Desalada for round 2
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 3
Rhian Waller for round 4

149-04__ Jessica Titone
Tassa Desalada for round 1
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 2
Rhian Waller for round 3
Lorraine M.L.M. for round 4

149-05__ Tassa Desalada
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 1
Rhian Waller for round 2
Lorraine M.L.M. for round 3
Erin Lee Daniels for round 4

149-06__ Maggie Hasbrouk
Rhian Waller for round 1
Lorraine M.L.M. for round 2
Erin Lee Daniels for round 3
Emily Williams for round 4

149-07__ Rhian Waller
Lorraine M.L.M. for round 1
Erin Lee Daniels for round 2
Emily Williams for round 3
Kilby Blades for round 4

149-08__ Lorraine M.L.M.
Erin Lee Daniels for round 1
Emily Williams for round 2
Kilby Blades for round 3
Watson Davis for round 4

149-09__ Erin Lee Daniels
Emily Williams for round 1
Kilby Blades for round 2
Watson Davis for round 3
Justin Bohardt for round 4

149-10__ Emily Williams
Kilby Blades for round 1
Watson Davis for round 2
Justin Bohardt for round 3
Jessica Titone 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.

All reviews must be posted to GR. We also encourage members to post on amazon .com and .uk. When you have posted your reviews, please post the three links to your reviews, not the book page in this thread.
The mod of each round will record whether members have posted reviews on amazon. I set up all the groups, and for the good of all, members who persistently fail to post reviews or DNF reviews to amazon, will find me 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, 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). Happy reviewing, everyone :)

Sorry for the question, but this is my first review group here.

Should we go ahead and reach out to the four readers assigned to our book immediately, or should I wait for each round to begin?

Thanks,

Justin

Emma wrote: "Ready, Steady, Go!

start 27-Jun-17
end 19-Sep-17

R1 end 18-Jul-17
R2 end 08-Aug-17
R3 end 29-Aug-17
R4 end 19-Sep-17



As AUTHORS you send your book file to:

149-01__ Kilby Blades..."

For everyone taking part, I will be moderating this group throughout its run. Any questions or problems please post here or message me. For those who are new please contact the people who are to review your book and arrange format and delivery. There are some around who subscribe to KU and are happy to download via that scheme to give page read credits.

To answer Justin's question, it's easiest to reach out to all four readers now, that way any contact/format issues can get sorted early in the process. There is also no need to wait until the end of each 3 week period to post your review. The sooner all four of the books you are allocated are read and reviewed the sooner you can move on to a new group (and it makes for a happy moderator)

Hi Kilby, please send your book to (view spoiler)[eldanielsromance@gmail.com (hide spoiler)]

Picked up "Call Me Lady" on KU, and have read and reviewed it for Round 1.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R34RYSQ...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2272...

Letters to Eloise

Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/review/R1JSCGS...
Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2UXC...

Blaque Beauty:
My book blog (AIWAW Project): https://rhianwriting.wordpress.com/20...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2D2Z...
Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1K4SFU...

SeQuence:
My book blog (AIWAW Project): https://rhianwriting.wordpress.com/20...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1KXH...
Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1CYB1E...

Letters to Eloise:
My book blog (AIWAW Project): https://rhianwriting.wordpress.com/20...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1521...
Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/review/R130EEL...

Snapdragon:
My book blog (AIWAW Project): https://rhianwriting.wordpress.com/20...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/review/RBTXMIX...
Amazon.co.uk: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R301I...