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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 Amazon rules state that authors/publishers are not allowed to specifically supply published books in return for reviews on Amazon. To comply with this rule, we don’t insist members review on Amazon, but we do insist that every participant in the round has the capacity to leave a review on their local Amazon store, so we all start with the same options.

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 an 'In this World' round.
Fiction books that could have actually happened in contemporary and/or historical settings. So nothing set in the future, no magic, ghosts, elves, talking animals or creatures from outer space.

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 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author and Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ 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 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 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ 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. Your Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ profile allows people to message you, i.e. your profile is not set to private.

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 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.

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

Please note:
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.

It is not necessary to leave any kind of disclaimer in your review, but ultimately, it is up to individuals. 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.

Your Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ 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 etc.

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:
/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, either by Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ 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:
L.N. Denison


Member Links
1. Gene Kendall
2. Diana J. Febry
3. Vanessa Morgan
4. Arriah Kiprujistho
5. Jay Saph
6. Laurette Long
7. D. Gail Miller
8. B.B. James
9. Saal Baraan
10. Laura Koerber

Book Links
1. yeah, shut up.
2. The Paperboy: Peter Hatherall Mystery Book 6
3. The Strangers Outside
4. Those Were Not Love Letters But Still I Fell in Love
5. Snack Van
6. Hot Basque
7. The Gateway to Danger: Chelsea Crosses into e-Commerceland
8. Room Service
9. Of Myriad Paths: To resilience, tenacity and hope
10. The Dog Thief and Other Stories

I've read the rules & I'm happy with them. Diana J. Febry The Paperboy: Peter Hatherall Mystery Book 6

I'd like to participate with The Strangers Outside. It happens to be free on Kindle today as well: /book/show/9...

Hi... I am really excited to be a part of it. Would appreciate if you add my book here

Author Profile: /author/show...

Those were not love letters but still I fell in Love
Those Were Not Love Letters But Still I Fell in Love

Welcome aboard the round Diana, Vanessa and Arriah. Please do check back as the round fills and let me know of any clashes that develop. Thanks.

Hi E.M. and everyone
I’d like to join with my contemporary romance, Hot Basque. Here’s the link:
/book/show/3...

The only clash so far is with Diana, who has already reviewed it, but if she was scheduled to review me again I have the sequel, (called the prequel!) ‘The Passage of Desire� which she hasn’t read.
Thanks!
Laurette

Welcome, Laurette. I have put you in Diane's 'blind spot' for now, but that might need to change depending on who joins the round.

I would like to join with my book "Snack Van" which is a UK-based tense family drama.



I don't have any clashes and can provide .pdf and KU. I can get peoples books off KU.
Best Jay

Jay wrote: "I would like to join with my book "Snack Van" which is a UK-based tense family drama.

Love to add you Jay, but I need the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ book link, please.

Oops!
/book/show/2...

best jay

Thanks Jay, and welcome aboard!

Hi E.M
Here are my links to jump on this round if possible .
/author/show...

Welcome B.B. - I found your book on GR as I have seen it before, but please always post the GR link when signing up. The Zon link is not needed.

Oops ! Okey doke I’ll keep that in mind. Cheers :)

Hi E.M. just in case there's a sprint to the finishing line I am out of internet range until Thursday afternoon, will check in as soon as get out of French Twilight Zone...

Thanks for letting us know Laurette :)

Hi E.M., my book is non-fiction but it reads like a historical fiction thriller, except it's all true. Here are my links in case it is accepted on this round:
/author/show...
/book/show/4...

Danielle - your book would be a perfect fit in the General round which still has one spot open:
/topic/show/...

I'd like to submit my book Yeah, Shut Up. I'll mention that Laurette has already reviewed it.
/book/show/2...

I would like to submit my new YA novella, The Gateway to Danger: Chelsea Crosses into e-Commerceland. It definitely is in need of reviews./book/show/4...

Welcome Gene and D!
Gene - you will have to offer a different book to Laurette.

E.M.,
I don't have another "in this world" for Laurette to review. I do have a guide book to an American cop show, which is set in reality, but I don't know if that would qualify.
This is it - /book/show/3...

Hi E.M. and Gene
Just taken a look at Gene's suggestion, 'An Unofficial Guide to NYPD Blues', regretfully I don't think this would be one for me as I don't know the series...I loved Gene's other books, would it be possible to re-jig the order given that we're almost there for the round? The only other clash for me is with Diana, but I could offer her 2 other books in the series OR a non-fiction book, sort of memoir/blog about life in SW France /book/show/3...
Sorry I know this is extra work for the busy Mod...

As the book doesn't fit the round, I have rejigged! :)

E.M. wrote: "As the book doesn't fit the round, I have rejigged! :)"

You are a star;-)

Hi
I am excited to be part of this group so add me as member. My book is ‘Of Myriad Paths� to resilience, tenacity and hope and published in Kindle Stores.



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AUTHOR LINK AMAZON CENTRAL


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I am happy to review the books

Thanks
Saal

Welcome Saal!

I'd like to join with /book/show/3...

Short stories about contemporary life in rural America

Welcome, Laura! That fills the round. So onto the next step!

I need everyone in the round to check you have never previously reviewed the four people 'above' you on the list (it wraps around so 10 is 'above' 1) or ever been reviewed by the four people 'below'.

When enough people have posted that they don't have any such clashes, I can assign a Mod and set the reading/review phase running :)

NOne of the names look familiar to me

I don't believe I've had previous contact with any of the other authors on the list.

No clashes for me.

No previous contact

No clashes for me

No clashes.

E.M. wrote: "Welcome, Laura! That fills the round. So onto the next step!

I need everyone in the round to check you have never previously reviewed the four people 'above' you on the list (it wraps around so 10..."
Hi E.M. A bit confused, thought we reviewed the four people after us so I as number 6 review numbers 7 8 9 10, and am reviewed by numbers 5 4 3 2. If it has changed, then I can't review Diana, at no 2, as she has reviewed 1 of my books. Am I in a hopeless muddle??

No clashes.

Laurette wrote: "Hi E.M. A bit confused, thought we reviewed the four people after us so I as number 6 review numbers 7 8 9 10, and am reviewed by numbers 5 4 3 2. If it has changed, then I can't review Diana, at no 2, as she has reviewed 1 of my books. Am I in a hopeless muddle?? "

Your right, Laurette, you do review the four below, that is why it is so important to check none of those people have reviewed you before.

Thanks for that clarification E.M, no clashes, I'll contact Diana once the round is given the green light about which other book of mine she'd be happy to review ;-)

Looks like we have a goer here! Grab your books and the reading can commence ;)

START DATE: 31-July-19

END DATE: 23-Oct-19

Round 1 � post your review by 21 -Aug-19
Round 2 � post your review by 11-Sept-19
Round 3 � post your review by 02-Oct-19
Round 4 � post your review by 23-Oct-19

As AUTHORS you SEND your book file to:

224-01__Gene Kendall
Laura Koerber for round 1
Saal Baraan for round 2
B.B. James for round 3
D. Gail Miller for round 4

224-02__Diana J. Febry
Gene Kendall for round 1
Laura Koerber for round 2
Saal Baraan for round 3
B.B. James for round 4

224-03__Vanessa Morgan
Diana J. Febry for round 1
Gene Kendall for round 2
Laura Koerber for round 3
Saal Baraan for round 4

224-04__ Arriah Kiprujistho
Vanessa Morgan for round 1
Diana J. Febry for round 2
Gene Kendall for round 3
Laura Koerber for round 4

224-05__ Jay Saph
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 1
Vanessa Morgan for round 2
Diana J. Febry for round 3
Gene Kendall for round 4

224-06__ Laurette Long
Jay Saph for round 1
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 2
Vanessa Morgan for round 3
Diana J. Febry for round 4

224-07__ D. Gail Miller
Laurette Long for round 1
Jay Saph for round 2
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 3
Vanessa Morgan for round 4

224-08__ B.B. James
D. Gail Miller for round 1
Laurette Long for round 2
Jay Saph for round 3
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 4

224-09__ Saal Baraan
B.B. James for round 1
D. Gail Miller for round 2
Laurette Long for round 3
Jay Saph for round 4

224-10__ Laura Koerber
Saal Baraan for round 1
B.B. James for round 2
D. Gail Miller for round 3
Laurette Long for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

224-01__Gene Kendall
Diana J. Febry for round 1
Vanessa Morgan for round 2
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 3
Jay Saph for round 4

224-02__Diana J. Febry
Vanessa Morgan for round 1
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 2
Jay Saph for round 3
Laurette Long for round 4

224-03__Vanessa Morgan
Arriah Kiprujistho for round 1
Jay Saph for round 2
Laurette Long for round 3
D. Gail Miller for round 4

224-04__ Arriah Kiprujistho
Jay Saph for round 1
Laurette Long for round 2
D. Gail Miller for round 3
B.B. James for round 4

224-05__ Jay Saph
Laurette Long for round 1
D. Gail Miller for round 2
B.B. James for round 3
Saal Baraan for round 4

224-06__ Laurette Long
D. Gail Miller for round 1
B.B. James for round 2
Saal Baraan for round 3
Laura Koerber for round 4

224-07__ D. Gail Miller
B.B. James for round 1
Saal Baraan for round 2
Laura Koerber for round 3
Gene Kendall for round 4

224-08__ B.B. James
Saal Baraan for round 1
Laura Koerber for round 2
Gene Kendall for round 3
Diana J. Febry for round 4

224-09__ Saal Baraan
Laura Koerber for round 1
Gene Kendall for round 2
Diana J. Febry for round 3
Vanessa Morgan for round 4

224-10__ Laura Koerber
Gene Kendall for round 1
Diana J. Febry for round 2
Vanessa Morgan for round 3
Arriah Kiprujistho 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. 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, 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 :)

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�.

Please read this especially if you are new to these review rounds.

Quick 'start-up' summary for anyone new who might be scratching their heads.

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 should PM the four people who will be reviewing you (the four above you on the original list of names) through their Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author pages. Click on the down arrow beside the 'Follow Author' button under their picture and it opens a menu which will allow you to message them.

Ask what kind of file they would like or say you can only offer PDF, though unless a publisher uploaded it for you, you can always download a .mobi of your own book from Amazon.

Don't forget to ask where to send it so they can give you their email.

The four people who you are reviewing should be in touch with you in a similar way.

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 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, your own Amazon store and any other Amazon stores you might have access to as well.

Your Mod for this round is L.N. Denison and she will be along to say hello and welcome you all in a while. Please direct any issues arising to her.

Happy reading!

Hi guys - this is a back up in case I end up writing gibberish in pms. I've a major project I need to complete by Fri (stress) & I'm going on holiday on Sat (Yay). I'm not even taking my phone with me, let alone checking e-mails! Vanessa, Arriah & Jay I've downloaded your books so no need to contact me. Laurette as soon as I know which book you want me to read I'll download it.
Gene, Laura, Saal & BB I'll try to make contact before Fri night but if haven't by then please go on and read your other 3 books.

Gene Kendall for round 1
Diana J. Febry for round 2
Vanessa Morgan for round 3
Arriah Kiprujistho for round

Hi You don't need to send me anything I will buy your books

Hi guys, sorry I'm late. I"m your mod for this round. All I ask is that you enjoy the round and if you have any problems P.M me. Go buy those books.

I have downloaded HOT BASQUE - Laurette Long from KU so there's no need to send to me. I will grab all I'm due to review from KU if they are available. Many thanks! Jay

Jay wrote: "I have downloaded HOT BASQUE - Laurette Long from KU so there's no need to send to me. I will grab all I'm due to review from KU if they are available. Many thanks! Jay"
Thanks Jay! It's book 2 in a series, but can be read as stand alone, and there are resumés of the other books at the end in case you want a bit more context! Happy days Laurette

Thanks Laurette - already had to fan myself a bit ;)

Diana wrote: "Hi guys - this is a back up in case I end up writing gibberish in pms. I've a major project I need to complete by Fri (stress) & I'm going on holiday on Sat (Yay). I'm not even taking my phone with..."
Hi Diana I suggest The Passage of Desire as it follows on from Hot Basque which you've read but if you fancy the one before HB here are both links
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/book/show/2...
The Passage of Desire has a new cover which hasn't made it onto Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ yet, also it's a novella so a shorter read during your hols ;-) Thanks and have a great time!!

L.N. wrote: "Hi guys, sorry I'm late. I"m your mod for this round. All I ask is that you enjoy the round and if you have any problems P.M me. Go buy those books."
Welcome LN! and thank you, E.M.!

Hi D. Gail, Saal, Laura, I have replied to your messages, you are all on KU so will download your books to review, BB I will buy yours.
Arriah and Vanessa you are reviewing me (Hot Basque) I've just sent you messages, my book is free to download via KU but if you aren't a member I can send a pdf (no gifts from Amazon France, sorry!!)
Happy reading everyone!