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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.
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
Adult fiction that may contain violence and adult situations. Do NOT join this group is such material offends you.

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:
/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
L.N. Denison

Member Links
1.J.B. Trepagnier
2.Sherrod Wall
3.Ian G. Welch
4.Lucretia Stanhope
5.Crystal Packard
6.Andrew Cairns
7.Erin Bomboy
8.Maggie Hasbrouck
9.T.L. Clark
10.Segilola Salami

Book Links
1.The Flight of Crow Girl
2.From Heaven to Earth
3.Circumstantial Truth
4.Blessedly Bound
5.Water Lily
6.The Witch's List
7.The Piece: A Contemporary Ballet Novel
8.Muriel Avenue Sluts
9.Love Bites
10.Abiku: A Battle Of Gods

Hello -

I've never participated in one of these review rounds before, and I'd love to fix that. My debut novel, "How I'm Spending My Afterlife" (/book/show/3...), is a suspenseful literary noir and will be available on October 3rd.

Thanks!

Spencer wrote: "Hello -

I've never participated in one of these review rounds before, and I'd love to fix that. My debut novel, "How I'm Spending My Afterlife" (/book/show/3......"

I think your book has to be already published to join the rounds.

It does. The rational being that reviews have to be able to post reviews immediately.
we don't do ARC's here.

If it doesn't work with the 18+ group, I'd like to join with The Flight of Crow Girl even though it's not the best fit for this group

Ah, all right. Sorry - I saw "pre-order" in the rules and did not read closely enough. I will try again later.

J.B. I will fit this group around you.
I'm so sorry about the mix up. It's completely my fault.

I would lime to submit my book Blaque Beauty and the Rancher

I have reviewed JB before but not this book.

Welcome Erin. Folks, would you like me to turn this into an 18+?

As both your books were submitted to that category before?

I wouldn't mind it being 18+

ok, I'll make the change.

I'd love to join this group with Muriel Avenue Sluts /book/show/3...

I have reviewed both J.B. and Erin's books. I hope it is early enough for you to fit me in.
many thanks

Maggie, if they have other books you can review, I can fit you in.

Nice to see you again Sherrod. I'll add you in.

Emma wrote: "Maggie, if they have other books you can review, I can fit you in."

thanks, Emma

I would like to join this group, please. My book/book/show/3...

I've reviewed Ian, but not that book

Ooh, I'm up for an 18+ round.

Please can I submit..?


I've reviewed Erin before.

Can J.B. and Erin confirm they have other books Maggie can review?

T.L. does Erin have other books you could review instead?

Emma wrote: "T.L. does Erin have other books you could review instead?"

I've not reviewed that book, just declaring I've reviewed her as an author (just to avoid any confusion/worry later).

Ok, That's good news. I'll add you in, T.L.

I'd like to propose my book, The Witch's List, for this round.
/book/show/2...

Welcome Andrew.
I take it that you haven't reviewed or been reviewed by anyone in the round?

J.B. Trepagnier has reviewed my book, but that's it as far as I know.

Thanks for letting me know. That should be ok.

Emma wrote: "Can J.B. and Erin confirm they have other books Maggie can review?"


I'd love to read Origins and the other Blaque Beauty book if J.B. and Erin are up for it.

I'm sure that'll be fine. I'll add you in.

I'm up for it and have plenty of books for Maggie to read. Origins is just a short story, but I'm pretty much looking for reviews on everything at this point.

The one in this group was just published two weeks ago in paperback and just went live in ebook yesterday, so no one in the group would have read it

J.B. wrote: "I'm up for it and have plenty of books for Maggie to read. Origins is just a short story, but I'm pretty much looking for reviews on everything at this point.

The one in this group was just publis..."

Great!

Hello Emma, would it be possible to join this group? I've just completed my first group #157 and would like to squeeze in another before I start my next project and my reading time dwindles. I have not read or reviewed for anyone on your list and have no problem with reading explicit or violent works.

My book is Blessedly Bound a paranormal mystery, heavy on romance but not explicit. /book/show/3...

Hi Emma,
I see a lot of entries here with romance elements. My book also has romantic elements, so maybe it's a good fit?
/book/show/2...
Crystal

PS I have not read been reviewed by anyone in this group, nor have I reviewed anyone. I would happily read any books in this group!

Hello! I would be interested in joining this review group with my novel The Piece: A Contemporary Ballet Novel if it's a good fit. Link below:

/book/show/3...

Right folks, we have 10 members.

I'm going to leave it another 24 hrs for everyone to check the order before posting the Ready Steady Go! message.

Remember, you review the four names below you, and are reviewed by, the four names above you.

Order looks fine to me. Look forward to reading and reviewing...

looks great

Looks good. Excited to be a part of this group. Thank you.

Looks fine to me

Looks good :)

Since this is my first time participating in a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ review group, I want to make sure I perform the procedure correctly. I (Erin Bomboy) am number 7. I read numbers 8, 9, 10, and 1. Upon completion, I post reviews to Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ and Amazon. The rules mention a timeline, but to do not specify what such period is. Could someone enlighten me?

Otherwise, all looks good to me.

Thanks,
The Newbie

Erin wrote: "Since this is my first time participating in a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ review group, I want to make sure I perform the procedure correctly. I (Erin Bomboy) am number 7. I read numbers 8, 9, 10, and 1. Upon compl..."

Emma is going to list who we review and who reviews us, so no worries :) Welcome aboard, Erin!!

Crystal wrote: "Erin wrote: "Since this is my first time participating in a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ review group, I want to make sure I perform the procedure correctly. I (Erin Bomboy) am number 7. I read numbers 8, 9, 10, and ..."

Oh, and she'll give us the timeline, too! :)

Ready, Steady, GO!

START DATE: 06-Sep-17

END DATE: 29-Nov-17

Round 1 � post your review by 27-Sep-17
Round 2 � post your review by 18-Oct-17
Round 3 � post your review by 08-Nov-17
Round 4 � post your review by 29-Nov-17



As AUTHORS you send your book file to:

158-01__ J.B. Trepagnier
Segilola Salami for round 1
T L Clark for round 2
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 3
Erin Bomboy for round 4

158-02__ Sherrod Wall
J.B. Trepagnier for round 1
Segilola Salami for round 2
T L Clark for round 3
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 4

158-03__ Ian G. Welch
Sherrod Wall for round 1
J.B. Trepagnier for round 2
Segilola Salami for round 3
T L Clark for round 4

158-04__ Lucretia Stanhope
Ian G. Welch for round 1
Sherrod Wall for round 2
J.B. Trepagnier for round 3
Segilola Salami for round 4

158-05__ Crystal Packard
Lucretia Stanhope for round 1
Ian G. Welch for round 2
Sherrod Wall for round 3
J.B. Trepagnier for round 4

158-06__ Andrew Cairns
Crystal Packard for round 1
Lucretia Stanhope for round 2
Ian G. Welch for round 3
Sherrod Wall for round 4

158-07__ Erin Bomboy
Andrew Cairns for round 1
Crystal Packard for round 2
Lucretia Stanhope for round 3
Ian G. Welch for round 4

158-08__ Maggie Hasbrouk
Erin Bomboy for round 1
Andrew Cairns for round 2
Crystal Packard for round 3
Lucretia Stanhope for round 4

158-09__ T L Clark
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 1
Erin Bomboy for round 2
Andrew Cairns for round 3
Crystal Packard for round 4

158-10__ Segilola Salami
T L Clark for round 1
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 2
Erin Bomboy for round 3
Andrew Cairns for round 4

As REVIEWERS you will receive books for review from:

158-01__ J.B. Trepagnier
Sherrod Wall for round 1
Ian G. Welch for round 2
Lucretia Stanhope for round 3
Crystal Packard for round 4

158-02__ Sherrod Wall
Ian G. Welch for round 1
Lucretia Stanhope for round 2
Crystal Packard for round 3
Andrew Cairns for round 4

158-03__ Ian G. Welch
Lucretia Stanhope for round 1
Crystal Packard for round 2
Andrew Cairns for round 3
Erin Bomboy for round 4

158-04__ Lucretia Stanhope
Crystal Packard for round 1
Andrew Cairns for round 2
Erin Bomboy for round 3
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 4

158-05__ Crystal Packard
Andrew Cairns for round 1
Erin Bomboy for round 2
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 3
T L Clark for round 4

158-06__ Andrew Cairns
Erin Bomboy for round 1
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 2
T L Clark for round 3
Segilola Salami for round 4

158-07__ Erin Bomboy
Maggie Hasbrouk for round 1
T L Clark for round 2
Segilola Salami for round 3
J.B. Trepagnier for round 4

158-08__ Maggie Hasbrouk
T L Clark for round 1
Segilola Salami for round 2
J.B. Trepagnier for round 3
Sherrod Wall for round 4

158-09__ T L Clark
Segilola Salami for round 1
J.B. Trepagnier for round 2
Sherrod Wall for round 3
Ian G. Welch for round 4

158-10__ Segilola Salami
J.B. Trepagnier for round 1
Sherrod Wall for round 2
Ian G. Welch for round 3
Lucretia Stanhope 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 :)

Please consider downloading one of my books and/or one of the round mod’s books as a thank you for all the hard work we put in for the group.
My amazon page: There’s even a free book! No review is necessary, but as always, they are appreciated.


Entering this round also makes you eligible to join our 5 year Anniversary Hop have a look here: /topic/show/...

Hold your horses folks.

Just found out we have two undeclared two-way review clashes in this group. Erin D and T.L. have both reviewed each other, and J.B. and Erin D have reviewed each other.

We are working on a replacement for Erin D.

The rest of you. CHECK!

And if I sound a little grumpy... I am.

Emma wrote: "Hold your horses folks.

Just found out we have two undeclared two-way review clashes in this group. Erin D and T.L. have both reviewed each other, and J.B. and Erin D have reviewed each other.

We..."

I WASN'T UNDECLARED! I said I'd reviewed her, but not that book.

No need to shout.

She's also reviewed you.

/review/show...

Okey dokey

While we wait for that elusive 10th member, you might as well get going everyone. If Erin D was on your list of books to review, move on to the next book.

Thanks Emma, I shall take it away...Enjoy the round guy's!