The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

Asia wrote: "Completion post

Title: The Hearts Invisible Furies
Author: John Boyne
Start date: May 29, 2022
Finish date: June 1, 2022
Category and task: So Fetch 4 : 4.5 rating or higher
Graphic novel: no
Budd..."

This book is so good!!!

Jen K wrote: "Asia wrote: "Completion post

Title: The Hearts Invisible Furies
Author: John Boyne
Start date: May 29, 2022
Finish date: June 1, 2022
Category and task: So Fetch 4 : 4.5 rating or higher
Graphic n..."

Its one of those books that's going to stick with me for sure. SOOOOOO good.

Title: The Hating Game
Author: Sally Thorne
Start Date: 06.01.22
Finish Date: 06.02.22
Category and task: Ex-Wives 3 - Goodreads Romance nomination in 2016
Graphic Novel?: no
Buddy Read?: no
Group Read?: no
Pages: 363
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post

Title: Future Feeling
Author: Joss Lake
Start Date: 30 May 2022
Finish Date: 3 June 2022
Category and task: Pink Polo Shirts 2. Read an #ownvoices book by a trans or nonbinary author
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 294
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

let's post these before i forget, and who knows when i'll be able to read so..

Title: Anatomy: a love story
Author: Diana Schwartz
Start Date: May 28th
Finish Date: May 31st
Category and task: Vintage 5 - dark academia
Graphic Novel? Buddy Read? no
Group Read? yes
Pages: 338
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Unravel Me
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Start Date: May 31st
Finish Date: May 31st
Category and task: Armi Pants 5 - love triangle
Graphic Novel? Buddy Read? Group Read? no
Pages: 326
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Sanctuary
Author: Caryn Lix
Start Date: May 29th
Finish Date: May 30th
Category and task:
Graphic Novel? Buddy Read? Group Read? No
Pages: 465
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post

Title: Young Blood
Author: Meg Cabot
Start Date: May 27th
Finish Date: May 30th
Category and task: Vintage 1
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 216
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

mina wrote: "let's post these before i forget, and who knows when i'll be able to read so..

Title: Anatomy: a love story
Author: Diana Schwartz
Start Date: May 28th
Finish Date: May 31st
Category and task: Vin..."

@Mina, hope everything is okay and only general busy life keeping you from reading!!

Title: All the Missing Girls
Author: Megan Miranda
Start Date: 06.01.22
Finish Date: 06.04.22
Category and task: Army Pants 4 - been on my TBR for over 4 years - I actually got this as an eArc back before it was released in 2016
Graphic Novel?: no
Buddy Read?: yes (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Group Read?: no
Pages: 368
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I started a second job 😅 to help my previous employers, so I'm mostly dead when I get home. But it should be only four more days during the week.

mina wrote: "I started a second job 😅 to help my previous employers, so I'm mostly dead when I get home. But it should be only four more days during the week."

Ouch, you are kind. Good luck!

New page - new post. lol Here's where we are for the categories and points for completing them!

These are the 3 tasks that are left to complete each category one time:
Read a book that was published when you were 9
Read a book over 700 pages - Jen K and I are working on A Little Life which counts towards this one.
Read a Stonewall Book Award or Lambda Literary Award winner or nominee - Jen K and I are also going to read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil this month which would complete this as well.

Army Pants and Flip Flops - 2
✓ 1. Read a book with an animal in title or on the cover: 4
✓ 2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author: 2
✓ 3. Read a Hugo, Locus or Nebula winner or nominee: 2
✓ 4. Read a book that's been on your TBR over 4 years: 2
✓ 5. Read a book that features a love triangle: 2

Pink Polo Shirts - 0
✓ 1. Read a book with a celestial title or cover (stars or moon): 2
✓ 2. Read an #ownvoices book by a trans or nonbinary author: 1
✓ 3. Read a book on Rory Gilmore's reading list: 1
4. Read a book that was published when you were 9: Anna
✓ 5. Read a dystopian book: 3

Jingle Bell Rock - 1
✓ 1. Read a book with a crown in title or on cover (tiaras count too): 2
✓ 2. Read an #ownvoices book by a Black or biracial author: 2
✓ 3. Read an Alex Award or William C Morris Award winner or nominee: 3
✓ 4. Read a book over 700 pages: 2
✓ 5. Read a cozy mystery: 1

Ex-Wives - 2
✓ 1. Read a book with "bone" in title or on cover: 2
✓ 2. Read an #ownvoices book by an asexual or aromantic author: 3
✓ 3. Read a Goodreads choice winner/nominee: 7
✓ 4. Read a book published before 1900: 2
✓ 5. Read a book set in space: 3

So Fetch - 1
✓ 1. Read a book with flowers in the title or cover (or a type of flower in the title): 2
✓ 2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Indigenous or Latine(x/a/o) author: 2
✓ 3. Read a Vivian Award, RITA, or Swoon Award or nominee: 2
✓ 4. Read a book with a 4.5 or higher GR rating: 2
✓ 5. Read a fairy tale or mythological retelling: 1

Vintage...so adorable - 1
✓ 1. Read a book with blood in title or on cover : 2
✓ 2. Read an #ownvoices book by a neurodivergent or disabled author: 1
✓ 3. Read a Stonewall Book Award or Lambda Literary Award winner or nominee: 1
✓ 4. Read a book with less than 5,000 GR ratings: 1
✓ 5. Read a gothic or dark academia book: 3

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SPRING FLING update 5 June 2022

We try to post updates each Sunday of this challenge for teams and solo participants. It might not be Sunday yet in some parts of the world but this is for consistency purposes.

TEAMS:
Full of Secrets: 357
We're a Mouse, Duh!: 205
The Plastics: 203
You Go Glen Coco: 177
Personally Victimized by Regina George: 215

You Can't Sit With Us!

Laurel: 68
Rosky: 21
Allyson: 18
Angelica: 2

Three and a half weeks to go!

Don't forget, the June Readathon starts the 11th :)

Happy Spring Fling

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods

Completion Post

Title: The Blood of Emmett Till
Author: Timothy B. Tyson
Start Date: 3 June 2022
Finish Date: 7 June 2022
Category and task: Vintage 1. Read a book with blood in title or on cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 305
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Take a Hint, Dani Brown
Author: Talia Hibbert
Start Date: 1 June 2022
Finish Date: 6 June 2022
Category and task: Ex- Wives 3. Read a Goodreads choice winner/nominee
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 400
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

COMPLETION POST

Title: Mooncakes
Author: Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu
Start Date: June 8th
Finish Date: June 8th
Category and task: Army Pants 3. Hugo awards nominee
Graphic Novel? Yes
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: Original = 243, Halved = 121.5
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

COMPLETION POSTS

Title: Heartstopper: Volume One
Author: Alice Oseman
Start Date: June 9th
Finish Date: June 9th
Category and task: So Fetch 4 - 4.55 GR rating
Graphic Novel? Yes
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: Original = 278, Halved = 139
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Heartstopper: Volume Two
Author: Alice Oseman
Start Date: June 9th
Finish Date: June 9th
Category and task: Ex-Wives 3 - Goodreads Choice Award Nominee
Graphic Novel? Yes
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: Original = 320, Halved = 160
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion post

Title: House of Earth and Blood
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Start date: May 12,2022
Finish date: June 4, 2022
Category and task: Vintage 1, Blood in title
Graphic novel: no
Buddy read: yes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group read: no
Pages: 803
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Completion post

Title: The Hating Game
Author: Sally Thorne
Start date: June 5, 2022
Finish date: June 7,2022
Category and task: Army Pants and Flip Flops 5. Love Triangle
Graphic novel: no
Buddy read: no
Group read: no
Pages: 387
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion post

Title: The Unhoneymooners
Author: Christina Lauren
Start date: June 9,2022
Finish date: June 9,2022
Category and task: Ex wives 3, Goodreads nom
Graphic novel:no
Buddy read:no
Group read: no
Pages: 400
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

been doing a lot of reading. Super into cheesy romances this week lol Hopefully catch up on some reviews soon!!!

COMPLETION POSTS

Title: Heartstopper: Volume Three
Author: Alice Oseman
Start Date: June 9th
Finish Date: June 9th
Category and task: So Fetch 1 - Flowers on cover
Graphic Novel? Yes
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: Original = 384, Halved = 192
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Tiger at Midnight
Author: Swati Teerdhala
Start Date: June 9th
Finish Date: June 9th
Category and task: Army Pants 2 - #ownvoices book by Asian/Pacific Islander author
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 487
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Awesome work everyone!! I have totally slowed due to work but I have a couple finished that just need reviews.

@Asia, fully support the cheesy romances. Sounds perfect for the summer.

@Asia and @Jen K, I couldn’t agree more with both of you! I can’t wait to go no sh my current reads to dive headfirst into some cheesy summer-y romance, hehehe!

Completion Post

Title: The Merchant of Venice
Author: William Shakespeare
Start Date: 7 June 2022
Finish Date: 9 June 2022
Category and task: Ex-Wives 4. Read a book published before 1900
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 337
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: A Little Life
Author: Hanya Yanagihara
Start Date: 05.23.22
Finish Date: 06.07.22
Category and task: Jingle Bell 4 - 816 pages
Graphic Novel?: no
Buddy Read?: yes (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
Group Read?: no
Pages: 816
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: One True Loves
Author: Elise Bryant
Start Date: 06.10.22
Finish Date: 06.10.22
Category and task: Jingle Bell 2 - an #ownvoices book by a Black or biracial author
Graphic Novel?: no
Buddy Read?: no
Group Read?: no
Pages: 310
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls
Author: Ian Doescher
Start Date: 06.10.22
Finish Date: 06.10.22
Category and task: Ex-Wives #1 - has a bone (skull) on the cover
Graphic Novel?: no
Buddy Read?: no
Group Read?: no
Pages: 176
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post

Title: A Little Life
Author: Hanya Yanagihara
Start Date: 22 May 2022
Finish Date: 7 June 2022
Category and task: Jingle Bell Rock 4. Read a book over 700 pages
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 720
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post

Title: The Nickel Boys
Author: Colson Whitehead
Start Date: 10 June 2022
Finish Date: 11 June 2022
Category and task: Jingle Bell Rock 3. Read an Alex Award or William C Morris Award winner or nominee- Alex Award 2020
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 213
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post

Title: The Thirty Names of Night
Author: Zeyn Joukhadar
Start Date: 7 June 2022
Finish Date: 11 June 2022
Category and task: Vintage 3. Read a Stonewall Book Award or Lambda Literary Award winner or nominee
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 304
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Every Heart a Doorway
Author: Seanan McGuire
Start Date: May 27th
Finish Date: June 11th
Category and task: Vintage 2 - #ownvoices book by a neurodivergent or disabled author
Graphic Novel? Buddy Read? Group Read? no
Pages: 173
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Betting on Fate
Author: Katiee Roberts
Start Date: June 11th
Finish Date: June 11th
Category and task: Vintage 4 - under 5k ratings
Graphic Novel? Buddy Read? Group Read? no
Pages: 195
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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SPRING FLING update 12 June 2022

We try to post updates each Sunday of this challenge for teams and solo participants. It might not be Sunday yet in some parts of the world but this is for consistency purposes.

TEAMS:
Full of Secrets: 409
We're a Mouse, Duh!: 226
The Plastics: 281
You Go Glen Coco: 188
Personally Victimized by Regina George: 249

You Can't Sit With Us!

Laurel: 84
Rosky: 21
Allyson: 26
Angelica: 2

Only 18 days left! Keep going strong, everyone! This is the first week that there has been some breaks in the points, but remember that Spring Fling is a marathon not a sprint. A lot can happen in the last two weeks, so keep reading, keep planning and keep doing your updates :)

Happy Spring Fling

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COMPLETION POST

Title: The Lost Apothecary
Author: Sarah Penner
Start Date: May 20th
Finish Date: June 13th
Category and task: So Fetch 1 - Flowers on cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 301
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post

Title: The Death of Vivek Oji
Author: Akwaeke Emezi
Start Date: 9 June 2022
Finish Date: 12 June 2022
Category and task: Pink Polo 2. Read an #ownvoices book by a trans or nonbinary author
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 248
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post

Title: Fevered Star
Author: Rebecca Roanhorse
Start Date: 12 June 2022
Finish Date: 16 June 2022
Category and task: Vintage 4. Read a book with less than 5,000 GR ratings
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 384
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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TWO WEEKS LEFT!

Completion Post

Title: Know My Name
Author: Chanel Miller
Start Date: 11 June 2022
Finish Date: 18 June 2022
Category and task: So Fetch 4. Read a book with a 4.5 or higher GR rating
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 384
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post

Title: A Desolation Called Peace
Author: Arkady Martine
Start Date: 16 June 2022
Finish Date: 18 June 2022
Category and task: Army Pants 3. Read a Hugo, Locus or Nebula winner or nominee
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 496
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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SPRING FLING update 19 June 2022

We try to post updates each Sunday of this challenge for teams and solo participants. It might not be Sunday yet in some parts of the world but this is for consistency purposes.

TEAMS:
Full of Secrets: 435
We're a Mouse, Duh!: 236
The Plastics: 302
You Go Glen Coco: 204
Personally Victimized by Regina George: 274

You Can't Sit With Us!

Laurel: 101
Rosky: 21
Allyson: 26
Angelica: 2

11 days to go! I think first place is pretty solidly set (congrats team 1!), but there is still room for second place!

Good luck everyone—we have two more weekly updates to go and then Spring Fling is OVER! Finish strong, you all got this :)

Happy Spring Fling

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Completion Post

Title: Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Start Date: 18 June 2022
Finish Date: 19 June 2022
Category and task: Jingle Bell Rock 5. Read a cozy mystery
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 223
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Hey team Plastics! Hope everyone is well and enjoying their reads!

On the "Team Log" tab of the spreadsheet, I added all the books that I feel confident that I will finish before the end of the challenge. Hoping to complete at least a couple more categories.

Happy Reading and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hello,

You are doing an amazing job! Bravo.

I'm liking the books I'm reading, but I don't have much time, or I'm bad at managing it 😅 I'm at least aiming to finish the two BRs I'm part of and that I'm very behind on (as you know). And I would like to read at least two of the GRs but.. will see.

The team is doing great! Liking the books you are reading is the big win! Managing time isn't nearly as important :) at least for reading.

I'm just helped by my schedule. 22 hours in flight = hundreds of pages read, then jet lag = laying down to listen to an easy cozy mystery and now a 10 hour drive tomorrow. Hoping to get most if not all of Atlas Six read on the drive. Then I'm on holiday most of the week but also plan to thoroughly enjoy my auntie duties- 3 kiddos under 6 will not be a lot of free time but it will be a fun time!

Excited to see what you think of Fevered Star.

Completion Post

Title: The Atlas Six
Author: Olivie Blake
Start Date: 19 June 2022
Finish Date: 21 June 2022
Category and task: Vintage 5. Read a gothic or dark academia book
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? Yes
Pages: 383
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Shadow of the Gods
Author: John Gwynne
Start Date: 06.05.22
Finish Date: 06.16.22
Category and task: Ex-Wives #3 - nominated for best fantasy 2021
Graphic Novel?: no
Buddy Read?: no
Group Read?: no
Pages: 513
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Know My Name
Author: Chanel Miller
Start Date: 06.12.22
Finish Date: 06.21.22
Category and task: So Fetch #4 - has a 4.72 average rating
Graphic Novel?: no
Buddy Read?: yes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read?: no
Pages: 357
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Verity
Author: Colleen Hoover
Start Date: June 13th
Finish Date: June 14th
Category and task: Ex-wives 3 - GR nominee
Graphic Novel? no
Buddy Read? yes
Group Read? no
Pages: 314
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Red Tigress
Author: Amelie Wen Zhao
Start Date: June 12th
Finish Date: June 22nd
Category and task: Army Pants 2 - Asian author
Graphic Novel? no
Buddy Read? yes
Group Read? no
Pages: 448
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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SPRING FLING update 26 June 2022

We try to post updates each Sunday of this challenge for teams and solo participants. It might not be Sunday yet in some parts of the world but this is for consistency purposes.

TEAMS:
Full of Secrets: 453
We're a Mouse, Duh!: 277
The Plastics: 331
You Go Glen Coco: 211
Personally Victimized by Regina George: 335

You Can't Sit With Us!

Laurel: 113
Rosky: 21
Allyson: 32
Angelica: 2


4 more days! The final update and announcement of the winners will be on Saturday, July 2nd, so be sure to post your completion posts by then.


Happy Spring Fling

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods

Way to go team!!! Working on a bunch of reviews and completion posts as we speak!! 🥳🥳