The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

Spring Fling starts May 1st and ends June 30th.

RULES
✧ Books must be read and reviewed during May 1st through June 30th. Any books or audiobooks started before May 1st or finished after June 30th will not count.
✧ If you read an Audiobook version of a book convert the hours to pages using this site: https://alamantus.itch.io/time-to-page or use the print equivalent on Goodreads.
✧ Graphic/Manga novels are accepted but will only count for half of the listed page count
✧ You must post at least 3 status updates OR a review. It doesn't have to be super detailed but try to not just say "this was good" for the book to count.
✧ For prompts: if it doesn't fit, it doesn't fit, and it will not count.
✧ Minimum Lengths:
• Books: 150 pages
• Graphic Novels: 200 pages (halved=100 pages)
• Audiobooks: 150 pages (use GR print equivalent length)

POINT SYSTEM
+1 point for every book that has been read and reviewed that correlates with a prompt
+2 points for participating in a buddy read (must take place in the group)
+3 for one completed category
+4 points for reading/participating in a group read (must take place in the group)
+5 points for every 1,000 pages read
Note: Mods keep track of all points in a shared Google Sheets spread to keep everything as organized as possible.
Note 2: You must actively participate in a buddy or group read for the points to count. Lack of participation means no points!

CATEGORIES

Army Pants and Flip Flops
1. Read a book with an animal in title or on the cover
2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
3. Read a Hugo (https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-hi...), Locus or Nebula (https://nebulas.sfwa.org/awards-by-year/) winner or nominee
4. Read a book that's been on your TBR over 4 years
5. Read a book that features a love triangle

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

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

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

So Fetch
1. Read a book with flowers in the title or cover (or a type of flower in the title)
2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Indigenous or Latine(x/a/o) author
3. Read a Vivian Award (https://www.rwa.org/Online/Awards/The...), RITA ( https://www.rwa.org/Online/Online/Awa...) , or Swoon Award (https://www.theswoonawards.com/catego... or nominee
4. Read a book with a 4.5 or higher GR rating
5. Read a fairy tale or mythological retelling

Vintage...so adorable
1. Read a book with blood in title or on cover
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a neurodivergent or disabled author
3. Read a Stonewall Book Award (https://www.ala.org/rt/rrt/award/ston...) or Lambda Literary Award (https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/pre...) winner or nominee
4. Read a book with less than 5,000 GR ratings
5. Read a gothic or dark academia book

LINKS TO SPREADSHEET AND DISCORD
To help track your team points, strategize and communicate, we've created individual team spreadsheets and team discord channels. Any errors within it are mine—please let me know if you spot anything wonky.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

PARTICIPANTS
Alicia (57)
Anna (15)
Asia (47)
Brianna (26)
Cassie (30)
Cat (23)
Elysian (9)
Jen K (19)
mina (17)

COMPLETION POST:
The mods are going to be needing this from every participant for every book they finish for us to be able to track everything better. Only books that have a completion post will be considered for scoring points. Here is the template:

Title:
Author:
Start Date:
Finish Date:
Category and task: (only one task per book read)
Graphic Novel? (Yes or no)
Buddy Read? (Yes or no)
Group Read? (Yes or no)
Pages: (if a graphic novel, please post original and halved numbers)
Review: [link of your review]

Please ensure you include the category and task number. It really helps us when we input into our master spreadsheet <3

Hey Team Plastics! Excited to play the challenge with you all!

Woohoo! Nice to meet you team. This is my first team challenge. What are we suppose to “plan” haha

Hey Asia, welcome! I've done this challenge a few times and it can be a fun one.

As for planning.... the big points are made with the buddy reads and group reads so perhaps coordinating some additional buddy reads if possible.

Some teams can be pretty good at coordinating reads to complete categories which also gives extra bonus points. Awesome if it happens but any read that fits is most welcome!

Do you have any books that you absolutely plan to read?

Hi team!
Below is my list. Prompts in italics are ones that I am definitely going to read within May/June and those with * are those that are a group/buddy read already. The others are what I have on my annual TBR that could work but are subject to change. I am moving the beginning half of May so may be a bit slow during that time, but will hopefully get back into a groove later in the month and for all of June.

CATEGORIES
Army Pants and Flip Flops
✓ 1. Read a book with an animal in title or on the cover : The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author: Severance
3. Read a Hugo, Locus or Nebula winner or nominee: The Poppy War
4. Read a book that's been on your TBR over 4 years: All the Missing Girls
5. Read a book that features a love triangle: City of Ashes

Pink Polo Shirts
1. Read a book with a celestial title or cover (stars or moon)
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a trans or nonbinary author
3. Read a book on Rory Gilmore's reading list: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
4. Read a book that was published when you were 9
5. Read a dystopian book: Battle Royale

Jingle Bell Rock
1. Read a book with a crown in title or on cover (tiaras count too)
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a Black or biracial author: One True Loves
✓ 3. Read an Alex Award or William C Morris Award winner or nominee : Maisie Dobbs
4. Read a book over 700 pages: A Little Life
Dragonfly in Amber
5. Read a cozy mystery: The Maid

Ex-Wives
1. Read a book with "bone" in title or on cover: William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls
2. Read an #ownvoices book by an asexual or aromantic author
✓ 3. Read a Goodreads choice winner/nominee : Nowhere But Here
The Shadow of the Gods
The Hating Game
4. Read a book published before 1900: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
✓ 5. Read a book set in space : Ender's Game

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

Vintage...so adorable
1. Read a book with blood in title or on cover
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a neurodivergent or disabled author
3. Read a Stonewall Book Award or Lambda Literary Award winner or nominee: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
4. Read a book with less than 5,000 GR ratings: Blythewood
✓ 5. Read a gothic or dark academia book: Anatomy: A Love Story

Hey team! Nice to meet everyone, how does this work? should I just post what I hope to read? Do we need to fit in with any prompts? Also jtlyk I might be quiet around end of may as that is exam season 😅

@ Brianna, great choices! I would consider reading Know My Name and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil with you for a Buddy Read and possibly The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. June would be great for me if you hold off but could also try to squeeze into May.

@Alicia, yes, if you share some of the books you hope to read, we could possibly coordinate some Buddy Reads. Books will only count for the challenge if they fit one of the prompts.

Books that I'm considering for May. I have more but not sure when they will happen.

Army Pants and Flip Flops
1. Read a book with an animal in title or on the cover Vesper Flights and/or Embassy Wife
*2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author Year of the Reaper
3. Read a Hugo (https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-hi...), Locus or Nebula (https://nebulas.sfwa.org/awards-by-year/) winner or nominee Children of God
4. Read a book that's been on your TBR over 4 years The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

Pink Polo Shirts
1. Read a book with a celestial title or cover (stars or moon) The Sparrow
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a trans or nonbinary author Detransition, Baby
5. Read a dystopian book MaddAddam

Jingle Bell Rock
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a Black or biracial author An American Marriage
3. Read an Alex Award (https://www.ala.org/yalsa/alex-awards...) or William C Morris Award (https://www.ala.org/yalsa/morris-awar...) winner or nominee Daughter of the Forest
5. Read a cozy mystery Death at Victoria Dock

Ex-Wives
*3. Read a Goodreads choice winner/nominee The Spanish Love Deception

So Fetch
2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Indigenous or Latine(x/a/o) author Eartheater

Vintage...so adorable
*4. Read a book with less than 5,000 GR ratings Skin of the Sea.

Edited to add * to denote BR.

Hello team, nice to meet you. I like Brianna's italic and * marking of tasks so I'll do the same. I have some plans, but I'm also not in a big reading mood atm.

_ reading for sure
* it's a BR I'm part of or maybe I'll join

Army Pants and Flip Flops
_1. Read a book with an animal in title or on the cover Sisters of Sword and Song The Merciful Crow
*_2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes or Iron Widow
3. Read a Hugo, Locus or Nebula winner or nominee The Unbroken
4. Read a book that's been on your TBR over 4 years
5. Read a book that features a love triangle

Pink Polo Shirts
1. Read a book with a celestial title or cover (stars or moon) Before the Broken Star
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a trans or nonbinary author
3. Read a book on Rory Gilmore's reading list
4. Read a book that was published when you were 9
5. Read a dystopian book Magic Slays or Touched by Fire

Jingle Bell Rock
_1. Read a book with a crown in title or on cover (tiaras count too) Kingdom of the Cursed
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a Black or biracial author
3. Read an Alex Award or William C Morris Award winner or nominee Darius the Great Is Not Okay
_4. Read a book over 700 pages Empire of Storms
5. Read a cozy mystery

Ex-Wives
1. Read a book with "bone" in title or on cover
*2. Read an #ownvoices book by an asexual or aromantic author Loveless
*_3. Read a Goodreads choice winner/nominee The Spanish Love Deception
4. Read a book published before 1900
5. Read a book set in space The Final Six or Honor's Knight

So Fetch
1. Read a book with flowers in the title or cover (or a type of flower in the title)
2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Indigenous or Latine (x/a/o) author A Lot Like Adiós
3. Read a Vivian Award, RITA, or Swoon Award winner or nominee It Happened One Summer
4. Read a book with a 4.5 or higher GR rating Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection
5. Read a fairy tale or mythological retelling Ariadne

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


I also have a BR for Red Tigress but have no idea under what task it fits or if it does

I’ll make my lousy soon!! I see so far almost everyone has the Spanish love deception on their list and I have it on my tbr. Seems like a prime group read pick for us?? Is that how it works?? 😝

@Asia

It looks like it'll be a big buddy read for Spanish Love Deception, which is also great because we'll get points for that too 😄

For Group Read books there'll be only two options because the voting is mostly done. Those books are:

I participated in the group challenge last summer and had a post that showed as a group what prompts were filled and which ones were left to complete categories - did y'all want me to do the same? I can also have a post that lists which books are buddy/group reads and those that our team say we each want to read so its easier to see which ones we might be able to set up as buddy reads? (I'm kind of a planner nerd lol)

Brianna wrote: "I participated in the group challenge last summer and had a post that showed as a group what prompts were filled and which ones were left to complete categories - did y'all want me to do the same? ..."

Sounds great! I'm on board with any planning initiative.

@Brianna
I'm at work now so I can't check how you did it in the last games. Do mean posts like we did what books we are reading?

this is what i have so far. I’m thinking this…
(i have gaps for some reason)

Army Pants and Flip Flops
1. Read a book with an animal in title or on the cover - winkie and his magic flute

2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author - iron widow/ homicide and halo halo/ something power

3. hugo or nebula award-

4. Read a book that's been on your TBR over 4 years- Anne of green gables

Pink Polo Shirts
1. Read a book with a celestial title or cover (stars or moon) - (go to libary to find book I liked look of-can’t remember name)

2. Read an #ownvoices book by a trans or nonbinary author

3.

4.

5. Read a dystopian book - divergent/

Jingle Bell Rock
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a Black or biracial author - (look at libary/good reads)

3. Read a William C Morris Award winner or nominee - saints and misfits

5. Read a cozy mystery - the hound of the baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes


Ex-Wives
1.
2.
3.spanish love deception

so fetch
1.
2.read indigenous-
3.

vintage.. so adorable
1.
2.
3.
4. read a book with less than 5,ooo GR ratings - a proper charade

So hey team!! Took some time to decide but i guess these are the ones that i'll do for this spring fling. (well maybe i might add a few others later depending on my growing tbr and if it fits in one of the prompts ofc XD)
Like everyone else i've marked the ones i wanna BR but most of them time i'll just read them on my own so yea :)

Army Pants and Flip Flops
1. Read a book with an animal in title or on the cover : Beasts and Beauty
2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author : Under Lock & Skeleton Key or A Magic Steeped in Poison
5. Read a book that features a love triangle : Hot British Boyfriend

Pink Polo Shirts
1. Read a book with a celestial title or cover (stars or moon) : The Girl Who Drank the Moon
4. Read a book that was published when you were 9: The Last Time We Say Goodbye

Jingle Bell Rock
1. Read a book with a crown in title or on cover (tiaras count too): The Cruel Prince
5. Read a cozy mystery: Four Aunties and a Wedding

Ex-Wives
*2. Read an #ownvoices book by an asexual or aromantic author : Loveless
*3. Read a Goodreads choice winner/nominee: The Spanish Love Deception (for buddy reads maybe) or i might just read Perfect on Paper

So Fetch
1. Read a book with flowers in the title or cover (or a type of flower in the title) : It Ends with Us
5. Read a fairy tale or mythological retelling: Daughter of the Moon Goddess

Vintage...so adorable
1. Read a book with blood in title or on cover : From Blood and Ash
*5. Read a gothic or dark academia book: The Atlas Six

💙💙

Looks like we have a wide coverage of prompts. We are off to a good start. Can't wait for the 1st to begin!

Potential Books To Read List
I will list the books each person is planning to read so we can see about setting up buddy reads. I will also share what buddy reads are already set and such. I'm not going to use the book covers because on mobile they don't show (at least in my experience).

May Buddy/Group Reads
Ender's Game
The Spanish Love Deception
Year of the Reaper
Skin of the Sea
Iron Widow
Loveless
Anatomy: A Love Story
She Who Became the Sun
Love & Luck
Binti
Lore & Lust #2 and #3
Red Tigress
The Tiger at Midnight
The Fifth Season
The Rose Code
The Merciful Crow
House of Earth and Blood

June Buddy/Group Reads


Possible Choices
Brianna
The Poppy War (June)
All the Missing Girls (June)
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (May)
Battle Royale
What Storm, What Thunder
The Maid
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (May)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Know My Name
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Blythewood

Jen K
Vesper Flights
Embassy Wife
Children of God
The Happiness Project
The Sparrow
Detransition, Baby
MaddAddam
Daughter of the Forest
Death at Victoria Dock
Eartheater
The Bone Orchard
Nettle & Bone

mina
Sisters of Sword and Song
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously
The Unbroken
Before the Broken Star
Magic Slays
Touched by Fire
Kingdom of the Cursed
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Empire of Storms
The Final Six
Honor's Knight
A Lot Like Adiós
It Happened One Summer
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection
Ariadne
The Heart Principle
The Atlas Six

Alicia
winkie and his magic flute
Homicide and Halo-Halo
something power
Anne of Green Gables
Divergent
Saints and Misfits
The Hound of the Baskervilles
A Proper Charade

Anna
Beasts and Beauty
Under Lock & Skeleton Key
A Magic Steeped in Poison
Hot British Boyfriend
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
The Last Time We Say Goodbye
The Cruel Prince
Four Aunties and a Wedding
Perfect on Paper
It Ends with Us
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
From Blood and Ash
The Atlas Six

Asia
Kaikeyi
This Is How It Always Is
Local Woman Missing
Daisy Jones & The Six
Violeta
The Love Hypothesis
Lessons in Chemistry
House of Earth and Blood
True Biz
The Hacienda
The Atlas Six

Category Completion Tracker Post Thing
Prompts in italics indicate what someone has indicated they aim to readand those not in italics are those that are potential.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jen K wrote: "@ Brianna, great choices! I would consider reading Know My Name and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil with you for a Buddy Read and possibly "

@Jen K

June will work for me but I'm not sure if I will be able to do both The Tenant of Wildfell Hall & Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in the same month. Was there one over the other you would prefer and as it gets closer to June I can let you know if we can do all 3? I will definitely be able to do one of them and Know My Name.

Okay all, I made a couple posts that have all the books people are indicating they are wanting to read so far as well as all the books already set up for group/buddy reads.

I also have a post that shows which prompts people have already planned for. It looks like there is only one that no one has options for yet - read a book with "bone" in title or on cover! We should be able to easily complete most of the categories for those extra points!

Brianna wrote: "Jen K wrote: "@ Brianna, great choices! I would consider reading Know My Name and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil with you for a Buddy Read and possibly "

@Je..."

Cool! I have no preference.

It is helpful to see it laid out like that, thanks!

Edited: After shifting some books around, I will try to read either The Bone Orchard or Nettle & Bone in May.

I am doing the "tackle your tbr" challenge from this group too and because many prompts overlap I will abuse that and only read books I can use for this challenge too-

I don't want to copy and paste my tackle your tbr post so if you are interested in what I will be reading just look at my master post there Ig.

@Brianna Great work! 😄 This will help us in the beginning, and maybe to see with what category to start, although from experience I know if you have BRs that can mess with that plan.

I'm going to add a new sheet to our team spreadsheet for the books that we are planning to read, that are BRs because later on, when we post more messages and completion posts your posts will stay on the first page, and it gets a bit annoying when you have to switch pages (or maybe that's just me 😅) But later, after maybe 3-4 weeks we could make updates of books we need to finish a category.

OOk I think Ive figured out my plan so far :)

Army Pants and Flip Flops

2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author: Kaikeyi
4. Read a book that's been on your TBR over 4 years: This Is How It Always Is


Jingle Bell Rock

5. Read a cozy mystery: Local Woman Missing

Ex-Wives

2. Read an #ownvoices book by an asexual or aromantic author:Loveless
3. Read a Goodreads choice winner/nominee:The Spanish Love Deception

So Fetch
1. Read a book with flowers in the title or cover (or a type of flower in the title):Daisy Jones & The Six
2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Indigenous or Latine(x/a/o) author:Violeta
3. Read a Vivian Award (https://www.rwa.org/Online/Awards/The...), RITA ( https://www.rwa.org/Online/Online/Awa...) , or Swoon Award (https://www.theswoonawards.com/catego... or nominee:The Love Hypothesis
4. Read a book with a 4.5 or higher GR rating:Lessons in Chemistry

Vintage...so adorable
1. Read a book with blood in title or on cover:House of Earth and Blood
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a neurodivergent or disabled author: True Biz
4. Read a book with less than 5,000 GR ratings: The Hacienda
5. Read a gothic or dark academia book:The Atlas Six

I added that one sheet where we can input our books and if they are BRs. And if you see someone reading something that you want to read too just write your name in the cell next to the book name.

Thanks Mina. Where do I find the sheet haha I am having a ton of issues figuring out Goodreads groups. So sorry for all the questions lol

No worries, ask anything that interests you. The link to the sheet is in the first message Laurel posted with the tasks, it's literally the last thing in the message. If you can't find it let me know to post the link again.

mina wrote: "No worries, ask anything that interests you. The link to the sheet is in the first message Laurel posted with the tasks, it's literally the last thing in the message. If you can't find it let me kn..."

I figured it out!! I guess I can’t use my phone. I didn’t see half the important messages and links on it haha

@Mina, tab looks great! I get it now. :) I will enjoy filling it out after I get some more work done.

@Asia
yeah.. I heard that can be a problem with phone users, but since I 99% use my laptop I didn't have those problems 😅

@Jen Thanks :D I'm making another sheet for me, and anyone that wants to use it, to see when BRs start and end.. that way, hopefully, I won't get too overwhelmed with reading since I'm still feeling slumpy-ish.

@Mina, hope you find good reads to keep you engaged! But if it doesn't, dump it :).

I'm dorky enough that just filling the book into a spreadsheet as completed is enough motivation.... Also finishing up a quarterly challenge in May but should be freer with my book choices in June.

Hey my fellow Plastics, haha! Love our group's name and can't wait to start reading with you all :D

is there a The Spanish Love Deception B/GR?
If so when? it seems loads of people are reading it and i wanted to know when to fit it into my schedule thanks :)

@Jen The feeling you get when you finish a book and check it is the reason I added a check box for it 😂

Also, when do you want to do the BRs we have? because I just saw the one you added in the sheet

@Alicia

Yes there is a buddy read thread for The Spanish Love Deception. It's from the 1st till the 5th.

Here's the link to the Buddy Read folder so you can see what books are Buddy Reads.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

mina wrote: "@Alicia

Yes there is a buddy read thread for The Spanish Love Deception. It's from the 1st till the 5th.

Here's the link to the Buddy Read folder so you can see what books are Buddy Reads.
https..."

Thank you :)

mina wrote: "@Jen The feeling you get when you finish a book and check it is the reason I added a check box for it 😂

Also, when do you want to do the BRs we have? because I just saw the one you added in the sheet"

@Mina, checking a box is so satisfying!!

On the BRs, later....? Second half of May/ June? My only BRs now are first half of May so I'm pretty open to anytime after they finish.

@Jen K
Okay, we'll plan it later.. we are chill 😂

SPRING FLING STARTS MAY 1ST

I'm so happy so see you all talking and coordinating plans! You are all off to a great start. I do have a couple of notes/best practices before we kick off.

1. To see everything in the thread, use your internet browser not the app. The phone app cuts off comments.

2. Aless has set up discord channels for each team for your use. If you're not a discord fan, I recommend creating an Instagram chat group with all of your teammates for faster communication.
https://discord.com/invite/3hBXPyt2Fa

3. Buddy and Group Reads:

Like last year, we are expecting participation beyond "the book was good" for Buddy and Group reads to count. Mina puts a lot of time into creating the threads.

With that being said, anyone can participate in an open Buddy Read without being added as a participant. If there is no meaningful participation, it will not count.

If your buddy is not participating, that's okay, it happens. Continue to comment in the Buddy Read thread. We will count it for the participating member.

Lastly, I'm so happy that you all are requesting BRs to be made—but please don't expect them to be instantaneous. Please allow up to three days for the threads to be created.

If you have any questions, please continue to address them in the Sign Up thread—it's easier for us to catch that way.

Thank you all for joining us for Spring Fling—I hope you all have a lot of fun!

I'm still figuring out the added page to plan out the buddy reads in our spreadsheet, but here is an update:

House of Earth and Blood
@Asia - I saw it was on your possible to read list. It looks like it is officially a buddy read for the 12th-19th.

The Atlas Six
@Mina, Anna, and Asia - this is on all of the possible to read lists. Not sure if y'all want to read it for a buddy read or not.

From my understanding of the spreadsheet these will be set up as buddy reads:
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously (mina & Jen K)
The Accidental Beauty Queen (mina & Jen K)
Empire of Storms (June BR)
It Happened One Summer (mina & Jen K)
Know My Name (June BR)
True Biz (Jen K & Asia)

Basically if you see a book someone added and you are interested in reading it you put your name in the BR column and color it for the other person to see it, and from there on you plan.

I think I'll be okay reading Atlas Six as a BR.. but it's too early for me to plan it, so maybe next month or towards the end of May.

I’m happy to Br with Atlas Six whenever you guys are!!

@Jen I’m also free to BR True Biz second half of may or maybe June?? 🥰🥰

@Atlas Six We'll put a pin it for now, and come back to it later in the month or even June.

Asia wrote: "I’m happy to Br with Atlas Six whenever you guys are!!

@Jen I’m also free to BR True Biz second half of may or maybe June?? 🥰🥰"

@Asia, sounds perfect! I was excited to see that one on your list!

@Mina, Asia, Anna

I would also love to join a BR of The Atlas Six :))

mina wrote: "@Atlas Six We'll put a pin it for now, and come back to it later in the month or even June."

Yea lets do it in June...I don't think i'll be able to read much in May but i'll make it up in june!! :)

Cat wrote: "@Mina, Asia, Anna

I would also love to join a BR of The Atlas Six :))"

@Cat yay!! <3

I will join too if its in June. Maybe we can make it the June Group Read if we all nominate it.