The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

Fright Night starts October 1st and ends November 30th.

RULES
✧ Members will be broken out into up to 3-5 separate teams (or go solo) before the start date (October 1st). You will work together to complete a series of tasks together and complete as many of them as you wish.
✧ Books must be read and reviewed during October 1st through November 30th. Any books or audiobooks started before October 1st or finished after November 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:
Smells Like Teen Wolf Spirit
1. Read a book with a mostly black cover
2. Read a book where the main character is royal (prince, princess, queen, king)
3. Read a book featuring shapeshifters
4. Read an book by a transgender or nonbinary author
5. Read an #ownvoices LGBTQ fantasy book

Don't Tell the Mummy the Baby-Sitter's Dead
1. Read a book with a mostly purple cover
2. Read a book where the main character has special powers
3. Read a book featuring golems or djinn
4. Read an book by a Latine and/or Black author
5. Read a book that was published posthumously

King Kong's Delivery Service
1. Read a book with a mostly orange cover
2. Read a book where the main character is a witch
3. Read a book featuring ghosts, poltergeists and/or a haunted house
4. Read a book by a West Asian or South Asian author
5. Read a dark academia book

10 Things I Hate About Dracula
1. Read a book with a mostly red cover
2. Read a book where the main character has an enemy who becomes their lover
3. Read a book featuring vampires/bloodsuckers
4. Read a book by a bisexual or asexual author
5. Read a book with blood in the title

Good Will Zombie Hunting
1. Read a book with a mostly green cover
2. Read a book where the main character is an orphan
3. Read a book featuring zombies
4. Read a book by an East Asian author
5. Read a horror book written by a person of color

Honey, I Shrunk the Sea Monster
1. Read a book with a mostly blue cover
2. Read a book where the main character's mom stays alive and active throughout the book
3. Read a book featuring sea monsters or mermaids
4. Read a book by an Indigenous author
5. Read a book published before 2000

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
✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ (34)
Lexie (15)
Melanie (51)
Bopeep (3)
°.~ aliana ~.° (16)
LiteraryCryptid (19)


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

Hiya team, super excited to tackle this challenge with y'all! I'm still prepping my list but will definitely share once I've finalised a few things. What do y'all have on your lists?

I'm not even close to being done with mine but here's the google doc I've made: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j...
Definitely not reading everything on this list but I want to have options.

Hi team! I think I can do the first 5 prompts (wolf spirit), but I need to add some buddy reads I will do soon. Let's see if we can do any buddy reads together~

I'm always open to doing buddy reads if I can get the book from the library in time!

@Lexie I see you have Dracula on your list... I want to read it too, if you want to read it with me (I don't think it will be chosen for the group read...)

The ones between () are the ones I'm not sure I will read, but put them anyway to fill gaps in the future.

Smells Like Teen Wolf Spirit
1. Read a book with a mostly black cover - The Damned
2. Read a book where the main character is royal (prince, princess, queen, king) - (Twin Crowns)
3. Read a book featuring shapeshifters - (The Ship of the Dead
4. Read an book by a transgender or nonbinary author - (I Kissed Shara Wheeler)
5. Read an #ownvoices LGBTQ fantasy book - (Afterlove, Girls of Fate and Fury)

Don't Tell the Mummy the Baby-Sitter's Dead
1. Read a book with a mostly purple cover - (Defy the Night)
2. Read a book where the main character has special powers
3. Read a book featuring golems or djinn - The Stardust Thief, (A Master of Djinn, Los viajeros de la noche)
4. Read an book by a Latine and/or Black author
5. Read a book that was published posthumously - Dragon Teeth, Pirate Latitudes

King Kong's Delivery Service
1. Read a book with a mostly orange cover
2. Read a book where the main character is a witch - Kingdom of the Cursed
3. Read a book featuring ghosts, poltergeists and/or a haunted house - (Afterlove)
4. Read a book by a West Asian or South Asian author
5. Read a dark academia book - A Deadly Education

10 Things I Hate About Dracula
1. Read a book with a mostly red cover
2. Read a book where the main character has an enemy who becomes their lover - These Hollow Vows,
3. Read a book featuring vampires/bloodsuckers - The Damned, Dracula, Carmilla
4. Read a book by a bisexual or asexual author
5. Read a book with blood in the title - (Blood Scion), The Blood Traitor

Good Will Zombie Hunting
1. Read a book with a mostly green cover
2. Read a book where the main character is an orphan - Violet Made of Thorns
3. Read a book featuring zombies
4. Read a book by an East Asian author
5. Read a horror book written by a person of color

Honey, I Shrunk the Sea Monster
1. Read a book with a mostly blue cover
2. Read a book where the main character's mom stays alive and active throughout the book
3. Read a book featuring sea monsters or mermaids
4. Read a book by an Indigenous author
5. Read a book published before 2000 - Dracula, Carmilla

Violet Made of Thorns - BR Oct 1st-6th - Zombie 2 (Dracula 2, King Kong 2, Mummy 1, Mummy 2)
A Deadly Education - GR OCtober - King Kong 5
Pirate Latitudes - Mummy 5
Spellhacker - Wolf 5
Our Violent Ends - BR Oct 21-31 - Dracula 1

- BR October 15-21 - Sea Monster 5, Dracula 3
- BR Nov 8-14 - Mummy 3
- Dracula 5, Zombie 2, Mummy 2


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I'd definitely be down for buddy reading Dracula, actually was planning to pick it up next month aha. I'm always keen on doing buddy reads if I manage to snag a copy on time.

Both of your lists are looking really great! I'll probably send out mine tomorrow afternoon when I'm on my desktop, my phone tends to format everything really weirdly XD

Alright, here's my list so far. Still quite empty but hoping I can get them filled in soon. Also will be updating this list as I go along, aiming to get at least 2 categories done :)

Key:
* for buddy reads I'm in
^ for group reads I'm in
_ for tentative reads

Book count: 4

Smells Like Teen Wolf Spirit: 0/5
* ☐ 1. Mostly black cover: These Violent Delights
☐ 2. Main character is royal: -
☐ 3. Featuring shapeshifters: -
☐ 4. Transgender/nonbinary author: -
☐ 5. #ownvoices: -

Don't Tell the Mummy the Baby-Sitter's Dead: 0/5
☐ 1. Mostly purple cover: -
☐ 2. Main character has special powers: Ruin and Rising
☐ 3. Featuring golems or djinn: -
* ☐ 4. Latine and/or Black author: With the Fire on High
☐ 5. Published posthumously: -

King Kong's Delivery Service: 0/5
☐ 1. Mostly orange cover: -
☐ 2. Main character is a witch: -
☐ 3. Featuring ghosts, poltergeists and/or a haunted house: -
☐ 4. West Asian or South Asian author: -
^ ☐ 5. Dark academia book: A Deadly Education

10 Things I Hate About Dracula: 2/5
* ☐ 1. Mostly red cover: Our Violent Ends
☑ 2. Main character has an enemy who becomes their lover: The Cruel Prince (385 pgs)
* ☐ 3. Featuring vampires/bloodsuckers: Dracula
☐ 4. Bisexual/asexual author: -
☑ 5. Blood in the title: Good Girl, Bad Blood (405 pgs)

Good Will Zombie Hunting: 1/5
☐ 1. Mostly green cover: -
☐ 2. Main character is an orphan: -
_ ☐ 3. Featuring zombies: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
☑ 4. East Asian author: Spy×Family 3 (200 pgs)
☐ 5. Horror book written by a person of color: -

Honey, I Shrunk the Sea Monster: 1/5
☑ 1. Mostly blue cover: Shutter Island
☐ 2. Main character's mom stays alive and active throughout the book: -
☐ 3. Featuring sea monsters or mermaids: -
☐ 4. Indigenous author: Dark Emu
☐ 5. Published before 2000: -

Group reads I'm in (0/1):
☐ A Deadly Education (Oct)

Buddy reads I'm in (0/4):
☐ These Violent Delights (Oct 14th - 21st)
☐ Our Violent Ends (Oct 22nd - 31st)
☐ With the Fire on High (Oct 12th - 21st)
☐ Dracula (Oct 15th - 21st)

I'd love to jump on a buddy read for Dracula, one of my favourite vampire reads.
I don't have a full list picked out yet, work is keeping me busy until the 3rd, but I do know I will be reading Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas to start (covering Teen Wolf 2 - MC is a royal)

This starts tomorrow! So excited ❤️

@Dracula @Aliana @CryptidOoh that's nice! Would yo like to read it late this month (from 15th or so) or we wait for November to pick it? And how many days? It seems pretty dense, so maybe at least 10 days?

LiteraryCryptid wrote: "I'd love to jump on a buddy read for Dracula, one of my favourite vampire reads.
I don't have a full list picked out yet, work is keeping me busy until the 3rd, but I do know I will be reading [bo..."

I'm a pretty fast reader so whatever sounds good for you guys.

I'm also joining in on the These Violent Delights & Our Violent Ends buddy read.

I won't have reliable cell service from Oct. 21- 30. But any other stretch of time works for me.

I'm good with after the 15th! I don't think I can start it in Nov though, got a pretty hectic schedule coming up so not too sure how much I can read then.

(Also it's Oct 1 for me over here, can't wait to crush some readings! ;)

Do you want to try to read Dracula from 15th to 21st then? I'll ask Mina to make the thread on the BR thread (probably some more people will join, as it's a classic~)

@Bopeep: Sounds good for me! Thanks for setting it up <3

15-21 sounds peachy! Getting some late night reading in now since its Oct.1 already :)

Let the games begin!

I pulled an almost all-nighter just to get a little bit of a head start. I might try and get one more book done today.

Title: Mistakes Were Made
Author: Meryl Wilsner
Start Date: October 1st
Finish Date: October 1st
Category and task: Smells like teen wolf spirit 4, a book by an non-binary/transgender author
Graphic Novel? NO
Buddy Read? NO
Group Read? NO
Pages: 352
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

@Lexie I'm sorry (not) but I needed to make a meme about this.

Title: Scarecrow Has a Gun
Author: Michael Paul Kozlowsky
Start Date: October 1st
Finish Date: October 2nd
Category and task: Smells like teen wolf spirit 1, a book with a mostly black cover
Graphic Novel? NO
Buddy Read? NO
Group Read? NO
Pages: 269
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Bopeep wrote: "@Lexie I'm sorry (not) but I needed to make a meme about this.

"
lol

UPDATED

Title: The Cruel Prince
Author: Holly Black
Start Date: 01/10
Finish Date: 04/10
Category and task: Dracula 2
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 385
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Spy×Family 3
Author: Tatsuya Endo
Start Date: 05/10
Finish Date: 05/10
Category and task: Zombie 4
Graphic Novel? Yes
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 200 (halved = 100)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I haven't gotten any reading in the past 2 days. My english class is going to be the death of me. I'll probably have another book done in by tomorrow.

UPDATED

Title: Good Girl, Bad Blood
Author: Holly Jackson
Start Date: 05/10
Finish Date: 07/10
Category and task: Dracula 5
Graphic Novel?: No
Buddy Read?: No
Group Read?: No
Pages: 405
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

updated

Yess, finally my first book!
Now let's go with a Mortal education <3

Title: Violet Made of Thorns
Author: Gina Chen
Start Date: October 1st
Finish Date: October 9th
Category and task: Zombie 2
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 359
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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FRIGHT NIGHT update 9 October 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:
The Runaway Brides of Frankenstein: 12
The Heathers From the Black Lagoon: 13
The Breakfast Club Body-Snatchers: 57
A Few Good Wolfmen: 12

The Single Creature Features:

Laurel: 10
Kira: 67
Brianna: 2
Dolinka
Miranda
Kristina
Mara
Isabella
Roksy
Jeeya

It's our first weekly update!

I *swear* I try to stack the teams as evenly as possible, but this is a good time to remind everyone that this is a marathon, not a sprint :)

Anywho, great job in this first week of the games, everyone! Also, major thanks to Faith and Mina, who have been doing the updates on a daily basis! And thanks to Faith for doing the spreadsheets, and to Mina for tackling all of the buddy reads!

Frightful Reading to you all!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods

Book: A Song of Wraiths and RuinTitle:
Author: Roseanne A. Brown
Start Date: October 2nd
Finish Date: October 9th
Category and task: Teen Wolf 2
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 466
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Shutter Island
Author: Dennis Lehane
Start Date: 05/10
Finish Date: 10/10
Category and task: Sea Monster 1
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 369
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

updated

How are you doing, team?
I'm currently reading A Deadly Education, and I hope to finish it tonight or tomorrow.

Btw, don't forget we have a Dracula BR planned that starts this Saturday~ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
If we want some extra points we have to comment on that thread ^^

Title: A Psalm of Storms and Silence
Author: Roseanne A. Brown
Start Date: October 9th
Finish Date: October 12th
Category and task: Mummy 4
Graphic Novel? NO
Buddy Read? NO
Group Read? NO
Pages: 560
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

So far, going pretty good! Need to pick new reads for the prompts because I almost finished what I wrote down aha. I'm making my way through A Deadly Education and With the Fire on High, aiming to get it done over the weekend. Super excited to start Dracula as well! ><

Title: Una educación mortal
Author: Naomi Novik
Start Date: October 2nd
Finish Date: October 13th
Category and task: King Kong 5
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? Yes - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 352
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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FRIGHT NIGHT update 16 October 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:
The Runaway Brides of Frankenstein: 36
The Heathers From the Black Lagoon: 29
The Breakfast Club Body-Snatchers: 97
A Few Good Wolfmen: 14

The Single Creature Features:

Laurel: 35
Kira: 100
Brianna: 15
Isabella: 11
Dolinka
Miranda
Kristina
Mara
Roksy
Jeeya

Second week of the games!

Don't forget to post in the BR and GR threads for those reads to count! Get those extra points!

Frightful Reading to you all!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods

Title: Coraline
Author: Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
Start Date: 14/10
Finish Date: 16/10
Category and task: Teen Wolf 1
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 176
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Dracula
Author: Bram Stoker
Start Date: 15/10
Finish Date: 21/10
Category and Task: Honey I Shrunk The Sea Monster - 5 (Pub before 2000)
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read? Yes
Group Read? No
Pages: 350
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Latitudes Piratas
Author: Michael Crichton
Start Date: October 14th
Finish Date: October 22nd
Category and task: Mummy 5 - a book published posthumously (published on 2009, Crichton died on 2008)
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 352
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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FRIGHT NIGHT update 23 October 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:
The Runaway Brides of Frankenstein: 58
The Heathers From the Black Lagoon: 39
The Breakfast Club Body-Snatchers: 144
A Few Good Wolfmen: 14

The Single Creature Features:

Laurel: 50
Kira: 153
Brianna: 15
Isabella: 11
Dolinka
Miranda
Kristina
Mara
Roksy
Jeeya

Okay, so at this point, I think I can safely say it's Kira vs Team 3, and the rest of us will vie for third place!

Frightful Reading to you all!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods

Hahahaha you have a point, laurel! Kira Vs. Team 3 and the rest x'D

I've added the book LiteraryCryptid read (Dracula) to our spreadsheet, and I'm not sure what's wrong but in our spreadsheet we have 41 points and on the general we have 39 🤔 (maybe a BR that's not marked?)

What books are you reading, team, and for what prompts?
I'm reading Dracula (maybe I put it on Wolf 3) and Spellhacker (Wolf 5) and we will finish our first category~