The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

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

RULES
✧ 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

PARTICIPANTS
Laurel
Dolinka (9)
Miranda (13)
Kristina (21)
Kira (31)
Brianna (32)
Mara
Isabella (45)
Roksy
Mara
Jeeya

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

Fright Night 2022
October 1st - November 30th
goal: 07 | 15
pages: 2,555
points: 17

Smells Like Teen Wolf Spirit
1. Read a book with a mostly black cover - I Love Dick
✓ 2. Read a book where the main character is royal (prince, princess, queen, king) - The Great Hunt
3. Read a book featuring shapeshifters
4. Read an book by a transgender or nonbinary author - Love & Other Disasters
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 - Divine by Mistake
✓ 2. Read a book where the main character has special powers - Divine By Choice
3. Read a book featuring golems or djinn
The Forbidden Wish
4. Read an book by a Latine and/or Black author
What Storm, What Thunder
Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
5. Read a book that was published posthumously - A Moveable Feast

King Kong's Delivery Service
1. Read a book with a mostly orange cover
Illuminae
The Cult of Romance
The Last She
Prepped
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 - The Complete Persepolis
5. Read a dark academia book

10 Things I Hate About Dracula
1. Read a book with a mostly red cover - Vicious
2. Read a book where the main character has an enemy who becomes their lover
3. Read a book featuring vampires/bloodsuckers - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
4. Read a book by a bisexual or asexual author
Alice Oseman
✓ 5. Read a book with blood in the title - Good Girl, Bad Blood

Good Will Zombie Hunting
1. Read a book with a mostly green cover
Boy, Snow, Bird
Insurgent
A Geek Girl's Guide to Murder
The Last Thing He Told Me
2. Read a book where the main character is an orphan - Battle Royale
✓ 3. Read a book featuring zombies - The Forest of Hands and Teeth
✓ 4. Read a book by an East Asian author - Spy x Family, Vol. 2
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 - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
✓ 2. Read a book where the main character's mom stays alive and active throughout the book - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
3. Read a book featuring sea monsters or mermaids
4. Read a book by an Indigenous author
5. Read a book published before 2000
Forrest Gump
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Hi fellow soloists: don't forget to do a completion post for each book too. That's what I use when I do the updates.

Also, unlike in the quarterly and annual challenges, we can complete prompts multiple times :)

Completion Post!

Title: Not the Witch You Wed
Author: April Asher
Start Date: 01/10/2022
Finish Date: 01/10/2022
Category and task: (only one task per book read) King Kong's Delivery Service / Read a book where the main character is a witch
How it fits: MC Violet is a witch
Graphic Novel? (Yes or no) No
Buddy Read? (Yes or no) No
Group Read? (Yes or no) No
Pages: (if a graphic novel, please post original and halved numbers): 341
Status Updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Let the games begin!

Completion Post!

Title: Pretty Girls
Author: Karin Slaughter
Start Date: 01/10/2022
Finish Date: 01/10/2022
Category and task: Honey, I Shrunk the Sea Monster / Read a book where the main character's mom stays alive and active throughout the book
How it fits: MC Claire's mom Helen stays alive and active for the entire book
Graphic novel/ BR/ GR : No
Pages: (if a graphic novel, please post original and halved numbers): 688
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post!

Title: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Author: Rebecca Skloot
Start Date: 02/10/2022
Finish Date: 02/10/2022
Category and task: King Kong's Delivery Service / 1. Read a book with a mostly orange cover
How it fits:
Graphic novel/ BR/ GR : No
Pages: (if a graphic novel, please post original and halved numbers): 450
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post!

Title: The Final Gambit
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Start Date: 02/10/2022
Finish Date: 02/10/2022
Category and task: 10 things I hate about Dracula / 1. Read a book with a mostly red cover
How it fits:
Graphic novel/ BR/ GR : No
Pages: 374
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post!

Title: Mexican Gothic
Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Start Date: 02/10/2022
Finish Date: 02/10/2022
Category and task: Don't Tell the Mummy the Baby-Sitter's Dead - 4
How it fits: Silvia Moreno-Garcia is Mexican
BR: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 336
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post!

Title: Notes on an Execution
Author: Danya Kukafka
Start Date: 03/10/2022
Finish Date: 03/10/2022
Category and task: Don't Tell the Mummy the Baby-Sitter's Dead - 1
How it fits:
Pages: 308
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Kira wrote: "Completion Post!

Title: Notes on an Execution
Author: Danya Kukafka
Start Date: 03/10/2022
Finish Date: 03/10/2022
Category and task: Don't Tell the Mummy the Bab..."

@Kira. Excited to see someone else read this one. It was fascinating!!!

Title: Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston
Author: Esme Symes-Smith
Finish Date: Oct 2
Category and task: Teen Wolf 4
GN BR GR? N
Pages: 400
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Kira wrote: "Completion Post!

Title: Pretty Girls
Author: Karin Slaughter
Start Date: 01/10/2022
Finish Date: 01/10/2022
Category and task: Honey, I Shrunk the Sea Monster / Read..."

I used the hardcover pages

Kira wrote: "Completion Post!

Title: Mexican Gothic
Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Start Date: 02/10/2022
Finish Date: 02/10/2022
Category and task: Don't Tell the Mummy the Baby..."

Laurel, This was a BR!

Kira wrote: "Kira wrote: "Completion Post!

Title: Mexican Gothic
Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Start Date: 02/10/2022
Finish Date: 02/10/2022
Category and task: Don't Tell the M..."

I missed that! Thank you--it's fixed :)

laurel [the suspected bibliophile] wrote: "Kira wrote: "Kira wrote: "Completion Post!

Title: Mexican Gothic
Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Start Date: 02/10/2022
Finish Date: 02/10/2022
Category and task: Don..."

No worries! :)

Jen K wrote: "Kira wrote: "Completion Post!

Title: Notes on an Execution
Author: Danya Kukafka
Start Date: 03/10/2022
Finish Date: 03/10/2022
Category and task: Don't Tell the ..."

It was amazing! I am glad that I read it finally!

Completion Post!

Title: Kingdom of the Wicked
Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Start Date: 01/10/2022
Finish Date: 03/10/2022
Category and task: Smells Like Teen Wolf Spirit - 1
How it fits:
Pages: 372
Status Updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: To Catch a Raven
Author: Beverly Jenkins
Finish Date: Oct 3
Category and task: Sea Monster 2
GN BR GR? N
Pages: 368
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Dairy Queen
Author: Catherine Murdock
Finish Date: Oct 3
Category and task: Sea Monster 1
GN BR GR? N
Pages: 275
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post!

Title: The Play
Author: Elle Kennedy
Start Date: 03/10/2022
Finish Date: 03/10/2022
Category and task: Honey I shrunk the sea monster - 2
How it fits: Demi’s mom stays alive and active
Pages: 422
Status updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Witches
Author: Roald Dahl
Start Date: 03/10/2022
Finish Date: 03/10/2022
Category and task: Honey I shrunk the sea monster - 1
How it fits:
Pages: 208
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Hex Hall
Author: Rachel Hawkins
Start Date: 03/10/2022
Finish Date: 04/10/2022
Category and task: Don't Tell the Mummy the Baby-Sitter's Dead - 2
How it fits: MC Sophie Mercer is a demon with special powers
Pages: 337
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Divine by Mistake
Author: P.C. Cast
Start Date: 10.02.2022
Finish Date: 10.03.2022
Category and task: Baby-Sitter's Dead #1 - with a purple cover
How it Fits: has a purple cover
Graphic Novel?: no
Buddy Read?: no
Group Read?: no
Pages: 571
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

UPDATED

Title: Kingdom of the cursed
Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Start Date: 04/10/2022
Finish Date: 04/10/2022
Category and task: Smells Like Teen Wolf Spirit - 2
How it fits: Male MC is a prince
Pages: 449
Status updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Kit McBride Gets a Wife
Author: Amy Barry
Finish Date: Oct 3
Category and task: Zombie 2
GN BR GR? N
Pages: 352
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

UPDATED

Title: I am not a serial killer
Author: Dan Wells
Start Date: 04/10/2022
Finish Date: 04/10/2022
Category and task: Dracula - 1
Pages: 292
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Stolen Tongues
Author: Felix Blackwell
Start Date: 05/10/2022
Finish Date: 05/10/2022
Category and task: Sea Monster - 2
How it fits: Faye's mom Lynn stays alive and active
Pages: 306
Status updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Devil's Daughter
Author: Lis Kleypas
Start Date: 04/10/2022
Finish Date: 05/10/2022
Category and task: Dracula - 2
How it fits: enemies to lovers romance
Pages: 387
Status updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: A Touch of Moonlight
Author: Yaffa Santos
Finish Date: Oct 5
Category and task: Mummy 4
GN BR GR? N
Pages: 304
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

laurel [the suspected bibliophile] wrote: "Title: A Touch of Moonlight
Author: Yaffa Santos
Finish Date: Oct 5
Category and task:
GN BR GR? N
Pages: 304
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

You forgot to put the category for this one 😅

UPDATED

✨faith✨trust✨pixiedust✨ wrote: "laurel [the suspected bibliophile] wrote: "Title: A Touch of Moonlight
Author: Yaffa Santos
Finish Date: Oct 5
Category and task:
GN BR GR? N
Pages: 304
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/sh..."

lol I did! I fixed it on the spreadsheet.

Title: The Dare
Author: Elle Kennedy
Start Date: 06/10/2022
Finish Date: 06/10/2022
Category and task: Sea Monster - 2
How it fits: Taylor and Conor's moms stay alive and active
Pages: 354
Status updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Hallowe'en Party
Author: Agatha Christie
Start Date: 06/10/2022
Finish Date: 06/10/2022
Category and task: Sea Monster - 5
How it fits: First published on November 1, 1969
Pages: 336
Status updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: When Stars Collide
Author: Susan Elizabeth Philips
Start Date: 06/10/2022
Finish Date: 06/10/2022
Category and task: Dracula - 2
How it fits: enemies to lovers romance
Pages: 368
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: My Sister, the Serial Killer
Author: Oyinkan Braithwaite
Start Date: 06/10/2022
Finish Date: 07/10/2022
Category and task: The baby sitter - 4
How it fits: Black author
Pages: 228
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: One Summer Night at the Ritz
Author: Jenny Oliver
Start Date: 07/10/2022
Finish Date: 07/10/2022
Category and task: The baby sitter - 1
How it fits: Purple cover
Pages: 192
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Maze of Bones
Author: Rick Riordan
Start Date: 07/10/2022
Finish Date: 07/10/2022
Category and task: Sea Monster 1
How it fits: Blue cover
Pages: 220
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The American Roommate Experiment
Author: Elena Armas
Start Date: 06/10/2022
Finish Date: 08/10/2022
Category and task: Sea Monster 1
How it fits: Blue cover
Pages: 387
Status Updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: New Year at the Cornish Bakery
Author: Sarah Hope
Start Date: 07/10/2022
Finish Date: 07/10/2022
Category and task: Sea Monster 1
How it fits: Blue cover
Pages: 158
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Dial A for Aunties
Author: Jesse Q Sutanto
Start Date: 08/10/2022
Finish Date: 08/10/2022
Category and task: Good Will Zombie Hunting - 4
How it fits: Indonesian author
Pages: 320
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Charlee and the Chocolate Shop
Author: Jesse Q Sutanto
Start Date: 08/10/2022
Finish Date: 08/10/2022
Category and task: Sea Monster - 2
How it fits: Charlee's mom Stacey stays alive and active
Pages: 176
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Author: Holly Jackson
Start Date: 10.05.2022
Finish Date: 10.07.2022
Category and task: I Shrunk the Sea Monster #2 - mom alive and active throughout
How it Fits: Pip's mom is consistently interacting with her
Graphic Novel?: no
Buddy Read?: no
Group Read?: no
Pages: 390
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Kings of the Wyld
Author: Nicholas Eames
Start Date: 09/10/2022
Finish Date: 09/10/2022
Category and task: The baby sitter - 3
How it fits: @13% "Each of the golems were half again as tall as Clay"
Pages: 528
Status Updates: 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

Title: Marshmallow and Jordan
Author: Alina Chau
Finish Date: Oct 9
Category and task: Zombie 4
GN YES
BR GR? N
Pages: 379/189.5
Review:: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Turtle in Paradise
Author: Jennifer Holm
Finish Date: Oct 9
Category and task: Sea Monster 2
GN YES
BR GR? N
Pages: 256/128
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: A Rake of His Own
Author: AJ Lancaster
Finish Date: Oct 9
Category and task: Teen Wolf 3
GN BR GR? N
Pages: 412 *author posted word count on Instagram...this is the same page amount as her book 3, which was 4k words shorter than this book.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Lincoln in the Bardo
Author: George Saunders
Start Date: 09/10/2022
Finish Date: 09/10/2022
Category and task: King Kong - 3
How it fits: Features several ghosts
Pages: 368
Status Updates: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Honey Girl
Author: Morgan Rogers
Start Date: 09/10/2022
Finish Date: 09/10/2022
Category and task: Baby sitter - 4
How it fits: Black author
Pages: 241
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Good Girl, Bad Blood
Author: Holly Jackson
Start Date: 10.07.2022
Finish Date: 10.09.2022
Category and task: Things I Hate About Dracula #5 - blood in the title
Graphic Novel?: no
Buddy Read?: no
Group Read?: no
Pages: 401
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Hopeless
Author: Colleen Hoover
Start Date: 10/10/2022
Finish Date: 10/10/2022
Category and task: Sea monster - 2
How it fits: Sky's mom Karen
Pages: 417
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Midnight Rainbow
Author: Linda Howard
Start Date: 10/10/2022
Finish Date: 10/10/2022
Category and task: Sea monster - 5
How it fits: First published February 1, 1986
Pages: 256
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Behind Closed doors
Author: B.A. Paris
Start Date: 10/11/2022
Finish Date: 10/11/2022
Category and task: Zombie Hunting - 2
How it fits: Jack Angel is an orphan
Pages: 336
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: I'll be gone in the dark
Author: Michelle McNamara
Start Date: 10/11/2022
Finish Date: 10/11/2022
Category and task: Baby sitter - 5
How it fits: Michelle McNamara passed away in her sleep before this book was published
Pages: 352
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Deadly Little Scandals
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Start Date: Ocotber 1st. 2022
Finish Date: October 1st. 2022
Category and task: Honey, I Shrunk the Sea Monster - 2
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 352 pages
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Gone
Author: Chelsea Cain
Start Date: October 2nd, 2022
Finish Date: October 3rd, 2022
Category and task: 10 Things I Hate About Dracula - 2
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 400 pages
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Her Pretty Face
Author: Robyn Harding
Start Date: October 4th, 2022
Finish Date: October 5th, 2022
Category and task: Honey, I Shrunk the Sea Monster - 1
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 352 pages
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Kiss of Broken Glass
Author: Madeleine Kuderick
Start Date: Ocotber 5th, 2022
Finish Date: Ocotber 5th, 2022
Category and task: Smells Like Teen Wolf Spirit - 1
Graphic Novel? (No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 224 Pages
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Outsiders
Author: S.E. Hinton
Start Date: October 5th, 2022
Finish Date: October 5th, 2022
Category and task: Good Will Zombie Hunting - 2
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 192 pages
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: For the Wolf
Author: Hannah F. Whitten
Start Date: October 5th, 2022
Finish Date: October 11th, 2022
Category and task: Smells Like Teen Wolf Spirit - 3
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 437 pages
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: A Restless Truth
Author: Freya Marske
Finish Date: Oct 11
Category and task: Zombie 1
GN BR GR? N
Pages: 400
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

UPDATED

Title: The Women Could Fly
Author: Megan Giddings
Finish Date: Oct 12
Category and task: King Kong 2
GN BR GR? N
Pages: 288
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Barracoon
Author: Zora Neale Hurston
Finish Date: Oct 12
Category and task: Mummy 5
GN BR GR? N
Pages: 193
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...