The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

Title: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Author: Suzanne Collins
Start Date: 11/17/2023
Finish Date: 11/21/2023
Category and task: New Me 4--set in the future
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 541
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Western Lane
Author: Chetna Maroo
Start Date: November 23, 2023
Finish Date: November 24, 2023
Category and task: Winter 1 - Black and White Cover

Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 160
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Start Date: November 19, 2023
Finish Date: November 23, 2023
Category and task: Mistletoe 3 - Published in 1900s
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 277
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: City of Thieves
Author: David Benioff
Start Date: November 19, 2023
Finish Date: November 22, 2023
Category and task: Lit 5 - More than 100k ratings
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 258
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Iron Flame
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Start Date: November 22, 2023
Finish Date: November 23, 2023
Category and task: Lit 2 - Fire on Cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? Yes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 623
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Merry Inkmas
Author: Talia Hibbert
Start Date: 11/21/2023
Finish Date: 11/24/2023
Category and task: Ice 5--Black author
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 211
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Jackal
Author: Erin E. Adams
Start Date: 11/23/2023
Finish Date: 11/25/2023
Category and task: Mistletoe 5--red cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 336
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Author: Matthew Perry
Start Date: 11/1/2023
Finish Date: 11/26/2023
Category and task: Mistletoe 4--author over 50
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 250
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology
Author: Circe Moskowitz as editor
Start Date: 11/21/2023
Finish Date: 11/26/2023
Category and task: New Me 3--genre I don't read often (short story collection/anthology)
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 292
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

UPDATED

WINTER WARS update November 26, 2023

We try to post updates each Sunday (but we fail 😅) 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 Cool Kids: 158
The Frozen Chosen: 131
The Sassy SADs: 129
The Incredible Icicles: 72
The Glowing Snows: 162

The Hermits who live in Isolated Mountain Cabins:

Christene Paula: 2
Jasmine:
Jen: 20
Jesa:
Kira: 100
Madhuparna: 1
Josie:
Allyson:

The Glowing Snows are still in the lead this week with The Cool Kids (very) close behind!! Remember to collaborate with your team to finish categories for the extra points ;)

Happy reading!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods

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Title: You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories
Author: Gabrielle Union
Start Date: November 24, 2023
Finish Date: November 26, 2023
Category and task: Ice 2 - Blue Cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 272
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Cantoras
Author: Carolina De Robertis
Start Date: November 24, 2023
Finish Date: November 26, 2023
Category and task: Mistletoe 2 - Set in South America
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 336
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Completion Post

Title: Must Love Books
Author: Shauna Robinson
Start Date: November 26, 2023
Finish Date: November 30, 2023
Category and task: Mistletoe 5 - Red Cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 321
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Sweet Spot
Author: Amy Poeppel
Start Date: November 26, 2023
Finish Date: November 28, 2023
Category and task: Mistletoe 1 - Romance
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 400
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Illuminae
Author: Amie Kaufman
Start Date: November 28, 2023
Finish Date: November 29, 2023
Category and task: New Me 2 - Unusual format
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 608
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Iron Flame
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Start Date: 11/24/2023
Finish Date: 12/2/2023
Category and task: Thanks 1--orange cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? Yes--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 623
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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WINTER WARS update December 3, 2023

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 Cool Kids: 206
The Frozen Chosen: 158
The Sassy SADs: 154
The Incredible Icicles: 72
The Glowing Snows: 182

The Hermits who live in Isolated Mountain Cabins:

Christene Paula: 2
Jasmine:
Jen: 20
Jesa:
Kira: 121
Madhuparna: 1
Josie:
Allyson:

The Cool Kids have taken back first place with The Glowing Snows at a close second! Keep it going y'all, and remember that this will be the last month to get all your books in. Make sure to coordinate with your teams to get those last few categories taken care of. Great job everyone!

Happy reading!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods

Hey team, happy December!!! I drove up to visit my dad this weekend but forgot my laptop charger. Getting lots read but will need to catch on reviews and posting later this week when I get home. On the plus side, it snowed!

Hope everyone is finding enjoyable reads! Glad to finally dig into the Christmas ones.

I realized just now that I never logged in my first read on here! I did do it on the spreadsheet though! It took me longer than I thought to finish The Secret History but I’m glad I read it. Currently reading a second book in a series that I meant to continue for years after just finishing my reread of the first one to refresh myself!

Title: The Crowns of Croswald
Author: D.E. Night
Start Date: 11/30/23
Finish Date: 12/3/23
Category and Task: Thanks 5 - A reread
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 301
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Check & Mate
Author: Ali Hazelwood
Start Date: 12/2/2023
Finish Date: 12/4/2023
Category and task: New Me 3--do not often read YA romances
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? Yes--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 368
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Fences
Author: August Wilson
Start Date: 11/19/23
Finish Date: 11/29/23
Category and Task: Mistletoe 3 - originally published in the 1900s
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 119
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Hey Alex! So unfortunately due to the book's page length we cannot count your last reading entry. Please make sure to double check minimum page lengths for all reading formats in the first comment within this thread for future entries to count. :)



Updated

Title: Hang the Moon
Author: Alexandria Bellefleur
Start Date: 12/2/2023
Finish Date: 12/5/2023
Category and task: Thanks 4--listen to an audiobook
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 384
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Author: Rachel Aviv
Start Date: December 1, 2023
Finish Date: December 2, 2023
Category and task: Winter 1 - Black and White Cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 288
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Open Throat
Author: Henry Hoke
Start Date: December 2, 2023
Finish Date: December 2, 2023
Category and task: New Me 3 - Less read/liked genre (I usually dislike and avoid an animal POV)
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 176
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club
Author: J. Ryan Stradal
Start Date: December 1, 2023
Finish Date: December 3, 2023
Category and task: Thanks 1 - Orange or Yellow Cover

Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 384
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor
Author: Xiran Jay Zhao
Start Date: December 1, 2023
Finish Date: December 6, 2023
Category and task: Lit 4 - Middle-grade book
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 340
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Tower of Dawn
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Start Date: 11/26/2023
Finish Date: 12/7/2023
Category and task: Lit 1--Jewish author
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 660
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Yerba Buena
Author: Nina LaCour
Start Date: December 2, 2023
Finish Date: December 2, 2023
Category and task: Thanks 4 - Audiobook
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 304
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Wreck the Halls
Author: Tessa Bailey
Start Date: December 3, 2023
Finish Date: December 4, 2023
Category and task: Ice 2 - Blue Cover

Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 351
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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WINTER WARS update December 10, 2023

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 Cool Kids: 253
The Frozen Chosen: 230
The Sassy SADs: 187
The Incredible Icicles: 134
The Glowing Snows: 229

The Hermits who live in Isolated Mountain Cabins:

Christene Paula: 2
Jasmine:
Jen: 22
Jesa:
Kira: 137
Madhuparna: 1
Josie:
Allyson:

The Cool Kids remain at the number one spot yet again! This week the Frozen Chosen have climbed to the number two spot with the Glowing Snows coming in at third. Keep it going everyone, only 2 more weeks before the challenge ends!

Happy reading!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods

Title: Do Your Worst
Author: Rosie Danan
Start Date: 12/8/2023
Finish Date: 12/10/2023
Category and task: Ice 4--under 10,000 ratings
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 313
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Edith wrote: "Hey Alex! So unfortunately due to the book's page length we cannot count your last reading entry. Please make sure to double check minimum page lengths for all reading formats in the first comment ..."

Sorry about that!

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Title: Lady Renegades
Author: Rachel Hawkins
Start Date: December 5, 2023
Finish Date: December 5, 2023
Category and task: Mistletoe 1 - Romance
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 264
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Dead Heat
Author: Patricia Briggs
Start Date: December 4, 2023
Finish Date: December 7, 2023
Category and task: Winter 2 - Wolf/Other Canine
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 336
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Dawnshard
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Read Date: Nov. 6-Nov. 21
Category and Task: Winter #5: Epic Fantasy Book
Graphic Novel or Buddy Read or Group Read: No
Pages: 171
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Defiant
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Read Date: Nov 20-Dec. 4
Category and Task: New Me #4: Read a book set in the future
Graphic, Buddy, Group Read: No
Pages: 421
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Slashing Through the Snow
Author: Jacqueline Frost
Start Date: December 9, 2023
Finish Date: December 10, 2023
Category and task: Ice 1 - Set in wintertime
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 304
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Author: Heather Fawcett
Start Date: 12/1/2023
Finish Date: 12/11/2023
Category and task: Ice 1--set in winter
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? Yes--https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 325
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Girl with the Whispering Shadow
Author: D.E. Night
Start Date: 12/4/23
Finish Date: 12/12/23
Category and Task: Winter 3 - Orphan
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 376
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Lightning Thief
Author: Rick Riordan
Start Date: 12/11/2023
Finish Date: 12/12/2023
Category and task: New Me 1--first in a series
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 387
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Sorcery of Thorns
Author: Margaret Rogerson
Start Date: 12/5/2023
Finish Date: 12/13/2023
Category and task: Winter 3--book about an orphan
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 456
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: How to Excavate a Heart
Author: Jake Maia Arlow
Start Date: 12/12/2023
Finish Date: 12/13/2023
Category and task: Lit 1--Jewish author
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 384
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Sanctuary with Kings
Author: Kathryn Moon
Start Date: 11/26/2023
Finish Date: 12/16/2023
Category and task: Thanks 2--historical fiction
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 519
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Start Date: December 12, 2023
Finish Date: December 16, 2023
Category and task: Mistletoe 3 - Published in 1900s
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 224
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Do Your Worst
Author: Rosie Danan
Start Date: December 9, 2023
Finish Date: December 14, 2023
Category and task: Mistletoe 1- Romance
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? YES
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 317
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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WINTER WARS update December 17, 2023

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 Cool Kids: 301
The Frozen Chosen: 265
The Sassy SADs: 239
The Incredible Icicles: 165
The Glowing Snows: 280

The Hermits who live in Isolated Mountain Cabins:

Christene Paula: 2
Jasmine:
Jen: 22
Jesa:
Kira: 137
Madhuparna: 1
Josie:
Allyson:

The Cool Kids are still holding strong at number 1, with The Glowing Snows closely behind. Great job! With Winter Wars coming to a close very soon, remember to get all your books in to count. Keep it up everyone! :)

Happy reading!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods

Title: The Handmaid's Tale
Author: Margaret Atwood
Start Date: November 25
Finish Date: December 17
Category and task: New me 1 - dystopia
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 311
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post

Title: Winter Wishes
Author: Elle Adams
Start Date: December 8, 2023
Finish Date: December 12, 2023
Category and task: Ice 1 - Set in wintertime
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 159
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Kingdom of Ash
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Start Date: 12/14/2023
Finish Date: 12/20/2023
Category and task: Winter 2--large canine (several Fae shapeshift into wolves etc)
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 980
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...