The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

RULES
✧ Members will be broken out into up to 3-5 separate teams (or go solo) before the start date (May 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 from 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. They have to be on the Goodreads database. (view spoiler)
✧ 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 category
+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 1: 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! This means commenting your updates in the designated thread for that book.

Masquerade
1. Read a book where a main character pretends to be someone else
2. Read a book with a dress on the cover
3. Read a book that was translated
4. Read an own-voices book
5. Read a book that has a redesigned cover

Decades Dance
1. Read a book set in the 20th century (the 1900s)
2. Read the first book listed when you sort your TBR by date added, descending
3. Read a book with a blue cover
4. Read a book written by an author who has died
5. Read a historical fiction book

Goth Prom
1. Read a paranormal romance
2. Read a book set or published in the 1800s
3. Read a banned book
4. Read a book with a black cover
5. Read a book written by a POC author

Enchanted Forest
1. Read a fairytale retelling
2. Read a book about royalty
3. Read a book written by an author from a country you’ve never been to
4. Read a book about magic
5. Read a book with a tree on the cover

Luxe
1. Read a book with a 4.5 or higher average GR rating
2. Read a self-published book
3. Read a science fiction book
4. Read a book written by an LGBTQ+ author
5. Read a book with gold in the title (the word or the color)

Carnival
1. Read a book written by an author from Central or South America
2. Read a book with a red cover
3. Read a book about the performing arts
4. Read a graphic novel
5. Read a book in a series longer than 3 books

LINKS TO SPREADSHEET AND DISCORD
To help track your team points, strategize and communicate, we've created individual team spreadsheets and team discord channels.

Spreadsheet:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Discord:

Reminder: Mods will NOT use your spreadsheet to record points. This is for your team purposes only! Please make sure to post an accurate completion post or we will not count it

PARTCIPANTS

Sophie
Gaea
Anushka
Isa
Ilsen
Edissa

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; ex: 244/122)
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

Title: Wed to the Lich
Author: Layla Fae
Start Date: May 1
Finish Date: May 1
Category and task: Goth Prom #1
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 208
Review: here

Title: The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash (LN) Vol. 1
Author: Honobonoru500 & Nama
Start Date: May 2
Finish Date: May 3
Category and task: Enchanted Forest #5
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 172
Review: here

Title: The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash (LN) Vol. 2
Author: Honobonoru500 & Nama
Start Date: May 4
Finish Date: May 4
Category and task: Masquerade #3
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 401
Review: here

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Spring Fling Update May 5th 2024

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:
Anti-Prom Party Crashers: 0
The Life of the Party: 10
The Dancing Queens: 0
The Prettiest Girls at the Ball: 3
The Party Don’t Start Until They Walk In: 28

Didn’t Come With a Date:
Melissa: 0
Kristina: 0
Jess: 0
Becca: 0
Rosina: 0
Miranda: 1
Araceli: 0
Aikaterine: 0
Allyson: 0

Team Party Don’t Start starts the week off strong, but fret not as we are early into the competition! Also, this is a friendly reminder to please include links to any buddy reads you participate in order for your books to count for points!

Happy reading!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods ❤︎

Title: Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Vol. 13
Author: Aka Akasaka
Start Date: May 6
Finish Date: May 6
Category and task: Enchanted Forest -3
Graphic Novel? Manga
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 208
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
Author: Jessica Day George
Start Date: May 5
Finish Date: May 6
Category and task: Enchanted Forest -1
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 336
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Vol. 14
Author: Aka Akasaka
Start Date: May 6
Finish Date: May 6
Category and task: Masquerade -1
Graphic Novel? Manga
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 216
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Vol. 15
Author: Aka Akasaka
Start Date: May 6
Finish Date: May 6
Category and task: Luxe -1
Graphic Novel? Manga
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 216
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Vol. 16
Author: Aka Akasaka
Start Date: May 6
Finish Date: May 6
Category and task: Carnival -5
Graphic Novel? Manga
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 208
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Never Never
Author: Tarryn Fisher & Colleen Hoover
Start Date: 01/05/24
Finish Date: 08/05/24
Category and task: Masquerade #5
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 370
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: The Kiss of Deception
Author: Mary E Pearson
Start Date: 01/05/24
Finish Date: 09/05/24
Category and task: Enchanted Forest #2
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
Group Read? No
Pages: 489
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Spring Fling Update May 12th 2024

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:
Anti-Prom Party Crashers: 45
The Life of the Party: 41
The Dancing Queens: 16
The Prettiest Girls at the Ball: 22
The Party Don’t Start Until They Walk In: 74

Didn’t Come With a Date:
Melissa: 0
Kristina: 0
Jess: 0
Becca: 0
Rosina: 0
Miranda: 8
Araceli: 0
Aikaterine: 0
Allyson: 2

The second week of the competition continues strong with Team Party Don't Start still holding on to their lead! Team Anti-Prom made an awesome comeback though with Life of the Party following closely behind! Summer is finally making it's way and hope you all have nothing but reading in your plans. Let's keep the good streak going y'all! :)

Happy reading!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods ❤︎

Title: Geekerella
Author: Ashley Poston
Start Date: 5/9/24
Finish Date: 5/14/24
Category and task: Masquerade #2
Graphic Novel? NO
Buddy Read? NO
Group Read? NO
Pages: 336
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Little Secrets
Author: Jennifer Hillier
Start Date: 06/05/24
Finish Date: 14/05/2r
Category and task: Decades dance #3
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 336
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Sheets
Author: Brenna Thummler
Start Date: 5/16/24
Finish Date: 5/17/24
Category and task: Carnival #4
Graphic Novel? YES
Buddy Read? NO
Group Read? NO
Pages: 288/144
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

UPATED

Title: Seven Days in June
Author: Tia Williams
Start Date: 10.05.24
Finish Date: 16.05.24
Category and task: Goth Prom #5
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 327
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: A Company of Swans
Author: Eva Ibbotson
Start Date: May 16
Finish Date: May 19
Category and task: Carnival #3
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 404
Review: here

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Spring Fling Update May 19th 2024

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:
Anti-Prom Party Crashers: 84
The Life of the Party: 72
The Dancing Queens: 39
The Prettiest Girls at the Ball: 32
The Party Don’t Start Until They Walk In: 140

Didn’t Come With a Date:
Melissa: 0
Kristina: 0
Jess: 0
Becca: 0
Rosina: 1
Miranda: 16
Araceli: 0
Aikaterine: 0
Allyson: 2

This week's victors continue to be Team Party Don't Start with Team Party Crashers coming in second place. Keep those books coming everyone, you are all doing an amazing job!

Happy reading!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods ❤︎

Title: Delicates
Author: Brenna Thummler
Start Date: 5/17/24
Finish Date: 5/19/24
Category and task: Carnival #4
Graphic Novel? YES
Buddy Read? NO
Group Read? NO
Pages: 317/158.5
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The heart of betrayal
Author: Mary E Pearson
Start Date: 15th May
Finish Date: 19th May
Category and task: Enchant Forest #2
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
Group Read? No
Pages: 480
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Never Seduce a Scot
Author: Maya Banks
Start Date: May 19
Finish Date: May 20
Category and task: Decades Dance #5
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 418
Review: here

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Title: King of
Sloth
Author: Ana Huang
Start Date: May 6
Finish Date: May 23
Category and task: Luxe- 5
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 466
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit...

Title: Flock
Author: Kate Stewart
Start Date: 21 May
Finish Date: 22 May
Category and task: Goth prom #5
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 394
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: The Female of the Species
Author: Mindy McGinnis
Start Date: 18th May
Finish Date: 24th May
Category and task: Goth Prom #3
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
Group Read? No
Pages: 368
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Spring Fling Update May 26th 2024

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:
Anti-Prom Party Crashers: 101
The Life of the Party: 139
The Dancing Queens: 56
The Prettiest Girls at the Ball: 57
The Party Don’t Start Until They Walk In: 179

Didn’t Come With a Date:
Melissa: 0
Kristina: 0
Jess: 0
Becca: 0
Rosina: 12
Miranda: 24
Araceli: 0
Aikaterine: 0
Allyson: 13
Aless: 1
Edith: 3

Team Party Don’t Start maintains their lead with a whopping 179 points, but Team Life of the Party is quickly catching up! As we’re almost halfway into the competition, make sure to take advantage of the numerous buddy and group reads available for those extra points!

Happy reading!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods ❤︎

Title: Loveless
Author: Alice Oseman
Start Date: 12th May
Finish Date: 25th May
Category and task: Luxe #4
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 433
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: To gaze upon wicked gods
Author: Molly X Chang
Start Date: 20th May
Finish Date: 27th May
Category and task: Enchanted Forest #4
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 350
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Lights
Author: Brenna Thummler
Start Date: 5/19/24
Finish Date: 5/28/24
Category and task: Carnival #4
Graphic Novel? YES
Buddy Read? NO
Group Read? NO
Pages: 363/181.5
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: The family upstairs
Author: Lisa Jewell
Start Date: 15th May
Finish Date: 29th May
Category and task: Masquerade #1
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 480
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Annie Bot
Author: Sierra Greer
Start Date: 25th May
Finish Date: 30th May
Category and task: Luxe #3
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
Group Read? No
Pages: 231
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Exodus
Author: Kate Stewart
Start Date: 28th May
Finish Date: 31st May
Category and task: Carnival #4
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 528
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Murder Road
Author: Simone St. James
Start Date: 26th May
Finish Date: 31st May
Category and task: Enchanted Forest #3
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 358
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Spring Fling Update June 2nd 2024

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:
Anti-Prom Party Crashers: 115
The Life of the Party: 177
The Dancing Queens: 76
The Prettiest Girls at the Ball: 79
The Party Don’t Start Until They Walk In: 213

Didn’t Come With a Date:
Melissa: 0
Kristina: 0
Jess: 0
Becca: 0
Rosina: 17
Miranda: 30
Araceli: 0
Aikaterine: 0
Allyson: 21
Aless: 1
Edith: 6

It is officially halfway into the competition and the start of summer is right around the corner! Make the best of all the current reads going on in the group to earn extra points, and as always remember to have fun! :)

Happy reading!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods ❤︎

Title: Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 01
Author: Yoshihiro Togashi
Start Date: 7th June
Finish Date: 7th June
Category and task: Enchanted Forest -4
Graphic Novel? Manga
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 184
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Anushka wrote: "Title: Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 01
Author: Yoshihiro Togashi
Start Date: 7th June
Finish Date: 7th June
Category and task: Enchanted Forest -4
Graphic Novel? Manga
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages:..."

Anushka, are the pages listed the halved version or for the entire manga? If it is the page total for the whole manga, unfortunately I wouldn't be able to count it as the minimum length for graphic novels has to be 200 pages.

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Spring Fling Update June 9th 2024

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:
Anti-Prom Party Crashers: 124
The Life of the Party: 202
The Dancing Queens: 117
The Prettiest Girls at the Ball: 79
The Party Don’t Start Until They Walk In: 230

Didn’t Come With a Date:
Melissa: 0
Kristina: 0
Jess: 0
Becca: 0
Rosina: 18
Miranda: 34
Araceli: 0
Aikaterine: 2
Allyson: 21
Aless: 3
Edith: 17

We've got a lot of teams catching up to each other as the competition charges on! As a friendly reminder please be sure to include all appropriate links to your buddy reads and/or reviews when making completion points. On another note, some of you have reported issues with your team logs--as mods do not review these unless you ask us to--please be sure to drop a comment in your team thread so mods can figure out the existing problem. That is all for this week, keep up the good work y'all!

Happy reading!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods ❤︎

Title: Kings cage
Author: Victoria Aveyard
Start Date: 1st June
Finish Date: 9th June
Category and task: carnival #2
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
Group Read? No
Pages: 507
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The beauty of darkness
Author: Mary E Pearson
Start Date: 30th May
Finish Date: 9th June
Category and task: Enchanted Forest #2
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes
Group Read? No
Pages: 688
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...