The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

FRIGHT NIGHT 2024
Dust your hats and get your brooms, we ride at dawn.



HOW TO JOIN
1. Reply to this thread with "I want to participate in a group" or "I want to participate by myself," and the number of books you read/listen to each year (this isn't to judge your reading habits but to attempt to create balanced teams).
2. The deadline to join a team is September 25th.
3. Anyone can join Fright Night as long as the competition lasts, but after September 25th all newcomers will be soloists.

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

Hocus Pocus
1.Read a book with a mostly orange cover
2.Read a classic horror novel
3.Read a book featuring witches
4.Read a book that takes place during Halloween season
5.Read a book with a snake on the cover

You Only Moved The Headstones
1.Read a book with a mostly black cover
2.Read a book set in 1800s
3.Read a book featuring zombies
4.Read a book where the MC is a villain
5.Read a paranormal or gothic romance

Mommy’s with the Maggots Now
1.Read a book with a mostly green cover
2.Read a fairytale retelling
3.Read a book featuring vampires
4.Read a book where a character suffers from depression
5.Read a horror book published in 2024

Phantom’s Lair
1.Read a book with a mostly purple cover
2.Read a cozy mystery
3.Read a book featuring a cathedral or church or chapel
4.Read a book by a POC author
5.Read a book where a character goes on a midnight adventure

Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun
1.Read a book with a mostly red cover
2.Read a dark fanstasy
3.Read a book with a skull on the cover
4.Read a book featuring a haunted house
5.Read a gothic horror book

It was the Bogeyman
1.Read a book with a mostly white cover
2.Read a Dark Academia book
3.Read a book featuring djinns
4.Read a book with blood and or bone in the title
5.Read a book set in a small town

TEAMS:
Team 1: The Carrie Coven
Team 2: Wayward Sisters
Team 3: The Scream Queens
Team 4: To be announced
Team 5: To be announced

Let the games begin!

Yay, I love Fright Night!! I would like to participate as a soloist!

i'm so excitedddd. i'd like to participate as a soloist as I can't commit to a team and don't want to let anyone down. but I'm in for all the BRs with everyone so you'll find me in the team threads trying to arrange BRs hahha hope that's fine

I will compete as a soloist.

I want to participate in a group and I estimate to read between 50 to 80 books per year

yay! include me please in a GROUP, so far this year i have read 44 books and i currently read about 70 books a year...

i invited some peeps, if we could team up that'd be cool:
Rachel msg 8
Tori msg 9
Brieanna msg 11

I want to participate in a group and I will read about 70 books this year.

This looks like fun! I would like to participate in a group. I aim to read 70 books this year. If I could be in PrinzessBookDragon’s group that would be great 😊

I'd like to join :) I would also like to be on PrinzessBookDragon’s team. I read between 300-350 books a year, I'm currently at 293

I would like to be on a team. I’m reading between 12-20 books a month.

I would like to be on a team with Celeste (hopefully). I read about 100 book a year.

I want to be on a team and I read 300+ books a year

I would like to join a team and I read about 40 📚 yearly. 😁👏🏾

I’ve no idea what this is about 😂, but I’m guessing it’s got something to do with horror books, which I’ve been meaning to read more of.
I read 200 books a year, so count me in a group.

I would like to participate in a group! I read about 15+ books a month

Guys unfortunately that's not how it works 😭 you might not be in the same teams as your friends and that's bc we look at the number of books you read each year to create balanced teams and so that it's fair for everyone :)

I’d like to be on a team!! I read anywhere from 30 books a year to 60+

Oooooh me, pick me for a group! I read anywhere from 30-40 books a year 👀

Friendly reminder to keep the group rules in mind when making a comment, paying special attention to rule #1. There are a lot of new members and mods are here to clarify the way this challenge works. Please be mindful and considerate of what you post in the group 😊

I will join a team please.

I'm currently at 185 books read this year but I will be on holiday the first two weeks of October. I'm very excited to tour the Republic of Georgia and not sure of how much reading will get done.

I am super excited and will definitely want to join a team!

I have been averaging 10+ books/month but did have some slump-y months earlier in the year (fingers crossed won't happen again).

I would like to be on a team and I read 80-100 books a year

I'd like to participate as a soloist this time, because I want o read but idk if I will haha
Thank you! ❤️

I'll be participating as a soloist this time!

I’d like to sign up as a soloist

I'd love to participate on a team! Read about 90-100 books a year

I would love to participate as a soloist!!

updated

Guys I may or may not have forgotten to include the prompts for you (hehe honest mistake) but I've updated that now (see the top of the thread)!!

Ooh yay!! I would like to participate in a team! I read around 30-40 books in a year! So excited to start!

it's the moooooost wonderful tiiiiiiime of the yeeeeeeear

I would like to be on a team please! In the past I have averaged about 120 a year, but I have already blown past that this year so use your best judgment on where to put me :)

I don't tend to read many Halloweenesque books so I'd like to give this a try as a soloist & see what happens. About 250 bpy.

How often are these types of challenges run in this group??

@PrinzessBookDragon

Hi, sorry for not answering the message you sent sooner I wasn't checking GR.

Fright night is one of our seasonal games, at the beginning of the year we had Spring fling. So these exact games happen twice a year, and every year they switch between Spring Fling/Fright Night and Summer Days/Winter wars (next year's seasonal games).

We have other challenges in the group, although this year we were late with the quarterly ones. And of course there's the annual challenge. Both of these are less strict with time and books you read.

updated

OK, Thx! 🫶🏽🍂👻🩷 can you link me to the annual challenge please??

🐉 PrinzessBookDragon 👑🌶️ wrote: "OK, Thx! 🫶🏽🍂👻🩷 can you link me to the annual challenge please??"

Here is the link to the Tackle Your TBR challenge! Any other questions, let us know 😊

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Edith wrote: "🐉 PrinzessBookDragon 👑🌶️ wrote: "OK, Thx! 🫶🏽🍂👻🩷 can you link me to the annual challenge please??"

Here is the link to the Tackle Your TBR challenge! Any other questions, let us know 😊

https://www..."

k, thanks! <3

I’d like to be part of a group! I read anywhere from 100-150 books a year :)

I'd like to be part of a group!! I read around 60 books per year.

I'd like to go solo. I read around 100 books a year

Updated

I'd like to do solo. Over 300 in a year.

i'd like to join a group! i usually read about 50 books a year

I have 4 questions in regards to the prompts:

1. classic horror novel - Would original Stephen King count (i.e. ’Salem’s Lot specifically) or truly classic like Frankenstein, Portrait of Dorian Gray, etc.?

2. with a skull on the cover - Does it have to be a human skull or would an animal/creature skull work (i.e. The Paleontologist)?

3. with blood and or bone in the title - Can they be combined words (i.e. Bonedust or Half-Blood or Bloody) or do they have to be standalone?

4. fairytale retelling - Does it only have to be fairytales (i.e. Cinderella) or do myths/legends from other countries work (i.e. Legendborn/Arthurian legend or The Night Ends With Fire/Mulan)?

hey so:
1. Originally I meant just the actual classics (Shirley Jackson Edgar Allan Poe etc) but after much thought I think any more "modern" classics would count so think Stephen King/ H.P Lovecraft/ Richard Matheson etc (for anyone else: if in doubt about this category ask before picking out a book bc not all modern horror books are classics x)
2. Any skull counts for this
3. Combined words are fine
4. Legends and myths definitely count here!

@Catherine would you like to be in a team or go solo??

updated

Hafs wrote: "hey so:
1. Originally I meant just the actual classics (Shirley Jackson Edgar Allan Poe etc) but after much thought I think any more "modern" classics would count so think Stephen King/ H.P Lovecra..."

Thank you Hafs!

Hello, I also have a few questions regarding prompts:

1. Would Interview with the Vampire count for the classic horror novel pompt?
2. Regarding the various "colour"-prompts, would something like this still count for black or is it too far away already?
3. For "Read a book with blood and or bone in the title" does the word need to be in English or would a translation be accepted? For example if the title included the German word "Blut" which translates into "blood"
Sorry if I'm making this too complicated 😅 Thank you for all the work you put into organizing these challenges!