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 (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 from 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. 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.


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

LINK TO SPREADSHEET
To help track your team points, strategize and communicate, we've created individual team spreadsheets:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...


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.

PARTICIPANTS
Juliane
Leslie
Brieanna
ツツ
Brianna C
Mina

Yay! Holding my spot for planning purposes - super excited!

november plans

potentials to read * = highest probability
Warm Bodies (02.03 or 05.01)
Feed (02.03)
You'd Look Better as a Ghost (03.01)
The God of Endings (03.03 or 05.01)
The Historian (03.03 or 06.02)
The Pillars of the Earth (04.03)
The Killer's Game Movie Tie-in : A Novel (05.01)
XX (05.03)
The Paleontologist (05.03)
* The September House (05.04)
Malice (06.01)
A Great and Terrible Beauty (02.02 or 06.02)
Georgie, All Along (06.05)

01. hocus pocus
✓ 01: with a mostly orange cover → Heir of Fire
✓ 02: classic horror novel → 'Salem's Lot
✓ 03: featuring witches → Ink Blood Sister Scribe
✓ 04: takes place during Halloween season → Shades of Rust and Ruin
✓ 05: with a snake on the cover → Empire of Shadows

02. you only moved the headstones
01: with a mostly black cover →
✓ 02: set in 1800s → A Perilous Undertaking
03: featuring zombies →
✓ 04: the MC is a villain → Apprentice to the Villain
✓ 05: a paranormal or gothic romance → Divine By Blood

03. mommy’s with the maggots now
01: with a mostly green cover →
✓ 02: fairytale retelling → Legendborn
03: featuring vampires →
✓ 04: character suffers from depression → The Secret History
✓ 05: horror book published in 2024 → Blood Like Mine

04. phantom’s lair
✓ 01: with a mostly purple cover → Spells for Lost Things
✓ ✓ 02: cozy mystery → How to Solve Your Own Murder | Legends & Lattes
03: featuring a cathedral or church or chapel →
✓ 04: by a POC author → Bloodmarked
✓ ✓ 05: a character goes on a midnight adventure → The Final Girl Support Group | The Assassin's Blade

05. ghouls just wanna have fun
01: with a mostly red cover →
✓ 02: dark fanstasy → The Helm of Midnight
✓ 03: with a skull on the cover → Dreadful
04: featuring a haunted house →
✓ 05: gothic horror book → Frankenstein

06. it was the bogeyman
01: with a mostly white cover →
✓ 02: Dark Academia book → A Study in Drowning
03: featuring djinns →
✓ 04: with blood and or bone in the title → Bookshops & Bonedust
✓ 05: set in a small town → Only If You're Lucky

Hello team!
I haven't participated in these games in a while, so I hope that I'll have motivation to actually read.
@Brianna I really like your prompt list setup, I hope it's not a problem that I copied it :)


01. hocus pocus
01: with a mostly orange cover → Elektra, Defiant, Ariadne
02: classic horror novel →
03: featuring witches → A Witch in Time
04: takes place during Halloween season →
05: with a snake on the cover →

02. you only moved the headstones
01: with a mostly black cover → The Rook
02: set in 1800s →
03: featuring zombies →
04: the MC is a villain → The Shadows Between Us
05: a paranormal or gothic romance →

03. mommy’s with the maggots now
01: with a mostly green cover → The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny
02: fairytale retelling →
03: featuring vampires → Mina and the Undead
04: character suffers from depression →
05: horror book published in 2024 →

04. phantom’s lair
01: with a mostly purple cover →
02: cozy mystery →
03: featuring a cathedral or church or chapel →
04: by a POC author →
05: a character goes on a midnight adventure →

05. ghouls just wanna have fun
01: with a mostly red cover → Igra žmurke
02: dark fanstasy →
03: with a skull on the cover →
04: featuring a haunted house →
05: gothic horror book →

06. it was the bogeyman
01: with a mostly white cover → Stiletto
02: Dark Academia book → The Golden Enclaves,The Atlas Six
03: featuring djinns → A Master of Djinn
04: with blood and or bone in the title → Isle of Blood and Stone
05: set in a small town →

Just as a reminder, below is the template for completion posts:

Title:
Author:
Start Date:
Finish Date:
Category and task:
Graphic novel: (yes or no)
Buddy read: (yes or no)
Group read: (yes or no)
Pages:
Review: (link to your review)

I've updated the spreadsheet so you don't have to fill out the completion post manually. Copy and paste your completion post from column M, but please be sure to link your buddy reads.

Hello everyone!

@Brianna I have a library hold for Bookshops & Bonedust which should arrive some time during the third week of October, so if you would be interested in a buddy read (maybe in the last week of October or the beginning of November) please let me know.

These are currently my plans for the next two months:

✔ A Discovery of Witches 02.05
✔ The Queen of Nothing 01.05
- Die unendliche Geschichte 02.01
✔ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 02.02
✔ Dreadfully Ever After 02.03
✔ Lost Boy 03.02
✔ Interview with the Vampire 03.03
✔ Je länger die Nacht 06.05
✔ Fledgling 04.04
✔ Das Blut 05.01
✔ Bookshops & Bonedust 06.04

Juliane wrote: "Hello everyone!

@Brianna I have a library hold for Bookshops & Bonedust which should arrive some time during the third week of October, so if you would be interested in a buddy rea..."

@Juliane RE: Bookshops & Bonedust

Yeah I'm game to buddy read it! I may try to re-read the first which I can do at the beginning of the month before your copy comes in . Do we want to aim for the 18th as a start date (and if we need to shift depending on when the loan comes in that's fine)?

@Brianna Bookshops & Bonedust
Great, Starting on the 18th sounds good, if there are any delays from the library I will let you know. Should we discuss the specific schedule in the Buddy Read thread?

Juliane wrote: "@Brianna Bookshops & Bonedust
Great, Starting on the 18th sounds good, if there are any delays from the library I will let you know. Should we discuss the specific schedule in the B..."

@Juliane: Bookshops & Bonedust
What kind of pace would you like? It's not a very long book and from what I recall of the first, it should be a fairly easy read.

@Brianna Bookshops & Bonedust
How does 5 days sound to you? That should be around 70 pages per day, don't know if it works chapter-wise or to find good stopping points.

Title: The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny
Author: Willa Nash
Start Date: 10/01/24
Finish Date: 10/02/24
Category and Task: Mommy’s with the Maggots Now 1
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 165
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Juliane wrote: "@Brianna Bookshops & Bonedust
How does 5 days sound to you? That should be around 70 pages per day, don't know if it works chapter-wise or to find good stopping points."

That works for me! I can figure out the chapter breakdown to get it as close to the 70 pages (at lease with my copy which is just the standard paperback) if you'd like?

Title: Blood Like Mine
Author: Stuart Neville
Start Date: 10/01/24
Finish Date: 10/02/24
Category and Task: Mommy’s with the Maggots Now 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 375
Review: here

Brianna wrote: "Juliane wrote: "@Brianna Bookshops & Bonedust
How does 5 days sound to you? That should be around 70 pages per day, don't know if it works chapter-wise or to find good stopping poin..."

My copy is around 333 pages so here is the breakdown for around 70 pages a day:
Day 1: prologue - chapter 8 (68 pages)
Day 2: chapter 9 - chapter 17 (71 pages)
Day 3: chapter 18 - chapter 26 (65 pages)
Day 4: chapter 27 - chapter 35 (65 pages)
Day 5: chapter 36 - epilogue (63 pages)

@Brianna Bookshops & Bonedust
That schedule looks good and works for me too. Thank you for making it.

@Bookshop and bonedust
The thread has been made.

mina wrote: "@Bookshop and bonedust
The thread has been made."
Thank you Mina

mina wrote: "@Bookshop and bonedust
The thread has been made."

Thank you Mina!

Title: How to Solve Your Own Murder
Author: Kristen Perrin
Start Date: 10/02/24
Finish Date: 10/05/24
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 2
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 358
Review: here

Title: Je länger die Nacht
Author: Mary Ann Fox
Start Date: 10/07/2024
Finish Date: 10/07/2024
Category and Task: It was the Bogeyman 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 231
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Fright Night 2024 Update October 7th

We try to post updates each Sunday of this challenge for teams and solo participants. As true procrastinators however, this update comes to you on a Monday (surprise, surprise 😂)

TEAMS:
The Carrie Coven: 3
The Wayward Sisters: 3
The Scream Queens: 26
Flying By Nightmares: 14

Soloists: The Crypt Keepers
Aikaterine: 0
Dia: 4
Rosina: 0
Bopeep: 3
Tina: 0
Melissa: 0
Edissa: 0
Catsalive: 9
Miranda: 0
Princesspint: 0
Isabel Rose: 0
Trizi: 0
Mara: 0
Gaea: 0
Sarah: 0

The Scream Queens start the week off strong, but fret not as we are only in week 1 of the competition! We love to see all those buddy reads going on—make sure to join some if any of you would like to earn extra points on those completions!

Happy reading!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods ❤︎

Title: Legends & Lattes
Author: Travis Baldree
Start Date: 10/05/24
Finish Date: 10/08/24
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 2 - one of the main genres on the main book page says cozy mystery
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 257
Review:here

Title: Frankenstein
Author: Mary Shelley
Start Date: 10/01/24
Finish Date: 10/10/24
Category and Task: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: TRUE
Page Count: 225
Review: here

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Title: Je höher die Flut
Author: Mary Ann Fox
Start Date: 10/07/24
Finish Date: 10/13/24
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 3
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 255
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Fright Night 2024 Update: October 13th

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 Carrie Coven: 22
The Wayward Sisters: 14
The Scream Queens: 50
Flying By Nightmares: 43

Soloists: The Crypt Keepers
Aikaterine: 4
Dia: 10
Rosina: 0
Bopeep: 4
Tina: 0
Melissa: 0
Edissa: 0
Catsalive: 11
Miranda: 0
Princesspint: 0
Isabel Rose: 0
Trizi: 0
Mara: 1
Gaea: 0
Sarah: 0

Looks like things are finally kicking off in the second week of the games with multiple teams getting some points in! Be sure to get those buddy and group reads in for those extra points y’all!

Happy reading!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods ❤︎

Title: Ink Blood Sister Scribe
Author: Emma Torzs
Start Date: 10/05/24
Finish Date: 10/13/24
Category and Task: Hocus Pocus 3
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: TRUE
Page Count: 403
Review: here

Title: The Final Girl Support Group
Author: Grady Hendrix
Start Date: 10/14/24
Finish Date: 10/15/24
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 339
Review: here

Title: A discovery of Witches
Author: Deborah Harkness
Start Date: 10/05/24
Finish Date: 10/17/24
Category and Task: You Only Moved The Headstones 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Page Count: 585
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: Spells for Lost Things
Author: Jenna Evans Welch
Start Date: 10/15/24
Finish Date: 10/17/24
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 1
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 356
Review: here

Title: Der Osten: Eine westdeutsche Erfindung
Author: Dirk Oschmann
Start Date: 10/20/24
Finish Date: 10/20/24
Category and Task: It was the Bogeyman 1
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 224
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Now that my laptop is working again, I will start getting caught up. I expect to add more completed books tomorrow.

Title: A Magic Steeped In Poison
Author: Judy I. Lin
Start Date: 10/01/2024
Finish Date: 10/04/2024
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 5 – character goes on a midnight adventure
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Page Count: 374
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Pumpkin Spice Cafe
Author: Laurie Gilmore
Start Date: 10/06/2024
Finish Date: 10/08/2024
Category and Task: It Was the Bogeyman 5 – set in a small town
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Page Count: 287
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Title: Haunted Ever After
Author: Jen DeLuca
Start Date: 10/18/2024
Finish Date: 10/19/2024
Category and Task: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun 4 – features a haunted house
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Page Count: 336
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Bookshops & Bonedust
Author: Travis Baldtree
Start Date: 10/18/24
Finish Date: 10/21/24
Category and Task: It was the Bogeyman 4
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Page Count: 339
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: The Queen of Nothing
Author: Holly Black
Start Date: 10/20/24
Finish Date: 10/22/24
Category and Task: Hocus Pocus 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 321
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Bookshops & Bonedust
Author: Travis Baldree
Start Date: 10/18/24
Finish Date: 10/22/24
Category and Task: It was the Bogeyman 4
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: TRUE
Page Count: 332
Review: here

Title: Dreadful
Author: Caitlin Rozakis
Start Date: 10/18/24
Finish Date: 10/23/24
Category and Task: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun 3 - it small but its there in the smoke above the books
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: TRUE
Page Count: 338
Review: here

Title: Legendborn
Author: Tracy Deonn
Start Date: 10/19/24
Finish Date: 10/24/24
Category and Task: Mommy’s with the Maggots Now 2
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: TRUE
Page Count: 490
Review: here

Title: Empire of Shadows
Author: Jacquelyn Benson
Start Date: 10/25/24
Finish Date: 10/27/24
Category and Task: Hocus Pocus 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 448
Review: here

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Fright Night 2024 Update: October 27th

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 Carrie Coven: 59
The Wayward Sisters: 70
The Scream Queens: 127
Flying By Nightmares: 122

Soloists: The Crypt Keepers
Aikaterine: 10
Dia: 10
Rosina: 0
Bopeep: 15
Tina: 1
Melissa: 0
Edissa: 0
Catsalive: 26
Miranda: 0
Princesspint: 0
Isabel Rose: 0
Trizi: 0
Mara: 2
Gaea: 0
Sarah: 0

We're almost to the halfway point of the challenge, and everyone has been doing great! Please remember to post your completion posts as we don't follow the spreadsheets.

Happy reading!

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods ❤︎

Title: The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History...
Author: Garrett M. Graff
Start Date: 10/22/24
Finish Date: 10/27/24
Category and Task: You Only Moved The Headstones 1
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 485
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Nice Work, Nora November
Author: Julia London
Start Date: 10/09/2024
Finish Date: 10/13/2024
Category and Task: Mommy’s With the Maggots Now 4 – MC suffers from depression
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Page Count: 365
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Title: A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon
Author: Sarah Hawley
Start Date: 10/12/2024
Finish Date: 10/14/2024
Category and Task: You Only Moved the Headstones 5 – paranormal romance
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Page Count: 390
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Title: The Bookbinder’s Guide To Love
Author: Katherine Garbera
Start Date: 10/19/2024
Finish Date: 10/23/2024
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 1 – mostly purple cover
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Page Count: 288
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Title: Dreadful
Author: Caitlin Rozakis
Start Date: 10/19/2024
Finish Date: 10/24/2024
Category and Task: You Only Moved the Headstones 4 – MC is a Villain
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No (didn’t participate as planned)
Page Count: 349
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Assassin's Blade
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Start Date: 10/23/24
Finish Date: 10/28/24
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 435
Review: here

Title: Lost Boy
Author: Christina Henry
Start Date: 10/22/24
Finish Date: 10/31/24
Category and Task: Mommy’s with the Maggots Now 2
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 319
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...