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
Tayjah
Saxton
Jen K
Hafs
Ilsen
Katie
Aliana

Hey team, excited for some spooky reads with you all! Nice to see some familiar names and nice to meet those new to the game!

I'm on vacation for the next two weeks and not sure how much reading will happen, especially the audio, but there will be reading.

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.

Hi friends! I'm finishing up a couple reads from September but should be done soon, then I'm off to the races. Excited to be on a team with everyone!

And @Brianna Raquel, you are a superhero for doing that. Thank you!!

hi team! excited to join this year's game :D haven't joined one of these in a while. i'll admit i haven't been very active on Goodreads but i'll try my best to check in as often as i can. i've also got a few reads i'm finishing off, i'll write up my tbr once i'm done!

Finished my September reads and started my first buddy read. A bit slow while on vacation but making progress.

Hi everyone!! This is my first time doing the spooky version of this challenge! I’m excited to do some prompts. I’m going to try to read as much as I can even though now I have a job and it might be harder to read. Nonetheless, I’m determined to at least get some reads in because I just want to read all day. Currently I have a middle grade spooky graphic novel that I have to finish before starting the challenge but I’m going to try to read the sequels as I know it will fit. I hope everyone is reading good books and having a good day!

Completion Post

"Title: VenCo
Author: Cherie Dimaline
Start Date: 10/02/24
Finish Date: 10/05/24
Category and Task: You Only Moved The Headstones 1
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 400
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

Editing because Review link seems off: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

updated

Title: Bury Your Gays
Author: Chuck Tingle
Start Date: 10/03/24
Finish Date: 10/05/24
Category and Task: Mommy’s with the Maggots Now 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 295
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Apprentice to the Villain
Author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Start Date: 10/02/24
Finish Date: 10/06/24
Category and Task: You Only Moved The Headstones 4
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 368
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: If We Were Villains
Author: ML Rio
Start Date: 10/01/24
Finish Date: 10/06/24
Category and Task: It was the Bogeyman
2
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: TRUE
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Page Count: 354
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Familiar
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Start Date: 10/04/24
Finish Date: 10/07/24
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 3
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: TRUE https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Page Count: 387
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: The Adventure Zone: The Suffering Game
Author: McElroys and Carey Pietsch
Start Date: 10/08/24
Finish Date: 10/08/24
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 5
Graphic Novel: TRUE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 272
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post

Title: The Sweet Life in Paris
Author: David Lebovitz
Start Date: 10/07/24
Finish Date: 10/08/24
Category and Task: It was the Bogeyman 1
Read using the audio on Hoopla with this cover:

Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 282
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Truth According to Ember
Author: Danica Nava
Start Date: 10/05/24
Finish Date: 10/10/24
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 4
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 384
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Completion Post

Title: Pumpkin Spice and Poltergeists
Author: Ali K Mulford
Start Date: 10/08/24
Finish Date: 10/10/24
Category and Task: You Only Moved The Headstones 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 218
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Hooky Vol. 2
Author: Miriam Bonastre Tur
Start Date: 10/09/24
Finish Date: 10/10/24
Category and Task: Hocus Pocus 3
Graphic Novel: TRUE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 368
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Hooky Vol. 3
Author: Miriam Bonastre Tur
Start Date: 10/10/24
Finish Date: 10/10/24
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 1
Graphic Novel: TRUE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 400
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: These Deadly Games
Author: Diana Urban
Start Date: 10/08/24
Finish Date: 10/11/24
Category and Task: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun 1
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 416
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

updated

Title: Tress of the Emerald Sea
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Start Date: 10/11/24
Finish Date: 10/12/24
Category and Task: Mommy’s with the Maggots Now 1

Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 443
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Familiar
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Start Date: 10/06/24
Finish Date: 10/11/24
Category and Task: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: TRUE
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Page Count: 387
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Caraval
Author: Stephanie Garber
Start Date: 10/05/24
Finish Date: 10/13/24
Category and Task: You Only Moved The Headstones 1
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 407
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Kiss Curse
Author: Erin Sterling
Start Date: 10/11/24
Finish Date: 10/12/24
Category and Task: Hocus Pocus 4
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 309
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Lost Continent
Author: Bill Bryson
Start Date: 10/11/24
Finish Date: 10/12/24
Category and Task: It was the Bogeyman 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 299
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: Vampires Never Get Old
Author: Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker
Start Date: 10/10/24
Finish Date: 10/14/24
Category and Task: Mommy’s with the Maggots Now 3
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 272
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Title: The Vacationers
Author: Emma Straub
Start Date: 10/13/24
Finish Date: 10/17/24
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 5
Bobby and Sylvia go out to a club and Bobby makes bad choices
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 304
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Radiant Sin
Author: Katee Robert
Start Date: 10/14/24
Finish Date: 10/18/24
Category and Task: Mommy’s with the Maggots Now 2
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 345
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Hey Team! We have two categories that only require one prompt to be complete and get those sweet bonus points! We need:

Mommy's with the Maggots Now 4: a character suffers from depression
Phantom's Lair 2: cozy mystery

If anyone is able to keep these categories in mind as we continue choosing our books, we'll finish out these categories in no time. Gooooo Team! 🎉🎉🎉

I keep hoping that I will find depression when I start a book but nothing yet. :) I will take on a cozy mystery soon but not next.

Hope everyone on the team is enjoying the challenge!!

Jen K wrote: "I keep hoping that I will find depression when I start a book but nothing yet. :) I will take on a cozy mystery soon but not next.

Hope everyone on the team is enjoying the challenge!!"


Okay, every time I say I can't find one, it promptly pops up! Working on reviews this weekend.

Title: Cocoa Curses
Author: Erin Johnson
Start Date: 10/15/24
Finish Date: 10/15/24
Category and Task: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun 3
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 154
Paperback edition: Cocoa Curses (Rudie Hollybrook, #1)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Dept of Speculation
Author: Jenny Offill
Start Date: 10/18/24
Finish Date: 10/19/24
Category and Task: Mommy’s with the Maggots Now 4
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 179
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Garden of Evening Mists
Author: Tan Twan Eng
Start Date: 10/15/24
Finish Date: 10/18/24
Category and Task: Mommy’s with the Maggots Now 1
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 448
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Airplane Mode
Author: Shahnaz Habib
Start Date: 10/12/24
Finish Date: 10/15/24
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 4
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 288
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Assassin's Apprentice
Author: Robin Hobb
Start Date: 10/06/24
Finish Date: 10/20/24
Category and Task: Phantom’s Lair 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 435
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Kingdom of the Wicked
Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Start Date: 10/12/24
Finish Date: 10/21/24
Category and Task: Hocus Pocus 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 372
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Updated

Title: How We End
Author: LM Juniper
Start Date: 10/19/24
Finish Date: 10/20/24
Category and Task: You Only Moved The Headstones 3
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 359
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Stillhouse Lake
Author: Rachel Caine
Start Date: 10/19/24
Finish Date: 10/22/24
Category and Task: It was the Bogeyman
5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 286
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Demon's Queen
Author: Katee Robert
Start Date: 10/22/24
Finish Date: 10/22/24
Category and Task: You Only Moved The Headstones 5
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 166
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Haunted Ever After
Author: Jen DeLuca
Start Date: 10/21/24
Finish Date: 10/23/24
Category and Task: Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun 4
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 326
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Women Talking
Author: Miriam Toews
Start Date: 10/22/24
Finish Date: 10/25/24
Category and Task: Mommy’s with the Maggots Now 4
August Epps
Graphic Novel: FALSE
Buddy Read: FALSE
Page Count: 216
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Author: Ava Reid
Start Date: 14th Oct
Finish Date: 19th Oct
Category and Task: Hocus Pocus 3
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: Yes
Page Count: 320
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Familiar
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Start Date:7th Oct
Finish Date: 13th Oct
Category and Task: Headstones 1
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: Yes
Page Count: 387
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Lakesedge
Author: Lyndall Clipstone
Start Date: 10th Oct
Finish Date: 10th Oct
Category and Task: Headstones 5
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Page Count: 384
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Diavola
Author: Jennifer Marie Throne
Start Date: 11th Oct
Finish Date: 11th Oct
Category and Task: Ghouls 4
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Page Count: 296
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...