The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

Spring Fling starts May 1st and ends June 30th.

RULES
✧ Books must be read and reviewed during 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
✧ 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

Army Pants and Flip Flops
1. Read a book with an animal in title or on the cover
2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
3. Read a Hugo (https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-hi...), Locus or Nebula (https://nebulas.sfwa.org/awards-by-year/) winner or nominee
4. Read a book that's been on your TBR over 4 years
5. Read a book that features a love triangle

Pink Polo Shirts
1. Read a book with a celestial title or cover (stars or moon)
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a trans or nonbinary author
3. Read a book on Rory Gilmore's reading list (https://www.julesbuono.com/rory-gilmo...)
4. Read a book that was published when you were 9
5. Read a dystopian book

Jingle Bell Rock
1. Read a book with a crown in title or on cover (tiaras count too)
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a Black or biracial author
3. Read an Alex Award (https://www.ala.org/yalsa/alex-awards...) or William C Morris Award (https://www.ala.org/yalsa/morris-awar...) winner or nominee
4. Read a book over 700 pages
5. Read a cozy mystery

Ex-Wives
1. Read a book with "bone" in title or on cover
2. Read an #ownvoices book by an asexual or aromantic author
3. Read a Goodreads choice winner/nominee
4. Read a book published before 1900
5. Read a book set in space

So Fetch
1. Read a book with flowers in the title or cover (or a type of flower in the title)
2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Indigenous or Latine(x/a/o) author
3. Read a Vivian Award (https://www.rwa.org/Online/Awards/The...), RITA ( https://www.rwa.org/Online/Online/Awa...) , or Swoon Award (https://www.theswoonawards.com/catego... or nominee
4. Read a book with a 4.5 or higher GR rating
5. Read a fairy tale or mythological retelling

Vintage...so adorable
1. Read a book with blood in title or on cover
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a neurodivergent or disabled author
3. Read a Stonewall Book Award (https://www.ala.org/rt/rrt/award/ston...) or Lambda Literary Award (https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/pre...) winner or nominee
4. Read a book with less than 5,000 GR ratings
5. Read a gothic or dark academia book

PARTICIPANTS

Laurel
Rabid_xx_Reader
May (53)
Roksy (52)
Lore (36)
Vaibhev (35)
Addison (28)
Maren (20)
Angelica (60)

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)
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

Hi fellow soloists!

Hi! 👋🏻

Question: how does this work do we just post this info on here? And what is the task number? Sorry i have a lot of questions. 😅

Angelica wrote: "Question: how does this work do we just post this info on here? And what is the task number? Sorry i have a lot of questions. 😅"

Lots of questions are fine!

Once you finish a book that fits one of the prompts, you copy and paste the completion post and add the info about your book in there.

The task number is the prompt's category and its number. If you read a book with blood in title or on cover, you'll put "Vintage 1" in the "Category and Task" section of the completion post.

Putting the category and number (and the prompt itself) makes it easier for me to do my end in the mods spreadsheet.

Does that help?

Sorry, but how do you get 1 from blood in the title?

Angelica wrote: "Sorry, but how do you get 1 from blood in the title?"

It's the first prompt in that category and has a 1 next to it :)

I’m new to this group i feel like I’m missing something. So we have to read books from a certain category? Where do i find this?

The first post in this thread has all of the categories ms there are six categories and each has five prompts.

To count in the challenge, each book needs to fit into one of the prompts.

The app can be finicky...you might be be able to see the full comments if you're using your phone.

Everything makes sense now! 😅 sorry and thank you for your patience. I can’t see the categories on my phone but i figure it out. 😁 thank you.

No worries

😂 it wasn’t until I got on my own phone that I figured out why you couldn’t see anything

~ Roksy's Spring Fling Master Post~

Completed: 9/30 ✔
Total pages: 2,927
Points tally: 21
Updated: 1/6/22

Army Pants and Flip Flops
☐ 1. An animal in title or on the cover: Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski.
✔ 2. #ownvoices Asian or Pacific Islander: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (2021), 400 pages. (21).
✔ 3. Hugo, Locus, or Nebula award nominee/winner: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (2020), 245 pages. (40).
✔ 4. On your TBR over 4 years: Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski (1995), 331 pages. (33).
✔ 5. Features a love triangle: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (2020), 501 pages. (15).

Pink Polo Shirts
☐ 1. Celestial title or cover: Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan.
☐ 2. #ownvoices trans or nonbinary: The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang.
☐ 3. From Rory Gilmore's reading list: The Fellowship of the Ring by J R R Tolkien.
☐ 4. Published when you were 9 (2002): Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
✔ 5. Dystopian: Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden (1993), 286 pages. (51).

Jingle Bell Rock
☐ 1. Crown in title or on cover: The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams.
☐ 2. #ownvoices Black or biracial: The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson.
☐ 3. Alex Award or William C Morris Award nominee/winner: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman.
☐ 4. 700+ pages: The Light of All That Falls by James Islington.
✔ 5. Cozy mystery: The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum by Kirsten Weiss (2016), 290 pages. (38).

Ex-Wives
✔ 1. "Bone" in title or on cover: Nettle & Bone by T Kingfisher (2022), 336 pages. (34).
☐ 2. #ownvoices asexual or aromantic: Beyond the Black Door by A M Strickland.
☐ 3. Goodreads choice winner/nominee: Namesake by Adrienne Young.
✔ 4. Published before 1900: The War of the Worlds by H G Wells (1887), 186 pages. (51).
☐ 5. Set in space: Aurora's End by J Kristoff and A Kaufman.

So Fresh
☐ 1. Flowers in title or on cover: The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni.
☐ 2. #ownvoices Indigenous or Latinx/a/o) author:
☐ 3. Vivian Award or Swoon Award nominee/winner: A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole.
☐ 4. 4.5+ GR rating: The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden.
☐ 5. Fairy tale or mythological retelling: The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden.

Vintage... So Adorable
☐ 1. "Blood" in title or on cover:
✔ 2. #ownvoices neurodivergent or disabled: The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones (2019), 352 pages. (38).
☐ 3. Stonewall Book Award or Lambda Literary Award nominee/winner:
☐ 4. Less than 5,000 GR ratings: The City of Stone and Silence by Django Wexler.
☐ 5. Gothic or dark academia: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik.

SPRING FLING STARTS MAY 1ST

I'm so happy so see you all talking and coordinating plans! You are all off to a great start. I do have a couple of notes/best practices before we kick off.

1. To see everything in the thread, use your internet browser not the app. The phone app cuts off comments.

2. Aless has set up discord channels for each team for your use (soloists, we have a channel, too!). If you're not a discord fan, I recommend creating an Instagram chat group with all of your teammates for faster communication.
https://discord.com/invite/3hBXPyt2Fa

3. Buddy and Group Reads:

Like last year, we are expecting participation beyond "the book was good" for Buddy and Group reads to count. Mina puts a lot of time into creating the threads.

With that being said, anyone can participate in an open Buddy Read without being added as a participant. If there is no meaningful participation, it will not count.

If your buddy is not participating, that's okay, it happens. Continue to comment in the Buddy Read thread. We will count it for the participating member.

Lastly, I'm so happy that you all are requesting BRs to be made—but please don't expect them to be instantaneous. Please allow up to three days for the threads to be created.

If you have any questions, please continue to address them in the Sign Up thread—it's easier for us to catch that way.

Thank you all for joining us for Spring Fling—I hope you all have a lot of fun!

Title: Legendborn
Author: Tracy Deonn
Start Date: 1/5/22
Finish Date: 2/5/22
Category and task Army Pants and Flip Flops 5
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 501
Review: Updates/review

Title: Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga
Author: Sam Maggs
Start Date: 5/2/22
Finish Date: 5/2/22
Category and task: Army Pants and Flip Flops 1
Graphic Novel: Yes
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 208 (halved: 104)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

UPDATED

Title: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Author: Kim Michele Richardson
Start Date: 5/1/22
Finish Date: 5/2/22
Category and task: Ex-Wives 3
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 309
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Less
Author: Andrew Sean Greer
Start Date: 5/2/22
Finish Date: 5/4/22
Category and task: Vintage...So Adorable 3
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 273
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

UPDATED

Title: Iron Widow
Author: Xiran Jay Zhao
Start Date: 2/5/22
Finish Date: 6/5/22
Category and task Army Pants and Flip Flops 2
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: Yes
Group Read: No
Pages: 400
Review: Updates

Title: All Boys Aren't Blue
Author: George M. Johnson
Start Date: 5/7/22
Finish Date: 5/7/22
Category and task: So Fetch 1
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 320
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Message Not Found
Author: Dante Medema
Start Date: 5/6/22
Finish Date: 5/7/22
Category and task: Vintage...So Adorable 4
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 391
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Title: An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States
Author: Kyle Mays
Finish Date: 3 May
Category and task: Jingle 2
GN BR GR No
Pages: 272
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Wedding Crasher
Author: Mia Sosa
Finish Date: May 5
Category and task: So Fetch 2
GN BR GR No
Pages: 320
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Neon Gods
Author: Katee Robert
Finish Date: May 6
Category and task: So Fetch 3
GN BR GR No
Pages: 380
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Burn the Page
Author: Danica Roem
Finish Date: May 8
Category and task: Pink Polo 2
GN BR GR No
Pages: 320
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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SPRING FLING update 8 May 2022

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:
Full of Secrets: 79
We're a Mouse, Duh!: 23
The Plastics: 66
You Go Glen Coco: 29
Personally Victimized by Regina George: 35

You Can't Sit With Us!

Laurel: 9
Rosky: 4
Allyson: 10

It's our first weekly update! Woohoo!

If you're feeling a little behind, that's okay! In the past it's not always the groups that jump ahead in the beginning that win in the end. Points can change dramatically from week to week—the goal is to keep reading, keep posting updates, and rack up those bonus points!

Four housekeeping notes as we roll past our first week:
1. Please plan for your Buddy Reads to start at least 3 days after you request them.
2. Don't forget to put the prompt category and number in your completion post. It helps us out a lot!
3. If you are participating in a Group or Buddy Read, don't forget to post in that thread!
4. Have a question? Ask in the sign-up thread (because other folks might have the same question)...and check to see if anyone else has asked the question before :)

Happy Spring Fling

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods

Title: Light Years From Home
Author: Mike Chen
Finish Date: May 8
Category and task: Army 2
GN BR GR No
Pages: 352
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: A Marvellous Light
Author: Freya Marske
Finish Date: May 10
Category and task: So Fetch 1
GN BR GR No
Pages: 377
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Home Field Advantage
Author: Dahlia Adler
Finish Date: May 11
Category and task: Vintage 4
GN BR GR No
Pages: 304
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

UPDATED

Title: Blood Scion
Author: Deborah Falaye
Finish Date: May 11
Category and task: Vintage 1
GN BR GR No
Pages: 432
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

UPDATED

Title: Time of Contempt
Author: Andrzej Sapkowski
Start Date: 6/5/22
Finish Date: 14/5/22
Category and task Army Pants and Flip Flops 4
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 331
Review: Updates/review

Title: Nettle & Bone
Author: T Kingfisher
Start Date: 14/5/22
Finish Date: 14/5/22
Category and task Ex-Wives 1
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 336
Review: Review

Title: American Royalty
Author: Tracey Livesay
Finish Date: May 13
Category and task: Jingle Bell 2
GN BR GR No
Pages: 384
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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SPRING FLING update 15 May 2022

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:
Full of Secrets: 136
We're a Mouse, Duh!: 90
The Plastics: 102
You Go Glen Coco: 78
Personally Victimized by Regina George: 77

You Can't Sit With Us!

Laurel: 24
Rosky: 11
Allyson: 10

Great job this week! Big gains were made by all teams. Two weeks down, six more to go! You got this!

Happy Spring Fling

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods

Title: The Bone Houses
Author: Emily Lloyd-Jones
Start Date: 9/5/22
Finish Date: 16/5/22
Category and task Vintage… So Adorable 2
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 352
Review: Updates
*This was my second read, but please note that 3 updates were submitted for this most recent read-through.

Title: The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum
Author: Kirsten Weiss
Start Date: 15/5/22
Finish Date: 16/5/22
Category and task Jingle Bell Rock 5
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 290
Review: Updates/review

Title: The Love Con
Author: Seressia Glass
Finish Date: May 16
Category and task: Vintage 4
GN BR GR No
Pages: 309
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Passing Playbook
Author: Isaac Fitzsimons
Finish Date: May 16
Category and task: Pink Polo 2
GN BR GR No
Pages: 304
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Piranesi
Author: Susanna Clarke
Start Date: 17/5/22
Finish Date: 18/5/22
Category and task Army Pants and Flip Flops 3
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 245
Review: Updates/review

Title: The Lovely Bones
Author: Alice Sebold
Start Date: 5/2/2022
Finish Date: 5/18/2022
Category and task: Pink Polo Shirts 3
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 328
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

UPDATED

Title: Kaikeyi
Author: Vaishnavi Patel
Finish Date: May 19
Category and task: Ex Wives 2
GN BR GR No
Pages: 432
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Stardust Thief
Author: Chelsea Abdullah
Finish Date: May 20
Category and task: Pink Polo 1
GN BR GR No
Pages: 480
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell
Author: Taj McCoy
Finish Date: May 20
Category and task: Army 1
GN BR GR No
Pages: 320
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: House of Salt and Sorrow
Author: Erin A. Craig
Start Date: 5/8/22
Finish Date: 5/15/22
Category and task: So Fetch 5
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 416
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Ugly Love
Author: Colleen Hoover
Start Date: 5/15/22
Finish Date: 5/18/22
Category and task: Army Pants and Flip Flops 5 (past/present love triangle)
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 324
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Unhoneymooners
Author: Christina Lauren
Start Date: 5/18/22
Finish Date: 5/19/22
Category and task: So Fetch 1
Graphic Novel: No
Buddy Read: No
Group Read: No
Pages: 400
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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SPRING FLING update 22 May 2022

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:
Full of Secrets: 212
We're a Mouse, Duh!: 142
The Plastics: 128
You Go Glen Coco: 103
Personally Victimized by Regina George: 115

You Can't Sit With Us!

Laurel: 34
Rosky: 19
Allyson: 18
Angelica: 1

All teams are in triple digits! I don't think I've ever seen it happen this fast! Great job, all!

Happy Spring Fling

❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods

Title: This Wicked Fate
Author: Kalynn Bayron
Finish Date: May 23
Category and task: Jingle Bell 2
GN BR GR No
Pages: 320
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Dawnhounds
Author: Sascha Stronach
Finish Date: May 25
Category and task: Pink Polo 5
GN BR GR No
Pages: 352
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: A Lady for a Duke
Author: Alexis Hall
Finish Date: May 25
Category and task: So Fetch 4
GN BR GR No
Pages: 480
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

UPDATED

Title: Real Easy
Author: Marie Rutkoski
Finish Date: May 26
Category and task: Vintage 4
GN BR GR No
Pages: 320
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...