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

LINKS TO SPREADSHEET AND DISCORD
To help track your team points, strategize and communicate, we've created individual team spreadsheets and team discord channels. Any errors within it are mine—please let me know if you spot anything wonky.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

PARTICIPANTS

Amelia (14)
Aristi (39)
jime (65)
Jorja (22)
Katie (37)
Kira (2)
Leslie (50)
Mandy (70)
Niamh (71)
Pushkar (7)

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

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO TEAM!!!!

So excited to get started in a few days! I made a (tentative) TBR this morning with a book option for almost every category, so I'll drop that below. If anyone wants to buddy read, please let me know! Especially if a book could count for more than one category, so we can double up on points. Work smarter, not harder 😎

I'm sure I won't read all of these, but most are pulled from my TBR cart. I use that as my priority stack, so I really want to get through a ton of these! These games are a great motivator!

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

OR

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

OR

Katie wrote: "LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO TEAM!!!!

So excited to get started in a few days! I made a (tentative) TBR this morning with a book option for almost every category, so I'll drop that below. If anyone wants to ..."

WOW that's really great!!!! excited to participate in this challenge :)

Aristi wrote: Do you want to read The Fifth Season together? I'll start after May 6th because I have an exam.

That sounds perfect! There are 23 chapters + a prologue, so really broken down into 24 sections. Do you have a preferred reading pace? I'm typically a pretty fast reader, but I have the feeling this one will take me a WHILE given everything I've heard about it.

Katie wrote: "LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO TEAM!!!!

So excited to get started in a few days! I made a (tentative) TBR this morning with a book option for almost every category, so I'll drop that below. If anyone wants to ..."

I would like to read Anatomy with you :)

jime wrote: I would like to read Anatomy with you :)

Anatomy is actually a group read for May so we will both get even more points! Yayyyyy!

I'm new to all this so is it okay if I join this group? I signed up but I'm not sure how to join a team...

I really want to read 'A Marvellous Light' and 'Plain Bad Heroines' though! :)

I’m new here… How does this work? Do we pick our own books to read or do we need to read from a list? Looking forward to it either way!

Katie wrote: "jime wrote: I would like to read Anatomy with you :)

Anatomy is actually a group read for May so we will both get even more points! Yayyyyy!"

sorry I forgot about that haha

@Jorja
Hello 😃 It's okay to join the group, you already a part of it.. and you also have joined a team, this team where you are commenting.

@Mandy
Welcome😃 You pick your own books, they only need to fit at least one of the prompts from the list. The list is posted in message 1, where it says categories.

mina wrote:

@Mandy
Welcome😃 You pick your own books, they only ne..."

@mina Thanks for clarifying! I was reading the first message on my phone, and it only showed the first line of the first category. Opened on my laptop, and I can see the rest of the post now. I told you I'm new here! lol

Aristi wrote: Is 10th-22nd May ok?

I think that's perfect! I will submit the calendar in the buddy read nominations thread so a mod can make our thread for us :)

Clocking in here, ready to start Sunday!!

Here's my plan (even if I don't have anything after it, doesn't mean I don't have some ideas of what to read, maybe too many ideas)....
Army Pants and Flip Flops
1. Read a book with an animal in title or on the cover
FINISHED
2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
- FINISHED
3. Read a Hugo (https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-hi...), Locus or Nebula (https://nebulas.sfwa.org/awards-by-year/) winner or nominee
FINISHED
FINISHED
4. Read a book that's been on your TBR over 4 years
5. Read a book that features a love triangle
FINISHED

Pink Polo Shirts
1. Read a book with a celestial title or cover (stars or moon)
FINISHED
FINISHED
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a trans or nonbinary author
- FINISHED
3. Read a book on Rory Gilmore's reading list (https://www.julesbuono.com/rory-gilmo...)
FINISHED
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)
FINISHED
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a Black or biracial author
FINISHED
FINISHED
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
FINISHED
4. Read a book over 700 pages

5. Read a cozy mystery
FINISHED

Ex-Wives
1. Read a book with "bone" in title or on cover
FINISHED
2. Read an #ownvoices book by an asexual or aromantic author
either The Bone People or Sea Foam and Silence
3. Read a Goodreads choice winner/nominee
FINISHED
4. Read a book published before 1900

5. Read a book set in space
- FINISHED

So Fetch
1. Read a book with flowers in the title or cover (or a type of flower in the title)
FINISHED
2. Read an #ownvoices book by an Indigenous or Latine(x/a/o) author
FINISHED
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
FINISHED
FINISHED
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
FINISHED
2. Read an #ownvoices book by a neurodivergent or disabled author
FINISHED
FINISHED
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
FINISHED
4. Read a book with less than 5,000 GR ratings
- FINISHED
5. Read a gothic or dark academia book
FINISHED

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

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. 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!

here's a list of the books I'm planning on reading for this challenge if anyone wants to buddy read!! (I might add a few more later!)

Army Pants and Flip Flops
1. Read a book with an animal in title or on the cover Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café
3. Read a Hugo, Locus or Nebula winner or nominee Mexican Gothic

Pink Polo Shirts
3. Read a book on Rory Gilmore's reading list (https://www.julesbuono.com/rory-gilmo...) Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Jingle Bell Rock
5. Read a cozy mystery Four Aunties and a Wedding

Ex-Wives
3. Read a Goodreads choice winner/nominee Luster
4. Read a book published before 1900 Wuthering Heights

So Fetch
1. Read a book with flowers in the title or cover (or a type of flower in the title) Small Pleasures

Vintage...so adorable
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. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

@mina

Okay good! I knew I was in the group but I just wanted to double check I was in the team since goodreads is a bit slow at updating on my device and glitches from time to time 😅 in fact it wouldn't actually let me reply to your comment directly so I hope you see this :)

@Jorja Saw the message :D

Title:Daisy Jones & The Six
Author:Taylor Jenkins Reid
Start Date: 01/05/2022
Finish Date:01/05/2022
Category and task: (only one task per book read): EX WIVES - goodreads choice winner/nominee
Graphic Novel? (Yes or no) NO
Buddy Read? (Yes or no) NO
Group Read? (Yes or no) NO
Pages: (if a graphic novel, please post original and halved numbers) N/A
Review: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I am generally not a fan of rock music so I didn't like this as much as I hoped to, all that music talk wasn't really for me. I did enjoy the interview writing style though because we got to know what was going on in everyone's head at any point of time so that made it really enjoyable for me. All in all, it was a goood book but much my choice of genre for sure



View all my reviews

Woah! You finished the book in a day!!
That's amazing.
I need to buckle up for this challenge!
Anyone up for buddy read or group read?

Pushkar wrote: "Woah! You finished the book in a day!!
That's amazing.
I need to buckle up for this challenge!
Anyone up for buddy read or group read?"

What books are you planning on reading?

I'm doing both of the group reads this month for Loveless and Anatomy: A Love Story. I've started them both and I'm enjoying them so far so I recommend jumping in if any of y'all are interested!

Title: El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Start Date: 01/05/22
Finish Date: 01/05/22
Category and task: Ex Wives - 4
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? (No
Group Read? No
Pages: 336
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: The Spanish Love Deception
Author: Elena Armas
Start Date: 5/1/2022
Finish Date: 5/1/2022
Category and task: So Fetch 3--Swoon nominee for best debut
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 487
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: In the Dream House
Author: Carmen Maria Machado
Start Date: 02/05/2022
Finish Date: 02/05/2022
Category and task: Vintage 3 - Lambda Literary Award Winner
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 247
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Love Like Blood
Author: Mark Billingham
Start Date: 01/05/2022
Finish Date: 02/05/2022
Category and task: Vintage 1 - Read a book with blood in title or on cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 432
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Heartstopper: Volume Two
Author: Alice Oseman
Start Date: 01/05/22
Finish Date: 01/05/22
Category and task: So Fetch - 4
Graphic Novel? Yes
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: Original: 320 Halved: 160
Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Loveless
Author: Alice Oseman
Start Date: 5/1/2022
Finish Date: 5/2/2022
Category and task: Ex-Wives 2: asexual/aromantic author
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? Yes - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 432
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
Author: Bolu Babalola
Start Date: 5/2/2022
Finish Date: 5/3/2022
Category and task: So fetch 5 - Fairytale or mythological retelling
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 290
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

wow guys look at you go finishing books already this month! 😲

Kira wrote: "Title:Daisy Jones & The Six
Author:Taylor Jenkins Reid
Start Date: 01/05/2022
Finish Date:01/05/2022
Category and task: (only one task per book read): EX WIVES - go..."

Good job being the first to finish a book in your group, Kira!!! One quick thing, tho, the page count halving is only applicable to graphic novels but you still have to put what the page count is for the edition you read. Did you read the hardcover? I cannot count your points until I know the page count, and I really want to! :)

Katie wrote: "Title: The Spanish Love Deception
Author: Elena Armas
Start Date: 5/1/2022
Finish Date: 5/1/2022
Category and task: So Fetch 3--Swoon nominee for best debut
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy ..."

Katie, can you link to the buddy read discussion thread please? :D

UPDATED

Title: All Systems Red
Author: Martha Wells
Start Date: 5/3/2022
Finish Date: 5/3/2022
Category and task: Ex-Wives 5 - set in space
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 152
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

UPDATED

✨faith✨trust✨pixiedust✨ wrote: "Kira wrote: "Title:Daisy Jones & The Six
Author:Taylor Jenkins Reid
Start Date: 01/05/2022
Finish Date:01/05/2022
Category and task: (only one task per book read): ..."


Hi Faith! Thank you so much!
I read the kindle version with 404 pages mentioned on GR!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Here's the link if that would help!

Also, here's the link for Katie's buddy read discussion!!

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

Title: Memphis
Author: Tara M. Stringfellow
Start Date: 5/3/2022
Finish Date: 5/4/2022
Category and task: Jingle bell rock 2 - Read an #ownvoices book by a Black or biracial author
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 272
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Persuasion
Author: Jane Austen
Start Date: 5/2/2022
Finish Date: 5/4/2022
Category and task: Ex wives 4 - published before 1900
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 240
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: Anatomy: A Love Story
Author: Dana Schwartz
Start Date: 4/2/22
Finish Date: 4/4/22
Category and task: Vintage…so adorable - #5 Read a gothic or dark academia book
Graphic Novel? NO
Buddy Read? NO
Group Read? YES
Pages: 352
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Hi Mandy! there’s an active group read for the book you just read! You just have to talk about the book a little in the thread for it to be counted as group read and that would reward you 5 extra points!

Kira wrote: "Hi Mandy! there’s an active group read for the book you just read! You just have to talk about the book a little in the thread for it to be counted as group read and that would reward you 5 extra p..."

@kira Thank you so much for the tip! Do you mean in this Spring Fling thread or somewhere else? (I'm still trying to figure GR out!) :)

Kira wrote: "Hi Mandy! there’s an active group read for the book you just read! You just have to talk about the book a little in the thread for it to be counted as group read and that would reward you 5 extra p..."

@kira I figured it out... yay me! =D I didn't even know about the group reads, so I'm off to find the next book!

Yes, it’s in this same group ! You should update your post and mark group read as yes as well!

Kira wrote: "Yes, it’s in this same group ! You should update your post and mark group read as yes as well!"

@Kira Done! :)

Title: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Author: Douglas Adams
Start Date: 04/05/22
Finish Date: 05/05/22
Category and task: Ex wives 5 - set in space
Graphic Novel? NO
Buddy Read? NO
Group Read? NO
Pages: 179
Review:https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Title: A Pocket Full of Rye
Author: Agatha Christie
Start Date: 4/5/22
Finish Date: 4/5/22
Category and task: Army Pants and Flip Flops
1. Read a book with an animal in title or on the cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 256
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Kira wrote: "Also, here's the link for Katie's buddy read discussion!!

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

Thank you!!!

Mandy wrote: "Title: A Pocket Full of Rye
Author: Agatha Christie
Start Date: 4/5/22
Finish Date: 4/5/22
Category and task: Army Pants and Flip Flops
1. Read a book with an animal in title or on the cover
Graphi..."

Mandy, which edition did you read? I'm not seeing an animal on the cover of the one you have for your review.