The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

Anyone can nominate as many books as you'd like and look for a buddy! Any book that gets two nominations or more will have a buddy thread created for discussion during June. Please decide your start date and reading pace/reading goals in this thread. Once that has been decided, the mods will create a Buddy Read Discussion thread for that title. Reading the Buddy Read Guidelines is strongly recommended. There is no promise that you will have a buddy read for your nomination(s).


NOMINATIONS
Peyton: Edith: Sophie: Anushka: Katie: Brianna: Heloise:

BUDDY READS ✔⭐
✔ Peyton & Sarah-Vanessa, Brianna (1st-7th) ⭐
✔ Heloise & Sarah-Vanessa (1st-9th)⭐
✔ Edith & Sophie (1st-9th) ⭐
✔ Brianna & Juliane (1st-26th)⭐
✔ Sarah-Vanessa & Juliane, Anushka (9th-18th)⭐
✔ Katie & Ela, Brianna (9th-16th) ⭐
✔ Heloise & Sarah-Vanessa, Sophie (15th-21st)⭐
✔ Heloise & Brianna, Sophie (18th-28th) ⭐
✔ Heloise & Brianna (20th-26th) ⭐
Peyton & Anushka
Katie & Kirsten
Anushka & Katie

The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Sunrise on the Reaping Suzanne Collins

@Peyton I‘ll read The Grandest Game with you

Anyone up for any of the following?
Silver Elite
Shield of Sparrows
How to Fall in Love with a Demon

Girl, Woman, Other
Life’s Too Short
Sex and Rage
Clap When You Land
Things We Never Got Over
The Road Trip
Bad Graces

@Edith

I'm down to read Silver Elite! Can you start from the beginning of the month? What pace do you want to read at?

Peyton wrote: "The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Sunrise on the Reaping Suzanne Collins"

Sunrise on the Reaping+1

Anyone up for-- Love Arranged
Rewind It Back
Problematic Summer Romance
The Third Gilmore Girl
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone ?

@Silver Elite @Sophie
yesss!! I'm so down for the first of the month. looks like it's 500+ pages according to goodreads, wanna try like 9-10 days? I don't have my hands on a copy yet though lol

Anyone up for:

The Tainted Cup
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Blood Over Bright Haven

Those are my top priorities for now!

@Anushka, I'm in for Problematic Summer Romance!

Since it's out yet, it's hard to set up a reading schedule but we can guesstimate. I'm a pretty fast reader but not sure what your type of pace is. Goodreads says it's 416 pages, so if we budget 5 days that would be about 80-85 pages per day (if my math is right). Does that sound doable or do you want to stretch it out more/shorten it?

@Katie, I'll read Blood Over Bright Haven with you, but I can only start after the 9th. Would that work for you?

5 days is perfectly doable @Katie. Looking forward to it!

Katie wrote: "Anyone up for:

The Tainted Cup
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Blood Over Bright Haven

Those ..."

My brother just gave me Tainted Cup!

Here is what I am aiming to read in June so far:
The Odyssey (specifically the Emily Wilson translation)
The Hate U Give
Part of Your World

@Katie & Ela re: Blood Over Bright Haven: I'll join in on this one as well! I have no restrictions on schedule so whatever works best for y'all!

@Peyton & Sarah-Vanessa re: The Grandest Game: I'll join this one as well if that's okay!

@Silver elite @Edith

1st: chapters 1-5
2nd: chapters 6-12
3rd: chapters 13-17
4th: chapters 18-23
5th: chapters 24-29
6th: chapters 30-35
7th: chapters 36-42
8th: chapters 43-48
9th: chapters 49-end

Does this work? I can make changes if necessary:)

@Brianna - I would like to join you for The Odyssey - I could start anytime in June

Juliane wrote: "@Brianna - I would like to join you for The Odyssey - I could start anytime in June"

It looks like there are 24 "books"/chapters in The Odyssey and the translation version I'm aiming to read (since it's the one I own) is around 526 pages so about 22 pages per "book". I was thinking of maybe doing a "book" a day so there's room in the month for catch up days? Maybe start on the 1st? This doesn't account for the introduction at the beginning that is like 100 pages or the notes at the end.

@silver elite @sophie that's perfect! thanks for making the schedule!

@Peyton and @Brianna when would it work for you? I don’t have any other buddy reads so far, so I‘m flexible on the dates. How about a 7 day period to read it?

@Juliane and @Anushka are you up to read The Prisoner’s Thronein June?

Of course everybody else who wants to join is invited as well. Just asked Juliane and Anushka because we buddy read the first book this month.

@Brianna reg The Odyssey I've recently bought the audiobook of the Emily Wilson translation so we'll be discussing the same translation without issue. Starting on the 1st and one part per day through the month works for me, maybe starting with the introduction and then "chapter" 1 on the 2nd?

@ Sarah-Vanessa reg. The Prisoner’s Throne I'll finish part one later today and am totally in for part two. How does splitting it over 10 days again sound? Maybe starting on the first weekend of the month, like 7th/8th? Although later in the month would be no problem for me either.

@Juliane that works perfectly! How about this schedule:
June 7: Prologue – Chapter 2
June 8: Chapters 3 – 5
June 9: Chapters 6 – 8
June 10: Chapters 9 – 11
June 11: Chapters 12 – 13
June 12: Chapters 14 – 16
June 13: Chapters 17 – 18
June 14: Chapters 19 – 21
June 15: Chapters 22 – 23
June 16: Chapters 24 – 25|

It's going to take me a few more days to finish Stolen Heir but I'm totally up for Book 2 in June. I can start on June 9th though but I'll catch up.

Sarah-Vanessa wrote: "@Peyton and @Brianna when would it work for you? I don’t have any other buddy reads so far, so I‘m flexible on the dates. How about a 7 day period to read it?"

Sarah-Vanessa & Peyton RE: The Grandest Game

I have a hardcover and it looks to be 366 pages so 7 days would be about 52 pages a day so that works for me! I am also flexible on dates.

Juliane wrote: "@Brianna reg The Odyssey I've recently bought the audiobook of the Emily Wilson translation so we'll be discussing the same translation without issue. Starting on the 1st and one pa..."

Juliane RE: The Odyssey: If we can do the introduction across two pages that would probably work better for me? And then one book/chapter a day from there?

June 1st & 2nd: introduction
June 3rd: book 1
June 4th: book 2
June 5th: book 3
June 6th: book 4
June 7th: book 5
June 8th: book 6
June 9th: book 7
June 10th: book 8
June 11th: book 9
June 12th: book 10
June 13th: book 11
June 14th: book 12
June 15th: book 13
June 16th: book 14
June 17th: book 15
June 18th: book 16
June 19th: book 17
June 20th: book 18
June 21st: book 19
June 22nd: book 20
June 23rd: book 21
June 24th: book 22
June 25th: book 23
June 26th: book 24

@Anushka @juliane should we shift it to the 9th instead of 7th?

@Brianna @Peyton How about this schedule:
June 1 Prologue – 12
June 2 Chapters 13 – 24
June 3 Chapters 25 – 36
June 4 Chapters 37 – 48
June 5 Chapters 49 – 60
June 6 Chapters 61 – 72
June 7 Chapters 73 – Epilogue

@ Brianna reg. The Odyssee - Yes that split of the introduction and the chapters in general works for me too. Thank you for making the schedule.

Sarah-Vanessa wrote: "@Juliane that works perfectly! How about this schedule:
June 7: Prologue – Chapter 2
June 8: Chapters 3 – 5
June 9: Chapters 6 – 8
June 10: Chapters 9 – 11
June 11: Chapters 12 – 13
June 12: C..."

Thank you for preparing the schedule, looks good to me.

@ Anushka @ Sarah-Vanessa I don't mind pushing the start back two days to the 9th so the three of us can start on the same day.

Sarah-Vanessa wrote: "@Brianna @Peyton How about this schedule:
June 1 Prologue – 12
June 2 Chapters 13 – 24
June 3 Chapters 25 – 36
June 4 Chapters 37 – 48
June 5 Chapters 49 – 60
June 6 Chapters 61 – 72
June 7 Chap..."

Sarah-Vanessa & Peyton RE: The Grandest Game: This works for me!

Juliane wrote: "@ Brianna reg. The Odyssee - Yes that split of the introduction and the chapters in general works for me too. Thank you for making the schedule."

Juliane RE: The Odyssey: Perfect! Looking forward to it!

Juliane wrote: "Sarah-Vanessa wrote: "@Juliane that works perfectly! How about this schedule:
June 7: Prologue – Chapter 2
June 8: Chapters 3 – 5
June 9: Chapters 6 – 8
June 10: Chapters 9 – 11
June 11: Chapte..."

That would be great!

updated

I've had some intimidating books I've been meaning to read for a while, if anyone's interested in any of them!

House of Earth and Blood

1984

The Teller of Small Fortunes

Sorcery and Small Magics

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

For She Is Wrath

The Night Ends with Fire

Héloïse ☾ wrote: "I've had some intimidating books I've been meaning to read for a while, if anyone's interested in any of them!

House of Earth and Blood

1984"

Héloïse RE: For She Is Wrath & The Night Ends with Fire

I would be willing to read those two with you! Do you have a preference on time frame or how long to read them across? Ideally not in the first week for me since I already have a couple reads planned.

@Héloise I‘ll do 1984. I started it already but I can hold on until the buddy read. And I‘ll also read The Teller of Small Fortunes

@Héloïse @Brianna

I’ll join For She Is Wrath . Does the 10th onwards work? I can check chapters and make the schedule if you let me know how many days you want to read it over/ how many pages a day :)

@Héloïse @Sarah-Vanessa

I’ve had 1984 on my tbr for a while so this is a good excuse to pick it up. When would you want to start?

@Héloïse

I’m also happy to read Sorcery and Small Magics but if you’ve got a lot on and can’t squeeze it in this month, I’m happy to wait till July, just let me know :)

Sophie wrote: "@Héloïse @Brianna

I’ll join For She Is Wrath . Does the 10th onwards work? I can check chapters and make the schedule if you let me know how many days you want to read it over/ ho..."

@Sophie & Héloïse RE: For She Is Wrath: After the 10th works for me! It looks like it may be around 440 pages so would 10 days work? about 44/day?

@Héloise @Sophie I can read 1984 somewhere starting from the 15th. Would that be ok?

@Héloïse @Brianna @For she is wrath

Does this work?

10th: chapters 1-5
11th: chapters 6-11
12th: chapters 12-16
13th: chapters 17-21
14th: chapters 22-24
15th: chapters 25-28
16th: chapters 29-34
17th: chapters 35-40
18th: chapters 41-47
19th: chapters 48-end

The chapter lengths were all over the place but most hit the 44 page mark

@Héloïse @Sarah-Vanessa

I’m reading the penguin modern classics edition, and excluding the introduction, the appendix etc, it clocks in at 342 pages.

The 15th works for me, I can make the schedule I just need to know how many days you want to read it over/ how many pages a day? :)

@Sophie My edition has about the same amount of pages. Can we spread it over 7 days?

@Sarah-Vanessa @Héloïse @1984

15th: Part 1, chapters 1-3
16th: Part 1, chapters 4-7
17th: Part 1, chapters 8-end, Part 2, chapters 1-2
18th: Part 2, chapters 3-7
19th: Part 2, chapters 8-9
20th: Part 2, chapter 10, Part 3, chapters 1-2
21st: Part 3, chapters 3- end

Let me know if you want anything changing :)

@1984 @Sarah-Vanessa @Sophie

Hello, thank you Sarah-Vanessa and Sophie ! I'm glad to be able to tackle this book with you !

Just a heads up, I'm backpacking until the 18th but I can follow the schedule. I think it's doable since I have quite a few hours on the train. So sounds good to me! :)