mina’s Comments (group member since Nov 01, 2018)

mina’s comments from the The Procrastinators Book Club group.

This is the group thread for The Raven Boys Cycle!

This thread is open for discussion beginning May 5th! Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed (mark as a spoiler) in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days of the month can be used to catch up if needed! Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads.

The Raven Boys
Week of 05/05
May 05: Chapters 1-2
May 06: Chapters 3-4
May 07: Chapters 5-6
May 08: Chapters 7-8
May 09: Chapters 9-10
May 10: Chapters 11-12
May 11: Chapters 13-14

Week of 05/12
May 12: Chapters 15-16
May 13: Chapters 17-18
May 14: Chapters 19-20
May 15: Chapters 21-22
May 16: Chapters 23-24
May 17: Chapters 25-26
May 18: Chapters 27-28

Week of 05/19
May 19: Chapters 29-30
May 20: Chapters 31-32
May 21: Chapters 33-34
May 22: Chapters 35-36
May 23: Chapters 37-38
May 24: Chapters 39-40
May 25: Chapters 41-42

Week of 05/26
May 26: Chapters 43-44
May 27: Chapters 45-46
May 28: Chapters 47-48 (end)

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The Dream Thieves
Week of 06/01
June 01: Chapters 1-3

Week of 06/02
June 02: Chapters 4-6
June 03: Chapters 7-9
June 04: Chapters 10-12
June 05: Chapters 13-15
June 06: Chapters 16-18
June 07: Chapters 19-21
June 08: Chapters 22-24

Week of 06/09
June 09: Chapters 25-27
June 10: Chapters 28-30
June 11: Chapters 31-33
June 12: Chapters 34-36
June 13: Chapters 37-39
June 14: Chapters 40-42
June 15: Chapters 43-45

Week of 06/16
June 16: Chapters 46-48
June 17: Chapters 49-51
June 18: Chapters 52-54
June 19: Chapters 55-57
June 20: Chapters 58-60
June 21: Chapters 61-end

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Blue Lily, Lily Blue
Week of 07/01
July 01: Prologue + Chapters 1-2
July 02: Chapters 3-5
July 03: Chapters 6-8
July 04: Chapters 9-11
July 05: Chapters 12-14
July 06: Chapters 15-17

Week of 07/07
July 07: Chapters 18-20
July 08: Chapters 21-23
July 09: Chapters 24-26
July 10: Chapters 27-29
July 11: Chapters 30-32
July 12: Chapters 33-35
July 13: Chapters 36-38

Week of 07/14
July 14: Chapters 39-41
July 15: Chapters 42-44
July 16: Chapters 45-47
July 17: Chapters 48-end

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The Raven King
Week of 08/01
August 01: Chapters 1-3
August 02: Chapters 4-6
August 03: Chapters 7-9

Week of 08/03
August 04: Chapters 10-12
August 05: Chapters 13-15
August 06: Chapters 16-18
August 07: Chapters 19-21
August 08: Chapters 22-24
August 09: Chapters 25-27
August 10: Chapters 28-30

Week of 08/11
August 11: Chapters 31-33
August 12: Chapters 34-36
August 13: Chapters 37-39
August 14: Chapters 40-42
August 15: Chapters 43-45
August 16: Chapters 46-48
August 17: Chapters 49-51

Week of 08/18
August 18: Chapters 52-54
August 19: Chapters 55-57
August 20: Chapters 58-60
August 21: Chapters 61-63
August 22: Chapters 64-end

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You can read the group book at any time during the month and at your own pace. This is the pace the group will be using, but if you read ahead or will be giving spoilers, please mark them (click the "some html is ok button"). If you have any questions a mod or another member can help you.

@Sarah-Vanessa
Yeah no problem 😊

JUNE nominations will be open from today, May 1st, until May 20th. On May 21st a poll will be waiting for you with all the nominations that we gathered, the most voted book will be our JUNE Group Read.

PLEASE keep in mind that in 2025 we are nominating Mystery, Suspense/Thriller, and Science fiction books only. If the book you want to nominate doesn't fall into those three genres you can still nominate it in the buddy read thread later in the month when the thread is made.


You can nominate as many books as you'd like. Just include the title/author or a link to the book by using the "add book/author" tool. If there is a nominated book that you'd like to read, simply state that you also vote for that book. Series can be nominated if we have already read the first book or you are nominating the first book. Please make sure we have not read the book you want to nominate. You can check on this thread to see what books we have read so far.


NOMINATIONS

updated

Welcome to the The Stolen Heir Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on May 10th and anyone can join at any time. Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days can be used to catch up!

Each day we will be reading by chapters or page numbers. Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads. The suggested Buddy Read discussion schedule is as follows:

Week of 05/10
May 10: Prologue+Chapter 1
May 11: Chapter 2+3

Week of 05/12
May 12: Chapter 4+5
May 13: Chapter 6+7
May 14: Chapter 8+9
May 15: Chapter 10
May 16: Chapter 11+12
May 17: Chapter 13
May 18: Chapter 14+15

Week of 05/19
May 19: Chapter 16-18

PARTICIPANTS
~ Juliane
~ Anushka
~ Sarah-Vanessa

Welcome to the Yours Truly Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on May 2nd and anyone can join at any time. Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days can be used to catch up!

Each day we will be reading by chapters or page numbers. Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads. The suggested Buddy Read discussion schedule is as follows:

Week of 05/01
2nd: chapters 1-11
3rd: chapters 12-18
4th: chapters 19-29

Week of 05/05
5th: chapters 30-37
6th: chapters 38-end

PARTICIPANTS
~ Ela
~ Sophie
~ Sarah-Vanessa

Welcome to the The Full Moon Coffee Shop Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on May 1st and anyone can join at any time. Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days can be used to catch up!

Each day we will be reading by chapters or page numbers. Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads. The suggested Buddy Read discussion schedule is as follows:

Week of 05/01
May 1st: Prologue + Chapter 1: sections 1-3 (pgs. 5-50)
May 2nd: Chapter 1: sections 4-6 + Chapter 2: section 1 (pgs. 51-96)
May 3rd: Chapter 2: sections 2-3 (pgs. 97-142)
May 4th: Chapter 3: part 1-part 2, section 1 (pgs. 143-194)

Week of 05/05
May 5th: Chapter 3: part 2, section 2 + epilogue (pgs. 195-228)


PARTICIPANTS
~ Juliane
~ Edith

updated

I'm making slow progress on the book, but it's progress. I finished chapter 27.

It's nice that Nesta is finally more open, and I like that her potential friends joined her training.

updated

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 May. 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
Anushka: Ela: Sarah-Vanessa: Juliane:

BUDDY READS ✔⭐
✔ Juliane & Edith (1st-5th)
✔ Ela & Sophie (2nd-6th) ⭐
✔ Juliane & Anushka, Sarah-Vanessa (10th-19th)⭐
Juliane & Sarah-Vanessa (20th-27th) ⭐

@Sarah-Vanessa
Yes, the second one can be nominated since we read the fist one as a group read.

updated

I still have half of it to read. I finished yesterday Ego, but I hadn't had time to read today before work.

I agree the dialogues can be too much, I noticed that some dialogues feel like fillers and that they have no point, just because. I don't mind much the academic part of it, it can be interesting but it doesn't interest me that much.

I'll try and finish it soon. I don't know what needs to happen for me to be intrigued to start the 3rd book considering how I'm feeling about this one, and maybe the first one when I think of it. It had an okish story and the thing about Libby pulled me to read the 2nd book. We'll see.

Finished Duality. If nothing else I like how things and characters are connecting. And with that the Dalton case is more interesting, honestly the only interesting thing in this book for me.

Sarah-Vanessa wrote: "@mina yes the Dalton part also is interesting. Overall I agree with you. I find the book quite interesting I just wish the pace would be a bit quicker… It takes along time and a lot of dialogue for..."

I'm finishing this one for sure, but I'm not sure if I'll pick up the next one. I'm slowly getting back to reading and I don't want to get caught in reading something just to finish it and then have no will to read anything else.

Sarah-Vanessa wrote: "I‘m so sorry I somehow timed this read for today and now I‘m behind. I‘ll try to catch up with you as quick as possible."

Hey, no worries and no hurry.. Yes, you made the schedule starting today, but because Brianna already started I put it on the first. There is a schedule but.. chances are we are not following it so all is good.

I caught up to you, finished chapter 7. I don't have anything to add, so far I don't find it a big problem that I don't remember what happened in the previous books since it has been a few years since I read them.

Since I kinda want to discuss, or at least have the possibility if I have something to comment, @Brianna are you planning on first reading and finishing CoSF and then starting KoA?

Finished the Entropy part. I agree that Libby's chapter's are interesting, especially that Ezra hid her in the past. I'm also intrigued by the Dalton that lives in Dalton's head; I guess he's all-powerful with his gift and because of that Atlas, or maybe someone else but with Atlas, has done something to him. I really hope that the book get's more interesting because if not I may not even pick the third part, I'm not gonna read something that feels like a chore.

@Sarah-Vanesa
Mostly used your schedule, I just stretched out the last reading day a bit.

@Sarah-Vanessa
No worries, I'm not finishing it in March either. Considering that only us two are discussing the book we can just talk about it as we go. But I would like to finish this one and the next in April, to just be done with it.