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SPRING FLING 2024
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Team 5: The Party Don't Start Until They Walk In
So it looks like we only have 3 prompts left to complete? Decades Dance 4 - Read a book written by an author who has died
Enchanted Forest 2 - Read a book about royalty
Enchanted Forest 5 - Read a book with a tree on the cover
We're doing so good for the first month! 🥳
@Dia - I finished a book for the tree prompt last night and will get my completion post posted tonight after work :)
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title: The Unquiet Bonesauthor: Loreth Anne White
start date: 05.27.24
finish date: 05.28.24
category and task: 04.05 - Enchanted Forest - tree on the cover
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: no
group read?: no
pages: 336
review: here
This is where it looks like we should be at as far as category completion - we are 2 prompts away from hitting each prompt at least once and pretty close to hitting many of them a 2nd time!01. masquerade - 2
01: main character pretends to be someone else → 3
02: with a dress on the cover → 2
03: translated → 3
04: an own-voices book → 3
05: has a redesigned cover → 2
02. decades dance - 2
01: set in the 20th century (the 1900s) → 2
02: first book listed when you sort your TBR by date added, descending → 5
03: with a blue cover → 2
04: written by an author who has died → 2
05: a historical fiction book → 3
03. goth prom - 2
01: a paranormal romance → 2
02: set or published in the 1800s → 3
03: a banned book → 2
04: a book with a black cover → 4
05: written by a POC author → 5
04. enchanted forest - 1
01: a fairytale retelling → 4
02: a book about royalty → 2
03: written by an author from a country you’ve never been to → 5
04: a book about magic → 6
05: a book with a tree on the cover → 1
05. luxe - 2
01: with a 4.5 or higher average GR rating → 3
02: a self-published book → 3
03: a science fiction book → 6
04: written by an LGBTQ+ author → 3
05: with gold in the title (the word or the color) → 2
06. carnival -2
01: written by an author from Central or South America → 2
02: with a red cover → 2
03: about the performing arts → 3
04: a graphic novel → 2
05: a book in a series longer than 3 books → 3
updated 06.30 08:45 PM MST (140?)
completed: masquerade (x2) | decades dance (x2) | goth prom (x2) | luxe (x2) | carnival (x2) | enchanted forest
1 away: enchanted forest (x2) | luxe (x3)
2 away: goth prom (x3) | masquerade (x3)
3 away: carnival (x3) | decades dance (x2)
4 away:
Thanks for the update Brianna! We don't get the points for completing the categories more than once though :(
Title: The Wrong BrideAuthor: Catharina Maura
Start Date: 31 May
Finish Date: 31 May
Category and Task: Carnival 5 - Series longer than 3 books
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 382
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
title: Inheritanceauthor: Christopher Paolini
start date: 05.18.24
finish date: 05.31.24
category and task: 05.05: Luxe - gold in title (title printed in gold on cover)
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: yes
group read?: no
pages: 849
review: here
Dia wrote: "Thanks for the update Brianna! We don't get the points for completing the categories more than once though :("Bummer!
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Spring Fling Update June 2nd 2024
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:
Anti-Prom Party Crashers: 115
The Life of the Party: 177
The Dancing Queens: 76
The Prettiest Girls at the Ball: 79
The Party Don’t Start Until They Walk In: 213
Didn’t Come With a Date:
Melissa: 0
Kristina: 0
Jess: 0
Becca: 0
Rosina: 17
Miranda: 30
Araceli: 0
Aikaterine: 0
Allyson: 21
Aless: 1
Edith: 6
It is officially halfway into the competition and the start of summer is right around the corner! Make the best of all the current reads going on in the group to earn extra points, and as always remember to have fun! :)
Happy reading!
❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods ❤︎
Title: Hired to ProtectAuthor: Leann Ryans
Start Date: 31 May
Finish Date: 01 June
Category and Task: Goth Prom 4 - Black Cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 244
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Queen Charlotte
Author: Julia Quinn
Start Date: 01 June
Finish Date: 02 June
Category and Task: Enchanted Forest 2 - Book about Royalty
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 339
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: The Alpha Escort AgencyAuthor: Hannah Haze
Start Date: 02 June
Finish Date: 03 June
Category and Task: Luxe 2 - Self-published
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 301
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
title: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nestauthor: Ken Kesey
start date: 06.01.24
finish date: 06.09.23
category and task: 02.04: decades dance - author who has died
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: yes
group read?: no
pages: 272
review: here
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Spring Fling Update June 9th 2024
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:
Anti-Prom Party Crashers: 124
The Life of the Party: 202
The Dancing Queens: 117
The Prettiest Girls at the Ball: 79
The Party Don’t Start Until They Walk In: 230
Didn’t Come With a Date:
Melissa: 0
Kristina: 0
Jess: 0
Becca: 0
Rosina: 18
Miranda: 34
Araceli: 0
Aikaterine: 2
Allyson: 21
Aless: 3
Edith: 17
We've got a lot of teams catching up to each other as the competition charges on! As a friendly reminder please be sure to include all appropriate links to your buddy reads and/or reviews when making completion points. On another note, some of you have reported issues with your team logs--as mods do not review these unless you ask us to--please be sure to drop a comment in your team thread so mods can figure out the existing problem. That is all for this week, keep up the good work y'all!
Happy reading!
❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods ❤︎
title: Chain-Gang All-Starsauthor: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
start date: 06.01.24
finish date: 06.09.24
category and task: 05.03: Luxe - science fiction
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: yes
group read?: no
pages: 359
review: here
title: Fifty Shades of Greyauthor: E.L. James
start date: 05.31.24
finish date: 06.09.24
category and task: 03.03 - Goth Prom - banned book
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: no
group read?: no
pages: 514
review: here
Title: The Tropic of SerpentsAuthor: Marrie Brennan
Start Date: 06 June
Finish Date: 09 June
Category and Task: Carnival 5 - Series longer than 3
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 354
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
title: In the Hand of the Goddessauthor: Tamora Pierce
start date: 06.09.24
finish date: 06.10.24
category and task: 04.02 - Enchanted Forest: about royalty
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: no
group read?: no
pages: 241
review: here
title: A Curious Beginningauthor: Deanna Raybourn
start date: 06.12.24
finish date: 06.14.24
category and task: 03.02: goth prom - set/published in 1800s
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: yes
group read?: no
pages: 337
review:
title: One Dark Windowauthor: Rachel Gillig
start date: 06.01.24
finish date: 06.15.24
category and task: 01.01 - Masquerade - main character pretends to be someone else
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: no
group read?: yes
pages: 392
review: here
title: Velvet Was the Nightauthor: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
start date: 06.13.24
finish date: 06.16.24
category and task: 02.01: Decades Dance - set in the 20th century (1900s) - set in 1971
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: no
group read?: no
pages: 278
review: here
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We try to post updates each Sunday of this challenge for teams and solo participants. It is now well into the week (sorry about that) but life gets busy sometimes x
TEAMS:
Anti-Prom Party Crashers: 285
The Life of the Party: 257
The Dancing Queens: 160
The Prettiest Girls at the Ball: 98
The Party Don’t Start Until They Walk In: 265
Didn’t Come With a Date:
Melissa: 0
Kristina: 0
Jess: 0
Becca: 0
Rosina: 26
Miranda: 40
Araceli: 0
Aikaterine: 2
Allyson: 28
Aless: 3
Edith: 17
Just a reminder that we have a little over a week left for the challenge to end!! Work with your teams to scoop up those last minute points!
Happy reading!
❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods ❤︎
Title: CinderAuthor: Marissa Meyer
Start Date: May 15, 2024
Finish Date: June 18, 2024
Category and task: Enchanted Forest - 1 (Fairytale Retelling)
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 390
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Sorry I haven't been so active recently! I just started a new job and it put me in a major reading slump, but I'm back now (granted I'm still a slow reader haha).
title: Eclipseauthor: Stephenie Meyer
start date: 06.16.24
finish date: 06.22.24
category and task: 03.04: Goth Prom - black cover
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: no
group read?: no
pages: 630
review: here
I apologize for dropping off the face of the earth for a bit, just been overwhelmed with some things. Catching up on the posts I've been neglecting now. Title: Pestilence
Author: Laura Thalassa
Start Date: 05/01/2024
Finish Date: 05/31/2024
Category and Task: Goth Prom 4 - Book with black cover
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? Yes https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Pages: 416
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Cinder
Author: Marissa Meyer
Start Date: 05/23/2024
Finish Date: 05/31/2024
Category and Task: Enchanted Forest 1 - Fairytale Retelling
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 389
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Chain-Gang All-StarsAuthor: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Start Date: 6 June
Finish Date: 23 June
Category and Task: Goth Prom 5 - POC author
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 384
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Spring Fling Update June 23rd 2024
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:
Anti-Prom Party Crashers: 307
The Life of the Party: 274
The Dancing Queens: 179
The Prettiest Girls at the Ball: 109
The Party Don’t Start Until They Walk In: 288
Didn’t Come With a Date:
Melissa: 0
Kristina: 0
Jess: 0
Becca: 0
Rosina: 32
Miranda: 41
Araceli: 0
Allyson: 28
Aikaterine: 2
Aless: 3
Edith: 17
It is officially the last week of the Spring Fling games y'all! Make sure to get those last minute reads in and submit them for points!
Happy reading!
❤︎ From the Procrastinator Mods ❤︎
title: The Forbidden Wishauthor: Jessica Khoury
start date: 06.19.24
finish date: 06.23.24
category and task: 04.01: enchanted forest - fairytale retelling
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: no
group read?: no
pages: 340
review: here
title: Spells for Forgettingauthor: Adrienne Young
start date: 06.17.24
finish date: 06.23.24
category and task: 04.04 - enchanted forest - about magic
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: no
group read?: no
pages: 346
review: here
Title: Starter VillainAuthor: John Scalzi
Start Date: 23 June
Finish Date: 24 June
Category and Task: Luxe 3 - Science fiction
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 336
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Pride and PrejudiceAuthor: Jane Austen
Start Date: 10 June
Finish Date: 24 June
Category and Task: Decades Dance - 4. Read a book written by an author who has died
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 443
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: InheritanceAuthor: Christopher Paolini
Start Date: 05/19/2024
Finish Date: 05/31/2024
Category and Task: Carnival 5 - Series longer than 3 books
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 849
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Looking for Smoke
Author: K.A. Cobell
Start Date: 06/13/2024
Finish Date: 06/25/2024
Category and Task: Masquerade 4 - Own-voices
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 416
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Monkey King and the World of Myths: The Monster and the MazeAuthor: Maple Lam
Start Date: 06/20/2024
Finish Date: 06/20/2024
Category and Task: Lux 5 - gold in title (if it doesn't work - Carnival 4 - graphic novel)
Graphic Novel? Yes
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 240 (120 halved)
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Not In LoveAuthor: Ali Hazelwood
Start Date: 25 June
Finish Date: 26 June
Category and Task: Decades Dance 2 - Read the first book listed when you sort your TBR
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 394
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Kitchen
Author: Banana Yoshimoto
Start Date: 24 June
Finish Date: 26 June
Category and Task: Masquerade - 3. Read a book that was translated
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 160
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Love on the BrainAuthor: Ali Hazelwood
Start Date: 26 June
Finish Date: 27 June
Category and Task: Decades Dance 2 - Read the first book listed when you sort your TBR
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 368
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: One Dark WindowAuthor: Rachel Gillig
Start Date: 26 June
Finish Date: 28 June
Category and Task: Enchanted Forest - 4. Read a book about magic
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: City of the Beastsauthor: Isabel Allende
start date: 06.23.24
finish date: 06.28.24
category and task: 06.01: Carnival - author from Central or South America (born in Peru, raised in Chile)
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: no
group read?: no
pages: 355
review: here
@Brianna I think you missed Sword of Kaigen ? Not sure if there are others you haven't posted here.
Dia wrote: "@Brianna I think you missed Sword of Kaigen ? Not sure if there are others you haven't posted here."I haven't finished Sword of Kaigen just yet - I am hoping to finish that today along with another one I am currently reading and Count of Monte Cristo tomorrow.
title: The Lucy Variationsauthor: Sara Zarr
start date: 06.24.24
finish date: 06.29.24
category and task: 06.03 - Carnival - about the performing arts
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: no
group read?: no
pages: 304
review: here
title: The Sword of Kaigenauthor: M.L. Wang
start date: 06.01.24
finish date: 06.29.24
category and task: 05.02 - Luxe - self published
graphic novel?: no
buddy read?: no
group read?: yes
pages: 613
review: here
Ohhh for some reason I thought you already did. My mistake!
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Author: Veronica Roth
Start Date: 28 May
Finish Date: 29 May
Category and Task: Enchanted Forest 4 - Magic
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? No
Group Read? No
Pages: 171
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Title: Annie Bot
Author: Sierra Greer
Start Date: 26 May
Finish Date: 29 May
Category and Task: Luxe 3 - Science Fiction
Graphic Novel? No
Buddy Read? Yes https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Group Read? No
Pages: 298
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...