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Jackie wrote: "Challenge YourselfGeneral > 2025 My Goals for This Year
January 1, 2025 to December 31 2025
Completed 0/11
5 Award Goes To
5 Doorstops
35 Edingus
5 Getting to Know Them
25 Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
20 H..."
Good goals Jackie! Enjoy your reads.
I've slimmed down my number of challenges and increased my numbers for the remaining chosen.
Here's the 2025 Challenge Catalog.If you can not find one to fit your 2025 goal. please let me know what you have in mind and I will create one for you to use and share with others.
I will appreciate information about errors or about incorrect ending dates.
Click the links in order to review Challenges By Subject:
alphabet ABCs Reading books based on the 26 letters of the alphabet.
audio-books Hear Ye! Hear Ye! ! Reading a certain number of audio-books.
author's work Authorization Reading a certain author's work.
award winners And The Award Goes To… Reading books that received an award or nomination
big books Doorstops Reading those big books that you've been avoiding.
biographies, memoirs and autobiographies Getting to Know Them Reading about the lives of real people.
books to movie or television Movie or Book? Reading a number of books and also watching the movie or television show based on the books.
Boxall's Catalog of 1001 books Boxall's 1001 to Read B4 U Die Reading from Boxall's Catalog of 1001 deemed worthy books.
certain shelves Shelving Unit Reading a certain number of books from certain shelves.
classics Now That Was Classic Reading the Classics.
eReader eDingus Reading material stored on your eReader.
fictional genres That's Unreal Reading fictional genres.
50 states of the United States of America USA State Challenge Reading books set in states of the United States of America.
Group Challenges Double Dog Dare Reading books that your group has challenged/dared you to read.
Guardian's 1000 Guardian's 1000 Novels Reading selected works by the Guardian's Review team and a panel of expert judges.
home library Home Alone Reading books from our private library.
international reading World Tour Reading books from around the world.
left over books Left Over Stew Reading books that were supposed to have been read in previous year's challenges or goals.
local library Where's your card? Reading books borrowed from the library.
moment in time Time Waits for No One Read books from a certain time period.
non-fiction Reality Check Reading non-fiction.
published date Yearbook Reading books published in a certain year.
recent releases Hot Off the Press Reading books written very recently.
re-read Back in the Saddle Re-read favorites, or ones in a series or to see if you will get more out of it after another read, etc.”
review written Reviews Reviewing the books read.
second reading Another Chance Giving books that were abandoned as unread or partially read another try.
second language Rosetta Stone Reading books in a second language.
self-improvement Help Yourself Reading Self-Improvement books.
series Serial Eyes Catching up with the next books in our favorite reading series.
small books and short stories Short Cut Reading books of 100 pages or less.
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If you are new to our challenge tracker group, welcome. If you find the trackers useful, I hope that you will be with us for a long while. Long enough to not only track your current reading challenges but to observe your personal changes and growth.
If you can not find one to fit your 2025 goal. please let me know what you have in mind and I will create one for you to use and share with others.
Hello seasoned challengers! On December 14, 2011 Goodreads introduced BETA Testing for a Challenge Tracker. So beginning January 2012 you and I set on a journey to tracking our personal challenges. (I never noticed an actual launch. Are we still BETA testing subjects?)
I am in wonder of my personal changes in what I deemed important for me to track for a year.
I remember when I declared that "dead tree books" were the only way I wanted to read, then I began to challenge myself to add some audiobooks. Now I listen almost exclusively to audiobooks.
I wanted to show support for Goodreads authors by reading mostly THIER BOOKS. Now I find that there are very few authors who are not a Goodreads author.
I thought that mysteries were the only genre I would enjoy. Now thanks to group participation and heeding friends recommendations , I find myself reading (and enjoying) so many genres that I would never have chosen to read.
I have found that the world's library is so vast that I don't need to guiltily read books that "I should read." So many others I can enjoy more.
After all of these years, I have never easily read my own home library. How can I resist all that are available from my varied libraries.
Non-Fiction is no longer boring, if I choose the right subjects!Sooooo the Challenge Yourself trackers that I sign up for today are very different from those I employed back in 2012.
Here we are again!My Goals for This Year
🐱👓Boxall's 1001 to Read B4 U Die 20 ::🐶Double Dog Dare 400 : : : :⚡Serial Eyes 20 : : : :
👴🏻Authorization=Westlake 5 : : :Alphabet Soup 165 : : :🦅In a Land Far Far Away 30 : : : :
👑Shelving Unit=Sai King Recommends 25 : : : : :🏆And The Award Goes To 30::: : : : : : :
🐾Reality Check=Packing Heat 50 :: : : : : : :
Jackie wrote: "Challenge YourselfGeneral > 2024 My Goals for This Year
5 Award Goes To
5 Doorstops
35 Edingus
5 Getting to Know Them
25 Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
20 Home Alone
5 Hot off the Press
10 Reality ..."
Excellent List!
This year's focus went waaay away from my original January thoughts.. And on review, I am not concerned about it. I got involved in several challenges. They were fun but I put a lot of pressure on myself to complete them. I plan to slow down in 2024.I joined GoodReads in 2011. Since those early days I have changed my reading habits a lot, and my goals have narrowed down a lot.
I no longer need to track how many audiobooks I listen to, I do that almost exclusively now. I don't challenge myself to borrow books; now I rarely buy one. Interesting group challenges have greatly expanded my willingness to try a range of genres. And the group challenges I do choose usually have intriguing themes.
I still want to set some of these catalog challenges to keep me on track, and you will find I will be using less of them!
500 Double Dog Dare (monthly group reads/challenges and reading marathons)15 Serial Eyes
25 World Tour (In a Land Far Far Away)
10 Shelving Unit (Sai King Recommends)
25 And the Award Goes To
25 Reality Check
5 Authorization (Donald E. Westlake)
I've noticed that the combined reporting of all of our goals combined seems to be broken. Honestly I don't think Goodreads is concerned with the support of challenges anymore. (Did they ever get out of BETA?)It does seem though that our individual challenges are being calculated correctly.
Here's the 2024 Challenge Catalog.
If you can not find one to fit your 2024 goal. please let me know what you have in mind and I will create one for you to use and share with others.
I will appreciate information about errors or about incorrect ending dates.
Click the links in order to review Challenges By Subject:
audio-books Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Reading a certain number of audio-books.
author's work Authorization Reading a certain author's work.
award winners And The Award Goes To… Reading books that received an award or nomination
big books Doorstops Reading those big books that you've been avoiding.
biographies, memoirs and autobiographies Getting to Know Them Reading about the lives of real people.
books to movie or television Movie or Book? Reading a number of books and also watching the movie or television show based on the books.
Boxall's Catalog of 1001 books Boxall's 1001 to Read B4 U Die Reading from Boxall's Catalog of 1001 deemed worthy books.
certain shelves Shelving Unit Reading a certain number of books from certain shelves.
classics Now That Was Classic Reading the Classics.
eReader eDingus Reading material stored on your eReader.
fictional genres That's Unreal Reading fictional genres.
50 states of the United States of America USA State Challenge Reading books set in states of the United States of America.
GoodReads authors GoodRead Authors Reading books written by GoodRead authors.
Group Challenge Double Dog Dare Reading books that your group has challenged/dared you to read.
Guardian's 1000 Guardian's 1000 Novels Reading selected works by the Guardian's Review team and a panel of expert judges.
home library Home Alone Reading books from our private library.
international reading World Tour Reading books from around the world.
left over books Left Over Stew Reading books that were supposed to have been read in previous year's challenges or goals.
local library Where's your card? Reading books borrowed from the library.
moment in time Time Waits for No One Read books from a certain time period.
non-fiction Reality Check Reading non-fiction.
published date Yearbook Reading books published in a certain year.
recent releases Hot Off the Press Reading books written very recently.
re-read Back in the Saddle Re-read favorites, or ones in a series or to see if you will get more out of it after another read, etc.”
review written Reviews Reviewing the books read.
second reading Another Chance Giving books that were abandoned as unread or partially read another try.
second language Rosetta Stone Reading books in a second language or a translation.
second in a series Second One To Know Reading the secod book in a series to decide whether to continue or not.
self-improvement Help Yourself Reading Self-Improvement books.
series Serial Eyes Catching up with the next books in our favorite reading series.
small books and short stories Short Cut Reading books of less than 200 pages or those with a compilation of short stories.
Jackie wrote: "My plans for 2023 are for 175 books:05 Award Goes To
05 Doorstops
35 Edingus
05 Getting to Know Them
25 Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
45 Home Alone
05 Hot Off the Press
10 Reality Check
05 Serial Eyes
10 Sho..."
Doable list.....Except Home Alone kills my plans every time!
Purple wrote: "Hello and Happy New year!Thank you as always, Almeta, for putting together the catalogue.
I actually completed all my challenges for 2022! That is the first time that's happened in a while. And n..."
I hope you will join us, if you stick with GoodReads.
If you find another application to use, I'd be interested in hearing about it. I am very disappointed in the new GoodReads format. I'm sure it is a good marketing tool for Amazon but it is a functional disaster for readers. I have yet to find a way to track the correct editions without cumbersome maneuvers!
Darkpool wrote: "If 2021 was a bad, then 2022 was a train wreck as far as reading goes. However I feel I'm starting to come out of it... (famous last words) and will continue to challenge myself for 2023. Thanks ag..."Glad that you are still hanging on. There aren't many of us but I do find that the challenges keep me somewhat focused.
I have withdrawn from some of the challenges that I participated in previously. Many weren't really a challenge for me anymore. i.e. I get all my reads from libraries now, and almost exclusively borrow them in audio. So Where's Your Card or Hear Ye are no longer a challenge.
Hope you find some Good Reads in 2023.
Elizabeth S wrote: "All my goals are very similar to last year. I'm am adding Authorization to re-read and catchup on several Brandon Sanderson series. ..."Brandon Sanderson is a good author to spend your time with!
Elizabeth S wrote: "2022 was rather a failure for almost all my goals. On to the next year of reading!"May 2023 work out better for you!
2023 Catalog is done.
Here are the Challenges that I have signed up for. I am hoping many of them over-lap!10 Boxall
30 Double Dog Dare (monthly group reads/challenges and reading marathons)
15 Serial Eyes
25 Book to Movie (Flick-Lit)
25 World Tour (In a Land Far Far Away)
10 Shelving Unit (Sai King Recommends)
10 Shortcut
20 Doorstops
10 Awards
25 Reality Check
10 Reviews
5 Authorization (Donald E. Westlake)
The 2023 Challenge Catalog is available now.Enjoy your challenges and your books!
