2026 Reading Challenge discussion

A CELEBRATION OF 25,000 MEMBERS!!
Duration: March 1 to May 31, 2021

Since its birth in 2012, this group has grown in popularity with each passing year.
In fact, we reached 16,000 members just three years ago in 2018. What a surprise that our group membership exceeded 25,000 at the start of this year!

To celebrate all of you and everything you do to make this group a wonderful, friendly reading community, we’ve planned a special celebration to commemorate this milestone.
There are 8 activities you can join to add to your reading enjoyment.
This post will provide links to the various celebratory activities as their respective threads are poted.

(1) A Virtual Party! (Mar 1 - Mar 31): Come visit this thread, dressed as your favorite literary characters and mingle with your fellow group members to celebrate hitting this amazing milestone.

(2) A Quarterly Challenge (Mar 1 - May 31): Similar to our standard monthly or quarterly challenges, but focused on the numbers 12 (for 2012) and 25. (for 25k members).

(3) A New Listopia (Mar 1 - May 31): What is your own favorite book of all time? Celebrate with us by either nominating your favorite to this listopia or, if it's already there, vote for it!

(4) What Would the 25-Year-Old You Read? (Mar 1 - May 31): Join us in sharing which books you enjoyed or might enjoy at the age of 25.

(5) Movie Night (Apr 1 - Apr 30): Grab your popcorn and watch a movie or TV series adapted from a book. Then share your thoughts in this thread!

(6) Scattergories (Mar 1 - May 31): A delightful game for interacting with fellow book lovers. Answer simple questions with words starting with the same letter as the title of your current book.

(7) What’s Our Story? (Mar 1 - May 31): Let’s write a collab fiction by adding one post at a time to a spontaneous, ongoing narrative. You can join the story as a story character, offer narration, or write the end or start of a new chapter.

(8) Team-Based Readathon (March 25 - April 7): Could your reading momentum benefit from some oomph? Join us for our first-ever team challenge! To join, be sure to sign up by March 15.

Congrats, Mods! You've succeeded in making this group one of the most popular ones.

thank you! We are glad everyone enjoys their time here!

25,000! yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Congratulations!

Now I gotta go figure out how to reorganize my corner in order to fit the new challenges in. "Dammit" :D lol, I joke. It's going to be so much fun, I can't wait to see what you've come up with :)

We're excited too! I hope everyone has a great time. :D

Wow! 25K members... Congrats in making this such a great group to be a part of!

I feel lucky to be part of this awesome group. With such fun challenges and fabulous leadership, it's no wonder this group reached Silver Membership Level! Congratulations! 🥂

Congratulations to all the current and former mods - you've created something special! Thanks for taking time to plan the additional celebration activities and for all your efforts during the year. It's appreciated!

Thanks to all of you for the kind words.
You are what makes our group such a warm and friendly community! 🧡

Wow, I'been disconnected from the group during February (my father passed away and I didn't feel like reading that much) and I now find this wonderful piece of news: Congratulations to all the members and especially the MODS! 🥂
It's a pleasure to be part of this fabulous group! 🤩
I'm looking forward to the celebration activities!

I'm sorry about your father, Carmen.

Niharika wrote: "I'm sorry about your father, Carmen."
Thanks Niharika, 🤗

Carmen wrote: "Wow, I'been disconnected from the group during February (my father passed away and I didn't feel like reading that much) and I now find this wonderful piece of news: Congratulations to all the memb..."

I'm really sorry about your father.

Congratulations to all the mods and former mods! You made this group a wonderful place to be and I feel lucky to be a part of it.

Carmen wrote: "Wow, I'been disconnected from the group during February (my father passed away and I didn't feel like reading that much) and I now find this wonderful piece of news: Congratulations to all the memb..."

Oh Carmen, I'm so very sorry to hear about your loss.
Sending you my deep condolences and a big, warm cyber-hug. 🧡

Thanks Ilse and oshizu, 🤗

Congratulations! This is a great set of activities to celebrate with.

25K! I remember when we were celebrating 1000! (yes, I joined this group in December 2011 - for the 2012 reading year - I think I was one of the first 100 members!)

Carmen wrote: "Wow, I'been disconnected from the group during February (my father passed away and I didn't feel like reading that much) and I now find this wonderful piece of news: Congratulations to all the memb..."

So sorry to hear about your loss.
Remembering you in my thoughts and sending you a hug: 🧡

I've been a participant here the last couple of years and am really glad you all take the time to make this group work and to keep it going. This group is something I needed. It's a good thing you volunteer moderators do here!

Thank you!
🍩🥂🎈🌼💜

Sharon wrote: "25K! I remember when we were celebrating 1000! (yes, I joined this group in December 2011 - for the 2012 reading year - I think I was one of the first 100 members!)"

Sharon!
Thank you for your reminiscing and for staying a member for, wow, a whole decade!
And, darn it, did I get the year wrong for when this group started? The 25k quarterly has some 12-based prompts for 2012.
Should it have been 2011? *sobs noiselessly

Sunny wrote: "So sorry to hear about your loss.
Remembering you in my thoughts and sending you a hug: 🧡"

Thanks, Sunny 🤗

oshizu wrote: "Sharon wrote: "25K! I remember when we were celebrating 1000! (yes, I joined this group in December 2011 - for the 2012 reading year - I think I was one of the first 100 members!)"

Sharon!
Thank y..."
I joined in December 2011 so the group was probably started for the 2012 reading year?

Sharon wrote: "I joined in December 2011 so the group was probably started for the 2012 reading year?"

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Thank you so much for letting us know, Sharon!
You are definitely one of OG. :)

Are we still doing the movie night challenge? Just curious. TY!

D.L. wrote: "Are we still doing the movie night challenge? Just curious. TY!"

We are, I'll unlock it right away.