Challenge Yourself discussion

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 track 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.

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.

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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.