2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion
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2026 Member Challenge Ideas
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FAQsWhen are challenges posted and unlocked?
▪ Around a month in advance, challenges are posted for viewing only so that members may plan their reading.
▪ Challenges are unlocked about one week prior to their start date, usually around the 25th of the preceding month.
What happens if my challenge idea is chosen?
▪ We can't use every idea submitted, but we do use many of them.
▪ If we choose your challenge, you may lead it if you wish.
▪ If you'd rather not lead, we can seek a volunteer leader, so no pressure!
▪ When posting a challenge idea, please let us know whether or not you’d like to lead your challenge, if selected.
May I volunteer to lead a challenge that I didn’t suggest?
▪ Absolutely! When a new quarterly or monthly challenge is posted, you might see a note at the bottom indicating that we need a volunteer challenge leader.
▪ Leading a challenge is a great way to get to know fellow book lovers in this group!
▪ New leaders are welcome.
▪ If interested, send a message to the moderator who posted the challenge.
What does a challenge leader do?
▪ A challenge leader has three responsibilities:
(1.) Make an alphabetized list of participants.
(2.) Check comments to update participants’ progress.
(3.) Encourage and congratulate participants.
▪ Leaders may use our challenge spreadsheet if they wish.
Follow this link to the Google Sheets file, and open the How to Use tab. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
▪ Please update weekly for a monthly challenge, and two or three times per month for a quarterly challenge. Also, post an update one week after the challenge ends.
What if a participant posts their progress after the challenge ends?
▪ There may be a few stragglers who post their final progress update after the challenge ends.
▪ One week after your monthly or quarterly challenge ends, please check your challenge thread to congratulate any late finishers.
▪ After that week, whether you do further updates of your Participants List is up to you.
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We look forward to hearing your brilliant challenge ideas for 2026!
Do you have a fun idea for a challenge? Please tell us about it! We count on our members’ creativity to help us bring dozens of challenges to the group each year!
🏆 Our 2026 Yearly Theme is Award Winners! 🏆
Generally, we offer a pair of challenges for each month and quarter.
▪ One theme based; one either on- or off-theme
▪ One with prompts; one open ended
▪ About 8-10 prompts per monthly; about 18-20 prompts per quarterly
Post your challenge idea when you see that we are Seeking ideas for a particular theme. Please refrain from submitting ideas outside the 2-3 themes (4-6 challenges) on which the challenge mods are currently focused. Thank you kindly!
Quarterly Themes
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1st Quarter: Literary Legacy – Awards through time💎 2nd Quarter: Genre Gems – Awards by reading taste <-- Seeking ideas
🌎 3rd Quarter: Global Glory – Regional and national awards
👧 4th Quarter: Audience Accolades – Age-specific awards
Monthly Themes
January: SelfFebruary: Gold <-- Seeking ideas
March: Birds <-- Seeking ideas
April: Daisy
May: Patterns
June: TBD by winner of the Masthead & Logo contest
July: Rust
August: Heroes
September: Forest
October: Supernatural
November: Names
December: Doors
Important: Please make sure that your Goodreads privacy settings allow you to receive messages from anyone, so that we can contact you if your challenge idea is selected.