2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

Hello and welcome to our group! We hope you have a blast reading with us. Below is a quick overview on how to get started, our group rules, and quick links for easy access.

Introduce yourself to the group. 👋
Click here for our introduction thread, say Hello!, and tell us a little bit about yourself.

Browse the challenges. 📚 We host yearly 🗓, quarterly 📆, and monthly 📅 challenges. You can always join mid-challenge, backlog the books you read earlier during the challenge period (even if you weren't part of the group yet) and add them to the challenge.

Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here - 2026 EditionThis guide provides everything you need to get started, including FAQs, challenge descriptions, and tips for choosing the perfect prompts. We hope you’ll join us for a year full of fun, motivation, and great reads! 📖✨


Create your thread for your 2026 challenge. ✍️
We have folders for Personal Challenges. Please follow the instructions to create your own thread where you can keep track of the books you read and post your reviews.
Create your corner to keep track of your challenges. 🏠
Go to the Members’ Corner, add a topic, and start tracking your challenges.

Have fun! 😄 We're excited to have you and hope you enjoy our group. If you ever have any questions, post them here and one of us will get to them.

1. Post in English: While our group is international, all public posts should be in English. You may use your language in your Member's Corner, but note we may check a translation to ensure other rules are being followed.

2. Authors and Promoters: We have a blanket no-promotions policy in this group. Violators will be warned first then banned.

3. Mark Spoilers: You can do this by typing [spoiler] before the spoiler and [/spoiler] after it and replacing the [ ]s with < and >.

4. Be Nice: No personal attacks or profanity. The group should be fun and stress-free. Violators will be warned or banned.

5. Keep Up to Date: We encourage active participation. Please update us on your goals and challenges. We won't remove you for not updating but we like to see an active group.

6. Bloggers and Vloggers: You may share your blog or website only in specific areas: your Introduction Post, Personal Challenge topic, Member's Corner, and in the Blogs/Vlogs, Events & Challenges folder. Posts elsewhere will be deleted.

Group Sections—what does it all mean?

Announcements! - This is where you can find our latest newsletter and any other group updates.

Introduce Yourself to the Group - New here? Drop a line… Introduce yourself and let us get to know you.

Mod Corner - This is where you can share your questions or ideas with us!

Group Reads - Each month, the group will nominate books according to the theme for the next month. Ten books are chosen for a poll, and members vote on which book they want to read.

Readathons - Several times a year we organize a readathon: a reading marathon. They can last a weekend or multiple days, and can be individual or as a team.

Games
This is where we play bookish themed thread games. If you have a suggestion please Suggest Here

Buddy Reads - A buddy read is when two or more members decide they would like to read a book together and want a place to discuss it. We have around ten new reads each month, feel free to join them or propose another book.

TBR Twins - This is an activity our group does where you sign up, get paired with someone, and you and your twin pick a book to read together. We do our best to create pairs who like the same types of books.

Group Discussions – Let’s Chat! - This is the area for general discussions. You can also get recommendations for books, ask general questions, or just have a chat with other members.

Blogs/Vlogs, Events & Challenges - This is the place to share your Blog or Vlogs, share events, or host unofficial challenges.


Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here - 2026 Edition This guide provides everything you need to get started, including FAQs, challenge descriptions, and tips for choosing the perfect prompts. We hope you’ll join us for a year full of fun, motivation, and great reads! 📖✨


Challenges - We have yearly , quarterly and monthly challenges.monthly challenges. Each challenge has tasks for members to complete. Members will set their own goal for each challenge and will strive, over the designated time period, to meet those goals.

Challenge Ideas for 2026 - Many of the monthly and quarterly challenges are inspired by our members' suggestions. Feel free to give us your ideas for upcoming challenges for 2026. Share your ideas here!

Personal Challenges Set your goal for the year, create a thread to track your progress, and engage with others.You can set your goal in the following ranges:
1-25 books
26-50 books
51-75 books
76-100 books
101+ books
You’re welcome to look at other people’s challenges and comment on what they’ve read. This is a great way to find people with similar taste in books and make friends!

Members’ Corner -Your personal space in the group to track challenges, even those from outside this group.

Archives - All older threads go here.

Questions? Ask us here! - If you have any questions, feel free to ask us here!

Hi everyone, I'm Rae, I’m just a quiet reader who enjoys observing people through the books they highlight.
I drift between genres, but I’m especially drawn to stories about human motives, subtle power shifts, and the places where kindness and danger sit too close together.
I don’t talk much, but I listen well.
If I comment on your shelf, it’s because something in your choices spoke louder than words.
Looking forward to crossing paths with a few sharp minds here.