The Lost Challenges discussion

How do you guys do it?

There is a section called Member Challenges that you can use to track your challenges.

While everyone may have some diferences this is how I do it.

I have my own thread. When I join a challenge I copy a link and the pertinent details to a new comment in my thread. Then as I finish a book I just go down my post and add the book in whereever it fits into a challenge. Then depending on time, every few books I copy and paste from my list to update the real thread the challenge is on.

I have a folder in my favorites list of Goodreads challenges. Whenever I join a new challenge I add a favorites link into that folder.

A lot of people use the member challenges section, this is just what works for me.

I have a folder with word documents for every challenge. I think maybe my way is more complicated than using the member challenges section, but it's the way I've found works best for me. I keep a link to my post in the word document, and just update the word document whenever I read something that qualifies. I just find it easier having everything in one place that way.

Thanks yall! These challenges are fun but I'm starting to have a bit of trouble keeping up with them when I try to remember the ones from different groups.

I've actually created my own group to keep track of all the challenges I'm involved in. I have a separate section for each group and that groups challenges are listed here.

Here's the link to my group (for obvious reasons I don't accept members though people keep asking).
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/6...

I also keep separate notebooks for each group with only that groups challenges. When I finish reading 3-4 books, I go through each challenge notebook and update on paper as well as in my group. I use links to each challenge and update each individual challenge (at the original post) as well.

Ohh, Barbara I like the idea of keeping a paper copy! My word documents are all on our netbook, which my boyfriend uses for work sometimes so it's not always around. A notebook might be a good idea!

I keep saying it. Barbara is my reading idol.


I do keep a note book nearby for certain challenges for easy refrence. Challenges that require looking for specific items, I keep those items listed in the notebook. Challenges like The Challenge Factory's Scavenger Hunt, or our Rapid Readers, and scatergories I list out all the items I need to find and if I find them while reading I note page numbers.

I also use it to list out books needed to fill weekly challenges. Diagrams of bingo boards, letters needed for scrable challenges etc.

I also use it for jotting down ideas for future challenges.

I keep a post-it or sheet of paper with the items I need as a bookmark when I'm doing the scavenger hunt type challenges, but I think I may start keeping a challenge notebook in the new year! The boyfriend has been using this computer more for work recently, so it's not really convenient when I want to check what I have left to do or when I'm trying to pick a new book that will fit a few challenges.

I used to keep a notebook until I discovered goodreads a couple of years ago. I just can't keep track of paper and my one year old is a billy goat who likes to eat paper so I'll stay digital!

Barbara ★ wrote: "I've actually created my own group to keep track of all the challenges I'm involved in. I have a separate section for each group and that groups challenges are listed here.

Here's the link to my..."

Very Cool idea!

I plan on joining more challenges in here come Jan but I also do challenges in 5 or 6 other groups! I get so confused.

Barbara ★ wrote: "I've actually created my own group to keep track of all the challenges I'm involved in. I have a separate section for each group and that groups challenges are listed here.

Here's the link to my..."

WOW! Love your challenge group organization! And the number of challenges that you complete in a year is staggering.

I just have a Comment on my Profile page that shows all my current challenges and progress. I update the same message so I don't have ton of challenge messages.

My Challenge Log group shows all my complete challenges.

Oh I would have never thought to do a comment on your own profile, very cool.

I've tonned down to bout 50 challenges, but I'm not sure it would all fit in one post, but it would be very convieient for someone with a few challenges.

I created my own personal group to keep track of things - Lauren's Reading Obsession

I wish we could customize the homepage on GR. You know how on some sites you can add or change a section to display what you want. That would be awesome just to have your links right there...

I have an excel spreadsheet on google sheets - I have it by month. Hyperlink to each challenge and when I finish I have a section where I put my little badge next to it. May be overboard but I love it :)

I use a Word document, with all of my challenges in chronological order. That way, they're all in one place, and I don't miss a deadline because I didn't look in the right place. Under the challenge name and the start/end dates, I copy the link to my post, and I make a note of which group is running the challenge.

I don't have time to go to each of my 50ish challenges and update every time I finish a book, but I *do make time within a day or two of finishing each book to enter it into my Word doc - I include the GR link to the title, the author when needed, the date I finished and my star rating. Then when I have time to update online, all the info I need is right there, waiting to be copied.

It's taken years to tweak it to this point, but it works for me, and since I keep an automatic backup in the cloud, I'll never lose the document or my progress on all those challenges.

I have a private group here on GR and I have a topic folder for each year. Then I make a list by group name and challenge name with a link to the original post. I also have a topic folder for the book/author links.

I post a copy of each challenge in a message box. Then when updating, I can go down the line and add my link to each task that it fits. When the challenge is done, I copy and post into the original post.