Challenge Yourself discussion

2020
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! = 150

Authorization (Westlake) = 5

And The Award Goes To… = 20

Doorstops = 20

Boxall's 1001 to Read B4 U Die = 5

Shelving Unit (Sai King Recommends) = 10

Chain Link Fence = 31

eReader eDingus = 25

fictional genres That's Unreal/Dying to Read = 200

Double Dog Dare = 40

Home Alone = 10

World Tour = 25

Left Over Stew = 5

Reality Check Packing Heat = 15

Yearbook = 211

Reviews = 15

Second One To Know = 50

series Serial Eyes = 150

Short Cut = 25

And the Award Goes to (gca-2019) 25
Authorization (con-libertycon) 15
Doorstops (very-long) 3
Double Dog Dare (challenge) 20
eDingus (ebook) 12
Getting to Know Them (people) 10
Help Yourself (nf-self-improvement) 10
Home Alone (owned) 5
Hot Off the Press (read when new) 60
Left Over Stew (challenge-previous) 10
Reality Check (nonfiction) 50
Serial Eyes (series-first-book) 10
Shelving Unit (npr) 15
Short Cut (very-short) 20
That's Unreal (laser) 25
Where's Your Card? (library) 150

Shelving Unit (picture books): 177
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Reality Check (non-picture book nf): 24
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Back in the Saddle: 36
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Serial Eyes (sequels in a series): 48
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Home Alone (books acquired in 2019): 25
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Left Over Stew (books I own that I still want to get around to): 12
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I have no idea how to make these work

Phil On The Hill wrote: "I have no idea how to make these work"

I hope this will help and that you join us.

Review the 2020 Challenge catalog and decide which challenges that you think you would like to join in order to track your progress.

One at a time enter the desired challenges link and fill in the two areas below the summary line.

Challenge yourself to a goal of a certain amount of books to read for that particular challenge.

Place that number in the "Number of Books" box.

In the next section, name a bookshelf, or create a new bookshelf, on which your challenge will be based. It will show up on your page with your other bookshelves. (This bookshelf should hold ONLY books for this category.)

Each time you read a "challenge" book, place that book on this shelf and enter the "date read". (or place your potential books on the shelf right away.)

GoodReads will report your progress for you, displaying a "ticker" line.

No one is being graded on these challenges. They are set up to record your own personal progress. Design them as your own. And if these don' fit your challenge, let me know and I will create one for you!

This link will take you to How to Enter the Challenges, which basically says the same thing.

If you need more assistance, please let me know.

Deborah wrote: "And the Award Goes to (gca-2019) 25
Authorization (con-libertycon) 15
Doorstops (very-long) 3
Double Dog Dare (challenge) 20
eDingus (ebook) 12
Getting to Know Them (people) 10
Help Yourself (nf-se..."

Ambitious!

Elizabeth S wrote: "Shelving Unit (picture books): 177
Home Alone: 25
Left Over Stew: 12
Serial Eyes: 30
And the Award Goes To (mock-siberts): 15"

Your goals seem reasonable! Wishing you a year of easy Challenges.☺

I added a Back in the Saddle goal. I keep looking around at my personal library and thinking about all the books that want to be read again. And I upped some of my goals.

Now to actually set up the challenges and add the links!

As always, thanks to Almeta for putting this together every year.

Elizabeth S wrote: "I added a Back in the Saddle goal. I keep looking around at my personal library and thinking about all the books that want to be read again. And I upped some of my goals.

Now to actually set up th..."

Brave Girl!

Thanks for sticking with my group. Probably the most inactive one on Goodreads. No discussion required.

I do appreciated setting some sort of goals for direction. It seems that you all do too. {Even though I ignore "Home Alone".]

I have 3 challenges this year: Classics, Hot off the Press and Rosetta Stone, but only 5 books for each. I fell short of the 10 book goal I set for them last year.

Here's to a year of happy reading!!

Purple wrote: "I have 3 challenges this year: Classics, Hot off the Press and Rosetta Stone, but only 5 books for each. I fell short of the 10 book goal I set for them last year.

Here's to a year of happy readi..."

Happy Reading to you also Purple.☺

I didn't achieve all my goals in 2019 (but came close). Let's try again.

Serial Eyes: 15

Hot off the Presses: : 10 (2019/2020)

That’s Unreal: 15 (Historical Fiction)

eDingus: 10 (I have so many on my Kindle, I need to make a dent)

Doorstops: 3

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!: 10

Thanks for continuing to do this Almeta. You're list is impressive. I'm convinced you don't sleep.

Yes, Almeta, we really appreciate it! I think I'm going to add another challenge to force myself to read more poetry this year.

My goals for 2020:


Chunksters - 0/10
Double Dog Dare (Monthly Challenge) - 0/12
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! - 0/60
Home Alone - 0/5
Hot Off The Press - 0/12
Left Over Stew - 0/30
O Canada - 0/5
Shelving Unit (Twisted Trivia) - 0/55
Where's Your Card? - 0/10

Roz wrote: "I didn't achieve all my goals in 2019 (but came close). Let's try again...."

Yoda sez "Do or Do Not. There is No Try ".

Pfffft! ",~' Isn't he funny?☻

Janice wrote: "My goals for 2020:


Chunksters - 0/10
Double Dog Dare (Monthly Challenge) - 0/12
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! - 0/60
Home Alone - 0/5
Hot Off The Press - 0/12
Left Over Stew - 0/30
O Canada - 0/5
Shelving Un..."

I hope that Left Over Stew tastes good!

I have 2016 Geocaching yet to consume.

Almeta wrote: "I hope that Left Over Stew tastes good! "

I've already had one serving!

I've purged all previous unread challenge books (from 2016-2018) and am just focusing on what was left over for badge 4 of the 2019 Movie Mania challenge. That's a total of 30 books. I'm not going to aim for the 90+ books in badge 5.

Janice wrote: "Almeta wrote: "I hope that Left Over Stew tastes good! "

I've already had one serving!

I've purged all previous unread challenge books (from 2016-2018) and am just focusing on what was left over..."

Sensible.

I should do the same. If I haven't read them by now I probably don't want to. I should go take a look.