Challenge Yourself discussion

Here's the 2021 Challenge Catalog.

If you can not find one to fit your 2021 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.

Canada's provinces and territories O Canada Reading books set in or from Canada.

certain shelves Shelving Unit Reading a certain number of books from certain shelves.

classics Now That Was Classic Reading the Classics.

connecting books Chain Link Fence Reading books in connecting similarity order.

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.

GoodReads authors GoodRead AuthorsReading books written by GoodRead authors.

Group Challenge 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.

second in a series Second One To Know Reading the secod book in a series to decide whether to continue or not.

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 less than 200 pages or those with a compilation of short stories.

The 2021 Challenge Catalog is ready for you.

Let me know if I skipped something or an error was made.

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Woohoo!!!! Thank you!! :-)

Almeta, could you please check the link to Where's Your Card? It isn't working for me when I try to access it from my 2021 Goals. I copied and pasted the link but it may be missing something. The 2020 address had %20 at the end of it, and there's nothing at the end of the 2021 address. Does that make a difference? Thanks

Roz wrote: "Almeta, could you please check the link to Where's Your Card? It isn't working for me when I try to access it from my 2021 Goals. I copied and pasted the link but it may be missing something. The 2..."

https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

I was able to access it from the catalog. I also see that Jackie has already built a challenge for herself there.

I do see the "%" sign in the 2020 version, however that does not effect the 2021 version.

I've also successfully used your link in your message #3 ~ "2021 My Goals for This Year Are..."

Some quirk in the session?

I just retried it from my 2021 Goals (message 3) and it worked. I don’t know what was going on when I tried it a while ago. I kept getting a message that said the page couldn’t be found.
Anyway it’s working now. Thanks for your patience Almeta.

Once again, thanks to Almeta the Mighty. :)

I am trying to click on Now That was Classic and it's not working. Maybe it's a sign?

Purple wrote: "I am trying to click on Now That was Classic and it's not working. Maybe it's a sign?"

Actually "Classic" DID have an error. Try it now.

Roz wrote: "I just retried it from my 2021 Goals (message 3) and it worked. I don’t know what was going on when I tried it a while ago. I kept getting a message that said the page couldn’t be found.
Anyway it..."

Other groups have been complaining about Goodreads sending "over capacity" and "unable to find" messages. Speculation is that everyone is working on their 2021 goals all at once,

Maybe your experience was due to that.

Almeta wrote: "Purple wrote: "I am trying to click on Now That was Classic and it's not working. Maybe it's a sign?"

Actually "Classic" DID have an error. Try it now."

It worked! Thanks! Now, I have no excuse. I am hoping I can do one a month. I set a goal of 10 just to give myself some leeway. If I can't meet this goal this year, I am giving up on classics!

Purple wrote: ".....If I can't meet this goal this year, I am giving up on classics..."

lol! That's how I feel about "home alone"!

I put Home Alone on my list every year. Good intentions but I have yet to read one. Just collecting dust. I’ll give them one more try.

2020 did good things for my Home Alone, since for a while the library was closed.

Elizabeth S wrote: "2020 did good things for my Home Alone, since for a while the library was closed."

Smart! It was the perfect opportunity.