HAPPILY EVER AFTER discussion

Hi all,
I thought it might be fun if we shared about the Reading Challenges we participated in and/or are participating in :-)

The challenges can be in Goodreads or any other platform related to books and reading.

Thanks and Happy Reading :-)

1. A Good Thriller: 25,000 Pages Read in 2024? https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2. The Reading for Pleasure Book Club: Travel the World in Books Reading Challenge - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
3. The Reading for Pleasure Book Club: Read The Chunksters Challenge - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
4. SnagDragons - Monthly Bingo Challenge - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5. SnagDragons - Shoot for the Stars - 2024 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
6. SnagDragons - Quest For Excellence - (quarterly) Fall 2024 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
7. SnagDragons - 1...2...3...Let's Go!! Read (monthly challenge) - November 2024 - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
8. Goodreads overall annual reading challenge - https://www.goodreads.com/user_challe...
9. NetGalley Readers - Annual NetGalley ARCs Challenge - https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
10 & 11. The two you've just added here; although one of them won't start until January 2025.
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In the past, I've also participated in a lot of other challenges:
1. A to Z challenges - reading a book whose title, author first name, or author last name fit A, B, C, etc. I never managed to finish this challenge because of my ARC commitments.
2. Clear the TBR shelf - Set a goal of "X" books from your TBR to read to try to get it under better control - Quarterly or Annual Challenge
3. Challenge to get caught up on a series where you have read one or more, but not all - Annual Challenge
4. 50 US State Challenge - Read a book set 50% or more in each state and WDC. - Annual challenge - I've never completed this one in a year due to ARCS, but could try for a specific state Quarterly or something similar at a low level.
5. Rainbow Challenge - Read as many books with different colored covers as you can - Annual
6. Wedding 4x4 Challenge - The goal is to read 4 books that fit each of the 4 topics: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue. OLD - a book that's been on your physical shelf or TBR for a long time or a historical-based novel - NEW - A book published in the current year or an ARC. BORROWED: Books you've borrowed from someone or a library or books set in a library BLUE: books with a blue cover or the word blue in the title
7. Seasonal Challenge - spell-it out - Quarterly - Read Books whose first word of the title start with each letter of the season such as Fall or change the challenge up and select a related word such as Pumpkin.

MY READING CHALLENGES:

Here's the list of my Reading Challenges:

Tall, Dark & Deadly group

Monthly Challenges:

1) Dana Marton - June 2024 Deadly Author of the Month (Completed)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2) June Reading Challenge - It’s Academic! (Completed)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
3) July Reading Challenge - Baby It’s Hot Outside! (Completed)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
4) Heather Graham - August 2024 Deadly Author of the Month (Completed)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5) September Reading Challenge - Book Leaves! (Completed)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
6) October Reading Challenge - Boo! (Completed)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
7) Stacy Green - Jan. 2025 Deadly Author of the Month (Completed)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
8) Carla Neggers - Feb. 2025 Deadly Author of the Month (Completed)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
9) Melinda Woodhall - March 2025 Deadly Author of the Month (Completed)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
10) Kendra Elliot - May 2025 Deadly Author of the Month (Completed)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Yearly Challenges:

1) Armchair Detective Bingo 2025 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Happily Ever After group

1) Read Your Name Challenge #1 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2) Genre Challenge #1 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
3) Series Challenge #1 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
4) Read a Shape Challenge #1 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5) One to Ten Challenge #1 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
6) A to Z Challenge #1 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
7) Book Train Challenge #1 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
8) Book Train Challenge #2 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
9) A Book a Month Keeps the Doldrums Away Challenge #1 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
10) Clean Up Your TBR Shelf Challenge #1 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
11) Make It Bigger Challenge #1 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
12) Build a Pyramid Challenge #1 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
13) Build a Pyramid Challenge #2 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
14) Monthly Prompt Reading Challenge 2025 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Pakistani Readers group

1) Read Your Name Challenge #1 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2) Genre Challenge #1 (Ongoing)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

MY POLLS:

Here's the list of the polls I've answered/voted on for various Reading Challenges:

Goodreads Polls
https://www.goodreads.com/poll
Vote for our Jan./Feb. 2025 Deadly Authors of the Month!
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...
Vote for our March/April Deadly Authors of the Month!
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...
Vote on our July/August Deadly Authors of the Month.
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/1...

Thank you for sharing, Pam, a lot of these challenges sound amazing! I especially like the idea of the catching up on series challenge. I'll see if I can set up something similar in the group :-)

Ramla Zareen wrote: "Thank you for sharing, Pam, a lot of these challenges sound amazing! I especially like the idea of the catching up on series challenge. I'll see if I can set up something similar in the group :-)"

You're welcome. I like that one too, Ramla. I'll be looking forward to seeing what you set up.

PamG wrote: "You're welcome. I like that one too, Ramla. I'll be looking forward to seeing what you set up."

Thanks Pam I'll post it soon :-)