2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Ilona wrote: "Nedge wrote: "Problem is I can't see how to change edition on my phone, and would like it not to revert to the default edition."

I have also not been able to find this option. Personally, I often ..."

Yes, the website is better if you want to use more features. However, the new Beta format also seems to be lacking certain things I think, but I can see that's a much better format for a phone. A confirmed Luddite, I use a desktop for email and Goodreads and still only have a talk and text plan, although those seem to be going the way of the dinosaur. I like the freedom of not being in constant contact, etc, and even carrying a cellphone feels like an invasion of that some days.

Nedge wrote: "I'd like to be able to record start/finish dates and ratings in Goodreads on my phone, either using the app or webpage."

If you go into to book through your books in the app and change the exclusive shelf for your book to the "Currently Reading" shelf, Goodreads will add the current date as your start date. (For instance, I usually have the book on my "Checked Out" shelf, and I go into that shelf to pick the book and change it to "Currently Reading.") If you then go back to the front of your books page in the app (or just choose to update progress on the website) and select "I'm finished" in the upper left corner, Goodreads will add that current date as your finished date. It works fine as long as you remember to do the update on the day of, and it won't change the edition. (Source: This is how I get almost all my reading dates in, though I do sometimes forget and have to edit on the full website.)

Nedge wrote: "I'm also curious how to select the right edition when posting a link or cover image as part of a challenge - it gives you a drop-down list to select from but I can't see the edition details."

In addition to what Ilona just said (which is new power user stuff to me - WOW Ilona!) when originally choosing the book for cover display, I always do the look up by ISBN instead of title. That way it will take you right to the edition you want instead of giving you all 10,000 covers for Alice in Wonderland or what have you.

Just curious: is anyone else having trouble approving friend requests? I have four friend requests that keep popping up even after they are approved. I have approved each one several times and as soon as I approve it the request reappears. Anyone else seeing this problem?

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "Just curious: is anyone else having trouble approving friend requests? I have four friend requests that keep popping up even after they are approved. I have approved each one several times and as s..."

Yes, there is a bug going on with the friens requests and Goodreads is aware of it.

RJ - Slayer of Trolls wrote: "Just curious: is anyone else having trouble approving friend requests? I have four friend requests that keep popping up even after they are approved. I have approved each one several times and as s..."

Yes same here. An approved friend request is still popping up, and a friend request that I denied was actually added as a friend instead! According to multiple questions on the Help site they know there’s a bug and are working on it, example: https://help.goodreads.com/s/question...

Thank you for letting me know! Thought I was going nuts.

Not really a how to do things question, but the 2024 monthly and quarterly challenge threads have disappeared. At first it was just monthly, but now the quarterly challenge has vanished, too.

Is this just me? Is it a known issue and if so, how do I fix it? I’m on the desktop (web) version. Thanks!

Regina, I think it's just from a lack of activity. I'm on the road today without a computer, but try going in through the links in the second paragraph of the Yearly, Quarterly, and Monthly Challenges - Start Here thread.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I’ll try that. Thanks.


TerryJane wrote: "Regina, I think it's just from a lack of activity. I'm on the road today without a computer, but try going in through the links in the second paragraph of the Yearly, Quarterly, and Monthly Challen..."

Sydney wrote: "I've seen other people do it and I thought it would help me but I don't know how. Some people will type a word and it will be like this and its supposed to be a link but how do I add that link to t..."

To create a link, use this format but change [ ] to < >:
[a href=URL LINK]TEXT[/a]

Please note that Goodreads does not allow you to embed outside links. I can link to a post within Goodreads using the link format, like this:
2025 Member Challenge Ideas

If you scroll down to the 2nd post within that thread, you'll see the below Google sheet URL that doesn't look clean and neat like the thread link.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Examples of other html tags allowed on Goodreads are under the (some html is ok) link at the top right of the comment box. You can click there to see how to add authors, covers, images, and formatting like bold, italic, etc.

Lastly, the above works when using your browser, not the Goodreads app, which has a lot of room for improvement.

Hope this helps!

Sydney wrote: "Ok another question. When I'm reading a book and I add it to my currently reading, the page numbers don't match. For example I'm reading Dune #1 and it has 517 pages, but on currently reading it sa..."

For this one, I went to Goodreads' Help section. (To find Help, click on your profile image at the top right, then click Help near the bottom.) There's a New User FAQ on the main Help page, as well as a search box.

Searching "how do I switch book editions" directs to this answer.

The More editions area on the book page only shows 20 choices as you scroll to the right, but if your book has more than 20 editions, you can click directly under there to Show all xx editions. (My current read has 129 editions, but I've seen some with hundreds.)

When you add the book you're Currently Reading, you might consider entering its ISBN if you have a print copy in hand. 😊

Sydney wrote: "Thank you so much!!"

Of course!

How do you add a read book to the challenge after you're done?

Hi, Alyssa. The info in the New Members - Start Here and Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here threads should help with challenges within our group.

If you mean how to add a book to your 2025 Goodreads challenge, you'll change the book's status from Want to Read, to Currently Reading, to Read and make sure to include the date you finished. If the Read date is in 2025, it will count toward the 2025 Goodreads Challenge.

Hope this helps!