2025 Reading Challenge discussion

How many books are you going to challenge yourself to read? Create your own discussion topic and tell us what your goal is. Then, throughout the year, track your progress.

How to create your discussion topic for your challenge
- Choose how many books you would like to read
- Go to the appropriate folder:

- 1-50 books
- 51-100 books
- 100+ books

- In the "topic" box, write the name of your topic (it should have both your name and the number of books you plan to read)
- In the comment box, write your first post


And you're all set! Post here if you have any questions.

Good luck to all!

I have a question.... Is not clear to me what is the exact difference between personal challenge and member corner.... I get the feeling that if I need to publish something it will be a duplicate one to the other. Can you please clarify a bit t me?

Personal challenge is where you update on the books you read throughout 2015. Member's corner is where you typically track all your challenges although, you don't need a member's corner. You can use the personal challenge to track your yearly, monthly, and quarterly challenges.

Thank you! I think i will think of just leave everything in the Personal Challenge, the reading challenge widget already tracks the amount of books I read. But I was kind of confuse between both.

what is the reading challenge widget? thanks

There's a group for 2014 and 2015 challenge, and then one for just 2015. Which one should I be posting in?

James wrote: "what is the reading challenge widget? thanks"

I'm curious about the widget as well

James wrote: "what is the reading challenge widget? thanks"

Goodreads has a widget where you put how many books you want to read and it'll track your progress. You can put the widget on your website or blog. I'm pretty sure you can check out widgets in your profile page because there are more.

Rebecca wrote: "There's a group for 2014 and 2015 challenge, and then one for just 2015. Which one should I be posting in?"

The 2015 one. Create a thread and put how much books you want to read this new year. This group's name will be changed to 2015 Reading Challenge in the New Year if you meant that.

Adriana wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "There's a group for 2014 and 2015 challenge, and then one for just 2015. Which one should I be posting in?"

The 2015 one. Create a thread and put how much books you want to read th..."

Thank you, I may have to set up a widget.

@Shay - Here's a more specific answer about widgets and where to get them: https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/3...

All right I am just not finding the spot :) Where does one sign up for 2015 Reading Challenge. I was in the 2014, it tracked my total etc on page, nice challenge logo etc. No idea where to do that for this year.

Goodreads has released their official 2015 challenge! Check it out here: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

Did mine at 4am I was the first one this year to do it lol

Krystal wrote: "Did mine at 4am I was the first one this year to do it lol"

That's awesome, Krystal!

First time doing the challenge. I just started "All i ever wanted" by Kristan Higgins.

I just signed up :) I forgot to activate that challenge last year lol

SO EXCITED TO GET STARTED

Adriana wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "There's a group for 2014 and 2015 challenge, and then one for just 2015. Which one should I be posting in?"

The 2015 one. Create a thread and put how much books you want to read th..."

Happy Birthday Adriana, thanks for your help. Happy Reading

So excited to get started. Reading my book 1 of 120 for 2015!

My goal in 2014 and moving forward is to read 1 book for each year of age (this year will be 53 haha). I try to focus on newer books and favorite authors but will track what the group here is doing as well. Just barely made it through 52 last year; full time schedule, young kids and all. So 53 books this year, starting with the new William Gibson novel.

Cary wrote: "My goal in 2014 and moving forward is to read 1 book for each year of age (this year will be 53 haha). I try to focus on newer books and favorite authors but will track what the group here is doin..."

That's a great goal, Cary! And let us know how that William Gibson book is.

Hello all, I am new here! I cannot believe I did not know about these reading challenges, being an avid reader and all. I haven't been on Goodreads as much as I like, but that is changing this year. I love to read most genres except heavy romance and erotica. I also am starting to write novels. But anyway, I am still on the first book for the year... I hope to have it finished today, as I have to return it to the library. But I have found a used bookstore in the area, so may buy my own copy. Oh and my goal is 150. I really go through books, so I set myself up for a BIG challenge! ;)

wow stormie 150 books! what an awesome goal :) i wish you luck this year!

My personal goal is 150 books this year. Last year I read about 110, so I figured it's time to amp it up a bit.

My personal goal is 30. Studying takes so much time that I don't have time or energy to read.

My personal goal is 100 books this year again since I was about 20 books short of it last year. Hoping I can make it this year.

Hi! This is my first reading challenge - but a die hard reader. I have a question -- and would appreciate any help with it. I have already read 7 books this year but they are not being counted in my challenge. Is there something I have to do?

make sure your put a date that you finished and that your status is READ... at least I think.

Hi James - the books I have read all show the date added. But they are still not showing up. Thanks for the help.

Susan wrote: "Hi! This is my first reading challenge - but a die hard reader. I have a question -- and would appreciate any help with it. I have already read 7 books this year but they are not being counted in..."

Hi Susan,

On your home page you have to mark that you are "Currently Reading" a certain book and then when you finish the book you mark it off as "Read" on your homepage. A box will pop up for you to rate the book and if you choose you can write a review. I hope that makes sense.

Susan, your books have a date added, but not a date read. If you look at this list of your books, you'll see that the "date read" column says "not set".

Jodi mentioned the easiest way for the books to get the "date read" added automatically, or you can go through and add them manually. Once your books have a "date read" that is in 2015, they will be counted for your challenge. Hope that helps!

Question, and this may have been answered..do audio books "count"?

Certainly! Anything that Goodreads counts as a book works for the challenge. That includes cookbooks, picture books, graphic novels, audiobooks, textbooks, and most other non-traditional books.

Cassandra wrote: "Certainly! Anything that Goodreads counts as a book works for the challenge. That includes cookbooks, picture books, graphic novels, audiobooks, textbooks, and most other non-traditional books."
Awesome! Thanks!

Hi, my personal goal is 52 books for 2015, one a week. I've never read that much before but this list is inspiring. It has made me reach beyond my comfort zone and choose books I would have never considered. I think I can do it! Looking forward to discussing what I've read with all of you!

can i keep my old corner? (Ana's corner)

Ana, I moved your corner to the 2015 folder.

I noticed that some lists have the title of books in a lighter color and you can click onto the title for reference, reviews, etc. I've been trying to post my list with this feature, but can't seem to get it to work. I tried the add book/author tab above this box, but that doesn't work for me either. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

Hi Mary-jo

You click on the "add book/author" tab above the box, like you did. Type in the name of the book you are looking for. Click on search. A box will open with book titles in it. Look for the book you are reading and click on add.

Okay, thanks!

Want to join the popsugar challenge.

Hi Paula, the Popsugar reading challenge isn't an official yearly challenge for us this year, but I did open up a topic in Let's Chat to discuss it with other members and track your own progress if you like.

my goal is 300 books as I m quite a fast reader. I have read 28 books since the start of the year

bloodredroad wrote: "my goal is 300 books as I m quite a fast reader. I have read 28 books since the start of the year"

Wow bloodredroad. I envy you. I wish I could read that many books in a month.

My goal is 50 and slowly coming along. Lol...
I'm almost done reading Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Very good book for a fairytale and sci-fi in one. Cinder

Julie wrote: "My goal is 50 and slowly coming along. Lol...
I'm almost done reading Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Very good book for a fairytale and sci-fi in one. Cinder"

I LOVED Cinder, the whole series is sooo good..waiting for the 4th book to come out

Mrstranck wrote: "Julie wrote: "My goal is 50 and slowly coming along. Lol...
I'm almost done reading Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Very good book for a fairytale and sci-fi in one. Cinder"

I LOVED Cin..."
I was lucky to get the next book Scarlet, Lunar Chronicles on hold at my local library. I'm hoping Cinder rebuilds her sidekick.

Hi, I'm new to this group. I have just created my personal challenge thread, Jo's 80 books for 2015. I was wondering, is there a quick way (shortcut)to get to this thread from my home page?

Hi Joanne,

Welcome to the group! The easiest way to get to your thread is to bookmark it or save it to your favourites. There is no way from Good Reads to quickly access it.