2025 Reading Challenge discussion

It's time to set your 2021 goal!

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:

1-25 books
26-50 books
51-75 books
76-100 books
101+ books

- Click "new topic" near the top of the page



- In the "topic" box, write the name of your topic. We encourage you to come up with an original title, but it should have both your name and the number of books you plan to read.
- In the comment box, write your first post, and click “post”
- Bookmark the topic in your browser!

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

Good luck to all!

Hi Ilona. this is my first year on GR so this might be a lame question, but how and where do I create a member's corner? I'm trying to search for a discussion or a page, but unable to find anything. Do I just create a new topic?

Bibliophile wrote: "Hi Ilona. this is my first year on GR so this might be a lame question, but how and where do I create a member's corner? I'm trying to search for a discussion or a page, but unable to find anything..."

Hi Bibliophile, you can find all directions here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Please let me know if you run into any problems :)

Ilona wrote: "Bibliophile wrote: "Hi Ilona. this is my first year on GR so this might be a lame question, but how and where do I create a member's corner? I'm trying to search for a discussion or a page, but una..."

Thank you!! I actually found your previous post on that as soon as I posted my comment :P Thank you so much!

Hi Ilona, is it possible if I could create another personal challenge folder? My current one is very unorganized (OCD problems). If I can, I will delete my old one. Thank you.

Alyana Pearl wrote: "Hi Ilona, is it possible if I could create another personal challenge folder? My current one is very unorganized (OCD problems). If I can, I will delete my old one. Thank you."

Of course, go ahead. Just let me know if you want to delete your current one, you won't be able to do that yourself if there are comments from other members.

Ilona wrote: "Alyana Pearl wrote: "Hi Ilona, is it possible if I could create another personal challenge folder? My current one is very unorganized (OCD problems). If I can, I will delete my old one. Thank you."..."

Thank you. I just moved it back to the 2020 folder. You are all archiving the 2020 topics by the end of the year right?

Alyana Pearl wrote: "Thank you. I just moved it back to the 2020 folder. You are all archiving the 2020 topics by the end of the year right?."

Yes, we will archive all 2020 stuff in the first week of January :)

Hi Ilona, I am having trouble opening the appropriate folder to make my personal goal. I am using the app and it says the page is not found. Do you know how to fix it? Thanks.

Julia i faced the same issue with the app. try opening it in either chrome on the phone or on your laptop.

Julia wrote: "Hi Ilona, I am having trouble opening the appropriate folder to make my personal goal. I am using the app and it says the page is not found. Do you know how to fix it? Thanks."

My advice would be the same as Bibliophile's. The app does not support links and is not optimized for groups. Please use the desktop version of the website.

I am trying to make me a space but it keeps saying I need to verify my email. I never received an email. How do I get a new one sent to me? Thanks

Mary wrote: "I am trying to make me a space but it keeps saying I need to verify my email. I never received an email. How do I get a new one sent to me? Thanks"

Mary, to verify your email address, click on your profile picture and select Account Settings. Then navigate to your Settings tab. If your email address isn't verified, you'll see a red message next to it - click "re-send verification email" and follow the instructions in the email you receive.

If this doesn't solve the problem or if you don't see the the "re-send verification email" option, I suggest that you contact Goodreads via their contact form.

Hi I am having a problem. I am new😁and when I press how many books is in my 2021 goal it says the page can not be found. I really wanted to do this club so if anyone has a solution please reply to me

Shreya wrote: "Hi I am having a problem. I am new😁and when I press how many books is in my 2021 goal it says the page can not be found. I really wanted to do this club so if anyone has a solution please reply to me"

Hu Shreya, are you using the app by any chance? It often has problems with links. I would recommend to try again using the website.

Hi, I’m new at this and I have a question. What do I put on topic? The challenge I chose? Or what? :/

Charlotte wrote: "Hi, I’m new at this and I have a question. What do I put on topic? The challenge I chose? Or what? :/"

Most members track their Goodreads 2021 Reading Challenge, so they start with a number of books as their goal and update with every book read. Feel free to have a look at other people's topics for inspiration :)

Hello! I've tried posting in the 101+ books yearly challenge but can't seem to find my post. Have I missed something?

Kiandra wrote: "Hello! I've tried posting in the 101+ books yearly challenge but can't seem to find my post. Have I missed something?"

Kiandra, your topic had landed in the 2021 Yearly Challenges folder, but I moved it to the 101+ folder: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I have tried going into the correct folder but it keeps saying “page not found”. Is this just me?

GK wrote: "I have tried going into the correct folder but it keeps saying “page not found”. Is this just me?"

Are you using the app? It often has trouble with links. I would recommend using the Goodreads website to create your thread.

Is anyone having trouble with the stats? I have 12 books from 2020 and 1 already this year that are counted as 2 books with double the pages as a result.

The Librarians Group referred me to GoodReads support, whom I've now contacted 4 times. The first time it happened, November 25th they suggested it was "a glitch for that particular book". On December 10th, they "created a ticket so our developers can investigate this issue further".

The problem is still ongoing.

I've not changed anything about how I mark a book read since I began in 2016, and, oddly, several books in this time period have posted accurately. I mark the book 'read' and read 2020' which gave me two date boxes in the review section, I simply closed the second box. That way it still showed up on my shelves but did not skew the stats.

The problem appears to be now there the lack of the second date box in the review which I have always X’d closed.

I have tried it with my ad blocker on and off and I have repeatedly cleared my history and cache .

My 2020 stats list 176 books when I read only 159 and the pages stats list 3,645 more than I've read! 2021 is already doubled as well: one read books shows as two, 224 pages shows as 448. I'm so frustrated.

I'm beginning to think it's a waste of my time and dishonest for me to have entered the 2121 challenge.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

I've the same issue and as far as I'm aware it's the reverse, some books I'm currently reading show up as doubles.

Perhaps if more of us contact them, we could get a quicker resolution to this vexing problem.

Here's the link to Goodreads support: https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...

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summary: Goodreads Pages/stats/times read

Hi all, this sounds like a really annoying problem! Unfortunately, there is little else to do but contacting Goodreads..
One question though, could it have anything to with duplicates on your shelves?

One question though, could it have anything to with duplicates on your shelves?

Nope.

I have the automatic GoodReads 'read' shelf, and, every year since I joined GoodReads, I have added my personal 'read-year' shelf, i.e. read-2020.

When I finish a book. I mark it as both 'read' and 'read-year'
from my personal 'plan to read' page. When I review a book (I review them all!), there used to be two sets of 'dates read' boxes to fill in. I would close 1 set of boxes because I only read the book once. Following that exact same pattern since 2016, I never had this issue until this past November. Out of the 20 books I've read since then, only TWO posted correctly. It's just weird.

I am the Diamond Cowboy. My goal for the year is 200 books. Wish me luck!

Sheila here in eastern North Carolina. I'm going to take the 50-75 goal, and hopefully raise it by December. I'm new to posting on goodreads, but maybe I'll be able to get the hang of it. Wish me luck,too.

Good luck to all of you :)

Greetings, everybody. Where is the thread for personal challenges?

Zhana wrote: "Greetings, everybody. Where is the thread for personal challenges?"

Hi Zhana, this is the thread for the 2021 personal challenges. In the first post you will find links to the different folders, for different goals. You can follow the link to the folder that fits your goal and create a topic as explained above. Hope this answers your question, but please let me know if you have any further questions.