Anne’s Comments (group member since Dec 26, 2014)

Anne’s comments from the 2017 Reading Challenge group.

This is the folder for discussions about books from the different genres in the challenge. Topics are in a different folder to make it easier to find everything.

There will be a discussion thread for each category, so please post your books there rather than starting a new discussion.


Thanks!

This is the folder for the categories having to do with people and the things they do. Fiction and non-fiction books are welcome in any category.

There will be a discussion thread for each category, so please post your books there rather than starting a new discussion.


Thanks!

This is the folder for discussions about books that fall into the different time periods. They can be either published during that time, or about that time period - it's up to you!

There will be a discussion thread for each category, so please post your books there rather than starting a new discussion.


Thanks!

Update:

Goodreads only allows 100 folders, so I am deleting folders from the 2015 challenge.

The discussion topics are not deleted, but are put into the "general" folder. I'll move them into a new folder that houses all of the 2015 challenge discussions, but that won't happen until after the 2017 challenge is completely set up.

In the meantime, you can click on the little arrow to collapse the "General" folder.

Kathy wrote: "I'm just going to read the books from my extensive reading list. Hope that's okay! :)"

Absolutely! I think a lot of us read what we want, then see where it fits in the list.

Over the next couple of days I'll create folders for the different categories. Hang tight!

Martha wrote: "I googled 2017 Reading Challenge Goodreads and this is what I got. I just thought that they had changed it. One would think that you could sign up for the official reading challenge before midnight..."

I was finally able to sign up for the official challenge a short time before midnight. I'm not sure why they make you wait so long.

Welcome to our challenge group!

Hello everyone!

There seems to be some confusion - I'm seeing a lot of questions about the challenge that appear to refer to the official Goodreads challenge, where you state how many books you want to read and as the year goes on you can see if you're behind or ahead, etc.

Once your time zone hits midnight, you should be able to see the official 2017 challenge.

This is a group is a home-grown challenge that started two years ago as the Pop Sugar challenge, but has morphed a bit each year.

All are welcome to play along!

But we have nothing to do with the official challenge.

Laura wrote: "Has the challenge changed? I"m looking for the place to set my goal with the icon as in year's past. Please let me know"

Are you talking about the Goodreads official challenge? I don't think you can do that until January 1st.

Linda wrote: "My goal is 20 books. I was looking for the challenge that we had in 2016 where we could put what books we want to read and completed. Will that template be coming out."

Because the list is so long and people are approaching the challenge differently, I thought that each of us could create our own template here. It looks like several people have pulled the categories they want to read and started their list. Some of us might be doing it more hit or miss - I plan to add the categories as I go because I'm not sure which ones I'll end up reading!

I hope this helps.

Happy New Year!

I'm glad that so many of you are happy with the list. It's great to hear how each of you are tailoring the challenge to meet your own needs. I'm already thinking of books I have here at home that I'll be reading in the first days of 2017, and how they'll fit into the list.

Cheers!

2017 Goal (total) = 100 books
Challenge books = 50+ categories

20/50

A book from the 1960's -
A book that teaches you something -
A book about scientists -
A book from the 1970's -
A book about the outdoors -
An audiobook -
A book with pictures -
Man Booker Prize Winner -
A science fiction book -
A book that’s under 150 pages -
Book from the 1700’s -
A book of short stories-
A book with a child narrator -
A book with a color in the title -
A crime novel -
A book with a one-word title -
A book about computers or computing people -
A book about pilots or flying -
A book with an interesting title -
A book with a three-word title -

Martha wrote: "I like the challenge and its flexibility. I'm going to do the 25 from the Odds and Ends portion (A Book About Slavery is entered twice). Some of these overlap in other challenges so I think that I ..."

Fixed it! The travails of copy&past (and so close together). Thanks!

Chris wrote: "Anne wrote: "You're welcome to join a different challenge group. There are plenty out there and I'm sure there's another that would better suit your needs. "

Thank you, Anne. I am aware of that, h..."

Fair enough. :-)

It's been a crappy year. Especially the last couple of weeks. Not that other people haven't had a crappy year either... I'm just short on everything at the moment.

I appreciate your opinion, and I also believe that anybody can take the categories and make of them what they will. An easy challenge or a difficult challenge. Everybody approaches it a bit differently.

Chris wrote: "Sorry but this seems a bit complicated and really not a challenge at all. It's almost like asking you to read any book you want. Where's the challenge in that?

I appreciate you have put time and e..."

You're welcome to join a different challenge group. There are plenty out there and I'm sure there's another that would better suit your needs.

Part of the fun of this group is that it's low pressure. Over the last two years I noticed that there were particular frustrations about certain categories and people's inability to finish the challenge, which led to different levels and different approaches.

When I asked for volunteers to take over in August, only one person stepped up. It so happened that both she and I were very busy with personal things and unable to put in the hours of time it takes to organize the challenge.

Keep track of your reading progress here!

Start a comment for yourself, and edit the comment to add each book and category as you finish. Similar to the 2016 template, but there is not master template because everyone will be reading a different combination of categories.

Example:

- A classic
- A graphic novel


etc. etc.

DON'T GIVE UP!

I just posted the challenge for 2017. Thanks so much for your patience. This year has been, well... 2016.

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Don't give up on us yet! The last few weeks have been a bit sucky, but I appreciate that everybody really wants the challenge to go on. With that in mind, here is the plan for 2017:

Challenge levels - 25, 50 and 50+ books, you choose which one is for you along with the categories you want from a list of over 100 categories. No wild cards.

I was thinking to limit the list to 100 categories, but there are have been so many great suggestions (and I'm sorry if I've missed yours, I will probably add a few more in the early days as I go back over the suggestions). I believe that that goal in these reading challenges is to read "outside the box" and that's different for all of us. For some of us, we're trying to read books about topics or in genres we wouldn't normally read. Others of us may be going for the number of books read, but still want to vary what we read. The following list should meet the needs of everyone, and still allow us to ignore the categories we really hate! Haha. My hope is that you all continue to have fun and find your personal success with the challenge.

Here then is a rather long list of categories. I can't promise that there aren't duplicates that I've missed, or that some categories might seem exactly like others. Let me know if you catch something egregious (or just pretend you didn't notice). There should be a bit of something for everyone here!


Read books either published during or that takes place in the following time periods:

Book from the 1500’s
Book from the 1600’s
Book from the 1700’s
Book from the 1800’s
Book from 1900-1909
Book from 1910-1919
Book from 1920’s
Book from 1930’s
Book from 1940’s
Book from 1950’s
Book from 1960’s
Book from 1970’s
Book from 1980’s
Book from 1990’s

Different kinds of people and the things they do

A book with a villain
A book with a hero
A book about a person that inspires you
A book by a comedian
A book with a character with a job similar to your own
A book about a family
A book about children
A book with an eccentric character
A book about an artist or art
A book about teachers or teaching
A book about pilots or flying
A book about dancers or dancing
A book about actors or the theatre
A book about athletes or sports
A book about fishing or fisherman
A book about ministry or ministers
A book about computers or computing people
A book about inventors
A book about farmers or farming
A book about lawyers or the law and application of the law
A book about writers or writing
A book about explorers or exploration
A book about policing or detection and related
A book about housekeeping or housekeepers
A book about politicians
A book about military people
A book about investigators
A book about collecting or collectors
A book about journalists or journalism
A book about environmentalists
A book about scientists
A book either by or about someone notorious
A book with a child narrator

Genres and Topics

A funny book
A crime novel
A mystery
A psychological thriller
A classic romance
A modern romance
A book about the outdoors
A holiday book
A horror or creepy book
A memoir/biography/autobiography
A religious book
A book of poems
African American literature
YA novel
A classic
A paranormal book (vampires, werewolves, ghosts, etc.)
A dystopian novel
A graphic novel
A play
A self-help book
A science fiction novel
Historical fiction
A book about health or medicine
A psychology book
A book based on a true story
A book of short stories
A gothic novel
A neo-fairy tale
A chick-lit book
A philosophical novel
A fantasy
A non-fiction book
A book about science
A book about war (or set during a war)
A book with/about animals
A book about slavery
A steampunk novel
A travel book
A book about a well-know bad event (ex: holocaust, salem witch trials, west baptist)
A book about books
A book involving a trial
A book with LGBT theme
A book about mental illness
A book about friendship


Odds & Ends

A book with a food in the title
A staff pick from a library or bookstore
The last book on your Goodreads TBR
A book cover that's your favorite color
A book you found in a thrift store
A book with a season in the title
A book with pictures
A book becoming a movie in 2017
A book by your favorite author
A book about a difficult topic
A NYT bestseller (any year)
A book that covers a character’s lifespan
A beach read
A book that’s under 150 pages
A book that’s over 500 pages
A book you never read from your childhood
A book with an interesting title
A book that was free
A book published this year (2017)
A book with a number in the title
A book with a color in the title
A book with a one-word title
A book with a three-word title
A book set in a different country
A debut novel
A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet
A book recommended to you
A Pulitzer Prize-winning book
A Man Booker prize winner
An award winning book (any award!)
A book that scares you
A book with antonyms in the title
A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit
A book set in the future
A book with magic
A book by an author you’ve never read before
A book you own but have never read
A book that was originally written in a different language
A book written by an author with your same initials
A controversial book
A book for professional development (for you)
A book written by someone born the same year as you
A book with a month name in the title
A book set in your favorite season
A book everyone is reading aka cult novel
A book about a different culture
A book published the year you graduated high school
A book that you can’t stop thinking about afterwards
A book that you disliked but finished
A book that teaches something
An audio book

Natália wrote: "Hello guys, sorry for not dropping by before now, but finals had been stressing the hell out of me and time was not on my side at all. Me and Ann have been talking about the challenge and we've com..."

Whew! I'm so glad you've weighed in here. I was feeling bad for not doing so, things were busy. Now my husband is having health issues so I have even less time than before. THANK YOU!!!

Regine wrote: "Is there a due date by which we should have the suggestions submitted?"

Not really - but expect some information soon!