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I'm just on my ipod now and I'm not sure if all have been posted. I'm pretty sure Kadijah would know though. If she isn't on before tomorrow I can check ^^ I'm the same. I wowed to only do two next year because I alwayd forget to account for the readathons I do requiring specific themes and for slumps. But then it's time for planning again and one yearly after another draw me in lol.
Actually when I checked now it seems all the planned ones where put into the calendar and it seems they are all posted now.
Winter wrote: "I'm just on my ipod now and I'm not sure if all have been posted. I'm pretty sure Kadijah would know though. If she isn't on before tomorrow I can check ^^ I'm the same. I wowed to only do two next..."I know! I had planned on a maximum of 3 but I've already exceeded that, and that's before the ones today were added, and after I had to cut it down from six! It's terrible! But I mean, it's great! It's terribly great? greatly terrible? I don't even know anymore!
Anyways, thanks for the reply, Winter :)
They are so much fun though and though I haven't completed all of them I have read more varied because of them ^^ I love the yearlies!
Lisa wrote: "Winter wrote: "I'm just on my ipod now and I'm not sure if all have been posted. I'm pretty sure Kadijah would know though. If she isn't on before tomorrow I can check ^^ I'm the same. I wowed to o..."Well I am glad to hear you are enjoying the challenges, sorry they cause so much trouble :P
I just checked, and there will be two more yearly challenges going online; the challenge created by a member around December 15 and The members tasks' challenge on January 1st
Thank you Ilona I forgot those :)
Thanks, Ilona :) I had already counted those in my considerations but "unfortunately" I needed to draw the line somewhere. As much fun as they both sound, something had to give!
Lisa wrote: "Thanks, Ilona :) I had already counted those in my considerations but "unfortunately" I needed to draw the line somewhere. As much fun as they both sound, something had to give!"Lisa, I always join all the challenges (well at least most) because I can't help myself. If I finish them great, if not, there's always next year!
Kadijah Michelle wrote: "Lisa, I always join all the challenges (well at least most) because I can't help myself. If I finish them great, if not, there's always next year! ..."True, but to keep them all updated....
I only update once a month. Not after every book. That makes it much more manageable.
Kristin wrote: "Susy wrote: "Kadijah Michelle wrote: "Lisa, I always join all the challenges (well at least most) because I can't help myself. If I finish them great, if not, there's always next year! ..."True, ..."
Yes I do monthly updates too but yet. I think I’m gonna do more elaborate updates on my pages and short ones on the Challenge pages. Gonna try that out!
Is there a thread on this group for reading sales on kindles or books online?
Orchid, if you are interested in kindle sales I would recommend BookBub or Early Bird Books, both websites send you the latest ebook deals every day.We are not keen on advertisements in the group, but feel free to send me or one of the other moderators a message if you want to promote something.
Hello Mods! I'm taking part in a book drive that benefits the Pajama Program and was wondering if it would be appropriate to post about somewhere in the group? The Pajama Program is an organization that provides pajamas and books for children ages infant-18 in shelters and foster care in the US (primarily NYC). The book drive is through theSkimm who is collecting the books. All you have to do is buy one of your favorite childhood books off Amazon and add a sweet note in the "gift receipt" to the child in mind why you love this book, and send to the address provided. I have all the links and information.
If not, that's okay! I just thought what better place to reach out to people than on Goodreads :)
Skyler wrote: "Hello Mods! I'm taking part in a book drive that benefits the Pajama Program and was wondering if it would be appropriate to post about somewhere in the group? The Pajama Program is an organizati..."
Hi Skyler, thank you for asking first, and it is totally okay to post this in our group. You may go ahead and make a topic about the book drive in our Let's Chat! folder. On the top right of the list, left of the group icon, you find "new topic", where you can fill in a title and the information.
Good luck, and let us know if you have any other questions :)
Thank you Ilona! I just posted there.
After I posted my goal for 2018 I heard about a challenge called "Let's Turn the Pages." I have tried everything I can think of to find it, but I'm not having any luck. Could you provide me with a link? I'd like to check it out. Thanks!
April wrote: "After I posted my goal for 2018 I heard about a challenge called "Let's Turn the Pages." I have tried everything I can think of to find it, but I'm not having any luck. Could you provide me with a ..."Hi April, you can find the Let's Turn Pages challenge here.
When you click on 2018 Yearly Challenges, you can see all Yearly Challenges. They're not all visible from the group's home page.
Eric wrote: "must u read a book quickly?"There are no speed-determined rules, Eric :) We have voracious readers, slow readers and everything in between. You can read at whatever pace you want, whatever you wish and how ever many books you desire :)
The only group activity that's time-limited in a way is the group reads where a time frame of a month is set as to discuss with other members. Buddy reads tend as a starting point to have a time-frame of a month depending on the book and the members participating.
I hope this answered your question :) Happy reading!
Hi. I am trying to introduce myself but my account keeps coming back with a closed introduction thread. What am I doing wrong?
Hi Hillary, welcome to the group :)Do you mean this thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ?
This one should be open to comments.
Ilona wrote: "Hi Hillary, welcome to the group :)Do you mean this thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ?
This one should be open to comments."
Ilona wrote: "Hi Hillary, welcome to the group :)
Do you mean this thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... ?
This one should be open to comments."
Thank you!!
Hey everyone, I wasn't sure where to post this as I couldn't find a recommendation thread. I'm very new here so not sure how things work. But I've always wanted to read some Agatha Christie books but never knew where to start! Is there a place here I can get recommendations without going through individual ratings? Just wondering which books are the best/good to start with. Thanks!
Issy wrote: "Hey everyone, I wasn't sure where to post this as I couldn't find a recommendation thread. I'm very new here so not sure how things work. But I've always wanted to read some Agatha Christie books b..."Hi Issy, I hear good things about And Then There Were None (still on my TBR).
We had Murder on the Orient Express as a group read this month and really liked it so a couple of us are starting the Hercule Poirot series in January if you'd like to join:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Issy If you make it over to the what are you currently reading thread I get most my recommandations from there.
HiI signed up for some challenges yesterday including: A-Z, Listopia, Colour, Bingo Card, TBR Jar, Clear the Shelf, Popsugar and the Serial Reader Challenge and i can't see them all today. Have some been deleted?
Hi all! I'm not sure if this fits here but here goes:I finished a book yesterday and later marked it as read. I expected it to count towards my 20 book goal but nothing changed, I'm still at 0 of 20.
Does anyone here have an idea what I could to to make it count?
Ingi wrote: "Hi all! I'm not sure if this fits here but here goes:I finished a book yesterday and later marked it as read. I expected it to count towards my 20 book goal but nothing changed, I'm still at 0 of..."
Did you check your date started and date finished? Date finished must be set on a date in 2018 for it to count. Just marking it as read won't make it count towards your challenge. Good luck!
Ingi wrote: "Hi all! I'm not sure if this fits here but here goes:I finished a book yesterday and later marked it as read. I expected it to count towards my 20 book goal but nothing changed, I'm still at 0 of..."
In addition to Susy's comment: Was the book marked as 'currently reading' before you set it to 'read'? Normally if you do it like that, it counts towards the challenge.
To make it count now, you can set the date finished in your review to today.
Does that help?
It was on my "Want to Read" list - don't know if that is relevant.After noticing that the book hadn't been logged towards my Challenge goal I logged it again. My second log included a start and finish date (Jan 2, 2018).
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Disregard! I finally managed to log it correctly. I opened My Books list and edited the title, set the start/finish date again.
Sorry for the confusion and thanks for your help :)
Ingi wrote: "It was on my "Want to Read" list - don't know if that is relevant."It is, if the status changes from "want to read" to "read", it will not count towards your challenge. It has to be set to "currently reading" in between.
Ingi wrote: "Sorry for the confusion and thanks for your help :) "
Anytime :)
Hi! New to Groups/Reading Challenges, so please forgive me if these have been asked before, or are dumb questions!1. I don't understand the difference in purpose between the Personal Challenges and the Member Corners. Is one just to announce how many you plan to read, and the other allows you to go into detail as desired?
2. Is there an easy way to find one's Member Corner? I made one (I think), but don't know how to find it again! Do I need to scroll through the entire list each time? I don't even remember what I called it! It would be so great if there was a way to link to it in my profile or something.
Thanks so much for your help!
Helen first off welcome to the group. Everyone here does different things with their space. My personal challenge I put all my reviews in and my corner has all the challenges I am taking part in. Hope this helps. I will find your corner and link it here the best advice I can give you is to bookmark it.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Here you go.
Thank you for your kind response, Blagica, and for the link. I'm now not sure if I even set up a Corner -- how can I tell? Was the link you sent to my corner or my challenge, or both? How did you find them? I'm not an idiot, but I'm finding the structure and navigation a bit confusing!I really just want to have a list of the books in the challenge I'm following, by category, with my progress and some thoughts about them. I think I'm getting lost in the trees. 😊
Anyway, thank you again for your help -- I really appreciate it!
Helen wrote: "Thank you for your kind response, Blagica, and for the link. I'm now not sure if I even set up a Corner -- how can I tell? Was the link you sent to my corner or my challenge, or both? How did you f..."The link Blagica sent you is your Personal Challenge, in our Personal challenge 1-50 folder. She probably found it by finding you in the list of members and checking all you comments :)
But I recommend bookmarking your personal challenge and member corner as well.
You can make a member corner the same way you made your personal topic, but then in this folder. We have a guide here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I use my member corner to keep an overview of all the books I read, buddy reads I plan and the challenges I participate in. Feel free to have a look: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I keep my personal challenge topic for book reviews and interaction with other members: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
In the end, it is your choice how you use them :)
Let us know if you have any more questions!
Hi mods, can you help out Minnie:message 4: by Minnie 3 minutes ago
Minnie Anders | 5 comments Excuse me, Susy but when I tried to delete the topic it said I needed the permission of the moderator to do so.
The only thing I can do is delete my own comments. So I'm wondering how to delete the entire topic discussion.
Thanks!
The thread she's talking about: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Thx!!
Susy wrote: "Hi mods, can you help out Minnie:message 4: by Minnie 3 minutes ago
Minnie Anders | 5 comments Excuse me, Susy but when I tried to delete the topic it said I needed the permission of the moderato..."
Done :)
Another double thread:message 4: by Emmet (new) 8 hours, 23 min ago
Emmet Kelly (3mmetKelly) | 3 commentsSusy wrote: "Hi Emmet! Do you have 2 personal threads going (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...) and are you planning on using both? Othe..."
I accidentally made the other thread, if a mod can remove it that would be great.
Thread he's asking to be removed:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Thx!
Blagica wrote: "Done =)"Thx Blagica.
I've noticed that more people accidentally made 2 threads.
They can't delete it themselves? Nickie said she had deleted hers....
I think they can delete their comments but not the actual thread if that makes sense
Blagica wrote: "I think they can delete their comments but not the actual thread if that makes sense"It does, but I can't seem to find her second thread anymore so she managed it somehow....
Blagica wrote: "I think they can delete their comments but not the actual thread if that makes sense"I'm pretty sure I deleted a double I made last year by accident. By clicking on the (edit) after whatever I had named it. Just like you can edit the title, I could click the "delete this topic".
Might be remembering that wrong though and wouldn't want to test it out with any of my existing threads or make a new topic just to test the theory out and give you Mods more to do :D
Yes Lisa if you click o edit there is a delete this thread button I had to go and look. I don't mind deleting them =)
Blagica wrote: "Yes Lisa if you click o edit there is a delete this thread button I had to go and look. I don't mind deleting them =)"Same here, feel free to message me if anything needs to be deleted.
Lisa wrote: "Blagica wrote: "I think they can delete their comments but not the actual thread if that makes sense"I'm pretty sure I deleted a double I made last year by accident. By clicking on the (edit) aft..."
Yes exactly, that’s what I told one of our members. But when he tried, he got a message that only a mod could do that. So that is the strange thing. One person seems to be able to do it but the other not...
Susy wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Blagica wrote: "I think they can delete their comments but not the actual thread if that makes sense"I'm pretty sure I deleted a double I made last year by accident. By clicking on t..."
I'm just guessing here, but it might be related with whether or not the person in question has verified their account :) Ofcourse, thankfully, we've got Mods that are more than happy to help but I agree Susy, it seems weird :)
Lisa wrote: "SI'm just guessing here, but it might be related with whether or not the person in question has verified their account :) Ofcourse, thankfully, we've got Mods that are more than happy to help but I agree Susy, it seems weird :) "This is weird indeed, but without verification members cannot even open a topic, let alone delete it..
New theory: maybe a member can only delete a topic if no-one else has commented, as they can delete their own comments, but not someone else's?
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2025 Reading Challenge
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So my question is, are there more fantastic yearly challenges that are still in the works to be posted? And if so, how many?
/Thanks in advance from an "anonymous" challenge-lover who just can't seem to say no to them :D