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How to Link Your Member's Corner Post to a Challenge Thread (2022 edition)The linking described below is optional for those of you/us who can't resist joining multiple challenges. If you're tracking a challenge outside this group in your Member's Corner thread, you can also create a link in your Member’s Corner thread to your post in the other group, or vice versa.
The more challenges you join, the more time you might have to spend organizing your reads for each challenge and updating your challenge progress. After signing up for a challenge, you track your challenge in your original (sign-up) post by recording your books read and current progress (books read/books pledged), but track the details of your challenge in your corresponding linked post in your Member’s Corner.
To inform the challenge leader of your progress, post a new comment that includes your original msg # and current progress.
If you've created your own Member's Corner to manage your various challenges, you can save time and effort by creating links between your Member's Corner posts and your original (sign-up) posts in the corresponding challenge threads.
This allows you to post your books/pages read in only your Member's Corner.
We'll use the Let's Turn Pages Challenge as an example, but the following steps work for any challenge.
(1) First, you need to have already signed up for Let's Turn Pages and created a Let's Turn Pages post in your Member's Corner.
Open two browser tabs, one for each thread.
(2) At the Let's Turn Pages thread
Go to your original (sign-up) post, right-click the time stamp in the upper right corner of that post, then choose the dropdown menu's option to copy the post's link ("Copy link address" for Chrome; this option’s wording varies with the browser).
(3) At your Member's Corner thread
Go to your Let's Turn Pages post and click "edit" at the bottom right corner of that post to allow editing.
Position your cursor where you'd like your link to be, then right-click to "Paste" the link to that spot.
Congratulations! You no longer need to list your books in both your original message in that challenge thread and your Member's Corner thread, because your new link directs the viewer to the corresponding post in your Member's Corner.
Probably the wrong place, but I have a question about Genre Bingo.In order to have another bingo do we have to do another book for the same genre or is that marked off forever? if we did it vertical/horizontal and then wanted to do it diagonally.
Thanks!
Courtney, I don't read the same gerne once it's marked off. I think of it as in ordinary bingo, if it was, say the number 10, then it's only called once.
Lisa wrote: "Courtney, I don't read the same gerne once it's marked off. I think of it as in ordinary bingo, if it was, say the number 10, then it's only called once."thanks!
Courtney wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Courtney, I don't read the same gerne once it's marked off. I think of it as in ordinary bingo, if it was, say the number 10, then it's only called once."thanks!"
You're welcome :)
Btw, for future reference, you can post questions regarding a specific challenge in that particular challenge. The challenge leaders are usually really good at clearing up any doubts :)
Hi Mods. A question, unable to find any info on that. When would we have a page for Quarterly Challenges? Q1 is approaching, do we have any specific challenge or group reads for Q1? Sorry if i've missed that link.
Thank you :)
Bibliophile wrote: "Hi Mods. A question, unable to find any info on that. When would we have a page for Quarterly Challenges? Q1 is approaching, do we have any specific challenge or group reads for Q1? Sorry if i've ..."
The Q1 challenges can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group.... There are no specific group reads for each quarter, we only have monthly group reads.
2021 Color Challenge - R-O-Y-G-B-I-VAre the rules the same for these? They just need to have the color on the cover, or in the title? Is the challenge, just to do these in the first & in order?
What about colors in the author's name?
Tresdivas wrote: "2021 Color Challenge - R-O-Y-G-B-I-VAre the rules the same for these? They just need to have the color on the cover, or in the title? Is the challenge, just to do these in the first & in order?
..."
Tresdivas, for the color challenge it is all about the cover. As an extra challenge, you could do colors in titles of books. You don't need to read the books in a certain order. For all info regarding the color challenge, please see the first post.
The first two posts in this thread have been updated for 2021.Cheers!
oshizu wrote: "How to Link Your Member's Corner Post to a Challenge ThreadThe linking described below is optional for those of you/us who can't resist joining multiple challenges. If you're tracking a challeng..."
Hi oshizu, thank you for these instructions! I'm sorry for the dumb question but I got confused reading through the steps. If I copy the link from my Challenge thread sign up post, and paste it into my Member's Corner challenge post, then viewers can navigate from my Member's Corner to the Challenge thread. But if the intention is to only list the books in my Member's Corner, how would viewers in the Challenge thread know how to navigate to my Member's Corner to view that list?
Again, sorry if I read this the wrong way around but I want to make sure I get it right as I'm hoping to participate in a couple of group challenges this year :)
Hello El!The steps I provided actually help someone viewing your original (sign-up) post in a challenge thread to the corresponding post in your Member's Corner thread. For that purpose, you could add some text so that the viewer knows where the link goes. I'll use my own thread (I only use a Personal Challenge thread without a Member's Corner) as an example:
Detailed book list here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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The linking steps I described above is for folks who don't want to manage book list for a challenge both in their Member's Corner and in their sign-up post in the challenge thread itself. If you only want to list your reads for a challenge in your Member's Corner, then please add a link in your original sign-up post in the challenge thread to your Member's Corner post.
You can absolutely create links from your Member's Corner post to the various challenge threads as well. These links would be for your own personal use and are entirely optional. If you browse my thread, you'll see that I've linked each of my challenge posts to my corresponding sign-up post in its challenge thread.
oshizu wrote: "Hello El!The steps I provided actually help someone viewing your original (sign-up) post in a challenge thread to the corresponding post in your Member's Corner thread. For that purpose, you could..."
Thanks for your quick response oshizu! I think we are talking about the same thing, all good now :)
For the Serial Reader challenge - I have a bad habit of starting a new series by picking up a book from the New Books shelf, reading it, discovering its part of a series and then going back and reading more. My question is: if I start a new series with book 4, does that go under "Starting a new series" or "Moving a series along?" Thanks!
Kim wrote: "For the Serial Reader challenge - I have a bad habit of starting a new series by picking up a book from the New Books shelf, reading it, discovering its part of a series and then going back and rea..."Kim
It's generally best to post questions about a specific challenge in that challenge's thread so that the challenge leader will be sure to see it. Since I happen to be challenge leader for Serial Reader, however, here's what I think.
It's up to you how you categorize your books. I am only tracking the number of books you read.
So whatever helps you keep organized regarding the series you're reading.
Last month, I accidentally read Book 2 of a new-to-me series. I categorized it as Part of a Series and I'm not sure I'll go back to read Book 1.
Hi Oshizu!How goes your Spring?
How do I locate January 2021 Marathon post? I posted my books read there, but they weren't updated in my 'Let's Turn Pages' challenge. I really do not want to re-enter those books again.
Can you help me?
Gwen S. wrote: "Hi Oshizu!How goes your Spring?
How do I locate January 2021 Marathon post? I posted my books read there, but they weren't updated in my 'Let's Turn Pages' challenge. I really do not want to r..."
Hello Gwen S!
Here's the link to the January 2021 Marathon challenge.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
For future reference, past monthly and quarterly challenges for the current year remain in their respective 2021 Monthly Challenges and 2021 Quarterly Challenges folders until January of the following year.
Happy updating, Gwen! (is that an oxymoron?)
oshizu wrote: "How to Link Your Member's Corner Post to a Challenge ThreadThe linking described below is optional for those of you/us who can't resist joining multiple challenges. If you're tracking a challeng..."
Hi Oshizu, I'm trying to learn all the linking business for my Member's corner so that I am ready to go when 2022 begins. Can you check that i have followed the correct format when linking the TBR Jar challenge to my signup post? Or should I have linked the main challenge post then added my sign up post to my members corner? or have I just confused myself completely?? LOL
Bonnie D's Book Party
Hello Bonnie!Your 2nd post's link works perfectly. Great job!
However, your 3rd post's link leads me to a missing page. You'll probably want to delete that third post eventually.
As for where you add your links and books, that's entirely up to you.
For Let's Turn Pages, for example, I only post monthly summaries of books reads and pages turned in my sign-up thread plus a link to my challenge thread.
In my challenge thread, i have lists by month of each book read and their page count. This way, I only have the detailed list in one post.
This is also due to the way I update my challenges. After finishing a book, I go through all my challenges and update them.
So I prefer linking from my personal thread to each challenge thread. But, in cases where I don't feel like posting challenge details in both my personal thread and the official challenge thread, I'll add a link in my sign-up post, too. Does that make sense?
I'll post an example from my Let's Turn Pages sign-up post.
As you see, I have links both ways.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
oshizu wrote: "Hello Bonnie!Your 2nd post's link works perfectly. Great job!
However, your 3rd post's link leads me to a missing page. You'll probably want to delete that third post eventually.
As for where yo..."
Thank you. I think i have got it figured out. might forget after a night's sleep and come back to ask you again lol. Thank you so much for your help!
First of all, my warmest wishes to all of you for a fantastic reading year in 2022.Secondly, I have updated the first two posts of this thread for 2022. Besides minor editing, I've replaced all the thread links to their 2022 versions.
Happy reading, fellow book lovers!!!
Our group has a wide variety of challenges. These challenges will help motivate you to reach your reading goal for the year, expose you to new books and authors, and bring you into contact with other members of the group. We hope you will join us!
When can I sign up for a challenge?
All of our challenges are limited-duration challenges. Once a challenge’s specified duration ends, that challenge is over. The good news is that all the challenges are posted at least a month in advance, allowing you time to plan your reading ahead of time.
You can join a challenge after its start date and retroactively count any qualifying books you’ve already read. Let’s say you join a 1st Quarter challenge on February 5th. Since it runs from January 1st to March 31st, you may count any qualifying books for that quarterly challenge that you previously finished reading between January 1st and February 5th.
How do I join a challenge?
Simply go to the challenge thread then post a comment to inform the challenge leader of your goal.
The second post of each challenge thread provides instructions on how to participate. In addition, each challenge has a leader who both facilitates the smooth running of the challenge and tracks the reading progress of all participants.
In all of our challenges, you set your own reading goal in terms of tasks, books, or pages turned. We all read at different paces, but we can each choose a personally suitable goal. Some participants prefer to start out with a modest goal, since it can always be increased later. Also, there’s no shame in lowering a challenge goal, either; we all know that real life can sometimes disrupt the best-laid reading plans.
It’s fine to sign up for a challenge before deciding on your challenge goal. In that event, your challenge leader may temporarily give you a minimum goal at their discretion. Once you determine your goal, simply post another comment (which includes the number of your original post) to pledge your reading goal for the challenge.
Most participants use their original (sign-up) post to state their current progress and list all the books they’ve read for a challenge. Another option is to state one’s current progress then post a link to the actual book list in one’s Member Corner thread.
Sample sign-up post:
Please sign me up for 10 books.
0/10
Which books qualify for my challenge?
Pay close attention to the rules of each challenge you join. Some challenges only count a single book per prompt (like PopSugar), while others allow you to read multiple books per prompt.
Within one challenge, each qualifying book may count toward only one prompt. If you participate in multiple challenges that overlap in time, however, that same book may count toward multiple challenges. For example, I’ve signed up for two yearly challenges and a Q1 quarterly challenge, then read a book that satisfies a different prompt in each of the three challenges during 2022’s first quarter. In this scenario, that book will count toward all three challenges.
Why isn’t my progress being updated on the Participants’ List?
The challenge leader tracks and updates the progress of a challenge’s participants based on their update comments, not by checking everyone’s original (sign-up) posts.
To have your progress updated, please post a comment with your original (sign-up) message number and your current progress, using the format below.
Update to msg x: (current progress)/(challenge goal)
If you posted an update comment but your progress wasn’t updated, you may have forgotten to share your current progress or you posted a list of books without tallying your own progress. If it seems like your comment was simply overlooked, just message your challenge leader.
Please remember that the challenge leaders of all of this group's challenges have real-life demands on their time, just like you do. After you post a progress update, your progress in the Participants List will not be updated immediately.
What if I change my Goodreads user name?
Be sure to inform the challenge leader of any challenges you’ve joined, either by posting in the challenge thread or sending a message. This will ensure that they can continue to smoothly track your challenge progress.
After a challenge ends, may I still update my progress?
Once a challenge ends, its challenge leader will stop checking the challenge’s thread after about a week for a monthly or quarterly challenge, or after roughly 10 days for a yearly challenge. If having your challenge progress listed on the Participants’ List matters to you, be sure to post your final progress for the challenge in a timely manner.
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If you would like to join a challenge and have a question on how to participate, you can post your question in that challenge's thread and the leader or one of the mods will be happy to answer it.
Click the links below to check out all the official challenges hosted by our group:
2022 Monthly Challenges
2022 Quarterly Challenges
2022 Yearly Challenges