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Hi all,
I thought it might be fun to have a place where everyone can chat about Reading Challenges :-)

Have you ever participated in any challenge? Are you participating now? If not then what's stopping you? If yes then how are you doing on your challenges? What challenges are your favourites? Which ones are you struggling with? How are the challenges affecting your reading? Any challenge related thing you wish to share—your thoughts, your experiences, your goals, your progress, your triumphs, your struggles. You can do it in this thread.

If you wish to keep track of your Reading Challenges by listing them in one place then you can do so in the following thread:

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Thanks and Happy Reading :-)

My Challenge Journey So Far:

I started off by entering far too many challenges. Then I got a little worried about whether I'll be able to manage them all. Lol. However, I listed down the links to all my challenges in one place, so tracking and updating them isn't as much of an issue as I thought it would be.

They also don't cut into my reading time as I'd feared. On the contrary, they've helped me to streamline my reading process. Plus, they provide me an added incentive to get caught up on my pending books.

This doesn't mean my TBR list has reduced though, as they also tempt me to try new-to-me authors. Lol. The Deadly Author of the Month Challenge in the Tall, Dark & Deadly group has especially led me to discover some really good authors.

However, for me, the best thing about doing challenges is that it makes my reading experience a lot more enjoyable and interactive :-)

Regarding my progress: Some challenges are going better than others, but overall, I'm quite happy with my progress so far. There are a few challenges I might not be able to complete, but it's still fun to try :-)

The hardest ones for me are the Genre Challenge and the Book Train Challenge (Author). I might also face difficulties with A to Z and A Book a Month Keeps the Doldrums Away. Let's see :-)

My favourite is the Series Challenge. I wish to get caught up on several series in the next few years, and I'm hoping this challenge will help me with that. Other favourites are Read a Shape, Make It Bigger, and Clean Up Your TBR Shelf.

The above challenges are in our HEA group. Apart from them, I'm also enjoying the Armchair Detective Bingo Challenge in the Tall, Dark & Deadly group. It's hard but fun at the same time :-)

Well, this is it for now. I'll try to come here every now and then to update my challenge journey.

Best of luck to everyone who's doing the challenges and thank you for your participation :-)

Thanks for setting this chat thread up, Ramla.

I use a spreadsheet to track my challenges. It's the only way I can try to stay on top of things. I'm having more success with some than others. My ARC and other commitments limit some of my ability to close the challenges faster.

I've make good progress on the A to Z challenge (just over half-way) so I expect to finish it this year. I've also made good progress on the Book Train Challenge (both Title and Author).

I'm making decent progress on the Clean Up Your TBR Shelf and on the Build an Upright Pyramid Challenge. However, I am struggling on the Read a Shape challenges (except Vertical Line) and the Series Challenge due to the ARC commitments.

I have a few challenges in other groups:

A series readathon challenge
A chunksters challenge (books > 450 pages)
A Travel the World challenge
A Shoot for the Stars Challenge
A monthly Lets Go Read Challenge
A quarterly Quest for Excellence Challenge
A Read > 25000 pages Challenge

Good luck to everyone.

PamG wrote: "Thanks for setting this chat thread up, Ramla."

You're welcome :-)

It's nearly the end of April. How is everyone doing on their challenges? Mine are a mixed bag.

For the Series Challenge, I completed 1 series and I've gotten current on 2, but I am woefully behind on a lot of series due to the number of ARCs I'm reading. That's why my Read a Shape Challenge is not doing so well. I hope to make a dent in it in June. My May reading schedule is still full of ARCs.

My Build a Pyramid - Upright Pyramid challenge is going well. I need to read 3 more books that are the first book in a series and I will have it completed.

I've finished 18 out of the 55 possible tasks in the Clean Up Your TBR Shelf challenge.

I'm on-schedule with the Book a Month challenge.

For the Book Train Challenge - Title challenge, I need to read 2 more books and for the Author version I need to read 3 more books.

For the A to Z challenge, I need to read 4 more books. I haven't yet read books for O, V, X, or Z, but I have identified the ones I want to read for them.

For the One to Ten Challenge, I have finished 7 of 10.

For the Read Your Name, I am on my second challenge and need to read one more book to finish it.

With al of the other challenges I have going on, I chose an easy one for the Make It Bigger Challenge. I went with a Vertical Line and have 21 items in it so far.

That's a wrap for me.

I agree with what Ramla said about challenges making the reading experience a lot more enjoyable and interactive.