Since defining reading deliberately for myself, I’ve looked at several reading challenges for 2010 that will help me live up to the potential of my ideas. One of the challenges I’ve been pondering is CaribousMom’s Random Reading Challenge. Here is some information about this challenge:
- NO lists allowed. Books for the challenge are chosen one at a time when the mood strikes.
- Sign up at any time during the challenge period using Mr. Linky below. Please give me a direct link to your blog post about the challenge. If you do not have a blog, no worries. Simply enter your name and leave the URL box on Mr. Linky blank.
- Book reviews are not required, but if you want to write a review I will be providing a review Mr. Linky after August 1st.
- Books are selected one at a time randomly. You can check out CaribousMom’s post to find out more.
I am signing up for Level I. I thought long and hard about Levels II or III because up to two books a month is reasonable, but I don’t want it to dominate the first half of the year. The point of reading deliberately is to prevent my reading by being dominated by anything other than my own desires. My plan is to use it to make a dent in my previously requested books. I’m hoping that in and of itself doesn’t constitute a list (that just occurred to me, hmmm…). I have them tagged in LibraryThing, so I’ll use that numbering when I pick my random book. This should be a fun way to read about 13% of that list.
At this point, this and What’s In a Name?3 will be my only reading challenges. I’ve considered any number of historical fiction reading challenges, but I think two challenges is going to be my limit.


Good luck with your challenges, Jennifer!
This is the first challenge I ever signed up for right after I started blogging. I’ve really enjoyed it so far. Good luck with your 2 challenges in 2010. (I’m also signed up for What’s in a Name.)
Choosing only 2 challenges is very smart. I went a little crazy this year. Good luck!
I’m participating in this one, but I’m sucking at it. I insanely signed up for 12 books, and have only read 3. Gonna have to get moving on this one.
I’m doing this one but am still plugging away on my first book. I’m so hoping that now that the holiday are past, I can really get back to my reading. It’s too cold to do anything else!
LOL… that’s how I’ve always read, which I why I’ve gone to planning just about every book to read for the whole year, as well as making list monthly and trying to hit that. It would seem that I need a little organization.
Good luck with both of your challenges
I’m doing the What’s in a Name?3 Challenge, too. I’ve made a list for that already, too 
Wow – only two challenges! Good for you. You are my hero when it comes to Reading Deliberately but I guess I should have followed your minimalist example when it came to challenges. Good luck with your reading year.
You should consider joining the Go Review That Book! group on LT – it’s not exactly random, but it is someone else picking your next read for you – and you can have them pick from whatever tag you’d like.
This sounds like a good challenge and goes right with reading deliberately.