Having enjoyed my first random selection (which I sped through much quicker than I thought), I have now randomly selected 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'. This is another book that I have always intended to read but always passed on for something else.
Since I Have limited my list to 20 books, I have a second list which I will use to add new books to the list if I am stuck for choice. I have also put a few ground rules in for myself to keep the list a little less biased toward my favourite authors and to give me a better choice.
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Author can only appear in list once
One book should be a Dud (don't really want to read but gives exposure to new book)
One book should be a re-read (I have so many I want to read again but never get round to)
At least one book should be a 'classic'
New book to be added to bottom of list - remaining shift up the list
Include an author from MobileRead
Book to be selected using http://www.random.org/
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While I have always enjoyed reading, I have found that this method has added a little more excitement back into reading as I never really know what I am going to read next. I always imagine that there will be times that I ignore the list for a specific book that I want to read (such as a release of a new book by a fave author), but the list is mainly for when I am indecisive...
If you care to see the list as it stands I have the spreadsheet
here