Reading challenges

These reading challenges always get me. I would love to compete (I think in the past I could have quite easily been in medal contention) but don't have the time -- babies tend to get fussy if their moms ignore them for too long while they read. The one above from Kate's Blog sounds interesting, but what kind of challenge should I give myself?

Here's a thought: try to read all the books by a favorite author in a row. I.e. finish all Carol Shields, one after the other. Move on to A.M. Homes, then finish up the month with all the books Barbara Kingsolver has ever written. And don't let the preceding sentence fool you -- I would never manage to get through all these books in a month! That was foolish. More like the rest of the year...