Hi friends! Welcome to the 2020 Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge. Here’s a little background on this reading challenge:
I (Kim) started this challenge on my original book blog: Bookmark to Blog in 2013. When Tanya and I decided to join forces and co-blog here at Girlxoxo.com I brought the Monthly Motif Reading Challenge with me but let Claudia of My Soul Called Life take over hosting for the Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge. Claudia later disappeared from the blogosphere 🙁 and no one could get in touch with her. Bev from My Readers Block decided to keep the challenge going when she couldn’t get in contact with Claudia. She’s been running it for the past two years. Bev also hosts several other yearly reading challenges, so make sure you go check those out on her blog!
For 2020, the Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge is coming back to its roots. As its creator I’m very excited to have it back! Read below for the details on this challenge and we hope you’ll choose to join us for next year…
HOW IT WORKS
~ This is a monthly challenge that runs all year long from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
~ Six “key words” are given for each month. Your task is to read 1 book that includes one or more of the key words in the title.
~ The title you choose can be a variation on one of the key words. For example- your title could include the word ‘snowing’ or ‘snowflake’ even though the key word is ‘snow.’
~ Key words can be tweaked. For example- You could read “Cinder” or “Ashes” for the key word ‘Fire’. If the key word is ‘family’ then your title could include the word ‘sister’ or ‘mother.’ If the key word is ‘food’ then your title could include the word ‘cake.’ Use your best judgement and have fun with it!
~ Please link back to Girlxoxo, Tanya, or Kim any time you post about the challenge on your blog so that we can follow along with your progress!!
~ If you post what you’ve read to social media please use the hashtag #MonthlyKeyWordGXO .
~ New This Year: A check in post will be published at the end of each month where you can see what we read for the challenge and comment with the book you chose and a link to your review.
MONTHLY KEY WORDS
JANUARY – Water, This, Hello, Sun, New, Six
FEBRUARY – Girl, Any, Love, Red, Note, Throne
MARCH – Dream, Day, In, House, Luck, Friend
APRIL – Lost, Below, City, Jewel, Night, My
MAY – Sky, Name, Blue, Book, Enchant, Is
JUNE – And, Beach, Number, Wish, Down, Word
JULY – Boy, Last, Day, Into, Dear, Summer
AUGUST – Kiss, Flower, When, Happy, North, Right
SEPTEMBER – Star, Cry, She, Window, Forever, Eye
OCTOBER – Haunt, Around, Shadow, Grave, Murder, Deep
NOVEMBER – Look, Forest, Out, Color, Lock, Now
DECEMBER – Sword, Magic, Fly, Of, Silver, Crown
SIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE
~ Sign up by commenting “COUNT ME IN” below, to participate – make sure you leave a link to your sign up post (or social media announcement) later on when you’ve posted about it! Announce your participation via your blog, Goodreads, or other social media platform using the hashtag #MonthlyKeyWordChallenge and link back to Girlxoxo.com blog or Instagram (awesomerxoxo) & (chapter_adventure).
*NOTE– We are doing away with linky’s because they have become more pain than they’re worth. You’ll need to scroll all the way to the bottom of the post to find the comment box to use instead of a linky button. Thanks!!
// Comments //
Padmajha PJ
Count me in. The announcement post is here-https://www.instagram.com/p/B6z6qelAT4N/
I’ll also be posting the reviews on the blog when possible.Thanks for hosting 🙂
Emma
Count me in please.
I notice that there is a “day” in both March and July – is one of these an error?
My IG is @lemonemmalemon
Thanks!
Jen
Count me in!
https://366andmore.blogspot.com/2020/01/happy-new-year-2020.html
Cecil Huston
Count me in! I’m going to give this a shot, the trickiest part I can see is finding a book I want with the right title! Picked one for January, so far so good!
Cecil
Count me in! I’m going to give this a shot, the trickiest part I can see is finding a book I want with the right title! Picked one for January, so far so good!
pickyprincess79
Count me in!
http://www.pickyprincessblog.com/2020/01/01/reading-challenges-2020/
Yalonda Willhoite
I’m ready! Let’s do this.
Violet Porter
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/50846936-violet?shelf=monthly-keyword-rc-2020
This is my Goodreads shelf dedicated to this challenge. I think I might already know what I want to do for this month, but it’s not set in stone yet. I have other things I’ll need to read before I get to this one.
Carolyn Dowdey
Count me in!!
Malin
I’m absolutely in. This challenge is one of the ones that makes me read more from my TBR list than probably any other, and even though I’m scaling down my reading ambitions for the next year, I need to have this challenge to motivate me to read more.
Announcement post for all my challenges will be up early in the New Year.
Emma
Much excite!
Definitely plan to use as many crossovers as I can to complete this one.
I notice you have “Day” in both March and July – is this intentional?
Linda
Count me in.
I’ll probably update on my blog or on my instagram @lindaslittlelibrary
Kristi
Count me in!
https://booksandneedlepoint.blogspot.com/2019/12/2020-reading-challenges.html
Karin
Count me in please, I am doing quite a few challenges this year so hopefully there will be a fair few crossovers. I will be updating on Goodreads as I don’t have IG, Twitter or a blog. I wanted to do this last year but really wasn’t organised enough. Thank you so much for hosting, 2020 will hopefully be my best reading year yet!
Sharon Coleman
Count me in
Jodi Knowles
Count me in…. I was looking for and fun and creative way to read more books this year and this sounds perfect!!!
Looking forward to sharing our choices!
Jessica | ReadingwithJessica
For words like “in” would “gettINg” be okay? or must it be the word “in” only?? Thanks so much!! Super excited to join this challenge!!!
Estela K
Count me in! I’ll probably use Goodreads.
Kristina Smith
@KayeElisePhotos checking in. This is my first reading challenge, so I am excited to participate. Thanks, Kristina Smith [Decatur GA]
Virginia Poepsel
Count me in! I’ll post on Instagram (mme_Poepsel), and I also ALWAYS do Goodreads reviews.
Kait
Count me in! Here’s my sign up post: https://www.kaitgoodwin.com/books/2020-reading-goals-and-challenges/ (you may not be able to view it until 12/30)
// Trackbacks & Pingbacks //
[…] Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge 2020 is a challenge where they give you six “key words” for each month. Your task is to read 1 book that includes one or more of the key words in the title. […]
[…] Monthly Keyword Challenge – Hosted by Kim and Tanya of Girlsxoxo.com. Each month has a few keywords. The title of your book that month has to have at least one of those […]
[…] Monthly Key Word Reading […]
[…] Monthly Key Word: […]