2023 Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge Sign-Ups

Welcome to the 2023 Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge! We’re so excited to be back for another year of reading with you!

HOW IT WORKS

~ This is a monthly challenge that runs all year long from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.

~ Eight “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 that month.

~ Synonyms and different suffixes are allowed. For example, if the keyword is ‘Lake’ you may also use the words ‘Lakes’, ‘Water’, ‘Sea’, ‘Ocean’. If the keyword is ‘Run’ you may also use the words ‘Running’, ‘Ran’, ‘Runs’.

~ A check in post will be published here on the blog, in our Goodreads GXO Reading Challenges group and on Instagram each month. The challenge is also posted to Storygraph.

CHALLENGE COMMUNITY

~ Please properly credit and link back to Girlxoxo or @Chapter_Adventure any time you post about the challenge on your blog or social media.

~ If you post what you’ve read to social media please use the hashtag #MonthlyKeyWordGXO.

~ If you are on Goodreads consider joining our GXO Goodreads Reading Challenge Group. You can get book suggestions, do progress check-ins and meet other challenge participants.

MONTHLY KEY WORDS (Linked to Monthly Check-Ins)

JAN – Crown, Girl, Whisper, Black, Heart, Guide, All, Ever

FEB – Please, Might, Return, Shy, Vanish, Book, Ash, Come

MAR – Crimson, Beyond, Friend, Cry, Wait, Six, Run, Woods

APR – Vicious, Ask, Wind, Found, Circle, Broken, Beneath, Drown

MAY – Dragon, Day, Chain, Another, Thousand, Begin, Stolen, And

JUN -Bridge, Everything, Blue, Why, First, Wild, Luck, Tomorrow

JUL – Final, Clock, This, Way, Poison, Summer, Future, Kiss

AUG – Dangerous, Again, Best, Chase, How, Flower, Date, Together

SEP – Sign, With, Just, Lies, Grace, Enough, Sleep, Name

OCT – Old, After, Take, Shadow, Monster, Haunt, Darkness, Of

NOV – Paris, Hidden, Sparrow, Realm, Two, Fair, Street, Say

DEC – Silver, Wish, Forgotten, Dance, Also, My, Fate, Dream

TRACKING YOUR PROGRESS

~ Monthly Check in Blog Posts will be linked below as soon as they’re posted. You can check in there, on our GXO Goodreads Reading Challenge Group, on Storygraph, or Instagram using the hashtag #MonthlyKeyWordGXO.

SIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE

~ Sign up to participate by using the linky below!

~ Announce your participation via your blog, Goodreads, or other social media platform using the hashtag #MonthlyKeyWordGXO and link back to Girlxoxo.com or tag us on Instagram (@chapter_adventure).

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Kim and Tanya

Kim and Tanya

Kim is a librarian - professor - ancient history nerd - mom to 2 little boys - Utah native - digital archivist - British comedy and detective show junkie - outdoor lover. Tanya is an avid reader - teenage boy wrangler - husband tamer - adventure seeker.

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// Comments //

  1. Kat

    Jan 31

    Excited to try something new!

  2. Carla

    Jan 27

    I am in and will post my announcement later today. Something different for me this year.

  3. i’m back again! signed up for you fun reading challenge. now i need to find my books that qualify for january!

  4. Malin

    Jan 10

    I’ve signed up, although your sign-up page doesn’t seem to allow me to get past the “Add Thumbnail”, so I don’t know if it’s actually been registered. My blog is http://kingmagu.blogspot.com/

  5. Rissa

    Jan 03

    Very excited!

  6. Suzy

    Dec 30

    Looking forward to getting back into this challenge!!

  7. Can’t wait to start! I’ve just finished going through my Kindle and matching books up to each month’s words!

  8. Cinzia

    Dec 29

    One of my favourite challenge! I’m in!

  9. Betsy White

    Dec 09

    I love this idea so much!! I am in!!

  10. Tina H

    Nov 25

    Looking forward to this challenge again 🙂 Thanks for hosting again

  11. Sorry – I added my profile twice feel free to delete on.

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