2026 Key Word Reading Challenge

 Another favorite, from the same hosts as the Motif Challenge.

Read a book each month with one (or more) of the key words in the title. Variations of key words are allowed. For example: Drown, Drowning, Drowned are all okay for the key word ‘drown’.

JANUARY Weekend, Keep, Ground, Door, Among, Midnight, Glitter, Highway:

FEBRUARY Lying, Ruin, Alchemy, Hoax, Blind, Chance, Flower, Sound:

MARCH Favorite, Orange, Picture, Broken, Sister, Look, Forget, Fortune:

APRIL  Mirror, Mist, Party, Stray, Light, People, Everlasting, Spell:

MAY Bright, Creek, Letter, Empire, Forever, Emerald, Wreck, Eye:

JUNE Box, Apple, Castle, Fool, Middle, Cold, Flight, Become:  

JULY Fall, Sun, Boyfriend, Thousand, Shores, Country, Confession, Society:

AUGUST Matter, Spy, Roof, Missed, Zero, Enchant, Water, Point:

SEPTEMBER Orbit, Hot, Daydream, Endure, Curse, Ice, Decay, Smile:

OCTOBER Prey, Crypt, Hollow, Dreadful, Killer, Hex, Wolf, Lore:

NOVEMBER Whistle, Quiet, Bitter, Rising, Strings, Lands, Seven, Song:   

DECEMBER Lemon, Welcome, Bake, Crush, Cafe, Taste, Cat, Kind: