Monthly Key Word Challenge 2018

***Challenge Complete. See my wrap-up post HERE.***

Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block
Dates: Throughout 2018

Guidelines (quoted from announcement/sign-up page):

• Read at least one book each month whose title includes one or more of the key words for that month.
• The title you choose can be a variation on one of the key words. For example: Your title could include the word 'icicle' or 'icing' even though the key word is 'ice.'
• Key words can be tweaked. For example: You could read a book with "Bowler" or "Bonnet" for the key word 'Hat' and that would be just fine. If the key word is 'Family' then your title could include the word 'Sister' or 'Father.' If the key word is 'Food' then your title could include the word 'Cake.' 
• You may sign up any time from now until November 1, 2018. But to complete the challenge you will need to read (or have already read) books with keywords from any months missed by the time of sign-up.
• There will be a headquarters site with links for monthly reviews.
• You don't need a blog to participate. 
• Key word books should be read in the month with which they are associated. 

List of Monthly Key Words:

• See my original post about the challenge HERE.
• See my challenge wrap-up post HERE.
• See the challenge announcement/sign-up post HERE.
• See the Challenge Headquarters page HERE.

MY READING LIST:

JANUARY:
• If Morning Ever Comes. Anne Tyler (See Review)

FEBRUARY:
• Miss Zukas and the Library Murders (Miss Zukas #1). Jo Dereske (See Review)

MARCH:
• Give the Boys a Great Big Hand (87th Precinct #11). Ed McBain (See Review)

APRIL:
• Time Out of Joint. Philip K. Dick (See Review)

MAY:
• At the Mountains of Madness. H.P. Lovecraft (See Review)
• Pale Horse, Pale Rider: Three Short Novels. Katherine Anne Porter (See Review)

JUNE:
• When You Reach Me. Rebecca Stead (See Review)

JULY:
• The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot #6). Agatha Christie (See Review)

AUGUST:
• The Dead House. Billy O'Callaghan (See Review)

SEPTEMBER:
• Call for the Dead (George Smiley #1). John le Carré (See Review)

OCTOBER:
• The Night She Died (Inspector Thanet #1). Dorothy Simpson (review to come)

NOVEMBER:
• Broomsticks Over Flaxborough (Flaxborough Chronicles #7). Colin Watson (review to come)

DECEMBER:
• The Red Book of Primrose House (Potting Shed Mystery #2). Marty Wingate (review to come)


POSSIBLE  CHOICES  FOR  DECEMBER:

1. The Bell. Iris Murdoch  (1958; 322 pages)
2. The Bell at Sealey Head. Patricia McKillip  (2008; 288 pages) 
3. The Bell Jar. Sylvia Plath  (1963; 244 pages)
4. Five Red Herrings (Lord Peter Wimsey #7). Dorothy L. Sayers (1931; 297 pages)
5. Gently in Trees (Inspector Gently #21). Alan Hunter  (1974; 240 pages) 
6. The Giver. Lois Lowry  (1993; 204 pages)  
7. The Red Book of Primrose House (Potting Shed Mystery #2). Marty Wingate (2014; 274 pages)
8. The Red Box (Nero Wolfe #4). Rex Stout (1937; 189 pages) 
9. Red Harvest. Dashiell Hammett  (1929; 226 pages) 
10. A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce #3). Alan Bradley (2011; 417 pages) 
11. The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant #6). Josephine Tey  (1952; 231 pages)
12. The Red Notebook. Antoine Laurain  (2014; 240 pages) 
13. Silver on the Tree (The Dark Is Rising #5). Susan Cooper  (1977; 288 pages) 

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2018 Picture Book Challenge

***Challenge complete. See my challenge wrap-up post HERE.***

Host: Becky @ Becky's Book Reviews
Dates: January - December 2018

Click HERE for announcement/sign-up post.

Click HERE for my original post about the challenge.

Guidelines:

• Goal: To have adults read more picture books. 
• Minimum number of books = 6.

Choose an Option:

• Option 1: Read six picture books of your choice.
• Option 2: Choose one author to focus on. Perhaps read through an entire author's work. 
• Option 3: Read as few as six, or as many as you like, from the checklist below. (I'll probably be going with this option.)

Becky's Checklist:
_ 1. Title beginning with A
_ 2. Author beginning with A
_ 3. Title beginning with B
_ 4. Author beginning with B
_ 5. Title beginning with C
_ 6. Author beginning with C
_ 7. Title beginning with D
_ 8. Author beginning with D
_ 9. Title beginning with E
✓10. Author beginning with E: Feathers for Lunch, by Lois Ehlert (1996; illus. by author)
_ 11. Title beginning with F
_ 12. Author beginning with F
_ 13. Title beginning with G
_ 14. Author beginning with G
_ 15. Title beginning with H
_ 16. Author beginning with H
_ 17. Title beginning with I
_ 18. Author beginning with I
_ 19. Title beginning with J
_ 20. Author beginning with J
_ 21. Title beginning with K
_ 22. Author beginning with K
_ 23. Title beginning with L
_ 24. Author beginning with L
_ 25. Title beginning with M
_ 26. Author beginning with M
_ 27. Title beginning with N
_ 28. Author beginning with N
_ 29. Title beginning with O
_ 30. Author beginning with O
_ 31. Title beginning with P
_ 32. Author beginning with P
_ 33. Title or Author beginning with Q
✓34. Title beginning with R: The Rabbit and the Shadow, by Mélanie Rutten (2013; illus. by author)
_ 35. Author beginning with R
_ 36. Title beginning with S
_ 37. Author beginning with S
_ 38. Title beginning with T
_ 39. Author beginning with T
✓40. Title or Author beginning with U: Umbrella, by Taro Yashima (1958; illus. by author)
_ 41. Title or Author beginning with V or W
_ 42. Title or Author beginning with X or “Ex”
_ 43. Title beginning with Y
_ 44. Author beginning with Y
_ 45. Title or Author beginning with Z
_ 46. An alphabet book
_47. A counting book
_ 48. A color word in the title
_ 49. A number word in the title
_ 50. Concept book of your choice – picture book
_ 51. Concept book of your choice – board book
_ 52. bedtime book – board book
_ 53. bedtime book – picture book
_ 54. book that rhymes – picture book
_ 55. book that rhymes – early reader OR board book
_ 56. holiday of your choice – board book or early reader
_ 57. holiday of your choice – picture book
_ 58. wordless picture book
_ 59. new to you author
_ 60. new to you illustrator
_ 61. favorite author
_ 62. favorite illustrator
_ 63. free choice
_ 64. fairy or folk tale adaptation
_ 65. fairy or folk tale traditional
_ 66. a title with the word “first” in it
_ 67. a book set in the state you live
_ 68. a book set in a place you’d like to visit
_ 69. a book set in an imaginary place
✓70. a book set in the past – fiction or nonfiction: The Gardener, by Sarah Stewart; illus. by David Small (set in 1930s, during the Great Depression)
_ 71. a book set in the present
_ 72. picture book for older readers – fiction
_ 73. picture book for older readers – nonfiction
_ 74. early reader – fiction
_ 75. early reader – nonfiction
_ 76. picture book with photographs
✓77. one word title: Golem, by David Wisniewski (1996; illus. by author)
_ 78. long title (four or more words)
_ 79. oversized book
_ 80. tiny book
_ 81. a book about playing (hide and seek, tag, or peekaboo, etc.)
_ 82. a book about school
_ 83. a book about hobbies (art, dance, music, crafts, sports)
_ 84. a title that is a question
_ 85. a title that is an exclamation
_ 86. an award winner or an honor book
_ 87. a collection (of poems OR stories)
_ 88. a book with animals (fiction)
_ 89. a book with animals (nonfiction)
_ 90. a book about books or reading
_ 91. a book celebrating family
_ 92. first book in a series
_ 93. any book in a series
_ 94. book with an adventure or misadventure
_ 95. a book about a pet
_ 96. A title with the word “yes” or “no” in it
_ 97. A title with the word “big” or “little” in it
_ 98. a classic published before 1968
_ 99. a book you think should be considered a classic
_100. Out of print
_101. Library book
_102. Impulse Pick
_103. Board book published in 2018
✓104. Picture book published in 2018: Outside My Window, by Linda Ashman; illus. by Jamey Christoph

2018 Reading Challenge Announcements

As of January 1, 2018, this list is no longer being updated.
For a more recent version, see the list at A Little Reading.

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This is just a list of reading challenges announced (or in some cases, planned though not yet announced) for 2018, with links to blogs and sign-up pages.

Please NOTE: This list is NOT meant to be a complete list of ALL the reading challenges available for 2018. It's mainly just challenges that seem attractive to me. But I'm not necessarily recommending any of these — just keeping track.

Two more things. In general I'm not a fan of the "check list" type of reading challenge with a bunch of set categories — so I'll list a few, but maybe not every one of them. Also, I don't do a lot of social media hanging out, so if a challenge is being hosted primarily on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram, you probably won't find it on this list.

For more comprehensive, up-to-date lists of 2018 Reading Challenges, you can check the A Novel Challenge website or the Reading Challenge Addict website.

Challenges in red are ones I've signed up for.

1. 2018 All About the Trope Challenge | Host: The Herd Presents. 
2. 2018 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge | Host: Escape with Dollycas. 
3. 2018 A to Z Reading Challenge | Host: Megan and Crystal @ Ginger Mom. 
4. Aussie Author Challenge 2018 | Host: Booklover Book Reviews. 
5. Author Love Challenge 2018 | Host: Because Reading Is Better Than Real Life. 
6. Back to the Classics Challenge 2018 | Host: Books and Chocolate. 
7. Beat the Backlist 2018 | Host: Novel Knight. 
8. Birth Year Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Hotchpot Cafe. 
9. British Books Challenge 2018 | Host: Chelle @ Tales of Yesterday. 
10. Charity Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Becky's Book Reviews. 
11. 2018 Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge | Host: Host: Stormi @ Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My!.
12. 2018 Color Coded Reading Challenge | Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block. 
13. 2018 Contemporary Romance Reading Challenge | Host: Andi's ABCs. 
14. COYER Winter Switch | Hosts: Berls @ Fantasy Is More Fun; Michelle @ Because Reading; Stormi @ Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My!.
15. Craving For Cozies 2018 | Host: Escape With Dollycas. 
16. Creativity Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Jamie @ Whatever I Think Of!. 
17. Cruisin' Thru the Cozies Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Yvonne @ Socrates' Book Reviews. 
18. 2018 Debut Author Reading Challenge | Host: Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. 
19. Epistolary Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Jamie @ Whatever I Think Of!. 
20. 2018 European Reading Challenge | Host: Rose City Reader. 
21. Family Tree Reading Challenge | Host: Becky @ Becky's Book Reviews. 
22. 2018 Finishing the Series Reading Challenge | Host: Celebrity Readers. 
23. Follow the Clues Mystery Challenge 2018 | Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block. 
24. Foodies Read 2018 | Host: Heather @ Based On a True Story. 
25. Full House Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Kathryn T @ The Book Date. 
26. 2018 Historical Fiction Reading Challenge | Host: Passages to the Past. 
27. Humor Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Jamie @ Whatever I Think Of!.
28. Kitty Lit Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Becky's Book Reviews. 
29. Let's Read Indie 2018 Reading Challenge | Host: As Told By Tina. 
30. LGBTQIA Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Moyas Buchgewimmel. 
31. 2018 Literary Escapes Reading Challenge | Host: Escape With Dollycas. 
32. Literary Loners Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Jamie @ Whatever I Think Of!. 
33. Literary Voyage Around the World Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Gathering Books.
34. 2018 Memoir Reading Challenge | Host: Jamie @ Whatever I Think Of!.
35. 2018 Middle Grade Reading Challenge | Host: Becky's Book Reviews. 
36. Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block. 
37. 2018 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge | Host: Kimberly Lynne @ girlxoxo.com. 
38. Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block. 
39. 2018 Netgalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge | Host: Bookish Things & More. 
40. 2018 Newbery Reading Challenge | Host: Julie @ Smiling Shelves. 
41. 2018 New Release Reading Challenge | Host: Lexxie @(un)Conventional Book Views. 
42. 2018 Nonfiction Reading Challenge | Host: Doing Dewey. 
43. The Official 2018 TBR Pile Reading Challenge | Host: Roof Beam Reader. 
44. Old School Kidlit Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Katie Fitzgerald @ Read-at-Home Mom.
45. 2018 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge | Host: Everyday Gyaan. 
46. 2018 Paranormal Reading Challenge | Host: Whole Latte Ideas. 
47. 2018 Picture Book Reading Challenge | Host: Becky's Book Reviews. 
48. 2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge | Host: Popsugar.com.
49. The Purrfect Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Yvonne @ Socrates' Book Reviews. 
50. Reading Challenge Addicts 2018 | Host: Bev (of My Reader's Block) @ Reading Challenge Addict blog. 
51. Reading Naturally Challenge 2018 | Host: Hotchpot Cafe. 
52. 2018 Reading the Bible as Literature Event | Host: Roof Beam Reader. 
53. 2018 Read It Again, Sam Reading Challenge | Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block. 
54. 2018 Read the Rainbow Reading Challenge | Host: Mia Sutton. 
55. 2018 Reformation Reading Challenge | Host: Becky @ Operation Actually Read the Bible.
56. 2018 Share-a-Tea Reading Challenge | Host: Becky's Book Reviews. 
57. Strictly Print Reading Challenge | Host: Book Dragon's Lair. 
58. 2018 Try Something New Challenge | Host: The Herd Presents. 
59. Twelve Months of Books - A 2018 Reading Challenge | Host: Book Fifty. 
60. 2018 Victorian Reading Challenge | Host: Becky's Book Reviews. 
61. 2018 Victorian Reading Challenge | Host: Belle's Library. 
62. Vintage Mystery Reading Challenge 2018: Just the Facts | Host: Bev @ My Reader's Block.
63. 2018 What An Animal Reading Challenge | Host: Yvonne @ Socrates' Book Reviews. 
64. What's In A Name 2018 | Host: Charlie @ The Worm Hole. 
65. 2018 When Are You Reading? Challenge | Host: Sam @ Taking On a World of Words. 
66. While I Was Reading 2018 Reading Challenge | Host: Ramona Mead @ While I Was Reading. 
67. Wild Wild West Reading Challenge 2018 | Host: Nick Senger @ One Catholic Life. 
68. 2018 Wish List Reading Challenge | Host: Elsa @ La Cercatrice di Storie. 
69. 2018 Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge | Host: Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf. 
70. 2018 YA Reading Challenge | Host: Whole Latte Ideas.