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It can be for any reading challenges you're doing - not just ours.

2021 - TANYA PATRICE Reading Challenge Plans

JANUARY
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book from the Fantasy, Fairytale, Mythology, or Folklore Sub Genres. Snow White and Rose Red by Ed McBain
+ Monthly Key Word - End, Princess, Dance, Midnight, Court, Why, Winter, Story. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
+ Book Award - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (2010 Alex Awards)

FEBRUARY
+ Monthly Motif - Read a relationship story, romance, comedy, or feel good contemporary. The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
+ Monthly Key Word - Over, Edge, Rain, Blade, Red, Come, None, Glass.
+ Book Award - Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (2018 Alex Award)

MARCH
+ Monthly Motif - Countries and Cultures. Read a book set in a country, or about a culture, that’s different than your own and that you’d like to learn more about - Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino (set in Osaka, Japan)
+ Monthly Key Word � Dear, Ink, Mercy, Fly, Lost, Never, Match, True. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (re-read)
+ Book Award - Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny (2020 Audie Award winner for Best Male Narrator)

APRIL
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book that features food, restaurants, cafes, cooking, or baking, on the cover or in the story - Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li
+ Monthly Key Word� Last, Watch, Save, Girl, Sun, Tell, Garden, Tomorrow. The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
+ Book Award - The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2007 Pulitzer)

MAY
+ Monthly Motif - Read a Middle Grade book - Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
+ Monthly Key Word� Away, Wait, Book, Raven, Lake, Angel, Nine, Island.
+ Book Award - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2008 Pulitzer)

JUNE
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book featuring a garden, nature, country, or harvest setting or plot. -
+ Monthly Key Word � Beneath, Crown, Sing, Rule, Earth, Find, Happen, Cruel.
+ Book Award

JULY
+ Monthly Motif - Read a novella, comic, graphic novel, manga, or short book of poetry - Drowned Country by Emily Tesh (novella)
+ Monthly Key Word � Ever, Shine, Gone, Search, Wood, Under, Road, Like.
+ Book Award

AUGUST
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book featuring any kind of magic, illusion, super powers, or enchantments. -
+ Monthly Key Word� One, Secret, Will, Tree, Blue, You, Flame, Thousand.
+ Book Award

SEPTEMBER
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book with a school setting, featuring a student or educator OR read a book to educate yourself on a topic you’re interested in learning more about. -
+ Monthly Key Word� Country, House, Top, Man, Wild, Sweet, Once, Wake.
+ Book Award

OCTOBER
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book that has a gray, black, and/or white cover OR a book that shows a shadow on the cover. -
+ Monthly Key Word� Fear, Night, Silent, Wicked, Hidden, Bones, Lied, Ghost.
+ Book Award

NOVEMBER
+ Monthly Motif - Read a mystery- cozy, detective, spies, true crime, whodunnit, or the like. -
+ Monthly Key Word� Again, Loud, Star, Stay, Air, When, Since, Race.
+ Book Award

DECEMBER
+ Monthly Motif - Read a historical fiction book or a book about a true historical event. -
+ Monthly Key Word� Cold, Room, Life, Bell, Kiss, Dream, Until, Drink.
+ Book Award

Here’s what I have for 2021 so far, with 2 - 5 alternates for each category. Don’t know which books we will read for our book club till each month.
JANUARY
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book from the Fantasy, Fairytale, Mythology, or Folklore Sub Genres. - Fire by Kristin Cashore
+ Monthly Key Word - End, Princess, Dance, Midnight, Court, Why, Winter, Story. - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
+ Book Club book - City of Thieves by David Benioff

FEBRUARY
+ Monthly Motif - Read a relationship story, romance, comedy, or feel good contemporary. - Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen
+ Monthly Key Word - Over, Edge, Rain, Blade, Red, Come, None, Glass. - Rain Will Come by Thomas Holgate
+ Book Club Book - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

MARCH
+ Monthly Motif - Read something about Countries or Culture -
A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming
+ Monthly Key Word � Dear, Ink, Mercy, Fly, Lost, Never, Match, True. - The Lost Man by Jane Harper
+ Book Club Book - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

APRIL
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book that features food, restaurants, cafes, cooking, or baking, on the cover or in the story - One Poison Pie by Lynn Cahoon
+ Monthly Key Word� Last, Watch, Save, Girl, Sun, Tell, Garden, Tomorrow. - The Girl Beneath the Sea by Andrew Mayne
+ Book Club book - The Authenticity Project by Claire Pooley

MAY
+ Monthly Motif - Read a Middle Grade book - The Goldfish Boyby Lisa Thompson
+ Monthly Key Word� Away, Wait, Book, Raven, Lake, Angel, Nine, Island. - The Boy and the Lake by Adam Pelzman
+ Book Club book - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

JUNE
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book featuring a garden, nature, country, or harvest setting or plot. - The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
+ Monthly Key Word � Beneath, Crown, Sing, Rule, Earth, Find, Happen, Cruel. - The World Beneath by Rebecca Cantrell
+ Book Club book - Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey

JULY
+ Monthly Motif - Read a novella, comic, graphic novel, manga, or short book of poetry. - I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider (Graphic Novel)
+ Monthly Key Word � Ever, Shine, Gone, Search, Wood, Under, Road, Like. - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
+ Book Club book - Recursion by Blake Crouch

AUGUST
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book featuring any kind of magic, illusion, super powers, or enchantments. - Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris
+ Monthly Key Word� One, Secret, Will, Tree, Blue, You, Flame, Thousand. - Trust No One by Debra Webb
+ Book Club book - The Night Watchmanby Louise Erdrich

SEPTEMBER
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book with a school setting, featuring a student or educator OR read a book to educate yourself on a topic you’re interested in learning more about. - The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
+ Monthly Key Word� Country, House, Top, Man, Wild, Sweet, Once, Wake. - The Chestnut Man by Søren Sviestrup
+ Book Club book - T/C

OCTOBER
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book that has a gray, black, and/or white cover OR a book that shows a shadow on the cover. - Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
+ Monthly Key Word� Fear, Night, Silent, Wicked, Hidden, Bones, Lied, Ghost. - A Cry in the Night by Mary Higgins Clark
+ Book Club book - T/C

NOVEMBER
+ Monthly Motif - Read a mystery- cozy, detective, spies, true crime, whodunnit, or the like. - Alone by Lisa Gardner
+ Monthly Key Word� Again, Loud, Star, Stay, Air, When, Since, Race. - Since We Fell by Dennis LeHane
+ Book Club book - T/C

DECEMBER
+ Monthly Motif - Read a historical fiction book or a book about a true historical event. - The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham
+ Monthly Key Word� Cold, Room, Life, Bell, Kiss, Dream, Until, Drink. - Cold Waters by Debbie Herbert
+ Book Club book - T/C

JANUARY
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book from the Fantasy, Fairytale, Mythology, or Folklore Sub Genres. The Girl in the Tower
+ Monthly Key Word - End, Princess, Dance, Midnight, Court, Why, Winter, Story. The Midnight Library
+ Book Award - Red, White & Royal Blue (Alex Award 2020)

FEBRUARY
+ Monthly Motif - Read a relationship story, romance, comedy, or feel good contemporary. Heartstopper: Volume Two
+ Monthly Key Word - Over, Edge, Rain, Blade, Red, Come, None, Glass. Come Tumbling Down
+ Book Award - The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise - Cybil for Middle Grade in 2019

MARCH
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book about a different culture or set in a different country than your own. - When Stars Are Scattered
+ Monthly Key Word � Dear, Ink, Mercy, Fly, Lost, Never, Match, True - Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
+ Book Award - Emergency Skin - Audie Award for Science Fiction 2020

APRIL
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book that features food, restaurants, cafes, cooking, or baking, on the cover or in the story - A Pho Love Story
+ Monthly Key Word� Last, Watch, Save, Girl, Sun, Tell, Garden, Tomorrow. Beneath the Sugar Sky
+ Book Award - Down the River Unto the Sea (best novel, Edgars, 2019), Bluebird, Bluebird (Best novel, Edgars, 2018) , The Cabin at the End of the World (superior achievement, Bram Stoker, 2018)

MAY
+ Monthly Motif - Read a Middle Grade book - Karma Moon: Ghost Hunter
+ Monthly Key Word� Away, Wait, Book, Raven, Lake, Angel, Nine, Island - The Book of Accidents
+ Book Award - Redshirts (Locus Best SF Novel 2013)

JUNE
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book featuring a garden, nature, country, or harvest setting or plot. - The Night Gardener
+ Monthly Key Word � Beneath, Crown, Sing, Rule, Earth, Find, Happen, Cruel. - The Girl Beneath the Sea
+ Book Award - Middlegame

JULY
+ Monthly Motif - Read a novella, comic, graphic novel, manga, or short book of poetry. - Heartstopper: Volume Three
+ Monthly Key Word � Ever, Shine, Gone, Search, Wood, Under, Road, Like Through the Woods
+ Book Award - The Chain (2020 Thriller Awards Best Hardcover)

AUGUST
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book featuring any kind of magic, illusion, super powers, or enchantments. -
+ Monthly Key Word� One, Secret, Will, Tree, Blue, You, Flame, Thousand. You Have Arrived at Your Destination
+ Book Award - Harrow the Ninth Hugo 2021

SEPTEMBER
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book with a school setting, featuring a student or educator OR read a book to educate yourself on a topic you’re interested in learning more about. -Check, Please!, Book 2: Sticks & Scones
+ Monthly Key Word� Country, House, Top, Man, Wild, Sweet, Once, Wake. House of Secrets
+ Book Award -The Starless Sea Dragon Awards 2020 Best Fantasy

OCTOBER
+ Monthly Motif - Read a book that has a gray, black, and/or white cover OR a book that shows a shadow on the cover. -The ShadowsScary Stories for Young Foxes
+ Monthly Key Word� Fear, Night, Silent, Wicked, Hidden, Bones, Lied, Ghost. Survive the Night
+ Book Award - Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening British Fantasy Awards 2017

NOVEMBER
+ Monthly Motif - Read a mystery- cozy, detective, spies, true crime, whodunnit, or the like. -The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
+ Monthly Key Word� Again, Loud, Star, Stay, Air, When, Since, Race -
+ Book Award-

DECEMBER
+ Monthly Motif - Read a historical fiction book or a book about a true historical event. -Hamnet
+ Monthly Key Word� Cold, Room, Life, Bell, Kiss, Dream, Until, Drink. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
+ Book Award-

2021 Reading Challenge Plans- C.J. Molis
JANUARY
� Monthly Motif - Read a book from the Fantasy, Fairytale, Mythology, or Folklore Sub Genres.
o The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
� Monthly Key Word - End, Princess, Dance, Midnight, Court, Why, Winter, Story.
o The Princess Bride“The Princess Bride�
� Book Award
o Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

FEBRUARY
� Monthly Motif - Read a relationship story, romance, comedy, or feel good contemporary.
o To All the Boys I've Loved Before
� Monthly Key Word - Over, Edge, Rain, Blade, Red, Come, None, Glass.
o Moon Over Manifest
� Book Award

MARCH
� Monthly Motif - Read something about Countries or Culture �
o The Kite Runner
� Monthly Key Word � Dear, Ink, Mercy, Fly, Lost, Never, Match, True.
o The Lost Hero
� Book Award

APRIL
� Monthly Motif - Read a book that features food, restaurants, cafes, cooking, or baking, on the cover or in the story
o The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
� Monthly Key Word� Last, Watch, Save, Girl, Sun, Tell, Garden, Tomorrow.
o Stargirl
� Book Award

MAY
� Monthly Motif - Read a Middle Grade book
o Charlotte's Web
� Monthly Key Word� Away, Wait, Book, Raven, Lake, Angel, Nine, Island.
o Treasure Island
� Book Award

JUNE
� Monthly Motif - Read a book featuring a garden, nature, country, or harvest setting or plot.
o The Secret Garden
� Monthly Key Word � Beneath, Crown, Sing, Rule, Earth, Find, Happen, Cruel.
o Where the Crawdads Sing
� Book Award

JULY
� Monthly Motif - Read a novella, comic, graphic novel, manga, or short book of poetry. �
o Of Mice and Men
� Monthly Key Word � Ever, Shine, Gone, Search, Wood, Under, Road, Like.
o Gone Girl
� Book Award

AUGUST
� Monthly Motif - Read a book featuring any kind of magic, illusion, super powers, or enchantments.
o Vicious
� Monthly Key Word� One, Secret, Will, Tree, Blue, You, Flame, Thousand.
o Me Before You
� Book Award

SEPTEMBER
� Monthly Motif - Read a book with a school setting, featuring a student or educator OR read a book to educate yourself on a topic you’re interested in learning more about.
o The Perks of Being a Wallflower
� Monthly Key Word� Country, House, Top, Man, Wild, Sweet, Once, Wake.
o The Call of the Wild
� Book Award

OCTOBER
� Monthly Motif - Read a book that has a gray, black, and/or white cover OR a book that shows a shadow on the cover.
o The Princess Saves Herself in This One
� Monthly Key Word� Fear, Night, Silent, Wicked, Hidden, Bones, Lied, Ghost.
o Tender Is the Night
� Book Award

NOVEMBER
� Monthly Motif - Read a mystery- cozy, detective, spies, true crime, whodunnit, or the like.
o One of Us Is Lying
� Monthly Key Word� Again, Loud, Star, Stay, Air, When, Since, Race.
o The Sun Is Also a Star
� Book Award

DECEMBER
� Monthly Motif - Read a historical fiction book or a book about a true historical event.
o The Grapes of Wrath
� Monthly Key Word� Cold, Room, Life, Bell, Kiss, Dream, Until, Drink.
o The Dreamers
� Book Award

I've never done this. excited, but reserve the right to change mt mind. lol

January
� Motif:  Fantasy, Fairytale, Mythology or Folklore (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)

� Keyword:  End, Princess, Dance, Midnight, Court, Why, Winter, Story (The Midnight Library)

� My list: (The Daughter of Moloka'i)

February
� Motif: Relationship,  Romance, Comedy or Feel good contemporary (The Rosie Result)

� Keyword:  Over, Edge, Rain, Blade, Red, Come, Glass (One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest)

� My list: (The Four Agreements)

March
� Motif:  Countries or Culture (What the Wind Knows)

� Keyword: Dear, Ink, Mercy, Fly, Lost, Never, Match, True (The Lost Girls of Paris)

� My list:(Frankenstein or Pope Joan)

April
� Motif: Food, Restaurants,  Cooking, Cafes, Baking on cover or in story (32 Yolks)

� Keyword: Last, Watch, Save, Girl, Sun, Tell, Garden, Tomorrow  (The Last Train to Key West)

� My list:  (In Five Years)

May
� Motif: Middle Grade read (Wind in the Willows)

� Keyword:  Away, Wait, Book, Raven, Lake, Angel, Nine, Island (Treasure Island)

� My list: (Sold on a Monday)

June
� Motif: Setting/Plot is Garden, Nature, Country or Harvest (The Overstory)

� Keyword:  Beneath, Crown, Sing, Rule, Earth, Find, Happen, Cruel (Beneath a Scarlet Sky)

� My list: (A Year of Marvellous Ways)

July
� Motif: Novella, Comic, Graphic Manga, Short story or book of poetry (A Light in the Attic)

� Keyword:  Ever, Shine, Gone, Search, Wood, Under, Road. Like (A Long Way Gone - Memoirs of a Boy Soldier)

� My list: (Lady Clementine)

August
� Motif: Featuring Magic, Illusion, Super Powers or Enchantment (The Magician's Nephew)

� Keyword:  One, Secret, Will, Tree, Blue, You, Flame, Thousand (One by One)

� My list: (The Weight of a Piano)

September
� Motif:  School setting, student or educator; or a book to educate me (Educated)

� Keyword: Country, House, Top, Man, Wild, Sweet, Once, Wake (Wild)

� My list: (Finding Martha's Place)

October
� Motif:  Gray, Black or White Cover; or has a Shadow on the cover. (Frankenstein or Looking for Alaska)

� Keyword: Fear, Night, Silent, Wicked, Hidden, Bones, Lied, Ghost (The Silent Sister)

� My list: (A Good Neighborhood)

November
� Motif: Mystery, Cozy, Detective,  Spies, True Crime or Whodunit (Verity)

� Keyword:  Again, Loud, Star, Stay, Air, When, Since, Race (The Giver of Stars)

� My list: (Anxious People)

December
� Motif:  Historical Fiction or based on a true Historical Event (Papillon)

� Keyword:  Cold, Room, Life, Bell, Kiss, Dream, Until, Drink (The Room on Rue Amelia)

� My list: (Christmas on the Island or some Christmas book)

Sheila wrote: "I've never done this. excited, but reserve the right to change mt mind. lol

I reserve the right to change my mind too. Lol!

Hey all! I just joined the group and am busily looking up books, so I don't have a plan yet, but I have lots of ideas so far. There's one thing I wanted to bring up. I was trying to use Google or Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ to look up books for the monthly key word and was having a heck of a time finding what I wanted. Then I hit on the brilliant (for me anyway) idea of just doing a title search with that word in my local library's catalog. Ending up with hundreds if not thousands of entries can be daunting, but sorting it by date of publication makes it much easier.

January
Monthly Motif - Once Upon a Time: The Invisible Library
Key Word - dance: Dance of Death
2021 Coretta Scott King Book Award: R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

February
Monthly Motif - Laughter and Love: Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Key Word - blade: The Blade Between
2018 Andrew Carnegie for Excellence Award: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me

March
Monthly Motif - Countries and Cultures: The Mountains Sing
Key Word - match: Matchmaking Can Be Murder
2020 National Book Critics Circle Award: Hamnet

April
Monthly Motif - Books on the Menu: Eat a Peach
Key Word - sun: Black Sun
2020 Stoker Award: Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors

May
Monthly Motif - Magnificent Middle School: Finally, Something Mysterious
Key Word - nine: Nine Perfect Strangers
2019 Nebula Awards: A Song for a New Day

June
Monthly Motif - The Great Outdoors: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Key Word - sing: SING

July
Monthly Motif - Short but Fabulous: Deadman Wonderland, Vol. 1
Key Word - gone: They're Gone

August
Monthly Motif - Bag of Tricks: Steel Crow Saga
Key Word - you: Destined for You

September
Monthly Motif - Back to School: Educated
Key Word - wake: Alex's Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and a Journey of Remembrance

October
Monthly Motif - Lurking in the Shadows: Marked
Key Word - lied: This Is How I Lied

November
Monthly Motif - In the Library with the Candlestick: Farm to Trouble
Key Word - since: Since We Fell

December
Monthly Motif - That's History: The Ladies of the Secret Circus
Key Word - until: Until It's Over

And there you have it, one hot mess and lots of reading. =)