Chapter Adventure Reading Challenges (Formerly GXO) discussion

It's time to start planning the 2021 Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge.

I started the challenge in 2013 so even though I haven't, it still feels like I've used ever word under the sun. So this year, I'm opening it up for key word suggestions.

Please list your key word ideas in the comments below.

Thank you!

Okay, ready? Here’s what I came up with scanning my TBR list. ;)
Dark, Wild, Woods, Girl, Me, Forget, Sister, Road, Other, Angel, Trouble, Low, Crack(ed), Life, Taste, Double, Lied, Game, World, Fell, Sea, Ocean, Mercy, Hero, End, Hide, Dragon, Season, Harvest, Partner, Black (and other colors), Smile, Lace, Point, Lost, We. Maybe some author’s first names? In my opinion, using simple words like - a, the, it, and - could be repeated occasionally, especially if the other keywords may be hard to find. If you need an easy way to keep track, just put them into a spreadsheet; one word per cell, and you can sort it all kinds of ways. Alphabetize, then color code the word/cells you use so you know you’ve used them. Lots of options. (I used to work with spreadsheets for a living, so know a few tricks.) Hope this helps!

And who says you can’t reuse words? There are some that will be used in titles a lot, and some you rarely see. If you want, reuse some that were used a couple years ago, no one will complain, I’m sure. ;)

I agree with Cecil about reusing words - nothing wrong with that! Could be in different months - and it'll be interesting to compare what we read for that word (if we did it).

Cecil wrote: "Okay, ready? Here’s what I came up with scanning my TBR list. ;)
Dark, Wild, Woods, Girl, Me, Forget, Sister, Road, Other, Angel, Trouble, Low, Crack(ed), Life, Taste, Double, Lied, Game, World, Fe..."

Great suggestions Cecil! I do like using the simple words like 'it' 'and' 'or' because it's kind of gives you an easy out if you can't find anything related to the other keywords that you're interested in. I never want anyone to read something that they aren't excited about just because they're trying to fill a prompt, you know?

TJ wrote: "I agree with Cecil about reusing words - nothing wrong with that! Could be in different months - and it'll be interesting to compare what we read for that word (if we did it)."

Yes! I agree about reusing words. There are also some words that seem to be in a lot of titles and I like using those because they give you a lot of options. I actually plug each keyword into the Goodreads search bar and see how many books it brings up to determine whether it would be a good word to use or too restrictive.