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This is the anchor post where I will keep track of my progress for the Girlxoxo Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge this year. Each month, I will list the word(s) that I chose from the list and the book that matches the prompt. 

I will keep track of them here, but my plan is to also post quarterly updates with small blurb reviews.

If you want to join the challenge, sign up with Girlxoxo on their site!

January – Keyword “all” – We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

February – Keyword “book” – People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

March – 

April – 

May – 

June – 

July – 

August – 

September –

October – 

November – 

December – 

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I want to explore my whole collection, not just the first couple of shelves, this year, and I think this challenge will help me do that. I’ll list books that match each letter (one author and one title for each) as I finish them. My anticipated goal is to update this post by listing the book (title and author) and occasionally (Monthly? Every other week? We’ll see.) post updates that include blurbs of the books I’ve completed since the previous update.

I’ve linked each book to the post where I wrote the review (either the challenge update where I listed it for the first time or, if I write a longer review elsewhere, to that page).

A

Alive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

B

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

C

The Castlemaine Murders by Kerry Greenwood

The Postmistress of Paris by Meg Waite Clayton

D

Dear Bob and Sue by Matt and Karen Smith

Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz

E

Excuse Me While I Disappear by Laurie Notaro

F

Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

G

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Winter Recipes from the Collective by Louise Glück

H

How To Be Perfect by Michael Schur

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

I

The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne

J

Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry

The Friend Zone and The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

K

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

L

Lucky Turtle by Bill Roorbach

Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón

M

Marie Kondo’s Kurashi at Home 

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

N

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

O

The Opposite of You by Rachel Higginson

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

P

The Pisces by Melissa Broder

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Q

Queen of the Flowers by Kerry Greenwood

R

A Rhythm of Prayer, edited by Sarah Bessey

S

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

T

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby

Women Talking by Miriam Toews

U

V

Verity by Colleen Hoover 

W

A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

X

Y

Z

Welcome Home by Najwa Zebian

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