2025 Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge

In this challenge, the goal is to read 1 book per month in the assigned motif or theme. Join the challenge and read the rules here!

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the prompts

1. january: Storm, Time, Know, Return, Break, Hour, Twist, Silence/Storm Rising by Mercedes Lackey
2. february: Art, Golden, Dream, First, Club, Went, Stay, Live
3. march: Deep, Clever, Sand, Little, Happy, Date, Guest, Over: How to Fake-Date a Vampire by Linsey Hall
4. april: Rest, Days, Upstairs, Sing, Shell, Starlight, Life, Couple: The Days Are Just Packed by Bill Watterson
5. may: Lost, City, Wind, Hide, Lie, Fan, Room, Clear: Winds of Change by Mercedes Lackey
6. june: Great, Wander, Child, Mine, Book, Watch, Heart, Save: Yule Be Mine by Piper Rayne
7. july: Sunrise, Deepen, Story, Sweet, Resort, Good, Left, Ever: An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
8. august: Side, World, Sound, Trial, Word, Hotel, Now, Say⁠: Changing the World by Mercedes Lackey
9. september: Borrow, Survive, Listen, Where, Sleeping, Crash, Please, Count
10. october: Bury, Ghost, Chain, Glass, Moon, Last, One, Street/Twice in a Blue Moon by Mercedes Lackey
11. november: Tale, Final, Feast, Bloom, Cliff, Wide, Memory, Always: Always Practice Safe Hex by Juliette Cross
12. december: Fable, Flirt, Truly, Shop, Winter, Yours, Warm, Love/Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen

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1. Winds of Change by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
2. Storm Rising by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
3. Changing the World by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
4. Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren - ★★★★
5. Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen - ★★★★½
6. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten - ★★★★
7. How to Fake-Date a Vampire by Linsey Hall - ★★★★½
8. Always Practice Safe Hex by Juliette Cross - ★★★★
9. Yule Be Mine by Piper Rayne - ★★½