Reading challenge wrapup 2013 - Monthly Keyword Challenge

Kimberly Lynne over on Bookmark to Blog hosted the Monthly Keyword Challenge this year.

The guidelines:
- The title you choose can be a variation on one of the key words. For example - your title could include the word 'snowing' or 'snowflake' even though the keyword is 'snow'.
- Key words can be tweaked. For example - you could read "Cinder" or "Ashes" for the key word "Fire" and that would be just fine. If the key word is 'family' then your title could include the word 'sister' or 'mother'. If the key word is 'food' then your title could include the word 'cake'.

While some of the books may have been blogged in a different month, they were all read in the correct month of the year.

January:
Firelight (key word: fire)
Crown of Embers (key word: fire)
The Snow Queen (key word: snow)

February:
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (key word: love)
The Dust of 100 Dogs (key word: animal)
The Way to a Duke's Heart (key word: heart)
Out Stealing Horses (key word: animal)
The Diamond Age (key word: diamond)

March:
Luck in the Shadows (key word: luck)
The Mislaid Magician (key word: magic)

April:
The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls (key word: home)
The Figwort Family (key word: flower)
The Shadow of the North (key word: shadow)
Briar Rose (key word: flower)
Snow White and Rose Red (key word: flower)

May:
Across the Nightingale Floor (key word: bird)
Anna Karenina (key word: name)

June:
The Light Between Oceans (key word: sea)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (key word: sea)
Fly by Night (key word: fly)

July:
It Happened One Midnight (key word: night)
Beauty and the Spy (key word: spy)
Summer Knight (key word: night)
About Last Night (key word: night)

August:
The Chocolate Touch (key word: food)
Breadcrumbs (key word: food)
The Broken Kingdoms (key word: broken)

September:
Flowers from the Storm (key word: storm)
Raw Blue (key word: blue)
Scoundrel's Kiss (key word: kiss)
Anna and the French Kiss (key word: kiss)

October:
Murder Mysteries (key word: death)
Three Parts Dead (key word: death)

November: several of books with the relevant key words were read in other months of the year, but due to a heavy work load, I seem to have completely missed out on actually hitting the target here.

December:
These Broken Stars (key word: star)

I hadn't actually realised until I compiled the list that I'd missed out on reading a key word book for November in the actual relevant month. Am really annoyed that I failed to hit at least one book a month now.