Monthly MOTIF Reading Challenge 2023 ✅

 


Monthly MOTIF Reading Challenge
Hosted By: Kim and Tanya of Girlxoxox
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Dates: Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023

Summary of rules/details:
A Motif (theme) is given for each month.  Read 1 book that fits the motif for that month. Check in and post monthly on the GoodReads group page

COMPLETED 12/6 

Motif Themes:

  • Jan- New Year, New Direction ~ one or more directional words in title (into, over, out, behind, left, down, South, etc.)
    • Broken Places & Outer Spaces by Nnedi Okorafor
    • Down The Hatch by M.C. Beaton
  • Feb- If You Have a Garden and a Library ~ book with a plant or flower on cover
    • The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero
  • March- Animal, Number, Color, Name ~ one of these in the title 
    • The Darling Dahlias And The Naked Ladies by Susan Wittig Albert
    • The Mao Case by Qiu Xiaolong
  • April- I Like Big Books ~ book over 400 pages or over 14 hours for audiobook
    • The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
  • May- In It To Win It ~ involves a game of some sort
    • The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
  • June- Take the Plunge ~ set on or near a body of water
    • Maplecroft by Cherie Priest
  • July- I Need Only One Word ~ one word title
    • Unbirthday by Liz Braswell
  • Aug- A Book and A Song ~ book with same title as a song
    • So This Is Love by Elizabeth Lim 
  • Sep- Speculative Stories ~ speculative fiction subgenre (a book with elements that don't exist in the real world)
    • Dead Voices by Katherine Arden
  • Oct- Spellbinding or Spooktacular ~ spooky or magical book 
    • Pecan Pies and Homicides by Ellery Adams
  • Nov- Around OR Out of this World ~ set in a country other than where I live OR in space OR on another planet
    • I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith 
  • Dec- White Out~ book with a wintery setting or mostly white cover.
    • Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger

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