Challenge Complete: Monthly Motif

January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

Kimberly hosted  the Monthly Motif Challenge. as well as the Monthly Key Words Challenge this year. This one had 12 themes--one for each month.  I just finished the last one on Monday. Here is my list with the topics and explanations where needed.

Monthly Motifs:

JAN - Book to Movie or Audio: Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy B. Hughes [made into a move in 1947] (1/3/15)

FEB - Award Winner: Caught Dead in Philadelphia by Gillian Roberts [Anthony Award for Best 1st Mystery 1988] (2/11/15)

MAR - Genre Jumble (genre you don't normally do): The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum [Non-Fiction/Micro-History] (3/22/15)

APR -  Mystery, Murder, & Mayhem: The Ringmaster's Secret by Carolyn Keene (4/16/15)

APR - Mystery, Murder, & Mayhem: The Cavalier in White by Marcia Muller (4/18/15)

MAY - Library Love: Gods of Gold by Chris Nickson (5/23/15)

JUN - Take a Trip (set in different country): Falling Star by Patricia Moyes [England] (6/12/15)

JUL -  Standing Up [Maude stands up for her right to do a "man's job" and Maude & her friends stand up against the German spies]: Young Mrs. Cavendish & the Kaiser's Men by K. K. Beck (7/4/15)

AUG - Alternate Reality: Ringworld by Larry Niven (8/20/15)

SEP - Furry Friends: Some Buried Caesar by Rex Stout [Caesar = a bull] (9/17/15)

OCT - Goblins, & Ghosts, & Ghouls, Oh My!: The Ghost Writer by John Harwood (10/16/15)

NOV - Oldie But Goodie (Pre-2000): The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum [1900] (11/15/15)

DEC - That's a Wrap: The Monday Theory by Douglas Clark [the next book in the series that I needed to read] (12/7/15]