2018
Monthly Motif Reading Challenge! Click on the link for full details.
For this challenge, each month is assigned a motif or theme. Your task is to
read one book per month that fits in with the assigned motifs…I've listed my
tentative choices below.
JANUARY – Diversify Your Reading
Kick the reading year off right and shake things up. Read a book with a character (or written by an author) of a race, religion, or sexual orientation other than your own.
Kick the reading year off right and shake things up. Read a book with a character (or written by an author) of a race, religion, or sexual orientation other than your own.
Catalog
of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay (1/11/18)
FEBRUARY – One Word
Read a book with a one word title.
Read a book with a one word title.
Avalanche
by Kay Boyle (2/8/18)
MARCH – Travel the World
Read a book set in a different country than
your own, written by an author from another country than your own, or a book in
which the characters travel.
Dog
Will Have His Day by Fred Vargas [France] (3/4/18)
APRIL – Read Locally
Read a book set in your country, state, town, village (or has a main character from your home town, country, etc)
Read a book set in your country, state, town, village (or has a main character from your home town, country, etc)
Death
of a Hoosier Schoolmaster by Marlis Day [set in Indiana] (4/10/18)
MAY- Book to Screen
Read a book that’s been made into a movie or a TV show.
Read a book that’s been made into a movie or a TV show.
Rear
Window by
Cornell Woolrich (5/22/18)
JUNE- Crack the Case
Mysteries, True Crime, Who Dunnit’s.
Mysteries, True Crime, Who Dunnit’s.
The
Hellfire Conspiracy by Will Thomas (6/1/18)
JULY – Vacation Reads
Read a book you think is a perfect vacation read and tell us why.
Read a book you think is a perfect vacation read and tell us why.
The
Trouble in Hunter Ward by Josephine Bell (7/18/18)
AUGUST- Award Winners
Read a book that has won a literary award or a book written by an author who has been recognized in the bookish community.
Read a book that has won a literary award or a book written by an author who has been recognized in the bookish community.
A
Very Private Enterprise by Elizabeth Ironside [1984 John Creasey New
Blood Dagger Award] (8/16/18)
SEPTEMBER- Don’t Turn Out The Light
Cozy mystery ghost stories, paranormal creeptastic, horror novels.
Cozy mystery ghost stories, paranormal creeptastic, horror novels.
Supernatural
Sherlocks by Nick Rennison, ed (9/30/18)
OCTOBER- New or Old
Choose a new release from 2018 or a book known as a classic.
Choose a new release from 2018 or a book known as a classic.
Death of a Peer by Ngaio Marsh [classic, vintage mystery] (10/3/18)
NOVEMBER- Family
Books where family dynamics play a big role in the story
Books where family dynamics play a big role in the story
Five Alarm Funeral by Stewart Sterling (11/3/18)
DECEMBER- Wrapping It Up
Winter or holiday themed books or books with snow, ice, etc in the title or books set in winter OR read a book with a theme from any of the months in this challenge (could be a theme you didn’t do, or one you want to do again).
Winter or holiday themed books or books with snow, ice, etc in the title or books set in winter OR read a book with a theme from any of the months in this challenge (could be a theme you didn’t do, or one you want to do again).
TBD
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