Friday, November 26, 2021

2022 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge

 Another of my favorites, at GirlXOXO, is now up for next year.





JANUARY-  New To You. Celebrate the New Year with something new to you- a new genre, a new author, a new book series, a new book purchase, etc: Castle Rackrent and The Absentee--Maria Edgeworth

FEBRUARY- Girl Power. Highlighting Women! Female Authors, Fierce female characters, feminism, female body positivity, females in science/government, etc: Lean In--Sheryl Sandberg

MARCH- Buzzed About Books. Read a book you saw buzzed about a lot in 2021 but haven’t gotten around to reading it yet: The Midnight Library--Matt Haig

APRIL- Books to Screen. Read a book that has a movie or TV adaptation made based on it. For an extra challenge, watch the show after reading the book: Station Eleven--Emily St. John Mandel

MAY- Book Lovers Unite. Read a book set in a library or bookstore; with a librarian, author, or book loving character; OR a book with the word ‘BOOK’ in the title: The Little Paris Bookshop--Nina George

JUNE- Supporting PRIDE through books. Read a book by an author who is a member of the LGBTQIA+ community or a book featuring LGBTQIA+ character(s): The Summer of Jordi Perez--Amy Spalding

JULY- Summer Lovin’ – Having a Blast. This month it’s all about the beach reads, rom coms,  and/or love stories. Pick something fun and light-hearted: People We Meet on Vacation--Emily Henry

AUGUST- Quick Lit. Novellas, Graphic Novels, Poetry Collections, books under 200 pages, one sitting reads: The Adventures of Robin Hood--Philip Edwards

SEPTEMBER- Title Play. Read a book with a clever title that uses a play on words, a pun, a joke, or titles that have double meanings: The Hating Game--Sally Thorne

OCTOBER- Murder or Magic. Read a murder mystery book or a magical realism book: Mexican Gothic--Silvia Moreno-Garcia

NOVEMBER- Books in Translation. Read any book that wasn’t originally written in your native language but has since been translated to it: In the Midst of Winter--Isabel Allende

DECEMBER- The Fire is So Delightful. Read a book that has a fire, flames, candles, smoke, or burning in the title or on the cover: Little Fires Everywhere--Celeste Ng


Challenge completed on December 9

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