2021 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge [January Check-In]

Welcome to the January check-in for the 2021 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge! This month’s task is to read a book (or books) that fits the theme/motif for January. Check in here (in the comments), in our Goodreads group, on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #MonthlyMotifGXO.

The January Motif is…

ONCE UPON A TIME

“Read a book from the Fantasy, Fairytale, Mythology, or Folklore Sub Genres“

HOW IT WORKS

Your task is to read at least 1 book that fits the monthly theme/motif.
Post about what you’ve read anywhere online – your blog, Goodreads and / or social media using the hashtag #MonthlyMotifGXO
Come back to our check-in here in the comments – leave a link and/or tell us which book(s) you read, the award and year it won.

What are you reading this month?

// Comments //

Kristi

Jan 31

I just finished Till We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis. It’s a retelling of the myth of Psyche and Cupid, and I thought it was really good!

Melissa Denny

Jan 30

I read The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Curuso. I am going back and reading everything she has written!

Tanya

Jan 25

I read the young adult fantasy novel, Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger. It was my first novel of 2021 and a great #ownvoices tale.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3708867231

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