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2023 Quarterly Challenge January-March

Duration: January 1 - March 31
This thread is for participants to post their list and progress.

Only books read during the challenge period are allowed.


Guidelines:
- Read ONE book for each category (10 books in total).
- You don't have to read all ten items if you don't think you'll be able to finish in time. Please choose based on your reading speed.
- Any genres are acceptable.

1. Read a book released in either January, February or March of any year.

2. Read a book that starts with a J, F, or M.

3. New Year: read a book you meant to finish in 2022.

4. Lunar New Year: read a book with any of the Chinese Zodiac animals mentioned. (Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.)

5. School’s back: read a book mainly set in a school.

6. Australia Day: read a book with a green or gold cover (at least 50%). Bonus points for a green and gold cover.

7. Groundhog Day: read a book with an animal on the cover.

8. Valentine’s Day: read a romance book.

9. International Women’s Day: read a book with a with a female MC written by a female author.

10. End of the month: read the final book in a series.

2023 Quarterly Challenge January-March
Duration: 1/1/23 - 3/31/23
Progress: 10 of 10
Completed: 3/7/23

❤️ 1. Read a book released in either January, February or March of any year.
Promise Not to Tell by Jayne Ann Krentz (1/26/23) ~ pub. Jan 2, 2018

❤️ 2. Read a book that starts with a J, F, or M.
The Murder House by James Patterson & David Ellis (2/22/23)

❤️ 3. New Year: read a book you meant to finish in 2022.
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (1/4/23)

❤️ 4. Lunar New Year: read a book with any of the Chinese Zodiac animals mentioned. (Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.)
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (1/4/23) ~ rabbit, snake, *horse*, monkey, dog & pig

❤️ 5. School’s back: read a book mainly set in a school.
If I Die by Rachel Vincent (3/7/23)

❤️ 6. Australia Day: read a book with a green or gold cover (at least 50%). Bonus points for a green and gold cover.
by Donna Andrews (1/31/23)

❤️ 7. Groundhog Day: read a book with an animal on the cover.
by Terry Spear (3/2/23)

❤️ 8. Valentine’s Day: read a romance book.
A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean (1/25/23)

❤️ 9. International Women’s Day: read a book with a with a female MC written by a female author.
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (1/13/23) ~ MC Becky Bloomwood

❤️ 10. End of the month: read the final book in a series.
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo (1/8/23) ~ The Shadow and Bone Trilogy #3