January 2023 challenge

[Sheila]

Wow! Can you believe it is 2023? It came fast. I achieved my reading goals and then some for 2022. I read 403 books and 47,919 pages and cleaned off 157 books from my TBR pile. This year I want to read 300 books and 45,000 pages. So onto 2023's first challenge.

1. Read a book whose author's surname begins with F.
2. Read a classic.
3. Read a book with the word NEW in the title.
4. Read a book with a state name in the title.
5. Read a book on an unusual topic.
6. Read a book about science.
7. Read a children's book.
8. Read a book you have been wanting to read but keep putting off.
9. Your choice.

[Sheila]

Well, here's my list of books:

9/9, 36 books

1. Read a book whose author's surname begins with F.--Fire Break by Hope Malone--finished 1/1/2023
2. Read a classic.--The Wild Party by Joseph Moncure March--finished 1/20/2023
3. Read a book with the word NEW in the title.--The Algonquin Kid: Adventures Growing Up at New York's Legendary Hotel by Michael Elihu Colby--finished 1/6/2023
4. Read a book with a state name in the title--Life on the Mississippi by Rinker Buck--finished 1/31/2023
5. Read a book on an unusual topic.--Egg: A Dozen Ovatures by Lizzie Stark--finished 2/21/2023
6. Read a book about science.--Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach--finished 1/4/2022
7. Read a children's book.--Fire Ants by Adam K. White--finished 1/14/2023
8. Read a book you have been wanting to read but keep putting off.--It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis--finished 6/19/2023
9. Your choice.--Christmas Traditions, Truths and Total Baubles by Nick Page--finished 1/2/2023

BONUS:
One Night by Vonne B--finished 1/3/2023
Christmas Wishes by Joann Baker and Patricia Mason--finished 1/5/2023
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan--finished 1/7/2023
The Christmas Bear by B. N. Rundell--finished 1/8/2023
Prove or Perish: Resort at Castaway Bay by Kathy Daley--finished 1/9/2023
Good Girl by Vonne B.--finished 1/10/2023
Covering Christmas by Caleb Marks--finished 1/11/2023
Entangled by Hank Dolworth--finished 1/12/2023
In Knots by Hank Dolworth--finished 1/13/2023
The Stranger by Cassie Mint--finished 1/15/2023
Horse by Geraldine Brooks--finished 1/16/2023
Stripped Bare by Aila Glass--finished 1/17/2023
The Governess' Punishment by Rosy Cheeks--finished 1/17/2023
Roly-Poly Prole by Elizabeth Javidan--finished 1/18/2023
Stripped 1 by Emma Rose--finished 1/19/2023
The Naughty Nineties by Peter Seymour--finished 1/20/2023
Stripped 2 by Emma Rose--finished 1/21/2023
The Maid by Nina Prose--finished 1/22/2023
Daddy's Dirty Beaches by K S Originals--finished 1/23/2023
The Roommate Dom by Lexi Renard--finished 1/24/2023
Charming Bookshop Mysteries, Book 1 by Amy Rafferty--finished 1/25/2023
Charming Bookshop Mysteries, Book 2 by Amy Rafferty--finished 1/26/2023
Charming Bookshop Mysteries, Book 3 by Amy Rafferty--finished 1/27/2023
Charming Bookshop Mysteries, Book 4 by Amy Rafferty--finished 1/28/2023
I Need My Monster by Amy Noll--finished 1/29/2023
Because of Him by Vonne B.--finished 1/20/2023
Swingers Light Up Vegas by Adriana Kraft--finished 1/31/2023

[Tia]

1. Read a book whose author's surname begins with F.
2. Read a classic.
3. Read a book with the word NEW in the title.
4. Read a book with a state name in the title.
5. Read a book on an unusual topic.
6. Read a book about science.
7. Read a children's book.
8. Read a book you have been wanting to read but keep putting off.
9. Your choice