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📚JANUARY 2023 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge:💈

Please post your shelves. NO COMMENTS in this thread please. After I post the pair, it will add a link to the shelf, and then you can add discussion comments.

How It Will Work:
1) Please only post no more than 10 books that you would like to read this month.
*minimum 5 books.

2) CHOOSE TURTLE (one book) or HARE (two books) to indicate your reading speed so your picker will know whether to choose one book or two books.

3) An assigned person will pick ONE or TWO BOOKS (depending on the indicated reading speed) from your shelf.

4) Bonus Book: Pick a Genre and the assigned person will pick a book from the GOODREADS Choice Award book list for that specific genre.
CATEGORIES: Fiction; Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Humor, Memoir & Autobiography, History & Biography, Romance, Graphic Novels & Comics, Debut Novel, Poetry, Nonfiction, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Middle Grade & Children

5) You have one month: JANUARY 2023 to try to read the chosen books. (*if you don't read your book this month, it's okay because this challenge is for YOUR ENJOYMENT)

5) Please try to select for your pair ASAP as we all get excited and waiting is torture to some.


TIMELINE
DEC 1st-9th, 2022: Participants will Post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on DEC. 9th@9am

DEC 9th-12th: Pairs will be posted & then Selection of the books and posting it for the person you are choosing for
*Again, as I said earlier, please try to select for your pair ASAP.

**DEC. 12th: Re-picks for those who didn’t get the pick

**MOD ASSIST: In addition to myself (Ezi), the TCF Mods are also around for assistance.

Raffle for Prizes for those who read their picks. Mid Year and End of the Year drawing.
*Exception:

Must have completed at least 3 months of picks to be eligible for mid year prize. At least six months for end of year prizes.

PARTICIPANTS
Ezinwanyi
Marty
Jennifer
Debbie G.
Chelle
VampAmber
Michelle
Severina
Connie N.
Erica
Prenumbra
Oleander
Louise
Denise
Bobbi
Kari
LaurLa
Louise
D.L.
Tara
Cathy
Michelle's Empty Nest
Karen♐
Paco
Karla
KathyD

PAIRS
Michelle's Empty Nest picks for Oleander
Karen♐ picks for Louise
Tara picks for Cathy
Erica picks for Connie N.
Marty picks for Prenumbra
Connie N. picks for Kari
Chelle picks for Paco
Ezinwanyi picks for Tara
Kari picks for Ezinwanyi
Bobbi picks for Severina
Denise picks for Michelle's Empty Nest
LaurLa picks for Chelle
Louise picks for Denise
Oleander picks for Marty
Debbie G. picks for Karen♐
Prenumbra picks for Erica
KathyD picks for Karla
Cathy picks for LaurLa
Michelle picks for KathyD
Karla picks for Bobbi
Paco picks for VampAmber
Severina picks for Michelle
D.L. picks for Debbie G.
Jennifer picks for Jennifer
VampAmber picks for D.L.

Ezi's NEW YEAR DB SHELF
Reading Speed: HARE

♛ I chose for Tara: BONUS:
☀️ Kari chose for me: ✅ & ✅ bonus:


JANUARY 2023 Bookshelf
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Bonus Read: Bonus: Goodreads Choice Award - Romance (but Please pick one that is also on audiobook)

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Marty's January 2023 DB Shelf

Definitely a hare.

I pick for Prenumbra: , , .
Oleander picks for me: , ,



Bonus: Either Horror or Mystery will work, but please choose one that's already on my TBR, if possible.

HARE!

No bonus: I need to read books I already own :-)

Debbie G's Shelf ....... HARE





Bonus: Fiction ( I really enjoy Chick Lit)

I choose for Karen
DL chooses for me

Chelle's January 2023 Dusty BookShelf

LaurLa picked for me-

For Paco I picked




Speed - Sometimes Turtle, sometimes Hare (so whatever)

For my Bonus I'd love anything from my NetGalley , Book of the Month, To Read Owned or Unread Litsy Bookspin Picks Shelves please.

P.S. I was away and offline, so missed the whole categories part. Sorry. I will pay more attention for February.

VampAmber's (Extra) Dusty Bookshelf - January 2023

I picked for D.L.: and plus
Paco picked for me: and plus

My List



Bonus Book: I'm liking that GoodReads choice award idea, and about half the horror nominees are already on my tbr list anyway, so pick any of them, I'll still probably love it. ^_^

Michelle's Dusty Book Shelf - Reading speed is Hare



Bonus Book - GOODREADS Choice Award books in the genre of Horror

Reading Speed: HARE. Please pick two books. Thanks. :)

Severina's Dusty Bookshelf - January 2023



No Goodreads Choice bonus book, please.

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I picked for Michelle:


Bobbi picked for me:


ETA 01-06-23: I've read my two books! Both were solid 4-star ratings, so I'm off to a good start in 2023.

Connie N.'s JANUARY 2023 Dusty Bookshelf

Reading Speed is Hare

I picked for Kari: BONUS:

Erica picked for me: BONUS:



BONUS: Goodreads Choice - ROMANCE

Erica's January Dusty Bookshelf



I am most decidedly a TURTLE! But, happy to get a bonus pick along with my one.

Bonus: Goodreads Choice Mystery

For Connie, I picked and with a bonus book of .

Penumbra picked and for me.

Penumbra's January Dusty Bookshelf:

Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus book: Do NOT pick any from the GR Choice Award books. I prefer a bonus book from my list above. If that's not allowed, then pick only the two books.


I pick for Erica: and (already read) so a second choice

Marty picks for me: and Bonus:

Oleander's dusty bookshelf Jan. 23 😲
Tortoise




I'd like to skip the bonus this month please.

I picked for Marty:

Louise’s January DBS Shelf
Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: Goodreads Choice - Mystery & Thriller

I pick for Denise: ; &

Karen picks for me: ; &

Reading Speed: Turtle



Bonus: Goodreads Choice Award - Romance

Denise's January Dusty Bookshelf



Reading Speed: Hare
Bonus: GR Choice - History & Biography

I pick for Michelle's Empty Nest: +
Louise picks for me: +

Reading speed: Hare
I picked for Severina.
Karla picked




Bonus: Horror, please.

Kari's January Dusty Bookshelf



I pick for Ezi: &
Connie picks for me: &

Reading Speed: Hare
Bonus: Romance

LaurLa's DBS List✳️January
Reading Speed: Tortoise



BONUS: Goodreads Choice - ROMANCE

✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️

I picked for: Chelle
and Bonus:

Picked for me: Cathy
Bonus:

Tara's January 2023 Dusty Bookshelf List
Reading Speed: Turtle



BONUS: Goodreads Choice - History & Biography

I picked for: Cathy
Bonus:

Picked for Me: Ezinwanyi
Bonus

Cathy's January 2023 Dusty Bookshelf List
Reading Speed: Turtle



BONUS: Goodreads Choice - Romance
I picked for: LaurLa

Picked for Me:

Bonus:

📚Michelle's January 2023 Dusty Bookshelf List📚
Reading Speed: Hare




BONUS: Goodreads Choice ~ Historical Fiction


I picked for Oleander.

Denise picked for me: &

Bonus:

Karen♐'s January Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare

I picked for Louise: and bonus:
Debbie G picked and bonus: for me


Bonus Pick: Romance from Goodreads Choice Award List

My shelf:



Bonus: Fiction

Speed: Hare

I picked: Plus For: Vampambers

Chelle Picked for me: Bonus:

Karla's January Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: Memoir & Autobiography (I won't read Selma Blair's book, the others are fair game.)

KathyD chose

I choose for Bobbi

☘KathyD’s☘ 2023 Dusty Bookshelf
reading speed — turtle although a second pick is welcome


*for the bonus pick, any romance book available in audio.

Danielle's 2023 Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare



Bonus: Romance

Tara's January 2023 Dusty Bookshelf List
Reading Speed: Turtle

My Pick:
BONUS: Goodreads Choice - History & Biography :

Enjoy your books!

CLICK HERE FOR Goodreads Choice Awards

Louise, my choices for you are: and bonus:

Connie, I pick for you and with a bonus book of .

Enjoy!

hi Karla...here are your picks to start the new year...happy reading!

Ezi...this may be a dumb question, but can we pick from any year of the awards or just 2022?

Severina,

We have similar tastes! I choose and . Both are on my TBR.

You said you didn't want a bonus book, but if you change your nind, I'll pick another for you. Happy reading! ❤

Penumbra wrote: "Penumbra's January Dusty Bookshelf:

Hi Prenumbra, get ready for a Christmas extravaganza!
I chose , , bonus . I hope you have a wonderful time reading them!

D.L. wrote: "Reading Speed: Turtle"

Turtle or not, I'm going to give you a choice (also because I'm stuck in my ways and the old rules). and are for your regular options, and is your bonus pick. I'm about halfway through it myself and madly in love with it, so hopefully you'll like it too. And apparently a big chunk of GoodReads agrees, since it won by over 100,000 votes. ^_^

Hi Marty,
I'm picking and for you.

Bonus from your own TBR:
Enjoy!

VampAmber wrote: "D.L. wrote: "Reading Speed: Turtle"

Turtle or not, I'm going to give you a choice (also because I'm stuck in my ways and the old rules). and [bookcover:For..."

Thank you so much! These all look great :)

For KathyD

I apologize for not knowing any of your books, however this one looks interesting:



Since you're ok with a second book, Let's go with this one:



We all need a little smut in our lives

And for your bonus that is available on audio.



I was not sure if you wanted a bonus from the goodreads choice awards or one that you have listed. If you want something different give me a holler.

For Ezi:

I'll pick & and for your bonus available in audio

Hope you enjoy them!

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "hi Karla...here are your picks to start the new year...happy reading!
"

Thank you!

For Bobbi I choose I choose

For VampAmber I've chosen:



And for your bonus:

ENJOY!!

Paco wrote: "For VampAmber I've chosen:"

Thank you, they're perfect! Those two books are sooooooo dusty, it'll be nice to (hopefully) get them read and on their way to their next home. And the Choice pick was one I'd wanted to read, so this gives me the perfect excuse. ^_^

Karen, my choices for you are
because I'm a Robyn Carr fan
and from Goodreads Choice Award List it's on my TBR list too.

Chelle!! I'm picking 2 for you since you didn't indicate in your post which speed - but choices are fun!


and

Bonus:
The rules say to choose from GR Choice Awards but you listed your shelves in stead of a genre - it's a lot to look through but I found The Maid was also on your shelves (woohoo!), so I guess that works out!

Happy Reading!

Cathy, My pick for you is:



For the bonus I pick:

(I LOVED this one!)

Happy reading :)