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📚SEPTEMBER 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: SEPTEMBER 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
AUGUST 23rd-28th, 2023: Participants will Post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on AUGUST 28th
AUGUST 28th-30th 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.

**AUGUST 31st: 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 six months of your chosen books for end of year prizes. Bonus is optional for the raffle. But I may chip in something for the people that read all books including bonuses

PARTICIPANTS
Ezinwanyi
Connie
Karen♐
Mouse333
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)
Chelle
Jennifer
Penumbra
Ariane
Cathy
Severina
Erica
VampAmber
Michelle
Robin (Saturndoo)
Denise
Elaine
Marty
Carrie
Sadie
☘KathyD☘
Christene Paula

PAIRS
Chelle picks for Penumbra
Elaine picks for Karen♐
☑️Ezinwanyi picks for Carrie
Jennifer picks for Severina
Marty picks for Erica
Denise picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Sadie
Christene Paula picks for Denise
Ariane picks for Marty
☑️Mouse333 picks for Connie
Karen♐ picks for Michelle
☑️Cathy picks for Mouse333
Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) picks for Ezinwanyi
Erica picks for Elaine
Penumbra picks for VampAmber
☘KathyD☘ picks for Jennifer
Severina picks for Christene Paula
Connie picks for ☘KathyD☘
Michelle picks for Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)
VampAmber picks for Chelle
Sadie picks for Ariane
Robin (Saturndoo) picks for Cathy
Carrie picks for Robin (Saturndoo)

Ezi's SEPTEMBER DB SHELF
Reading Speed: HARE

♛ I chose for Carrie: Carrie & bonus:
☀️ Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) picked for me bonus

SEPTEMBER 2023 Bookshelf


Bonus Read: Bonus: Goodreads Choice Award - Romance
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Connie N.'s SEPTEMBER 2023 Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed - Hare

I picked for ☘KathyD☘: BONUS:

Mouse333 picked for me: BONUS:
The Giver by Lois Lowry - 9/25/23 ♥♥♥♥
Love, Holly by Emily Stone - 9/28/23 ♥♥♥♥
The Beginning of Everything by Jackie Fraser - 9/29/23 ♥♥♥♥

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BONUS: Please pick another book from my list above.

Karen♐'s September Dusty Bookshelf - Reading Speed - Hare

I picked for Michelle: and bonus:

Elaine picked and bonus: for me



Bonus Pick: Please pick another from my list above

Reading speed: Hare



Bonus: Please pick another book from the ones listed above

Danielle's Dust Book Shelf September
Duration: 1 - 30 Sept

Reading Speed: Hare


Bonus: Please pick another book from above

I picked Bonus: for Sadie

Denise picked Bonus: for me

~Jamie's September 2023 Dusty Bookshelf~

Speed: Hare



Bonus: Pick from the ones listed above :)

Chelle's Dusty Bookshelf

***I am off camping on the 27th and if I do not have any cell service I will not be posting my person's picks until the 29th. Sorry***

VampAmber picks for me &

I pick for Penumbra and

Reading Speed 🐿️ 🐢 ADHD Turtle so....1 book and 1 bonus



Bonus: Another from above list please

Progress So Far-
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January - She and Her Cat: StoriesFINISHED 1/14/23
February - Blameless FINISHED 7/7/23
March - The Writing Retreat
April - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers FINISHED 4/22/23
May - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret FINISHED 5/8/23
June - Apples Never Fall FINISHED 6/21/23
BONUS: Kingdom of Bones FINISHED 7/31/23

July - Killers of a Certain Age FINISHED 7/27/23
August - The Lake House
September - The Dark Between the Trees FINISHED 9-4-23
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HARE!

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

Penumbra's September 2023 Dusty Bookshelf:

TURTLE this month. Please pick a total of two books, that includes the Bonus book.



Bonus Pick one from the above list. I do not want one from the GR listings.


I pick for VampAmber:
and

Chelle picks for me: and

Ariane's Dusty bookshelf

Speed: turtle



Bonus: Please pick another book from the ones listed above

I picked for Marty & , bonus
Sadie picked for me ★★★★ ★★★

Cathy's Dusty Bookshelf September 2023
Speed: turtle


No bonus this month.

Severina's Dusty Bookshelf - September 2023
Speed: Hare



No bonus book, please.

I picked for Christene Paula:
and bonus

Jennifer picked for me:


ETA 09-01-23: Finished Esther the Wonder Pig. This was a reread for me because I have it on Kindle, but I saw the hardcover book at a thrift store and had to buy that as well. I enjoyed it just as much the second time around.

ETA 09-03-23: finished High Whisk Situation. This one was a bit tired. It's probably past time for the author to retire this series.

(view spoiler)[Dusty Bookshelf Books Read:

January:
01. The Art of Racing in the Rain
02. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family

February:
03. My Mother Was Nuts
04. The Chalk Man: A Novel

March:
05. Something Fabulous
06. The Quarry Girls

April:
07. Lost Boy Lost Girl
08. The Maze Runner

May:
09. Dead Silence

June:
10. Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter
11. Contagion

July:
12. The Lions of Fifth Avenue

August:
13. The Color Purple

September:
14. Esther the Wonder Pig by Steve Jenkins
15. A High Whisk Situation by HY Hanna
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Erica's September Dusty Bookshelf

Reading speed: Turtle
Bonus: Goodreads Choice Award in Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...



For Elaine, I pick and with a bonus of .

Marty picked with a bonus of for me.

VampAmber's Dusty Bookshelf - September 2023

I picked for Chelle: plus
Penumbra picked for me: and plus
Speed: ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ (pick 2? I guess?)

My List



My bonus pick: I'll take another stab, pun intended, at the GoodReads Choice: Horror list.
In the middle of reading and just finished , but everything else is fair game.

Michelle's Dusty Shelf
Reading Speed - Hare



Bonus - Romance - https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

For the Bonus - Standalone or the first in a series please.

September 2023 Dusty Bookshelf
Speed:Hare--2 books + Bonus

I picked for:
picked for me:



Bonus Pick: Please pick another book from the ones listed above. Thanks!

Denise's September Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: One more from the list above, please! :)

I pick for Danielle Gypsy Soul: +
Christene Paula picks for me: +

Elaine’s Dusty Bookshelf: Sept. Edition

Hare, please!



Bonus: please pick another book from my list.

Marty's Sept. Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare

I pick for Erica: &
Ariane picked for me: & bonus



Please choose a bonus from the list above.

Carrie's Dusty Sept bookshelf

Hare



bonus pick from above

Sadie's Dusty Book Shelf
Duration: September 09/01 -09/30

Reading Speed: Turtle (1 book) + bonus

I picked for Ariane :
and bonus

Danielle Gypsy Soul picked for me: , bonus

My Bookshelf


Bonus: Please pick another one from above

☘KathyD’s☘ 2023 Dusty Bookshelf
reading speed — turtle


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

Christene Paula's September 2023 Dusty Bookshelf
Speed:Hare--2 books + Bonus

I picked for:
picked for me:

TBR:


Bonus: any gcac book except THIS SHELF

For Carrie :
I chose &
You didn't list a bonus,If you are wanting a bonus:

Jennifer...for September I choose & ...happy reading!

Hi, Connie N.

I picked and for you.

And this is your bonus pick:

Hope you enjoy!

For VampAmber I pick these two. Hope they are okay. I don't read horror so at a bit of a loss.

and

Bonus book:

Enjoy! :)

Elaine, I pick and with a bonus of . Enjoy!

Penumbra wrote: "Penumbra's September 2023 Dusty Bookshelf:..."

Penumbra, I pick for you and

Enjoy!

Karen♐️,

I wasn’t 100% sure if you were turtle or hare so my pick for you is:



Your bonus is:



And just in case you are a hare:



Enjoy!

Erica wrote: "Elaine, I pick and with a bonus of . Enjoy!"


Thank you!

Christene Paula, here's my picks for you.

- because it reminds me of my mom

- because I remember enjoying this years ago

and for bonus you said "any gcac book", I'm not sure what the second C stands for so I'm hoping you didn't care about the category.

- because my bestie is a fan

Erica wrote: "Erica's September Dusty Bookshelf

Reading speed: Turtle
Bonus: Goodreads Choice Award in Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

Hi Erica, I chose and for your bonus. Happy reading!

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Jennifer...for September I choose & ...happy reading!"

Excellent picks! We were just in Southern California for vacation and went to the cemetery where Stewart is buried. They won't tell you where the grave is: it took us more than an hour to find it. But we did!

Severina wrote: "Severina's Dusty Bookshelf - September 2023
Speed: Hare

because that's a series I keep up with, and Esther the Wonder Pig because how could I not?




Wow, this went haywire the first time I posted it! OK - the picks are because that's a fun series I keep up with, and because how could I not pick that?

Jennifer wrote: "☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Jennifer...for September I choose & ...happy reading!"

Exce..."

that is so cool! enjoy the book...I'm not a big biography reader, but it's on my radar.

Chelle wrote:
Penumbra, I pick for you and

Enjoy!"

Thanks! Perfect fun reads :)

Ezi, my picks for you are & your bonus is

Hope you enjoy them! :)

Cathy wrote: "Cathy's Dusty Bookshelf September 2023
Speed: turtle

Hi Cathy!

You've got some interesting books on your shelf and I'm only familiar with 2 that are on my TBR as well. So I'm going with one of them.

I picked Things You Save in a Fire


Hope you enjoy and have lots of great reading in September!

Robin (Saturndoo)

Thanks for the pick. I'm anxious to read this one!

Mouse333
for you I choose: and

with a bonus:
Enjoy!

Christene Paula picks for Denise

Hi Denise, I choose
and with a bonus book:

Happy Reading! :)

Severina wrote: "Christene Paula, here's my picks for you.

- because it reminds me of my mom

- because I remember enjoying this years ago

..."

Thank you for the pick, Severina! :)

For Jamie:

&

Bonus:

Michelle wrote: "For Jamie:

&

Bonus: "

Thank you!

Hi Marty, lots of appealing books on your shelf!
I chose:

&

Bonus:

Happy reading!