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📚DECEMBER 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: DECEMBER 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
NOV 24th-28th, 2023: Participants will Post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on NOVEMBER 28th
NOVEMBER 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.

**NOVEMBER 30th 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. 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

PAIRS
*Please pick for the person below you

Ezi's DECEMBER DB SHELF
Reading Speed: HARE
Bonus Read: Goodreads Choice Award - Romance
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✨ Carrie: [:A Holly Jolly Ever After|78133383] bonus


MY DECEMBER 2023 Bookshelf



I've ALREADY read/listened to:

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Erica's December Dusty Bookshelf

Reading speed: Turtle
Bonus: GR Choice Award in YA



For Karen I pick and with a bonus of .

Ezi picks for me with a bonus of .

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

I picked for Ela: and bonus:

Erica 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

December Dusty Bookshelf

Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: Please pick another book from my list.

HARE!

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

DECEMBER 2023 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge:
Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus - Please pick one from above

Chelle's Holiday/School Bookshelf-

Reading Speed 🐢 1 book and 1 bonus.

Michelle Picks for me and for a Bonus:

I pick for Penumbra and



Bonus: From the 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
October - Hemlock Island FINISHED 10/22/23
November The Ravenous Dead
December - Stockings and Spells
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Penumbra's December 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 Connie N:
and:

Chelle picks for me: and

Connie N.'s DECEMBER 2023 Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed - Hare

I picked for Christene Paula✨: BONUS:

Penumbra picked for me: BONUS:
Chasing Christmas Eve by Jill Shalvis - 12/3/23 ♥♥♥♥♥
Holiday Ever After: One Snowy Night/Holiday Wishes/Mistletoe in Paradise by Jill Shalvis - 12/11/23 ♥♥♥♥
Silver Bells by Luanne Rice - 12/21/23 ♥♥♥

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BONUS: Please pick another book from my list above.

Christene Paula's December Dusty Bookshelf Challenge




Bonus: pick one from above or your 5 stars book

December 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!

Cathy's Dusty Bookshelf December 2023
Speed: Turtle



No bonus

Severina's Dusty Bookshelf - December 2023
Speed: Hare



No bonus book, please.

I picked for VampAmber:


Cathy picked for me:


(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

October:
Tabby Trouble by Iris Leigh
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

November:
Murder in Cherry Hills by Paige Sleuth
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VampAmber's Dusty Bookshelf - December 2023

I picked for Denise: and plus
Severina picked for me: and plus

My List



Bonus pick: Can I just have a third from my list? I need to be sending some of these back to the library already, cuz I have way too many out. ^_^

Denise's December Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: Another from the list above, please!

VampAmber picks for me: +
I pick for Marty: +

Marty's Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare

I picked for Danielle Gypsy Soul:
VampAmper picks for me:



Bonus: one from this list.

Danielle's Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare



Bonus: one from books above
Marty Picks for Me: Bonus:
I pick for Ariane: Bonus:

Ariane's Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Turtle



Bonus: Please pick one from books above

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


*for the bonus pick, please choose another from this list.

Reading speed hare please pick two and one bonus from this list

December dusty

Hare



bonus a 3rd book

*Please pick for the person below you

Erica:
I chose Bonus
I love the color and the cover so I hope it’s a good read

I choose for Connie N:

and bonus:

Happy Holidays and I hope you enjoy the books! :D

Elaine

I'm choosing and for you.

For your bonus:

Hope you enjoy!

Kathy D

I chose for you: Bonus:

Happy reading!

Severina

I chose

Enjoy!

Penumbra wrote: "Penumbra's December Dusty Bookshelf

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

Penumbra, I pick for you and

Enjoy! Chelle

Jennifer,



Happy Reading!

Christene Paula✨, here are my picks for you:

BONUS (a sort-of Christmas book, just in time for the holidays):

Penumbra wrote: "I choose for Connie N:

and bonus: [bookcover:Chasing Christmas Eve|337..."

Thanks so much, Penumbra, I'm going to start these right away to put me in the mood for the holiday season.

Hi Karen!

This month I pick and for you, with a bonus of . Enjoy!

Ezi wrote: "Erica:
I chose Bonus
I love the color and the cover so I hope it’s a good read"

Awesome - thank you!! I started The Earth Children series last month and it's fabulous, so can't wait to get back to it. And the bonus looks really good too!

Hi Robin (Saturndoo)

I picked and

For Bonus Enjoy!

Cathy wrote: "Severina

I chose

Enjoy!"

Thanks, Cathy!

Happy Holidays to you, VampAmber!

For you I choose:
and bonus .

Hope you enjoy!

Deanne here are your picks for December...happy reading!

Ariane wrote: "Kathy D

I chose for you: Bonus:

Happy reading!"

Thank you, Ariane!

Hi Carrie,

For you I choose,

A Cotswold Christmas
The Christmasaurus

And a bonus of Prince of Thorns

I hope you enjoy your selections.

Marty,

my picks for you: +

Enjoy!

For Chelle:



Bonus:

Thanks, Chelle! I know these stories will be great :D

Ariane

I pick for you:

Bonus:

For Cathy,

I'm picking:



I hope you enjoy this and have a great reading December!

Robin (Saturndoo) wrote: "For Cathy,

I'm picking:



I hope you enjoy this and have a great reading December!"

Thanks!

Christene Paula✨ wrote: "Hi Robin (Saturndoo)

I picked and

For Bonus Enjoy!"

Thank you Christene! I'm looking forward to these!