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📚FEBRUARY 2024 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge:💈



Please post your shelves. NO COMMENTS in this thread please. You can add discussion comments after pairs are posted.

How It Works:
1) Please post up to 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: Specify "another book from my shelf" OR Pick a Genre and the assigned person will pick a book from the GOODREADS Choice Award book list for that specific genre.
CATEGORIES: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Romance, Romantasy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, Debut Novel, Nonfiction, Memoir & Autobiography, History & Biography, Humor

5) You have one month: FEBRUARY 2024 to try to read the chosen books. (*if you don't read your book(s) 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
JANUARY 24th-27th, 2024: Participants will post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on JANUARY 27th
JANUARY 28th-29th: 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.

**JANUARY 30th: Re-picks for those who didn’t get the pick

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

PARTICIPANTS

Penumbra
Erica
Cathy
Connie N.
Ela (Mouse333)
Carrie
☘KathyD☘
Chelle
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Jennifer
Christene Paula✨
Michelle
Elaine
Karen ♐
VampAmber
Denise
Trina

PAIRS


✔️Penumbra picks for Trina
✔️Erica picks for ☘KathyD☘
✔️Cathy picks for Connie N.
✔️Connie N. picks for Erica
✔️Ela (Mouse333) picks for Carrie
✔️Carrie picks for Karen ♐
✔️☘KathyD☘ picks for Denise
✔️Chelle picks for Penumbra
✔️Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Cathy
✔️Jennifer picks for VampAmber
✔️Christene Paula✨ picks for Chelle
✔️Michelle picks for Jennifer
✔️Elaine picks for Christene Paula✨
✔️Karen ♐ picks for Ela (Mouse333)
✔️VampAmber picks for Michelle
✔️Denise picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
✔️Trina picks for Elaine

Penumbra's February 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 pick for Trina: and

Chelle picks for me: and

Erica's February Dusty Bookshelf

Speed Turtle
Bonus optional - a book you truly love



For ☘KathyD☘ I choose with a bonus of ,

Connie chooses for me with a bonus of .

Cathy's Dusty Bookshelf February 2024
Speed: Turtle



No bonus

Connie N.'s FEBRUARY 2024 Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed - Hare

I picked for Erica: BONUS:

Cathy picked for me: BONUS:
A Year in the Life of a Playground Mother by Christie Barlow - 2/23/24 ♥♥♥
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty - 2/25/24 ♥♥♥♥♥



BONUS: Please pick another book from my list above.

Reading speed: Hare



Bonus: Please pick another book from the ones listed above

Finished:
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Carrie's February dusty

Hare

I picked for Karen Karen , &

Ela(Mouse333) picked and with for me



Bonus a 3rd from this the above please and thank you

☘KathyD’s☘ 2024 Dusty Bookshelf
reading speed — turtle


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

Chelle's Dusty Bookshelf -

Turtle 🐢

Christene Paula picked with a bonus of

For Penumbra I picked and a bonus of



BONUS from above list please.

Danielle's Dusty Bookshelf

Hare



Bonus: Please pick from list above

Denise picked Bonus:

I picked for Cathy

HARE!

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

Christene Paula's February Dusty Bookshelf - Reading Speed - Hare

Books picked for me:



Bonus: any from the list

FEBRUARY 2024 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge:
Reading Speed - Hare



Bonus - One from above

February Dusty Bookshelf

Speed - Hare



Bonus - Please select another from my list above

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

I picked for Ela (Mouse 333): and bonus:
Carrie picked and bonus: for me



Bonus Pick: Please pick another from my list above

VampAmber's Dusty Bookshelf - February 2024

I picked for Michelle: and plus
Jennifer picked for me:
Speed?: I literally have no idea what or how much I'm going to read until it's already done, so just go with the max number picks to give me a few to choose from ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

My List



Bonus Pick: I have waaaaaaaaaaay too many books checked out from the library right now, so just picking a third book from the list would be a big help.

Denise's January Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: Another from my list, please!


I pick for Danielle Gypsy Soul: +
☘KathyD☘ picks for me: +

Reading Speed Hare

I picked for Elaine
Penumbra picked for me and Bonus:

Completed:

List:


Bonus: Pick from shelf kindle

Pairs have been posted here.

Please pick for your assigned partner by Jan 29th.

Re-picks for those who didn't get a pick on Jan 30th. (Which is my birthday and I have plans, so don't make me do extra work pretty please! 😉😂)

Danielle Gypsy Soul,

my picks for you: &

Bonus:

Hope you enjoy!

Michelle wrote: "FEBRUARY 2024 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge:
Reading Speed - Hare"

For your three picks, I went with , , and . Seanan McGuire is one of my absolute favorite authors, so I hope you enjoy that one especially, but hopefully you enjoy the other two as well. I'm just a lil' biased. ^_^

I choose for you Trina a mixed variety of genres. Enjoy! :)

and Bonus book:

Hi Chelle

I'm picking for you! with as your bonus book

Happy Reading!

Hi ☘KathyD☘! I'm not familiar with your books so going just on my gut feeling. I choose for you with a bonus of . Enjoy!

Connie N.

I was not familiar with any of the books on your shelf but after looking, have now added several to my TBR. For you I chose:

Enjoy!

Hi Carrie,

I'm choosing and with for the bonus

Christene Paula,



Bonus:

Karen,

, &

Ela (Mouse333) wrote: "Hi Carrie,

I'm choosing and with for the bonus"

Thank you

For Jennifer

and

Enjoy!

Cathy I pick for you

Erica, I'm picking from your list since I'm from the Boston area and watch the marathon every year. Plus, it sounds pretty inspirational.

BONUS: - I see it's on your list and it's a book I rated highly. Our F2F book club had a good discussion about it too.

Cathy wrote: "Connie N.

I was not familiar with any of the books on your shelf but after looking, have now added several to my TBR."

Thanks for the great picks, Cathy! Yes, that's the risk, isn't it? It's easy to be tempted to add to your own personal TBR as a result of these challenges.

Connie N. wrote: "Erica, I'm picking from your list since I'm from the Boston area and watch the marathon every year. Plus, it sounds pretty inspirational.

BONUS: [boo..."

Thanks so much Connie! I'm a runner albeit very slow. I was over the moon happy when Des won the Boston Marathon. And I like the bonus book too - will definitely try to fit it in this month!

VampAmber, I'm picking:
which is a quick read,
because I love that color in the cover, and
, just cuz.

Michelle wrote: "For Jennifer

and

Enjoy!"

Great picks! I've had Sapphire Child out on KU for so long I'm not even sure it's still *available* on KU. 'Bout time I got to it.

Ela (Mouse 333), my picks for you are: and bonus:

Hope you enjoy.

Carrie wrote: "Karen,

, & "

Thanks!

Penumbra wrote: "Penumbra's February Dusty Bookshelf

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

Penumbra, this month I pick for you and

Christene Paula✨ wrote: "Hi Chelle

I'm picking for you! with as your bonus book

Happy Reading!"

Thank you! I am excited about both!

Rats, missed the deadline again.

Penumbra wrote: "I choose for you Trina a mixed variety of genres. Enjoy! :)

and Bonus book: [bookcover:The Vampire Prince|..."

thank you

For Elaine I'm choosing
and Bonus:
enjoy

Jennifer wrote: "VampAmber, I'm picking: "

All three of those picks are great. Thanks. ^_^

hi Denise...sorry for the late post...for February I choose the following...happy reading!

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "hi Denise...sorry for the late post...for February I choose the following...happy reading!
[bookcover:Lord of Snow and Shadows..."

No worries, you're not late at all! :) Thanks for the picks, looking forward to them!

Chelle wrote:

Penumbra, this month I pick for you [bookcover:Between ..."

Thanks Chelle!