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📚MAY 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: MAY 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
APRIL 24th-26th, 2024: Participants will post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on APRIL 26th
APRIL 27th-28th: 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.

**APRIL 29th: 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

Erica
Elaine
Chloe
Oleander
Severina
Susan A
Karen ♐
Kari
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Penumbra
Susan
Christene Paula✨
Jennifer
Cathy
Mamacita aka MawMaw
Denise
☘KathyD☘
Chelle
Michelle
Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~
Marty

PAIRS

✔️Erica picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
✔️Elaine picks for Jennifer
✔️Chloe picks for Elaine
✔️Oleander picks for ☘KathyD☘
✔️Severina picks for Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~
✔️Susan A picks for Chloe
✔️Karen ♐ picks for Erica
✔️Kari picks for Cathy
✔️Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Karen ♐
✔️Penumbra picks for Chelle
✔️Susan picks for Michelle
✔️Christene Paula✨ picks for Kari
✔️Jennifer picks for Denise
✔️Cathy picks for Penumbra
✔️Mamacita aka MawMaw picks for Oleander
✔️Denise picks for Marty
✔️☘KathyD☘ picks for Susan A
✔️Chelle picks for Christene Paula✨
✔️Michelle picks for Severina
✔️Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~ picks for Mamacita aka MawMaw
✔️Marty picks for Susan

Erica's *STALE May Dusty Bookshelf
(staying with the theme here of GET. IT. DONE.)

Speed: Turtle plus 1 bonus of your favorite mystery ever



I pick and for Danielle with a bonus of .

Karen ♐ picks for me with a bonus of

Elaine's Dusty Bookshelf
**I know I'll probably like them, so why won't I read them???**

Speed: Hare, no bonus this month - it's busy!!

Oleander's May Dusty Bookshelf 🐢📚

Bonus: Please choose another from above 🎈😊

Reading Speed: HARE

Severina's May Dusty Bookshelf



Bonus: please pick another book from the shelf above

**

I picked for Stormie:


and bonus in historical fiction:


Michelle picked for me:


and bonus:


ETA First book down! I finished Rise of the Ram's, a pretty entertaining zombie book. Finished Best Tales of the Apocalypse as well (spoiler alert: they were not.) Not sure if I'll have time for my bonus book but will try!

MAY DUSTY BOOKSHELF

SPEED: Hare
BONUS: From this shelf please




I picked for Chloe.

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

I picked for Erica: and bonus:
Danielle Gypsy Soul picked Bonus: for me



Bonus Pick: Please pick another from my list above

Kari's Dusty Bookshelf



Speed: Hare
Bonus: Pick from this list

I pick for Cathy:
Christene Paula✨ picks for me:

MAY Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare
Bonus: One from this list please



I pick for Karen: Bonus:
Erica picks for me: Bonus:

Penumbra's May 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 Chelle : and Bonus:

Cathy picks for me: and Bonus:

May Dusty Bookshelf

Speed-Hare
Bonus- pick from my list below

Christene Paula's May Xusty Bookshelf
Hare + Bonus (any book you recommend)

HARE!

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

Cathy's Dusty Bookshelf April 2024
Speed: Hare


no bonus

Mama's Dusty Bookshelf
May 2024


Speed: Hare
no bonus please


I picked for Oleander

Stormie picked for me

Denise's May 2024 Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare


Bonus: Another from the shelf above, please. :)

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

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


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

Chelle's May Dusty Bookshelf-

Turtle 🐢
Penumbra picked for me & a Bonus of

I picked for Christene Paula & with a bonus of



BONUS #BOTM SAMPLER- -

MAY'S DUSTY
Reading Speed - Hare



Bonus - Pick one from above

Hare




Bonus: Historical Fiction

Marty's May DB

I picked for Susan:

Denise picked for me:

Level: Hare



Bonus, please choose from the list above.

Pairs have been posted here.

Please pick for your assigned partner by Apr 28th.

Re-picks for those who didn't get a pick on Apr 29th.

Marty,

my picks for you: &

Bonus:

Hope you enjoy!

Danielle, I'm choosing because it looks interesting and because I've read it and it's awesome. For a bonus I'm going with which looks like crazy fun!

Enjoy!

Hi Cathy, my picks for you are:



Happy reading!

Thanks Kari! Looking forward to these.

Penumbra, for you I am choosing
with a bonus of

Enjoy!

☘KathyD☘ love those shamrocks.
I'm picking and for you. Hope you enjoy.

Susan wrote: "May Dusty Bookshelf

Speed-Hare
Bonus- pick from my list below


Hi Susan, your last three list options intrigued me the most.

I have Cinder on my TBR. I'll be interested to see if you like it.
Happy reading!

For Severina



Bonus -

Oleander

For your 🐢

The Heiress Bride

For your Bonus ~

Catch a Falling Heiress

For Chloe




Bonus:

Denise!

I'm choosing , and for you. Enjoy!

Michelle wrote: "For Severina



Bonus - "

Thank you, Michelle!

For Stormie I choose:



and for your bonus book in historical fiction, I chose this one because I really enjoyed it.



Happy reading!

For Chelle I pick:



Bonus:

Enjoy!

Cathy wrote: "Penumbra, for you I am choosing
with a bonus of

Enjoy!"


Thank you! Can't wait to get started :)

Jennifer, Let’s go with & …Enjoy!

Perfect, thank you!

Michelle
I picked these for you



Bonus-

Christene Paula✨ wrote: "Christene Paula's May Xusty Bookshelf
Hare + Bonus (any book you recommend) ..."

Hello Christene Paula! I pick for you & with a bonus of (I saw it on your TBR and I really enjoyed it).

Chelle

Penumbra wrote: "For Chelle I pick:



Bonus:

Enjoy!"

Thank you Penumbra! These two have been collecting dust on my bookshelves for far too long. Chelle

Mamcita,
I choose for you:

Erica, my choices for you are: and bonus:

Hope you enjoy!

Marty wrote: "Marty's May DB

I picked for Susan:

Denise picked for me: [bookcover:The Flame Thr..."

Thank you Marty. I love what you picked for me. I put half the books I really wanted to read and the other half I want to read but not that excited about. You picked all the ones I wanted to read :D

Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~ wrote: "Mamcita,
I choose for you:


"

Yes! All the Prince's!!! 😍🥰🥰

Karen ♐ wrote: "Erica, my choices for you are: and bonus:

Hope you enjoy!"

Thanks so much!