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📚OCTOBER 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: OCTOBER 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
SEPTEMBER 25th-27th, 2024: Participants will post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on SEPTEMBER 27th
SEPTEMBER 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.

**SEPTEMBER 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

☘KathyD☘
Denise
Susan A
Connie N.
Marty
RachelG.
Anna
Severina
Jennifer
Penumbra
EnglishElle
Chelle_Rydz
Karen ♐
Elaine
Erica
Michelle
Oleander
Mamacita aka MawMaw
Danielle Gypsy Soul

PAIRS

✔️☘KathyD☘ picks for Michelle
✔️Denise picks for Connie N.
✔️Susan A picks for Penumbra
✔️Connie N. picks for Elaine
✔️Marty picks for ☘KathyD☘
✔️RachelG. picks for Severina
✔️Anna picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
✔️Severina picks for Denise
✔️Jennifer picks for EnglishElle
✔️Penumbra picks for Susan A
✔️EnglishElle picks for Karen ♐
✔️Chelle_Rydz picks for Erica
✔️Karen ♐ picks for Anna
✔️Elaine picks for Jennifer
✔️Erica picks for Marty
✔️Michelle picks for Chelle_Rydz
✔️Oleander picks for RachelG.
✔️Mamacita aka MawMaw picks for Oleander
✔️Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Mamacita aka MawMaw

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


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

Denise's October Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: Another from my list, please!


I pick for Connie N.: +
Severina picks for me: +

Susan A's October Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare
Bonus: Another from my list, please!

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

I picked for Elaine: BONUS:

Denise picked for me: BONUS:
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman - 10/13/24 ♥♥♥♥
Make My Wish Come True by Rachael Lippincott - 10/15/24 ♥♥♥♥
When the Duchess Said Yes by Isabella Bradford - 10/30/24 ♥♥♥

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BONUS: Please pick another book from my list above.

Marty's October Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Level: Hare
Bonus: Pick another from this list.

I pick for KathyD: &
Erica picks for me: &

RachelG.'s October Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Turtle
Bonus: Another book from this list please!



Oleander picked for me: and bonus:

One Percent of You
Attached at the Hip
In His Protection
The Summer Bet
The Hollywood Jinx

Severina's Dusty Bookshelf -- October 2024

Reading Speed: Hare



No bonus this time, please.

**

I picked for Denise :
and bonus

RachelG picked for me:


ETA 10-24-24: Unfortunately both my picks were duds. Notes on a Zombie was boring, and Dungeon Crawler Carl I DNFed. Hopefully I'll put up better options in November!

October Dusty



HARE!

Bonus -- pick a third book from my above list, please?

Penumbra's October 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 Susan A:
and bonus:

Susan A picks for me: and

HARE!



Bonus: Please pick one from the above list.


I pick for Karen: .

Jennifer picks for me:

Chelle's Spooky Dusty Bookshelf-
🐇 this month (2 Books, 1 Bonus)

Michelle picked for me - and with a Bonus of

For Erica I pick and a Bonus of



Bonus: a book from my Spooky Season TBR please.

This year's Dusty Progress -
(view spoiler)[
January ✅ Bonus ✅
February ✅ Bonus ✅

March
✅, Bonus ✅

April ✅ Bonus

May ✅ Bonus

June Bonus:

July ✅ Bonus:

August ✅ Bonus:

September Bonuses: &

(hide spoiler)]

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

I picked for Anna:
EnglishElle picked and bonus: for me



Bonus Pick: Please pick another from my list above

October Dusty Bookshelf

Hare



Bonus: please pick another book from my list.

Erica's October Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Turtle plus one bonus of a Goodreads Choice award you liked



For Marty I pick and with a bonus of .

Chelle_Rydz picks for me with a bonus of .

October 2024 Dusty Bookshelf
Speed - Hare



Bonus - Please choose one from above.

Oleander's October Dusty Bookshelf 🐢📚


Bonus: Please choose another from above 🎈😊

Mama's Going to do better this time

Mama's Dusty Bookshelf
October


Speed: Hare
1 bonus please


I picked for


picked for me

Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "Mama's Going to do better this time


"

:D I'll hold you to that!

Danielle's Dusty Bookshelf
Duration: 1 - 31 Oct

Speed: Hare



Bonus: Please pick another from above books

Pairs have been posted here.

Please pick for your assigned partner by September 29th.

Re-picks for those who didn't get a pick on September 30th.

Connie N.,

my picks for you: &

Bonus:

Hope you enjoy!

For Susan A, I picked a variety of genres. The Bigfoot story sounds hilarious. Here you go.

and the bonus:

Enjoy!

Marty I pick and for you with a bonus of .

Enjoy!

Hi Rachel G. I liked your list. It's for October so of course I have to pick something with zombies. bonus

Penumbra wrote: "For Susan A, I picked a variety of genres. The Bigfoot story sounds hilarious. Here you go.

and the bonus: [bookcover:Double ..."

THanks! I'm looking forward to these

For Penumbra

and

Severina I am choosing for you:

and .

Connie picks for Elaine:

Since it's October, I'm picking paranormal for you:

For your bonus, I'm choosing something lighter and with some humor:

Jennifer,

I kept the fact that it is October central in my mind as I chose your books…


Has the word “ghost” in the title (sorta)


The FMC sees ghosts (sorta)

Bonus:

October 18 is Missouri Day and Truman is our most famous Missourian (sorta…he usually gets second billing behind Walt Disney)

Thanks so much, Denise. I'm looking forward to all of these books and appreciate the nudge to get going on them this month.

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "☘KathyD’s☘ 2024 Dusty Bookshelf
reading speed — turtle

Hi KathyD, I chose to move you along in the series, and because it sounds like something to read during Halloween season. Hope you enjoy both!

Erica wrote: "Marty I pick and for you with a bonus of .

Enjoy!"

Thanks Erica!

Oleander

For your 🐢 & your bonus I'm going to have you finish up two of your series.

For your 🐢

& For your Bonus

Thank you Mamacita. It's getting near the end of the year and I would love to tie up these loose ends.

EnglishElle:

I'm choosing because I have a standing rule that Armand Gamache must not be ignored,

because I've yet to read anything by her that I didn't thoroughly enjoy and


because it's also on my TBR. Enjoy!

Elaine wrote: "Jennifer,

I kept the fact that it is October central in my mind as I chose your books…


Has the word “ghost” in the title (sorta)

[bookcover:Seve..."

Thank you, Elaine, and I like your theme!!

Just out of curiosity, Do I really get to pick for myself?

Michelle wrote: "Just out of curiosity, Do I really get to pick for myself?"

Well, now that you mention it... XD Sorry about that, completely escaped my notice. I'll switch things around!

How do I find the book on my dusty bookshelf? I do not know I don’t remember what they were.

@Anna - Denise has you picking for Danielle Gypsy Soul. Just click on her name above in the pairs listing and it will take you to her list. If you want to see your books you can click on your name to be taken to your post with the books you added to your Dusty Bookshelf list.

I’m confused I’m begging for someone Danielle gypsy soul? Or did I misread that which is a total possibility? I am legally blind so sometimes I don’t see things quite well.

Anna wrote: "I’m confused I’m begging for someone Danielle gypsy soul? Or did I misread that which is a total possibility? I am legally blind so sometimes I don’t see things quite well."

No worries! You are picking 3 books for Danielle. Here is a link to her list of books on her Dusty Bookshelf:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

(her post will appear at the top of the page)

Once you pick 3 books from her list, create a new post to say what they are.

If you want the book covers to show instead of just a link to the book name, there is a bullet you can select that says "cover" under the book search list when you look up a book.

Just ask if you need any more direction - it gets easier once you're used to it.

Separately, Karen will pick a book for you to read from the list you provided at message 11.

RachelG. wrote: "Severina I am choosing for you:

and ."

Thanks, Rachel!

Denise, sorry to keep you waiting. I was out all day today.

For you I pick:
and bonus

Hope you enjoy!