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📚DECEMBER 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: DECEMBER 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
NOVEMBER 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 NOVEMBER 27th
NOVEMBER 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.

**NOVEMBER 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

Chelle_Rydz
Erica
RachelG.
Elaine
D.L.
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Severina
Susan A
Marty
Michelle
Masoodah
Zuzana
Denise
EnglishElle
Karen ♐
☘KathyD☘
Jennifer
Dora

PAIRS


✔️Chelle_Rydz picks for RachelG.
✔️Erica picks for Masoodah
✔️RachelG. picks for Susan A
✔️Elaine picks for Michelle
✔️D.L. picks for EnglishElle
✔️Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Karen ♐
✔️Severina picks for D.L.
✔️Susan A picks for Zuzana
✔️Marty picks for Chelle_Rydz
✔️Michelle picks for Dora
✔️Masoodah picks for Erica
✔️Zuzana picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
✔️Denise picks for ☘KathyD☘
✔️EnglishElle picks for Elaine
✔️Karen ♐ picks for Marty
✔️☘KathyD☘ picks for Jennifer
✔️Jennifer picks for Severina
✔️Dora picks for Denise

Chelle's Holiday-ish Dusty Bookshelf -

Turtle 🐢 (1 Book, 1 Bonus)

Marty picked for me - with a Bonus of

I Pick for Rachel G. & with a Bonus of



Please pick my festive bonus from the above list. Thank you!

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: &

October ✅ Bonuses: &

November & a bonus of

December with a Bonus of

(hide spoiler)]

Erica's December Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Turtle plus one bonus of a Good Read's Choice award in Mystery (any year)



I pick for Masoodah and with a bonus of .

Masoodah picks for me with a bonus of .

RachelG's December Dusty Bookshelf:

Reading Speed: Hare
Bonus: Another from my list, please.



Chelle_Rydz picked for me: (DNF @ 30%) (read 12/2) (read 12/1)
I choose for Susan A

December Dusty Holiday Bookshelf

Speed: Hare



Bonus: Please pick another title from the above choices.

Speed: Turtle (1 book)
Bonus: Please choose another book from the list above.

December Dusty Holiday Bookshelf

Speed Hare



Bonus: Please pick another from the above choices

Severina's Dusty Bookshelf -- December 2024

Reading Speed: Hare



Please pick one more book from the shelf above for the bonus, please. :)

**

I picked for D.L.:
and bonus

Jennifer picked for me:
and bonus

**

ETA 12-02-24: Finished "The Apocalypse Seven". It was a good read that kept me guessing.
ETA 12-10-24: Really enjoyed "The Prince and the Apocalypse", a sweet little comedy-romance.
ETA 12-18-24: Last but not least, finished "Baal." Was quite disappointed in that one.

Susan A's Dusty Bookshelf December 2024

Reading Speed: Hare
Bonus: Another from my list, please.

Marty's December Dusty Bookshelf
Speed: Hare

I pick for Chelle_Rydz: &
Karen♐'picks for me: , &



Bonus - please choose one from the list above.

December 2024 Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed - Hare + Bonus



Bonus - Please choose one from my list

December 2024 Dusty Bookshelf

Reading speed - Turtle + Bonus



Bonus - Please choose one from my list

I pick for Erica: & Bonus from Goodreads Choice Award 2019

Erica picks for me: & Bonus:

Zuzana's December 2024 Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare (2 Books + Bonus)



Bonus: Please choose another book from the list above.

I pick for Danielle Gypsy Soul: , & Bonus:

Susan A picks for me: 12/30/24, & Bonus:

Denise's December Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: Another from my list, please!


I pick for ☘KathyD☘: +
Dora picks for me:
+

Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: Another from my list, please!

I pick for Elaine
DL picks for me

Books I've Read From My Shelf:

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

I picked for Marty: and bonus:
Danielle Gypsy Soul picked and bonus: for me



Bonus Pick: Please pick another from my list above

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


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

December Dusty



HARE!

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

December Dusty Bookshelf

Reading Speed: Hare
Bonus: Another from my list

Pairs have been posted here.

Please pick for your assigned partner by November 29th.

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

☘KathyD☘,

my pick for you:

Bonus:

Hope you enjoy!

Denise wrote: "PAIRS ..."

Hi Denise, I need someone to pick for me.
Thanks!
Chelle

RachelG. wrote: "RachelG's December Dusty Bookshelf:

Reading Speed: Hare
Bonus: Another from my list, please."

Hi Rachel!
I'm feeling cozy and festive, so I pick for you & with a Bonus of

Enjoy and Happy Holidays! Chelle

Danielle Gypsy Soul,

my picks for you are two Christmasy reads: and with a Bonus of something steamy: .

Happy Holidays!

Chelle_Rydz wrote: "Denise wrote: "PAIRS ..."

Hi Denise, I need someone to pick for me.
Thanks!
Chelle"

Whoops, turns out I had two people picking for Zuzana and none for you... Fixed! Sorry about that. XD

Susan A- I am picking for you: and bonus

@ Chelle- Thanks for the great picks! I look forward to reading them. Happy Holidays!

EnglishElle wrote: "Reading Speed: Hare

Hi EnglishElle Happy Thanksgiving (or just Thursday if you're not in the States). I pick for you:

bonus:

They all seem like great winter time reads.

Michelle,



Bonus:

For Zuzana
and bonus

Thanks, Susan. It's gonna be a Star Wars month. :-D

Happy Holidays!

Hi D.L. Happy Thanksgiving if you are American and celebrating today!

I pick for you and bonus , two very different types of stories.

Happy reading!

Severina wrote: "Hi D.L. Happy Thanksgiving if you are American and celebrating today!

I pick for you and bonus , two very different types of stories..."

Happy Thanksgiving to you as well. And TY for the picks. I can't wait to read them :)

hi Jennifer...here are your picks for December...happy reading!

Denise wrote: "☘KathyD☘,

my pick for you:

Bonus:

Hope you enjoy!"

thanks, Denise!

Marty, I choose and bonus:

Hope you enjoy!

Erica wrote: "Erica's December Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Turtle plus one bonus of a Good Read's Choice award in Mystery (any year)....."

Hi Erica,

I pick for you

& Bonus from Goodreads Choice Award 2019

Chelle_Rydz wrote: "Chelle's Holiday-ish Dusty Bookshelf -

Turtle 🐢 (1 Book, 1 Bonus)

???? picked for me -


Hi Chelle, I picked & . Enjoy!

For Dora

&

Bonus:

Happy Reading!

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

And thanks for your picks - those are great!

Severina, I'm picking , and for you. Enjoy!

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "hi Jennifer...here are your picks for December...happy reading!
"

Excellent choices, thank you!

Jennifer wrote: "Severina, I'm picking , and for you. Enjoy!"

Thanks Jennifer. Looking forward to them!

Marty wrote: "Hi Chelle, I picked & [bookcover:A Holiday..."

THANK YOU!

RachelG. wrote: "Susan A- I am picking for you: and bonus "

Thank you!

Erica wrote: "Masoodah, I pick and for you with a bonus of . Enjoy!

And thanks for your picks - th..."

Thanks Erica!

I would have gone ahead and said yes to reading two books but I did choose Turtle yet you've chosen two books for me aha :)

The bonus can stay - been meaning to read that for a while xx

Masoodah wrote: "Erica wrote: "Masoodah, I pick and for you with a bonus of . Enjoy!

And thanks for y..."

Oops! My brain saw the word turtle but apparently didn’t process it, lol. This has happened to me as well.