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📚FEBRUARY 2025 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 that specific genre.

5) You have one month: FEBRUARY 2025 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)

6) Please try to select for your pair ASAP as we all get excited and waiting is torture to some.


TIMELINE
JANUARY 25th-28th, 2025: Participants will post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on JANUARY 28th
JANUARY 29th-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.

**JANUARY 31st: 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

RachelG.
Cathy
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Elaine
Erica
Susan A
christene_littlelibrary
Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)
Shannon
Karen ♐
Jennifer
Zuzana
Samantha
Leslie Ann
Marty
Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)
Severina
Chelle_Rydz
Michelle
Penumbra
Carrie
☘KathyD☘
Masoodah
Denise
Connie N.
Kari
EnglishElle
Louise

PAIRS

✔️RachelG. picks for Samantha
✔️Cathy picks for Susan A
* Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for christene_littlelibrary
✔️Elaine picks for ☘KathyD☘
✔️Erica picks for Penumbra
✔️Susan A picks for Elaine
✔️christene_littlelibrary picks for Marty
✔️Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) picks for Michelle
✔️Shannon picks for Zuzana
✔️Karen ♐ picks for Masoodah
✔️Jennifer picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
✔️Zuzana picks for Jennifer
* Samantha picks for Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)
✔️Leslie Ann picks for Cathy
✔️Marty picks for Severina
✔️Sallie(GeorgiaGirl) picks for EnglishElle
✔️Severina picks for Connie N.
✔️Chelle_Rydz picks for Denise
✔️Michelle picks for Kari
✔️Penumbra picks for Chelle_Rydz
✔️Carrie picks for RachelG.
✔️☘KathyD☘ picks for Louise
✔️Masoodah picks for Shannon
✔️Denise picks for Erica
✔️Connie N. picks for Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)
✔️Kari picks for Karen ♐
✔️EnglishElle picks for Leslie Ann
✔️Louise picks for Carrie

Re-Picks
✔️Denise picks for christene_littlelibrary
✔️Denise picks for Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)

RachelG's February Dusty Bookshelf:

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

Cathy's February 2025 Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare - no bonus

Danielle's February 2025 Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare - Bonus pick another from this list

February Dusty Bookshelf

Hare



Bonus: Please pick another book from the above list. Thanks!

Erica's February 2025 Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Turtle plus bonus from the Goodreads 2024 Romance Choice Awards Nominees



I pick with a bonus of for Penumbra.

Denise picks for me with a bonus of .

Susan A's February 2025 Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare plus bonus one more from list provided.

Christene Paula's February 2025 Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare plus bonus one more from list provided.

~Jamie's February 2025 Dusty Bookshelf~

Speed: Hare



Bonus: Pick from the list above please! :)

Shannon's February 2025 Dusty Bookshelf

Reading Speed: Hare plus one bonus from list provided below

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

I picked for Masoodah: and bonus:
Kari picked and bonus: for me



Bonus Pick: Please pick another from my list above

February Dusty



HARE!

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

Zuzana's February Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare + bonus



Bonus: Pick another one from the list above, please.

Picked for me:
+

February Dusty



My goal is Turtle, but go ahead and pick a bonus book from this list (I'm really trying to knock off a lot of my books that I already own)

Turtle please


Bonus -- pick from the above list, please

Marty's February Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare

I pick for Severina: &
christene_littlelibrary picks for me: &



Bonus: One from this list: To read next

Turtle Please



Bonus - pick from the list above...please

Severina's February Dusty Bookshelf

Reading Speed: Hare (2 books)



No bonus book, please.

**

I picked for Connie N:
and bonus

Marty picked for me:


ETA 02-02-25: Read Kitty Confidential. Unfortunately, it was not very good.
ETA 02-17-24: Finished Among The Living. Also not the greatest book. :(

Chelle's February Dusty Bookshelf-

Turtle 🐢 (1 Book, 1 Bonus)

Penumbra picked for me with a Bonus of

I picked for Denise and with a bonus of




BONUS: Another from the above list or one from my Netgalley Backlog TBR Shelf , please.

This year's Dusting Progress -
(view spoiler)[
January - ✅ - Bonus
February - - Bonus
(hide spoiler)]

February 2025 Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed - Hare



Bonus - Please pick one from above

Penumbra's February 2025 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__Rydz: and

Erica picks for me: and

Carrie's Feb dusty

hare



bonus a 3rd from this list

☘KathyD’s☘ 2025 Dusty Bookshelf
reading speed — turtle


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

Masoodah's Dusty Bookshelf
February 2025

Reading speed - Hare



*for bonus pick, please pick another from list above.


I pick for Shannon:
& Bonus:


Karen picks for me:
& Bonus:

Denise's February Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: Another from my list, please!


I pick for Erica: +
Chelle_Rydz picks for me: +

Count me in!

Connie N.'s FEBRUARY 2025 Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed - Hare

I picked for Jamie (TheRebelliousReader): Bonus:

Severina picked for me: Bonus:
Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke - 2/7/25 ♥♥♥♥
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris - 2/20/25 ♥♥♥♥
The Husband List by Janet Evanovich - 2/21/25 ♥♥♥♥

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BONUS: Please pick another book from my list above.

Feb 2025 Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare
Bonus: another from the list please



Michelle picks for me: & Bonus:

I pick for Karen: Bonus:

Speed: Turtle plus bonus from my list

February 2025 Dusty Bookshelf

Pairs have been posted here.

Please pick for your assigned partner by January 30th.

Re-picks for those who didn't get a pick on January 31st.

Erica,

my pick for you:

Bonus:

For Kari:

&

Bonus:

Happy Reading!

Jennifer, my picks for you : and . Bonus:

Happy reading!

Hi Connie N., here are your picks!

and bonus

Happy reading!

Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)

I read through all the blurbs on your choices, and these are the ones that sounded great to me:

Bonus:

Enjoy!

Denise wrote: "Erica,

my pick for you:

Bonus: "

Thanks Denise!

for Louise...happy reading!

Penumbra I'm picking with a bonus of for you.

Enjoy!

Kathy D,

My pick for you is:


Bonus:


This way you can start one new series and make progress on another...Happy Reading!

Samantha, my pick for you is Howl’s Moving Castle and bonus The Neverending Story.

Michelle wrote: "For Kari:

&

Bonus:

Happy Reading!"

Excellent, thanks Michelle :)

For Karen, I hope you like them!!


and bonus:

Elaine wrote: "Kathy D,

My pick for you is:


Bonus:


This way you can start one new series and make progress on another...Happy Reading!"

thanks Elaine!

Severina wrote: "Severina's February Dusty Bookshelf

Reading Speed: Hare (2 books)

Hi Severina, I chose and for you. Enjoy!

Thanks so much, Severina! I'm looking forward to all of these.

Hi Marty wrote: "
..."

I'm picking and

And for the bonus book

I pick for Chelle_Rydz books about the past and the future. I couldn't find the correct cover for the Christie book so I just picked one. Enjoy!

and