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📚JUNE 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: JUNE 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
MAY 24-28th, 2025: Participants will post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on MAY 28th, 11:59pm (US Central Time)
MAY 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.

**MAY 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

Jennifer
Susan A
Chloe
Erica
Marty
Elaine
Jamie
Karen ♐
Chelle_Rydz
Michelle
Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)
Zuzana
Penumbra
Denise
☘KathyD☘
Severina
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Cathy
Ela (Mouse333)
Aspa
Lyndi (mibookobsession)

PAIRS

✔️Jennifer picks for Severina
✔️Susan A picks for Chelle_Rydz
✔️Chloe picks for Lyndi (mibookobsession)
✔️Erica picks for Marty
✔️Marty picks for Zuzana
✔️Elaine picks for Chloe
✔️Karen ♐ picks for Penumbra
✔️Chelle_Rydz picks for Ela (Mouse333)
✔️Michelle picks for Denise
✔️Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) picks for Cathy
✔️Zuzana picks for Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)
✔️Penumbra picks for Elaine
✔️Denise picks for Susan A
✔️☘KathyD☘ picks for Erica
✔️☘KathyD☘ picks for Jamie
✔️Severina picks for Karen ♐
✔️Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Michelle
✔️Cathy picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
✔️Ela (Mouse333) picks for Aspa
✔️Aspa picks for ☘KathyD☘
✔️Lyndi (mibookobsession) picks for Jennifer

June Dusty



HARE!

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

June Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare
Bonus: Please select another book from my list. Thank you

Chloe's June Dusty bookshelf:



Reading speed: turtle
bonus: another one from my shelf please :)

Erica's June Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare plus a bonus from your list of favorites

Marty's June 2025 Dusties
Reading level: Hare

I pick for Zuzana:
Erica picks for me_.

Bonus, please pick from this list.

Elaine’s Dusty Bookshelf:

Speed: Hare



Bonus: please select an additional book from the list above.

Jamie's June 2025 Dusty Bookshelf




Reading speed: HARE
Bonus: Please select another book from my shelf :)

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

I picked for :
picked and bonus: for me



Bonus Pick: Please pick another from my list above

Chelle's June Dusty Bookshelf-

Turtle 🐢 (1 Book, 1 Bonus)

Susan A picked for me
Bonus:


I picked for Ela and Bonus:



BONUS: Another from the above list, please.

This year's Dusting Progress -
(view spoiler)[
January - ✅ - Bonus
February - ✅ - Bonus ✅
March - Bonus
April ]✅ - Bonus
May - Bonus
June Bonus:
(hide spoiler)]

📚JUNE 2025 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge:💈
Reading Speed - Hare



Bonus - Pick one from above

~Jamie's June 2025 Dusty Bookshelf~

Speed: Hare



Bonus: Pick from the list above please! :)

Zuzana's June 2025 Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare



Picked for me:
+

Penumbra's June 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 Elaine: Bonus:


Karen picks for me: and

Denise's June Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: Another from my list, please!


I pick for Susan A: +
Michelle picks for me: +

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


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

Severina's June Dusty Bookshelf

Reading Speed: Hare (2 books)



No bonus book, please.

**

I picked for Karen:
and bonus

Jennifer picked for me:


**

ETA 06-05-25: Finished Death Row. It was a short story published in single book format, and I picked it up because I see the author's name everywhere. Turns out she is not for me. 2 stars.
ETA 06-23-25: Unfortunately, No Lie Lasts Forever was a DNF for me. :(

Danielle's Dusty Bookshelf



Speed: Hare
Bonus: Pick from list above

Cathy's Dusty Bookshelf
Speed: turtle
No bonus

Reading speed: Hare



Bonus: Please pick from the following list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Aspa's Dusty Bookshelf (1 June - 30 June)



Reading Speed: Hare
Bonus Pick: Please pick another from my list above

I picked for KathyD
Ela (Mouse333) picked for me

(view spoiler)[
Read:
-
DNFed:

Still in TBR:
-
(hide spoiler)]

Lyndi's Dusty Bookshelf- June

Reading speed: Hare
Bonus: Pick another from shelf below

Apologies for the delay! Due to getting the pairs posted late, I'm extending the deadline for making your picks until end of day of the 31st, with any needed re-picks on June 1st. Hope that works for everyone!

Pairs have been posted here.

Please pick for your assigned partner by May 31st.

Re-picks for those who didn't get a pick on June 1st.

Denise - I don't seem to be listed in the participant list. I'm in msg 11.

Cathy my pick for you is . I adore this book and author so much and I hope you enjoy it as well! :)

Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) wrote: "~Jamie's June 2025 Dusty Bookshelf~

Speed: Hare

...."

Jamie
these are my picks for you: & + Bonus:

I picked books with fewer ratings, I hope they turn out to be rare gems. :)

Zuzana wrote: "Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) wrote: "~Jamie's June 2025 Dusty Bookshelf~

Speed: Hare

...."

Jamie
these are my picks for you: &[bookcover:Like Frail Boats on ..."

Thank you so much! I'm excited for all three of these.

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "☘KathyD’s☘ 2025 Dusty Bookshelf
reading speed — turtle ..."

Kathy,
I have not read any of your books, so I picked ones that sounded interesting!
For the challenge, I picked the and as a bonus the thriller:

Have a great reading month!

I pick for Elaine:

and

Bonus:

Enjoy!

Michelle

My picks for you are:


Bonus:

I pick for Jennifer



Bonus:

Danielle,
For you, I've chosen

and bonus

Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) wrote: "Cathy my pick for you is . I adore this book and author so much and I hope you enjoy it as well! :)"

Thanks-looking forward to it!

Zuzana wrote: "Zuzana's June 2025 Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare

[bookc..."

Hi Zuzana, I'm guessing you like Star Wars. :).
I chose [bookcover:Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade|62802781] and , with for contrast. Enjoy!

P.S. I have no idea why that first book cover won't post correctly.

Lyndi, I choose:
and
with as a bonus.
Hope you enjoy these picks!🙂📚
Happy reading :)

Penumbra wrote: "I pick for Elaine:

and

Bonus:

Enjoy!"

Awesome choices! Thanks!!

Chloe, I’m picking for you which I had never heard of but sounds sweet and for your bonus, . Enjoy!

Hi Aspa,

I'm choosing and for you, with as your bonus. Happy reading :)

Chelle_Rydz wrote: "Chelle's June Dusty Bookshelf-

Turtle 🐢 (1 Book, 1 Bonus)"


and

Erica...these are all 5-star reads for me...enjoy!

Hi Jamie...Erica asked if I'd pick for you because you were missed. Hope you enjoy these!

Marty wrote: "

Hi Zuzana, I'm guessing you like Star Wars. :)."

Touché! I'm part of a Star Wars Legends Group and I'm trying to catch up with their group reads. So thanks for helping with that, Marty. :)

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

Jamie, sorry I missed your sign-up! Thank you to Erica for sorting it out.

Susan A,

My picks for you: &

Bonus:

Hope you enjoy!

No worries Denise!

Thanks for my picks KathyD!

For Denise



Bonus

Happy Reading!