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📚AUGUST 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: AUGUST 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
JULY 26-28th, 2025: Participants will post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on JULY 28th, 11:59pm (US Central Time)
JULY 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.

**JULY 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

Denise
Zuzana
Erica
Susan
Jamie
Carrie
Elaine
Severina
Susan A
Oleander
Jennifer
Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Aspa
Karen ♐
Marty
Chelle_Rydz
Cathy
Michelle
Kari
Chloe
D.L.
☘KathyD☘
Lyndi (mibookobsession)
Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)
Penumbra

PAIRS

✔️Denise picks for Severina
✔️Zuzana picks for Michelle
✔️Erica picks for Lyndi (mibookobsession)
✔️Susan picks for Erica
✔️Jamie picks for Karen ♐
✔️Carrie picks for ☘KathyD☘
✔️Elaine picks for Zuzana
✔️Severina picks for Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)
✔️Susan A picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
✔️Oleander picks for Susan A
✔️Jennifer picks for D.L.
✔️Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) picks for Elaine
✔️Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Oleander
✔️Aspa picks for Kari
✔️Karen ♐ picks for Chelle_Rydz
✔️Marty picks for Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)
✔️Chelle_Rydz picks for Penumbra
✔️Cathy picks for Chloe
✔️Michelle picks for Marty
✔️Kari picks for Denise
✔️Chloe picks for Carrie
✔️D.L. picks for Jamie
✔️☘KathyD☘ picks for Susan
✔️Lyndi (mibookobsession) picks for Jennifer
✔️Sallie(GeorgiaGirl) picks for Cathy
✔️Penumbra picks for Aspa

Denise's August Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: Another from my list, please!


I pick for Severina: +
Kari picks for me: +

Zuzana's August Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Turtle + Bonus (another book from the list below)



Elaine picked for me: +

Erica's August Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare plus a bonus from your list of favorites



Susan picks and for me with a bonus of .

I pick for Lyndi and with a bonus of .

Susan's August 2025 Dusty Bookshelf



Reading Speed: Hare
Bonus: Please choose another book from my shelf

Jamie's August 2025 Dusty Bookshelf




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

Carrie's August Dusty



Speed: Hare
Bonus: Please pick another from this list or my up next shelf.

I picked and bonus: for KathyD

and Chloe picked , and bonus of for me

August Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: hare



Bonus: please choose another book from my list

Severina's Dusty Bookshelf -- August 2025

Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus Book: please pick from above list

**

I picked for Sallie (GeorgiaGirl):
and bonus

Denise picked for me:
and bonus

**
ETA 08-06-25: Really enjoyed Elder Race. 4 stars.
ETA 08-17-25: DNF for The Rich People... almost immediately. Ugh.
ETA 08-22-25: Absolutely love The Swallows. 5 stars!

August Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: hare

Oleander's Dusty Shelf Aug 25
Speed: hare, no bonus

August Dusty



HARE!

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

~Jamie's August 2025 Dusty Bookshelf~

Speed: Hare



Bonus: Pick from this shelf please! :)

Danielle's August Dusty Bookshelf
Speed: Hare



Bonus pick from This Shelf please

Aspa's Dusty Bookshelf (1 August - 31 August)



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

(view spoiler)[
Read:

DNFed:

(hide spoiler)]

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

I picked for Chelle Rydz: and bonus:
Jamie picked and bonu s: for me



Bonus Pick: Please pick another from my list above

Marty's August Dusty Bookshelf

Level: Hare
Bonus: A title from the list below.

I pick for Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) -
Michelle picked for me -

Chelle's August 2025 Dusty Bookshelf-

Hare this month 🐰 (2 Books, 1 Bonus)

Karen ♐ picked for me- &
Bonus:

I picked for Penumbra a Christmas in August.
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:
July ✅ Bonus: ✅
August & Bonus:
(hide spoiler)]

Cathy's August Dusty Bookshelf
Hare-no bonus

Dusty Bookshelf

Chosen:

August 2025 Dusty Bookshelf

Reading speed hare
Bonus - choose from one below.

Kari's August 2025 Dusty Bookshelf



Reading Speed: Hare
Bonus: Please choose another book from my shelf

I pick for Denise: and bonus

Aspa picks for me: and bonus

Chloe's August Dusty bookshelf

Reading speed: hare
Boonus: another from my shelf please!

Reading Speed: Turtle (One Book)
Bonus: Another book from the list above please! ^

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


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

Lyndi's August Dusty Bookshelf

Reading speed- Hare
Bonus: another book from this shelf

Bonus - pick from the list above...please

Penumbra's August 2025 Dusty Bookshelf:

I made it in time! :D

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 Aspa: and Bonus book:


Chelle picks for me: and

Pairs have been posted here.

Please pick for your assigned partner by July 30th.

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

Severina,

my picks for you: &

Bonus:

Hope you enjoy!

Penumbra wrote: "Penumbra's August 2025 Dusty Bookshelf:
..."

Good morning Penumbra, let's make it a Christmas in August.
I pick for you with a bonus of

Enjoy! Chelle

Karen - Here are my picks for you this month!



Bonus -

Happy reading!

Zuzana, You didn’t specify a speed so I am offering you a buffet and you may select what you wish.

Turtle:
If you are a hare, add in:
If you want a bonus, you get to read: .

Enjoy whichever combination you load onto your reading plate!

Oleander

My picks for you are:


Happy Reading!

Erica

My picks for you are:


Bonus from my list of favorites:


Enjoy!

Kari,
my picks for you are:
and bonus .
Have a great reading month!

For Marty,

- would love to hear what you think. I've been seeing this book all over the place.



Bonus -

Lyndi (mibookobsession) my picks for you are

and with a bonus of .

Enjoy!!

Aspa wrote: "Kari,
my picks for you are:
and bonus .
Have a great reading month!"

Perfect, thank you!

Susan A.,

Summer seems like the best time for and a thriller
Enjoy!


Thank you, Danielle Gypsy Soul, for my picks. I'm sure I'll enjoy them.

Hi Denise, I'll pick for you and bonus

Enjoy :)

Elaine wrote: "Zuzana, You didn’t specify a speed so I am offering you a buffet and you may select what you wish.

Turtle:
If you are a hare, add in: [bookcover:Jane Auste..."

Elaine, thanks so much for the options. I totally forgot to add my speed this month. I expect to be as slow as a turtle, and in case of speeding up a little bit I'll take the bonus.

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

Speed: Hare

Tough choice here, Jamie.. They all look good. I picked , and as the bonus.

Enjoy!

Michelle wrote: "For Marty,

- would love to hear what you think. I've been seeing this book all over the place.



Bonus - [bookcover:..."

You're psychic. Those were three of the four I hoped someone would choose from. Thanks so much!

Jamie wrote: "Jamie's August 2025

Hi there Jamie. For you, I pick:

&

Bonus:

I hope August is a great month for you!

Michelle wrote: "August 2025 Dusty Bookshelf

Reading speed hare
Bonus - choose from one below..."

Hi Michelle, these are my pick for you: and as a bonus.

Enjoy!

Hi Sallie (GeorgiaGirl)

You didn't say whether you were a tortoise or a hare, so I went ahead and picked two books plus a bonus.

and bonus

Hope you enjoy!

Denise wrote: "Severina,

my picks for you: &

Bonus:

Hope you enjoy!"

Thanks, Denise. Looking forward to them!