Denise’s Comments (group member since Nov 11, 2011)

Denise’s comments from the The Challenge Factory group.

PAIRS

PARTICIPANTS

Chelle_Rydz
Susan A
Severina
Susan
Amanda
Erica
Jamie
Elizabeth
Cathy
Karen ♐
Marty
Danielle Gypsy Soul
danielle

📚DECEMBER 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: DECEMBER 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
NOVEMBER 24th-27th, 2025: Participants will post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on NOVEMBER 27th, 11:59pm (US Central Time)
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.

Katrina, I'm picking for you!

My 5:

Completion Post - Week 8
Book and Author: The Inmate by Freida McFadden
Pages: 388
Date Read: 18 Nov 2025
Task: +1 point - read a book with '1' in the page count or publication date; your team gains 1 point
How it fits: Published June 13, 2022
Is the word 'gratitude' or 'grateful' in the text of your book? Yes: "... that a lot of these men will be grateful for your care." (p. 11)

Going with The Inmate. Published June 13, 2022.

We're checked in.

Week 7
Team Name: Grateful Gobblers

Jamie - Completion Post
Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) - Completion Post
Danielle Gypsy Soul - Completion Post
Denise (mod) - Completion Post

Points earned this week: 8

Completion Post - Week 7
Book and Author: The Faithless by C.L. Clark
Pages: 528
Date Read: 15 Nov 2025
Task: Name an ability you are thankful for - read a book where a significant character has a disability
How it fits: One MC uses a cane
Is the word 'gratitude' or 'grateful' in the text of your book? Yes: "You are well, however, and we should all be grateful for that." (p. 7)

I'll have mine done tomorrow, got about 100 pages left. :)

I'll go with The Faithless - one MC uses a cane.

Gonna have to dig through my TBR, but I'm sure I'll find something.

Fall into Winter Challenge
Duration: 01 October 2025 - 31 December 2025
Level: Hard - two spell outs with one of 6+ letters, 7 more books from at least 4 other groups
Completed: 0/23

1. Spell Outs:

Fall, Leaf, Acorn, Frost, Raking, Pumpkin, Harvest, Hayride, Hunting, Sweater, Corn Maze, Football, Halloween, Christmas, Cornucopia, Thanksgiving, Haunted House

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2. TBR Squeeze/Series Catch Up:
Read any book on your TBR/Series Catch Up list that relates to the October - December time period - book must either have a word in the title or have something on the cover that relates to this time period.

3. Publication Date:
Read any book first published in October, November or December of any year.

4. Authors:
Read any book whose author's initials can be found in any ONE of your spell out words.

5. Setting:
Read a book set in the October to December time frame, or where there is a celebration of any of the holidays that occur during this season.

6. Extra Challenge:
From any book read for #4 Authors, read a book set in a country that begins with a letter from the author's name.

We're checked in.

Week 6
Team Name: Grateful Gobblers

Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) - Completion Post
Jamie - Completion Post
Danielle Gypsy Soul - Completion Post
Denise (mod) - Completion Post

Points earned this week: 8

Completion Post - Week 6
Book and Author: Injury Time: Football in a State of Emergency by David Goldblatt
Pages: 472
Date Read: 05 Nov 2025
Task: Name an object you are grateful for - read a book with no human or animal on the cover
How it fits:

Is the word 'gratitude' or 'grateful' in the text of your book? Yes: "The majority, however, were profoundly grateful." (p. 172)

Excellent question. But if it'll definitely work for #3, just use it for that and Ariel can take the reptilian creature task. :)

Completion Post: Bug-eyed Ghost & Miner Ghost
Book: A Skeleton in the Family by Leigh Perry
Date Read: 03 Nov 2025
Pages: 305
Task: 👻Read a book with a skeleton on the cover
How it Fits:

I'm in the mood for nonfiction this week, going with Injury Time: Football in a State of Emergency