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📚OCTOBER 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: OCTOBER 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
SEPTEMBER 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 SEPTEMBER 27th, 11:59pm (US Central Time)
SEPTEMBER 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.

**SEPTEMBER 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

Susan
Jamie
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Denise
Dora
Severina
Chelle_Rydz
Jennifer
Michelle
Erica
Susan A
Penumbra
Aspa
Zuzana
Karen ♐
☘KathyD☘
Oleander
Marty
Connie N.
Elizabeth
Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)

PAIRS

✔️Susan picks for Marty
✔️Jamie picks for Aspa
✔️Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Jamie
✔️Denise picks for Oleander
✔️Dora picks for Denise
✔️Severina picks for Zuzana
✔️Chelle_Rydz picks for Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)
✔️Jennifer picks for Michelle
✔️Michelle picks for Chelle_Rydz
✔️Erica picks for Connie N.
✔️Susan A picks for ☘KathyD☘
✔️Penumbra picks for Susan A
✔️Aspa picks for Erica
✔️Zuzana picks for Penumbra
✔️Karen ♐ picks for Jennifer
✔️☘KathyD☘ picks for Karen ♐
✔️Oleander picks for Severina
✔️Marty picks for Elizabeth
✔️Connie N. picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
✔️Elizabeth picks for Dora
✔️Sallie(GeorgiaGirl) picks for Susan

Susan's October 2025 Dusty Bookshelf

Reading Speed: Hare
Bonus: Please choose another book from my TBR List



Sallie(GeorgiaGirl) Picks for Me:
✅ ✅ ✅

I picked for Marty:

Jamie's October 2025 Dusty Bookshelf




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

Danielle's Dusty Bookshelf
Duration: 1 - 31 October

Reading Speed: Hare
Bonus: Please pick another book form my shelf

Denise's October Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: Another from my list, please!


I pick for Oleander:
Dora picks for me: +

Dora's Dusty Bookshelf

Reading Speed: Hare
Bonus: another from the list

Severina's Dusty Bookshelf - October 2025

Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: please pick another book from the above shelf

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I picked for Zuzana:
and bonus

Oleander picked for me:
and bonus

ETA 10-10-25: Unfortunately, Dating After The End of the World is a DNF at 39%. The superficial almost-30-year-old characters acted like teenagers on a camping trip.

ETA 10-12-25: Frank & Red is a massive hit. Loved it. 5 stars.

ETA 10-18-25: What a Dog Knows was another lovely one that just made my heart swell. 5 stars.

Chelle's Spooky Dusty Bookshelf-

Hare this month 🐰 (2 Books, 1 Bonus)

Michelle picked for me ✅ Bonus :

I picked for Sallie(GeorgiaGirl ) & with a Bonus of



BONUS: Please pick another from the above shelf. Thank you.

This year's dusting progress -
(view spoiler)[
January - ✅ - Bonus
February - ✅ - Bonus ✅
March - Bonus
April ]✅ - Bonus
May - Bonus ]✅
June Bonus: ✅
July ✅ Bonus: ✅
August ✅ & Bonus:

September ✅ & Bonus:

October ✅ (currently reading) Bonus :

(hide spoiler)]

October Dusty



HARE!

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

October 2025 Dusty Bookshelf
Speed - Hare + Bonus (Please choose bonus from list below.

Erica's October Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare plus a bonus of one of your favorite reads



I pick for Connie and with a bonus of .

Aspa picks and for me, with a bonus of .

October Dusty Shelf

Hare - 2books
Bonus - another from the list please

Penumbra's October 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 Susan A : and the Bonus Book:

Zuzana picks for me: and

Aspa's Dusty Bookshelf (October 1st - October 31st)



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

(view spoiler)[
Read in October:
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DNFed:
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(hide spoiler)]

Zuzana's October 2025 Dusty Bookshelf

Speed Hare + Bonus (another book from those below)



Picked for me: , &

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

I picked for Jennifer: and bonus:
Kathy D picked and bonus: for me



Bonus Pick: Please pick another from my list above

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


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

Oleander's Dusty Bookshelf in October
Speed - Hare, no bonus please

Marty's October Dusty Bookshelf

Speed - Turtle this time

I pick for Elizabeth: , ,
Susan picks for me: ,



Bonus - please pick from the list above

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

I picked for Danielle Gypsy Soul: Bonus:

Erica picked for me: Bonus:
A Life Without Water by Marci Bolden - 10/19/25 ♥♥♥♥♥
The Good Boy by Stella Hayward - 10/18/25 ♥♥♥♥♥
Everything's Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh - 11/9/25 ♥♥♥♥♥

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BONUS: Please pick another book from my list above.

🍁 October Dusty Bookshelf 🍁
Speed: Hare



Bonus: Pick another from shelf above.

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I picked for Dora: &

Marty's picks for me: &

Im in Please...


Bonus - pick from the list above...please

Pairs have been posted here.

Please pick for your assigned partner by September 29th.

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

Oleander,

my picks for you: &

Hope you enjoy!

Penumbra,

for your October reads I've picked
& a pumpkin-spiced bonus: .

Happy reading!

Hi Denise,

Here are your picks:


Enjoy!

Connie N., I pick for you and with a bonus of .

Happy reading!

Aspa, my picks for you &

Bonus:

Happy reading!

*Hi Susan ~ Happy Fall!
Here are your picks: and for the bonus:

Hope you enjoy!!
Sallie

☘KathyD’s☘

and bonus:

Sallie(GeorgiaGirl) wrote: "Im in Please......"

Sallie(GeorgiaGirl ) for you I pick and (both of which are on my October TBR too) with a Bonus of

Chelle

Jennifer, all the books in your list look so interesting! I'm choosing and bonus:

Hope you enjoy!

Zuzana I tried to pick three different genres for you. Hope you enjoy!

and bonus

Severina wrote: "Zuzana I tried to pick three different genres for you. Hope you enjoy!

and bonus [bookcover:The Sad Fortunes Of The Reverend..."

Thanks, Severina, I'm so looking forward to reading these!

Severina, I'm choosing and for you. I can't resist a book with a dog on the cover and zombies for Halloween. Bonus:

Thank you, Denise, for the great picks.

Oleander wrote: "Severina, I'm choosing and for you. I can't resist a book with a dog on the cover and zombies for Hallo..."

Thanks so much. I'm eager to read all of these. :)

Jamie

My picks for you are:


Bonus:

Happy Reading

Danielle Gypsy Soul, you'll be all ready for Halloween when you're finished with these!

Bonus:

Erica wrote: "Connie N., I pick for you and with a bonus of .

Happy reading!"

Thanks for the great picks, Erica! I'm looking forward to getting to all of them, hopefully.

Elizabeth wrote: "🍁 October Dusty Bookshelf 🍁
Speed: Hare


Hi Elizabeth, I chose one to start a series , one to move on in a series , and a standalone for the bonus .

I hope you like them! I'll be interested to see what you think of Godkiller, its' on my TBR too.

Danielle Gypsy Soul wrote: "Jamie

My picks for you are:


Bonus:

Happy Reading"

I'm excited to read these! Thanks!

Michelle, I'm choosing:
and
for you. I hope you like them!

Karen ♐ wrote: "Jennifer, all the books in your list look so interesting! I'm choosing [bookcover:The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and..."

Thank you, Karen!

Erica wrote: "Erica's October Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare plus a bonus of one of your favorite reads..."

Erica, my picks for you are

and bonus
*I cheated a bit with the bonus but I really liked this book.

Have a great reading month!

Jamie wrote: "Aspa, my picks for you &

Bonus:

Happy reading!"

Thank you very much!

I pick for Susan A

It was a difficult decision since you had many interesting books. But I narrowed it down to these three across multiple genres. Enjoy!

and the Bonus Book: