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📚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.

PARTICIPANTS

Chelle_Rydz
Susan A
Severina
Susan
Amanda
Erica
Jamie
Elizabeth (1)
Cathy
Karen ♐
Marty
Danielle Gypsy Soul
danielle
Aspa
Denise
Elizabeth (2)
Jennifer
Michelle
Zuzana
Connie N.
Kari
Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)
Carrie
Lynnette

PAIRS

✔️Chelle_Rydz picks for Carrie
✔️Susan A picks for Denise
✔️Severina picks for Susan
✔️Susan picks for Kari
✔️Amanda picks for Elizabeth (2)
✔️Erica picks for Cathy
✔️Jamie picks for Zuzana
✔️Elizabeth (2) picks for Chelle_Rydz
✔️Cathy picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
✔️Karen ♐ picks for Connie N.
✔️Marty picks for Severina
✔️Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Michelle
✔️danielle picks for Marty
✔️Aspa picks for Erica
✔️Denise picks for Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)
✔️Elizabeth (1) picks for Aspa
✔️Jennifer picks for Amanda
✔️Michelle picks for Jennifer
✔️Zuzana picks for Lynnette
✔️Connie N. picks for Jamie
✔️Kari picks for danielle
✔️Sallie(GeorgiaGirl) picks for Karen ♐
✔️Carrie picks for Elizabeth (1)
✔️Lynnette picks for Susan A

Chelle's Holiday 🎅🏻☃️🎄Dusty Bookshelf -

Hare this month 🐰 (2 Books, 1 Bonus)

Elizabeth picked for me- & Bonus:

I picked for Carrie- & + Bonus




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

This year's dusting progress -
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January - ✅ - Bonus


February - ✅ - Bonus ✅


March - Bonus


April ]✅ - Bonus


May - Bonus ]✅


June Bonus: ✅


July ✅ Bonus: ✅


August ✅ & Bonus:


September ✅ & Bonus:


October ✅ ✅ Bonus :

November Bonus:

December Bonus:

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Susan A December Dusty Shelf
Speed: Hare
Bonus: Please Pick another from the shelf

Severina's Dusty Bookshelf -- December 2025

Reading Speed: Hare (2 books)



Please pick bonus from the above shelf.

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I picked for Susan:
and bonus

Marty picked for me:
and bonus

*** ETA 12-01-25: Finished Snake-Eater and loved it. 5 stars. Also finished Tucker vs. the Apocalypse later that evening (it was a short book) - 4 stars for that one.

Susan's December Dusty Bookshelf
Speed: Hare



Bonus: Pick another from my list above.

Severina picked for me: , ,

I picked for Kari:

Amanda's December Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Hare



Bonus: Any book from my WTR shelf
WTR

Erica's December Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Switching to TURTLE plus a bonus of one of your favorite reads because I've fallen so badly behind...



I pick for Cathy.

Aspa picks and for me.

Jamie's December 2025 Dusty Bookshelf




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

Elizabeth's December Dusty Bookshelf
Speed: Hare



Bonus: any book on Pack Your Lunch Shelf

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I picked for Aspa:
&

Carrie picks for me:
&

Cathy's December Dusty Bookshelf
Speed- turtle
No bonus

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

I picked for Connie N.: and bonus:
Sallie picked and bonus: for me



Bonus Pick: Please pick another from my list above

Marty's December Shelf

Speed: Hare

I pick for Severina:
danielle picks for me:



Bonus- please pick from the list above.

Danielle' December Shelf

Speed Hare



Bonus: Please pick from list above OR your favorite MM Christmas book.

Danielle's December shelf
Speed: Hare



Bonus: Please pick from the list above or a book you think is similar to one of them.

I pick for Marty:
and for a bonus:

Kari picks for me:

✅ - 12/4
✅ - 12/9
and bonus:

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

Reading Speed: Hare


Bonus Pick: Please pick a series from the list below!


Read in December: (view spoiler)[
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Denise's December Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare



Bonus: Another from my list, please!


I pick for Sallie(GeorgiaGirl): +
Susan A picks for me: +

December Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare

+Bonus

I love doing this every month!

December Dusty



HARE!

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

December Dusty Bookshelf

Zuzana's December Dusty Bookshelf

speed: hare + bonus (another one from the list)



I will be reading: &

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

I picked for Jamie: BONUS:

Karen ♐ picked for me: BONUS:

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BONUS: Please pick another book from my list above.

Dusty Bookshelf December

Speed: Hare
Bonus: Pick another from the list please



I pick for danielle: and Bonus:
Susan picks for me: and Bonus:

Im in Please...Hare

Bonus - pick from the list above...please

Carrie's Dusty December Bookshelf
Speed: Hare



Bonus: Pick from the above list

Carrie picks , bonus: for Elizabeth (1)

Chelle_Rydz picked , and bonus

Lynnette's Dusty Bookshelf
Speed: Hare
Bonus: Pick from Shelf




Zuzana picked for me:
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This The Battle for the Black Mind & Bonus You Deserve to Know

Pairs have been posted here.

Please pick for your assigned partner by November 29th.

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

Sallie(GeorgiaGirl),

my picks for you: &

Bonus:

Hope you enjoy!

Carrie wrote: "Carrie's Dusty December Bookshelf
Speed: Hare..."

Carrie, in honor of the holiday spirit, I pick for you

(it's on my list this month) and (more light hearted)
with a bonus of

I hope you enjoy the variety. Happy Holidays! Chelle

Susan, for you I have picked:

and bonus

I hope you enjoy, and Happy Holidays!

Marty, I pick these for you. Enjoy!



and for a bonus:

Zuzana, my picks for you are &

Bonus:

Happy reading!

Aspa, here are your picks. Happy holidays!



Bonus:

Jamie wrote: "Zuzana, my picks for you are &

Bonus:

Happy reading!"

Thank you, Jamie. Love your picks. :)

Lynnette,

here are my picks for you:
& bonus:

Enjoy!

Erica wrote: "Erica's December Dusty Bookshelf
Speed: Switching to TURTLE plus a bonus of one of your favorite reads because I've fallen so badly behind..."

Erica, I pick the for you as it has a good story, as well as a great audiobook.
As a bonus, I pick the . It is short and sweet, as long as you like neurospicy main characters.

Have a great reading month!

Elizabeth wrote: "Aspa, here are your picks. Happy holidays!..."

Thank you very much! Happy Holidays to you, too!

Kari,

My picks for you:
and Bonus:

Happy Holidays!

Severina wrote: "Susan, for you I have picked:

and bonus

I hope you enjoy, and Happy Holidays!"

Thank you and Happy Holidays to you as well!

Connie picks for Jamie

BONUS:

Your list was very intriguing! I added several books to my TBR.

Connie, I choose for you: and bonus:

Happy Holidays! Hope you enjoy...

Hi danielle,
I'll choose for you
and Bonus:
Hope you like them!

Susan wrote: "Kari,

My picks for you:
and Bonus:

Happy H..."

Fantastic, thanks!!

Thanks so much, Karen! You chose a variety of sub-genres, and I'm looking forward to them all.

Amanda! Here are your picks:


And your extra:
, which I recall really liking. I hope you do too.

Kari wrote: "Hi danielle,
I'll choose for you
and Bonus:
Hope you like them!"

Thanks!! ... A mix! I love it!

Aspa wrote: "Aspa's Dusty Bookshelf (December 1st - December 31st)

Reading Speed: Hare
[bookcover:The ..."

How about The Night Circus, The Whisper Man and Three Parts Dead!

Elizabeth wrote: "Aspa wrote: "Aspa's Dusty Bookshelf (December 1st - December 31st)

Reading Speed: Hare
[b..."

Turns out I didn't notice we had two Elizabeths signed up, so there was a little confusion and both of you ended up picking for Aspa. As yours was the second post and Aspa already acknowledged the other Elizabeth's picks, could you please pick for Chelle_Rydz? (I've now made it clearer in the list as well, with you listed as Elizabeth (2) in order of sign-ups.)
Thank you and sorry for the mess-up!