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SEPTEMBER 2017 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge:

Please post your shelves. NO COMMENTS in this thread please. After I post the pair, it will add a link to the shelf, and then you can add discussion comments.

How It Will Work:
1) Please only post no more than 10 books that you would like to read this month.
*minimum 4 books.

2) An assigned person will FIRST pick TWO BOOKS from your post series.

3) SECOND, the assigned person will recommend ONE MORE from a Genre of your choice.

4) You have one month: SEPTEMBER 2017 to try to read one of the chosen books. You can read ALL THREE if you would like (*if you don't read your book this month, it's okay because this challenge is for YOUR ENJOYMENT)

5) Please try to select for your pair ASAP as we all get excited and waiting is torture to some.


TIMELINE
AUGUST 22-28, 2017: Participants will Post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on AUGUST 28: 1030 (10:30am CST)

AUGUST 28-31: Pairs will be posted & then Selection of a Series and posting it for your pair
*Again, as I said earlier, please try to select for your pair ASAP.
***Cut off on AUGUST 31:

**AUGUST 31-ish: Re-picks for those who didn’t get the pick

**MOD ASSIST: TCF Mods Trea, Paris & Lanelle are also around for assistance.

SEE how to POST Book Covers

PARTICIPANTS
Ezinwanyi
Delitealex
Karen ♐
Danielle Gypsy Soul
Karina
Karen D.
Mariana
Jodi
Sunshine✰✰✰
Denise
Jammin' Jenny
Jenn
Debbie G.
Theo
Joanne - is from Canada
Cathie
Katherine
☘KathyD☘
Nikk
Marty
Penumbra
Camilla
Runell
Rachel
Chelle
Erica
LaurLa

☑PAIRS

Jenn picks for ☘KathyD☘
Ezinwanyi picks for Penumbra
Theo picks for Karina
Katherine picks for Chelle
Cathie picks for Rachel
Rachel picks for Theo
Delitealex picks for Runell
Erica picks for Camilla
Marty picks for Nikk
LaurLa picks for Katherine
Denise picks for Marty
Karen ♐ picks for Joanne - is from Canada
Karina picks for Katherine
Jammin' Jenny picks for Cathie
Chelle picks for Debbie G.
Mariana picks for Jammin' Jenny
Danielle Gypsy Soul picks for Delitealex
Jodi picks for Denise
Joanne - is from Canada picks for Sunshine✰✰✰
Runell picks for Jodi
Sunshine✰✰✰ picks for Mariana
Debbie G. picks for Karen D.
Penumbra picks for Danielle Gypsy Soul
Karen D. picks for Erica
☘KathyD☘ picks for Ezinwanyi
Nikk picks for LaurLa

Ezinwanyi's SEPTEMBER 2017 Bookshelf




I picked for Penumbra: and your bonus is
☘KathyD☘ picked
**Preferred Sub Genre: ** Romance (Angsty) ~ please pick something that's on audiobook
I prefer good plots to over sexed books. In fact, I hate too much sex books :D


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Delitealex's August Dusty Bookshelf



Preferred genres
Paranormal, cozy mystery and F/F

Karen's September Dusty Bookshelf

I picked and bonus: for Joanne is from Canada
Marty picked and bonus: for me:



Preferred Genre: Erotica, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense

Danielle's September Dusty Bookshelf

I picked for: Delitealex
Penumbra Picked for Me: and



Preferred Genre: M/M or Romantic Suspense

Karina's September Dusty Bookshelf



Preferred genre: Horror

For Katherine, I pick: +

For me, Theo picks: +

Karen D's September Dusty bookshelf

I pick , , and for Emily.
Debbie picks , , and for me.



Preferred genre: horror or thriller

Mariana's September Dusty Bookshelf


Preferred genre: MM romance

September Dusty Bookshelf



Preferred genre: thriller

Runell picks , & for me.

I pick , & for Denise.

Sunshine's August Dusty Bookshelf



Preferred genre: Paranormal Romance

I picked for Mariana:
&
Joanne - is from Canada picked for me: &

Denise's September Dusty Bookshelf



Genre of Choice: YA Contemporary with LGBT themes

I pick for Marty: +
Jodi picks for me: +

Jammin Jenny's September Dusty Bookshelf



My preferred genre this month is cozy mystery.

I picked for Cathie: , and
Mariana picked for me: , , and

Jenn's September Dusty Bookshelf


Preferred Genre: Paranormal/horror

I pick for ☘KathyD☘ : & . Bonus:
Ezinwanyi picks for me: & Bonus: &

Debbie G's Bookshelf



Preferred Genre: Cozy Mysteries

Debbie G chooses for Karen D and bonus
Chelle chooses for Debbie G

Theo's September 2017 Dusty Bookshelf

I pick for Karina:
Rachel picks for me:

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Preferred Genre: Graphic Novels (Adult or YA) (hide spoiler)]

Joanne's September Dusty Bookshelf

Karen picks for me: Wallbanger, Something About You and bonus: Mistress of Pleasure
I picks for Sunshine: Shades of Blood, Last Sacrifice and bonus: Burn for Me



Preferred genre: historical romance

Cathie's September Dusty Bookshelf



Preferred Genre: Magical Realism https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
(You don't have to pick from this shelf, but it will give you an idea of what I like)

I pick for:
___ picks for me:

Katherine's September 2017 Dusty Bookshelf



Preferred Genre: Fantasy / Humor

KathyD’s September Dusty Bookshelf


preferred genres (preferably a book that is on audio)
paranormal
erotica
fantasy

For Ezi, I chose: and . . . (bonus)

For me, Jenn chose: and . . . (bonus)

NIkk's September Dusty Bookshelf

I pick and and for LaurLa
Marty picks and for me

Marty's September Dusty Bookshelf

I pick for Nikk: &
Denise picks for me: , &



Preferred: historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery

Penumbra's September Dusty Bookshelf:



Preferred genres: M/M only. Contemporary, Romance, Historical, Humor, Mystery, Fantasy, Paranormal, Fluffy. No Horror/Dystopian/Spooky etc.

I pick for Danielle Gypsy Soul: and Genre choices:


Ezi chooses for me: and

Genre choices: and

Camilla's September Dusty Shelf:




Preferred genres: Adult fantasy, literary fiction, supernatural/strange, horror, dystopian (not YA)

Erica chose for me: and and recommended

Runell's September Dusty Shelf:



Preferred Genre: Fantasy or historical fiction (a combination of both is awesome)

I chose for Jodi:
Delitealex chose for me:

Read:

Rachel's Dusty Shelf



I PICK FOR: Theo

with a bonus book of:
b/c i loved it
& i'll also recommend which i've heard is very good.

Cathie PICKS FOR ME:
x x with a bonus book of x

preferred genre: anything dark or spooky!

Chelle's September Dusty Bookshelf

Jodi picks (Finished ***) and (It never came off hold for me. BOO!) with a bonus classic of or for me. Thanks Jodi!


I pick Dying for Chocolate and Little Shop of Homicide with a bonus cozy of Enchanted, Inc. for Debbie G

(DNF; not for me) (DNF; not for me)
Bonus Genre: A short classic (please, no Dickens Charles! ;)

Erica's September Dusty Bookshelf



I choose and with a bonus book of or for Camilla.

Karen chooses and with a bonus book of for me.

preferred genres: mystery, biography, historical fiction

LaurLa's September Bookshelf


Picks for me: Nikk
~Bonus~



I pick for: Karen ♐
~Bonus~

@Penumbra:
I chose and your bonus is
Enjoy

Hi, Jodi!

My picks for you are and

For your preferred genre pick, I choose

I'm not the biggest mystery/thriller reader, but I LOVED this book. It's incredibly messed up and not one you really can love anything about, but I was engrossed by this book so I hope the same goes for you.

Runell
My picks for you



Bonus

Hi Nikk, I chose

& for you.

P.S. I didn't see a preferred genre listed.

Thanks Marty :-)

Yeah I forgot to put a preferred genre but all good - looking forward to reading both these choices :-)

I pick for Danielle Gypsy Soul: and

Preferred genre: Eli Easton's new book and

The second genre choice book is angsty, but it's really good.

Thanks, Ezinwanyi :)

LaurLa wrote: "LaurLa's September Bookshelf


Picks for me: ??
~Bonus~

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HI Laura,

For you I have chosen:

and .

I didn't see a preferred genre so for your bonus I chose a third book:

I didn't know any of these books but I hope you enjoy these picks :-)

Ezi, I don't think anyone is set up to pick books for me...

Marty,
I pick and for you - I haven't read either, but they sound pretty good.

For your recommendation, I'll go with , which happens to be one of my favourite historical fiction reads and is already on your TBR. :)

Ezi, I'm not set up to pick for anyone, but I am happy to pick for Karen if she doesn't have anyone to pick for her :-)

Katherine, I pick for you:


And bonus...

Happy reading!

Hi Jenny,
My pics for you are and

Preferred genre: and

Camilla, I chose and for you - the first because I love a good mystery, and the second because it just looks so interesting.

For a bonus, I'm picking two because the first one has alternating very high and not-so-good reviews: and

Denise wrote: "Denise's September Dusty Bookshelf



Hi Denise,

My pics for you are: and .

You bonus selection is: .


I hope you enjoy your books! Happy Readying!

Runell wrote: "Hi, Jodi!

My picks for you are and

For your preferred genre pick, I choose "

Hi Runell,

Thanks for the picks! I had plans for those books all along. ;)

I love the bonus pick. It has been on my TBR for awhile, I can't wait to read .

DebbieG picks for Karen D
I love this series and I'm waiting for the latest book to come out in November...and..
...and for your bonus genre
I hope you enjoy!

Ezi - it looks like you have Katherine list twice as a pickee, once for Karina and once for me. Karina has already made picks. Did someone get missed that I should pick for?