JUNE 2023 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge

[Mrs W]

LaurLa's DBS List✳️June
Reading Speed: Tortoise

Pies and Potions (Mystic Cafe #2) by Rose Pressey Betancourt The Maze (FBI Thriller, #2) by Catherine Coulter Safe With Him (Manhunt, #3) by Rita Herron My Sweetheart (Love and Dessert Trilogy, #3) by Shannon Guymon The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy (Smythe-Smith Quartet, #4) by Julia Quinn Eternal Kiss of Darkness (Night Huntress World, #2) by Jeaniene Frost A Hard Day for a Hangover (Sunshine Vicram, #3) by Darynda Jones Flirting With Forever (Dirty Martini Running Club, #4) by Claire Kingsley The Girl in the Woods (Misted Pines, #2) by Kristen Ashley The Long Way Home (Corps Security Book 6) by Harper Sloan

BONUS: Goodreads Choice - ROMANCE

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I picked for✳️ Erica
House Rules Bonus: The Final Gambit

Picked for me✳️Mrs W.
and

Bonus

Enjoy your reading

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[Michelle]

For Ezi:

&

Bonus:

[Carrie]

Mrs W,

For you

bonus


Happy Reading

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Michelle wrote: "For Ezi:

&

Bonus: "

Thank you Michelle. Those are two I already got from the library so YAY!!!!

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

VampAmber,

my picks for you:

Bonus:

Happy Reading!

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

Carrie

My picks for you are:


My bonus for you is the next Kate Daniels Book - this is my all time favorite series. It looks like you are on book #3.5 but not sure you read the 1/2's so either:
OR

[Mrs W]

Carrie wrote: "June Dusty Bookshelf

Hare

[bookcover:The Lost Apothecary..."

Carrie

Looking forward to the books you selected. The Bonus Book is perfect since we vacation in the Outer Banks 😊

[Carrie]

Danielle Gypsy Soul wrote: "Carrie

My picks for you are:


My bonus for you is the next Kate Daniels Book - this is my all time favorite series. I..."



Thank you, I own the first 2 in physical and have loaded up on my tablet. It has been way to long since I was last in this world.

[Jammin Jenny]

Hi. I don't have picks yet. Can someone please pick for me?

[Connie N.]

Me neither, Jenny. Should we pick for each other?

[VampAmber]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Hi. I don't have picks yet. Can someone please pick for me?"

Ack! I'm so sorry. I'm your pick person, but my nights and days have gotten horribly mixed up, and just ugh all around. Here's what I was probably going to pick all along. Maybe.

and for your main picks, and for your bonus (cuz it's been on my tbr for basically ever, so hopefully it'll be really good).

[Jammin Jenny]

VampAmber wrote: "Jammin Jenny wrote: "Hi. I don't have picks yet. Can someone please pick for me?"

Ack! I'm so sorry. I'm your pick person, but my nights and days have gotten horribly mixed up, and just ugh all ar..."

Thanks VampAmber. I understand. This week has been crazy for me, and last week wasn't much better.

[Jammin Jenny]

@Connie

Picks for you:

and - really like both of these authors

BONUS: - because it's #5 in the series, so you must really like it :)

[Connie N.]

Thanks so much, JJ! I'm looking forward to all of these.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Sorry Connie but I’m glad you got picks

[Penumbra]

Completion Post:


Rating: 4 Stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Fluffy, fast, omegaverse read. Perfect for the holidays.


Rating: 4 Stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I liked it even though the plot was a bit slow. Great realistic characters.

[Jammin Jenny]

Wow that was fast!

[Penumbra]

Jammin Jenny wrote: "Wow that was fast!"

It was a short and super easy read. I don't normally read that fast, lol. I still have two books to go though.

[Erica, Quality Control Supervisor]

I finished and can highly recommend it! Now for my bonus - but I think I'll start with the first one in the series. It looks really good!

[Mrs W]

Completed

I read and watched the movie. It was awesome...it is the #1 in the series and plan to read the other 2 books.

[Logan]

Severina wrote: "Hi Logan! Here's your picks:

- from your shelf, because I used to love the Black Dagger Brotherhood

from GR Choice Award..."

I finished both this month. I enjoyed them both too! Thank you for the great picks. I had been going back and forth on whether I wanted to read Wrong Place Wrong Time and I'm glad you got me to read it!

[Cathy]

Completion Post
Manhunting by Jennifer Crusie
Finished on 6/22/23
4 stars

[Connie N.]

I finished all my books for this month and loved them all! Thanks, Jammin Jenny, for the successful picks.

Jammin Jenny picked for me: BONUS:

The Cat Who Sniffed Glue by Lilian Jackson Braun - 6/8/23 ♥♥♥♥
Under the Table by Stephanie Evanovich - 6/22/23 ♥♥♥
The Game Plan by R.L. Mathewson - 6/26/23 ♥♥♥♥

[Michelle]

Completion Post



Book - They Call Her Dirty Sally
Author - Amy Matayo
Date - 6/25/23
Rating - 3 Stars
Review -

“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” --nursery rhyme, and the first lie we learned in school

From an early age Sally Gertie understood what it was like to not be wanted by anyone. Once upon a time she was, but then her mother died and her father found solace in the bottle of a whiskey bottle. Her father loved her, but was incapable of knowing how to show it due to the loss of his wife. Kids in school made fun of her because she was dirty, came from the wrong side of the tracks, and her father had lost a good job by no fault of his own, and then had to take a job as the town's garbage man. When her father died she was on her own. Her only friend was the boy next door who did as much as he could to help her, but was limited in what he could do because his parents did not approve of Sally. Eventually Sally grows up and the world is still cruel to her. So cruel, that in one moment an explosion at the hospital takes away something very precious to her.

Finn is a reporter who comes into town. He is a journalist who is supposed to write a piece for his employer on the explosion that occured in the town some 30 years ago. The more he digs into the story, the more he realizes that something has been covered up. Along with the woman, Billie, who works at the motel they began to uncover something that could change Finn and Sally's lives.

My heart broke for Sally in this book. People are freaking cruel and have been since the dawn of time. The shit they put Sally through during her life should be punishable under the law.

Poor Finn got hit with doozy of a revelation towards the end of the book that rocked his world. It's a good thing that Billie was there to help him through it,

I really did like the book, but the ending felt very rushed in my opinion.

[Chelle_Rydz]

Chelle's January - June Completion Post

January - She and Her Cat: StoriesFINISHED 1/14/23

February - Blameless FINISHED 7/7/23

March - The Writing Retreat

April - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers FINISHED 4/22/23

May - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret FINISHED 5/8/23

June - Apples Never Fall FINISHED 6/21/23
Kingdom of Bones CURRENTLY READING