OCTOBER 2023 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge

[Jennifer]

Ela (Mouse333) wrote: "Reading speed: Hare

and for you. Enjoy!

[Jennifer]

Thank you, Severina!

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Christene Paula✨ wrote: "Ezi wrote: "
Ezi's OCTOBER DB SHELF
Reading Speed: HARE
♛ ☀️ OCTOBER 2023 Book..."

I choose for Ezi


Thank you. Thats actually a cool pick for the Bonus considering it’s Shocktober ❤️

[Ela (Mouse333)]

Jennifer wrote: "Ela (Mouse333) wrote: "Reading speed: Hare

[bookcover:The Five|4402..."

Thanks, Jennifer!

[VampAmber]

Denise wrote: "VampAmber,

my picks for you:"

Those picks are actually perfect, because Feed is by one of my favorite authors, and I've been meaning to get around to reading it. Thank you. ^_^

[Elaine]

Kathy D



Bonus:

[Chelle_Rydz]

Erica wrote: "Erica's October Dusty Bookshelf
Speed: Turtle ..."

Erica I pick for you and

Enjoy!

[Karen ♐]

Penumbra, I choose for you: and bonus:

Hope you enjoy!

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

Marty

I choose:

Bonus:

Happy Reading

[Carrie]

Elaine

For you: , bonus

Happy reading

[Carrie]

D.L. wrote: "Carrie wrote: "Carrie's October dusty

Hi Carrie, for you I pick:

& (You can't go wrong with Stephen King!)

And for bonus I pick: [bookcover:Lo..."


Thank you

[Erica, Quality Control Supervisor]

Chelle wrote: "Erica wrote: "Erica's October Dusty Bookshelf
Speed: Turtle ..."

Erica I pick for you and

Enjoy!"

Oh these are great - thanks so much!!

[Karen ♐]

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Hi Karen...for October I choose the following...happy reading!
"

Thanks! Love your choices!

[Penumbra]

Karen ♐ wrote: "Penumbra, I choose for you: and bonus:
Hope you enjoy!"

Thanks, Karen. They're perfect! :)

[Marty]

Chelle wrote: "Chelle's Spooky, Cob webby, Halloween Bookshelf

Reading Speed 🐢 ADHD Turtle (🐿️ !) so....1 book and 1 bonus.

Marty picks for me


Hi Chelle,

I picked with as your bonus. Enjoy!

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Hi Jamie!!!

UGGHHH!! I wanted to pick them all..🤣 I added several of these to my TBR 🤦‍♀

I haven't read any of them but they all looked good. So being a cover lover & a favorite genre is historical fiction I went with these:



Bonus Book:


I hope you enjoy them and having a great reading October!!

[Robin (Saturndoo)]

Erica wrote: "Robin (Saturndoo) - so many good choices! I pick and for you, with a bonus of [bookcover:A Christmas Home|..."

Thank you Erica!! I'm looking forward to these!

[Michelle]

For Danielle Gypsy Soul

&

Bonus:

[Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)]

Robin (Saturndoo) wrote: "Hi Jamie!!!

UGGHHH!! I wanted to pick them all..🤣 I added several of these to my TBR 🤦‍♀

I haven't read any of them but they all looked good. So being a cover lover & a favorite genre is histori..."

I'm so glad that I was able to contribute to your TBR. LOL. And thank you for the picks! These sound amazing and I cannot wait to get to them.

[Chelle_Rydz]

Marty wrote: I picked [bookcover:Hemlock Island|652..."

Thank you!

[☘KathyD☘]

Elaine wrote: "Kathy D



Bonus:
"

thanks, Elaine! I think I'm going to try to fit Hello Stranger in because I read (and really enjoyed) The Bodyguard earlier this summer. 😊

[Michelle]

Completion Post



Book - The Alchemist and an Amaretto
Author - Annette Marie
Date - 10/9/23
Rating - 3 Stars
Review - This series is good, but it remains 3 stars for me. The romance portion is what annoys me the most. I honestly wish Tori would just sleep with all 3 guys and get it out of her system so we can get on with the story and stop having to hear about how hot they are. Yeah we got it in the first book, do we have to hear about it for the rest of the series?

[Penumbra]

Completion Post:


Rating: 3 Stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I liked it, but not as much as this author's other stories. This didn't end with answers to the situations that the plot revolved around, so it felt unfinished.


Rating: 4 Stars
Reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Easy, fluffy, read with interesting MCs. This is the second book in the series, but there's no need to read the first one even though there are returning characters.

[Elaine]

Completion Post:

DNF
3 stars 10-14-23
DNF

[Michelle]

Completion Post - Book 2



Book - Road of Bones
Author - Christopher Golden
date - 10/19/23
Rating - 4 Stars
Review - This is a very creepy atmospheric horror novel that is set along The Kolyma Highway in one of the coldest regions on earth, Siberia. The road is 1200 miles long and was built by those who were gulag prisoners. Over 250,000 prisoners died while building this road and were buried beneath it. Felix Teig and hs friend Jack Prentiss are driving that road trying to save what is left of Felix's career in the TV show industry by filming a TV show showing what life is like along the road. There travels take an unexpected turn when they run into other worldly creatures and they and two other people have to flee for their life down the loneliest and coldest highway in the world. This was quite fun and creepy. I found it hard to put down

[Chelle_Rydz]

Chelle's October Completion Post-

Date completed - 10/22/23
2 1/2 stars

Ugh, meh.
I wanted to love this book. I expected to love this book.
There are not many Armstrong books I don't like, but this is at the top of the list.
The book spent SOOOOOOOOO much time talking about the pandemic (it felt like every other paragraph was about that). It used up space where we could have gotten to actually know and care about the characters. But I didn't.
Considering the idea and the gore, you would think this would be tense and scary. It was not. It was boring. In my opinion.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Christene Paula✨ wrote: "♛ ☀️ OCTOBER 2023 Book..."

I choose for Ezi
Bonus: .."

THANK YOU Christene Paula. I read one and the bonus so far. Well I tried the bonus, LOL!
--3.75 Stars. I love Brittainy Cherry but this one was missing a little something for me.
Bonus: --DNF. I got to 37% but I was sooo bored. I will try it again in the future
--not read yet but hoping to get to this weekend

[Kirsten]

I've finished 2 of my 3 books. Thanks, Connie!


3.5 stars, rounded up
So much is so right.
So gloss inconsistencies,
focus on romance.


3. 5 stars, rounded down
Though sometimes clunky,
place and voice feel authentic.
Home’s where you make it.

[Cathy]

I got one book read. Don't know why I pretend to be a hare:-)
The Quiche of Death
finished 10/9/23
3 stars

[Jammin Jenny]

I read my bonus book
- 5 stars

Hoping to read one of my other two books before Halloween ends!