April 2024 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge

[Marty]

Penumbra wrote: "Penumbra's April Dusty Bookshelf

TURTLE this month. Please pick a total of two books, that includes the Bonus book.

Hi Penumbra, I chose and for you. Enjoy!

[Jennifer]

Susan A, you have some good stuff on your shelf! I'm going with , and .

[Jennifer]

Ela (Mouse333) wrote: "Jennifer,

I’m choosing and for you. Enjoy!"

Oh good picks! Thank you.

[Penumbra]

I pick for Elaine. Oh man, your choices were hard because they were in the genre I love and all the tropes I love! I wanted to pick like six of them but had to narrow to three, lol.

Anyway, I finally narrowed it down to these three in different tropes:

and Bonus:

And now I will add many of your book selections to my ever growing TBR pile! lol Enjoy!

[Susan A]

Jennifer wrote: "Susan A, you have some good stuff on your shelf! I'm going with , and ."


Thanks so much! I'm looking forward to these.

[Penumbra]

Marty wrote:

I pick for Penumbra: and

Thanks, Marty!

[Michelle]

Hi Stormie

Here are my picks for you.



Bonus:

[Karen ♐]

Lynette, my choice for you is: (love the title!) and bonus:

Hope you enjoy!

[D.L.]

Hi Marty I am picking:

& bonus:

I hope you enjoy your reads :)

[D.L.]

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "hi D.L....here are your picks for April...happy reading!
"

Thanks so much! These have been on my TBR list since I joined the site in 2016 lol Time to dust them off and read them :)

[Marty]

D.L. wrote: "Hi Marty I am picking:

& bonus:

"
Thanks!

[Oleander]

Erica wrote: "Oleander wrote: "Erica, I'm picking for you. It sounds like a great mystery.
For your bonus, since you wanted one of my favorites - I just read [bookcover:The..."

Yes, you should start with the first one. It establishes the back story and things move in progression through the books.

[Erica, Quality Control Supervisor]

Thanks - will do!

[Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~]

Chelle
I choose for you:


and for your Bonus/BOTM


(This is in my pile to read, even though I didn't list it as a choice.)

Happy Reading
~ Stormie ~

[Chelle_Rydz]

Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~ wrote: "Chelle
I choose for you:
and for your Bonus/BOTM
..."

Thank you! I may start mine a little early since I just finished

[christene_littlelibrary]

For Karen

I'm picking , and

[Karen ♐]

Christene Paula✨ wrote: "For Karen

I'm picking , and "

Thanks, Christene!

[Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)]

Gulliver wrote: "For Jamie:
I pick and for your bonus:
Happy reading! These all look l..."

Thanks! I'm looking forward to all three of these.

[Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)]

Chloe, my picks for you are and your bonus:

Happy reading! :)

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Michelle,

I'll do the honours since you didn't get a pick yet:

Bonus:

Hope you enjoy!

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Lynnette - please note that this is the second time in a row that you've failed to pick for your assigned partner. If it happens a third time, I will not sign you up anymore as it's not fair on whoever you're assigned to pick for.

[Connie N.]

Ela (Mouse333), my picks for you, in various sub-genres. (Sorry to be so late!)

Sports -

Fantasy/SF -

BONUS: To lighten things up:

[Connie N.]

Cathy wrote: "Connie N

I chose for you.

I haven't read any of them but have heard g..."

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

[Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~]

Michelle wrote: "Hi Stormie

Here are my picks for you.



Bonus: "

Thank you, Michelle!

[Ela (Mouse333)]

Connie N. wrote: "Ela (Mouse333), my picks for you, in various sub-genres. (Sorry to be so late!)

Sports -

Fantasy/SF -

BONUS: To lighten things u..."

Thanks, Connie!

[Michelle]

Denise wrote: "Michelle,

I'll do the honours since you didn't get a pick yet:

Bonus:

Hope you enjoy!"

Thank you.

[Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~]

Michelle wrote: "Hi Stormie

Here are my picks for you.



Bonus: "

There is an oops! in my selections, the book isn't released yet. I did not realize it until I went to see if Target had it available and it would only let me preorder...the book won't be released until October 2024. Sorry about that!

[Michelle]

Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~ wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Hi Stormie

Here are my picks for you.



Bonus: "

There is ..."

No problem, I'll pick you a different one

how about

[Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~]

Michelle wrote: "Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~ wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Hi Stormie

Here are my picks for you.



Bonus: [bookcover: The Ho..."

Thanks!

[Lynnette]

Denise wrote: "Lynnette - please note that this is the second time in a row that you've failed to pick for your assigned partner. If it happens a third time, I will not sign you up anymore as it's not fair on who..."

Noted and I will not sign up anymore because I lose track of the dates. My apologies Michelle, I tried to pick for you today.

[Penumbra]

Penumbra's Completion Post:


Rating: 4 Stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This was a fun read. I enjoyed it.


Rating: 2 Stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This book bored me. There's no conflict. It feels like it's two short stories cobbled together. I don't recommend it. There are better cowboy books out there.

[Michelle]

Completion Post - Book 1



Book - The Upheaval
Author - Erica Stevens
Date Read - 4/10/24
Rating - 5 starts
Review - I've been reading the Post Apocalyptic genre for years now, and most of them are a dime a dozen. It's basically the same formula with nothing exciting going on. I was thoroughly surprised with this book and what happened to make the world post apocalyptic. There was quite a bit of fast paced action with many different things going on such as earthquakes, sinkholes, tsunamis, and my favorite volcanic lava. All of this happening in one area. I hope no one is a Patriot's fan because the stadium was taken out by the lava as did most of the town of Foxboro, Ma.

[Susan A]

Thanks again for picking for me Jennifer!

Close to Home Apr 11 ★★★★★
Seven Girls Gone Apr 10 ★★★★
The Skin Collector Apr 2 ★★★★

[Cathy]

I read both of my books and enjoyed them very much!
The Study of Poisons 4/14/24 *****
Belgrave Square 4/17/24 *****

[Chelle_Rydz]

Chelle wrote: "Chelle's April Fool's Dusty Bookshelf-

Turtle 🐢

Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~ picks for me: and Bonus(BOTM) ..."

I finally finished my April pick last night. It was a solid entry to the Haven's Rock Series.

[Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~]

Michelle wrote: "Hi Stormie

Here are my picks for you.



Bonus: "

I finished , but unfortunately, I couldn't get from the library just came in, and there is a copy at my local library. So I may be able to get that read before Tuesday if I can p/u tomorrow or Monday.

I will post the review for by tomorrow at the latest.

[Marty]

Finished , great anthology - five stars.
Also enjoyed even though I was kind of meh about the ending. Four stars.

is giving me some trouble. It's not the first Anita Shreve book I've tried to read. I bailed on the others, but I need to finish this one for another challenge. So I'll push on through.

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

Susan,

Thanks for the picks. I finished all 3 and enjoyed them all. My favorite was Pick One