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message 1: by Denise, Manufacturing Director (new)

Denise (destiny_chan) | 7685 comments Mod
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message 2: by Denise, Manufacturing Director (new)

Denise (destiny_chan) | 7685 comments Mod
📚FEBRUARY 2026 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge:💈

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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: FEBRUARY 2026 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
JANUARY 25th-28th, 2025:
Participants will post their shelves
*If you do not list a shelf, I will not pair you with anyone
***Cut off on JANUARY 28th, 11:59pm (US Central Time)
JANUARY 29th-30th: 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.

**JANUARY 31st: 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.


message 4: by Denise, Manufacturing Director (new)

Denise (destiny_chan) | 7685 comments Mod
PAIRS


message 5: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (jhaltenburger) | 1192 comments February Dusty

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li Our Mothers' War American Women at Home and at the Front During World War II by Emily Yellin Ladies of the Canyons A League of Extraordinary Women and Their Adventures in the American Southwest by Lesley Poling-Kempes Every Brilliant Eye (Amos Walker #6) by Loren D. Estleman The Last American Heiresses by Stephen Greco The Harvey Girls by Juliette Fay 1968 The Year that Rocked the World by Mark Kurlansky The Widows’ Guide to Murder (The Widows’ Detective Club, #1) by Amanda Ashby Night in the City by Michael McGarrity The Deadly Book Club by Lyn Liao Butler

Hare, please, and please pick a third book from the above list! Thanks.


message 6: by Erica, Quality Control Supervisor (last edited 12 hours, 44 min ago) (new)

Erica | 4910 comments Mod
Erica's February Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: TURTLE plus a bonus of one of your favorite reads

Path Lit by Lightning The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin Less Is Lost (Arthur Less, #2) by Andrew Sean Greer Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Romantic Outlaws The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon There There by Tommy Orange The Good Lord Bird by James McBride Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg


message 7: by Susan (new)

Susan | 67 comments Susan's February Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: HARE plus a bonus from list below.

Cream Puff Murder (Hannah Swensen, #11) by Joanne Fluke The Memory Box by Eva Lesko Natiello The Donovan Legacy Captivated & Entranced (Donovans #1 & 2) by Nora Roberts The One by John Marrs Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) by Sarah J. Maas The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters Scarpetta (Kay Scarpetta, #16) by Patricia Cornwell Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) by Dan Brown Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie


message 8: by Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) (last edited Jan 25, 2026 12:22PM) (new)

Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) (iambrucewayne) | 526 comments ~Jamie's February 2026 Dusty Bookshelf~

Speed: Hare

A Choreography of Longing by T.B. Markinson It Started with a Kiss by Clare Lydon Like in Love with You by Emma R. Alban Right Where You Left Me by Kile White Playing Perfect An Age Gap Sapphic Romance by Alexa Woods Never Comes The Day by Sloane Parks For My Finale by Sienna Waters Chasing Red A Steamy Sapphic Workplace Romance by Alix Marren With Stars in Her Eyes by Andie Burke A Hexcellent Chance to Fall in Love by Ann Rose

Bonus: Pick from the list above please and thank you :)


message 9: by Marie (UK) (last edited Jan 25, 2026 01:07PM) (new)

Marie (UK) (mazza1) | 59 comments HARE pick a bonus that has an ACTION or ADVENTURE genre

A Far-Flung Life by M.L. Stedman The King's Speech by Mark Logue A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino One Dark Night by Hannah Richell One Silent Night (Dark-Hunter, #15) by Sherrilyn Kenyon The Seeker of Lost Paintings by Sarah Freethy Hera by Jennifer Saint Bird Box (Bird Box, #1) by Josh Malerman The Mathematics of Love Patterns, Proofs, and the Search for the Ultimate Equation (TED Books) by Hannah Fry


message 10: by Zuzana (last edited Jan 25, 2026 12:34PM) (new)

Zuzana | 1241 comments Zuzana's February 2026 Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: hare + bonus (another one from my list)

Helen by Maria Edgeworth (2010-07-08) by Maria Edgeworth A Gossip's Story, and A Legendary Tale by Jane West Memoirs of Emma Courtney by Mary Hays Mr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick Marryat The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi by Jody Houser Star Wars Myths & Fables by George Mann Star Wars Vader - Dark Visions by Dennis Hopeless Star Wars Jedi - The Dark Side by Scott Allie Decluttering at the Speed of Life Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff by Dana K. White


message 11: by Chelle_Reads (last edited Jan 25, 2026 01:19PM) (new)

Chelle_Reads (chellerydz) | 642 comments Chelle's February Dusty Bookshelf -

Turtle 🐢 (1 Book, 1 Bonus)

The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple #1) by Agatha Christie Anxious People by Fredrik Backman Pendergast The Beginning (Agent Pendergast #23) by Douglas Preston The Storm by Rachel Hawkins A New New Me by Helen Oyeyemi First Sign of Danger (Haven's Rock, #4) by Kelley Armstrong We Love You, Bunny (Bunny, #2) by Mona Awad Dollface by Lindy Ryan An Enchanting Case of Spirits (The Gin & Tarot Club #1) by Melissa Holtz Teetotaled (Discreet Retrieval Agency, #2) by Maia Chance

BONUS Pick: from my VERY Dusty Books TBR Shelf or another from the above list please.

2026's Dusting Progress -
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message 12: by danielle (last edited 5 hours, 51 min ago) (new)

danielle (dani410) | 142 comments Danielle's February 2026 Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: Turtle - plus 1 bonus (from same list)

(My goal is 1 book a month for this specific challenge)

El Narco Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency by Ioan Grillo The Half Has Never Been Told Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist The Other Daughter by Lisa Gardner Forgotten Bones (Dead Remaining, #1) by Vivian Barz The Radium Girls The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson Swipe Right for Murder by Derek Milman Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson Behind a Closed Door by J.D. Barker Some People Need Killing A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

I pick for _____:

_____ picked for me:

My 2026 Dusty Bookshelf progress:
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message 13: by Jamie (new)

Jamie | 244 comments Jamie's February 2026 Dusty Bookshelf


The Inadequate Heir (The Bridge Kingdom, #3) by Danielle L. Jensen Flock (The Ravenhood, #1) by Kate Stewart The Silversmith (The Selvaren, #1) by L.J. Claren Leave Me Behind by K.M. Moronova The Sinner (L.O.R.D.S., #2) by Shantel Tessier Full Measures (Flight & Glory, #1) by Rebecca Yarros Mr. Spencer (Mr. Series, #2) by T.L. Swan The Wright Mistake by K.A. Linde Rivalry (Slay Quartet, #1) by Laurelin Paige A Love Letter to Whiskey (A Love Letter to Whiskey, #1-1.5) by Kandi Steiner

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


message 14: by Aspa (last edited 16 hours, 14 min ago) (new)

Aspa | 70 comments Aspa's Dusty Bookshelf (February 1st - February 28th 2026)

Reading Speed: Hare
Circe by Madeline MillerNettle & Bone by T. KingfisherDragonfruit by Makiia LucierPony Confidential by Christina LynchThe Light Brigade by Kameron HurleyWhen the Sparrow Falls by Neil SharpsonDead Space by Kali WallaceI Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline HarpmanThe Clackity (Blight Harbor #1) by Lora SenfIlluminations by T. Kingfisher

Bonus: Please pick another book from the list above!


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message 15: by Severina (new)

Severina | 549 comments Severina's Dusty Bookshelf -- February

Reading Speed: Hare

Pemberley Mr. Darcy's Dragon (Jane Austen's Dragons, #1) by Maria Grace The Good Samaritan by John Marrs The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward Other People's Fun by Harriet Lane Wanting Daisy Dead by Sue Watson Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1) by Patricia Daniels Cornwell Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? by Sarah McCoy Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison The Sleep Tight Motel (Dark Corners Collection, #2) by Lisa Unger Breakers (Breakers, #1) by Edward W. Robertson

Please pick another book from the above shelf for the bonus book.

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I picked for ___:

___ picked for me:


message 16: by Susan A (new)

Susan A | 2125 comments Susan A DUSTY Shelf February 2026
Reading speed: HARE
Bonus: Please select another book from my shelf


Slay Ride (Saint Brothers #1) by Davidson King Origin (Scales 'N' Spells, #1) by A.J. Sherwood Honey Bee Murder (Honey Bear Cosy Mysteries #2) by Dahlia Donovan Peacocks (Licking Thicket, #5) by Lucy Lennox Grave Situation by Louisa Masters The Unlikely Heir (Unlikely Dilemmas, #1) by Jax Calder How to Tame a Hellhound (Hellhounds of Paradise Falls #3) by Shannon Mae Intoxicating (Elite Protection Services, #1) by Onley James Cold Winter Nights by A.E. Via How to Entice a Fiend (VRC Vampire Related Crimes, #6) by Alice Winters


message 17: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth (elizabeth1234561) | 90 comments Elizabeth F's Dusty Bookshelf February 2026!
Speed: Hare + Bonus

Oink My Life with Mini-Pigs by Matt Whyman The Husband List (Culhane Family #2) by Janet Evanovich Defekt (LitenVerse, #2) by Nino Cipri An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed (Elderly Lady, #2) by Helene Tursten Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1) by Hannah Kaner Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders, #1) by Mur Lafferty Unforgiven (Fallen, #5) by Lauren Kate Maid Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land


message 18: by Michelle (new)


message 19: by Kassie (new)

Kassie Barroso | 2 comments Kassinova's February 2026 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge
1) And Another Thing- Eoin Colfer
2) Me before you- Jojo Moyes
3) We'll Prescribe You A Cat- Syou Ishida
4) The Book Thief- Markus Zusak
5)A Midsummer Nights Dream- William Shakespeare

Turtle 🐢


message 20: by Connie N. (new)

Connie N. | 710 comments Connie N.'s FEBRUARY 2026 Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed - Hare

I picked for ?:

? picked for me:

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Hey, Whiskey by Kaylee Ryan The Cat Who Moved a Mountain (Cat Who..., #13) by Lilian Jackson Braun Below Stairs by Margaret Powell Baggage Claim (Aspen Peaks #1) by Juliana Smith The House at Sea's End (Ruth Galloway, #3) by Elly Griffiths The Bungalow Mystery (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #3) by Carolyn Keene Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Eye of the Beholder (Eagle Squadron #1) by Ingrid Weaver One For The Wedding (By The Numbers, #1) by Jane Cousins

BONUS: Please pick another book from my list above.


message 21: by christene_littlelibrary (last edited Jan 25, 2026 04:04PM) (new)

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 361 comments Christene’s Dusty Bookshelf -- February 2026

Reading Speed: Hare

Vows & Ruins (The Legends of Thezmarr, #2) by Helen Scheuerer Babel by R.F. Kuang Brimstone (Fae & Alchemy, #2) by Callie Hart Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak Play Nice by Rachel Harrison The Bond That Burns (Bloodwing Academy, #2) by Briar Boleyn The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver by Rafael Torrubia Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Maybe You Should Talk to Someone A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2) by James Islington Red City (The New Alchemists, #1) by Marie Lu
Bonus books: please pick one more book from the above


message 22: by Elizabeth (new)

Elizabeth (aconight) | 39 comments Liz's February Dusty Bookshelf

Speed: HARE + Bonus from same list
*List includes ARC's*

Dawn of the Firebird by Sarah Mughal Rana Pinky Swear by Danielle Girard The Half-Hearted Queen (The Shattered King #2) by Charlie N. Holmberg This Vicious Sea by Megan G. Mossgrove Voracious (The Edge of Darkness, #2) by Leigh Rivers Mistborn The Final Empire (The Mistborn Saga, #1) by Brandon Sanderson Heavy (Neighbors of Sapphire Valley #1) by M.L. Burns Consumed by Deception (Deception Trilogy, #3) by Rina Kent Divine Descent (The Labyrinth) by AdriAnne May A Queen Crowned In Flames (Bonded to Beasts, #2) by Hazel McBride


message 23: by Cathy (new)

Cathy Galloway | 580 comments Cathy's February Dusty Bookshelf
Speed- turtle no bonus

Book Boyfriend (Book Boyfriends #1) by Claire Kingsley Designs on You by Jaci Burton The Granite Key (The Arkana Mysteries) by N.S. Wikarski One Tough Cowboy (Moving Violations #1) by Lora Leigh Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) by Rebecca Yarros Book Boyfriend by Emily Wibberley The Pursuit (Fox and O'Hare, #5) by Janet Evanovich Long Time Gone (Rough Riders, #16.5) by Lorelei James The Risk (Briar U, #2) by Elle Kennedy Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz


message 24: by Amanda (last edited Jan 25, 2026 06:08PM) (new)

Amanda  Edgar (amandaedgar) | 69 comments Feb Dusty's
Speed: Hare - two plus bonus

Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1) by Laini Taylor The Help by Kathryn Stockett The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Bonus: A book that you loved that you think I would like :)


message 25: by Karen ♐ (last edited Jan 25, 2026 07:09PM) (new)

Karen ♐ (kmk1214) | 2447 comments Karen♐'s February Dusty Bookshelf - Reading Speed - Hare

I picked for :
picked for me

Dan & Kara (Downeast, #.5) by Marie Force Love on a Spring Morning (Pine Harbour #3) by Zoe York Heat (Parker Reed, #1) by J.M. Walker Twisted Loyalties (The Camorra Chronicles, #1) by Cora Reilly The Butcher (Fifth Republic, #1) by Penelope Sky Up in Smoke (Hot in Chicago Rookies, #1) by Kate Meader Unattainable (Undeniable, #3) by Madeline Sheehan Second Chances with my Billionaire Bosses A Military Reverse Harem Romance (Southern Heat Reverse Harems Book 3) by Summer Haze Love Like Poison (Corsican Crime Lord, #1) by Charmaine Pauls The Coppersmith Farmhouse (Jamison Valley, #1) by Devney Perry

Bonus Pick: Please pick another from my list above


Danielle  Gypsy Soul (afdaniellet) | 1991 comments Danielle's February Dusty Bookshelf
Speed - Hare


One Giant Leap by Kay Simone Only Unity Will Spare Us (The Magi Accounts #5) by Michele Notaro Strung Tight (The Road To Rocktoberfest, #1) by Ann Lister Get Smoked or Go Home (The Warrior, #1) by Martha Carr Gentlemen Prefer Villains (Villainous Things, #2) by C. Rochelle A Demon Bound (Imp, #1) by Debra Dunbar A Thousand Cuts (Cursebreakers, Inc. #3) by A.M. Rose Empty Net (Scoring Chances, #4) by Avon Gale The Sinner's Son (Sawyer and Royce Felonies and Fatherhood #2) by Aimee Nicole Walker Hot Chicken (Sunday Brothers, #6) by May Archer

Bonus: Please pick another from this list.


message 27: by Denise, Manufacturing Director (new)

Denise (destiny_chan) | 7685 comments Mod
Denise's February Dusty Bookshelf
Reading Speed: Hare


The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle Frey (The Frey Saga, #1) by Melissa Wright Paris 1919 Six Months that Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan Letter from the Dead (Detective Inspector Declan Walsh #1) by Jack Gatland Carnival by Elizabeth Bear Sword and Shadow by Saje Williams The Snowball Effect by Haley Cass Blood of Requiem (Song of Dragons, #1) by Daniel Arenson Zero Limit by Jeremy K. Brown Paint Our Song (Cloverlily #1) by Maia Kinley

Bonus: Another from my list, please!


I pick for ?:
? picks for me:


message 28: by Marty (last edited 16 hours, 56 min ago) (new)

Marty (martymill) | 1318 comments Marty's February Dusty Bookshelf
Level: Hare

I picked for:
picks for me:

Finn Fancy Necromancy (Finn Fancy Necromancy, #1) by Randy Henderson Doll-baby by Laura Lane McNeal Embassytown by China Miéville The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll The Search for Dare Wright by Jean Nathan Nelly Dean A Return to Wuthering Heights by Alison Case Viper Wine by Hermione Eyre The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo The Coffee Trader by David Liss

Bonus - from this list, please.


message 29: by Louise (new)

Louise | 1680 comments Louise’s Dusty Bookshelf - February 26
Reading Speed: Hare


Getting Over It by Anna Maxted Kiss Chase by Fiona Walker A Lesson in Passion (Lesson, #1) by Jennifer Connors The Space Between (The Book of Phoenix, #1) by Kristie Cook The Good Father by Diane Chamberlain Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes Toxic (Venom #3) by Kristen Middleton Autumn's Blood (The Spirit Shifters, #1) by Marissa Farrar Rivals (Rutshire Chronicles, #2) by Jilly Cooper Mortal Bite (Golden Vampires of Tuscany, #2) by S. Hamil

Bonus: pick another book from this shelf https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...


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