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~ Monthly Audiobook Challenge ~

Each month we will have a different theme of audiobook for you to listen to.
Read one, two, three, or thirty. Up to you! Just post at the start of the month which books you will read in the category, update through the month and post a link to your Goodreads review (no links to external sites).

Let's find some great audiobooks together!

Duration: Monthly


November 2023 Theme:

Audiobooks which have been read by other challenge participants this year!

How to Participate:

The Audiobook Challenge is designed to not only help you to read your audiobooks, but to also find out about other great audiobooks from other challenge participants!

Though you may pop in/out at any time, the Audiobook Challenge will run on a monthly basis so you are able to see progress being made.

There are no minimum page requirements, and you can read abridged or unabridged audiobooks!


1. At the beginning of the month, post :
a: How many audiobooks in total you want to read for the month
b: How many audiobooks in the monthly category you want to read
c: Post the audiobooks (as you decide on them) by linking them to Goodreads in your post

2. During the month, read the audiobooks that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)

3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s) - note: can only be linked to Goodreads and not an external site
c: How many audiobooks you have read for this challenge this year


Then start a new post for the next month!


FORMAT YOU CAN COPY AND PASTE:


Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read:
Audiobooks in monthly category to read:

Books in category:

FINISHED


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year:
Audiobooks in monthly category read:

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

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EXAMPLE : (under spoiler)(view spoiler)[

Start of Month

Total audiobooks to read: 6
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 2

Books in category:


FINISHED


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 9
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 1

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

Great story about women, culture and love set in Nigeria. I loved the characters and the setting, and the audio narrator was great with the different voices and bringing the story to life (hide spoiler)]

We got things sorted fairly quickly and the reserves have all been distributed.

Look for a PM from a team captain, but if you want to get a jump on it.

Keri - Team Country
Namita - Team Opera
Shy - Team Punk
Audrey Jane - Team Soul
Robin - Team Soul

Welcome to your new team member Keri!

Welcome to your new team member Shy!

Welcome to your new team member Namita!

Welcome to your new team members Audrey Jane and Robin!

Participation Verified

Lisa (Aussie Girl)
Ashley
Jenny
Beth
Tammie
Judith
Cat
Christina
Sammy
Aoife
Michael
Melissa
Lexi
Preeti
Angie
Elinor

Randomised List

Tammie (Classical) (nominator)

There were 22 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Andy (Britpop)
Christina (Pop)
Angie (Punk)
Ashley (Opera)
Lisa (AG) (Rock)
Judith (Jazz) (extra entry)
Beth (Hip Hop)
Judy (Pop)
Brittany (Opera)
Alisha (Jazz)
Judith (Jazz)
Stacey (Punk)
Elinor (Country)
Cat (Britpop)
Angie (Punk) (extra entry)
Melissa (Country)
Teddie (R&B)
Lexi (Jazz)
Keely (Rock)
Jenny (Punk)
Cat (Britpop) (extra entry)
Suzanne (Rap)

Timestamp: 2023-11-15 11:36:01 UTC

Volunteers

Jenny (Punk)
Angie (Punk)
Judith (Jazz)
Alisha (Jazz)
Lisa (AG) (Rock)
Melissa (Country)
Lexi (Jazz)
Elinor (Country)
Suzanne (Rap)
Ashley (Opera)
Brittany (Opera)
Teddie (R&B)
Stacey (Punk)
Angie (Punk) (extra entry)
Beth (Hip Hop)
Judith (Jazz) (extra entry)
Christina (Pop)
Keely (Rock)
Cat (Britpop)
Cat (Britpop) (extra entry)
Andy (Britpop)
Judy (Pop)

Chapter Breakdown

Date		Chapters 	Pages		MPDQs
16 Nov		1 - 6		19%		Tammie (Classical)		
17 Nov		7 - 12		41%		Andy (Britpop)
18 Nov		13 - 19		60%		Christina (Pop)
19 Nov		20 - 27		79%		Angie (Punk)
20 Nov		28 - end	100%		Ashley (Opera)

Guidance for DQ setters
Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
Don't worry too much about your questions: you aren't being tested on how clever your questions are!
Hints and tips:
- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
- What about that plot twist?!
- Explore the writing style: is there an unusual structure being used? what's the tone of voice like? or the point of view?

Want more information about how NBRC runs their Book of the Month discussions? Check out the information here

A mystery about a Black classical musician whose family heirloom violin is stolen on the eve of the most prestigious classical music competition in the world.

Ray McMillian loves playing the violin more than anything, and nothing will stop him from pursuing his dream of becoming a professional musician. Not his mother, who thinks he should get a real job, not the fact that he can't afford a high-caliber violin, not the racism inherent in the classical music world. And when he makes the startling discovery that his great-grandfather's fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius, his star begins to rise. Then with the international Tchaikovsky Competition—the Olympics of classical music—fast approaching, his prized family heirloom is stolen. Ray is determined to get it back. But now his family and the descendants of the man who once enslaved Ray's great-grandfather are each claiming that the violin belongs to them. With the odds stacked against him and the pressure mounting, will Ray ever see his beloved violin again?

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nominator: Tammie

Official page count: 345

Participation Verified

Melindam
Lisa (Aussie Girl)
Beth
Cat
Angie
Tina
Bobbi
Elinor
Aoife
Melissa
Saar the Book Owl
Christina
Lexi
Preeti

Randomised List

There were 28 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Judy (Pop)
Angie (Punk)
Christina (Pop)
Judith (Jazz) (extra entry)
Sammy (Country) (last day)
Judith (Jazz)
Brittany (Opera)
Beth (Hip Hop_ (day 3 +)
Sophie (Country)
Melissa W (Opera)
Melindam (Heavy Metal) (after 3 Nov)
Nanci (Rap)
Melissa (Country)
Angie (Punk) (extra entry)
Elinor (Country)
Lisa (AG) Rock
Cat (Britpop) (extra entry)
Aoife (Pop)
Teddie (R&B)
Melindam (Heavy Metal) (after 3 Nov) extra entry
Snezana (Country)
Cat (Britpop)
Lexi (Jazz)
Stacey (Punk)
Alisha (Jazz)
Ashley (Opera)
Kira (Heavy Meatal) *2 or 3 Nov)
CB (Country)

Timestamp: 2023-10-30 19:03:54 UTC

Volunteers

nominator: Bobbi (Rap)

Sammy (Country) (last day)
Sophie (Country)
CB (Country)
Elinor (Country)
Judith (Jazz)
Melindam (Heavy Metal) (after 3 Nov)
Melindam (Heavy Metal) (after 3 Nov) extra entry
Alisha (Jazz)
Angie (Punk)
Lisa (AG) Rock
Melissa (Country)
Christina (Pop)
Lexi (Jazz)
Snezana (Country)
Ashley (Opera)
Brittany (Opera)
Teddie (R&B)
Judy (Pop)
Melissa W (Opera)
Nanci (Rap)
Aoife (Pop)
Stacey (Punk)
Cat (Britpop)
Cat (Britpop) (extra entry)
Angie (Punk) (extra entry)
Beth (Hip Hop_ (day 3 +)
Kira (Heavy Meatal) *2 or 3 Nov)
Judith (Jazz) (extra entry)

Chapter Breakdown

Date		Chapters 	Pages		MPDQs
2 Nov		1 - 6		21%		Bobbi (Rap)
3 Nov		7 - 11		38%		Judy (Pop)
4 Nov		12 - 17		59%		Angie (Punk)
5 Nov		18 - 23		79%		Judith (Jazz)
6 Nov		24 - end	100%		Sammy (Country)

Guidance for DQ setters
Aim for a reasonable number of questions: 4 - 5 is typical. Please don't post too many - any more than 7 gets unwieldy!
Use consecutive numbering of the DQs for your days. So, for example, if Day One is posted as questions 1-4, Day Two should start at number 5 etc.
Don't worry too much about your questions: you aren't being tested on how clever your questions are!
Hints and tips:
- Is there a quote that jumped out at you? Use that in a question.
- What about the characters - do they generate strong feelings? No feelings? - either way, we can explore that!
- What about that plot twist?!
- Explore the writing style: is there an unusual structure being used? what's the tone of voice like? or the point of view?

Want more information about how NBRC runs their Book of the Month discussions? Check out the information here

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place.

Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan.

Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie.

But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and now they're coming after Charlie. His uncle might have been a stand-up, old-fashioned kind of villain, but these are the real thing: rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital.

It's up to Charlie to win the war his uncle started against a league of supervillains. But with unionized dolphins, hyperintelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying henchperson at his side, going bad is starting to look pretty good.

In a dog-eat-dog world...be a cat.

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nominator: Bobbi

official page count: 336 pages

Round 3 Bonus



For this round, find musical instruments on the cover of your books (any instrument, just has to be obviously an instrument)

Each found instrument will earn an additional 5 bonus points. Only one instrument per book cover and a maximum of 10 bonus instruments. You can find the same instrument multiple times (not least because no one's got time to decide if it's a violin or viola etc etc)



Note to players: any changes to the standard bonus rules, similar to what was done for Round 2, will not be determined until after the results of Round 2 and the mods see the point spread between teams. A lot can change from round to round.

Thanks for pointing that out! it's been a month here!

Team Rock welcome to your new team member Bernadette!