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All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge
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Yes... or start date and finish a year later.
~ All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge ~Duration: Twelve months from when you start.
Levels:
Voice Over: 1-5 books
Remixer: 6-10 books
Audio Technician: 11-15 books
Sound Engineer: 16-20 books
Producer: 21-24 books
Director: 25-30 books
Executive Director: Pick & choose which ones to double and make it 50 books.
CATEGORIES: - Thirty categories from which to choose.
An audiobook with one female narrator.
Bridget Jones's Diary 4/30/19
◈ Male Narrator
An audiobook with one male narrator.
◈ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.
◈ Full Cast
An unabridged audiobook with several narrators; there is a narrator per character (e.g. American Gods by Neal Gaiman). To find these, you can search most sites by the term “Full Cast.”
◈ Dramatizations
An abridged audiobook with background music/noises like the “old school” radio plays (e.g. BBC Radio Drama Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett). Also known as “Performance” audios, if you’re doing a search.
Category name says it all: Somebody famous narrates. Examples: James Marsters reading Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series or Anne Hathaway reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. BTW, when searching, audible.com is calling this their “A-List Collection.”
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 2/18/19
Narrated by Neil Gaiman
◈ New-to-Me Narrator
A narrator that you haven’t heard before.
◈ Favourite Narrator
A narrator that you have heard and loved before and would recommend to others.
A narrator that is not professional, but volunteers to read books. (Such as those used on librivox.org)
1984 1/31/19
◈ Less Than 3 Hours
An audiobook that you can read in one day!
◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
An audiobook that falls in this range.
An audiobook that is over 5 hours in length.
Rogue 1/27/19
An audiobook that is a CHUNKSTER! ;) More than 10 hours in length, but less than 15.
Ender's Game 1/8/19 - 12 hours
◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Colossal Chunkster! More than 15 hours in length, less than 20.
◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Super Colossal Chunkster! More than 20 hours in length, less than 25.
◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Super-Duper Colossal Chunkster! More than 25 hours in length, less than 30.
◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Monstrous Chunkster! More than 30 hours in length, less than 35.
◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
An epic, indeed! More than 35 hours in length, less than 40.
◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
Beyond epic, indeed! Time to implant ear buds in your head. Forty hours or more! For this one we will also allow a trilogy that qualifies in length, or three books anywhere within a series, if you “read” all of it/them via audio.
Use an audible sync option to read-along! Such as the new read-along with your Kindle option by audible.com called Whispersync, which remembers your last stopping point in either device. However, you may read a book using any two media choices your desire, as long as one of them is via audio.
Keep it legal! Public libraries using OverDrive Media Console, or Bolinda Audio (BorrowBox), or OneClickDigital downloads. There are also free sites like:
librivox.org
Project Gutenberg Audio Books Project
audiobooksync.com - scheduled release dates
...Audiobooksync has free audiobooks over the Northern Hemisphere’s summer.
The Eyre Affair 2/25/19 (library ebook)
◈ Doing it “Old School”
Use audiobook CDs, or cassette, or even LPs or 8-Track-Tapes, if you have them! Don’t have the right equipment? Oftentimes your public library will have these devices to loan.
◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
Go on a road trip, holiday, or just listen during your daily commute to work while “reading” in your car or public transportation!
◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook
Put on those headphones, get cleaning, gardening, grocery shopping, power-walking, even knitting while “reading” a book! Use your Smartphone, MP3, Walkman, portable CD player, iPod, episodic podcast, whatever! Just make Oprah proud.
◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
You be the judge. Try an audiobook that has been nominated or won an Audie – any category counts – and lists may be found at audiopub.org (look to the right of the screen for past years).
◈ Recommended by Others
Audiobooks recommended by your friends or other NBRC members.
◈ BOM via Audiobook
Read a NBRC Book of the Month via audio.
◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
Read a “Buddy Read” book via audio and/or listen to your book with another person.
Have you always wanted to broaden your reading horizons and get to that classic everyone seems to talk about? Try it via audio.
◈ Re-Read a Favourite
Old or new, choose a book you’ve read and loved - and see if you could possibly love it even more via audio. (Note: The right narrator is even more crucial here!)
I'm in!~ All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge ~
Duration: 1/1/19 - 12/31/19
Level: Executive Director: Pick & choose which ones to double and make it 50 books.
50/50 Complete
Completed: Female Narrator
An audiobook with one female narrator.
No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean Finished 4/28/19 ~ 2 stars
When in Doubt, Add Butter by Beth Harbison Finished 10/18/19 ~ 3 stars
Completed: Male Narrator
The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson Finished 6/9/19 ~ 4 stars
A Million Ways to Die in the West by Seth MacFarlane Finished 12/29/19 ~ 2 stars
Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.
Recursion by Blake Crouch Finished 8/23/19 ~ 5 stars
Completed: Full Cast
An unabridged audiobook with several narrators; there is a narrator per character (e.g. American Gods by Neal Gaiman). To find these, you can search most sites by the term “Full Cast.”
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Finished 7/3/19 ~ 4 stars
Dracul by Dacre Stoker Finished 7/30/19 ~ 4 stars
◈ Dramatizations
An abridged audiobook with background music/noises like the “old school” radio plays (e.g. BBC Radio Drama Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett). Also known as “Performance” audios, if you’re doing a search.
Completed: Celebrity Narrator
Category name says it all: Somebody famous narrates. Examples: James Marsters reading Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series or Anne Hathaway reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. BTW, when searching, audible.com is calling this their “A-List Collection.”
Daemon Voices by Philip Pullman Narrated by the author. Finished 8/17/19 ~ 3 stars
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood Narrated by the author. Finished 9/22/19 ~ 5 stars
Completed: New-to-Me Narrator
A narrator that you haven’t heard before.
Brown-Eyed Girl by Lisa Kleypas Finished 4/4/19 ~ 3 stars
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Finished 11/17/19 ~ 5 stars
Completed: Favourite Narrator
A narrator that you have heard and loved before and would recommend to others.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Narrated by Scott Brick - Finished 6/27/19 ~ 3 stars
The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley Narrated by Jayne Entwistle - Finished 8/8/19 ~ 5 stars
Complete: Volunteer Narrator
A narrator that is not professional, but volunteers to read books. (Such as those used on librivox.org)
The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas Finished 6/21/19 ~ 3 stars
Tales of Terror and Mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle Finished 10/27/19 ~ 4 stars
Completed: Less Than 3 Hours
An audiobook that you can read in one day!
The Boy on the Porch by Sharon Creech Finished 11/4/19 ~ 4 stars
Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman Finished 11/19/19 ~ 3 stars
Completed: Between 3 - 5 Hours
An audiobook that falls in this range.
Sweet Land Stories by E.L. Doctorow Finished 11/3/19 ~ 4 stars
Penric's Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold Finished 10/28/19 ~ 3 stars
Completed: More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
An audiobook that is over 5 hours in length.
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski Finished 2/10/19 ~ 3 stars
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah Finished 9/28/19 ~ 5 stars
Complete: 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a CHUNKSTER! ;) More than 10 hours in length, but less than 15.
The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean Finished 2/3/19 ~ 2 stars
Queen of the Air: A True Story of Love and Tragedy at the Circus by Dean Jensen Finished 5/18/19 ~ 3 stars
Completed: 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Colossal Chunkster! More than 15 hours in length, less than 20.
Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness Finished 1/9/19 ~ 4 stars
Children of God by Mary Doria Russell Finished 11/15/19 ~ 5 stars
Completed: 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Super Colossal Chunkster! More than 20 hours in length, less than 25.
The Wild Rose by Jennifer Donnelly Finished 7/23/19 ~ 4 stars
Warbreaker Finished 12/23/19 ~ 5 stars
Complete: 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Super-Duper Colossal Chunkster! More than 25 hours in length, less than 30.
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell Finished 8/13/19 ~ 4 stars
The Labyrinth of the Spirits by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Finished 12/8/19 ~ 5 stars
30 Hours to 34.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Monstrous Chunkster! More than 30 hours in length, less than 35.
The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati Finished 3/10/19 ~ 4 stars
◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
An epic, indeed! More than 35 hours in length, less than 40.
◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
Beyond epic, indeed! Time to implant ear buds in your head. Forty hours or more! For this one we will also allow a trilogy that qualifies in length, or three books anywhere within a series, if you “read” all of it/them via audio.
◈ In-Sync Multimedia
Use an audible sync option to read-along! Such as the new read-along with your Kindle option by audible.com called Whispersync, which remembers your last stopping point in either device. However, you may read a book using any two media choices your desire, as long as one of them is via audio.
Completed: Digital Downloads Freebies
Keep it legal! Public libraries using OverDrive Media Console, or Bolinda Audio (BorrowBox), or OneClickDigital downloads. There are also free sites like:
librivox.org
Project Gutenberg Audio Books Project
audiobooksync.com - scheduled release dates
...Audiobooksync has free audiobooks over the Northern Hemisphere’s summer.
The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar Finished 3/20/19 ~ 3 stars
Circe by Madeline Miller Finished 8/10/19 ~ 4 stars
Complete: Doing it “Old School”
Use audiobook CDs, or cassette, or even LPs or 8-Track-Tapes, if you have them! Don’t have the right equipment? Oftentimes your public library will have these devices to loan.
XOM-B by Jeremy Robinson Finished 5/13/19 ~ 4 stars
In the Shadow of the Cypress by Thomas Steinbeck Finished 6/13/19 ~ 3 stars
Completed: Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
Go on a road trip, holiday, or just listen during your daily commute to work while “reading” in your car or public transportation!
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean Finished 8/24/19 ~ 3 stars
Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben Finished 10/5/19 ~ 3 stars
Completed: Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook
Put on those headphones, get cleaning, gardening, grocery shopping, power-walking, even knitting while “reading” a book! Use your Smartphone, MP3, Walkman, portable CD player, iPod, episodic podcast, whatever! Just make Oprah proud.
The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer Finished 4/14/19 ~ 3 stars
The Rise & Fall of Great Powers Finished 9/1/19 ~ 4 stars
Completed: Audie Award Nominees and Winners
You be the judge. Try an audiobook that has been nominated or won an Audie – any category counts – and lists may be found at audiopub.org (look to the right of the screen for past years).
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Finished 2/18/19 ~ 4 stars
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn Finished 5/25/19 ~ 4 stars
Complete: Recommended by Others
Audiobooks recommended by your friends or other NBRC members.
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Finished 6/8/19 ~ 4 stars
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker Finished 7/12/19 ~ 4 stars
Complete: BOM via Audiobook
Read a NBRC Book of the Month via audio.
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Finished 7/4/19 ~ 5 stars
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman Finished 7/16/19 ~ 4 stars
Completed: “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
Read a “Buddy Read” book via audio and/or listen to your book with another person (IRL Book Club pick)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Finished 1/21/19 ~ 3 stars
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer Finished 12/31/19 ~ 5 stars
Completed: Classic Read
Have you always wanted to broaden your reading horizons and get to that classic everyone seems to talk about? Try it via audio.
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers Finished 4/4/19 ~ 3 stars
12 Creepy Tales Literature Classics Series by Edgar Allan Poe Finished 11/2/19 ~ 4 stars
Complete: Re-Read a Favourite
Old or new, choose a book you’ve read and loved - and see if you could possibly love it even more via audio. (Note: The right narrator is even more crucial here!)
Fahrenheit 451 Finished 12/24/19 ~ 5 stars (again)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Finished 12/28/19 ~ 5 stars (again)
~ All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge ~Duration: 1/1/19 - 12/31/19
( Levels:
Voice Over: 1-5 books ✔12/1/2019
Remixer: 6-10 books✔23/1/2019
Audio Technician: 11-15 books✔10/2/2019
Sound Engineer: 16-20 books✔26/6/2019
Producer: 21-24 books✔10/8/2019
Director: 25-30 books✔10/8/2019
Executive Director: Pick & choose which ones to double and make it 50 books.)
"Freestyle"method.
Attempted Level: Director (30/30 Complete)
1.◈ Female Narrator
An audiobook with one female narrator.
A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel SparkREAD BY Juliette Stevenson.
✔14/1/2019★★★★★
Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him: The Secret History Behind the Tudor Throneby Tracy Bormanread by Julie Teal.
✔1/8/2019 ★★★★
2.◈ Male Narrator
The White Castle by Orhan Pamukread by John Lee.
✔15/1/2019★★★★
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy byEric Metaxas22 hrs and 33 mins.Read by Malcolm Hillgartner
✔24/7/2019★★★★★
3.◈ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.
Winter Words: Poetry and Personal Writings of Thomas Hardy by Thomas Hardy read by Janet Maw and Bruce Alexander.
✔15/1/2019★★★★★
4.◈ Full Cast
An unabridged audiobook with several narrators:“Full Cast.”
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Full Cast (Multiple narrators.)
✔12/1/2019 ★★★★★
5.◈ Dramatizations
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
BBC adaptation read by Emma Thompson and a full cast.Audible download
✔10/2/2019★★★★★
6.◈ Celebrity Narrator
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Read by Tim Robbins.Academy Award-winning American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist, and musician.
✔25/1/2019★★★★★
7.◈ New-to-Me Narrator
The Vicar of Wakefieldby Oliver Goldsmith read by Nicholas Farrell
✔24/1/2019★★★★★
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FinebyGail Honeyman
✔13/2/2019★★★★★
8.◈ Favourite Narrator
The Return of the Native by Thomas HardyRead by English actor and director,Alan Rickman.
✔1/2/2019 ★ ★ ★ ★
9.◈ Volunteer Narrator-not professional
Markheim by Robert Louis Stevensonread by William Coon on LIBRIVOX,January 2006.
✔10/8/2019★★★★★★
10.◈ Less Than 3 Hours
Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot Ihr and 45 minutes.
✔13/1/2019★★★★★★
11.◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
The Call of the Wildby Jack London3 hours and 10 minutes.
✔27/1/2019★★★★★
The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
✔16/2/2019★★★★★
12.◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell9 hours and 1 minute.
✔23/1/2019★★★★★
Lost Horizon by James Hilton
8 hrs and 26 mins
✔4/5/2019 ★★★★★
13.◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy14 hours and 18 minutes.
✔ 10/1/2019★★★★★
The Mayor of Casterbridgeby Thomas Hardy13 hours and 12 minutes.
✔ 29/1/2019★★★★★
14.◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
Jennie Churchill: Winston's American Motherby Anne Sebba16 hours and 38 minutes.✔04/01/2019 ★ ★ ★ ★
Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak18 hrs and 25 minutes.
✔8/2/2019★★★★★
15.◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot 20 hours and 34 minutes.
✔19/1/2019★★★★★
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins24 hrs and 43 mins
✔ 1/1/2019 ★★★★★
16.◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
The Sound of Thunder by Taylor Caldwell29 hrs and 35 mins.
✔8/8/2019 ★★★★★
17.◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours.
David Copperfieldby Charles Dickens 34 hrs and 33 mins.
✔26/6/2019★★★★★
18.◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours.
Our Mutual Friendby Charles Dickens35 hours and 42 minutes.
19.◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a trilogy-or three books within a series..
London by Edward Rutherfurd
20.◈ In-Sync Multimedia
Use an audible sync option to read-along! Such as the new read-along with your Kindle option by audible.com called Whispersync, which remembers your last stopping point in either device. However, you may read a book using any two media choices your desire, as long as one of them is via audio.
Roughing ItbyMark Twain READ BY Grover Gardner.
✔15/2/2019★★★★★
21.◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
Keep it legal! Public libraries using OverDrive Media Console, or Bolinda Audio (BorrowBox), or OneClickDigital downloads. There are also free sites like:
librivox.org
Project Gutenberg Audio Books Project
audiobooksync.com - scheduled release dates
...Audiobooksync has free audiobooks over the Northern Hemisphere’s summer.
The Novels of Charles Dickens: An Introduction by David Timson to A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA free audible download.
✔22/7/19★& #9733;★★★
22.◈ Doing it “Old School”
Use audiobook CDs, or cassette, or even LPs or 8-Track-Tapes, if you have them! Don’t have the right equipment? Oftentimes your public library will have these devices to loan.
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
23.◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
Go on a road trip, holiday, or just listen during your daily commute to work while “reading” in your car or public transportation!
Sense & Sensibilityby Joanna Trollope
✔15/2/2019★★★★★
24.◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook
Put on those headphones, get cleaning, gardening, grocery shopping, power-walking, even knitting while “reading” a book! Use your Smartphone, MP3, Walkman, portable CD player, iPod, episodic podcast, whatever! Just make Oprah proud.
The Wreck of the Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgolistened to while cleaning!
✔12/2/2019★★★★★
25.◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
You be the judge. Try an audiobook that has been nominated or won an Audie – any category counts – and lists may be found at audiopub.org (look to the right of the screen for past years).
Audiobook of the year 2018 :Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders read by a FULL CAST
OR
AUDI BEST INSPIRATIONAL/FAITH-BASED NON FICTION AWARD 2018,
Fire Road: The Napalm Girl's Journey Through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and Peace by Kim Phuc Phan ThiRead by Emily Woo Zeller.
26.◈ Recommended by Others
Audiobooks recommended by your friends or other NBRC members.
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherRecommended by friends in Catholic Thought book group on Goodreads.
✔10/9/2019★★★★★
In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen Recommended by Madeline,a Goodreads Friend.
27.◈ BOM via Audiobook
Read a NBRC Book of the Month via audio.
EITHER
A Man Called Oveby Fredrik Backman OR Where the Crawdads Singby Delia Owens
28.◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
Read a “Buddy Read” book via audio and/or listen to your book with another person.
29.◈ Classic Read
Have you always wanted to broaden your reading horizons and get to that classic everyone seems to talk about? Try it via audio.
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
✔ 6/1/2019★★★★★
The Wind in the Willowsby Kenneth Grahameread by Michael Hordern.
✔10/7/2019★★★★★
30.◈ Re-Read a Favourite
Old or new, choose a book you’ve read and loved - and see if you could possibly love it even more via audio.
I HAVE COMPLETED THIS CHALLENGE FOR THIS YEAR HAVING ACHIEVED MY GOAL.FREESTYLE-DIRECTOR 30 audible books 10/8/2019
Mod
Audiobook ChallengeDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2019
Level: Executive Director (50 books)
Freestyle Option
Challenge completed
50/50 Completed
◈ Female Narrator The Crossing Places
Like This, For Ever
◈ Male Narrator A Tap on the Window
The Heavens May Fall
◈ Duets Dead Girl Walking
Attack Of The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks
◈ Full Cast Dracul
The Hunting Party
◈ Dramatizations Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Neverwhere
◈ Celebrity Narrator Rosario Dawson Artemis
Lenny Henry Anansi Boys
◈ New-to-Me Narrator Stephen Shanahan Hades
Cassandra Campbell Where the Crawdads Sing
◈ Favourite Narrator Jeff Harding A Time of Torment
Regina Reagan Never Tell
◈ Less Than 3 Hours Gwendy's Button Box
The 4th Man
◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours Jaggy Splinters
Dolly
◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours Good Me, Bad Me Sunburn
◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Watching You
◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours The Nightingale
The Little Stranger
◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours Imaginary Friend Bag of Bones
◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours The Tommyknockers
◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours Swan Song
◈ 40 Hours and Beyond It
◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook Devil's Peak
The Nowhere Child
◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Painting The House at Sea's End
◈ Doing it “Old School” Ordinary Grace
The Ice Princess
◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners Norse Mythology An American Marriage
◈ Digital Downloads Freebies Cleaning the Gold
◈ Recommended by Others The Lost Man
The Silent Patient
◈ BOM via Audiobook The Psychology of Time Travel The Wonder
◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook The Hunger
Usher's Passing
◈ Classic Read Rebecca
The Handmaid's Tale
◈ Re-Read a Favourite Pet Sematary 'Salem's Lot
Mod
All About Audiobooks ChallengeDuration: January 22, 2019 - January 22, 2020
Level: Executive Director (50 books)
Freestyle Option
8/50 Completed
◈ Female Narrator: The Wicked King by Holly Black Narrated by Caitlin Kelly
◈ Male Narrator
Mortal Engines Narrated by Barnaby Edwards
◈ Duets
The Gilded Wolves Narrated by Laurie Catherine Winkel and P.J. Ochlan
◈ Full Cast
Crown of Feathers Narrated by: Samantha Desz, Jacques Roy, Joy Osmanski, Gibson Frazier, Cassandra Campbell
◈ Dramatizations
An abridged audiobook with background music/noises like the “old school” radio plays (e.g. BBC Radio Drama Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett). Also known as “Performance” audios, if you’re doing a search.
◈ Celebrity Narrator
Category name says it all: Somebody famous narrates. Examples: James Marsters reading Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series or Anne Hathaway reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. BTW, when searching, audible.com is calling this their “A-List Collection.”
◈ New-to-Me Narrator
A narrator that you haven’t heard before.
◈ Favourite Narrator
A narrator that you have heard and loved before and would recommend to others.
◈ Volunteer Narrator
A narrator that is not professional, but volunteers to read books. (Such as those used on librivox.org)
◈ Less Than 3 Hours
An audiobook that you can read in one day!
◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
An audiobook that falls in this range.
◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
An audiobook that is over 5 hours in length.
◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours Vow of Thieves 14.51 hours
◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours: King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo 16h 13m
◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
Darkdawn Narrated by: Holter Graham
◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Super-Duper Colossal Chunkster! More than 25 hours in length, less than 30.
◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Monstrous Chunkster! More than 30 hours in length, less than 35.
◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
An epic, indeed! More than 35 hours in length, less than 40.
◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
Beyond epic, indeed! Time to implant ear buds in your head. Forty hours or more! For this one we will also allow a trilogy that qualifies in length, or three books anywhere within a series, if you “read” all of it/them via audio.
◈ In-Sync Multimedia
Use an audible sync option to read-along! Such as the new read-along with your Kindle option by audible.com called Whispersync, which remembers your last stopping point in either device. However, you may read a book using any two media choices your desire, as long as one of them is via audio.
◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
Keep it legal! Public libraries using OverDrive Media Console, or Bolinda Audio (BorrowBox), or OneClickDigital downloads. There are also free sites like:
librivox.org
Project Gutenberg Audio Books Project
audiobooksync.com - scheduled release dates
...Audiobooksync has free audiobooks over the Northern Hemisphere’s summer.
◈ Doing it “Old School”
Use audiobook CDs, or cassette, or even LPs or 8-Track-Tapes, if you have them! Don’t have the right equipment? Oftentimes your public library will have these devices to loan.
◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
There Will Come a Darkness Narrated by: Todd Boyce
◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook
Put on those headphones, get cleaning, gardening, grocery shopping, power-walking, even knitting while “reading” a book! Use your Smartphone, MP3, Walkman, portable CD player, iPod, episodic podcast, whatever! Just make Oprah proud.
◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
You be the judge. Try an audiobook that has been nominated or won an Audie – any category counts – and lists may be found at audiopub.org (look to the right of the screen for past years).
◈ Recommended by Others
Audiobooks recommended by your friends or other NBRC members.
◈ BOM via Audiobook
Read a NBRC Book of the Month via audio.
“Buddy Read” via Audiobook
Read a “Buddy Read” book via audio and/or listen to your book with another person (IRL Book Club pick)
◈ Classic Read
Have you always wanted to broaden your reading horizons and get to that classic everyone seems to talk about? Try it via audio.
◈ Re-Read a Favourite
Updated message 452 with my second round of this challenge, which ends tomorrow. I listened to 10 books, completing remixer level! I will pick some books and categories and add more as I go.update: listened to 6 books, completing Voiceover level. In 2020 I will aim for at least 10.
All About Audiobooks Challenge Round 3
Duration: January 29, 2019 - January 29, 2020
level:
Doing it “Old School”: The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (CD) 4/26/2019
Dramatization: The Fellowship of the Ring BBC dramatization 3/29/2019
More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours: The House on the Borderland 9/22/2019
20 Hours to 34.9 Hours: Bleak House 11/30/2019
Re-Read a Favourite: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 4/05/2019
Declare
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All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears ChallengeDuration: Jan 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2019
Executive Director: 50/50
Option One: Freestyle - because I am too "short attention span theater" to go for the chunksters on audio!
◈ Female Narrator
A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris 1/2/19
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 1/16/19
Murder at the Book Club by Betsy Reavley 5/10/19
Cover Her Face by P.D. James 5/16/19
Tart of Darkness: A Chef-To-Go Mystery by Denise Swanson 6/1/19
Swamp Bones by Kathy Reichs 6/10/19
One Tequila by Tricia O'Malley 7/16/19
Murder at Lowry House by Leighann Dobbs 8/1/19
Scoop To Kill by Wendy Lyn Watson 8/8/19
The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer 9/16/19
Notorious by Allison Brennan 10/2/19
The Case of the Left-Handed Lady by Nancy Springer 10/31/19
◈ Male Narrator
Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Vol. 2 by Doug Bradley 1/13/19
Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin 3/30/19
Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout 5/27/19
You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles 9/20/19
Single Asiatic Male Seeks Ride or Die Chick by Eddie Huang 9/21/19
A Cat Was Involved by Spencer Quinn 12/6/19
◈ Duets
Confessions by Kanae Minato 3/6/19
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid 10/21/19
Revenge by Yōko Ogawa 10/23/19
◈ Full Cast
God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza 2/27/19
◈ Dramatizations
◈ Celebrity Narrator
◈ New-to-Me Narrator
Looker by Laura Sims 1/30/19
Murder, Interrupted by James Patterson 3/23/19
An Accidental Death by Peter Grainger 8/21/19
Lane: A Case For Willows And Lane by Peter Grainger 11/10/19
◈ Favourite Narrator
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie 4/5/19
LOVE Hugh Fraser! He is both the PERFECT Poirot and Hastings!
Death on the Downs by Simon Brett 4/23/19
The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie 6/7/19
Spider's Web by Charles Osborne, Agatha Christie 10/14/19
The Hidden Gallery by Maryrose Wood 12/14/19
◈ Volunteer Narrator
◈ Less Than 3 Hours
Dear Santa by Ray Bradbury 1/2/19
All Systems Red by Martha Wells 5/1/19
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor 6/20/19
The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife: A Short Story by Agatha Christie 7/15/19
Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds: A Short Story by Agatha Christie 8/22/19
In the Heart of the Fire by Dean Koontz 12/5/19
◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
Black Coffee by Charles Osborne 5/20/19
Murder on the SS Rosa by Lee Strauss 12/11/19
◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis 2/23/19
The Body on the Beach by Simon Brett 3/17/19
Cat on the Edge by Shirley Rousseau Murphy 6/28/19
Grace Under Pressure by Julie Hyzy 11/22/19
◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
◈ In-Sync Multimedia - for these, I got the library book for at home and listened to the audio for driving.
Man In The Queue by Josephine Tey 1/19/19
Survival of the Fritters by Ginger Bolton 1/24/19
◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
◈ Doing it “Old School”
◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook - all of mine are actually read while driving to work!
The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood 1/10/19
Death of an Outsider by M.C. Beaton 4/12/19
◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook
◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett 9/5/19
◈ Recommended by Others
◈ BOM via Audiobook
◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook - with my mum!
Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult by Rachel Jeffs 2/10/19
◈ Classic Read
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 6/16/19
◈ Re-Read a Favourite
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This looks so fun so I'm going to see how this goes! If I'm able to finish these then maybe I'll add a few more books to this...Start Date: 17 October 2019
Finish Date: 25 November 2019
Level: Remixer (6-10 Books)
Option One: Freestyle
Progress: 6/6 Books Finished
◈ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.
✓ An Ember in the Ashes | ⭑⭑⭑⭑
◈ Male Narrator
An audiobook with one male narrator.
✓ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
An audiobook that is over 5 hours in length.
✓ Cruel Crown | ⭑⭑⭑
✓ Shatter Me | ⭑⭑⭑⭑
✓ The False Prince ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
You be the judge. Try an audiobook that has been nominated or won an Audie
✓ Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine | ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
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And a late congrats LilOwl!
As about a quarter of my books seem to be audio these days, I guess I'd better play along!Option 1, director (25-30 books)
25/25
CATEGORIES: - Thirty categories from which to choose.
◈ Female Narrator -
◈ Male Narrator -
◈ Duets
◈ Full Cast
◈ Dramatizations
◈ Celebrity Narrator -
◈ New-to-Me Narrator -
◈ Favourite Narrator
◈ Volunteer Narrator
◈ Less Than 3 Hours
◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours -
◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours -
◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours -
◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours -
◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy! -
◈ In-Sync Multimedia
◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
◈ Doing it “Old School”
◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook -
◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook -
◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners -
◈ Recommended by Others
◈ BOM via Audiobook
◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
◈ Classic Read -
◈ Re-Read a Favourite -
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welcome Sammy!
I'd like to join! Can I do December 1st, 2019 as start date?Director: 25-30 books: 15/30
Freestyle
CATEGORIES: - Thirty categories from which to choose.
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Into the Drowning Deep
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Assassin's Apprentice
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A Heart So Fierce and Broken
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Graceling
◈ Dramatizations
◈ Celebrity Narrator
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Three Mages and a MargaritaNarrated by Cris Dukehart
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Deliverance narrated by Will Patton
◈ Volunteer Narrator
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The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky 2hrs
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Beneath the Sugar Sky 4h11m
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City of Ghosts
◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
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Skyward 15h28m
◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
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A Court of Wings and Ruin 25 hours
◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours
◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
◈ In-Sync Multimedia
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Keep it legal! Public libraries using OverDrive Media Console
The Female of the Species Libby Library App
◈ Doing it “Old School”
◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook
◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
◈
The Help
◈ BOM via Audiobook
Read a NBRC Book of the Month via audio.
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Obsidian
BR link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
◈ Classic Read
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One of Us Is Lying
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Absolutely!
Welcome Heather!
I listen to a ton of audiobooks! This should be no problem.Started: 12/09/19 - 03/01/20
I'm finishing this one that I'm finding difficult in order to move on to the Audiobooks 2 challenge.
Books completed: 16
◈ Female Narrator
"The first Bad Man" by Miranda July, performed by the author
◈ Male Narrator
"Brown Girl in the Ring" by Nalo Hopkinson, performed by Peter Jay Fernandez (01/02/20)
◈ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.
"The Silent Patient" by Alex Michaelides, performed by Jack Hawkins and Louise Brealey
◈ Full Cast
◈ Dramatizations
An abridged audiobook with background music/noises like the “old school” radio plays (e.g. BBC Radio Drama Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett). Also known as “'Performance” audios, if you’re doing a search.
◈ Celebrity Narrator
◈ New-to-Me Narrator
Corey Bill, narrator of "The Troop" by Nick Cutter
◈ Favourite Narrator
Penelope Keith, narrator of "Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House" by M C Beaton (12/15/19)
◈ Volunteer Narrator
A narrator that is not professional, but volunteers to read books. (Such as those used on librivox.org)
◈ Less Than 3 Hours
"The Code of the Woosters" by P G Wodehouse (1:58:59)(12/16/19)
◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
"Women Talking" by Miriam Toews (6:01:27) (12/31/19)
◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
"Catch the Lightning" by Catherine Asaro, performed by Anna Fields (11:28:15) (01/04/20)
◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
"The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins (18:49:18) (12/12/19)
◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
"The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova
◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours
◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
"2666" by Roberto Bolano (39:15:56) (01/13/20)
◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
Beyond epic, indeed! Time to implant ear buds in your head. Forty hours or more! For this one we will also allow a trilogy that qualifies in length, or three books anywhere within a series, if you “read” all of it/them via audio.
◈ In-Sync Multimedia
Use an audible sync option to read-along! Such as the new read-along with your Kindle option by audible.com called Whispersync, which remembers your last stopping point in either device. However, you may read a book using any two media choices your desire, as long as one of them is via audio.
◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara (listened to via Overdrive) (12/28/19)
◈ Doing it “Old School”
Use audiobook CDs, or cassette, or even LPs or 8-Track-Tapes, if you have them!
◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
listened to "Agatha Raisin and the Deadly dance" by M C Beaton in the car
◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook
"Three Day Road" by Joseph Boyden
◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
You be the judge. Try an audiobook that has been nominated or won an Audie – any category counts – and lists may be found at audiopub.org (look to the right of the screen for past years).
"Jumanji" by Chris Van Allsburg
◈ Recommended by Others
Audiobooks recommended by your friends or other NBRC members.
"Things we lost in the fire" by Mariana Enriquez (recommended by the ladies from the 'Reading Glasses' pocast
◈ BOM via Audiobook
Read a NBRC Book of the Month via audio.
◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
Read a “Buddy Read” book via audio and/or listen to your book with another person.
◈ Classic Read
◈ Re-Read a Favourite
FINISHED!Executive Director: 50/50
Option One: Freestyle
◈ Female Narrator
A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris 1/2/19
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 1/16/19
Murder at the Book Club by Betsy Reavley 5/10/19
Cover Her Face by P.D. James 5/16/19
Tart of Darkness: A Chef-To-Go Mystery by Denise Swanson 6/1/19
Swamp Bones by Kathy Reichs 6/10/19
One Tequila by Tricia O'Malley 7/16/19
Murder at Lowry House by Leighann Dobbs 8/1/19
Scoop To Kill by Wendy Lyn Watson 8/8/19
The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer 9/16/19
Notorious by Allison Brennan 10/2/19
The Case of the Left-Handed Lady by Nancy Springer 10/31/19
◈ Male Narrator
Doug Bradley's Spinechillers, Vol. 2 by Doug Bradley 1/13/19
Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin 3/30/19
Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout 5/27/19
You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles 9/20/19
Single Asiatic Male Seeks Ride or Die Chick by Eddie Huang 9/21/19
A Cat Was Involved by Spencer Quinn 12/6/19
◈ Duets
Confessions by Kanae Minato 3/6/19
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid 10/21/19
Revenge by Yōko Ogawa 10/23/19
◈ Full Cast
God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza 2/27/19
◈ Dramatizations
◈ Celebrity Narrator
◈ New-to-Me Narrator
Looker by Laura Sims 1/30/19
Murder, Interrupted by James Patterson 3/23/19
An Accidental Death by Peter Grainger 8/21/19
Lane: A Case For Willows And Lane by Peter Grainger 11/10/19
◈ Favourite Narrator
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie 4/5/19
LOVE Hugh Fraser! He is both the PERFECT Poirot and Hastings!
Death on the Downs by Simon Brett 4/23/19
The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie 6/7/19
Spider's Web by Charles Osborne, Agatha Christie 10/14/19
The Hidden Gallery by Maryrose Wood 12/14/19
◈ Volunteer Narrator
◈ Less Than 3 Hours
Dear Santa by Ray Bradbury 1/2/19
All Systems Red by Martha Wells 5/1/19
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor 6/20/19
The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife: A Short Story by Agatha Christie 7/15/19
Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds: A Short Story by Agatha Christie 8/22/19
In the Heart of the Fire by Dean Koontz 12/5/19
◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
Black Coffee by Charles Osborne 5/20/19
Murder on the SS Rosa by Lee Strauss 12/11/19
◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis 2/23/19
The Body on the Beach by Simon Brett 3/17/19
Cat on the Edge by Shirley Rousseau Murphy 6/28/19
Grace Under Pressure by Julie Hyzy 11/22/19
◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
◈ In-Sync Multimedia - for these, I got the library book for at home and listened to the audio for driving.
Man In The Queue by Josephine Tey 1/19/19
Survival of the Fritters by Ginger Bolton 1/24/19
◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
◈ Doing it “Old School”
◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook - all of mine are actually read while driving to work!
The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood 1/10/19
Death of an Outsider by M.C. Beaton 4/12/19
◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook
◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett 9/5/19
◈ Recommended by Others
◈ BOM via Audiobook
◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook - with my mum!
Breaking Free: How I Escaped My Father-Warren Jeffs-Polygamy, and the FLDS Cult by Rachel Jeffs 2/10/19
◈ Classic Read
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 6/16/19
◈ Re-Read a Favourite
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Start: 01/01/20Finish: 31/12/21
Read: 07/25
Started: 12/09/19
◈ Female Narrator
Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder 07/01/20
◈ Male Narrator
Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood 22/05/20
◈ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.
◈ Full Cast
◈ Dramatizations
An abridged audiobook with background music/noises like the “old school” radio plays (e.g. BBC Radio Drama Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett). Also known as “Performance” audios, if you’re doing a search.
◈ Celebrity Narrator
The Toll by Neal Shusterman 10/06/20
◈ New-to-Me Narrator
The Girl Who Fell by Violet Grace 28/02/20
◈ Favourite Narrator
◈ Volunteer Narrator
A narrator that is not professional, but volunteers to read books. (Such as those used on librivox.org)
◈ Less Than 3 Hours
◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
The Girl Who Chose by Violet Grace 07/03/20 10hr 13 mins
◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours
◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
Beyond epic, indeed! Time to implant ear buds in your head. Forty hours or more! For this one we will also allow a trilogy that qualifies in length, or three books anywhere within a series, if you “read” all of it/them via audio.
◈ In-Sync Multimedia
Use an audible sync option to read-along! Such as the new read-along with your Kindle option by audible.com called Whispersync, which remembers your last stopping point in either device. However, you may read a book using any two media choices your desire, as long as one of them is via audio.
◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 02/07/20
◈ Doing it “Old School”
Use audiobook CDs, or cassette, or even LPs or 8-Track-Tapes, if you have them!
◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
Go on a road trip, holiday, or just listen during your daily commute to work while “reading” in your car or public transportation!
The Martian by Andy Weir 29/07/20
◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook
◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
You be the judge. Try an audiobook that has been nominated or won an Audie – any category counts – and lists may be found at audiopub.org (look to the right of the screen for past years).
◈ Recommended by Others
Audiobooks recommended by your friends or other NBRC members.
◈ BOM via Audiobook
Read a NBRC Book of the Month via audio.
◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
Read a “Buddy Read” book via audio and/or listen to your book with another person.
◈ Classic Read
◈ Re-Read a Favourite
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Welcome Tina!
Audiobook ChallengeLevel: Executive Director (50 books)
Spell-It-Out Option
Duration: Jan 1 - Dec 31
Audiobooks
A - Stormbreaker 2/3
U - River Marked - Uccello
D - Silver Borne - Darryl - 2/7
I - The Shadow Hour - Ivy - 2/6
O - The Beast - O'Neal - 1/17
B - The Chosen 1/26
O - Far From the Madding Crowd - Oak - 2/4
O - The Wide Window - Olaf - 2/5
K - Hunt the Moon 1/4
S - Shadows 1/11
Download
D - Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic 2/8
O - Ogre Enchanted 2/9
W - The Wicked King 1/9
N - Norse Mythology 1/10
L - Farewell My Concubine 1/2
O - The Bound - Orden 2/7
A - Burn Bright - Anna - 1/30
D - Dragon Bound 2/10
Headphones
H - The Queen of Nothing 1/10
E - Blood Vow - Elise - 2/1
A - The Affiliate 1/15
D - Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic 1/28
P - Blood Kiss - Paradise - 1/6
H - The Cruel Prince 1/8
O - Obsidio 1/31
N - One of Us Is Next - Nate - 3/4
E - The Epidemic 1/29
S - The Secret Garden 1/12
Kindle
K - Fallen Crest Forever - Kade - 1/20
I - Magic Shifts 1/28
N - Blood Fury - Novo - 3/3
D - George's Marvellous Medicine 1/18
L - The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky 1/1
E - One for the Money 1/27
Sound
S - Can You Keep a Secret? 1/5
O - Old Yeller 1/21
U - Stardust - Una - 1/24
N - The New Hunger 1/18
D - Acheron 1/23
Voice
V - Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 1/7
O - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - series - 1/14
I - The Island of Doctor Moreau 1/16
C - Getting Rid of Bradley 1/13
E - Ella Enchanted 1/13
Walkman
W- When It's Real 1/15
A- The Reptile Room 1/3
L- Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side - Lucius - 1/25
K- The Tale of Despereaux 1/31
M- Bone Crossed 1/7
A- A Lady's Pleasure 1/22
N- One Silent Night - Nick - 2/1
I love audiobooks and this is such an awesome challenge. ~ All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge ~
*January 4, 2020 - January 3, 2021
*Director: 25-30 books
*Option Two - Want-It-All
◈Female Narrator The Red Hunter
◈ Male Narrator
◈ Duets
◈Dramatization
◈ Full Cast
◈ Celebrity Narrator
◈ New-to-Me Narrator
◈ Favourite Narrator
◈ Volunteer Narrator
◈ Less Than 3 Hours
◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours
◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
◈ In-Sync Multimedia
◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
◈ Doing it “Old School”
◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP)
◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
◈ Recommended by Others
◈ BOM via Audiobook
◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
◈ Classic Read
◈ Re-Read a Favourite
Hi Tina! Just thought I'd give you a head's up; you seem to have copied my version of this challenge, including my answers.ღ Tina ❣ wrote: "Start: 01/01/19
Finish: 31/12/20
Read: 00/25
Started: 12/09/19
◈ Female Narrator
◈ Male Narrator
◈ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.
◈ Full Cast
◈ Dramatizations
An ab..."
Hello, this is the first time I'm going to join this challenge as I am reading more and more via my ears (getting old and mature, I suppose) to spare my eyes sometimes :)Level: Director: 25-30 books
Option One - Freestyle
►You may read as many books as you want for each audio book type.
Start: 17 Jan 2020
Completed: 30/30
✔◈Female Narrator:
✔ ◈Male Narrator:
Rogue Protocol
Exit Strategy
✔◈ Duets:
✔ ◈Dramatization:
✔ ◈ Full Cast
◈ Celebrity Narrator
✔◈ New-to-Me Narrator
✔◈ Favourite Narrator
Murder on the Orient Express
◈ Volunteer Narrator
✔◈ Less Than 3 Hours
✔◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours:
✔◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
✔ ◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
✔◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours:
◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours
✔◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
◈ In-Sync Multimedia
◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
◈ Doing it “Old School”
◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP)
◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
✔◈ Recommended by Others:
◈ BOM via Audiobook
◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
◈ Classic Read
✔◈ Re-Read a Favourite
I would like to sign up for this challenge. I'd like the Executive Director Level with a freestyle Option.Start: 2/9/2020
End:
Currently Completed: 5/50
◈ Female Narrator--Lowcountry Incantations--2/22/2020
◈ Male Narrator
◈ Duets
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
◈ Full Cast
◈ Dramatizations
◈ Celebrity Narrator
◈ New-to-Me Narrator
◈ Favourite Narrator
◈ Volunteer Narrator
◈ Less Than 3 Hours
◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah narrated by Susan Erickson--2/11/2020
The Alice Network--3/6/2020
◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours
◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
◈ In-Sync Multimedia
◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
◈ Doing it “Old School”
◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook--
Homegoing
◈ Multitasking!
◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
◈ Recommended by Others
◈ BOM via Audiobook
◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
◈ Classic Read
◈ Re-Read a Favourite
Challenge complete!https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
That didn't take long, lol. gonna take a short break, and then come back and double up! :)
Sammy wrote: "Challenge complete!https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
That didn't take long, lol. gonna take a short br..."
Congrats, Sammy! :)
And this just reminded me that I need to add a few finished audiobooks of my own.
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Thanks ladies.Melindam wrote: "And this just reminded me that I need to add a few finished audiobooks of my own."
I bet it's more than just a few! lol.
I'm back for another go, this time doubling up for Executive Director. Going Freestyle.50/50
◈ Female Narrator
An audiobook with one female narrator.
◈ Male Narrator
An audiobook with one male narrator.
◈ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.
◈ Full Cast
An unabridged audiobook with several narrators; there is a narrator per character (e.g. American Gods by Neal Gaiman). To find these, you can search most sites by the term “Full Cast.”
◈ Dramatizations
An abridged audiobook with background music/noises like the “old school” radio plays (e.g. BBC Radio Drama Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett). Also known as “Performance” audios, if you’re doing a search.
◈ Celebrity Narrator
Category name says it all: Somebody famous narrates. Examples: James Marsters reading Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series or Anne Hathaway reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. BTW, when searching, audible.com is calling this their “A-List Collection.”
◈ New-to-Me Narrator
A narrator that you haven’t heard before.
◈ Favourite Narrator
A narrator that you have heard and loved before and would recommend to others.
◈ Volunteer Narrator
A narrator that is not professional, but volunteers to read books. (Such as those used on librivox.org)
◈ Less Than 3 Hours
An audiobook that you can read in one day!
◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
An audiobook that falls in this range.
◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
An audiobook that is over 5 hours in length.
◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a CHUNKSTER! ;) More than 10 hours in length, but less than 15.
◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Colossal Chunkster! More than 15 hours in length, less than 20.
◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Super Colossal Chunkster! More than 20 hours in length, less than 25.
◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Super-Duper Colossal Chunkster! More than 25 hours in length, less than 30.
◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Monstrous Chunkster! More than 30 hours in length, less than 35.
◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
An epic, indeed! More than 35 hours in length, less than 40.
◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
Beyond epic, indeed! Time to implant ear buds in your head. Forty hours or more! For this one we will also allow a trilogy that qualifies in length, or three books anywhere within a series, if you “read” all of it/them via audio.
◈ In-Sync Multimedia
Use an audible sync option to read-along! Such as the new read-along with your Kindle option by audible.com called Whispersync, which remembers your last stopping point in either device. However, you may read a book using any two media choices your desire, as long as one of them is via audio.
◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
Keep it legal! Public libraries using OverDrive Media Console, or Bolinda Audio (BorrowBox), or OneClickDigital downloads. There are also free sites like:
librivox.org
Project Gutenberg Audio Books Project
audiobooksync.com - scheduled release dates
...Audiobooksync has free audiobooks over the Northern Hemisphere’s summer.
◈ Doing it “Old School”
Use audiobook CDs, or cassette, or even LPs or 8-Track-Tapes, if you have them! Don’t have the right equipment? Oftentimes your public library will have these devices to loan.
◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
Go on a road trip, holiday, or just listen during your daily commute to work while “reading” in your car or public transportation!
◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook
Put on those headphones, get cleaning, gardening, grocery shopping, power-walking, even knitting while “reading” a book! Use your Smartphone, MP3, Walkman, portable CD player, iPod, episodic podcast, whatever! Just make Oprah proud.
◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
You be the judge. Try an audiobook that has been nominated or won an Audie – any category counts – and lists may be found at audiopub.org (look to the right of the screen for past years).
◈ Recommended by Others
Audiobooks recommended by your friends or other NBRC members.
◈ BOM via Audiobook
Read a NBRC Book of the Month via audio.
◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
Read a “Buddy Read” book via audio and/or listen to your book with another person.
◈ Classic Read
Have you always wanted to broaden your reading horizons and get to that classic everyone seems to talk about? Try it via audio.
◈ Re-Read a Favourite
Old or new, choose a book you’ve read and loved - and see if you could possibly love it even more via audio. (Note: The right narrator is even more crucial here!)
Melindam wrote: "Hello, this is the first time I'm going to join this challenge as I am reading more and more via my ears (getting old and mature, I suppose) to spare my eyes sometimes :)Level: Director: 25-30 bo..."
Much slower than I thought, but I FINALLY FINISHED the challenge! :)
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All About AudiobooksDuration: 1 April, 2020 - ???
Level: Executive Director (24+ books)
Option 2: Freestyle
Challenge Status: In-progress
1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (audiobook narrated by Jim Dale) -- Read April 1st - April 4th
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling (audiobook narrated by Jim Dale) -- Read June 10th 2020 - June 11th 2020
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling (audiobook narrated by Jim Dale) -- Read July 10th, 2020 - July 20th, 2020
4. The Gunslinger by Stephen King (audiobook narrated by George Guidall) -- Read July 24th, 2020 - August 3rd, 2020
5. A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (audiobook narrated by Roy Dotrice) -- Read August 26th, 2020 - September 20th, 2020
6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling (audiobook narrated by Jim Dale) -- Read September 3rd, 2020 - September 23rd, 2020
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling (audiobook narrated by Jim Dale) -- Read September 27th, 2020 - October 16th, 2020
Executive director complete! (post 599)Off to the next one, lol.
Wow! Finally found a challenge for an audio reader! I will be aiming for the Executive Director and will do the Freestyle.
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Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Welcome Alyana 🥳"Thank you Karen. Can I use the books that I listened from January 2021?
~ All About Audiobooks ~Duration: September 1, 2021- August 31, 2022
Levels:
Remixer: 6-10 books
Audio Technician: 11-15 books
Sound Engineer: 16-20 books
Producer: 21-24 books
Director: 25-30 books
Executive Director: Pick & choose which ones to double and make it 50 books.
Option Two - Want-It-All: At least one book in each category.
40/50 audiobooks
24/30 Categories at least single
18/30 Double reads
CATEGORIES: - Thirty categories from which to choose.
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The Diviners (January LaVoy) ★★★★ 9/2/21--->
Caught Dead Handed (C.S.E Cooney) 10/11/21---->
Ghost of a Chance (Toby Leonard Moore) 9/21/21---->
Sandman Slim (MacLeod Andrews) 10/6/21◈ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.
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Strange Candy 10/7/22 (Kimberly Alexis, Holter Graham)◈ Full Cast
An unabridged audiobook with several narrators; there is a narrator per character (e.g. American Gods by Neal Gaiman). To find these, you can search most sites by the term “Full Cast.”
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How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu 9/5/22 (Julia Whelan, Brian Nishii, Keisuke Hoashi, MacLeod Andrews, Jeanne Sakata, Greg Watanabe, Kurt Kanazawa, Matthew Bridges, Kotaro Watanabe, Brianna Ishibashi, Joe Knezevich, Micky Shiloah, Stephanie Komure, Jason Culp)◈ Dramatizations
An abridged audiobook with background music/noises like the “old school” radio plays (e.g. BBC Radio Drama Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett). Also known as “Performance” audios, if you’re doing a search.
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The Book of Cold Cases 6/27/22 (Brittany Pressley, Kirsten Potter, Robert Petkoff)---->
NOS4A2 10/22/21 Narrated by Kate Mulgrew---->
We Are Their Heaven: Why the Dead Never Leave Us Allison DuBois ★★★★★ 11/30/21---->
Doctor Who: Dark Horizons (Neve McIntosh) ★★★★★ 9/16/21---->
The Library of the Dead (Tinashe Warikandwa) 10/29/21---->Sixth Grave on the Edge Narrator: Lorelei King 3/13/22
---->Missing in Death Narrator: Susan Ericksen 1/31/22
◈ Volunteer Narrator
A narrator that is not professional, but volunteers to read books. (Such as those used on librivox.org)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 10/21/21 2 hours 44 min---->
The Empress of Salt and Fortune 2 hr 25 min 1/27/22---->
Down Among the Sticks and Bones 4 hr 4 min 9/22/21---->
Missing in Death 3 hrs 26 min 1/31/22---->
The Vampire Knitting Club (Sarah Zimmerman) ★★★★★ 9/3/21 6 hours 6 min---->
Atlantis Rising Joshua Swanson ★★★★ 10/1/21 9 hrs 24 min---->
The Turn of the Key (Imogen Church) ★★★★★ 9/1/21 12 hrs 13 min---->
WebMage (Vikas Adam) ★★★9/7/21 11 hr 3 min---->
The Once and Future Witches 16 hr 3 mins 11/5/21 ---->
Aurora Rising 12/3/21 19 hrs 41 min◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Super Colossal Chunkster! More than 20 hours in length, less than 25.
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Monster Hunter International 4/26/22 (24 hrs)◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Super-Duper Colossal Chunkster! More than 25 hours in length, less than 30.
◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Monstrous Chunkster! More than 30 hours in length, less than 35.
◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
An epic, indeed! More than 35 hours in length, less than 40.
◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
Beyond epic, indeed! Time to implant earbuds in your head. Forty hours or more! For this one, we will also allow a trilogy that qualifies in length, or three books anywhere within a series if you “read” all of it/them via audio.
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Promises in Death (Susan Ericksen) ★★★★★ 9/10/21 Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins---->
Kindred in Death (Susan Ericksen) ★★★★★ 11/26/21 Length: 13 hrs and 56 minsUse an audible sync option to read along! Such as the new read-along with your Kindle option by audible.com called Whispersync, which remembers your last stopping point in either device. However, you may read a book using any two media choices your desire, as long as one of them is via audio.
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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires ★★★★★ 12/9/21---->
Heart of Evil ★★★★ 12/23/21---->
Doctor Who: The Day She Saved the Doctor: Four Stories from the TARDIS 10/7/21 Got from the Library using Libby---->
Rivers of London 10/12/21 Got from Library◈ Doing it “Old School”
Use audiobook CDs, or cassettes, or even LPs or 8-Track-Tapes, if you have them! Don’t have the right equipment? Oftentimes your public library will have these devices to loan.
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Death of a Cozy Writer 9/24/21---->
The Vampire Book Club 10/14/21---->
Sex, Murder and a Double Latte (Gabra Zackman) 9/15/21---->
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder 11/10/21https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...
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Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold 11/24/21---->
Emergency Skin 9/17/22Audiobooks recommended by your friends or other NBRC members.
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Under the Whispering Door1/11/22 Recommended by Kelly.---->
Single White Vampire 1/6/22 Recommended by Aminko---->
The Hollow Places 10/27/21 BOM for Oct 2021---->
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London 11/18/21 BOM November 2021Read a “Buddy Read” book via audio and/or listen to your book with another person.
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The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina 12/16/21---->
A Master of Djinn 4/22/22◈ Classic Read
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The Giver 11/12/21◈ Re-Read a Favourite
Old or new, choose a book you’ve read and loved - and see if you could possibly love it even more via audio. (Note: The right narrator is even more crucial here!)
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You can join anytime Vicki - it’s not one re repost every year, it’s just perpetual 😃