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Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Absolutely, Alyana if you want the challenge to be for the 2021 year or you can just start now for the next 12 months"Thanks Karen!
Duration: January 1 - April 5, 2021Update to message 605
Progress: 50/50 - FREESTYLE
◈ Female Narrator
An audiobook with one female narrator.
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The Hating Game - (Katie Schorr) read on 01/02/21 ★★★☆☆ -->
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Cathleen McCarron) - read on 02/1/21 ★★★★☆-->
The Couple Next Door - (Kirsten Potter) - read on 02/11/21 ★★★★☆-->
Turtles All the Way Down - (Kate Rudd) - read on 02/14/21 ★★★☆☆-->
The Silence - (Emily Sutton-Smith) - read on 02/25/21 ★★★★☆-->
It Ends with Us - (Olivia Song) - read on 03/09/21 ★★★★☆-->
The Girls I've Been - (Tess Sharpe) - read on 03/27/21 ★★★☆☆◈ Male Narrator
An audiobook with one male narrator.
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History Is All You Left Me - (Tom Picasso) read on 01/02/21 ★★★★☆-->
The Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons - (Frank Muller) - read on 02/14/21 ★★★☆☆-->
Red, White & Royal Blue - (Ramón de Ocampo) - read on 03/09/21 ★★★★☆-->
The Choice - (Holter Graham) - read on 04/02/21 ★★★★☆◈ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.
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Coming in from the Cold- (Joe Arden and Maxine Mitchell) read on 01/22/21 ★★☆☆☆-->
Fangirl - (Rebecca Lowman and Maxwell Caulfield) - read on 02/1/21 ★★★☆☆-->
The Honey-Don't List - (Patti Murin and Jon Root) - read on 02/18/21 ★★★☆☆-->
The Shadows - (Hannah Arterton and John Heffernan) - read on 02/23/21 ★★★☆☆-->
Five Feet Apart - (Joy Osmanski and Corey Brill) - read on 03/07/21 ★★★★☆-->
Captivated by You - (Jeremy York and Jill Redfield) - read on 03/20/21 ★★★★☆-->
The Foxe & the Hound - (Luci Christian Bell and Joe Arden) - read on 03/28/21 ★★★★☆◈ 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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Into the Water - (Laura Aikman, Sophie Aldred, Rachel Bavidge, Imogen Church, and Daniel Weyman) read on 01/02/21 ★★★★☆-->
Wonder - ( Diana Steele, Nick Podehl, Kate Rudd) - read on 03/12/21 ★★★★★-->
The Cousins - (Sarah Skaer, Kate Reinderes, David Garelik, Julia Whelan) - read on 03/15/21 ★★★☆☆-->
Yes No Maybe So - (Aisha Saeed, Tiya Sircar, Michael Crouch) - read on 03/27/21 ★★★★☆-->
The Guest List - (Jot Davies, Chloe Massey, Olivia Dowd, Aoife McMahon, Sarah Ovens, Rich Keeble) - read on 04/03/21 ★★★★☆◈ 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.”
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - (Stephen Fry) read on 01/06/21 ★★★★★-->
The Midnight Library - (Carey Mulligan) - read on 02/4/21 ★★★☆☆-->
Dad Is Fat - (Jim Gaffigan) - read on 04/05/21 ★★★★★◈ New-to-Me Narrator
A narrator that you haven’t heard before.
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The True Believer - (David Baker) read on 01/15/21 ★★★☆☆ -->
The New World - (Humphrey Bower) read on 01/13/21 ★★★☆☆ -->
The Snow Child (Debra Monk) - read on 02/1/21 ★★★★☆-->
Stolen - (Emily Gray) - read on 03/21/21 ★★★☆☆-->
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry - (Joan Walker) - read on 03/26/21 ★★★☆☆◈ Favourite Narrator
A narrator that you have heard and loved before and would recommend to others.
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The Broken Girls - (Rebecca Lowman) - read on 02/11/21 ★★★★☆-->
More Than This - (Nick Podehl) - read on 03/21/21 ★★★☆☆◈ Less Than 3 Hours
An audiobook that you can read in one day!
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The Deal of a Lifetime - (47 minutes) - read on 02/15/21 ★★★★★◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
An audiobook that falls in this range.
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A Monster Calls - (3 hours, 51 minutes) - read on 02/6/21 ★★★★☆-->
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - (4 hours, 38 minutes) - read on 03/16/21 ★★★☆☆◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
An audiobook that is over 5 hours in length.
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Verity - (8 hours, 10 minutes) read on 01/04/21 ★★★★★-->
The Family Upstairs - (9 hours, 34 minutes) read on 01/09/21 ★★★★☆-->
At First Sight- (8 hours and 35 minutes) read on 01/19/21 ★★★★☆-->
Attachments - (8 hours, 55 minutes) - read on 02/14/21 ★★★★☆-->
What If It's Us - (9 Hours and 48 Minutes) - read on 03/01/21 ★★★★★-->
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - (6 hours and 18 minutes) - read on 03/03/21 ★★★★☆-->
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man - (7 hours and 5 minutes) - read on 03/15/21 ★★★★☆◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a CHUNKSTER! ;) More than 10 hours in length, but less than 15.
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo- (12 hours, 10 minutes) read on 01/19/21 ★★★★★-->
Entwined with You- (11 hours, 2 minutes) read on 01/25/21 ★★★★☆-->
Beach Read - (10 hours 13 minutes) - read on 04/05/21 ★★★★☆◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Colossal Chunkster! More than 15 hours in length, less than 20.
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American Dirt- (16 hours, 45 minutes) read on 01/16/21 ★★★☆☆ -->
A Time to Kill - (16 hours, 47 minutes) - read on 02/21/21 ★★★★☆-->
Becoming - (19 hours and 4 minutes) - read on 03/02/21 ★★★★★◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
Read a “Buddy Read” book via audio and/or listen to your book with another person.
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The Whisper Man - (578 minutes) - read on 02/07/21 ★★★★☆✨✨✨ COMPLETED ✨✨✨
Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Welcome Joyce!" Can you link me in the listing message?
Aaaand, I am back for another round! :)))ALL ABOUT AUDIOBOOKS
Level: Director: 25-30 books
Option One - Freestyle
►You may read as many books as you want for each audio book type.
Start: 1 Jan 2022
Finish: 8 Apr 2022
Completed: 30/30
◈Female Narrator:
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on 1/Jan/2022✔️
on 3/Feb/2022✔️
on 4/Mar/2022✔️
on 10/Mar/2022◈Male Narrator:
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on 1/Mar/2022✔️
on 25/Mar/2022✔️
on 3/Apr/2022◈ Duets:
◈ Dramatization:
◈ Full Cast
◈ Celebrity Narrator
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on 20/Feb/2022◈ New-to-Me Narrator
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on 05/Feb/2022◈ Favourite Narrator
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on 18/Feb/2022✔️
on 20/Mar/2022◈ Less Than 3 Hours
◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours:
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on 6/Mar/2022◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
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on 8/Feb/2022✔️
on/21/Feb ✔️
on 1/Apr/2022◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
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on 14/Jan/2022✔️
on 14/Feb/2022◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
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on 7/Feb/2022◈ 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
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on 17/Mar/2022✔️
on 15/Mar/2022✔️
on 20/Mar/2022◈ Trains with an Audiobook
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on 5/Mar/2022◈ Recommended by Others
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on 8/Apr/2022◈ Classic Read
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on 17/Feb/2022✔️
on 24/Mar/2022◈ Re-Read a Favourite
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on 14 Feb✔️
on 16/Feb/2022✔️
on 20/Feb/2022✔️
on 1/Mar/2022✔️
on 16/Mar/2022
Option One - Freestyle:Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2022
Director: 25-30 books
Progress: 14/29
◈ Female Narrator
An audiobook with one female narrator.
◈ Male Narrator
An audiobook with one male narrator.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
◈ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.
The Bad Boy's Girl
◈ 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.”
◈ 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)
The Heir at Law: A Comedy, in Five Acts
◈ 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.
Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You
◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Colossal Chunkster! More than 15 hours in length, less than 20.
Is Atheism Dead?
◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Super Colossal Chunkster! More than 20 hours in length, less than 25.
The Evil Queen
◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Super-Duper Colossal Chunkster! More than 25 hours in length, less than 30.
The Wicked Trilogy: Caleb & Margo (Fallen Royals, Books 1-3)
◈ 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.
The Magic Eaters
◈ 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.
The Polar Express
◈ 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!
To Kill a Mockingbird
◈ 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 Perks of Being a Wallflower
Call Me Maybe
◈ 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).
Such a Fun Age
◈ 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.
The Great Gatsby
◈ 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!)
All About Audiobooks 2022Duration: 1.1.22 - 12.31.2022
Option One: Freestyle
Goal Level: Director (25-30 books)
Total Hours in 2022: 84 hours
Progress: 25 / 25 — COMPLETE
Female Narrator
- Yellow Jessamine by Caitlin Starling, Narr. Heather Wilds — 4h — 1.4.22
- Goddess of Filth by V. Castro, Narr. Stacy Gonzalez — 3h — 7.22.22
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, Narr. Robin Miles — 3h — 12.28.22
- Home by Nnedi Okorafor, Narr. Robin Miles — 4h — 12.30.22
Male Narrator
- The Patient by Jasper DeWitt, Narr. Edoardo Ballerini — 4h — 3.23.22
- The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Narr. Daveed Diggs — 4h — 7.11.22
- Unfit to Print by K.J. Charles, Narr. Vikas Adam — 5h — 12.31.22
Duets
- The Shadows by Alex North, Narr. Hannah Arterton & John Heffernan — 9h — 2.18.22
Full Cast
- Any Man by Amber Tamblyn, Narr. Amber Tamblyn et al. — 5h — 3.25.22
- Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Narr. Jennifer Beals et al. — 9h — 4.22.22
- 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff, Narr. Barbara Caruso et al. — 2h — 6.8.22
New-to-Me Narrator
- Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, Narr. Jenny Slate — 6h — 3.18.22
- The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle, Narr. Kevin R. Free — 3h — 7.25.22
Favorite Narrator (would recommend to others)
- The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark, Narr. Channie Waites — 3h — 7.30.22 — Loved Channie Waites with this one and also Ring Shout !
Between 3 - 5 Hours
- The Seventh Perfection by Daniel Polansky, Narr. Barrie Kreinik — 3h — 4.5.22
- Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi, Narr. Tochi Onyebuchi — 4h — 6.11.22
- River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey, Narr. Peter Berkrot — 4h — 7.16.22
- Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey, Narr. Peter Berkrot — 4h — 7.25.22
More than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, Narr. Ariadne Meyers — 6h — 1.10.22
- We Have Always Lived... by Shirley Jackson, Narr. Burnadette Dunne — 6h — 7.6.22
Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
- The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo, Narr. Cindy Kay — 2h — 3.15.22
- When the Tiger Came Down... by Nghi Vo, Narr. Cindy Kay — 2h — 3.15.22
- Come Closer by Sara Gran, Narr. Julie McKay — 4h — 6.19.22
- McGlue by Ottessa Moshfegh, Narr. Chris Andrew Ciulla — 4h — 12.31.22
Audie Award Nominees and Winners
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, Narr. Nicole Lewis — 10h — 1.16.22
And finished! :)Actually I finished some time ago, just did not have the time to update. But it's great to see how many audiobooks I have already listened to this year. I would say 85% of my read books so far have been audios.
Now onto Part 2 again. :)
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I would like to join this one. I'm going to start on the 1st September.All About Audiobooks - Part One
Duration: 1st September 2022 - 31st August 2023
Option One: Freestyle
Level: Executive Director - 50 books
50/50
◈ Female Narrator
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An Offer From a Gentleman
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◈ Male Narrator
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◈ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.
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◈ Full Cast
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◈ 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
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes Stephen Fry
The Valley of Fear Stephen Fry
His Last Bow Stephen Fry
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Stephen Fry
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◈ Volunteer Narrator
◈ Less Than 3 Hours
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◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
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◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
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◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
The Queen's Gambit 11h 50m
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◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
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◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
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The Grapes of Wrath 20h 58m
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◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours
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◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
Love and War 42h 25m
The Count of Monte Cristo 50h 22m
◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
Keep it legal! Public libraries using OverDrive Media Console, or Bolinda Audio (BorrowBox), or OneClickDigital downloads.
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◈ 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!
◈ Recommended by Others
◈ BOM via Audiobook
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◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
◈ Classic Read
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◈ Re-Read a Favourite
Mod
Back again for a new round! :)))ALL ABOUT AUDIOBOOKS
Level: Director: 25-30 books
Option One - Freestyle
►You may read as many books as you want for each audio book type.
Start: 24 Aug 2022
Finish:
Completed: 0/30
◈ 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!)
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~ All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge ~Duration: Twelve months from when you start
Dates: January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023
Levels: Director: 25-30 books
Rules & How to:
Option One - Freestyle:
►Pick a level and choose your own audiobook styles.
►You may read as many books as you want for each audio book type.
►Categories may overlap; for example, “American Gods” is a full cast audiobook, and over 5 hours, but you may only use it in one category for this challenge.
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 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
Finally updated this challenge:All About Audiobooks : A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge
Duration: 8/1/22 - 7/31/23
Level: Sound Engineer (16-20 books)
Progress: 20 of 20 -- 20 audiobooks, any category
Completed: 4/25/23
I was surprised how few audiobooks I got through last fall, but then I remembered that we had 2 bouts of COVID, I didn't like listening with my ruptured ear drum and I was out of town in Nov for a week. Also, I was listening to the Bible in a Year podcast.
◈✦ Female Narrator
An audiobook with one female narrator.
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by Steffie Hall/Janet Evanovich (10/6/22)✦
by Jenny Han (4/25/23)◈✦ Male Narrator
An audiobook with one male narrator.
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by Jeffery Deaver (8/1/22)✦
by Craig Johnson (3/31/23)◈✦ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.
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by David Baldacci (8/12/22)✦
by James Patterson & David Ellis (2/22/23)◈ 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.”
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by Jim Butcher (12/23/22) ~ James Marsters◈✦ New-to-Me Narrator
A narrator that you haven’t heard before.
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by Sophie Kinsella (1/13/23) ~ Emily Gray◈ 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.
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by Seanan McGuire (8/26/22) ~ author narrates - 4 hours◈✦ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
An audiobook that is over 5 hours in length.
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by Craig Johnson (9/3/22) ~ 8.75 hours✦
by Alex North (4/15/23) ~ 9 hours◈✦ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a CHUNKSTER! ;) More than 10 hours in length, but less than 15.
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by Lisa Unger (9/29/22) ~ 11.5 hours◈✦ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Colossal Chunkster! More than 15 hours in length, less than 20.
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by Dean Koontz (12/1/22) ~ 16.75 hours✦
by Marissa Meyer (4/11/23) ~ 17 hours◈✦ ◈ 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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by Tana French (2/20/23) ~ 20 hours◈ 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.
by Robert Galbraith (3/18/23) ~ 32 hours◈ 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.
✦
by Robert Galbraith (1/4/23) ~ 16.75 hours◈✦ 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!
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by Owen Laukkanen (10/16/22)◈✦ 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.
✦
by David Baldacci (1/27/23) ~ iPhone◈ 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.
✦
by Kendare Blake (8/16/22)◈ 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!)
Voice Over: 1-5 books**8/17/24Remixer: 6-10 books**10/11/24
Audio Technician: 11-15 books**1/1/25
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.
Started: 7/1/24
Completed:
Books read: 17/30
CATEGORIES: - Thirty categories from which to choose.
✅◈ Female Narrator
An audiobook with one female narrator-Joanna Parker-Living Dead in Dallas-10/28/24
✅◈ Male Narrator
An audiobook with one male narrator-Maybe Not-7/10/24
✅◈ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator-The Other Mrs.-7/25/24
✅◈ 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.-Maybe Now-11/15/24
✅◈ 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-10 Rules for the Perfect Murder-1/2/25
✅◈ 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.”-Ali Wong-Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life-3/14/25
✅◈ New-to-Me Narrator
A narrator that you haven’t heard before- Sophie Amos-This Delicious Death-10/13/24
✅◈ Favourite Narrator
A narrator that you have heard and loved before and would recommend to others-Malibu Rising-8/30/24
◈ 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!-The Honeymoon Crashers-7/16/24
✅◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
An audiobook that falls in this range-Under One Roof-1/1/25
✅◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
An audiobook that is over 5 hours in length-Surrender to Me-8/12/24
✅◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a CHUNKSTER! ;) More than 10 hours in length, but less than 15-Lessons in Chemistry-10/25/24
✅◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
An audiobook that is a Colossal Chunkster! More than 15 hours in length, less than 20-A Touch of Chaos-1/8/25
◈ 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!--You Won't Believe Me-8/22/24
✅◈ 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-Twisted Love-8/17/24
◈ 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-Twisted Games-10/3/24
✅◈ BOM via Audiobook
Read a NBRC Book of the Month via audio-Funny Story-9/15/24
◈ “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!)-Dead Until Dark-10/11/24
All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears ChallengeDuration: Twelve months from when you start.
Start: August 2024
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.
Rules & How to:
Option One - Freestyle:
►Pick a level and choose your own audiobook styles.
►You may read as many books as you want for each audio book type.
►Categories may overlap, but you may only use it in one category for this challenge.
CATEGORIES: - Thirty categories from which to choose.
◈ 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. 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. Also known as “Performance” audios, if you’re doing a search.
◈ Celebrity Narrator
Category name says it all: Somebody famous narrates.
◈ 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?
◈ 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!)
I am in on this ChallengeDuration: Twelve months from when you start.
Start: August 2024
Level: I am shooting for Executive Director
Executive Director: Pick & choose which ones to double and make it 50 books.
Rules & How to:
Option One - Freestyle:
►Pick a level and choose your own audiobook styles.
►You may read as many books as you want for each audio book type.
►Categories may overlap, but you may only use it in one category for this challenge.
CATEGORIES: - Thirty categories from which to choose.
◈ 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. 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. Also known as “Performance” audios, if you’re doing a search.
◈ Celebrity Narrator
Category name says it all: Somebody famous narrates.
◈ 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?
◈ 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!)
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