All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

~ All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge ~

Whether you are already an audio book reader, or think it is time to give some a try, this challenge is for you!

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.

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.

Option Two - Want-It-All:
►The same as option one, but you must read at least one book in each category.

Option Three - Spell-It-Out:
► Select a audio related word of your choice, and then spell out the word(s) using the first letter in the book’s title, the first letter in the author’s first or last name, or the first letter of a character’s first, last, or nick-name. Or try something different: use only the narrator’s name (first or last). As always, if the first letter of a title starts with ‘A’, ‘An’, ‘The’, etc., you may use the first letter of the second word in the title to spell out your chosen word.

Ideas for items to spell:

audible.com, audio, audiobooks, batteries, Books On Tape, cassette, CD, Compact Disc, download, ear buds, earphones, electronics, inflection, intonation, iPod, Kindle, listen, name of favorite narrator, One Click Digital, Over Drive Audio, pacing, PMP, reader, Recorded Books, recordings, remixer, sound, speed, stereo, Tandor Media, tone, voice, voice-over, voice types (Soprano; Mezzo-soprano; Alto; Contralto; Countertenor; Tenor; Baritone; Bass), volume, Walkman, WMA...

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 (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!)

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Participants

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Beth
Beth ( Round 2)
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Christina
Cinthia

Danielle
Dawn
Denise

Ezinwanyi~still loves Spartacus

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JenC.
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Joanne♥
Judy

Karen
Kelsi
Kme_17
Kristie

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Lara
Leah
Li'l Owl
Lisa Kay

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Nikki

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[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Challenge Themes ~ Amethyst Coin

Earn your Amethyst Coins with the Reading Challenges. Must Join a participating Reading Challenge on or after April 1, 2016.

To Earn an Amethyst Coin:
One Coin upon completing Director level or higher

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[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Woohoo! My spot :)

I think I'm shooting for Executive Director, but I'm not sure I will hit all categories. So I may just Freestyle it

Duration: May 7, 2014 - Feb 20, 2015

Progress: 50/50

◈ Female Narrator
✓ Cocaine Blues Completed 8 May 2014 ★★★
✓ Flying Too HighCompleted 26 Sept 2014 ★★★★
✓ Rainbow Valley Completed 30 Oct 2014 ★★
✓ Bayou Moon Completed 27 Nov 2014★★★★

◈ Male Narrator
✓ Dead Beat Completed 10 July 2014★★★★
✓ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban completed Nov 24, 2014 ★★★★
✓ Quintana of Charyn Completed 20 Feb 2015 ★★★

✓ Beatrice and Virgil Completed 30 August 2014 ★★★

✓ The Yard Completed 5 September 2014 ★★★☆

✓ The Time Paradox Completed 29 July 2014 ★★★★

✓ Jurassic Park Completed 11 December 2014 ★★★

✓ Dust Completed 18 Jan 2015 ★★★★

◈ Duets
✓ Champion Completed 9 September 2014 ★★★

◈ Full Cast
✓ Wuthering Heights Completed 18 Jan 2015 ★★★★


◈ Dramatizations
✓ Treasure Island Completed 29 September 2014 ★★★★

◈ Celebrity Narrator
✓ White Night Completed 22 September 2014★★★★


◈ New-to-Me Narrator
✓ A Tale for the Time Being Completed 7 Oct 2014 ★★★

◈ Favourite Narrator
✓ Proven Guilty Completed 15 August 2014★★★★

✓ Shakespeare's Champion Completed 3 November 2014★★★

◈ Volunteer Narrator
✓ Anne's House of Dreams Completed 11 October 2014 ★★★★

◈ Less Than 3 Hours
✓ Mindfulness for Beginners Completed 6 October 2014 ★★★

◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
✓ How to Train Your Dragon Completed September 14, 2014 ★★★★

◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
✓ The Reluctant Assassin Completed 21 June 2014 (9hours, 29mins)★★★

✓ Shakespeare's Landlord (6 hours, 48 minutes)★★★★

◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
✓ Unspoken Completed 28 August 2014 ★★★ (10 hours and 40 minutes)

◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
✓ The Last Letter from Your Lover Completed 06 June 2014 ★★★ (15hrs,18mins)
✓ Eragon Completed Feb 1, 2015 ★★★ (16hrs, 21 mins)

◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
✓ The Lies of Locke Lamora Completed 28 May 2014 ★★★★ (22hrs,3mins)

◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
✓ Crime and Punishment Completed 15 Nov 2014 ★★★★☆ (25hr, 5 min)

◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours
✓ The Brothers Karamazov read 26 Jan 2015 ★★★

◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
✓ New York Completed 13 Jan 2015 ★★★★ (36hr,5min)

◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
✓ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Completed 9 November 2014 ★★★★

✓ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Completed 17 Nov 2014 ★★★★

✓ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Completed 26 December 2014 ★★★


◈ In-Sync Multimedia
✓ Anne of Avonlea Completed 16 July 2014 ★★★

✓ Cop Town Completed 20 September 2014 ★★★

◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
✓ Confessions of a Murder Suspect (from Audiobook Sync) Completed 2 July 2014 ★★★☆

◈ Doing it “Old School”
✓ Loyal Creatures by Morris Gleitzman Completed 10 January 2015 ★★★★

◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
✓ Under the Never Sky Completed 25 July 2014 ★★★

◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook
✓ On the EdgeCompleted 18 July 2014 ★★★☆
✓ The Last Guardian Completed 22 October 2014 ★★★

◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
✓ Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock Completed 20 July 2014 ★★★ (2014 nominee for Teens category)

◈ Recommended by Others
√ Code Name Verity Completed 8 Nov 2014 ★★★★

◈ BOM via Audiobook
√ Midnight Crossroad (9hrs, 26mins). June 2014 BOM Completed 26 June2014 ★★★★

◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
✓ Small FavorCompleted 17 October 2014 ★★★
✓ Finnikin of the Rock Completed 1 Jan 2015 ★★★★

◈ Classic Read
✓ Anne of the Island Completed 23 July 2014 ★★★★★

✓ The Great Gatsby Completed 23 December 2014 ★★★★

◈ Re-Read a Favourite
✓ Anne Of Green Gables Completed 27 June 2014 ★★★★★
✓ Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Completed 4 Feb 2015 ★★★★★

[Lisa Kay]

I'm in, too! I'm shooting for 50 this year, for Executive Director. I'll double up on some of my fav categories and also spell out my favorite device: iPod/Touch.

02/50

CATEGORIES: - Thirty categories from which to choose.

◈ Female Narrator
An audiobook with one female narrator.
The Duchess War, by Courtney Milan = Narrated By Rosalyn Landor
Lady Sophia's Lover, by Lisa Kleypas = Narrated by Susan Duerden

◈ Male Narrator
An audiobook with one male narrator.
✔ The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion = Narrated by Dan O'Grady ★★★★★ SJLibrary-CD-to-iPod/Touch 5/17
Pleasure of a Dark Prince, by Kresley Cole = Narrated by Robert Petkoff
Demon from the Dark, by Kresley Cole = Narrated by Robert Petkoff

◈ Duets
An audiobook with one female and one male narrator.
Across the Universe, by Beth Revis Narrators are Lauren Ambrose & Carlos Santos (SJLibrary-CDs to iPod)

◈ 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.
The Maltese Falcon, by Yuri Rasovsky Narrators are Michael Madsen, Sandra Oh, Edward Herrmann (SJLibrary-OCD)

◈ 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!
The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein = Narrated by Shel Silverstein (SJLibrary-CD; need to request)

◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
An audiobook that falls in this range.
A Kiss For Midwinter, by Courtney Milan = Narrated by Rosalyn Landor (audible.com) [Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins]

◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
An audiobook that is over 5 hours in length.
Perfect for You, by Kate Perry = Narrated by Xe Sands (audible.com) [5 hrs and 15 mins]

◈ 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.
May 29 – June 4 = The Murder at the Vicarage, by Agatha Christie, Narrated by Richard E. Grant (Harper Audio)

June 19 – June 25 = I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You, by Ally Carter, Narrated by Renée Raudman (Brilliance Audio)

◈ 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).
The Witness, by Nora Roberts (CD to iPod/Touch) = 2013 Audie Winner for “Romance.”

Society's Child: My Autobiography, by Janis Ian (audible.com wishlist) = 2013 Audie Winner for “Narration by Author.”

◈ 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 Cricket on the Hearth, by Charles Dickens (audible.com)

◈ 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!)
✔ The Comforts of Home, by Jodi Thomas ★★★★★ audible.com 5/14 “r.r.v.a.”
Lord of Scoundrels, by Loretta Chase (audible.com) Narrated by Kate Reading
Surrender, by Pamela Clare (audible.com) Narrated by Kaleo Griffith

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D. - Dawe, Angela narrates The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie, by Jennifer Ashley (audible.com)

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U. - An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, by P.D. James = Narrated by Penelope Dellaporta (SJLibrary-CD)
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[Barb]

Count me in too! I'm going to do Option 3, the spell-it-out, and I'm going to use only audiobook titles or authors' or narrators' names. Since I get most of my audiobooks from the library, I'm adding that to my list of words to spell :)

ALL ABOUT AUDIOBOOKS, 5/6/14 - 5/5/15
28/28 COMPLETED

AUDIOBOOKS - COMPLETED 11/1
✓ A - The Anatomist's Apprentice (Dr. Thomas Silkstone #1), by Tessa Harris, finished 7/2 ★★★
✓ U - author Iris Johansen - The Ugly Duckling, finished 8/13 ★★★.5
✓ D - narrator Jeremy Davidson - The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, by Robert M. Edsel, finished 5/19 ★★★★
✓ I - author Ian Fleming – The Man with the Golden Gun (James Bond #13), finished 11/1 ★★★
✓ O - One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, by by Ann Voskamp, finished 5/12 ★★★
✓ B - author Russell S. Bonds - Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor, finished 7/12 ★★★.5
✓ O - One Summer: America, 1927, by Bill Bryson, finished 6/22 ★★★★
✓ O - Oath of Office (Dr. Lou Welcome #1), by Michael Palmer, finished 6/28 ★★★
✓ K - author Ellen Klages - The Green Glass Sea (Green Glass #1), finished 7/7 ★★★★
✓ S - Silver Girl, by Elin Hilderbrand, finished 5/31 ★★★.5

iPOD - COMPLETED 10/1
✓ I - Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski #1), by Sara Paretsky, finished 10/1 ★★★★
✓ P - A Presumption of Death (Lord Peter Wimsey #2), by Jill Paton Walsh, finished 7/22 ★★★
✓ O - author Perri O'Shaughnessy – Case of Lies (Nina Reilly #11), finished 7/25 ★★★.5
✓ D - author Charles Darwin - The Voyage of the Beagle, finished 5/26 ★★★

LIBRARY - COMPLETED 9/15
✓ L - author Elizabeth Lowell - Night Diver, finished 8/18 ★★★
✓ I - Insane City, by Dave Barry, finished 9/15 ★★.5
✓ B - narrator Dennis Boutsikaris – Power Play, by Joseph Finder, finished 8/7 ★★★★
✓ R - author Robert Harris - Pompeii, finished 6/7 ★★★★
✓ A - author Agatha Christie - Ordeal by Innocence, finished 8/24 ★★★
✓ R - character Robbie - The Confession, by John Grisham, finished 6/12 ★★★
✓ Y - You Belong To Me, by Mary Higgins Clark, finished 8/29 ★★★.5

AUDIBLE - COMPLETED 11/28
✓ A – Act of Treason (Mitch Rapp #9), by Vince Flynn, finished 9/8 ★★★★
✓ U – Under the Lake, by Stuart Woods, finished 11/20 ★★★
✓ D – narrator Jonathan Davis – Kenobi, by John Jackson Miller, finished 9/3 ★★★★
✓ I – author Greg Iles – Turning Angel (Penn Cage #2), finished 11/27 ★★★.5
✓ B – narrator Buck Schirner – Monkeewrench (Monkeewrench #1), by P.J. Tracy, finished 10/11 ★★★★
✓ L – The Lost Key (Brit in the FBI #2), by Catherine Coulter & J.T. Ellison, finished 10/21 ★★★★
✓ E – Enigma, by C.F. Bentley, finished 10/25 ★★★

***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 11/28 *****

[Kristie]

I'm in for this one too! :D

Duration: 5/6/14 - 5/6/15
Option 1: Freestyle.
Level: Audio Technician: 11-15 books
Completed: 12/12

Level Change!!: Director: 25-30 books
Completed: 30/30

✓ Female Narrator
The Fault in Our Stars 6/24/14

✓ Male Narrator
The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives - Book #1 7/14/14

✓ Duets
Code Name Verity 11/19/14

✓ Full Cast
Bruiser 1/29/15

✓ Dramatizations
The Crowded Street 12/21/14

✓ Celebrity Narrator
Dead Beat narrated by James Marsters 7/11/14

✓ New-to-Me Narrator
All the Light We Cannot See narrated by Zach Appelman 8/18/14

✓ Favourite Narrator
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry narrated by Scott Brick 7/18/14

✓ Volunteer Narrator
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland narrated byPeter Yearsley on librivox.org 8/28/14

✓ Less Than 3 Hours
Go the F*** to Sleep (6 mins) 6/22/14

✓ Between 3 - 5 Hours
The Giver (4 hrs 51 mins) 9/3/14

✓ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
Year Zero (9hrs 53 mins) 8/31/14

✓ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (11 hrs 27 mins) 9/15/14

✓ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
The Silkworm (17 hrs 22 mins) 9/25/14

✓ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
I Am Pilgrim (22 hrs 42 mins) 3/26/15

✓ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours
The Name of the Wind (27 hrs 58 mins) 1/18/15

◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours


◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours


✓ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
Tricked (10 hrs 41 mins) 5/6/14
Trapped (9 hrs 2 mins) 6/12/14
Hunted (9 hrs 52 mins) 6/19/14
Shattered (11 hrs 35 mins) 8/26/14
Series: The Iron Druid Chronicles - Total time: 41 hrs 10 mins

✓ In-Sync Multimedia
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) 5/27/14

✓ Digital Downloads Freebies
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald 10/6/14

✓ Doing it “Old School”
The Son of Neptune 5/20/14

✓ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
Mr. Mercedes 7/30/14

✓ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook
Vicious 10/15/14

✓ Audie Award Nominees and Winners: Science Fiction
The Martian 10/23/14

✓ Recommended by Others
The Girl with All the Gifts 8/4/14

✓ BOM via Audiobook
If I Stay 6/4/14

✓ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
The Glass Castle 10/29/14

◈ Classic Read


✓ Re-Read a Favourite
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1/1/15

[Rebecca NJ]

Count me in! I'm going to shoot for Option 2, "Director".

Start Date: May 1, 2014


◈ Female Narrator
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed, narrated by Bernadette Dunne, 7/23/14

◈ Male Narrator
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan, narrated by Jesse Benstein, 5/14/14

◈ Duets
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, narrated by Rebecca Lowman and Sunil Malhorta, 6/26/14

◈ 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
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore, narrated by Wes Moore, 6 hours and 12 minutes, 6/10/14

◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
The Good Father by Diane Chamberlain, narrated by Kirby Heyborne,
Arielle DeLisle, and Emily Durante, 10 hours, 4 minutes, 7/31/14

◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, narrated by Scott Brick, Cassandra Campbell, Kim Mai Guest, Kirby Heyborn, John Lee, Richard Mattews, 19 hours and 53 minutes, 6/19/14

◈ 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
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan, narrated by Jesse Benstein, listened during my commute to work, 7/3/14

◈ 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

[SthTx Dawn]

I love audio books..sign me up!




~ All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge ~

Duration: 5/6/14 - 5/6/15
Level: Audio Technician
Progress: 5/15


Freestyle


◈ Female Narrator

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter, Narrated by Renee Raudman ✔


◈ Male Narrator

Tonight I Said Goodbye by Michael Koryta, Narrated by Scott Brick ✔


◈ Digital Downloads Freebies

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick,
Noah Galvin ✔
(free download from the SYNC summer 2014 program)


◈ Favorite Narrator

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, Author and Narrator ✔


◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours: The Reluctant Assassin by Eoin Colfer (read by Maxwell Caulfield) ✔


◈Classic: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (read by Mark F. Smith )


◈ Multitasking! Horns by Joe Hill, narrated by Fred Berman✔
I listened to this one during my morning walks

[Ezi]

Yearly challenge - All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge
Duration: May 2014 – May 2015
Option 1: Freestyle
Level: Executive Director (will double up on some)
Read 28/28

◈ Female Narrator: DONE
☑1) Entwined Narrated by Elizabeth Wiley (Done 5/18) ★★★½
☑2) Mark of the Demon Narrated by Liv Anderson (Done 5/17) ★★★½


◈ Male Narrator:DONE
☑1) Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith: Breaking Point (Done 5/10) ★★★★★
☑2) Narrated by:Paul Morey: 18% Gray (Done 5/13) ★★


◈ Duets:DONE
☑1) Rule Narrated by:Sophie Eastlake & Michael Rahhal (Done 6/1) ★★★★
☑2) Deeper Narrated by: Lynda Houck & Mike Chamberlain (Done 9/11) ★★★★


◈ Celebrity Narrator
☑1)Robert Petkoff: Pleasure of a Dark Prince (Done 6/16) ★★★★★
☑2) Samuel L. Jackson: Go the Fuck to Sleep(Done 6/28) ★★★★★


◈ New-to-Me Narrator:DONE
☑1) Lick& Play narrated by Andi Arndt (Done 5/8) ★★★★½
☑2) A Family Affairnarrated by Myra Lucretia Taylor (Done 6/29) ★★★


◈ Favourite Narrator
☑1) Rosalyn Landor: Silent Revenge (Done 5/24) ★★★★1/2
☑2) Rosalyn Landor: One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (Done 6/30) ★★★★


◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
☑1)Superhero (2 hrs and 57 mins)(Done 7/25) ★★★★
☑2) Captured (3 hrs and 52 mins) Done 3/3) ★★★


◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours: DONE
An audiobook that is over 5 hours in length.
☑1) 7 hrs 20 mins: Wake Me Up Inside (Done 5/22) ★★★★
☑2) 7 hrs 21 mins: Ethan, Who Loved Carter (Done 5/16) ★★½


◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours: DONE
☑1)11 hrs 58 mins: Tempted Elizabeth Wiley (Done 5/18) ★★★½
☑2) 12hrs 4 mins: The Shadow Reader Amy Rubinate (Done 5/28)★★★★½


◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours: DONE
☑1) Magic Breaks (Done 8/3)★★★★½
☑2) Lothaire (Done 8/23)★★★★★


◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook: DONE
☑1) Brokenhearted (Done 5/25) ★★★1/2
☑2) Enslaved (Done 5/25) ★★★★


◈ Recommended by Others: DONE
☑1) SOS Group Read: Untouchable (Done 5/26) ★★★★
☑2) RRRC Meet & Greet 4 (Katie): Enraptured (Done 6/4) ★★★★


◈ BOM via Audiobook
Read a NBRC Book of the Month via audio.
☑1) The Girl on the Train (Done 2/10/15) ★
☑2) I'll Give You the Sun (Done 3/23/15) ★


◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook
☑1)Skin Deep (Done 6/9) ★★★★½ --listening to now
☑2) Left Drowning (Done 6/23) ★★½

[Nichole]

All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge
Duration: 5/6/14-5/5/15
Option One: Freestyle
Level: Executive Director
Completed: 13/50

◈ Female Narrator:
Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop *5/27 ★★★★☆

◈ Male Narrator:

◈ Duets:

◈ Full Cast:

◈ Dramatizations:

◈ Celebrity Narrator:
Making Faces by Amy Harmon, narrated by Rob Shapiro

◈ New-to-Me Narrator:
Stolen by Kelley Armstrong, narrated by Nell Canning *5/6 ★★★★☆

◈ Favourite Narrator:
Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas, narrated by Rosalyn Landor *5/9 ★★★★☆
Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole *5/20 ★★★★★

◈ Volunteer Narrator:

◈ Less Than 3 Hours:

◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours:

◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours:
Second Chances by Lauren Dane *5/28 ★★★☆☆

◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours:
Waiting On You by Kristan Higgins (12h 21m) *5/7 ★★★★☆

◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours:
Written in Red by Anne Bishop (18h 32m) *5/14 ★★★★★

◈ 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:
Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis *5/22 ★★★☆☆

◈ Doing it “Old School”:
Ruthless by Anne Stuart *5/31 ★★★☆☆

◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook:

◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook:
The Queen Is Dead by Kate Locke *5/16 ★★★☆☆

◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners:

◈ Recommended by Others:
Midnight Awakening by Lara Adrian *5/12 ★★★☆☆
Venom by Jennifer Estep *5/25 ★★★★★

◈ BOM via Audiobook:

◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook:

◈ Classic Read:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen *5/17 ★★★★☆

◈ Re-Read a Favourite:

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Welcome to the challenge Barb, Kristie, Renecca NJ, Shaun, Dawn (I love that site too - I'm eagerly awaiting the 15th!), Judy, Ezinwanyi and Nichole!

I can't wait to see what books you choose to give me some more audio inspiration ;)

[Kristie]

Karen - If you like thriller/ mysteries (not gory), I just finished runner on audio and I thought the narrator did an excellent job.

[~Melissa~]

@Ezi - I was just going to tell you about this challenge but look ...you're already here!!

[~Melissa~]

~ All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge ~
5/6/2014 ~ 5/6/2015
Level:Audio Technician: 11-15 books
Option Three - Spell-It-Out:
2/14 Read

i ~ Immortals after Dark Pleasure of a Dark Prince 6/27/14 4 - 4.5♥
P ~ Poughkeepsie 5/15/14 4♥
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L ~ Lara Adrian Veil of Midnight
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B ~ Bear, Otter, and the Kid
A ~ Ashes of Midnight
S ~ Jill Shalvis Rescue My Heart
S ~ Jill Shalvis Rumor Has It

[Ezi]

~Melissa~ wrote: "@Ezi - I was just going to tell you about this challenge but look ...you're already here!!"

hehehe, I am everywhere

[Jojobean]

All About Audiobooks: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge

Duration: 5/6/14~ 5/6/15

Level: Voice Over: 1-5 books~ this will be the first time using audio books

Option: 1

◈ Female Narrator
An audiobook with one female narrator.

◈ Male Narrator
An audiobook with one male narrator.

◈ New-to-Me Narrator
A narrator that you haven’t heard before.

◈ Doing it “Old School”

◈ Classic Read

[Renee]

All about audiobooks: A reading via your ears challenge
May 2014 - May 2015
Freestyle Producer (20-24 books)

◈ Female Narrator Heavenly Pleasures


◈ Male Narrator An Open Swimmer


◈ Duets The Turning: Stories


◈ Full Cast Persuasion


◈ Dramatizations Matilda


◈ Celebrity Narrator The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller)


◈ New-to-Me Narrator Tara Road


◈ Favourite Narrator Devil's Food


◈ Volunteer Narrator Treasure Island


◈ Less Than 3 Hours Idiot Pride


◈ Between 3 - 5 HoursChocolate Girls


◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours Trick or Treat


◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours Mad Dash


◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours The Orphan Master's Son


◈ 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 A Long Way Down


◈ Digital Downloads Freebies Earthly Delights


◈ Doing it “Old School” I've Got Your Number


◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook Life After Life


◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player Forbidden Fruit


◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners Saving Francesca (Audiofile Earphone Award Winner)


◈ Recommended by Others At Home: A Short History of Private Life


◈ BOM via Audiobook We Were Liars


◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook

◈ Classic Read Peter Pan


◈ Re-Read a Favourite

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Thanks Kristie :)

welcome Melissa, Joanne (oh! first time! this is a good forum to get some recommendations then) and Renee!

[C.]

Wow, this is great. I'm in. I love audio books. Too bad we didn't start this in Jan.
My first audio is "The Vig" by John Lescroart. It's 9 cds long.

Executive Director:

Option One - Freestyle

◈ 3-5 Hours 30-34.9 Hours (that should cover most of the ones I plan on listening to)

◈ Re-Read a Favorite

◈ In-Sync Multimedia
Use an audible sync option to read-along!

◈ Digital Downloads Freebies

◈ New-to-Me Narrator
A narrator that you haven’t heard before.

◈ Favorite Narrator
A narrator that you have heard and loved before and would recommend to others.

◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook

◈ 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.

◈ 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.

[Robyn]

Option 1
Audio Technician
Completed 5/15

Female Narrator - Burial Rites ✔ 4/21/2014 ***
Male Narrator - Exile ✔ 5/6/2014 ****
Duets - Gone Girl ✔ 5/31/2014 ****
Full Cast - American Gods ✔ 5/23/2014 *****
Dramatizations
Celebrity Narrator - Go the Fuck to Sleep
New-to-Me Narrator - Storm Front✔ 7/8/2014 ****
Favourite Narrator - Fool Moon✔ 7/16/2014 ***
Volunteer Narrator
Less Than 3 Hours
Between 3 - 5 Hours
More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness✔ 7/2/2014 **
10 Hours to 14.9 Hours - Grave Peril✔ 7/31/2014 ****
15 Hours to 19.9 Hours - The Winter Sea
20 Hours to 24.9 Hours - The Lies of Locke Lamora
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 - Island of the Blue Dolphins✔ 8/29/2014 ***
Doing it “Old School”
Audie Award Nominees and Winners - The Age of Miracles
Recommended by Others - Neverwhere
BOM via Audiobook -
“Buddy Read” via Audiobook
Classic Read
Re-Read a Favourite - A Game of Thrones✔ 6/27/2014 *****

Parade of Covers!

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, C & Robyn!

[Sheila]

All done! I decided to go with the spell it out portion of this challenge only and call it done. (over extended challenge wise)



All About Audiobooks
May 10, 2014 - May 10, 2015



Spell Out

I - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd 7/2 ✔
P - Unlucky 13 by James Patterson (Women's Murder Club #13) ✔
O - Unspeakable by Kevin O'Brien ✔
D - Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon 7/13 ✔


C - Out Of Range by C.J. Box (Joe Pickett, #5) 6/25 ✔
L - The Last Girl by Jane Casey (Maeve Kerrigan #3) 6/20
A - Stranded by Alex Kava (Maggie O'Dell #11) 6/24 ✔
S - Silenced by Kristina Ohlsson (Fredrika Bergman and Alex Recht #2) 6/21 ✔
S - State Fair by Earlene Fowler (Benni Harper #14) 7/2 ✔
I - Inferno by Casey Hill (Reilly Steel #2) 7/9 ✔
C - Cross and Burn by Val McDermid (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan #8) 6/21 ✔

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Sheila!

[Tory]

All about audiobooks: A reading via your ears challenge
May 11 2014 - May 11 2015
Option One - Freestyle
Remixer: 6-10 books

◈ 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

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Tory!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Robyn wrote: "Option 1
Audio Technician
Completed 2/15
..."

Hi Robyn
How was the audio of ? I'd like to read it and it seems like a good style of book for audio

[Robyn]

@Karen - I loved Burial Rites! The only bad about listening to the audio is trying to keep up with the Icelandic names. After you are half way through it gets easier though. Also I wouldn't recommend listening to it unless you are going to be doing something active. The lady's voice is a soft and soothing and if I hadn't been working I probably would of fallen asleep.

[Lisa Kay]

Update Post #5 = 01/50. I've been in a bit of a reading/listening slump lately, but I'm on the board now!

[Lisa Kay]

You're ahead of me, Judy. ☺

Update Post #5 = 02/50.

[✿ ♥ Heather ♥ ✿]

I'm going to join in !


Duration: May 2014 to April 2015
Option 1: Freestyle.
Level: Audio Technician: 11-15 books

Completed: 2/11-15

Possible Categories

◈Female Narrator

✔◈Male Narrator Nick Landrum narrating for: Stay Close by Harlan Coben ★★★★ 22/5/14 - great suspense, great differences in voices by the one person

◈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”
◈Audie Award Nominees and Winners
◈Recommended by Others
◈BOM via Audiobook
◈“Buddy Read” via Audiobook

✔◈Classic Read Derek Jacobi narrating for: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells ★★★ 2/6/14 - finally read this classic by the grandfather of Science Fiction - narration was ok... but I had to double the speed.

◈Re-Read a Favourite

[Beth]

Remixer - 6 books

May 18, 2014 - May 18, 2015

Digital Downloads Freebies: A Voyage to Arcturus from LibriVox
- read 6/30/2014
Classic: The Wind in the Willows - read 11/29/2014
10-14 hrs - actually 13:Swamplandia! - finished 7/21/2014
New-to-Me Narrator: The Princess Bride finished 1/17/2015
Duet: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories 1/31/2015
Full Cast Audio: The Oresteia 4/30/2015

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Heather & Beth!

[Denice]

I think I will try to freestyle. I'm with you Beth. Starting small and working my way up.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge, Denice!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Robyn wrote: "@Karen - I loved Burial Rites! The only bad about listening to the audio is trying to keep up with the Icelandic names. After you are half way through it gets easier though. Also I wouldn't reco..."

Hmmm. Maybe I'll read it old-school then, or atleast have a copy of the book on hand to refer to. I've had to do that with some other books when the names of characters or places get a bit confusing! Thanks for the heads-up!

[Robyn]

Karen wrote: "Robyn wrote: "@Karen - I loved Burial Rites! The only bad about listening to the audio is trying to keep up with the Icelandic names. After you are half way through it gets easier though. Also I..."

No problem! You could use "Burial Rites" for the In-sync Multimedia task! :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Nice! *high five*

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

If anyone is looking for a recommendation, I just finished

and the book was higly entertaining and the audio narration very good
★★★★ (22hrs,3mins)

[Shadow Jubilee]

I love audiobook challenges! My challenge right now is getting myself to read/listen in the first place though. Have been in a slump on and off since early this year.

I'll sign myself up with no start date yet and level TBD. I'll be going with Option 1.


@Karen, what was the book you finished? I'm not seeing anything. Could be one of FF's add-ons but not sure which one...

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

The UHQ Nasanta wrote: "I love audiobook challenges! My challenge right now is getting myself to read/listen in the first place though. Have been in a slump on and off since early this year.

I'll sign myself up with no s..."

welcome! The book is "The Lies of Locke Lamora" The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (if you are using the Goodreads app, sometimes the book links don't show)

[Shadow Jubilee]

Thanks, Karen. I had it in my TBR to check out. I might bump it up into a to-read category now. :)

[Kristie]

Karen wrote: "If anyone is looking for a recommendation, I just finished

and the book was higly entertaining and the audio narration very good
★★★★ (22hrs,3mins)"

I almost bought that from Audible recently when it was included in one of their sales, but ended up not getting it. Now everyone is saying that the audio is great. Such a bummer! I may have to get it with one of my credits after all. Thanks for the recommendation!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I had it on my TBR for ages too The UHQ Nasanta ; then it got picked as one of the books for me to read as part of the TBR Tackler challenge. I'm glad it did!

Well Kristie, maybe they will put it on sale again with any luck!

[Kristie]

The new audie awards have been posted! :)

http://www.audible.com/mt/AA_Winners_...

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Thanks, Kristie!

[Nichole]

Updated Post 13~ 12/50

[Kristie]

Wow! Way to go, Nichole!

[Cheryl]

I would like to join this challenge.
May 6, 2014-May 6, 2015
Option #1 Freestyle
Level: Director 25-30 Books
(35/25)

◈ Female Narrator
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (read by Rita Barrington) completed 8/8/14

◈ Male Narrator
Neuromancer by William Gibson (read by Robertson Dean) completed 8/14/14

◈ Duets
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (completed 6/24/14)

◈ Full Cast
The Light Princess by George MacDonald (completed 9/10/14)

◈ Dramatizations
The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde (BBC Production) (completed 9/10/14)

◈ Celebrity Narrator
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (Read by Jeremy Irons) (completed 8/23/14)

◈ New-to-Me Narrator
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (read by Cynthia Holloway) (completed 10/9/14)

◈ Favourite Narrator
Peony in Love by Lisa See (read by Jodi Long) (completed 8/27/14)

◈ Volunteer Narrator
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emma Orczy (completed 10/23/14)

◈ Less Than 3 Hours
A House Called Awful End by Philip Ardagh (2.5 hours) (completed 10/5/14)

◈ Between 3 - 5 Hours
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (4 hours)(completed 6/3/14)

The Chimes by Charles Dickens (4.2 hours) (completed 2/13/15)

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (4.5 hours) (completed 2/18/15)

The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens (3 hours) (completed 2/26/15)

◈ More Than 5 Hours to 9.9 Hours
The Wedding Letters by Jason F. Wright (8 hours) (completed 8/12/14)

◈ 10 Hours to 14.9 Hours
Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander
11.5 hours (Completed 5/14)

Absalom Absalom by William Faulkner
12.5 hours (Completed 6/27)

SYLO by D.J. MacHale
10.6 hours (completed 1/16)

Storm by D.J. MacHale
12.25 hours (completed 1/24)

Strike by D. J MacHale
11.75 hours (completed 2/11)

◈ 15 Hours to 19.9 Hours
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 17.25 hours (completed 8/30/14)

◈ 20 Hours to 24.9 Hours
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

22.75 hours (Completed 5/30/14)

The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
23.5 hours (completed 12/16/14)

◈ 25 Hours to 29.9 Hours


◈ 30 Hours to 34.9 Hours
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
31 hours (completed 2/6/15)

◈ 35 Hours to 39.9 Hours
Middlemarch by George Eliot 35.75 hours (completed 7/20/14)

◈ 40 Hours and Beyond – or a Trilogy!
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 47 hours (completed 8/9/14)

◈ In-Sync Multimedia

◈ Digital Downloads Freebies
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (completed 11/6/14)

12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (completed 3/6/15)

◈ Doing it “Old School”
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Lewis Stevenson (completed 9/9/14)

◈ Planes, Trains, or Automobiles with an Audiobook
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

◈ Multitasking! Listening on My Portable Music Player (PMP) Audiobook
The Grey King by Susan Cooper (completed 10/15/14)

◈ Audie Award Nominees and Winners
Dune by Frank Herbert (completed 10/3/14)

◈ Recommended by Others

◈ BOM via Audiobook
by Helen Fielding (completed 1/11/15)

◈ “Buddy Read” via Audiobook

◈ Classic Read
The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky (completed 8/20/14)

◈ Re-Read a Favourite
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (completed 8/16/14)

[Lára]

I'm going to try to fulfill this one.

I'll do:

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.

01. The Sugar Queen, Sarah Addison Allen