Lieke's 2023 Personal Challenge Log

[Lieke]

2023 listening stats

Monthly stats:
January
1.545 minutes
February
2.566 minutes
March
2.194 minutes
April
1.370 minutes
May
1.712 minutes
June
2.219 minutes
July
1.164 minutes
August
793 minutes
September
1.454 minutes
October
2.611 minutes
November
2.631 minutes
December
1.075 minutes

Total: 21.334 minutes

[Lieke]

Audio Challenge's

A-Z narrator challenge

A-Z title challenge

Big Listen Challenge

✔ All About Romance



✔ Q1: Female narrators
✔ Q2: Male narrators
✔ Q3: Two narrators
✔ Q4: Multiple narrators



Author of the Month: January

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Cover overview audiobooks

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Audiobooks

January
1 A Year at Appleyard Farm by Emma Davies (859 minutes)
2 A Wedding at Sandy Cove by Bella Osborne (686 minutes)

February
3 Last of the Talons by Sophie Kim (916 minutes)
4 Laws of Depravity by Eriq La Salle (559 minutes)
5 Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk (232 minutes)
6 The Vanishing of Margaret Small by Neil Alexander (501 minutes)
7 Ghost Music by An Yu (358 minutes)

March
8 Becoming Ted by Matt Cain (645 minutes)
9 Say One Kind Thing: Lessons in Acceptance, Love, and Letting Go by Susan Verde (252 minutes)
10 A Wicked Game by Kate Bateman (512 minutes)
11 The Notekeeper by Hannah Treave (785 minutes)

April
12 Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo (257 minutes)
13 Breaking All The Rules by Amy Andrews (610 minutes)
14 The Duke's Secret Cinderella by Eva Devon (503 minutes)

May
15 French Holiday by Sarah Ready (722 minutes)
16 The 50 Greatest Engineers: The People Whose Innovations Have Shaped Our World by Paul Virr and William Potter (349 minutes)
17 Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (641 minutes)

June
18 Knockin’ Doorz Down: A Story of Breaking Through the Darkness and Finding Redemption by Carlos Eduardo Vieira (329 minutes)
19 Emotional Magnetism: How to Communicate to Ignite Connection in Your Relationships by Sandy Gerber (258 minutes)
20 VVLNA by William Pauley III (63 minutes)
21 Virtual Strangers by Sam Canning (600 minutes)
22 The Assassin Thief by Madeline Te Whiu (800 minutes)
23 Fairy Tales for Fearless Girls by Anita Ganeri (169 minutes)

July
24 Said No One Ever by Stephanie Eding (562 minutes)
25 The Nameless Restaurant by Tao Wong (190 minutes)
26 Witches in the Kitchen by Danielle Garrett (412 minutes)

August
27 The Space Between by Sarah Ready (793 minutes)

September
28 Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island by Susan M. Boyer (555 minutes)
29 Dark Water Daughter by H.M. Long (899 minutes)

October
30 The Anatomy of Songs by Megan White (899 minutes)
31 The Magic of Sea Glass by Jenny Hale (479 minutes)
32 L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39 (646 minutes)
33 Granta 163: Best of Young British Novelists 5 (512 minutes)
34 My Alien Life by J. Martain (61 minutes)
35 Race to Kindness by Orion Jean (14 minutes)

November
36 Curves for Days by Laura Moher (622 minutes)
37 Big Panda & Tiny Dragon by James Norbury (45 minutes)
38 Starting Over Scottish by Tricia O'Malley (205 minutes)
39 Ghosted by Sarah Ready (843 minutes)
40 Cloud~Named~Chloe and Her Cat Louey: Science Fiction for Curious Kids by Kaby Ish (217 minutes)
41 Snowy Serendipity by Melissa Ferguson (287 minutes)
42 The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger: The Inside Story of California's First Drive-Through and How it Became a Beloved Cultural Icon by Lynsi Snyder (412 minutes)

December
43 Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip Matthew Algeo (481 minutes)
44 The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay by Dale Walls (478 minutes)
45 Spacecare: A Kid's Guide to Surviving Space by Jennifer Swanson (116 minutes)

[Lieke]

My own audio challenge

A-Z writer challenge
Duration: 01/1/23 – 12/31/23
Progress: 24/26

A: Amy Andrews - Breaking All The Rules
B: Kate Bateman - A Wicked Game
C: Matt Cain - Becoming Ted
D: Emma Davies - A Year at Appleyard Farm
E: Stephanie Eding - Said No One Ever
F: Melissa Ferguson - Snowy Serendipity
G: Sandy Gerber - Emotional Magnetism: How to Communicate to Ignite Connection in Your Relationships
H: Jenny Hale - The Magic of Sea Glass
I: Kaby Ish - Cloud~Named~Chloe and Her Cat Louey: Science Fiction for Curious Kids
J: J.R. Johnson - L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39
K: Sophie Kim - Last of the Talons
L: H.M. Long - Dark Water Daughter
M: Lee Mandelo - Feed Them Silence
N: James Norbury - Big Panda & Tiny Dragon
O: Bella Osborne - A Wedding at Sandy Cove
P: C.L. Polk - Even Though I Knew the End
Q: Eriq La Salle - Laws of Depravity
R: Sarah Ready - French Holiday
S: Jesse Q. Sutanto - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
T: Hannah Treave - The Notekeeper
U:
V: Susan Verde - Say One Kind Thing: Lessons in Acceptance, Love, and Letting Go
W: Madeline Te Whiu - The Assassin Thief
X: Neil Alexander - The Vanishing of Margaret Small
Y: An Yu - Ghost Music
Z:


For the letters “Q” and "X", any name with the letter Q or X in it is acceptable.

[Lieke]

To read

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To read for Challenges:

A-Z writer challenge
F: Melissa Ferguson - Snowy Serendipity
H: Jenny Hale - The Magic of Sea Glass
I: Kaby Ish - Cloud-Named-Chloe and Her Cat Louey: Science Fiction for Curious Kids
J: J.R. Johnson - L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39
L: H.M. Long - Dark Water Daughter
N: James Norbury - Big Panda & Tiny Dragon
U: ??
Z: ??Roadmarks (reread)

A - Z Narrator Challenge
D: April Doty - My Alien Life: A Novelette
E: Spacecare: A Kid's Guide to Surviving Space
I: Jason Isaacs - Big Panda & Tiny Dragon
J: Kayla Jackson - Snowy Serendipity
K: Tamika Katon-Donegal - The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay
M: Jim Meskimen - L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39
O: Andi Osho - Tough Crowd
T: Annabelle Tudor - The Anatomy of Songs
U:
X:

A - Z Title Challenge
C: Curves for Days
H: Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
I: The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger: The Inside Story of California's First Drive-Through and How it Became a Beloved Cultural Icon
J:
M: The Magic of Sea Glass
O:
P:
Q: The Queer Girl is Going to Be Okay
R: Race to Kindness
T: Tough Crowd
U:
X:
Z:

Big Listen Challenge
2 Dark Water Daughter (I know it is 1 minute to short but I'm counting it ;) )
3 The Anatomy of Songs (I know it is 1 minute to short but I'm counting it ;) )
4 ...

✔ All About Romance Challenge
2 from the following categories:
Sports Romance
Western Romance
✔ LGBT (Even Though I Knew the End/Becoming Ted?)
Romantic Suspense
✔ Paranormal Romance
Historical Romance - America
Erotica