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All About Audiobooks PART TWO: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge
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Completed! Dec 2015
◈ Foreign Book
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Seven Years in Tibet
Read Sept 13, 2015 ★★★
◈ Book to Movie
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
read 23 Oct 2015★★★★
◈ Author Narration
Teachers Pet
Read 26 Nov 2015★★★★
◈For a challenge
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Murder on the Orient Express
Read August 12, 2015★★★★
◈Across the globe
✣ USA or Canada
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Cold Days
Read May 7, 2015 ★★★★
✓✣ Europe
Paris
read Dec 19, 2015 ★★★★
✣ UK
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The Alchemyst
Read 11 June, 2015★★★
✣ Asia
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The Emperor of Nihon-Ja
Read Nov 21, 2015★★★★
✣ Australia or New Zealand
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Away With the Fairies
Read 30 April 2015 ★★★★
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The Castlemaine Murders
Read May 16,2015★★★★
◈ Series Books
✣ 1st in a series
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Torn from Troy
Read March 29, 2015★★★
✣ 2nd in a series
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The Magician
Read 23 June, 2015★★★
✣ 3rd in a series
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Murder On The Ballarat Train
Completed 20 Feb 2015 ★★★★
✣ 4th in a series
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Death at Victoria Dock
Completed 1 March 2015 ★★★★
✣ 5th in a series
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The Green Mill Murder
Completed 8 March 2015 ★★★★
✣ 6th in a series
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Blood and Circuses
Completed 11 March 2015 ★★★
✣ 7th in a series
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Ruddy Gore
Completed 22 March 2015 ★★★
✣ 8th in a series
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Urn Burial
Completed 13 April 2015 ★★★
✣ 9th in a series
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Raisins and Almonds
Completed 16 April 2015 ★★★
✣ 10th or more in a series
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Turn Coat
Completed 6 March 2015 ★★★★
◈ Genres
✣Fiction
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Queen of the Flowers
read 4 June 2015 ★★★★
✣Historical Fiction
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All the Light We Cannot See Completed 26 March 2015 ★★★★
✣Horror
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Dracula
Read 26 August 2015 ★★★★
✣Non fiction
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A Brief History of Time
Read August 15, 2015
✣Suspense
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The Secret Adversary
Read May 24,2015★★★
✣Humour
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My Man Jeeves
Read August 4, 2015★★★
✣Contemporary
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Night Music
Read July 24, 2015 ★★★★
✣Sci-fi
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The Martian
Completed 25 Feb 2015 ★★★★
✣Fantasy
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Ghost Story
Read 27 March 2015 ★★★★
✣Romance
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One Plus One Completed 18 March 2015 ★★★★
✣Young adult
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Mister Monday
Read 21 April, 2015 ★★★★
✣Mystery
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Death Before Wicket
Read 16 April, 2015 ★★★
✣Thriller
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Rebecca
Read June 11, 2015 ★★★★
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I Am Pilgrim
Read 10 April 2015 ★★★★
◈Go back in time
✣Part 1 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 19th century (January 1, 1801 – December 31, 1900)
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The Jungle Book
Read ★★★
✣Part 2 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 20th century (January 1, 1901 - December 31, 2000)
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1984
Read May 12,2015★★★
✣Part 3 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 21st century (January 1, 2001 - current)
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Murder in Montparnasse> Read 11 May 2015★★★★
◈ Foreign Book
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◈ Book to Movie
◈ Author Narration
◈For a challenge
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◈Across the globe
✣ USA or Canada
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✓✣ Europe
✣ UK
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✣ Asia
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✣ Australia or New Zealand
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◈ Series Books
✣ 1st in a series
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✣ 2nd in a series
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✣ 3rd in a series
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✣ 4th in a series
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✣ 5th in a series
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✣ 6th in a series
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✣ 7th in a series
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✣ 8th in a series
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✣ 9th in a series
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✣ 10th or more in a series
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◈ Genres
✣Fiction
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✣Historical Fiction
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✣Horror
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✣Non fiction
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✣Suspense
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✣Humour
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✣Contemporary
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✣Sci-fi
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✣Fantasy
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✣Romance
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✣Young adult
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✣Mystery
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✣Thriller
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◈Go back in time
✣Part 1 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 19th century (January 1, 1801 – December 31, 1900)
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✣Part 2 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 20th century (January 1, 1901 - December 31, 2000)
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✣Part 3 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 21st century (January 1, 2001 - current)
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You know I'm in!! Love the audiobook challenge. :)Level: Executive Director
Duration: 2/19/15 - 2/26/16
Completed: 50/50
✓ Foreign Book
6/27 Night
✓ Book to Movie
6/6 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
8/15 Because of Winn-Dixie
✓ Author Narration
6/19 The Color Purple
✓ For a challenge
6/17 Redshirts
8/29 The One and Only Ivan
◈Across the globe
Read a book that is set in, or where the author is from:
✓ USA or Canada - 4/14 Revival
✓ Europe - 6/2 A Man Called Ove
✓ UK - 3/6 The Secret Keeper
✣ Asia
✣ Australia or New Zealand - Thornwood House / The Forgotten Garden
◈ Series Books
Listen to a book that is:
✓1st in a series - 2/20 Timebound, 1/31 Red Queen, 2/4 Odd Thomas
✓ 2nd in a series - 7/6 Finders Keepers, 11/16 UnWholly
✓ 3rd in a series - 5/10 Dust
✓ 4th in a series - 3/31 Bone Crossed
✓ 5th in a series - 6/8 Silver Borne
✓ 6th in a series - 6/11 River Marked
✓ 7th in a series - 7/14 Frost Burned
✓ 8th in a series - 7/19 Night Broken
✣ 9th in a series -
✓ 10th or more in a series - 7/27 Murder on the Orient Express
◈ Genres
Listen to a book where one of the top listed genres is:
✓ Fiction
4/25 Heft
8/1 Elixir
12/12 Skipping Christmas
✓ Historical Fiction
5/27 Necessary Lies
9/11 The Thirteenth Tale
2/6 Between Shades of Gray
✓ Horror
10/12 Little Girls
✓Non fiction
2/21 Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave
2/26 Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
✓ Suspense
5/20 Pines
9/19 Pretty Baby
✣Humour
✣Contemporary
✓ Sci-fi
5/29 Fuzzy Nation
10/18 Fuzzy Mud
10/23 Zoo
✓Fantasy
7/23 The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
8/29 The House of Hades
12/30 The Blood of Olympus
✓ Romance
3/12 One Plus One
✓ Young adult
4/18 Scarlet
8/14 Tiger, Tiger
12/29 UnSouled
✓ Mystery
5/16 The Good Girl
9/25 Monkeewrench
12/7 Career of Evil
✓ Thriller
4/7 The Girl on the Train
11/2 You
◈ Go back in time
✓ Part 1 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 19th century (January 1, 1801 – December 31, 1900) 6/24 The Snow Queen (first published in 1844)
✓ Part 2 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 20th century (January 1, 1901 - December 31, 2000) - 4/17 And Then There Were None (first published in 1939)
✓ Part 3 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 21st century (January 1, 2001 - current) 6/24 Lock In (first published in 2014)
I need to finish the first part of the challenge before joining this one. *giving myself a stern talking to before I let the bright and shiny take hold!*
~ All About Audiobooks Part Two:A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge ~
Start: 01 March 2015
End: 25 Jan 2016
Completed: 32/35
✓Foreign Book Full House 17Jun
✓ Book to Movie The Hobbit 09Jul
◈ Author Narration
✓For a challenge Kaikki oikein 27Apr
◈Across the globe
Read a book that is set in, or where the author is from:
✓ USA or Canada Drunken Fireworks 24Nov
✓ Europe Me, Keisarinna 14Apr
✓ UK Century 19Aug
✓ Asia The Bridge over the River Kwai 25Jan
✓ Australia or New Zealand Big Little Lies 15Jun
◈ Series Books
Listen to a book that is:
✓ 1st in a series The Cuckoo's Calling 08Oct
✓ 2nd in a series Don't Look Twice 17Mar
✓ 3rd in a series The Risk of Darkness 06Mar
✓ 4th in a series The Moving Finger 15Sep
✓ 5th in a series A Murder Is Announced 30Oct
✓ 6th in a series Gone 06May
✓ 7th in a series Black Coffee 21Oct
✓ 8th in a series 4:50 from Paddington 28Aug
✣ 9th in a series
✓ 10th or more in a series Tsaarin kuriiri 16Dec
◈ Genres
Listen to a book where one of the top listed genres is:
✓Fiction The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories 25Jun
✓Historical Fiction The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales 22Sep
✓Horror Lovecraft: The Thing On The Doorstep Unabridged Naxos AudioBooks: NA0110 29May
✣Non fiction
✓Suspense Your Heart Belongs to Me 26Sep
✓Humour All's Well That Ends Well 13Jul
✓Contemporary The Casual Vacancy 18Nov
✓Sci-fi Brave New World 08Sep
✓Fantasy Good Omens: The BBC Radio 4 dramatisation 23Nov
✓Romance When You Walked Back Into My Life 04Jul
✓Young adult Groosham Grange 11Aug
✓Mystery Unnatural Causes 13May
✓Thriller The Girl on the Train
◈Go back in time
✓19th century Persuasion 25Mar
✓20th century Animal Farm 18Dec
✓21st century Baking Cakes in Kigali 25May
Karen - I finished my first one too! Timebound. Lauren - I still have two more to go on part one, but I started this one anyway. :)
Mary - I'm sure you can just join this one without completing part one. Karen made a part two because so many of us enjoyed the first one and wanted to keep going. There isn't any rule that says you need to do both parts though. Join us!
I'll play. I'm going to have to free style it since I'm going back to school. My only recreational reading right now is audiobooks when cleaning and commuting.2/19/15-2/18/16
◈ Foreign Book
◈ Book to Movie: The Great Gatsby 4/3/15
◈ Author Narration: Not My Father's Son-Alan Cumming
◈For a challenge: Serpent's Kiss 7/15
◈Across the globe
Read a book that is set in, or where the author is from:
✣ USA: By Starlight 5/15
Canada: Louise Penny,
✣ Europe Stoker's Manuscript
✣ UK One Good Earl Deserves a Lover 3/10/15
✣ Asia
✣ Australia or New Zealand
◈ Series Books
Listen to a book that is:
✣ 1st The Body in the Belfry3/31/15
✣ 2nd: The Hidden Goddess3/27/15
✣ 3rd: In Want of a Wife 3/22/15
✣ 4th: Rumor Has It 3/1/15
✣ 5th
✣ 6th: The Death Dealer-Heather Graham: 2/23/15
✣ 7th:Seventh Grave and No Body 3/1/15
✣ 8tH
✣ 9th Now May You Weep
✣ 10+: The Passion of the Purple Plumeria6/15
◈ Genres
Listen to a book where one of the top listed genres is:
✣Fiction: Under a Texas Sky
✣Historical Fiction: To Taste Temptation 7/15
✣Horror: Silence for the Dead7/15
✣Non fiction: Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson 5/23/15
✣Suspense: Aftershock
✣Humour
✣Contemporary Witchling
✣Sci-fi
✣Fantasy: Changeling
✣Romance All I Want Is You 4/17/15
✣Young adult
✣Mystery:In the Woods 03/26/15
✣Thriller: In a Dark House 5/9/15
◈Go back in time: book written:
✣Part 1 19th Century
✣Part 2 -20th Century: From Doon With Death-Ruth Rendell 7/15
✣Part 3 -21st century: The Sum of All Kisses 6/15
OK copy/paste weirdness. I only highlighted the categories and it pasted everything after that. Odd.
How was Timebound Kristie?
Welcome Mary! You don't have to complete part one first, but if you're an audiobook addict you may choose to...lol
Welcome Mary! You don't have to complete part one first, but if you're an audiobook addict you may choose to...lol
I've finished up with part 1, so am switching over here. Somehow I managed to get in 22 audiobooks for part 1, but I'm not sure I'll do so well this year, so I'll aim lower.Duration: 2 March 2015 - 1 March 2016
Level: Sound Engineer: 16-20 books
Option One - Freestyle
COMPLETED: 29
Categories:
◈ Foreign Book: Wheel of the Infinite 10/10
◈ Book to Movie The Martian 2/27
◈ Author Narration: Not My Father's Son 3/22
◈For a challenge: Witch Hunt 6/20
◈Across the globe
Read a book that is set in, or where the author is from:
✣ USA The Fifth Season 12/29
✣ Europe Leviathan 10/4
✣ UK Lord of Scoundrels 2/19
✣ Australia Earthly Delights 1/1
◈ Series Books
✣ 1st in a series Mark of the Demon 7/25
✣ 2nd in a series Miss Tonks Turns to Crime 6/27
✣ 3rd in a series Fatal Consequences 11/3
✣ 4th in a series The End of the Matter 8/17
✣ 5th in a series Flinx in Flux 8/21
◈ Genres
Listen to a book where one of the top listed genres is:
✣Fiction Cursor's Fury 12/9
✣Historical Fiction Venetia 9/21
✣Horror We Have Always Lived in the Castle 10/30
✣Non fiction The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase 9/26
✣Suspense Fatal Destiny 11/7
✣Humour Yes Please 10/24
✣Contemporary Fatal Flaw 12/6
✣Sci-fi Orphan Star 8/15
✣Fantasy A Darker Shade of Magic 9/19
✣Romance Scandal 9/6
✣Young adult Princess Academy 3/21
✣Mystery Witch Hunt 6/20
✣Thriller Sketchy 8/5
◈Go back in time
✣Part 1 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 19th century: The Hound of the Baskervilles 1/1
✣Part 2 - written in the 20th century: 1987 The Family Way 3/6
✣Part 3 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 21st century: 2015 Serafina and the Black Cloak 12/13
Karen wrote: "How was Timebound Kristie?"It was pretty good. It is definitely YA, which is ok for me as long as I know that going into it. It has a love triangle, which I can't stand, but overall it was pretty interesting & entertaining enough that I'll continue with the series.
Thanks Karen!@Kristie, I'm also turned off by love triangles. And, while I own that book as an ebook, I'm not actually fond of time travel either. How was that aspect of the book?
Yes! Yes! YES!!!Freestylin' Executive Director
Progress: 51/50
Duration 1 March 2015 - 28 February 2016
◈ Foreign Book
Listen to an audiobook in a language that is not your native language, or by a narrator that is playing the main character who doesn't have English as a first language:
✔Involuntary Witness (3.4.15)
✔A Man Called Ove (17.7.15)
◈ Book to Movie
Listen to an audiobook that has been made into a movie:
✔Winter's Bone (28.3.15)
✔Tom Clancy Presents: Act of Valor (27.4.15)
◈ Author Narration: Listen to a book narrated by the author:
✔I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend (7.3.15)
✔After Her (6.8.15)
◈For a challenge
Listen to an audio book in order to finish one of your reading challenges or for a team challenge:
✔Twisted (19.4.15)
✔Holy Frigging Matrimony: A Tangled Series Short Story (23.5.15)
◈Across the globe
Read a book that is set in, or where the author is from:
✣ USA or Canada:
✔A Piece of Cake (2.4.15)
✔Plum Island (4.6.15)
✣ Europe:
✔The Firebird (23.4.15)
✣ UK:
✔The Wicked Girls (21.3.15)
✔Windfallen (9.6.15)
✣ Asia:
✔On the Island (28.3.15)
✣ Australia or New Zealand:
✔Into That Forest (15.4.15)
✔A Town Like Alice (18.6.15)
◈ Series Books
Listen to a book that is:
✣ 1st in a series:
✔Mr. Mercedes (25.3.15)
✔The Cold Cold Ground (9.5.15)
✔Fire and Ice (14.7.15)
✣ 2nd in a series:
✔Shadow of Night (12.3.15)
✔Falling into Us (4.8.15)
✣ 3rd in a series:
✔White Trash Zombie Apocalypse (28.3.15)
✣ 4th in a series:
✔Summer Knight (12.5.15)
✔Tied (15.5.15)
✣ 5th in a series
✣ 6th in a series
✣ 7th in a series:
✔Memorial Day (13.6.15)
✣ 8th in a series
✣ 9th in a series
✣ 10th or more in a series
✔(19th): The Burning Room (28.5.15)
◈ Genres
Listen to a book where one of the top listed genres is:
✣Fiction:
✔Arranged (14.4.15)
✔The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (6.5.15)
✣Historical Fiction:
✔A Land More Kind Than Home (1.5.15)
✔Affair (20.5.15)
✔The Mists of Avalon (10.7.15)
✣Horror:
✔ Joyland (16.5.15)
✣Non fiction:
✔Autobiography (24.5.15)
✣Suspense:
✔Little Mercies (6.4.15)
✔All Our Yesterdays (30.7.15)
✣Humour:
✔The Good Luck of Right Now (15.3.15)
✔Worst. Person. Ever. (14.5.15)
✣Contemporary:
✔The Condition (4.3.15)
✔Submissive Beauty (6.5.15)
✣Sci-fi:
✔Pines (2.5.15)
✔The Moon Dwellers (23.6.15)
✣Fantasy:
✔Cursed (17.4.15)
✔Frostbite (20.7.15)
✣Romance
✔Out of Breath (9.4.15)
✔Tamed (25.4.15)
✣Young adult:
✔We'll Always Have Summer (18.4.15)
✔Flat-Out Celeste (24.4.15)
✣Mystery:
✔Cold City (11.4.15)
✔Come Unto These Yellow Sands (14.6.15)
✣Thriller:
✔Option to Kill (1.5.15)
✔Dead or Alive (26.7.15)
#2,#3,#4 completed
Sci-Fi
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The Martian
Completed 25 Feb 2015 ★★★★
4th in a series
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Death at Victoria Dock
Completed 1 March 2015 ★★★★
10th or more in a series
✓
Turn Coat
Completed 6 March 2015 ★★★★
Sci-Fi
✓
4th in a series
✓
10th or more in a series
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Lara wrote: "Thanks Karen!@Kristie, I'm also turned off by love triangles. And, while I own that book as an ebook, I'm not actually fond of time travel either. How was that aspect of the book?"
Time travel isn't my favorite genre either, but that part was good. I tend to overanalyze things. So, if there are parts that I don't understand or if there are inconsistencies, it really bothers me. This book had a little of that, but not enough to make me dislike the book. Overall, very interesting.
lol, Kimberly! I felt the same way. :DWow, Karen! You're flying through. I'm hoping to finish #2 tomorrow.
I'm finishing book #2 today, The Secret Keeper. I was quite bored in the beginning of this book, for probably the first half. The last 20-25% was excellent. If you love books that start off slow, then pick up pace, with an interesting mystery aspect and some twists, then you may love this one. For me, the beginning was a bit too slow.
Kate Morton gets a lot of press for her books. However, I'm not a fan of her writing style where the story moves back and forth in time. It sounds like there is a lot of time spent in discovery as well.
I like her books, but they are very formulaic, so you need to be prepared for that. I enjoyed The Secret Keeper, although I didn't do it on audio. Another of hers I really liked was The Forgotten Garden
I might check that one out, Karen. This was my first Kate Morton. I didn't dislike it, it just started slower than I expected and it was a 20 hour audio, so it felt like it took a while to pick up. The Forgotten Garden is over 20 hours too. Maybe her books aren't the best audio choices?
Enjoyed the last Audio Challenge...excited to participate in this one! Thanks!Began:3/6/15
Completed: 50/50
◈ Foreign Book
Listen to an audiobook in a language that is not your native language, or by a narrator that is playing the main character who doesn't have English as a first language (e.g. The Orphan Master's Son or A Tale for the Time Being)
by Haruki Murakami (completed 4/28/15◈ Book to Movie
Listen to an audiobook that has been made into a movie
by Philippa Gregory (completed 3/27/15)
by John Fowles (completed 1/15/16)◈ Author Narration
Listen to a book narrated by the author
by Richard Paul Evans (completed 9/18/15)◈For a challenge
Listen to an audio book in order to finish one of your reading challenges or for a team challenge
by Agatha Christie (completed 5/6/15)◈Across the globe
Read a book that is set in, or where the author is from:
by Betsy Byars (completed 8/10/15)
by William Faulkner (completed 11/29/15)
by Alice Munro (completed 1/24/16)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (completed 4/2/15)
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (completed 10/12/15)
by Virgil (completed 2/6/16)
The Haunted Man by Charles Dickens (completed 3/9/15)
by William Blake (completed 10/24/15)✣ Asia
by Adam Johnson (completed 6/21)✣ Australia or New Zealand
◈ Series Books
Listen to a book that is:
by Agatha Christie (completed 7/12/15)
by Agatha Christie (completed 7/13/15)
by Agatha Christie (completed 7/16/15)
by Agatha Christie (completed 7/14/15)
by Agatha Christie (completed 8/29/15)
(#6 Hercule Poirot) by Agatha Christie (completed 5/9/15)
by Franklin W. Dixon (completed 9/2/15)
by Agatha Christie (completed 8/4/15)
by Agatha Christie (completed 7/17/15)
by Agatha Christie (completed 7/23/15]◈ Genres
Listen to a book where one of the top listed genres is:
The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens (completed 3/11/15)
by Sal Bellow (completed 1/19/16)
by Kate Morton (completed 10/11/15)
by Ernest Hemingway (completed 11/15/15)
by Wallace Stegner (completed 2/19/16)
Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens (completed 3/15/15)
by Aristotle (completed 12/10/15)
by W.E.B. du Bois (completed 12/16/15
by Daphne du Maurier (completed 10/29/15)
by Russ Ryan (completed 1/17/16)✣Contemporary
✣Sci-fi
by Dave Barry (completed 7/16/15)
by Dave Barry (completed 8/27/15]
by Dave Barry (completed 9/11/15)
by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (completed 12/21/15)
by Charles Dickens (completed 7/2/15)
by Dave Barry (completed 8/8/15)
by E.L. Konigsburg (completed 8/9/15)
by Dave Barry (completed 9/13/15)
by Agatha Christie (completed 7/24/15)
by Agatha Christie (completed 7/17)◈Go back in time
12 Years a Slave by Soloman Northup (completed 3/6/15)
by Charles Dickens(completed 11/23/15)
by Alan Paton (completed 5/16/15)
by Edith Wharton (completed 10/23/15
by Maria Semple (completed 4/17/2015)
by Laila Ibrahim (completed 12/29/15)
Karen - I'm loving that there are multiple categories to put each book for this challenge. I think we'll be able to move things around a bit, if needed, and be able to fit in more of our listens. :)
Thabks Kristie :) These two are my favourite challenges because I read so many audiobooks and I love recommendations!
Books #5 and #6 completed
✣ 5th in a series
✓
The Green Mill Murder
Completed 8 March 2015 ★★★★
✣ 6th in a series
✓
Blood and Circuses
Completed 11 March 2015 ★★★
✣ 5th in a series
✓
✣ 6th in a series
✓
Oh, funny. You're flying through these! I'm starting I An Pilgrim tomorrow, but I need it for the other audio challenge still. :)
well if you can believe it... I am starting that one in a few weeks! :D
It has been picked as one of my book club books. It is a pretty large one too
It has been picked as one of my book club books. It is a pretty large one too
Exactly! I need a long one and a classic, then I'll be done part one. :) Funny that we are listening to some of the same books at the moment.
Late last night I finished listening to
and recommend it. Besides the fact that Cummins is an actor so provides an excellent narration of his story, the story itself is deep, with layers, and ends with love and joy.
Funny--I had already downloaded Leviathan to my tablet and I chose it as my next listen. Alan Cumming is the narrator!
I took a little break from this challenge to listen to one of the two books I have left for part one. (Yup...I'm overlapping the two challenges. lol) I'm listening to I Am Pilgrim and can't wait to finish, hopefully tomorrow. I feel like I've been listening to it forever! It is 22 hours 42 minutes and it feels it. I'm looking forward to jumping back into this challenge again with Bone Crossed, then The Girl on the Train.
#7 and #8 and #9 done
Book 7 in a series
✓
Ruddy Gore
Completed 22 March 2015 ★★★
Romance
✓
One Plus One Completed 18 March 2015 ★★★★
Historical Fiction
✓
All the Light We Cannot See Completed 26 March 2015 ★★★★
Book 7 in a series
✓
Romance
✓
Historical Fiction
✓
Karen wrote: "Oh, I've got Girl on the Train ready too for our BOM ;)"I'm looking forward to it!
I started Bone Crossed and I'm glad to be back in Mercy's world. I like this series.
Novel Books & Reading ChallengesAll About Audiobooks PART TWO: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge
Duration: 3/1/2015 - 2/28/2016
Progress: 50 out of 50 (Executive Director: Pick & choose which ones to double and make it 50 books)
Categories:
◈ Foreign Book
Listen to an audiobook in a language that is not your native language, or by a narrator that is playing the main character who doesn't have English as a first language (e.g. The Orphan Master's Son or A Tale for the Time Being)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith - ***** - 3/1/2015 - 235 Pages
◈ Book to Movie
Listen to an audiobook that has been made into a movie
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion - **** - 4/19/2015 - 239 Pages
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - ***** - 8/16/2015 - 399 Pages
◈ Author Narration
Listen to a book narrated by the author
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay - ***** - 4/28/2015 - 288 Pages
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson - **** - 8/12/2015 - 456 Pages
◈For a challenge
Listen to an audio book in order to finish one of your reading challenges or for a team challenge
Written in Red by Anne Bishop - ***** - 4/9/2015 - 433 Pages - Team Challenge
A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas - **** - 8/13/2015 - 337 Pages
◈Across the Globe
Read a book that is set in, or where the author is from:
✣ USA or Canada:
The Next Always by Nora Roberts - **** - 3/26/2015 - 352 Pages
Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden - **** - 7/29/2015 - 362 Pages
✣ Europe:
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson - ***** - 5/26/2015 - 503 Pages
✣ UK:
Meet Me at the Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan - ***** - 4/23/2015 - 456 Pages
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins - **** - 7/20/2015 - 359 Pages
✣ Asia
✣ Australia or New Zealand
◈ Series Books
Listen to a book that is:
✣ 1st in a Series:
Wallbanger by Alice Clayton - **** - 3/10/2015 - 384 Pages
Night Myst by Yasmine Galenorn - *** - 7/10/2015 - 317 Pages
✣ 2nd in a Series:
Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor - *** - 4/13/2015 - 517 Pages
✣ 3rd in a series:
Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout - **** - 4/5/2015 - 382 Pages
Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke - **** - 7/8/2015 - 663 Pages - 663 Pages
✣ 4th in a Series:
Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs - ***** - 4/22/2015 - 336 Pages
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole - ***** - 7/26/2015 - 359 Pages
✣ 5th in a Series:
Hunted by P.C. Cast - *** - 5/4/2015 - 323 Pages
✣ 6th in a Series:
Tempted by P.C. Cast - *** - 5/5/2015 - 319 Pages
✣ 7th in a series:
Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 4/1/2015 - 348 Pages
✣ 8th in a series
✣ 9th in a Series:
White Night by Jim Butcher - **** - 3/3/2015 - 416 Pages
✣ 10th or More in a Series:
Small Favor by Jim Butcher - ***** - 3/4/2015 - 420 Pages
◈ Genres
Listen to a book where one of the top listed genres is:
✣Fiction
Little Bee by Chris Cleave - *** - 4/14/2015 - 266 Pages
✣Historical Fiction
Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 384 Pages
The Seduction of Samantha Kincade by Maggie Osborne - **** - 7/22/2015 - 380 Pages
✣Horror
Odd Interlude: A Special Odd Thomas Adventure by Dean Koontz - ***** - 7/23/2015 - 279 Pages
✣Non-Fiction
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg - ***** - 6/24/2015 - 217 Pages
What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey - ***** - 6/25/2015 - 240 Pages
✣Suspense
Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 6/21/2015 - 216 Pages
✣Humour
Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys by Billy Crystal - ***** - 5/7/2015 - 288 Pages
I'm Not the Biggest Bitch in This Relationship: Hilarious, Heartwarming Tales About Man's Best Friend from America's Favorite Humorists by Wade Rouse - **** - 8/7/2015 - 272 Pages
✣Contemporary
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - **** - 6/26/2015 - 295 Pages
✣Science-Fiction
Prodigy by Marie Lu - **** - 5/11/2015 - 371 Pages
✣Fantasy
Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor - *** - 4/30/2015 - 613 Pages
Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost - ***** - 7/18/2015 - 346 Pages
Master of the Night by Angela Knight - *** - 8/18/2015 - 296 Pages
✣Romance
Forgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti - **** - 3/29/2015 - 384 Pages
Desire Untamed by Pamela Palmer - *** - 7/27/2015 - 363 Pages
✣Young Adult
Return to Me by Justina Chen - **** - 4/10/2015 - 352 Pages
Of Neptune by Anna Banks - *** - 7/9/2015 - 330 Pages
✣Mystery
Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/29/2015 - 306 Pages
D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton - 7/28/2015 - 320 Pages
✣Thriller
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson - ***** - 6/17/2015 - 563 Pages
Untraceable by Laura Griffin - **** - 8/9/2015 - 374 Pages
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay - ***** - 8/20/2015 - 292 Pages
◈Go back in time
✣Part 1 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 19th century (January 1, 1801 – December 31, 1900)
✣Part 2 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 20th century (January 1, 1901 - December 31, 2000)
Untamed by Elizabeth Lowell - **** - 5/6/2015 - 416 Pages
✣Part 3 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 21st century (January 1, 2001 - current)
Night of Cake & Puppets by Laini Taylor - ***** - 4/29/2015
The Line by J.D. Horn - ***** - 7/21/2015 - 296 Pages
AudiobookSync have released their titles that will be available for free from May 7 - August 13 here
I think I'm most excited by Rose Under Fire as I received book 1 from them last year which was awesome and Rebecca which has been on my list to read FOREVER! :o
I think I'm most excited by Rose Under Fire as I received book 1 from them last year which was awesome and Rebecca which has been on my list to read FOREVER! :o
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Whether you are already an audio book reader, or think it is time to give some a try, this challenge is for you!
This is our second Audiobook Challenge. You should first start with Part One here
Duration: Twelve months from when you start.
Levels: Rules & How to: Categories:
◈ Foreign Book
Listen to an audiobook in a language that is not your native language, or by a narrator that is playing the main character who doesn't have English as a first language (e.g. The Orphan Master's Son or A Tale for the Time Being)
◈ Book to Movie
Listen to an audiobook that has been made into a movie
◈ Author Narration
Listen to a book narrated by the author
◈For a challenge
Listen to an audio book in order to finish one of your reading challenges or for a team challenge
◈Across the globe
Read a book that is set in, or where the author is from:
✣ USA or Canada
✣ Europe
✣ UK
✣ Asia
✣ Australia or New Zealand
◈ Series Books
Listen to a book that is:
✣ 1st in a series
✣ 2nd in a series
✣ 3rd in a series
✣ 4th in a series
✣ 5th in a series
✣ 6th in a series
✣ 7th in a series
✣ 8th in a series
✣ 9th in a series
✣ 10th or more in a series
◈ Genres
Listen to a book where one of the top listed genres is:
✣Fiction
✣Historical Fiction
✣Horror
✣Non fiction
✣Suspense
✣Humour
✣Contemporary
✣Sci-fi
✣Fantasy
✣Romance
✣Young adult
✣Mystery
✣Thriller
◈Go back in time
✣Part 1 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 19th century (January 1, 1801 – December 31, 1900)
✣Part 2 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 20th century (January 1, 1901 - December 31, 2000)
✣Part 3 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 21st century (January 1, 2001 - current)