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~ Monthly Audiobook Challenge ~

Each month we will have a different theme of audiobook for you to listen to.
Read one, two, three, or thirty. Up to you! Just post at the start of the month which books you will read in the category, update through the month and post a link to your Goodreads review (no links to external sites).

Let's find some great audiobooks together!

Duration: Monthly


June 2023 Theme:

◈ Books that are 2nd in a series

How to Participate:

The Audiobook Challenge is designed to not only help you to read your audiobooks, but to also find out about other great audiobooks from other challenge participants!

Though you may pop in/out at any time, the Audiobook Challenge will run on a monthly basis so you are able to see progress being made.

There are no minimum page requirements, and you can read abridged or unabridged audiobooks!


1. At the beginning of the month, post :
a: How many audiobooks in total you want to read for the month
b: How many audiobooks in the monthly category you want to read
c: Post the audiobooks (as you decide on them) by linking them to Goodreads in your post

2. During the month, read the audiobooks that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)

3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s) - note: can only be linked to Goodreads and not an external site
c: How many audiobooks you have read for this challenge this year


Then start a new post for the next month!


FORMAT YOU CAN COPY AND PASTE:


Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read:
Audiobooks in monthly category to read:

Books in category:

FINISHED


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year:
Audiobooks in monthly category read:

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

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EXAMPLE : (under spoiler)(view spoiler)[

Start of Month

Total audiobooks to read: 6
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 2

Books in category:


FINISHED


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 9
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 1

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

Great story about women, culture and love set in Nigeria. I loved the characters and the setting, and the audio narrator was great with the different voices and bringing the story to life (hide spoiler)]

I did all the months in advance last year and I completely forgot about this one. How fun! I need to get through some series books!!! I'll be back to decide on which ones

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Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 6
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 2

Books in category:


FINISHED


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 47 (was 38 end of May)
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 1

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):
Ah I got caught up in reading for TT and didn't get to read my second book in the category. But I really enjoyed
. Just as unique and interesting as book 1

Yes please :)

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read:
Audiobooks in monthly category to read:

Books in category:







FINISHED

In category:

- actually enjoyed it more than the 1st book - 3 stars
- first book was better - 3 stars
- not as good as the 1st (and narration not great either) - 3 stars
- not much story in this one - 3.5 stars

Not in category:

- series continues to be great - 4.5 stars
- good story, but "villain" narrator was terrible - 3 stars
- still don't like the final 3rd much - 3 stars
- very interesting mix of fact and fiction - 4 stars
- still a favourite - 5 stars
- good, but not spectacular - 3.5 stars
- nothing very special - 3 stars
- boooooooooring, but well-written - 1.5 stars
- also a favourite - 5 stars
- good, but not really for me - 3 stars
- not a patch on Dickens - 3 stars
- it's hard being a geek - 3 stars
- ok installment - 3 stars
- a bit dated - 3 stars
- surprisingly fun - 3.5 stars
- so much love for this book - 5 stars
- still a lot of fun - 4 stars

End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: (174 read in jan-may) + 21
Audiobooks in monthly category read: (23 read in Jan-May) + 4

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

To be fair, I'm not sure I have very many #2s I haven't read yet. most series I seem to be somewhere between 4 and 8, lol.

😆😆
I have so many where I start the series and then forget

I have a tracking post in the SRA group where I list all the series I'm continuing with and what number I'm on. Helps SO much, lol.

I'm in. Funny, I wish I had waited just a bit. I am in the middle of Cursed right now. It is book #2 in the Gilded duology by Marissa Meyer. I don't have any #2s planned for June. I'll have to check out what else is on my TBR.

Edit: I ended up listening to Murder on Thames (#1) and Mystery at the Manor (#2) over the past couple of days. How did I not put Mystery at the Manor aside until next month? 🤦🏼‍♀️ I'm putting aside Cursed to finish in a few days. It'll give me a head start to actually finish one in the correct month. lol I'll still see what else I have to get to too.

Books that are 2nd in a series.

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read:
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 1

Books in category:


FINISHED: 1


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year:
Audiobooks in monthly category read:

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

I'm in, totally disregarding the fact that almost all of my planned books are 3rd in a series. 😅

Start of Month
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 1

FINISHED - Books in category: 2

Total audiobooks read this year: 45

Melindam wrote: "I'm in, totally disregarding the fact that almost all of my planned books are 3rd in a series. 😅

..."

haha

Ahh, just realised that I was planning to listen to narrated by Rosamund Pike for TT, so not all 3rd books. 🙃

Books that are 2nd in a series.

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 6
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 2

Books in category:

FINISHED
Books in category:
Books not in category:

End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 23
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 2

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why)

I found 5:







don't know how many of them I'll get around to, as I have quite a lot planned for June already, but we'll see :)

Melindam wrote: "Ahh, just realised that I was planning to listen to narrated by Rosamund Pike for TT, so not all 3rd books. 🙃"

Nice!

I'm going to choose

:)

Maybe even

So, I'm in the middle of a second in series book (Cursed) and I put it aside and ended up listening to both the first book, Murder on Thames, and the second book, Mystery at the Manor, in the Cherringham series. I'm not sure how I managed to not wait for book 2. lol

I will wait a few days to finish Cursed for next month and look to see what other series I'm at book 2 for.

Haha if I would have known this was going to be the theme I would have saved the book I just finished! Oh well. I'm still game to try it.

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 14
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 1

Books in category: TBD

FINISHED:
A Hat Full of Sky Tiffany Aching #2
Down Among the Sticks and Bones Wayward Children #2
Starsight
Castle in the Air


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 48
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 4

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):
I really enjoyed all of them but if I was going to recommend one that you can enjoy without having to read the first in the series then I would choose Down Among the Sticks and Bones

Ok, I'm not a big challenge type reader, but here goes😊

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 10
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: Books that are 2nd in a series

Well this sucks, the majority of my series for this month are in the 3-12 region of books as they have some new releases coming out.

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 5
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 2

Books in category:
★ ★ ★ ★

FINISHED




End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 112
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 34

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):
in category: The Weirdies Get Weirder
It was a fun book following in the theme of what makes social norms, and finding your own place in a world that seems strange. The Weirdies have a very unusual outlook on life and it is amazing to see their new mother try joining them. Also the racoons were fun.

out of category: Waybound
I loved this conclusion to the series. It wrapped up so many different small storylines that were still outstanding that I hadn't even managed to keep track of them all. I loved the look at all the characters and all the sides to this fight as well as the difficult choice of what is right vs what you want. I am hoping we come back to the Way at some point but honestly I loved the pacing and constant movement of the book.

(view spoiler)[1. At the beginning of the month, post :
a: How many audiobooks in total you want to read for the month
b: How many audiobooks in the monthly category you want to read
c: Post the audiobooks (as you decide on them) by linking them to Goodreads in your post

2. During the month, read the audiobooks that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)

3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s) - note: can only be linked to Goodreads and not an external site
c: How many audiobooks you have read for this challenge this year


Then start a new post for the next month! (hide spoiler)]

2nd in Series - June 2023

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read:10
Audiobooks in monthly category to read:4

Books in category:


Finished:


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year:
Audiobooks in monthly category read:

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

Finished . Great narration by Rosamund Pike. So far, she has recorded only Books 1 & 2 in the Wheel of Times series, she still has 12 books and thousands of pages to record, if she is willing. :)

Anyway, while the book is not perfect, I am enjoying the trip down Memory Lane with the WoT series. 🥰

Melindam wrote: "Finished . Great narration by Rosamund Pike. So far, she has recorded only Books 1 & 2 in the Wheel of Times series, she still has 12 books and thousands of pages..."

Nice!

Finished


Which was a great book 2. Followed the unique format of the first with a mystery book within a mystery book but this time started with Susan narrating.

Both audio narrators were great!

Start of Month
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 1

FINISHED - Books in category: 2

Total audiobooks read this year: 45

I listend to Cursed (Gilded #2) . Well, I half listened, but I'm giving it to me. lol

Pssstttt Karen... we doing another in July? ;)

Sammy wrote: "Pssstttt Karen... we doing another in July? ;)"

Of course ;)
Thread is now open

So, for my first big reading challenge, I fell a little short and only listening to eight of my challenged 10. In my defense, it's been a hectic month at work so I wasn't able to devote as much time as I like to just listen to books. However, it's Friday and I have the long holiday weekend to be lazy and enjoy a good book or two😊

Audiobooks in monthly category to read: Books that are 2nd in a series.

End of Month
Total audiobooks read: 8

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I guess I should also mention that I did start one book in my initial challenge, unfortunately, I DNFed it.

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I really enjoyed this challenge. It motivated me to continue some series that I had started recently. Even though ebooks were not part of the challenge, I also read three ebooks that were second installments of a series for a total of 11 second installments.
While I will be continuing with most of the series, unfortunately, there are two series that I will not be continuing. Happy reading everyone on this wonderful holiday weekend😊

Donne wrote: "So, for my first big reading challenge, I fell a little short and only listening to eight of my challenged 10. In my defense, it's been a hectic month at work so I wasn't able to devote as much tim..."

Well done!

End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 47 (was 38 end of May)
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 1

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):
Ah I got caught up in reading for TT and didn't get to read my second book in the category. But I really enjoyed
. Just as unique and interesting as book 1