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Challenge Theme: Audio > All About Audiobooks PART TWO: A Reading Via Your Ears Challenge

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message 151: by Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado (new)

Karen ⊰✿ | 16594 comments Mod
Welcome back Sammy!


message 152: by Sammy (new)

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 12885 comments And done! (post 150) off to do round 3 again! :)


message 153: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8304 comments I am ashamed of myself, as I have actually finished this back in the spring (2021), but it slipped my mind to update. :(

But I am done with the update now My Comment and will move on to part 3.


message 154: by Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado (new)

Karen ⊰✿ | 16594 comments Mod
It happens Melindam 👍😉
Well down for finishing !


message 155: by Melindam (new)

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message 156: by Alyana (last edited Sep 18, 2021 11:11AM) (new)

Alyana  | 1064 comments Just finished Part One, so I will be trying for a Director and Freestyle .

Duration: April 3 - May 29, 2021
Progress: 30/30 - FREESTYLE


◈ Book to Movie
Listen to an audiobook that has been made into a movie
--> Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Gone Girl - (1,147 minutes) - read on 05/18/21★★★★☆
--> The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon The Sun Is Also a Star - (450 minutes) - read on 05/28/21 ★★★★☆
--> The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks The Lucky One - (624 minutes) - read on 05/29/21 ★★★★★

◈ Author Narration
Listen to a book narrated by the author
--> Bossypants by Tina Fey Bossypants - (332 minutes) - read on 04/24/21 ★★★★☆
--> Just Mercy A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - (671 minutes) - read on 04/10/21 ★★★★☆

◈For a challenge
Listen to an audio book in order to finish one of your reading challenges or for a team challenge
--> Every Last Secret by A.R. Torre Every Last Secret - (542 minutes) - read on 04/28/21 ★★★★☆
--> The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks The Guardian - (731 minutes) - read on 05/27/21 ★★★★☆

◈Across the globe
Read a book that is set in, or where the author is from:
✣ USA or Canada
--> The Push by Ashley Audrain The Push - (Canada) - read on 04/03/21 ★★★★★
--> By Surprise by Alyssa Turner By Surprise - (USA) - read on 04/30/21 ★★★☆☆

✣ Europe
--> The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley The Hunting Party - (Scotland) - read on 04/12/21 ★★★★☆

✣ UK
--> The Third Wife by Lisa Jewell The Third Wife - (London) - read on 05/18/21★★★☆☆
--> Watching You by Lisa Jewell Watching You - (Bristol) - read on 05/03/21★★★★☆

✣ Asia
--> The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner - (Afghanistan) - read on 05/24/21 ★★★☆☆

◈ Series Books
Listen to a book that is:
✣ 1st in a series
--> Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1) by Talia Hibbert Get a Life, Chloe Brown - (617 minutes) - read on 04/18/21 ★★★☆☆
--> Dumplin' (Dumplin', #1) by Julie Murphy Dumplin' - (575 minutes) - read on 05/21/21 ★★★★☆
--> The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang The Kiss Quotient - (576 minutes) - read on 05/23/21 ★★★★☆

✣ 2nd in a series
--> Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - (608 minutes) - read on 04/30/21★★★★★

◈ Genres
Listen to a book where one of the top listed genres is:

✣Fiction
--> The Bookshop on the Corner (Scottish Bookshop, #1) by Jenny Colgan The Bookshop on the Corner - (552 minutes) - read on 04/22/21 ★★★☆☆

✣Historical Fiction
--> The Midnight Watch A Novel of the Titanic and the Californian by David Dyer The Midnight Watch: A Novel of the Titanic and the Californian - (666 minutes) - read on 04/11/21 ★★★★☆
--> The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett The Vanishing Half - (695 minutes) - read on 05/06/21 ★★★☆

✣Horror
--> When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole When No One is Watching - (510 minutes) - read on 05/11/21★★☆☆☆

✣Non fiction
--> A Promised Land by Barack Obama A Promised Land - (1,749 minutes) - read on 05/13/21★★★★☆

✣Suspense
--> Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard Mr. Perfect - (606 minutes) - read on 04/15/21 ★★★★☆

✣Humour
--> The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren The Unhoneymooners - (547 minutes) - read on 04/15/21 ★★★★★

✣Contemporary
--> November 9 by Colleen Hoover November 9 - (585 minutes) - read on 04/19/21 ★★★★★

✣Fantasy
--> Layla by Colleen Hoover Layla - (490 minutes) - read on 04/26/21 ★★★☆☆

✣Romance
--> Beach Read by Emily Henry Beach Read - (612 minutes) - read on 04/05/21 ★★★★☆

✣Young adult
--> Just Listen by Sarah Dessen Just Listen - (707 minutes) - read on 05/09/21★★★★☆

✣Mystery
--> A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1) by Holly Jackson A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - (654 minutes) - read on 04/18/21 ★★★★☆

✣Thriller
--> Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson Eight Perfect Murders - (483 minutes) - read on 04/23/21 ★★★★☆

✨✨✨ COMPLETED ✨✨✨


message 157: by Melindam (last edited Aug 24, 2022 02:24AM) (new)

Melindam | 8304 comments Here I am for a new round. :)

Level: Director: 25-30 books
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; (e.g. Flying Too High could be 1st book in a series, or location of Australia, but you may only use it in one category for this challenge.


Start: 8 Apr 2022
Completed: 30/30

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
✔️ The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim on 12/Apr/2022


◈ Author Narration
Listen to a book narrated by the author
✔️ Great Master Beethoven His Life and Music by Robert Greenberg on 27/Apr/2022
✔️ Great Masters Liszt - His Life & Music by Robert Greenberg on 16/May/2022

◈For a challenge
Listen to an audio book in order to finish one of your reading challenges or for a team challenge
✔️ Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1) by Diana Wynne Jones on 15/Apr/2022
✔️ Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett on 20 July

◈Across the globe
Read a book that is set in, or where the author is from:
✣ USA or Canada
✔️ Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1) by Leigh Bardugo on 9 Jun 2022
✔️ The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery on 4 July 2022
✣ Europe
✣ UK
✔️ … And What Do You Do? What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know by Norman Baker on 17/May/2022
✔️ The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer on 17 Aug
✣ Asia
✣ Australia or New Zealand


◈ Series Books
Listen to a book that is:
✣ 1st in a series
✔️ Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) by Jojo Moyes on 19 May 2022
✣ 2nd in a series
✔️ The Book of Magic (Practical Magic, #2) by Alice Hoffman on 11 July 2022
✔️ Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2) by Martha Wells on 30 July
✣ 3rd in a series
✔️ Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) by Martha Wells on 1 Aug 2022
✣ 4th in a series
✣ 5th in a series
✔️ Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) by Martha Wells on 8 July 2022
✣ 6th in a series
✣ 7th in a series
✔️ The Brandons by Angela Thirkell on 25 July
✣ 8th in a series
✣ 9th in a series
✣ 10th or more in a series
✔️ Night Watch (Discworld, #29) by Terry Pratchett on 2 July 2022


◈ Genres
Listen to a book where one of the top listed genres is:
✣Fiction
✔️ The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov on 16 June 2022
✣Historical Fiction
✔️ A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer on 19 Aug 2022
✣Horror
✣Non fiction
✔️ Music as a Mirror of History by Robert Greenberg on 26/Apr/2022
✣Contemporary
✔️ Rivals (Rutshire Chronicles #2) by Jilly Cooper on 18 Jun 2022
✣Sci-fi
✔️ Ready Player One by Ernest Cline on 24 June 2022
✣Fantasy
✔️ The Goblin Emperor (The Goblin Emperor, #1) by Katherine Addison on 6 July 2022
✔️ On the Edge (The Edge, #1) by Ilona Andrews on 16 June 202
✣Romance
✔️ Celia's House by D.E. Stevenson on 27 May
✣Young adult
✔️ Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales on 16/Apr/2022
✣Mystery
✔️ The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1) by Nancy Springer on 30 June 2022
✣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)
✔️ Ivanhoe by Walter Scott on 22 May 2022
✣Part 2 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 20th century (January 1, 1901 - December 31, 2000)
✔️ Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart on 22 May 2022
✔️ Thornyhold by Mary Stewart on 12 July 2022
✣Part 3 - Listen to an audio book that was written in the 21st century (January 1, 2001 - current)
✔️ In the Garden of Beasts Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson on 29 May 2022


message 158: by Renae (new)

Renae Bolton (momof6) | 16 comments This is awesome! I never saw the first one but would love to participate in this one. Can I still join in?


message 159: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8304 comments It is an individual challenge, which you can start any time.


message 160: by Melindam (new)

Melindam | 8304 comments Completed PART TWO (again), so I am scampering off to Part 3 now. :)


message 161: by Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado (new)

Karen ⊰✿ | 16594 comments Mod
Well done Mel
🙌👍


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