The Challenge Factory discussion

I ♥ Audio books!

Why should you listen to audio books?
1. they allow multitasking
2. audio books help when reading regular books is hard
3. they elevate the reading experience
4. audio books are convenient
5. audio books give your eyes a break

How many hours do you think you will listen to audio books this month?

Levels:
Easy: 8+ hours
Medium: 12+ hours
Hard: 20+ hours
Way Too Long: 30+ hours
What Else Are You Gonna Do?: 50+ hours
Permanent Distraction!: 100+ hrs

I am in again, but I think we need to add the 100+ hours, Permanent Distraction from Gabriella last month.🤓

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "I am in again, but I think we need to add the 100+ hours, Permanent Distraction from Gabriella last month.🤓"

I'm doing it right now, Alison. Thank you!

Lanelle wrote: "Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "I am in again, but I think we need to add the 100+ hours, Permanent Distraction from Gabriella last month.🤓"

I'm doing it right now, Alison. Thank you!"

👍🤓📚

Permanent Distraction!: 100+ hrs


Mai Tai'd Up (Cocktail #4) by Alice Clayton - done 10/1/2022
1 hours 23 minutes (last part only)

Fallen (Deep Ops #2) by Rebecca Zanetti - done 10/1/2022
10 hours 26 minutes

On the Way to the Wedding (Bridgertons #8) by Julia Quinn - done 10/3/2022
13 hours 4 minutes

Intermediate Thermodynamics (Chemistry Lessons #2) by Susannah Nix - done 10/7
9 hours 37 minutes

In the Crease (Nashville Assassins #15) by Toni Aleo - done 10/11/2022
16 hours 12 minutes

After the Game (The Field Party #3) by Abbi Glines - done 10/16/2022
6 hours 57 minutes

Against the Paw (Paw Enforcement #4) by Diane Kelly - done 10/17/2022
8 hours 31 minutes

Alice Payne Rides (Alice Payne #2) by Kate Heartfield - done 10/20/2022
3 hours 34 minutes

Pasta Mortem (A Supper Club Mystery #7) by Ellery Adams - done 10/21/2022
8 hours 29 minutes

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (HP #4) by J.K. Rowling - done 10/24/2022
20 hours 51 minutes

Advanced Physical Chemistry (Chemistry Lessons #3) by Susannah Nix - 10/25
9 hours 29 minutes

By Book or by Crook (Lighthouse Library Mystery #1) by Eva Gates - 10/25/2022
9 hours 24 minutes

Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian - done 10/26/2022
14 hours 12 minutes

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (HP #4) by J.K. Rowling ?
26 hours 42 minutes

? hours ? minutes

Total = 126+ hours

Liking the new level!

Permanent Distraction!: 100+ hrs

1. A Man With One of Those Faces 10/02
TIME: 11 hrs 11 min
2. The Husband's Secret 10/04
TIME: 13 hrs 44 min
3. Dead in the Water 10/05
TIME: 7 hrs 12 min
4 Hen Pecked 10/05
TIME: 7 hrs 53 min
5. Death Comes to the Fair 10/08
TIME: 8 hrs 20 min
6. The Aloha Quilt 10/09
TIME: 9 hrs 57 min
7. Dark Chocolate Demise
TIME: 7 hrs 29 min
8. A Man of Some Repute 10/13
TIME: 8 hrs 31 min
9. Red Sky Over Hawaii. Sara Ackerman 10/14
TIME: 10 hrs
10. Ink & Shadows, Ellery Adams 10/18
TIME: 8 hrs
11. Home to Roost, Josi Avari
TIME: 7 hrs 9 min
12. The Haunted Homecoming, Angie Fox 10/23
TIME: 8 hrs 53 min
13. The Man Who Died Twice, Richard Osman 10/24
TIME: 11 hrs 49 min
14. Trust No One, Debra Webb 10/25
TIME: 12 hrs 46 min
15. Home for the Haunting, Juliet Blackwell 10/28
TIME: 7 hrs 30 min
16. Poisoned Tarts, G. A. McKevett 10/29
TIME: 8 hrs 31 min

TOTAL TIME: 154+

I ♥ Audio books!

How many hours do you think you will listen to audio books this month?

Levels:
Easy: 8+ hours
Medium: 12+ hours
Hard: 20+ hours
Way Too Long: 30+ hours
What Else Are You Gonna Do?: 50+ hours
Permanent Distraction!: 100+ hrs

Dang :) I needed something to push myself but I am glad you guys like it too.(view spoiler)[
calculator.net/time-calculator.html (A time calculator for those wanting an easy addition!)
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Once again aiming for; What Else Are You Gonna Do?: 50+ hours but really hoping to reach Permanent Distraction!: 100+ hrs!
(Are you mad? Do you need help?! 200+hrs)
184hrs 32mins/100+

★Unsouled 8hrs 45mins 3/10
★Soulsmith 8hrs 23mins 4/10
★Blackflame 11hrs 1mins 4/10
★Skysworn 8hrs 43mins 5/10
★Ghostwater 9hrs 16mins 6/10
★The Unmumsy Mum 6hrs 16mins 6/10
★Underlord 10hrs 42mins 10/10
★The Seventh Realm, Part 1 23hrs 21mins 11/10
★Acme 13hrs 20mins 12/10
★The Accidental Queen: A Midlife Fairy Tale 10hrs 11mins 13/10
★Uncrowned 9hrs 32mins 17/10
★Anima 13hrs 4mins 22/10
★Algorithm 12hr 7mins 23/10
★Artifact 12hrs 48mins 24/10
★Asgard 12hrs 24mins 25/10
★Wintersteel 14hrs 39mins 30/10

It's Time to Listen-Oct

Lvl: What Else Are You Gonna Do?: 50+ hours

Completed
PARTIAL A Flicker in the Dark 6h 55m
PARTIAL Youngblood 8h 57m
Hide 8h 9m
Go Hex Yourself 11h 39m
Fraternity 10h 4m
I Choose Darkness 38m
Nothing More to Tell 10h 22m
When a Killer Calls 9h 1m
Bad Things Happen Here 8h 7m
The Bodyguard 9h 43m
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty 18h 6m
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It 9h 59m
Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives 10h 8m
Stay Awake 10h 59m
Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders 9h 10m

Total Hrs Listened: 139h 57m

It's Time to Listen - October
Level - What Else Are You Gonna Do?: 50+ hours

Book # 1 - Forgotten Bones by Vivian Barz
Date - 10/5/22
Time - 9 hrs

Book 2 - Deep Silence by Jonathan Maberry
Date - 10/06/22
Time - 16 hrs 23 minutes

Book # 3 - Hidden Bones by Vivian Barz
Date - 10/7/22
Time - 7 hrs 33 minutes

Book # 4 - The People We Keep
Author - Allison Larkin
Date - 10/13/22
Time - 11 hrs 8 minutes

Book # 5 - Clowns Vs. Spiders
Author - Jeff Strand
Date - 10/14/22
Time - 5 hrs. 47 minutes

Book # 6 - The House in the Cerulean Sea
Author - T.J. Klune
Date - 10/20/22
Time - 12 hrs. 12 minutes

Book # 7 - Across the Green Grass Fields
Author - Seanan McGuire
Date - 10/22/22
Time - 4 hrs 3 minutes

Book # 8 - Bitter Falls
Author - Rachel Caine
Date - 10/25/22
Time - 11 hrs 36 minutes

Book # 9 - The Star and The Shamrock
Author - Jean Grainger
Date - 10/27/22
Time - 8 hrs 19 minutes

Total Time - 86 hrs 1 minutes

I am in again for this month. Hard level

Book 1 9 hours 1 min
Book 2 7 hours 23 mins

The Challenge Factory
It's Time to Listen - October
Duration: 10/1/2022 - 10/31/2022

Progress: 100 out of 100

I ♥ Audio books!

Why should you listen to audio books?
1. they allow multitasking
2. audio books help when reading regular books is hard
3. they elevate the reading experience
4. audio books are convenient
5. audio books give your eyes a break

How many hours do you think you will listen to audio books this month?

Levels:
Easy: 8+ hours
Medium: 12+ hours
Hard: 20+ hours
Way Too Long: 30+ hours
What Else Are You Gonna Do?: 50+ hours
Permanent Distraction!: 100+ hrs

1. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - ***** - 10/4/2022 - 356 Pages - 12 Hours
2. The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose - *** - 10/6/2022 - 342 Pages - 9 Hours
3. Midnight at the Blackbird Café by Heather Webber - ***** - 10/11/2022 - 336 Pages - 12 Hours
4. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach - ***** - 10/15/2022 - 308 Pages - 9 Hours
5. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl - ***** - 10/18/2022 - 376 Pages - 11 Hours
6. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins - ***** - 10/21/2022 - 459 Pages - 17 Hours
7. Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder - *** - 10/27/2022 - 273 Pages - 10 Hours
8. The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib - **** - 10/30/2022 - 373 Pages - 8 Hours
9. The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking - **** - 10/30/2022 - 289 Pages - 4 hours
10. There There by Tommy Orange - *** - 10/31/2022 - 294 Pages - 8 Hours

Gabriella wrote: "Dang :) I needed something to push myself but I am glad you guys like it too.
calculator.net/time-calculator.html (A time calculator for those wanting an easy addition!)

Once again aiming for; What Else Are You Gonna Do?: 50+ hours but really hoping to reach Permanent Distraction!: 100+ hrs!
(Are you mad? Do you need help?! 200+hrs)
157hrs 29mins/100+..."

Gabrielle, I see where at it again with "Are you mad? Do you need help?! 200+hrs"

I couldn't resist :D wasn't sure whether to do 150+ or 200+ but was fun even if I didn't quite make it.