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Discover the World through Audio Books
ParticipantsAllie ~ Completed Tourist
Andrea ~ Completed Globetrotter
Bev(baglady) ~ Completed Globetrotter
Bonita ~ Completed Tourist
Book Concierge ~ Completed Globetrotter
Denise ~ Completed Explorer
Ed ~ Completed Globetrotter
Jan Completed Explorer
Jennifer C ~ Completed Tourist
Jess
Jillian ~ Completed Tourist
Jillian Round 2 - Completed Explorer
Jillian Round 3 - Completed Globetrotter
jingles ~ Completed Tourist
Kathryn
Karen ~ Completed Globetrotter
Karen ♐ ~ Completed Tourist
Kim E
Marina H ~ Completed Tourist
Monica ~ Completed Globetrotter
Olivermagnus ~ Completed Globetrotter
Tia
Vanessa ~ Completed Globetrotter
Round Two Participants
Allie
Book Concierge ~ Completed Globetrotter
Jillian
Reserved for QuestionsQuestion: Can you use your own country as one of your country choices.
Answer: Yes!!
My Spot - I'm going to start with tourist and see how it goes. Discover the World through Audio Books
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
8/8
My Audiobooks
Country: USA
Audio: Becoming | Michelle Obama 1/25/19***
Country: England
Audio: Lethal White | Robert Galbraith 3/7/19****
Country: Italy
Audio: Shroud for the Archbishop | Peter Tremayne 4/29/19***
Country: Ireland
Audio: Suffer Little Children | Peter Tremayne 5/29/19****
Country: Australia
Audio: Nine Perfect Strangers | Liane Moriarty 6/15/19***
Country: France
Audio: French Illusions: My Story as an American Au Pair in the Loire Valley | Linda Kovic-Skow 6/27/19**
Country: Russia
Audio: The Cowboy and the Cossack | Clair Huffaker 7/11/19***
Antarctica:
Audio: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage | Alfred Lansing 8/2/19***
Discover the World through Audio Books1/1/19 - 12/31/19
6/6
Country: France
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 1/31/19
Country: Italy
The Malta Exchange by Steve Berry 5/15/19
Country: Nigeria
Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe 5/22/19
Country: Australia
The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion 7/12/19
Country: Spain
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 9/30/19
Country: United Kingdom
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie 10/29/19
That was fast Bonita!! Welcome :)
I'm done! Thanks, Jan!My Audiobooks
Country: United Kingdom
Audio:
Career of Evil/Robert Galbraith 1/13/19Country: Russia
Audio:
The Girl in the Tower/Katherine Arden 2/7/19 Country: United States
Audio:
The Twelve/Justin Cronin 3/25/19Country: Denmark
Audio:
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark/William Shakespeare 4/26/19Country: Greece
Audio:
The Song of Achilles/Madeline Miller 5/23/19Country: South Africa
Audio:
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood/Trevor Noah 6/14/19
Jillian wrote: "I’m going to start out a a tourist but hope to move up."Great plan Jillian! That's my hope too :)
I'll go with the same plan and start out as a tourist and see how that works out.Discover the World through Audio Books
Date: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Completed: 6/6
My Audiobooks
Country: USA - Maine
Audio: 'Twas the Knife Before Christmas by Jacqueline Frost 07/01/19
Country: England
Audio: Dobbeltliv by S.J. Watson 22/01/19
Country: Czech Republic
Audio: Det største bedrag by Lisa Unger 25/01/19
Country: Iceland
Audio: Kulde by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 05/03/19
Country: Spain
Audio: Tågens fyrste by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 14/05/19
Country: Sweden
Audio: Mordere uden ansigt by Henning Mankell 06/08/19
Discover the World through Audio Books January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Globetrotter: Listen to 10 audio books, each taking place in a different country.
15 of 10 Complete
1. Country: United States
Audio: Verses for the Dead - Douglas Preston - 1/10/19 - Narrated by René Auberjonois
2. Country: England
Audio: The Golden Tresses of the Dead - Alan Bradley - 2/6/19 - Narrated by Jayne Entwistle
3. Country: Portugal
Audio: The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon - Richard Zimler - 2/14/19
Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki
4. Country: Australia
Audio: Liar Liar - James Patterson - 3/4/19
Narrated by: Federay Holmes
5. Country: South Korea
Audio: The Island of Sea Women - Lisa See - 3/22/19
Narrated by: Jennifer Lim
6. Country: Italy
Audio: A Venetian Reckoning - Donna Leon - 4/3/19
Narrated by: David Colacci
7. Country: Scotland
Audio: The Lost Queen - Signe Pike - 4/10/19
Narrated by: Toni Frutin
8. Country: India
Audio: The Widows of Malabar Hill - Sujata Massey - 6/3/19
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
9. Country: Philippines
Audio: Along the Broken Bay - Flora J. Solomon - 6/24/19
Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
10. Country: Syria
Audio: The Map of Salt and Stars - Zeyn Joukhadar - 7/6/19
Narrated by: Lara Sawalha
11. Country: Japan
Audio: The Travelling Cat Chronicles - Hiro Arikawa - 8/12/19
Narrated by: George Blagden
12. Country: Greece
Audio: The Lady of Sorrows - Anne Zouroudi - 9/18/19
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
13. Country: Egypt
Audio: Nefertiti - Michelle Moran - 9/22/19
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
14. Country: Afghanistan
Audio: The Pearl That Broke Its Shell - Nadia Hashimi - 10/5/19
Narrated by: Gin Hammond
15. Country: Spain
Audio: The Snow Gypsy - Lindsay Ashford - 12/8/19
Narrated by: Heather Wilds
Glad you are joining us Lynda!
Sounds fun. Count me in! I need to expand my audio listening a bit.1. England: The Dancing Master by Julie Klassen 1/27/19
2. France: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (GM) 1/30/19
3. United States: Love Story by Karen Kingsbury 2/11/19
4. Germany: The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa (GM) 4/3/19
5. Japan: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (GM) 5/9/19
6. Sweden: Firewall by Henning Mankell (GM) 5/14/19
7. Antigua: The Racketeer by John Grisham (GM) 6/16/19
8. Luxembourg: The Expats by Chris Pavone (GM) 6/24/19
9. Poland: Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (GM) 7/7/19
10. Portugal: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart 9/1/19
11. Israel: HCSB Study Bible 10/3/19
12. Turkey: A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell (GM) 10/3/19
13. Panama: Beneath a Golden Veil by Melanie Dobson 10/15/19
14. Czechoslovakia: Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 by Madeleine Albright (GM) 10/18/19
15. Italy: Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs: The Unknown Story of the Men and Women of World War II's OSS by Patrick K. O'Donnell (GM) 10/20/19
16. Ireland: Because You're Mine by Colleen Coble 10/24/19
17. Australia: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (GM) 11/19/19
Wow! Ask and ye shall receive! I guess I have to sign up now! :)I'll start with Explorer. (Wish I'd waited until after the 1st to listen to The Martian!)
Country: Burma
✔ Audio: The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker read by Cassandra Campbell. 1/19/19
Country: Scotland
✔ Audio: Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson read by Michael Page 2/1/19
Country: India
✔ Audio: The Secrets Between Us: A Novel by Thrity Umrigar read by Sneha Mathan 3/7/19
Country: France and Tahiti
✔ Audio: The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham read by Frederick Davidson 3/15/19
Country: Iceland
✔ Audio: Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason read by George Guidall 4/2/19
Country: China
✔ Audio: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See read by Ruthie Ann Miles and Kimiko Glenn 4/24/19
Country: England
✔ Audio: The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson read by Fiona Hardingham 5/18/19
Country: United States
✔ Audio: The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon read by Bahni Turpin et al 6/2/19
Country: Norway
✔ Audio: Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset read by Erin Bennett 8/5/19
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
✔ Audio: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks read by Edwina Wren 9/10/19
Since the majority of the 120+ books that I read this year were audiobooks, I'll go for globetrotter status.Discover the World through Audio Books
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
9/10
Country: Mexico
Audio: The Shimmering Road Hester Young 1/3/19 ****
Country: United States
Audio: Titans Leila Meacham 1/8/19 ***
Country: China
Audio: Paper Wife: A Novel Laila Ibrahim 2/19/2019 ****
Country: Italy
Audio: Beneath a Scarlet Sky Mark T. Sullivan 3/7/19 **
Country: Brazil
Audio: Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World Christina Rickardsson 3/14/19 *****
Country: Canada
Audio: A Curve in the Road Julianne MacLean 3/18/19 ***
Country: France
Audio: The Beantown Girls Jane Healey 5/21/19 ****
Country: Spain
Audio: The Basque Dragon 4/25/19 **
Country: Croatia
Audio: Girl at War Sara Nović 5/16/19 ***
Country:
Audio:
I love audiobooks!Discover the World through Audio Books
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
6/6
My Audiobooks
Country: United States
Audio: Stealing Home Sherryl Woods - 1/2
Country: England
Audio: The Mighty Storm Samantha Towle - 1/23
Country: Austria
Audio: Ripples Aleatha Romig - 2/7
Country: Wales
Audio: Fall of Giants Ken Follett - 2/9
Country: Canada
Audio: Rocky Mountain Shelter Vivian Arend - 3/2
Country: Mexico
Audio: Breaking Point Pamela Clare - 8/4
Hope you enjoy the challenge Tia!!
*****COMPLETED 10/27/19*****Discover the World through Audio Books
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Globetrotter: Listen to 10 audio books, each taking place in a different country.
10 of 10 Complete
Country: UK
Audio: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 2/5/19
Country: Germany
Audio: A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain
Country: USA
Audio: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 3/6/19
Country: India
Audio: Librivox version of Kim by Rudyard Kipling 3/9/19
Country: Australia
Audio: Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan 3/26/19
Country: Switzerland
Audio: Heidi by Johanna Spyri 5/17/19
Country: ItalyCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Audio:
Country: Greece (Kingdom of Rhodes)
Audio: Librivox version of The Maid's Tragedy by Francis Beaumont
Country: Iran (Persia)
Audio: Librivox version of Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1 by Christopher Marlowe 10/26/19
Country: Iran (Babylon)
Audio:Tamburlaine the Great Part II by Christopher Marlowe 10/27/19
Discover the World through Audio BooksJanuary 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Level - Globetrotter
Country:United States
Audio: Cold Hearted Toni Anderson 01/01/2019
Country:England
Audio: Silent in the Sanctuary Deanna Raybourn 01/05/2019
Country: Australia
Audio: The Family Next Door Sally Hepworth 01/29/19
Country: Denmark
Audio: The Keeper of Lost Causes Jussi Adler-Olsen 03/07/19
Country: India
Audio: Dark Road to Darjeeling Deanna Raybourn 03/21/19
Country: Canada
Audio: Blink and Caution Tim Wynne-Jones 05/03/19
Country: Italy
Audio: Othello William Shakespeare 05/14/19
Country: Germany
Audio: Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech that Ended the Cold War Romesh Ratnesar 06/01/19
Country: Saudi Arabia
Audio: A Girl Like That Tanaz Bhathena 06/12/19
Country: Romania
Audio: The Dead Travel Fast Deanna Raybourn 09/05/19
I think this will be really hard for me but I’m going to try “Tourist” anyways.Discovering the World thru Audiobook
Country: China
Audio: Dreams of Joy 4/29/19
Country: South Korea
Audio: Please Look After Mom 5/8/19
Country: Scotland
Audio: Death of a Prankster 7/2/719
Country: France
Audio: Paris in Love 7/31/19
Country: England
Audio: Lethal White 11/2/19
Country: Ireland
Audio: Love & Luck 11/2/19
143. WC: DISCOVER THE WORLD THROUGH AUDIO BOOKS
DATE: 01/01/19 - 12/31/19
LEVEL: TOURIST, 6 BOOKS
6/6 COMPLETED
Challenge Link: WC: Discover the World Through Audio Books
✔1. UNITED STATES:
Audio: It's Always the Husband|Michele Campbell|01.02.19|★★★
✔2. NORWAY:
Audio: Phantom|Jo Nesbø|01.03.19|★★★★
✔3. ENGLAND:
Audio: The Constant Princess|Philippa Gregory|01.15.19|★★★
✔4. COLUMBIA:
Audio: Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar|Virginia Vallejo|05.24.19|★★
✔5. AUSTALIA:
Audio: Shell|Kristina Olsson|05.26.19|★★
✔6. IRELAND:
Audio: The Cold Cold Ground|Adrian McKinty|06.05.19|★★
☀☀♡☀♡☀☀♡☀♡☀♡☀☀♡☀CHALLENGE COMPLETED 06/05/19☀♡☀☀♡☀♡☀♡☀☀♡☀♡☀☀
Good luck Bev, Allie & jingles!!
Discover the World Through AudiobooksBegins: 01Jan19 / Ends: 31Dec19
LEVEL: Globetrotter
10 / 10 completed
1. England - Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery ✔ - 06Jan19
2. USA - Carnegie's Maid ✔ - 10Jan19
3. Scotland - Winter Solstice ✔ – 21Jan19
4. Sweden - The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules ✔ – 06Feb19
5. Russia - I Was Anastasia ✔ – 23Feb19
6. China - China Rich Girlfriend ✔ - 03March19
7. Australia - In a Sunburned Country ✔ – 01Mar19
8. Japan - Pachinko ✔ – 05Apr19
9. France - The Alice Network ✔ – 10Apr19
10. Italy - My Brilliant Friend ✔ – 15Apr19
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Question: Can we use our OWN country as one of the audios?
Good question BC!!! Yes you can! Happy Listening :)
Oh thank goodness. So I’ll know I at least will listen to one lol.
Allie wrote: "Oh thank goodness. So I’ll know I at least will listen to one lol."
LOL...And you will probably have one in England knowing your reading preferences Allie! So there's two :)
Jan wrote: "Allie wrote: "Oh thank goodness. So I’ll know I at least will listen to one lol."
LOL...And you will probably have one in England knowing your reading preferences Allie! So there's two :)"
Yes! You know me so well, Jan 😄
And this month's group read, Henna House takes place in Yemen if you can find the audio version!
I'll try ExplorerCountry: Canada
Audio: Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny 1.5.19
Country: Yemen
Audio: Henna House by Nomi Eve 1.8.19
Country: United States
Audio: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin 1.15.19
Country: Estonia
Audio: Watching the Dark by Peter Robinson 1.28.19
Country: England
Audio: The Chelsea Strangler by Susanna Gregory 2.7.19
Country: Israel
Audio: House of Spies by Daniel Silva 2.15.19
Country: France
Audio:Murder Below Montparnasse by Cara Black 2.22.19
Country: Germany
Audio Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre 4.9.19
Like many of you, I'm going to start with tourist and see how it goes. Discover the World through Audio Books
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
6/6
My Audiobooks
Country: China
Audio: Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - finished 1/16/19
Country: Italy
Audio:The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell finished 1/29/19
Country: United States
Audio: The Sound of Glass by Karen White finished 2/20/19
Country: London
Audio: The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig Finished 3/10/19
Country: Luna - the Moon in the future
Audio: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein Finished 4/9/19
Country: France
Audio: The Room on Rue Amélie by Kristin Harmel finished 5/13/19
Love an audiobook challenge! Thanks for creating this!Finished Tourist, so trying for Globetrotter!
Finished: 10/10
1. Country: Nigeria - My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 1/16/19
2. Country: USA - The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis 2/23/19
3. Country: Japan - Confessions by Kanae Minato 3/6/19
4. Country: England - The Body on the Beach by Simon Brett 3/17/19
5. Country: Scotland - Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin 3/30/19
6. Country: France - The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie 4/5/19
This Poirot actually takes place mostly in France.
7. Country: Namibia and then another planet! -Binti by Nnedi Okorafor 6/20/19
8. Country: Netherlands - The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich 7/27/19
9. Country: Sweden - An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten 9/19/19
10. Country: Egypt - The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark 9/29/19
Discover the World through Audio BooksJanuary 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Level - Globetrotter
Country: Greece
Audio: Circe by Madeline Miller 07/01/19
Country: Colombia
Audio: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 10/02/19
Country: France
Audio: The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux 16/02/19
Country: Scotland
Audio: Dalila by Jason Donald 09/03/19
Country: Russia
Audio: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 14/03/19
Country: USA
Audio: By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz 06/04/19
Country: Ireland
Audio: The Wych Elm by Tana French 24/04/19
Country:
Audio:
Country:
Audio:
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Audio:
Since I finished Tourist, moving on to Globetrotter!
Ed - I wanted to clarify that I will only accept one fictional planet. All the others will need to be on earth ;)
Wahoo :) I have completed this challenge. :)Discover the World through Audio Books
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
6/6
My Audiobooks
Country: China
Audio: Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - finished 1/16/19
Country: Italy
Audio:The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell finished 1/29/19
Country: United States
Audio: The Sound of Glass by Karen White finished 2/20/19
Country: London
Audio: The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig Finished 3/10/19
Country: Luna - the Moon in the future
Audio: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein Finished 4/9/19
Country: France
Audio: The Room on Rue Amélie by Kristin Harmel finished 5/13/19
Wahoo is right!! Wonderful job Jen :)
Niceeeeeeeee, Jen!!Pretty sure I only have one so far lol.
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Let's discover new cultures and destinations through audio books! Thank you Karen for the idea!
Choose a level and start listening!!
Tourist: Listen to 6 audio books, each taking place in a different country.
Explorer: Listen to 8 audio books, each taking place in a different country.
Globetrotter: Listen to 10 audio books, each taking place in a different country.
Please Note: For the country to count, 50% of the book must take place there. Please include the countries when posting your completed books.
Challenge Rules: This particular challenge is for audio books only. Their written version must be 100 pages or more. When posting updates of completed books, please include a link to the title and author’s name, along with the date you finished reading the book. When you have completed the challenge, please copy and paste your entire challenge and repost in a new message, letting us know it is completed.