Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

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)]

~ 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


August 2023 Theme:

Audiobooks that were written in the 20th century (January 1, 1901 - December 31, 2000)

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):

I'm glad I got a few in last month. This will be a harder challenge for me.

August theme: Audiobooks that were written in the 20th century

Start of Month:
Total audiobooks to read: 6
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 1
Total audiobooks read for monthly challenge this year: 11
Total audiobooks read this year: 52

Books in category:


FINISHED:

End of Month:
Total audiobooks read this month: 6
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 0
Total audiobooks read for monthly challenge this year: 11
Total audiobooks read this year: 58

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

Monthly Audiobook Challenge: August 2023

Task: Audiobooks that were written in the 20th century (January 1, 1901 - December 31, 2000)

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 5
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 1-2

FINISHED
Books in category:
Review Here

Books not in category:


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 45
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 1

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

IN! 😁

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 20
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 5

In Category:

- not McCammon's best - 3 stars
- entertaining - 4 stars
- Ok, but think I'm done with the series for now - 3 stars
- not bad but movie better - 3 stars
- good but not his best - 3 stars
- challenge re-read - 3 stars
- another challenge re-read - 3 stars
- boooooooring! - 2 stars
- another ok Greene - 3 stars
- ok, but a little moody for my tastes - 3 stars
- fabulous! - 5 stars
- on re-read upped from 1 star to 2...
- still enjoyed this one - 4 stars
- really good but product of its time - 4.5 stars
- upon re-read still not for me - 1 star
- still charming on re-read - 4 stars
- excellent collection - 4 stars
- written in 20th century, published in 21st1 - 3 stars
- had some great moments, but also a lot of dull for such a short book - 3 stars


Not in category:

- murderbot is always awesome - 4 stars
- meh, ok I guess - 3 stars
- masterclass in how to write boring time travel! - 2 stars
- awesome spin-off so far! - 4 stars
- entertaining! - 3.5 stars
- loved the story, hated the characters - 3 stars
- enjoyed it and was engaged throughout - 4 stars
- fun but second half fizzled - 3 stars
- meh - 2.5 stars
- too overwrought for my tastes - 2 stars
- Palin is always fun - 4 stars
- enjoyable despite being predictable and schmaltzy - 4 stars
- Austen shows her wicked side - 4 stars
- re-read - 2 stars
- not bad, but child POV sounded adult - 3 stars
- hoped for more - 3 stars
- had issues, but still want to go for a walk - 3 stars
- Not the right format - 3 stars
- Had its moments - 3 stars
- really good! - 4 stars
- 3rd read, still great. - 5 stars


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: (245 in Jan-jul) + 41
Audiobooks in monthly category read: (56 in Jan-Jul) + 19


MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):

This is going to take some sorting. :)
Task: Audiobooks that were written in the 20th century (January 1, 1901 - December 31, 2000)

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 10
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 5

Books in category:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

FINISHED


End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 148
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 45

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):
In Category
Life, the Universe and Everything An amazing look into life, the world around you and the mysteries of space as well as the mysteries of the world. The fact that Arthur gets fobbed off again and again by so many of the other characters but also his own stupidity at times it really shows the differences. I loved this book it was so much better than the last and seeing Arthur grow in so many ways and the chaos of the lives intertwining was amazing. I hope that the strengths from this book grows more.

Out of Category
The Stars Have Eyes
I absolutely loved this book. It is so very different to Everybody Loves Large Chests and yet has so much personality. Mags and Jo are such amazingly aware and dense people at the same time the chaos of her coming to his realm was enthralling. A romance story of a very different nature but the social commentary and English nature really had me enjoying every minute.
Soundbooth Theatre did an amazing job bringing it to life for audio. I am so glad that it is available to more people who may not know of Royal Road.

Well, I think I'm going to forgo this months challenge. After reviewing my to-read list (all 242 books), only a handful or so were written in the 20th century. I will, of course, check in during the month to check out what everyone else is reading. Hopefully, I can find some good stuff to add to my list. Good luck everyone and have fun😊

Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read: 10
Audiobooks in monthly category to read: 3

Books in category:
Small Gods -- Published in 1992
Flowers in the Attic -- Published in 1979
Men at Arms -- Published in 1993
My Sweet Audrina -- Published in 1982
Mort -- Published in 1987
Sourcery -- Published in 1988


FINISHED
Small Gods -- Published in 1992
Flowers in the Attic -- Published in 1979
Men at Arms -- Published in 1993
My Sweet Audrina -- Published in 1982
Mort -- Published in 1987
Sourcery -- Published in 1988

End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year: 68
Audiobooks in monthly category read: 6

MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):
Obviously I had a type of book that I liked to read for this challenge!
If you like a humorous fantasy series then I recommend Mort
If you prefer a scandalous page-tuner go for Flowers in the Attic

Just back from my holiday travels, but I am (have been ;) in.

Will update next week. :)

hope you had a fab time! 😁

Sammy wrote: "hope you had a fab time! 😁"

Yes, it was super relaxed/relaxing, though not very audiobook-friendly, as my family kept wanting to talk to me. ;) (Tiresome MEN :D)

So now I have sent them away from home and am on an audible rampage. ;)
(Marauding Monsters also gave me a necessary push to get out of the voluntary holiday reading slump ;)

End of Month
Books in category: 3

FINISHED: 3 and these are also my recommendations.

The Great Siege: Malta 1565 by Ernle Bradford - originally published January 1, 1961.
This book was included for free in the Audible Plus Catalogue, and despite being biased and glossing over some negative facts about the Order of the Knight Hospitallers, it was super captivating and exciting, like listening to a docu drama.
Narrator Simon Vance was great.

2-3
(1st published January 1, 1966) and (1st published January 1, 1969) by Dorothy Dunnett

Actually I was mostly reading these books on kindle, but occasionally switched to the audiobook because of the narrator's (David Monteath) lovely Scottish accent.

I find this whole historical fiction series (the Lymond Chronicles) magnificent: the books are erudite and demanding your full attention, but absolutely worth it.

I failed this one. Only read 4 books in August and they were all fairly recent :(

I also failed, Karen. I found 13 that would fit the challenge and listened to 6 other books that did not. Fortunately, there's always next month.