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July 2025 The Listener

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Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ List all of your audiobooks during the month. Earn a badge for your level of participation each month.
π§ Only audiobooks are allowed, but they can be on any platform where audiobooks are found (Audible, Chirp, Scribd, your library site, etc)!
π§ Ebooks are not allowed on this challenge! The same books may not be used in The Listener and in Ebooks Are My Thing!
π§ Level π§
Level Two: 11+ books
12/11+ Completed. Finish
01.You'll Never Find Me-Allison Brennan 7/02/25
02.Fling-Adriana Locke 7/03/25
03.Fluke-Adriana Locke 7/03/25
04.Flaunt-Adriana Locke 7/04/25
05.Flame-Adriana Locke 7/04/25
06.Uncaged-Harper Sloan 7/05/25
07.Here and Now-Corinne Michaels 7/08/25
08.Valpolicella Violet-Traci Andrighetti 7/09/25
09.When We Burn-Kristen Proby 7/11/25
10.Golden Trail-Kristen Ashley 7/14/25
11.Dark Lover-J.R. Ward 7/16/25
12.Holding-Alexandria House 7/18/25

Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Object:Β Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
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1. The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict 5 July 2025 β β β β β
2. Cinder Luna by Marie Soleil 10 July 2025 β β β β β
3. Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine 18 July 2025 β β β
4. Where the Library Hides by Isabel IbaΓ±ez 24 July 2025 β β β
5. The Companion Project by Chelsea Curto β β 30 July 2025






Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
(07/10/25)
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level Two: 11+ books
12/11+
1. Mother's Day Mayhem (Tourist Trap 6.5) Lynn Cahoon (Libby audio) 07/01/25
2. Killer Party (Tourist Trap 9) Lynn Cahoon (Libby audio) 07/02/25
3. G is for Gumshoe (Kinsey Millhone 8) Sue Grafton (Libby audio) 07/02/25
4. A Very Mummy Holiday (Tourist Trap 7.5) Lynn Cahoon (Libby audio) 07/03/25
5. H is for Homicide (Kinsey Millhone 8) Sue Grafton (Libby audio) 07/03/25
6. Memories and Murder (Tourist Trap 10) Lynn Cahoon (Libby audio) 07/04/25
7. Flesh and Bone (The Body Farm 2) Jefferson Bass (Libby audio) 07/05/25
8. Murder in Waiting (Tourist Trap 11) Lynn Cahoon (Libby audio) 07/06/25
9. I is for Innocent (Kinsey Millhone 9) Sue Grafton (Libby audio) 07/07/25
10. Happy Wife Meredith Lavender & Kendall Shores (Libby audio) 07/08/25
11. An Amateur Sleuthβs Guide to Murder (Bainbridge Island Mystery 1) Lynn Cahoon (Hoopla audio) 07/10/25
12. The Rules for Disappearing (The Rules for Disappearing 1) Ashley Elston (Libby audio) 07/10/25

July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
7 of 1-10 Complete
Level One: 1-10 books
πΉοΈBlue Smoke - Nora Roberts - 4 Stars - 7/2/25
πΉοΈTears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith - 4 Stars - 7/6/25
πΉοΈThe Poppy Fields - Nikki Erlick - 5 Stars - 7/11/25
πΉοΈA Dead Draw - Robert Dugoni - 5 Stars - 7/14/25
πΉοΈA Trace Of Smoke - Rebecca Cantrell - 4.5 Stars - 7/19/25
πΉοΈThrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd - Alan Bradley - 4 Stars - 7/23/25
πΉοΈTransfer of Power - Vince Flynn - 5 Stars - 7/25/25

Duration: July 1st, 2025 - July 31st, 2025
π§ Levels π§
Level Two: 11+ books
5/11
1. River Marked Dramatized Adaptation by Patricia Briggs - July 6th
2. All Systems Red Dramatized Adaptation by Martha Wells - July 14th
3. Why We Love (and Hate) Twilight: The Highs and Lows of the Twilight Saga by Sarah Elizabeth Gallagher - July 17th
4. Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn - July 22nd
5. Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time: True Stories from a Career in Hollywood by Barry Sonnenfeld - July 24th






July 2025
Level 1
1. Thin Ice by Paige Shelton 7/2/25
2. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia 7/6/25
3. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall 7/12/25
4. The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 7/13/25
5. White Horse by Erika T. Wurth 7/21/25

July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Level One: 1-10 books
1. Death with All the Trimmings Lucy Burdette 7/1/25
2. Eggnog, Extortion, & Evergreens Tonya Kappes 7/7/25
3. Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect Benjamin Stevenson. 7/11/25
4. A Flair for Chardonnay Deborah Garner 7/20/25

Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books
1. Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
2. Pacific: The Ocean of the Future by Simon Winchester
3. Salamandastron by Brian Jacques
4. The Alice Behind Wonderland by Simon Winchester

Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Audiobooks: 3
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
β’ Where There Was Fire - John Manuel Arias - 09/06/25
β’ Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid - 07/23/25
β’ Inside Qatar: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on Earth - John McManus - 07/28/25

Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books
1. The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson July 2, 2025
2. Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman July 4, 2025
3. I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
July 7, 2025
4. Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
July 13, 2025
5. One of Us Is Dead by Jeneva Rose
July 19, 2025
6. Never Say Never by Danielle Steel
July 21, 2025
7. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman July 26, 2025

Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
1) Treasure Oyinkan Braithwaite 7/8
2) Daisy Darker Alice Feeney 7/14
3) The Hiking Trip Jenny Blackhurst 7/19
4) The Final Wife Jenny Blackhurst 7/27

Duration: 07.01.25-07.31-25
Level One: 1-10 books
10/10
1- Do Not Disturb Freida McFadden 07.02.25 4.5 stars
2- Goodbye Cruller World Ginger Bolton 07.03.25 4 stars
3- Blackout After Dark Marie Force 07.04.25 4 stars
4- Paws to Remember Sofie Kelly 07.06.25 4 stars
5- Temptation After Dark Marie Force 07.10.25 4 stars
6- The Girls in the Snow Stacy Green 07.14.25 4.5 stars
7- Beneath a Bloody Moon Faith Hunter 07.18.25 5 stars
8- Blood, Fangs and Going Furry Faith Hunter 07.21.25 5 stars
9- Off the Grid Faith Hunter 07.23.25 5 stars
10- Booking the Crook Laurie Cass 07.29.25 4 stars,/b>

Level One: 1-10 books
1. Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi - 7/2
2. American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 7/10
3. All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers - 7/12
4. Nightmares! by Jason Segel - 7/15
5. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston - 7/17
6. Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries by Tonya Kappes - 7/18
7. In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren - 7/21
8. What Have We Done by Alex Finlay - 7/23
9. Last Wool and Testament by Molly MacRae - 7/25
10. Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse - 7/28
11. Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey - 7/30

The Listener
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books
1. Doctor Who: Domain of the Voord by Andrew Smith 7/03/25
2. Doctor Who: Blood of the Daleks, Part 1 by Steve Lyons 7/04/25
3. Doctor Who: Blood of the Daleks, Part 2 by Steve Lyons 07/04/25
4. Never a Traitor by Jan Thompson 07/06/25
5. Ghost Ship by Clive Cussler 7/15/25
6. The Quiche and the Dead by Kirsten Weiss 7/16/25
7. Holi Hai! by Chitra Soundar 7/21/25
8. Meow If It's Murder by T.C. LoTempio 7/21/25
9. Phoebe Deane by Grace Livingston Hill 7/27/25
10. The CrΓͺpes of Wrath by Sarah Fox 7/30/25











Level One: 1-10 books
1. Latitudes of Longing: A prizewinning literary epic of the subcontinent, nature, climate and love - 06/07
2. Inheritance of Loss, The: A Novel by Kiran Desai 25/07/25



Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
Completed: 3/1-10
1. The Rescue - Nicholas Sparks 7/8/25
2. Objects of My Affection - Jill Smolinski 7/18/25
3. Weyward - Emilia Hart 7/28/25
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8.
9.
10.

Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
(07/10/25)
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level Two: 11+ books
12/11+
1. Mother's Day Mayhem (Tourist Trap 6.5) Lynn Cahoon (Libby audio) 07/01/25
2. Killer Party (Tourist Trap 9) Lynn Cahoon (Libby audio) 07/02/25
3. G is for Gumshoe (Kinsey Millhone 8) Sue Grafton (Libby audio) 07/02/25
4. A Very Mummy Holiday (Tourist Trap 7.5) Lynn Cahoon (Libby audio) 07/03/25
5. H is for Homicide (Kinsey Millhone 8) Sue Grafton (Libby audio) 07/03/25
6. Memories and Murder (Tourist Trap 10) Lynn Cahoon (Libby audio) 07/04/25
7. Flesh and Bone (The Body Farm 2) Jefferson Bass (Libby audio) 07/05/25
8. Murder in Waiting (Tourist Trap 11) Lynn Cahoon (Libby audio) 07/06/25
9. I is for Innocent (Kinsey Millhone 9) Sue Grafton (Libby audio) 07/07/25
10. Happy Wife Meredith Lavender & Kendall Shores (Libby audio) 07/08/25
11. An Amateur Sleuthβs Guide to Murder (Bainbridge Island Mystery 1) Lynn Cahoon (Hoopla audio) 07/10/25
12. The Rules for Disappearing (The Rules for Disappearing 1) Ashley Elston (Libby audio) 07/10/25

Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ List all of your audiobooks during the month. Earn a badge for your level of participation each month.
π§ Only audiobooks are allowed, but they can be on any platform where audiobooks are found (Audible, Chirp, Scribd, your library site, etc)!
π§ Ebooks are not allowed on this challenge! The same books may not be used in The Listener and in Ebooks Are My Thing!
π§ Level π§
Level Two: 11+ books
12/11+ Completed. Finish
01.You'll Never Find Me-Allison Brennan 7/02/25
02.Fling-Adriana Locke 7/03/25
03.Fluke-Adriana Locke 7/03/25
04.Flaunt-Adriana Locke 7/04/25
05.Flame-Adriana Locke 7/04/25
06.Uncaged-Harper Sloan 7/05/25
07.Here and Now-Corinne Michaels 7/08/25
08.Valpolicella Violet-Traci Andrighetti 7/09/25
09.When We Burn-Kristen Proby 7/11/25
10.Golden Trail-Kristen Ashley 7/14/25
11.Dark Lover-J.R. Ward 7/16/25
12.Holding-Alexandria House 7/18/25

Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
π§ Level Two: 11+ books π§
β 1. When the Earth Was Green | Riley Black | 07.03.25
β 2. Run for the Hills | Kevin Wilson | 07.04.25
β 3. Crown | Evanthia Bromiley | 07.04.25
β 4. Summer Days and Summer Nights | Stephanie Perkins | 07.09.25
β 5. Sunny Side Up | Katie Sturino | 07.13.25
β 6. First-Time Caller | B.K. Borison | 07.14.25
β 7. The Age of Loneliness | Laura Marris | 07.15.25
β 8. Yours Truly | Abby Jimenez
β 9. Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend | M.J. Wassmer | 07.19.25
β 10. El Dorado Drive | Megan Abbott | 07.21.25
β 11. Practical Magic | Alice Hoffman | 07.22.25












The Listener
July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Level One: 1-10 books
1. Death with All the Trimmings Lucy Burdette 7/1/25
2. Eggnog, Extortion, & Evergreens Tonya Kappes 7/7/25
3. Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect Benjamin Stevenson. 7/11/25
4. A Flair for Chardonnay Deborah Garner 7/20/25
FINISHED
July | The Listener
Level One: 1-10 books
Read: 1
1. Lightning Strike William Kent Krueger 7/20/25
July | The Listener
Level One: 1-10 books
Read: 1
1. Lightning Strike William Kent Krueger 7/20/25

July | The Listener
Level Two: 11+ books
1. Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi - 7/2
2. American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 7/10
3. All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers - 7/12
4. Nightmares! by Jason Segel - 7/15
5. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston - 7/17
6. Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries by Tonya Kappes - 7/18
7. In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren - 7/21
8. What Have We Done by Alex Finlay - 7/23
9. Last Wool and Testament by Molly MacRae - 7/25
10. Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse - 7/28
11. Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey - 7/30

1. Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
2. Pacific: The Ocean of the Future by Simon Winchester
3. Salamandastron by Brian Jacques
4. The Alice Behind Wonderland by Simon Winchester

The Listener
July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
7 of 1-10 Complete
Level One: 1-10 books
πΉοΈBlue Smoke - Nora Roberts - 4 Stars - 7/2/25
πΉοΈTears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith - 4 Stars - 7/6/25
πΉοΈThe Poppy Fields - Nikki Erlick - 5 Stars - 7/11/25
πΉοΈA Dead Draw - Robert Dugoni - 5 Stars - 7/14/25
πΉοΈA Trace Of Smoke - Rebecca Cantrell - 4.5 Stars - 7/19/25
πΉοΈThrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd - Alan Bradley - 4 Stars - 7/23/25
πΉοΈTransfer of Power - Vince Flynn - 5 Stars - 7/25/25

Finished!
The Listener
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
1. Doctor Who: Domain of the Voord by Andrew Smith 7/03/25
2. Doctor Who: Blood of the Daleks, Part 1 by Steve Lyons 7/04/25
3. Doctor Who: Blood of the Daleks, Part 2 by Steve Lyons 07/04/25
4. Never a Traitor by Jan Thompson 07/06/25
5. Ghost Ship by Clive Cussler 7/15/25
6. The Quiche and the Dead by Kirsten Weiss 7/16/25
7. Holi Hai! by Chitra Soundar 7/21/25
8. Meow If It's Murder by T.C. LoTempio 7/21/25
9. Phoebe Deane by Grace Livingston Hill 7/27/25
10. The CrΓͺpes of Wrath by Sarah Fox 7/30/25











The Listener
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Audiobooks: 3
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
β’ Where There Was Fire - John Manuel Arias - 09/06/25
β’ Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid - 07/23/25
β’ Inside Qatar: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on Earth - John McManus - 07/28/25

The Listener
July 2025
Level 1
1. Thin Ice by Paige Shelton 7/2/25
2. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia 7/6/25
3. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall 7/12/25
4. The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal 7/13/25
5. White Horse by Erika T. Wurth 7/21/25

The Listener
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
Completed: 3/1-10
1. The Rescue - Nicholas Sparks 7/8/25
2. Objects of My Affection - Jill Smolinski 7/18/25
3. Weyward - Emilia Hart 7/28/25
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

The Listener
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Object:Β Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§π§
1. The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict 5 July 2025 β β β β β
2. Cinder Luna by Marie Soleil 10 July 2025 β β β β β
3. Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine 18 July 2025 β β β
4. Where the Library Hides by Isabel IbaΓ±ez 24 July 2025 β β β
5. The Companion Project by Chelsea Curto β β 30 July 2025






The Listener
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books
1. The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson July 2, 2025
2. Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman July 4, 2025
3. I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
July 7, 2025
4. Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
July 13, 2025
5. One of Us Is Dead by Jeneva Rose
July 19, 2025
6. Never Say Never by Danielle Steel
July 21, 2025
7. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman July 26, 2025
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The Listener
Duration: July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
Object: Listen to audiobooks.
π§ List all of your audiobooks during the month. Earn a badge for your level of participation each month.
π§ Only audiobooks are allowed, but they can be on any platform where audiobooks are found (Audible, Chirp, Scribd, your library site, etc)!
π§ Ebooks are not allowed on this challenge! The same books may not be used in The Listener and in Ebooks Are My Thing!
π§ Levels π§
Level One: 1-10 books
Level Two: 11+ books
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Challenge Rules
*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
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*Each book may only be used for one task or letter.
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.
*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge.
(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)
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