Earlier this year, I participated in the
March Take Control TBR Challenge with
Caffeinated Book Reviewer, which was not very successful on my part. It was my first monthly reading challenge on my own as a blogger and not directly related to Goodreads and so I lost momentum. Then, today I came across the fifth annual Audiobook Challenge 2017 that
Caffeinated Book Reviewer is co-hosting with
Hot Listens. I've already listened to four audiobooks this year, and am on my fifth so I am already at the Newbie level and very close to Weekend Warrior status so I thought, hey why not join? The challenge started earlier this year and runs through December 31 to either find a new love for audios or outdo yourself by listening to more audiobooks this year than in 2016. There are two updates the hosts will be doing - one on June 30 and one on December 15, 2017, which is when I plan on doing a progress update of my own of which books I've listened to so far and which level I've reached for the challenge.
The levels are:
- Newbie (I'll give it a try) 1-5
- Weekend Warrior (I'm getting the hang of this) 5-10
- Stenographer (can listen while multi-tasking) 10-15
- Socially Awkward (Don't talk to me) 15-20
- Binge Listener (Why read when someone can do it for you) 20-30
- My Precious (I had my earbuds surgically implanted) 30+
- Marathoner (Look Ma No Hands) 50+
I listen to the majority of my audiobooks on
OverDrive through my library membership because it's free. Some books I listen to on
Audible, but since I am also trying to save money I have temporarily put my account on hold until further notice, but not before downloading two books that I will check out at some point this year.
While I don't have a set number of audiobooks I plan to listen to, I am tracking them on my Goodreads shelf called
2017-audiobook-challenge. So far I have listened to
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald,
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn,
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline,
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance, and I am currently listening to
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult.
Be on the lookout for more reviews and updates to come!
This sounds like a ton of fun! I haven't been reading near as much as I would like...
ReplyDeleteSo far it is fun and it's motivating me enough to get through some books - I'm about an hour from finishing Leaving Time.
DeleteI was hesitant to try audiobooks at first but gave in a couple years ago. While it's still not quite the same as actually reading, it allows for multitasking when I have a bunch of chores to get done.