I can’t believe that this year is almost over. It has been a good year for audiobooks. I’ve listened to 110 audiobooks this year. This is down a bit, but I’ve also listened to seven books that were over 20 hours long. One of those was The Stand by stephen King, which was 47 hours long. So, I’m going to call it a win.
Audible also did a ton of great deals as the celebrated their 20th anniversary. Audible also created the Narrator Hall of Fame and had their first round in inductees. If you haven’t check out the new Narrator Hall of Fame. I know several of my favorites were included and some that are new to me, but I’ll be on the lookout for something from them, for sure. Last, Audible has a new package for romance readers. You get unlimited access to their list of books (look for the R on book page). It is $6.95 per month for members and $14.95 for non-members.
This if the final wrapup 2017 Audiobook Challenge! Special thanks to our co-host Caffeinated Book Reviewer for joining us for this year.
Levels:
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) 30-50
Marathoner (Look Ma no hands) 50+
My list
A big thanks to all the participants. We like to wish you all good luck with the giveaway. Giveaway is open to all who participated in the challenge and can receive the prize from audible.com.
Link your final post and enter the giveaway below courtesy of our co-host Caffeinated Book Reviewer . The winner will be chosen January 1, 2018
A big thanks to the participants!
A big thanks to our Co-host Caffeinated Book Reviewer.
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Here is what I listened to since the last update:
Smoke Screen–Sandra Brown
The Princess Diaries–Meg Cabot
Princess in the Spotlight–Meg Cabot
Little House in the Big Woods–Laura Ingalls Wilder
Lilly’s Big Day and Other Stories–Kevin Henkes
Love You Forever: The Best of Robert Munsch
Dragon of the Red Dawn–Mary Pope Osborne
Monday With a Mad Genius–Mary Pope Osborne
Dark Day in the Deep Sea-Mary Pope Osborne
Little House on the Prairie–Laura Ingalls Wilder
Truly Madly Guilty–Liane Moriarty
The Spiderwick Chronicles 1-5–Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: The Nixie’s Song–Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
The Nix–Nathan Hill
The Apple Orchard–Susan Wiggs
Sun Moon Stars Rain–Jan Cheripko
Will be signing up for next year!
Jamie recently posted…BOOK RIOT’S 2018 READ HARDER CHALLENGE
Great list of books. I hope that you will join us for 2018.
Melanie Simmons recently posted…2018 Audiobook Challenge Sign Up!
Thanks as always for hosting this! My commute would be so stressful without audiobooks. And I’m looking forward to checking out a few that you listened to and liked. 🙂
My road rage is so much better now since I found audiobooks. LOL 😀
Melanie Simmons recently posted…2018 Audiobook Challenge Sign Up!
I hit my all-time high of 70 this year and I think I can still squeeze in a couple more before the year is out.
Loved doing the challenge. Thanks for your part in hosting, Melanie and Loupe! 🙂
Sophia Rose recently posted…2018 Audiobook Challenge Sign Up!
Yay!! I really love this challenge too. I love sharing my love of audiobooks.
Melanie Simmons recently posted…2018 Audiobook Challenge Sign Up!
Oh my so many books and so much listening. I didn’t quite make my goal but close! Thank you for hosting, I really love the challenge and all the love and enthusiasm for audiobooks.
I’m glad you got close. Here’s to many great listens next year.
Melanie Simmons recently posted…2018 Audiobook Challenge Sign Up!
Thanks for hosting this challenge, and again next year! I posted my recap today, and have already started my blog post for 2018.
I’m glad you’ll be joining us again next year.
Melanie Simmons recently posted…2018 Audiobook Challenge Sign Up!
Thanks for hosting – I’ve managed for a couple of years now to knock out 70 or more titles – I jumped into plenty of cozies this year – a nice change!
70+ is a great number. I’ve heard many great things about cozies on audio, but I’ve yet to try them. I swear I will one day.
Melanie Simmons recently posted…2018 Audiobook Challenge Sign Up!
My goal was 50 and I’m at 48 with two weeks left so I should succeed! 🙂
YOu’ll get that number easily, unless you pick a really long book. I listened to The Stand by Stephen King this year at 47 hours. I have 8 books over 20 hours, including The Stand. I loved them all. Well worth my time.
Melanie Simmons recently posted…2018 Audiobook Challenge Sign Up!
My goal was 30-50 and it looks like I hit 56!! WOOHOO 😀 I’m still so thankful for yall, I hadn’t done audiobooks before yall and I’m glad I tried them out because of you gals <333
LilyElement Book Reviews recently posted…New Releases 12/19/2017
What can I say, I’m an enabler. Glad to have you join the ranks of audiobook junkie. 😀
Melanie Simmons recently posted…The Ghoul Vendetta Audiobook by Lisa Shearin (REVIEW)
I posted last week and at that time finished 50 books. I’ve since finished one more and will probably finish another before year’s end! My goal was 52 and I should make it! Thanks for the fun!!
That’s great that you’ll meet your goal. I’ve seen that you’ve had some great reads. I hope you have as many next year.
Melanie Simmons recently posted…2017 Midwinter’s Eve Giveaway Hop
I am soooo behind on reviewing the books I have sitting at 100% currently reading status on Good Reads – 22 books to be exact. I’ll probably end up only star reviewing them before the Good Reads yearly challenge ends. Hopefully, I can get inspired to go back and write quick reviews, but I couldn’t think of what to say on them other than I loved or enjoyed them. Fortunately, I hit my Marathoner goal. Most of them were really good narrators with only a few so-so or not that good narrators. So overall, I feel like it was a very good listening year. Happy 2018 challenge, audiobook junkies! =)
I don’t review all the books I read/listen to. I’m not even good about star rating them. I did “fun” reads for 39 books this year. Some were rereads, some I just didn’t review. I’m so glad that you had so many books with good narrators. Great narrators can really bring up the enjoyment of just okay books. I hope you find just as many great audiobooks in 2018.
Melanie Simmons recently posted…Villains Pride Audiobook by M. K. Gibson (REVIEW)
It looks like the linky is already closed, and I always post my wrap ups on 12/31 since I’m still posting book reviews up until the very end of the year. If you click the link, you’ll find my wrap up post. I made my goal for 12 audiobooks!
Anonymous recently posted…Reading Challenge Wrap Up: New Release Challenge 2017
Augh! Must have forgotten to put my name in there. This was from Mark.
Sorry about that. We must’ve put the wrong time in. I hope you still entered the giveaway.
Melanie Simmons recently posted…Villains Pride Audiobook by M. K. Gibson (REVIEW)
That certainly would explain it. I was rather surprised when I discovered the list wouldn’t let me add my link. I did enter the giveaway yesterday.