The Audiobook Challenge is back for 2019!
Join Hot Listens and Caffeinated Reviewer for the 7th year of audiobook fun.
Audiobooks are great for those times you want to read but can’t for some reason like driving, doing chores, working out, or just relaxing.
I hope all those new and old junkies can join us once again for The 2019 Audiobook Challenge.
Listening has never been better! Thanks to the continued popularity of Audiobooks just about everything is being published on audio…YAY!
We will hold 2 updates with giveaways. First update will be June 30th, 2019 and the final update will be Dec 15, 2019.
There has never been a better time for reading with our ears 🙂
Challenge Details
- Runs January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019. You can join at anytime.
- The goal is to find a new love for audios or to outdo yourself by listening to more audios in 2019 than you did in 2018.
- Books must be in audio format (CD, MP3, etc.)
- ANY genres count.
- Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed.
- You do not have to be a book blogger to participate; you can track your progress on Goodreads, Facebook, LibraryThing, etc.
- If you’re a blogger grab the button and do a quick post about the challenge to help spread the word. If you’re not a blogger you can help by posting on Facebook or Tweeting about the challenge.
- Updates plus a giveaway will be posted twice during the year. First update in June 30, 2019 and last update in December 15, 2019.
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+
- Marathoner (Look Ma No Hands) 50+
Resources
Audible.com — Check out their new Romance Package
Tantor.com — Great sales, so sign up for their newsletter
Libro.fm — Support local bookstores
Free Resources
Overdrive — through your local library
Audiobook Jukebox — audios for review
Hoopla — through your local library
Librivox — public domain works
Join us!
Melanie Simmons
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34 Comments
Excited to be hosting with you!
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Looking forward to another year! I hit my all time high this year and will aim for more next year!
I was down this year. I hope to be back up next year.
I’m so glad this is continuing! I love the challenge.
I’m glad you enjoy it. I hope you find several great listens in 2019.
I’m in for Marathoner again 🙂
Glad to have you back. 🙂
Yay! Love this challenge.
I do too. I hope you find some great listens, which I’m sure you will. You always put new stuff on my radar.
I am in 😀 Audio love for the win!
I’m so glad that we’ve converted you to an audio junkie.
I’ve been listening to fewer audiobooks, but still want to participate, so I’m going for one or two a month.
Nothing wrong with that. I listened to less this year than last year, but I’m hoping to get back up in 2019.
I’m going to go for “Marathoner” again. I’ve reached that goal the last two years so we’ll see if I can keep it up!
Congrats! I hope you find some great listens.
I’ve done well over 100 audiobooks in a year in the past but with job change, my listening time is down. So I’m cutting my goals again in 2019. I think I will shoot for 25 in 2019 since I will be focusing on tackling my print and ebook TBRs in 2019.
With my new job, I can listen a lot, but not quite as much as my previous job. I’m down a little bit this year. I hope to get more in next year.
I’m definitely in. Marathoner! Thanks for hosting, Loupe, Melanie, and Kimberly!
Glad to have you, both in the challenge and posting some reviews here.
I can’t decide if I should enter this just to keep track of the audiobooks I listen to, or if it will just stress me out. But I’m thinking about it!
I don’t do a lot of challenges for exactly this reason. We’re pretty laid back here. I hope you decide to join us.
Newbie to the challenge. Marathoner for the level! Excited to join in the fun!
Glad to have you join us this year. I hope you find some really great listens in 2019
I am joining this year :). After already listening to two audiobooks this year (and both in the last month or so), I hope to listen to even more in 2019, so that’s going to be one of my goals for 2019. I just linked up my sign-up post. Thanks for hosting this challenge!
Woohoo! I’m so glad that you’re joining us this year. I love being an audiobook enabler. I hope you find some great listens.
Signing up again for Chapter Break! Our sign up post will be up soon. Using my GR shelf for now 🙂
That works. I’m glad to have you back. I hope you find some great listens. Happy New Year.
I am very late here. I am more conservative this year but having fun playing along. Have a good day.
It’s never too late. We will have people signing up all year long. Just check back in around the end of June and the middle of December for prizes.
I forgot to sign up for this challenge but I just realized that most of the books on the reading list for this year were audiobooks so I signed up very late. I have an audible subscription but most of my audiobooks come from our library through Overdrive and Hoopla.
Better late than never. We are glad to have you on board. We will be posting the year-end wrap up shortly.
Where are we posting our update?
The post is going up on the 15th.