2019 Audiobook Challenge Final Update

2019 Audiobook Challenge

Join Hot Listens and Caffeinated Reviewer for the 7th year of audiobook fun.

Challenge Details

• Runs January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019.
• Books must be in audio format (CD, MP3, etc.)
• 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.

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+

Julie’s 2019 Audiobook Challenge:

This Audiobook Challenge is my favorite because you know by now that audiobooks are pretty much the ONLY way I read these days.

My goal:

• Binge Listener (Why read when someone can do it for you) 20-30

End of the year update – well I’m at 17 books. That’s not to my goal. This year I failed. Next year I’ll pick a lower goal haha. Moving is hard. Moving overseas is the hardest. I’ve been working from home remotely, which is fabulous, but that means I don’t commute and that was my biggest listening opportunity. I try to listen while spreadsheeting but for the most part I’m on long calls all day with our clients and co-workers in Texas.

Here’s my 2019 Audiobook Challenge shelf on Goodreads.
My embedded shelf montage:

 Lynn’s 2019 Audiobook Challenge:

I crushed my original goal of Socially Awkward in 2018. But like Julie, I just haven’t had time to sit and read as much as I would prefer. But audiobooks are keeping me sane these days.

My Goal:

• Binge Listener (Why read when someone can do it for you) 20-30

I feel like that’s a reasonable goal, in line with what I listened to in 2018.

End of the year update: I completed 24 audio books for 2019, which is half of the books I read. I’d say that audio is the way to go if dedicated reading time is a challenge.

Here’s my 2019 Audiobook Challenge shelf.