2009 Audio Book Challenge

Aforementioned J. Kaye hosted the Audio Book Challenge for 2009. I saw it today. The goal: Read at least 12.

I took a final count of what will be finished by Dec. 31st (the deadline to join the challenge). Um, I think I got it. I read/listened to….

75

75! I know!!! Way to go me for taking the bold step and listening to audio at my work desk. It certainly helped make a lot of tasks more enjoyable, while still boosting my reading experience/knowledge. Of those 75,

8 were (adult) Nonfiction

Marley & Me – John Grogan
Who Moved My Cheese? – Spencer Johnson
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says about Us) – Tom Vanderbilt
If Life Were Easy, It Wouldn’t Be Hard – Sheri Dew
Personal Revelation: How to Recognize Promptings of the Spirit – JoAnn Hibbert Hamilton
The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch
Mao: The Unknown Story – Jung Chung
Have a Little Faith – Mitch Albom

14 were (adult) Fiction

For One More Day – Mitch Albom
Peace like a River – Leif Enger
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
Cream Puff Murder – Joanne Fluke
Plum Pudding Murder – JoAnne Fluke
Carrot Cake Murder – Joanne Fluke
Cold Sassy Tree – Olive Ann Burns
My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picoult
The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield
The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen ¬– Syrie James
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet – Jamie Ford
Shanghai Girls – Lisa See
Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens
The Redemption of Sarah Cain – Beverly Lewis

22 were Children’s

Love, Ruby Lavender – Deborah Wiles
Maggie’s Door – Patricia Reilly Giff
Peter Pan – J.M. Barrie
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief – Wendelin Van Draanen
Everything on a Waffle – Polly Horvath
Matilda – Roald Dahl
Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
Chocolate Fever – Robert Kimmel Smith
Ida B – Katherine Hannigan
Frindle – Andrew Clements
Elijah of Buxton – Christopher Paul Curtis
Misty of Chincoteague – Marguerite Henry
The Giver – Lois Lowry
The Bad Beginning – Lemony Snicket
Bud, Not Buddy – Christopher Paul Curtis
Mary Poppins – P.L. Travers
Dragon Rider – Cornelia Funke
The Magician’s Nephew – C.S. Lewis
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There – Lewis Carroll
Chasing Vermeer – Blue Balliett
Heidi – Johanna Spyri

31 were YA fiction

The Fire-Eaters – David Almond
The Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan
Hope Was Here – Joan Bauer
Bloody Jack – Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship’s Boy – L.A. Meyer
Before We Were Free – Julia Alvarez
Counting on Grace – Elizabeth Winthrop
The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts – Richard Peck
Inkheart – Cornelia Funke
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne
Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox – Eoin Colfer
Incantation – Alice Hoffman
Inkspell – Cornelia Funke
London Calling – Edward Bloor
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
Call It Courage – Armstrong Sperry
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy – Gary D. Schmidt
Shakespeare’s Secret – Elise Broach
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Here Lies the Librarian – Richard Peck
The Adoration of Jenna Fox – Mary E. Pearson
Marie, Dancing – Carolyn Meyer
Catherine, Called Birdy – Karen Cushman
All-American Girl – Meg Cabot
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie – David Lubar

And all but 3 were audio books from my local library. Reviews for every one can be found on my GoodReads account. If you are not a member, I highly recommend you becoming one!