Update on 2018 Audiobook Challenge

Audioobook Challenge 2018 Details

• Runs January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018. 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 2018 than you did in 2017.
• 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, 2018 and last update in December 15, 2018

So last year, 2018, I joined the Audiobook Challenge (see above)and challenged myself to listen to 12 books.  I ended up listening to 16 by the end of the year. Right at the end on December 30 I finished my 16th book, The Snowman by Michael Morpurgo, performed by Richard Armitage.

I listen to audiobooks on my commute to and from work, and sometimes on the weekend at home when puttering around the apartment. 

My Updated List - Audiobooks I listened to in 2018:


The Christmas Hirelings - narrated by Richard Armitage

The Snowman (by Michael Morpurgo) - narrated by Richard Armitage

Heads you Win - narrated by Richard Armitage

The Man from St. Petersburg - narrated by Richard Armitage

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - narrated by Jeff Woodman

The Lizard's Bite (Nic Costa Book#4) - narrated by Saul Reichlin

The Sacred Cut (Nic Costa Book #3) - narrated by Saul Reichlin

Their Lost Daughters (Jackman and Evans series) -narrated by Richard Armitage

The Murderer's Son  (Jackman and Evans series) - narrated by Richard Armitage

The Fourth Friend   (Jackman and Evans series) - narrated by Richard Armitage

A Season for the Dead (Nic Costa series) - narrated by Sean Baker

The Tattooist of Auschwitz - narrated by Richard Armitage

The Martian Invasion of Earth (adaptation of The War of the Worlds - audio play) - performed by Richard Armitage and Cast

Wanderlust - narrated by Richard Armitage and Grace Grant

The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter) - narrated by Richard Armitage and Emilia Fox

The Villa of Mysteries (Nic Costa series) - narrated by Christopher Kay

A Quiet Flame (Bernie Gunther series) - narrated by Paul Hecht


The One from the Other (Bernie Gunther series) - narrated by John Lee
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I ended up listening to 18 audiobooks by the end of 2018, exceeding the Audiobook Challenge goal I had set for myself of 12-15.  

I've chosen to highlight the narrators on the list for 2018 because as I listen to more and more audiobooks I'm more and more aware of the difference a good narrator can make.  Especially if, like me, you're listening to books from a book series that have different narrators, as I am with the Nic Costa series (by David Hewson) and the Bernie Gunther series (by Philip Kerr). 

I want to thank my Book Guru and favorite actor and narrator/performer ("fantastic audiobook performer" stuff.co.nz) Richard Armitage for guiding me to discovering two now favorite mystery/thriller writers, David Hewson and Joy Ellis (Jackman and Evans).