2021 Audiobook Challenge

One of the few challenges I’m letting myself do this year is the 2021 Audiobook Challenge. And now that July is about done, I’ve finally carved out the time to write up my mid-year check-in. Whoops.

By my count, from January-June, I listened to 49 audiobooks (well, 48 and one DNF)—25 that were first-listens and 24 that I’ve read the text version of and wanted to revisit. I haven’t had a chance to write something about all of the first-listens, and have only written a little about the re-reads (but that’s typical). So, yeah…I’m behind. But, hey, that’s where I am.

First-“Reads”/Listens

bullet Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
bullet Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods by Rick Riordan; read by Jesse Bernstein
bullet Blood Trail by C. J. Box; read by David Chandler (my post about it)
bullet Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan; read by Madeleine Maby (my post about it)
bullet Paper: Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky; read by Andrew Garman (my post about it)
bullet The Rags of Time by Peter Grainger; read by Gildart Jackson (my post about it)
bullet You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar (my post about it)
bullet Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke; read by J.D. Jackson
bullet Below Zero by C. J. Box; read by David Chandler (my post about it)
bullet Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures by Stephen Fry
bullet Sworn to Silence by Kate Burkholder; read by Kathleen McInerney
bullet The Miracle Pill by Peter Walker
bullet The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling; read by: Narrated by: Warwick Davis, Noma Dumezweni, Jason Isaacs, Jude Law, Evanna Lynch, Sally Mortemore, Bonnie Wright
bullet Time and Tide by Peter Grainger; read by Gildart Jackson
bullet The Writer’s Library by Nancy Pearl & Jeff Schwager; read by Nancy Pearl, Jeff Schwager, Xe Sands, Dominic Hoffman, Eileen Stevens, Piper Goodeve, Andrew Eiden, Lameece Issaq, Rick Adamson, JD Jackson, Ryan Do, Timothy Andrés Pabon, Emily Woo Zeller, Richard Ford, Luis A. Urrea, Vendela Vida, Laurie Frankel, and Siri Hustvedt(my post about it)
bullet Junkyard Bargain by Faith Hunter; read by Khristine Hvam (my post about it)
bullet A Man With One of Those Faces by Caimh McDonnell; read by Morgan C. Jones
bullet The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics by Tim Harford
bullet Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie; read by Cris Dukehart
bullet The Authorities by Scott Meyer; read by Luke Daniels
bullet Nowhere to Run by C. J. Box; read by David Chandler
bullet Creature Feature by Steven Paul Leiva; read by Seamus Dever and Juliana Dever(my post about it)
bullet Scarface and the Untouchable Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago  by Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz; read by Stefan Rudnicki, Max Allan Collins & A. Brad Schwartz
bullet OCDaniel by Wesley King; read by Roman De Campo
bullet In This Bright Future by Peter Grainger; read by Gildart Jackson (my post about it)
bullet The Salvage Crew by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne; read by Nathan Fillion (my post about it)

Re-“Reads”/Listens

bullet Highfire by Eoin Colfer; read by Johnny Heller (my post about the non-audio version)
bullet Orphan X by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz; read by Scott Brick (https://irresponsiblereader.com/2018/01/22/orphan-x-by-gregg-hurwitz/)
bullet Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire; read by Mary Robinette Kowal (my post about the non-audio version)
bullet Game of Cages by Harry Connelly; read by Danial Thomas May
bullet Fated by Benedict Jacka; read by Gildart Jackson (my post about the non-audio version)
bullet He Drank, and Saw the Spider by Alex Bledsoe; read by Stefan Rudnicki (my post about it)
bullet The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan; read by Jesse Bernstein
bullet Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs; read by Lorelei King (my post about the non-audio version)
bullet The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire; read by Robinette Kowal (my post about the non-audio version)
bullet Cursed by Benedict Jacka; read by Gildart Jackson (my post about the non-audio version)
bullet Circle of Enemies by Harry Connolly; read by Daniel Thomas May
bullet No Country for Old Gnomes by Delilah S. Dawson & Kevin Hearne; read by Luke Daniels (my post about the non-audio version)
bullet Slow Horses Mick Herron; read by Gerard Doyle (my post about the non-audio version)
bullet The Next to Last Stand Craig Johnson; read by George Guidall (my post about the non-audio version)
bullet Skinwalker by Faith Hunter; read by Khristine Hvam
bullet The Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire; read by Mary Robinette Kowal (my post about the non-audio version)
bullet Blood Cross by Faith Hunter; read by Khristine Hvam
bullet Taken by Benedict Jacka; read by Gildart Jackson (my post about the non-audio version)
bullet Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter; read by Khristine Hvam
bullet All Creatures Great and Smallby James Herriot; read by Christopher Timothy
bullet Chosen by Benedict Jacka; read by Gildart Jackson (my post about the non-audio version)
bullet Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter; read by Khristine Hvam
bullet The Hum and the Shiverby Alex Bledsoe; read by Emily Janice Card and Stefan Rudnicki
bullet Ink & Sigilby Kevin Hearne; read by Luke Daniels (my post about the non-audio version)
bullet Dad is Fatby Jim Gaffigan (my post about the non-audio version)