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
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods by Rick Riordan; read by Jesse Bernstein
Blood Trail by C. J. Box; read by David Chandler (my post about it)
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan; read by Madeleine Maby (my post about it)
Paper: Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky; read by Andrew Garman (my post about it)
The Rags of Time by Peter Grainger; read by Gildart Jackson (my post about it)
You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar (my post about it)
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke; read by J.D. Jackson
Below Zero by C. J. Box; read by David Chandler (my post about it)
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures by Stephen Fry
Sworn to Silence by Kate Burkholder; read by Kathleen McInerney
The Miracle Pill by Peter Walker
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
Time and Tide by Peter Grainger; read by Gildart Jackson
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)
Junkyard Bargain by Faith Hunter; read by Khristine Hvam (my post about it)
A Man With One of Those Faces by Caimh McDonnell; read by Morgan C. Jones
The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics by Tim Harford
Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie; read by Cris Dukehart
The Authorities by Scott Meyer; read by Luke Daniels
Nowhere to Run by C. J. Box; read by David Chandler
Creature Feature by Steven Paul Leiva; read by Seamus Dever and Juliana Dever(my post about it)
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
OCDaniel by Wesley King; read by Roman De Campo
In This Bright Future by Peter Grainger; read by Gildart Jackson (my post about it)
The Salvage Crew by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne; read by Nathan Fillion (my post about it)
Re-“Reads”/Listens
Highfire by Eoin Colfer; read by Johnny Heller (my post about the non-audio version)
Orphan X by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz; read by Scott Brick (https://irresponsiblereader.com/2018/01/22/orphan-x-by-gregg-hurwitz/)
Night and Silence by Seanan McGuire; read by Mary Robinette Kowal (my post about the non-audio version)
Game of Cages by Harry Connelly; read by Danial Thomas May
Fated by Benedict Jacka; read by Gildart Jackson (my post about the non-audio version)
He Drank, and Saw the Spider by Alex Bledsoe; read by Stefan Rudnicki (my post about it)
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan; read by Jesse Bernstein
Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs; read by Lorelei King (my post about the non-audio version)
The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire; read by Robinette Kowal (my post about the non-audio version)
Cursed by Benedict Jacka; read by Gildart Jackson (my post about the non-audio version)
Circle of Enemies by Harry Connolly; read by Daniel Thomas May
No Country for Old Gnomes by Delilah S. Dawson & Kevin Hearne; read by Luke Daniels (my post about the non-audio version)
Slow Horses Mick Herron; read by Gerard Doyle (my post about the non-audio version)
The Next to Last Stand Craig Johnson; read by George Guidall (my post about the non-audio version)
Skinwalker by Faith Hunter; read by Khristine Hvam
The Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire; read by Mary Robinette Kowal (my post about the non-audio version)
Blood Cross by Faith Hunter; read by Khristine Hvam
Taken by Benedict Jacka; read by Gildart Jackson (my post about the non-audio version)
Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter; read by Khristine Hvam
All Creatures Great and Smallby James Herriot; read by Christopher Timothy
Chosen by Benedict Jacka; read by Gildart Jackson (my post about the non-audio version)
Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter; read by Khristine Hvam
The Hum and the Shiverby Alex Bledsoe; read by Emily Janice Card and Stefan Rudnicki
Ink & Sigilby Kevin Hearne; read by Luke Daniels (my post about the non-audio version)
Dad is Fatby Jim Gaffigan (my post about the non-audio version)