2024 Audiobook Challenge Mid-Year Check-in

 

In January I committed to the 2024 Audiobook Challenge run by Caffeinated Reviewer and That's What I'm Talking About! The discussion levels were:

Review: The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

Publisher: Mira

Publication Date: March 3, 2020

Narrated by: Sneha Mathan

Library: For sure!

Synopsis

Vivid and compelling in its portrait of one woman’s struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating, stark and cruel.

Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist—and confidante—to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own…

Review: Me (Moth) by Amber McBride

Me (Moth) by Amber McBride
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date: August 17, 2021
Library: Yup, we have a copy, but I wonder if we should get a discussion set??

Synopsis

Moth has lost her family in an accident. Though she lives with her aunt, she feels alone and uprooted.

Until she meets Sani, a boy who is also searching for his roots. If he knows more about where he comes from, maybe he’ll be able to understand his ongoing depression. And if Moth can help him feel grounded, then perhaps she too will discover the history she carries in her bones.

Review: White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books

Publication Date: September 14, 2021

Library: I listened to it on my library audio app! We've already got it!

Synopsis

Marigold is running from ghosts. The phantoms of her old life keep haunting her, but a move with her newly blended family from their small California beach town to the embattled Midwestern city of Cedarville might be the fresh start she needs. Her mom has accepted a new job with the Sterling Foundation that comes with a free house, one that Mari now has to share with her bratty ten-year-old stepsister, Piper.