Who doesn't fantasize about the autumn? I know I do! You should use our Audible coupon to sign up for an Audible Free Trial and get some great autumn-based fantasy to enjoy!

I love Diana Gabaldon. I was lucky enough to meet her this past summer and she just couldn't have been more lovely. Which only adds to the wonder and grace of such a great storyteller with so many lovely books. 

I'm listening now to the Drums of Autumn. 

From the description: Twice Claire has used an ancient stone circle to travel back to the 18th century. The first time she found love with a Scottish warrior but had to return to the 1940s to save their unborn child. The second time, 20 years later, she reunited with her lost love but had to leave behind the daughter that he would never see. Now Brianna, from her 1960s vantage point, has found a disturbing obituary and will risk everything in an attempt to change history.

All I want to do is tell you what happens next, but I'll do my best not to spoil it! 

Have you seen any leaves turned golden yet?


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As the weather finally turns a little cooler, and rain comes to town, use our Audible coupon to sign up for an Audible Free Trial and relax and enjoy learning all about rain itself!

I remember being so thrilled every time I got out of school at 3:10pm and it was pouring rain. My walk home from high school was about 1 mile, all downhill, and there was nothing better than autumn days walking home in the soft rain.

Today I downloaded this book: Rain, A Natural and Cultural History. I'm so excited to read it!

From the description: It is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive. It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of all the world's water. Yet this is the first audiobook to tell the story of rain.

How could you not be excited about that?  And if you're not, just wait for the first rainy day to start it, and I'm sure that will help. 

I'll keep you posted on how it's going. I'm excited for this debut book by Cynthia Barnett.

Got your wellies out?


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If your love of football is new, use our Audible coupon to sign up for an Audible Free Trial and begin learning everything you need to know! 

I understand where you're coming from, because I'm pretty new to the game myself. I've been watching with interest for about five years, and following my Jets for about three. 

As I get more familiar each year, I get more interested in different parts of the whole that I've been too novice to focus on until I learned the basics.

For example, this year I'm far more interested in how the head coach, and all the other coaches, influence a team's game on and off the field.  We have a new head coach at the Jets organization, and I'm excited to see how the team lives and breathes with Coach Bowles.  He seems like he keeps things close to the vest, which is a pretty big departure from Rex Ryan.

An that might be just what we need. If we can keep a solid defense, we might just do okay. We won our first game anyway! 

To learn more about coaching, I'm checking out Blood, Sweat and Chalk: Inside Football's Playbook: How the Great Coaches Built Today's Game, by Tim Laden.

How are you getting geared up for the season?


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This book really was fun, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone who reads genre. It's a little scifi, a little futuristic, and a little post-apocalyptic. And a lot awesome.

Melanie is a young and curious girl, who doesn't quite understand her lot in life, but does love Ms. Jastineau, her teacher, with all her might. 

Written by M.R. Carey, it deals with a dystopian future in which most of humanity is wiped out by a fungal infection.

When we meet her, Melanie is in school, even if the school isn't quite like any school I've ever seen. Her teacher tries so hard, but still it doesn't all seem right. 

You'll love the narration, the depth of the characters, and if you sign up using our code, you'll even get it for FREE!

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The book highlighted here is a great way to learn more about the topic of concussions in the NFL. Use our Audible coupon to be signed up for an Audible Free Trial and begin listening today.

There is a lot of talk in the media lately about concussions, brain damage, and the relation to NFL players. The topic came to the forefront with a few suicides by ex-NFL players.

Junior Seau was one of them. A beloved teammate, role model, and family man, he took his own life after years of depression.

The family donated his brain tissue to research and he was diagnosed with CTW, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

The symptoms of the disease, which can only be diagnosed after death, are forgetfulness, suicide ideation, impulsivity, and  depression.

This topic is absolutely fascinating, and for those of us who love both football and science, this topic is really intriguing.

It is currently in the national conversation again as Will Smith is putting out a movie on the topic.

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