Audiobooks - Free & Paid

If you enjoy audiobooks, add a visit to Audible to your to-do list.  Their service (powered by Amazon) allows you to download thousands of audiobooks to your smartphone, mp3 player, or even your Kindle.  You can purchase audiobooks like The Hunger Games at regular prices (between $20 & $30 a piece) or you can become a subscriber and download a book each month (along with some other perks) for a monthly fee of $14.95. 

That said, if you're into the classics (or have to read one for class), such as A Tale of Two Cities or Pride & Prejudice, you can get those audiobooks for the low, low price of FREE.  For a great list of most of the free titles available on Audible, check out this article from Open Culture. 

Audible is a great site to visit if you're better at listening to those AR books than you are at actually reading them.

P.S. - Just want free audiobooks?  Try LibriVox!

Red Ribbon Week

It's Red Ribbon Week - which is not just a week to dress up in crazy outfits and win prizes for wearing arm bands.  It's a week to remember that drugs are not the answer to problems.  They only cause more trouble for those who use them, for friends and family members of users and for the unsuspecting victims of drug-related crimes.  It's also about saying "no" to all drugs - the cocaine off the streets and the prescription pills you find in the cabinet at home, the heroine from a drug dealer and the marijuana from a friend of a friend. The consequences of drugs use are the same - no matter the drug and no matter the source.

Take a few minutes this week and take a look at that armband you were given and reflect on this story of where Red Ribbon Week came from courtesy of http://www.imdrugfree.com.

The Story Behind the Symbol

Enrique "Kiki" Camarena grew up in a dirt-floored house with hopes and dreams of making a difference.