[Allegra]

Nobody reads as much as my daughter - and not Stephen King’s drivel, either - but she’s going to join the military next year and insist on going to Iraq.

While a lot of my friends at home are avid readers, the ratio of avid readers among Americans in Iraq (military and civilian alike) is much higher.

It's like a giant book club - books are consumed, recommended, enthusiastically discussed and passed around. When a box of new books arrives, it's like Christmas.

Stephen King is full of elitist, limousine-liberal BS.

[garyhope]

I’ve got plenty of extra books. Any idea where I could send them to our guys and gals on duty in Iraq and Afghanistan?

[Tax-chick]

When my brother was in Saudi Arabia, he said that boxes of books and magazines were the most appreciated deliveries.