I don't talk about this a lot, because this blog is for YA Sleuthering, but my better half wears combat boots. And let me tell you, life can be mighty spartan for soldiers who are serving overseas.
For those of you wanting to bring books to soldiers, check out GalleyCats's list of places you can donate, or share your books (for my writer peeps). Trust me when I say: you'll make someone's day.
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I've sent books over a few times and wonder if now we should outfit each soldier with a Kindle instead.
ReplyDeleteI think they had some stuff on Kindle there too. From what I've heard about the conditions during deployments (sometimes super primitive), I think paper still rules.
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