"Open the pod bay doors, HAL." ~ 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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A friend of mine at Books for Soldiers.com sent this message today. I have books collected to send and a box big enough to send them. If you have any books you don't need and you would like to donate, please bring them Friday night to the TMA Band Pot Luck Dinner (or any other time you think you might see me) and I shall add your books to the box. Looks like a good cause.

I noticed my booklist looks like too many classics and 'girlie' books. We need some Tom Clancey, World War II, Westerns and mayhem. Stuff getting blown up and all. Books on Christian subjects are great, too!

Hi Bookworm!

I have been writing and sending books to a soldier, Caleb, who is helping establish a 'library'at a remote base camp in Afghanistan. It is Camp Phoenix and there are 1,800 personnel there, mostly men. I wonder if you would be willing to send up a box or two, for their library?

They don't have the best access to the internet, so I thought I would request for them. I believe they are unaware of the "We've Got Books Ready to Ship" section on the BFS board.

Please let me know if you decide to do this, I will post the information in their thread under the Afghanistan posts.

Sandra

Dear Sandra,

I have the following books to send and may be able to add more within the next few days. Tell the guys, "Books are on their way!"

Houdini
The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini
Empire of the Ants
The Three Musketeers
My Life: Bill Clinton
Son of the Wilderness: John Muir
London Fields (Amis)
The Club Dumas (mystery)
The Count of Monte Cristo
From Sea to Shining Sea
The Grapes of Wrath
All the Presidents' Pets (Mo Rocca)
In the Lake of the Woods (Tim O'Brien)
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales (Michael Chabon)
Chasing the Devil's Tail (mystery)
The Fencing Master (mystery)
The Dante Club (NY Times bestseller, mystery)
The Alienist (mystery)
Travels With Charley (Steinbeck)
The Templars (non-fiction)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Bear in the Attic (humorous essays)
Surprised by Joy (C.S. Lewis)
The Purpose Driven Life
A Certain Justice (P.D. James) mystery ~ New York Times Bestseller
L.A. Dead (Stuart Woods) ~ New York Times Bestseller
Frankenstein/Dracula/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (three novels in one book)

Sandra, I am also sending, free of charge, the cat you see in this picture. I bet the guys will love him and this cat can dig holes in sand like you wouldn't believe.

Kerri