UPDATE: A Non-Literary Moment, With A Bookish Connection

The Significant Other and I made a donation last night for the relief teams dealing with the aftermath of the Indian Ocean earthquake. The only reason I bring it up is to tell you about the set of links Conversational Reading has posted to notable charities that could use a little something from you right now, if you haven't already donated--although, in all honesty, I like to think of you as an audience that was way ahead of us on this one...

And though I've been riding Amazon pretty hard about their extensive contributions to Republican electoral candidates in recent weeks, I'm more than glad to pass along the news that the online retailer has already $3.8 million for the Red Cross through donation links on their homepage. And counting...