31.   And she was an avid reader and writer.

32.   Anderson, an insurance consultant in Somerville, Mass., is an avid reader who regularly lend books to friends.

33.   Bacon was an avid reader, and his shelves were stocked with Eliot, Yeats, Shakespeare and Aeschylus, not to mention textbooks on medicine and the supernatural.

34.   Avid readers who were concerned that the Internet would mean the demise of printed books can relax now.

35.   Berra was an avid reader of comic books.

36.   Both siblings are avid readers and are conspicuously passionate about art history.

37.   -- he closing months of the year offer avid readers an ideal time for slipping into a nice, cozy novel.

38.   ------ Here are a couple of suggestions from avid readers, one on oil, another on wine.

39.   Bush is an avid reader of the Bible.

40.   Brosius is, in fact, an avid reader.