It's kind of a weird day in reading land.

At 2 pm today at the U Village Barnes & Noble, Mike Gastineau, Steve Rudman and Art Thiel will read from The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists. According to my List of Facts Pertaining to The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists, this is the thousandth reading for this title in the last month, which is a momentous occasion.

Up at Third Place Books, Edward Nixon, who is Richard Nixon's youngest brother, reads from his new book The Nixons : A Family Portrait. I've read a ton of books about Richard Nixon, and I don't think I even knew he had a little brother. Here is a blurb from the book's website:

No other President has been tested as Richard Nixon was, but he never let adversity weaken his faith and undermine his determination. Now meet the people who journeyed through life with this extraordinary man and helped him build his legacy.

You know you want to go.

Theo Pauline Nestor reads from her anthology Ask Me About My Divorce: Women Open Up About Moving On at University Book Store. I'm not the advice guy around here, but you might not want to bring a new significant other to this reading. It could be bad karma.

And Charles Durrett, author of The Senior Cohousing Handbook, reads at Elliott Bay Book Company. It is about how we should build whole neighborhoods for old people. Because they are too old to build them for themselves.

The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here. And if you're planning on staying in and you're looking for personalized book recommendations, feel free to tell me the books you like and ask me what to read next over at Questionland.