At Seattle Mystery Bookshop, Timothy Hallinan signs his book Breathing Water. The first sentence of the press release describing Breathing Water says "The chance to write a biography of a political and financial Thai big shot makes Poke Rafferty's mouth water." Sold!

Two readings at Town Hall tonight. Dr. Donald C. Johanson, who is a "pioneering paleoanthropologist," reads from his book Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins. And also Ray C. Anderson is the author of a book titled Confessions of a Radical Industrialist: Profits, People, Purpose—Doing Business By Respecting the Earth. This is a title which doth protest too much.

Lauren Weber's dad was cheap and now Lauren Weber is cheap. She has written In Cheap We Trust: The Story of a Misunderstood American Virtue, which is not a particularly affordable book, and will be reading at Elliott Bay Book Company.

Julie Whitesel Weston reads at Ravenna Third Place tonight. The Good Times are All Gone Now is about how a town went to shit.

Pilot Books is hosting a free class tonight "for queer and trans folks who want to create, experiment, and build a supportive community around composition." It uses a "radical writing model."

And the reading of the night is at University Book Store. Ryan Boudinot reads from Misconception. I wrote about that in this week's book section:

"I imagined myself whittling a stick" while writing the novel, Boudinot says. "You reach a point in whittling where you sort of try to determine when it's the maximum sharpness it can ever possibly be, but if you keep whittling past that point, you're going to run out of stick."

Misconception is a flawed novel, but Boudinot is an amazing writer and a very good reader of his own work and you should go to this reading.

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.