Hugo House is hosting the Crab Creek Review release party. This is reputed to be a "literary entertainment show." Michael Rosen reads at Third Place Books. What Else But Home? Seven Boys and an American Journey Between the Projects and the Penthouse is a book that seems to be a "feel-good" story by a foster father.

R.A. Salvatore is at University Book Store. Apparently, in Salvatore's newest fantasy novel The Ghost King: Transitions, Book III, "the Spellplague ravages Faerûn" and "Drizzt finds himself facing his most powerful and elusive foe, the twisted Crenshinibon." All of this sounds to me like a very drunk man trying to give financial advice.

Two big events at Town Hall tonight. David Owen reads from Green Metropolis, which is about how living in cities is greener than living in the country. And James Ellroy reads at Town Hall, too. Blood's a Rover is his newest. I enjoy Ellroy's fiction a great deal, but his public persona bugs the hell out of me. Wikipedia seems to think that his conservative politics and braggadocio are put-ons. I'm not so sure.

And at Elliott Bay Book Company, it's time for Sister Spit. Michelle Tea, who is, as the blogging kids say, "teh hotness," reads with several other up-and-coming authors. Sister Spit shows are always entertaining and if you go tonight you're sure to fall in love with a new author. If atheism isn't your thing, this is the reading of the night.

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.