Sue Henry reads at Seattle Mystery Bookshop at noon. The End of the Road, in addition to being a great Boyz II Men song, is also a murder mystery starring "Stretch and Maxie."

A few hours later, at the Central Library, William H. Wilson will be reading. Shaper of Seattle: Reginald Heber Thomson's Pacific Northwest is a book about the guy who is responsible for Seattle's infrastructure. Bring all your infrastructure complaints to the Library today. I bet Mr. Wilson will be happy to hear them.

Elliott Bay Book Company hosts Antonio D'Ambrosio with Rocky Votolato tonight. D'Ambrosio, who is a music writer, discusses his latest book A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears. He will be joined by Votolato, who is a singer/songwriter who was the frontman of a group called Waxman, which I hope is a tribute group for the U.S. Representative from California. Votolato will perform the songs of Johnny Cash.

And the Fantagraphics Store is hosting a big party tonight, too. In part, they are celebrating the release of a book called Portable Grindhouse: The Lost Art of the VHS Box. But it's also the third anniversary of the Fantagraphics Store, and they've shipped in a ton of great cartoonists like Femke Hiemstra, the astounding Paul Hornschemeier, and Jay Ryan. And Dame Darcy, who is a force of nature unto herself.

Either the Johnny Cash reading or the Fantagraphics Party look like a great time.

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.