We're in prime book-readin' time, which means we're about due for another Two Books Enter, One Book Leaves at the Hugo House.

If you're new to the idea, 2BE1BL is a bookish swap meet: Your entry "fee" is two books you've read and loved. The books you bring are added to the tables of books placed all around the Hugo House's cabaret area. For every two books you bring, you get to choose one new-to-you book from the stacks to bring home with you! All the books left over are donated to Friends of the Seattle Public Library, who will sell them at their twice-yearly book sales to raise money for SPL. There will be a bar, with drink specials. And some music.

The drunky book swap fun starts on Thursday, October 13th at 5 pm at the Hugo House. If you want to explain to some random stranger why they should take your book home, we're setting up a recommendation station where you explain on a Post-It exactly why the book you brought is so special. This worked really well last time. Feel free to sit in the Hugo House's cabaret with a drink or two and read through the books you're thinking about bringing home. Hell, feel free to strike up a conversation with a stranger or two about the books you're looking at. These events are always fun, laid-back, and literary. You should come.