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This is the season when many book festivals are held around the country. It prompts this month's question: What author or book-related events do you attend or participate in? Please check all that apply. Do you ever attend these events with all or some of

October 1, 2009, 186 voters

John Lutz, author of Urge to Kill

Homicide detective Frank Quinn can’t stay retired when there’s a new breed of murdering madman on the prowl. In a city terrorized by bloody brutality, Det. Quinn and his team hunt a psychopath who lures beautiful women into a night of unbridled passion, then wakes them to a vicious, drawn-out death.

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Alan Jacobson, author of Crush

Hoping to find solace from the demons that haunt her, THE 7th VICTIM heroine and renowned FBI profiler Karen Vail makes her first trip to the Napa Valley. But shortly after arriving, a victim is found in the deepest reaches of an exclusive wine cave, the work of an extraordinarily unpredictable serial killer.

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Nevada Barr, author of 13 ½

With 13 ½, Nevada Barr, New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning Anna Pigeon novels, has written a taut and terrifying psychological thriller.

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R.J. Ellory, author of A Quiet Belief in Angels

Growing up in rural Georgia during the 1940s, Joseph Vaughan finds himself at the center of series of mutilations and killings of young girls.

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Shandi Mitchell, author of Under This Unbroken Sky

Building to an unforgettable climax, this is the story of a 1930’s immigrant family trying to survive the harsh Canadian prairies, where small and innocent acts have enormous and catastrophic consequences.

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Michael Walsh, author of Hostile Intent

It starts with the unthinkable --- the most horrific act of violence ever committed on American soil --- and only one man can stop them.

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If you are reading a book for a book group discussion and you do not like it, do you finish it?

September 1, 2009, 629 voters

September 2009

Last week I did something that I have not done in 13 years: I pretty much unplugged. I went on vacation to the Outer Banks, and while I checked email occasionally, I vowed to myself that I really was going to get away without my laptop connected to me like the mouse was a version of an umbilical cord. Now for humor, if you saw the car you would not have believed this. We had four laptops, a desktop and a printer for three people. I kid you not. Let's just say that having those with me was like dragging a security blanket, and for the record, I only take credit for one desktop and one laptop!

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31 Hours by Masha Hamilton

September 2009

In 31 HOURS, Masha Hamilton delivers a novel that is powerful and profound. It’s the story of a young American man who has joined a group of terrorists plotting to blow up parts of the subway system in New York.

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