Too Busy or Too Lazy To Blog? That is the ...

Question! Today on Sarah's site she links to an interesting article about us bloggers.

In my case, its just work overload. Its that time of the year for taxes, quarterly reports at work, and a few fun projects that have diverted my attention from this here blog. Fear not, I will return with a vengence in the next two weeks as I prepare for the annual trek to UCLA and the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. As always The Mystery Bookstore will hold its annual Pre-LAFOB Party on Friday night and it should be fantastic as always.

Dr. Gischler has promised to allow me to ply him with beer, ABBA and maybe a few dance lessons as well as the special request for this blog (more details to come!)

In the meantime, I promise to post my pics from James Swian and George Pelecanos shortly.

Festival of Books Line-up at the Mystery Bookstore Tent

Here it is....

LA Times FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
SATURDAY, APRIL 23
10:00 a.m.
MICHAEL GRUBER signs THE WITCH’S BOY
ARTEMIS FOWL: THE OPAL DECEPTION
MARISSA BATT: READY FOR THE PEOPLE
CHRIS HOLMES signs THE GARDEN OF EVIL
SUSAN KANDEL signs I DREAMED I MARRIED PERRY MASON

11:00 a.m.
BRAD GEAGLEY signs YEAR OF THE HYENAS
LEE GOLDBERG signs DIAGNOSIS MURDER #4: THE WAKING NIGHTMARE
TOD GOLDBERG signs LIVING DEAD GIRL
SCOTT FROST signs RUN THE RISK
CRAIG JOHNSON signs THE COLD DISH
LESLIE KLINGER signs THE NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Complete Short Stories

12:0O NOON
STUART WOODS signs TWO-DOLLAR BILL
ALLAN FOLSOM signs THE EXILE and other titles
GENE RIEHL signs SLEEPER
DAVID WOLSTENCROFT signs GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS
MARK HASKELL SMITH signs DELICIOUS

1:00 p.m.
P. J. TRACY signs DEAD RUN
ROBERT CRAIS signs THE FORGOTTEN MAN
GREGG ANDREW HURWITZ signs THE PROGRAM and other titles
GARY PHILLIPS signs THE COCAINE CHRONICLES and other titles
BARBARA SERANELLA signs UNPAID DUES and other titles

2:00 p.m.
JUDITH ALEXANDER signs RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, by Bruce Alexander
CARA BLACK signs MURDER IN CLICHY
ALAN FURST signs DARK VOYAGE and other titles
LAURA LEVINE signs KILLER BLONDE
ROBERT LEVINSON signs ASK A DEAD MAN
JOHN MORGAN WILSON signs MOTH AND FLAME and other titles

3:00 p.m.
JERRILYN FARMER signs THE FLAMING LUAU OF DEATH
TOM NOLAN signs THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR: Collected Short Mysteries by Margaret Millar JOANNE FLUKE signs PEACH COBBLER MURDER
DENISE HAMILTON signs LAST LULLABY and other titles
KATHERINE SHEPHARD signs BETRAYED BY SILENCE

4:00 p.m.
PETER CRAIG signs BLOOD FATHER
JIM FUSILLI signs HARD, HARD CITY
T. JEFFERSON PARKER signs CALIFORNIA GIRL
PATRICIA SMILEY signs FALSE PROFITS
NATHAN WALPOW signs THE MANIPULATED

5:00 p.m.
D. W. BUFFA signs BREACH OF TRUST
JOSEPH BADAL signs TERROR CELL
JAMES DALESSANDRO signs 1906: A Novel
VLADIMIR LANGE signs FATAL MEMORIES
SCOTT PHILLIPS signs COTTONWOOD and other titles

SUNDAY, APRIL 24
10:00 a.m.
JOE BADAL signs TERROR CELL
JAN BURKE signs BLOODLINES
LEE GOLDBERG signs DIAGNOSIS MURDER #4: THE WAKING NIGHTMARE and other titles
MICHAEL GRUBER signs THE WITCH’S BOY
PAULA WOODS signs DIRTY LAUNDRY and other titles

11:00 a.m.
VICTOR GISCHLER signs SUICIDE SQUEEZE
JIM FUSILLI signs HARD, HARD CITY
TOD GOLDBERG signs LIVING DEAD GIRL
CRAIG JOHNSON signs THE COLD DISH
SCOTT PHILLIPS signs COTTONWOOD
MARK HASKELL SMITH signs DELICIOUS

12:00 NOON
JUDITH ALEXANDER signs RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
JAMES DALESSANDRO signs 1906: a Novel
CASEY DORMAN signs I, CARLOS
BILL FITZHUGH signs HIGHWAY 61 RESURFACED
ERIC STONE signs WRONG SIDE OF THE WALL: The Life of Blackie Schwamb, the Greatest Prison Baseball Player of All Time
DAVID WOLSTENCROFT signs GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS

1:00 p.m.
CARA BLACK signs MURDER IN CLICHY
JERRILYN FARMER signs THE FLAMING LUAU OF DEATH
RUTH FRANCISCO signs GOOD MORNING, DARKNESS
DENISE HAMILTON signs LAST LULLABY
HARLEY JANE KOZAK signs DATING IS MURDER
PATRICIA SMILEY signs FALSE PROFITS

2:00 p.m.
ANNE PERRY signs LONG SPOON LANE
JUDITH ALEXANDER signs RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
LYN HAMILTON signs THE MOAI MURDERS
VICTORIA HOUSTON signs DEAD JITTERBUG
DAVID ROSENFELT signs BURY THE LEAD
JOHN MORGAN WILSON signs MOTH & FLAME and other titles

3:00 p.m.
MARY HIGGINS CLARK signs NO PLACE LIKE HOME
CAROL HIGGINS CLARK signs BURNED
JOANNE FLUKE signs PEACH COBBLER MURDER
CAROLINA GARCIA-AGUILERA signs LUCK OF THE DRAW and other titles
KELLY LANGE signs DEAD FILE and other titles

4:00 p.m.
PETER ABRAHAMS signs OBLIVION and DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
LIBBY FISCHER HELLMANN signs AN IMAGE OF DEATH and other titles
TERRILL LEE LANKFORD signs EARTHQUAKE WEATHER
ROB ROBERGE signs MORE THAN THEY COULD CHEW
NATHAN WALPOW signs THE MANIPULATED