No Wallaceblogging this week, but here are two New York-area PALE KING events:

• Thursday, April 14: Public reading starting 10:30pm at WORD Bookstore in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Con: you must preorder the book in order to attend, but pro: They start selling at midnight. I haven't been to a midnight release party since HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS! Also, it seems that anyone can read... hmm
• Friday, April 15: THE PALE KING reading featuring Laura Miller, Lev Grossman and Charles Bock at the Strand. Pro: it's free, and you can't go wrong with the Strand. Con: It's a Friday night, some of us have places to be (in my case, NJ).