"Book News" If you plan to be anywhere near Washington D.C. on September 30th, the Library of Congress & Laura Bush invite you to the National Book Festival. The Festival will be held from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on the National Mall between 7th and 14th Streets. 70 well-known authors and poets will discuss their works in various pavilions divided by Children's authors, Mysteries and Thrillers, Teens & Children, History & Biography, Fiction & Fantasy, Home & Family and Poetry. Festival attendees can have books signed by their favorite authors. Some of the particpating authors include best-selling novelist Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, historians Taylor Branch and Doris Kearns Goodwin; Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bob Woodward, novelists Geraldine Brooks and Julia Glass; Teen and Children's authors, Andrew Clements, Louis Sachar, Richard Peck and many more. You can find more information on the LIbrary of Congress website, www.loc.gov. September is here and we are back with our brand-new Beyond the Best Seller List. End of the Story by Peter Abrahams is an interesting selection. It's a psychological thriller about a writer whose life turns upside down after taking a job teaching writing at a prison. Sounds interesting. Another interesting new novel is Golden Country by Jennifer Gilmore. And, of course, I am reading The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards, preparing to discuss it on Wednesday, September 27th at 7:30 in the Library's Plaut Conference Room as the kick-off for this year's "Reader's Choice" book discussion group. I would love to hear other reader's opinions of this novel. Keep reading and of course don't forget to go "Beyond the Best Seller".