Whatever is getting in between you and that pile of untouched reading material growing on your nightstand can’t follow you to Carpenter Hotel. This Wednesday, you can tell everyone you’re busy and sink into the dangerously comfortable furniture offerings at Records to Read to while getting to know a local author and hearing some of the music that inspires their work. Jenny Tinghui Zhang joins this month’s edition, sharing words and tunes ahead of the February release of her second novel. – Caroline Drew