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	Jesus in Fiction What Do I Read Next? Forthcoming Titles On Display This Month Literary Events This Month

What Do I Read Next?

Located at the back of the Information Desk is a treasure trove of resources to help you answer that burning question: What do I read next? Among many others, the aptly titled What Do I Read Next?: A Reader's Guide to Current Genre Fiction is a rich tool for finding the next good read, whether it's mystery, romance, western, fantasy, horror, science fiction, historical, inspirational or popular fiction. What Do I Read Next? is published annually. Each section is compiled by an expert in that genre, and begins with an essay that overviews the past year's offerings - which usually includes a handy list of recommended titles - followed by the listings themselves, arranged by author. The listings provide: title; author; story type; subject(s); major characters; time period(s); locale(s); summary; where it's reviewed; other books by the same author; and other books you might like. You don't have to be strictly a genre reader to get a lot out of What Do I Read Next? Nine indexes will help you ferret out what interests you. Use the indexes to search by character description, time period, or geographic location, for example. Also, the popular fiction section contains titles not usually considered to belong to a traditional genre. Ask for What Do I Read Next? at the Information Desk.

Forthcoming Titles

FICTION Can You Keep a Secret? Sophie Kinsella On a return flight from a disappointing business meeting, Emma divulges embarrassing secrets to the man sitting next to her. When she returns to work the next day she discovers that her new boss is none other than her neighbor on the plane. By the author of the Shopaholic series. 3rd Degree by James Patterson A wave of violent incidents linked to terrorism in San Francisco has the Women's Murder Club working overtime to find out who is responsible before it's too late. A Hole in Texas by Herman Wouk Wouk's first fiction book in ten years is the story of a scientist who finds himself in the middle of a media blitz when the Chinese make a scientific discovery on a project he abandoned. Divining Women by Kaye Gibbons Mary Oliver is sent to help her aunt through a difficult pregnancy, but finds she must also protect her aunt from her bullying husband. The Full Cupboard of Life : More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith The fifth book in this very popular detective series set in Botswana. NON-FICTION Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart by John Guy A different perspective on this powerful woman based on new and exhaustive research. Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville Leigh Montville brings Ted Williams accomplishments and tragedies to life in this new biography of baseball's greatest hitter.

On Display This Month

Don't miss these displays in the library this month: Out of Your Tree (Genealogy) Lions and Lambs Crime in the Great Outdoors Rex and the City (Dogs) Authors on display: Jack Kerouac John Irving Philip Roth

Literary Events This Month

@ the Library This Month Wednesday, March 24 Writers Unlimited Maynard Room, 7:00 pm Come share original prose and poetry, critique others' writing, and exchange ideas about being published. Friday, April 2 Travel with Me Maynard Room, 7:00 pm Enjoy a lively discussion of Iron and Silk by Mark Salzman led by Jean Goetzke. The book is centered in China where Salzman as a young American English teacher encountered swordsmen, bureaucrats, peasants, intellectuals and other citizens of contemporary China. Click here to sign up: http://www.glenview.lib.il.us/programform.html or call 847/729-7500 ext. 112. Monday, April 5 Monday Afternoon Book Discussion GPL Conference Room, 1:00 pm The Chili Queen by Sandra Dallas. Monday, April 12, Monday Evening Book Discussion GPL Conference Room, 7:00 pm Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai. Sunday, April 18 DaVinci Code: What's Fact? Fiction? Maynard Room, 2 PM Jim Kenney, Executive Director of Common Ground, provides background information and help to decide where the fact/fiction line lies in Dan Brown's runaway bestseller. Click here to sign up: http://www.glenview.lib.il.us/programform.html or call 847/729-7500 ext. 112. Glenview and Chicagoland March 26-27, 2004 The 8th Illinois Authors Book Fair Illinois State Library in Springfield On Saturday March 27th, more than thirty Illinois authors will sign their books for patrons and participate in various workshops and discussion groups between 10 am and 3 pm. A number of events will be held for children. More information at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/w hats_new/2004bookfair.html Wednesday, March 31 Author Reading and Book Talk NSLS Literary Circle, Glenbrook South High School, 4000 West Lake Avenue, Glenview, 7:30-9 pm Walter Dean Myers, Newbery Honoree, National Book Award Finalist, and Coretta Scott King Author Award recipient, will discuss the Special Art of Writing Young Adult Fiction. For more information, call (847) 353-7143. Thursday, April 15 Book Talk Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Evanston, 2:00 PM The Sharpest Sight by Louis Owens Information available at: The Mitchell Museum. Tuesday, April 27 Author Reading Newberry Library,60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610, 1:30 p.m. Author: Alexander McCall Smith. The Kalahari Typing School for Men is the fourth in a series about Mma. Precious Ramotswe, who, at least recently, ran the only detective agency in town. The author will also discuss The Full Cupboard of Life, the brand- new fifth book in the series.br> For information call 312-255-3520 or e-mail newberrybooks 1@msn.com. Continuing The Chicagoland Nextbook Writers Series The 2003-04 series includes appearances by Amos Oz, Myla Goldberg, and Rebecca Goldstein, as well as dramatic performances of stories by Delmore Schwartz and I.B. Singer. Nextbook Chicagoland is a project of Nextbook, the Chicago Public Library, and the North Suburban Library System. http://www.nextbook.org/localprogra ms/chicago_writersseries.html.