Just a couple of things that may interest you all, as booklovers: The One City: One Book: Nashua Reads title for 2007 has been chosen, and will be announced on Tuesday, December 12, at 7:30 pm by Mayor Streeter at the beginning of that night's aldermanic meeting. You can hop down to City Hall and attend, or watch it on Channel 16 to find out what everyone in town will be reading this winter. In March and April, discussions and other programs relating to the book will be held around town.

This is the fifth year we've done a One City, One Book program. Past titles have included In the Heart of the Sea, The Kite Runner, Travels With Charley, and Empire Falls.

I'm not going to tell you what next year's title is. Okay, I'll give you a clue: it's about someone who seeks justice for all who cannot fight for it themselves. It combines adventure and romance and history and theatrics and humor. When it was nominated, I did not expect to even finish the book, then suddenly I found I'd read 50 pages and was hungry for more.

So you'll just have to stay tuned until December 12 to find out what the selection is!

I also wanted to mention that the next library book discussion will feature A Theory of Relativity by Jacquelyn Mitchard. This will be a live discussion, in the Music/Art/Media Wing of the library, on January 23, at 7 pm. I'll be getting copies of the book in a few weeks. If you want to be notified when they arrive, email me and I'll put you on the book discussion mailing list.

A Theory of Relativity is a novel about a custody battle that ensues when a 24-year-old man attempts to adopt his niece, who is orphaned after the tragic death of her parents.