Thanks, I'll have to check that out. And I'm not sure what kind of local community he's mourning -- I've very occasionally bumped into someone I know at a bookstore, but it's not as though I've ever been in the habit of striking up conversations with random strangers there.

And thanks to Facebook, I now know more about what people around me are reading and what they think about it than I ever have! It used to be that I'd have a small subset of friends that I talked about, recommended, and shared books with, but social networking sites mean that pool has significantly expanded.

(I thought of you & Herself last night when I was watching the SYTYCD results show and one of the guest performers from a b-boy crew wore an I ♥ Jerking t-shirt.)