I don't go to the library that much anymore, but mainly because I have piles of used books lying around unread.  I like the library for audiobooks for long road trips.  I was also once propositioned by a homeless guy at a library in the following exchange:

Mangum dreamt that he built a time machine to save her, not that she would have loooooooooovered him.  Not really the same IMO.

I clicked - it's my little pony fan art, adding Rainbow Dash to a group of Jews being rounded up by Nazis.  And someone's comment that this addition finally made her/him feel the plight of the jews for the first time ever.

I have essentially given up alcohol because of sinus issues, and I have a great appreciation for people who have to give it up for addiction.  Because it is hard to be in any social situation without alcohol, people tend to push it on you, and when you are sober, drunk people are rarely all that funny.  Tipsy people…

Devil in the White City was my first thought as well.

@JudgeReinhold:disqus  I am getting a surprising number of messages from polyamorous guys.  I never thought to ask them any details, though.

Hey, that was me!

My god I laughed so hard at Jerry's zombie-take of that scene. 

I actually think Sherlock is over-rated, yet I always choose it as back-ground viewing when cleaning the house.  I really like the chemistry between him and Martin Freeman, but I think the stories in general are not well-adapted to the modern time. 

To the Ends of the Earth was pretty wonderful.  I think I watched that in one of my "seafaring adventure" phases, not realizing the social criticism of the story.

I don't know I'm pretty satisfied with this picture.

@avclub-ff21f8d980be90fd7d986296360e9447:disqus how far into the book are you?  I think I read one chapter last year.  Years ago in grad school a teacher in an evolutionary immunology class discussed this book in virtually every class and it really has stuck with me.  I've always been afraid to tackle it, so…

I agree.  That scene was probably the standout of the season for me, and definitely the best Mitch/Cam storyline in a long time.

I recently had a text-argument with a friend of mine about a colleague from London we recently had dinner with.  I sat next to him and we hit it off - he's married, so it's a no-go, but still fun to think about.  I was telling my friend this and to her 30-something self it was appalling that my 43-year-old self would…

The first thing I ever saw him in was Lars and The Real Girl, which I really liked.  But now, when I see him in any other film, I see Lars playing that character, and I always assumed that character is just a little mentally slow (Drive and All Good Things come to mind).

Absolutely! 

@avclub-62812d8eb06386505986efff8b5e43ac:disqus I think I am one of the few that prefer Isaac's Storm to Devil In the White City.   Both are great books, but I think Isaac's Storm is tighter.

I really enjoy this feature and I also wanted to express how impressed I am with how much the AVC commenters read.  I'm known among my friends as an avid reader and I feel like a slug compared to you all, especially considering I know that everyone here watches more TV than I do as well.  What the hell am I doing with…

Well put.  That scene reminded me of a David Sedaris story where he is talking about taking his loved ones lives and making stories about them, something like "Your pain, your unbearable sorrow?  That's a GREAT story".   

I didn't really mean "off the rails" as an insult, more as a really unexpected direction to end it.  I kind of read it as a companion to Atonement - a sense that these dudes probably died a really awful death in real life, but through literature we can create a much better ending for them.