You know you should get off of Facebook and go read a book. But what book? A person can get lost forever in the stacks. Well, you no longer have any excuses: On Monday, Facebook will spend two hours giving you book suggestions in real time. Not Facebook as in Mark Zuckerman (does he even read?), but Facebook as in three friendly librarians from the St. Paul Public Library, who will be standing by with thousands of book titles at the ready.

Every so often--the last time, I think, was last fall--the St. Paul librarians monitor a live chat on Facebook, answering your questions and offering suggestions for your next great read. All you have to do is leave a comment on the page (which is here), and within seconds a librarian will answer you. This is no automated Amazon-type "Readers who bought this book often bought this other book," algorithm. This is real librarians, all with tidy gray buns, glasses, and multiple cats, digging around in their card catalogs and brains, just for you.

OK, I'm kidding about the buns and glasses cliche. (That wasn't even true in 1975, when I worked in a public library.) The St. Paul Public Library has a pretty fun Facebook page, actually, with pictures of jazz musicians and Asian dancers and little kids building birdhouses, and, for some reason, pictures of people doing yoga, as well as far too many alerts as to bookmobile cancellations due to snow, but don't get distracted! Stay on task!

Leave a comment on Monday between 4 and 6 p.m. telling them what books you've liked, or what you're interested in reading about (yoga! birdhouses! jazz! snow!) and the librarians will consult their Magic 8 ball (that is, other librarians) and respond. After that, of course, it's up to you.