That's "Mr. Bread," not "Mr. Pain"

When: Monday 3/8/10, 5:00 PM
Where: MBTA 554 bus, inbound to Waverley Square
Who: Female, early 30s
What: Monsieur Pain by Roberto Bolaño

Long gap in between the dates of the previous entry and this one...trying to catch up!

Popular titles

When: Monday, 2/1/10, 4:00 PM
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Alewife, between Park St. and Harvard
Who: Female, 20s
What: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

This book joins Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and New Moon as the only titles so far to be spotted twice.

Written by a former mujahideen leader

When: Monday, 1/25/10, 10:15 AM
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Alewife, between Park St. and Harvard
Who: Female, late 20s
What: Confessions of a Mullah Warrior by Massod Farivar

Male readers were catching up for a minute there, but females have pulled far ahead. Maybe men are more secretive about their reading, or maybe I'm less likely to notice them.

Channel Islands fiction

When: Monday, 1/25/10, 9:00 AM
Where: MBTA Green Line (E Line), outbound, between Park St.
Who: Female, 20s
What: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

I first heard about this book on NPR a couple of years ago, but I was never that interested in it.

Maine in Massachusetts

When: Monday, 1/25/10, 8:30 AM
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Ashmont, between Harvard and Park St.
Who: Female, 20s
What: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Ditto what I said about the last book for this one; here's its WorldCat site.

African American plantation owners - Fiction

When: Monday, 1/25/10, 8:30 AM
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Ashmont, between Harvard and Park St.
Who: Female, late teens
What: The Known World by Edward P. Jones

I'd never heard of this book, but from some of its WorldCat reviews, I think I might be interested.