Showing posts with label Biography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biography. Show all posts

Friday, April 2, 2010

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.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Not "an" autobiography, but "the" autobiography

When: Thursday 5/28/09, 8:30 AM
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Ashmont, between Harvard and Park St.
Who: Male, early 20s
What: Clapton: the Autobiography by Eric Clapton

This particular T ride was frustrating, because half the car was reading books, but the only book whose title I could see was this one.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Wayfaring life - Alaska.

When: Tuesday 5/5/09, 6:45 PM
Where: MBTA Green Line (B Line), outbound, between Park St. and Pleasant. St.
Who: Female, 20s
What: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Surely this title needs no explanation. I have absolutely no desire, however, to read it. Once again I've titled the post with a subject heading from WorldCat, because I really like that this is a subject heading.