Overexposure

When: Monday 7/19/10, 7:45 AM
Where: MBTA Harvard Station, upper busway
Who: Female, 20s
What: The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

I think I've officially gotten over seeing these books. I can't generate enough interest to read them. Now I've seen all three, though.

The girl who smiled while reading

When: Saturday 4/3/10, 1:30 PM
Where: MBTA Red Line, going toward Braintree, between Harvard and Park St.
Who: Female, 20s
What: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

This book's second appearance. The woman reading it was smiling real big.

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.

Posthumous movie rights

When: Saturday, 1/23/10, 7:30 PM
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Alewife, between Braintree and Harvard
Who: Female, 20s
What: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

This author is popping up everywhere; now two different film versions of his other book (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) are coming out. I just noticed in his authority record that he died in 2004. The books seem new; they must just have been translated into English recently.

Swedish mystery

When: Monday 11/2/09, time not recorded
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Alewife, between Harvard and Alewife
Who: Female, 40s
What: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

I have been hearing about and seeing this book everywhere lately.