When: Wednesday, 1/20/10, 6:00 PM
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Alewife, between Park St. and Harvard
Who: Female, early 40s
What: The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
This book is both omnivorous and omnipresent. I'm surprised I haven't recorded a sighting of it before.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Junior slump
When: Wednesday, 1/20/10, 6:00 PM
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Alewife, between Park St. and Harvard
Who: Female, 20s
What: The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
The WorldCat reviewers on this one are largely disappointed with this book as compared to Lamb's other novels. That's too bad - She's Come Undone had a big impact on me when I first read it. I must have been about thirteen.
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Alewife, between Park St. and Harvard
Who: Female, 20s
What: The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
The WorldCat reviewers on this one are largely disappointed with this book as compared to Lamb's other novels. That's too bad - She's Come Undone had a big impact on me when I first read it. I must have been about thirteen.
Queens, not senators
When: Tuesday, 1/19/10, 4:15 PM
Where: MBTA 73 bus, inbound from Waverley Square
Who: Female, early 50s
What: Time and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman
Apparently this is the sequel to a book I really liked in high school, The Queen's Man. They're both about Eleanor of Aquitaine, a woman in power. Unfortunately, I spotted this on my way to vote in the Massachusetts special election, which did not result in a woman in power, but instead Scott Brown.
Where: MBTA 73 bus, inbound from Waverley Square
Who: Female, early 50s
What: Time and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman
Apparently this is the sequel to a book I really liked in high school, The Queen's Man. They're both about Eleanor of Aquitaine, a woman in power. Unfortunately, I spotted this on my way to vote in the Massachusetts special election, which did not result in a woman in power, but instead Scott Brown.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Mystery on the green line
When: Sunday, 1/17/10, 7:30 PM
Where: MBTA Green Line (D Line), outbound, between Park St. and Kenmore
Who: Male, late teens
What: In the Woods by Tana French
The WorldCat summary:
"Detective Rob Ryan and his partner, Cassie Maddox, investigate the murder of a 12-year-old girl near a Dublin suburb. The case resonates with similarities to a murder committed twenty years before that involved two children and the young Ryan."
Where: MBTA Green Line (D Line), outbound, between Park St. and Kenmore
Who: Male, late teens
What: In the Woods by Tana French
The WorldCat summary:
"Detective Rob Ryan and his partner, Cassie Maddox, investigate the murder of a 12-year-old girl near a Dublin suburb. The case resonates with similarities to a murder committed twenty years before that involved two children and the young Ryan."
More Twilight
When: Sunday, 1/17/10, 7:30 PM
Where: MBTA Green Line (D Line), outbound, between Park St. and Kenmore
Who: Female, late teens
What: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Stephenie Meyer moving up the ranks in sightings - she is now tied for most-spotted with Dan Brown, J.K. Rowling, and Terry Pratchett.
Where: MBTA Green Line (D Line), outbound, between Park St. and Kenmore
Who: Female, late teens
What: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Stephenie Meyer moving up the ranks in sightings - she is now tied for most-spotted with Dan Brown, J.K. Rowling, and Terry Pratchett.
Guerrilla in training
When: Friday, 1/8/10, 10:00 AM
Where: MBTA Green Line, inbound, between Kenmore and Park St.
Who: Male, late teens
What: Guerrilla Marketing by Jay Conrad Levinson
This was clearly a business student; the Billy Corgan lookalike seated next to him kept looking at the book askance.
Where: MBTA Green Line, inbound, between Kenmore and Park St.
Who: Male, late teens
What: Guerrilla Marketing by Jay Conrad Levinson
This was clearly a business student; the Billy Corgan lookalike seated next to him kept looking at the book askance.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
New year, new psycholinguistics
When: Wednesday, 1/6/10, 7:40 AM
Where: MBTA Harvard Station, lower busway
Who: Female, 20s
What: Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind by George Lakoff
So want to read this book!
Where: MBTA Harvard Station, lower busway
Who: Female, 20s
What: Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind by George Lakoff
So want to read this book!
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