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.
Friday, April 2, 2010
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Keep on pushing my love....
When: Monday, 1/25/10, 8:30 AM
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Ashmont, between Harvard and Park St.
Who: Male, 50s
What: Borderlines by Archer Mayor
Recording this book immediately put Madonna's "Borderline" into my head. Now I want it out.
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Ashmont, between Harvard and Park St.
Who: Male, 50s
What: Borderlines by Archer Mayor
Recording this book immediately put Madonna's "Borderline" into my head. Now I want it out.
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.
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.
Tilting at windmills
When: Saturday, 1/23/10, 3:00 PM
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Braintree, between Harvard and Park St.
Who: Female, 30s
What: Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes
I believe this is the second Spanish-language book sighting for the blog.
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Braintree, between Harvard and Park St.
Who: Female, 30s
What: Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes
I believe this is the second Spanish-language book sighting for the blog.
Monday, March 1, 2010
First Kindle sighting
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 Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe (Kindle version)
I didn't think I'd ever post an e-reader sighting, because you can't tell what people are reading on them, but I caught a glimpse over this woman's shoulder. I am very ambivalent about e-readers, and especially about the Kindle, which doesn't actually allow you to "own" any of its books.
Where: MBTA Red Line, going towards Alewife, between Park St. and Harvard
Who: Female, 20s
What: The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe (Kindle version)
I didn't think I'd ever post an e-reader sighting, because you can't tell what people are reading on them, but I caught a glimpse over this woman's shoulder. I am very ambivalent about e-readers, and especially about the Kindle, which doesn't actually allow you to "own" any of its books.
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