Metro Reads
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Metro Reads 4: What are you reading on your commute?
Some books we saw on Metro and Link: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel on Route 7 to Rainier Beach Foods That Fight Pain by Neal D. Barnard on Route 54 to West Seattle A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin on Route 54 Web of Love by Mary Balogh on Route 54 The… Continue reading
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Dispatch from Brooklyn: Metro Reading
A while ago Shelf Talk had some posts on what people are reading on the buses in Seattle. I’m visiting family in New York right now, riding the subway every day, and decided to check out the reading tastes of New Yorkers on the MTA. I had to be careful that the riders wouldn’t think I was… Continue reading
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Metro Reads 3: Books on the bus — and the train!
What are you reading during your commute? We asked six downtown commuters what they saw people reading on their transit rides last Thursday: Liberty: A Lake Wobegon Novel by Garrison Keillor (LINK light rail inbound to Seattle) The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis (Link Light Rail inbound to Seattle) Many Tender Ties: Women in Fur-Trade Society,… Continue reading
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Metro Reads 2: What are you reading on the bus?
Do you notice what people are reading? At a coffee shop? At the dentist’s office? On the bus? We notice — and not just because we work at a library. Sometimes we notice because we want a good book to read; sometimes we get excited because we read and loved that same book. Most of… Continue reading
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Metro Reads: Books spotted on local buses
We’re always interested in what people are reading: We’re the ones on buses craning our necks to get a look at book titles and authors. Perhaps you’re the one maneuvering the book cover at the perfect covert angle to make us really work for our noseyness. Or perhaps, like us, you also notice what others… Continue reading