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The NY Times and CityRoom have been collecting their readers' subway reading material choices, and there's an article in the Times with a little bit of what they've offered: "There are those whose commutes are carefully timed to the length of a Talk of the Town section of The New Yorker, those who methodically page their way through the classics, and those who always carry a second trash novel in case they unexpectedly make it to the end of the first on a glacial F train." Some are reading scripts—hoping for a part—while others are reading religious texts (the Talmud) and even 5-8 year-old summer day campers are reading (The Baby-Sitters Club). One CityRoom commenter said, "I don’t read newspapers on the subway — I might get depressed and jump in front of a train," which would obviously earn them the wrath of their fellow riders, while another said, "Newspapers are for online reading." What are you reading on the train? A few weeks ago, we were reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo on a 7 train...and noticed that the guy on the right was also reading it.
Subway Commute Time Means Reading Time
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was there really someone under the subway at times square (42nd) like half and hour ago?
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normally i'm reading the Economist, but recently I've started Stephen King's Dark Tower series (just finished #3)
Right now I'm reading The Book of General Ignorance by John Mitchinson.
I'm reading the sorrows of young werther by goethe
Currently Reading on the train: Lolita
recently read: 1984
sometimes even when I work late, I'll take the train instead of a cab, just so i can have some more reading time.
American Psycho. Next week: How Stella got her groove back.
Bill Bryson. A short history of nearly everything.
Dude I remember listening to that on audio tape in 2004. Great stuff.
I hear that on the 7 train, Gravity's Rainbow is a fast read.
When You're Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
TYPHON, edited by Danny Hellman
THE CREATIVE POWER OF SOUND by Elizabeth Clare Prophet
A few weeks ago, we were reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo on a 7 train
Who's we?? Was everyone at Gothamist reading it together at the same time? Are you guys required to read in pairs?
Gravity's Rainbow. Expect to finish May 2010.
Thoreau's Walden. Just finished The Drunkard's Walk.