Comments on: The Joy of Reading on Transit

By: Helene

Helene — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:13:03 +0000

I’m currently not reading anything on the bus, although I think I should. =\ Haven’t been in the mood to read lately! But, in the recent past I’ve been able to fly through a book per week with my 40-minute bus rides.

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By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:13:05 +0000

back when i had reading-worthy commutes, i became fond of audible. i listened to all of “A Short History of Nearly Everything” by Bill Bryson, to this day one of my favorite books. the last book-book i read was “Cloud Atlas” by David Mitchell. where you read/listen to books is totally a part of your experience of them. i will always remember Muni and BART when i think about these books.

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By: driver

driver — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:09:31 +0000

I still get motion sick on the bus, after all these years. I was the nerd who used to vomit in the bus aisle before we got to the drive through of the grammar school. I still can’t read so I listen to podcasts. My favorite are The New Yorker fiction, This American Life and PRI: Selected Shorts.

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By: eugenia

eugenia — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:02:51 +0000

I just looked up “amigurumi cthulhu” – that’s pretty cool, Andrea! I like the idea of turning the bus into a little bookclub, though. Much more peaceful than anything else…

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By: eugenia

eugenia — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:59:05 +0000

I used to get dizzy too but somehow cured myself of it by reading on the bus consistently – I’m not sure I recommend my rogue method, though!

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By: andrea

andrea — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:33:52 +0000

I don’t read very often on muni. I don’t like it when fellow riders try to turn the bus into a little book club. I usually crochet, which makes people ask me what I’m knitting, but I’m not knitting, I’m crocheting. Last week I crocheted a amigurumi Cthuthlu.

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By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:37:46 +0000

Ebooks are the way to go. You can read whatever embarassing, awful crap you want (I’m not telling) and not be judged by your fellow riders.

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By: Fielding

Fielding — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:54:11 +0000

I get dizzy when I read while in motion.

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By: Grace

Grace — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:28:45 +0000

i usually read the sf examiner or the graffiti ha ha

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By: Fion

Fion — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:57:54 +0000

If I happen to have a newspaper, it’ll be the Chronicle or the NYTimes. Otherwise, I’m swapping back and forth between B&N’s Sherlock collection (vol. ii) and the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Learning Latin. :]

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