Comments on: Some stuff I read on public transportation

By: amymckie

amymckie — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 02:45:23 +0000

Oh Woman sounds rather hilarious actually. Umm… flowers? I’m laughing and a little scared to read my copy of that one now.

By: Biblibio

Biblibio — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:59:07 +0000

I have found commutes to be entirely ineffective for catching up on reading. My bus-rides and train-rides always fall in that uncomfortable “30 minutes” zone, which is too long to simply stand and bide my time, but too short to start reading conveniently. Even when the commute is long, I tend to opt for music catch-up instead. I tip my hat!

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:19:21 +0000

In reply to Jenny. Slam--I looked it up because I didn't even remember the title. I did like the movie High Fidelity, but that may be mostly because of John Cusack.

By: Christy

Christy — Sun, 06 May 2012 03:03:54 +0000

I can’t get behind flowery writing – and it doesn’t really matter what it’s about really, but wow with that example.

Also, I spend two hours a day commuting too (though I have to drive to work) and it has taken a toll on my blogging and blog commenting. I am moving in a month to be closer to my job (should be a half hour a day total – yay) and I’m very happy about that.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 05 May 2012 19:10:41 +0000

Ugh, if I had a two-hour commute every day, I wouldn’t get very much blogging done, either! I have a hard enough time staying on top of the blogging I do now. We’re smart people. Maybe if we all worked together we could figure out how to build you a teleporter!

By: Kinga

Kinga — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:15:42 +0000

Also, if you worked from home you would only have to commute from your bedroom to your living-room/studio. I am aiming for that now.

By: Kinga

Kinga — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:11:28 +0000

“love-letter-to-an-ovary-style writing” – ha ha.

I feel similar about Nick Hornby, although vegetarian sushi is too sophisticated. I would say toast with jam.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:14:58 +0000

In reply to Jeanne.

Those are really really solid points about the book but were not enough to salvage it for me. I felt like all the things I found interesting were…handled uninterestingly.

What was the other Hornby book you read? (My expectations were low too. :/)

By: litlove

litlove — Thu, 03 May 2012 12:17:00 +0000

I wish you could teleport – then you could come over and finish off my book sorting for me. 🙂 But in the meantime, I will enjoy your reviews. I seriously enjoyed your comment about Nick Hornby being below-average vegetarian sushi – LOL! That is so perfectly true. And I keep meaning to read another Stella Gibbons book, and have Westwood lined up to go. Must get to it soon.

By: JoV

JoV — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:01:26 +0000

It’s a great thing to commute by train. I count my blessing for being able to read while I commute. I agree with you about Juliet, Naked. It’s “like below-average vegetarian sushi.” lol 😀 it turned me off from reading anything by Nick Hornby.