Friday, February 19, 2010
Books
Find Out What That Person Next to You on the Subway is Reading
Posted
by Benjamin Sutton
on Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:57 PM
So, the bookish equivalent of
What are they listening to on the subway? is this great Tumblr blog
CoverSpy, on which strangers post titles and covers of books with more or less detailed descriptions of the people they saw reading them and where (most often, but not always, on the subway). Beyond proving that most New Yorkers have interesting taste in literature, it also makes for some hilarious, punchline-y contrasts, as shown above and after the jump. (
TheDailyWhat)
It's all in the juxtaposition of titles. Or in repetition...
Tags: CoverSpy, book covers, Tumblr blog, subways, subway reading
