Reader Submission

Books: Man in the foreground is reading The Magicians by Lev Grossman and the man in the back is reading The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.
Location: 38 Geary
Notes: Thank you Susan for the great shot! And nice work getting two readers in one photo. I love the thought of more and more people being book spies. When she snapped this photo Susan was reading a Jean Plaidy novel on her iphone.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Location: T Train
Notes: I love this writer, while I've never read 100 Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera is one of my favorite novels. And one I've been wanting to revisit for a while now. I was excited about the light in these photos and it's so rare I'm able to catch a book cover. I also noticed she was only on page 6. It made me excited for her. There's something so thrilling about the first few pages of a novel where you're just discovering what world you're entering into for the next 300 or so pages.

Book Porn

At Piper's Shoe Parlor.

Surprise package!

I love mail. And I love unexpected packages. So I was beyond thrilled when I came home to this! No note was included so I'm not certain who it's from but I think I have a pretty good idea. Best surprise ever. On Reading is a book by André Kertész (1894-1985) who according to the interwebs "was one of the most inventive, influential, and prolific photographers in the medium's history". The book was first published in 1971 and contains photos of people reading all over the world, taken between 1920 and 1970. I can't wait to dig into this little gem. I'll confirm the sender as soon as I identify them!
Update: Thank you Molly for the book!! Molly has a fantastic blog you should check out right now!

Arthur Golden

Book: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Location: N Train
Notes: Loved her ring. I think I started this book years ago and never finished it.

My first non-Muni photo!

Book: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Location: Blush Wine Bar, Castro
Notes: Saw this book sitting alone with a glass of wine and no owner in site. Got so excited to frame a nice shot not on Muni! Owner came back and gave me a funny look which made me think he saw me hovering over his wine and his book. I smiled at him. He was older and wearing a Hawaiian shirt. I love that he was reading this book which reminds me so much of high school.

Jack Weatherford

Book: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Location: 37 Corbett
Notes: She was smiling a lot and really enjoying this book.