A woman with wildly curly hair wearing a very unattractive lime green shearling coat (lime green!) was reading Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro. Questionable taste in clothing; excellent taste in books.
A young woman encased in a full-length black down coat (it was a cold week here in NYC, thus the appearance rather early in the season of the shearling and down coats featured here) was standing on the uptown 6 platform at Grand Central Terminal reading a green leather-bound copy of Howard's End by E.M. Forster, with gilt page edges.
A very handsome guy in his mid-30s was reading The Autobiography of Mark Twain and smiling to himself.
Colleen, I love this blog feature of yours. I am a people watcher.
Posted by: Diane D | December 17, 2010 at 06:44 AM
Hi DianeD: Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoy it! Whispering: I'm Karen, not "Colleen"... : )
Posted by: Karen | December 17, 2010 at 09:03 AM
I love it when I see handsome men actually reading! It's such a nice treat!
Posted by: martina | December 17, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Quite a high-brow week of books spotted.
Posted by: Thomas at My Porch | December 17, 2010 at 01:43 PM
Hi Martina: Now THERE'S an idea for a coffee-table photography book: "Handsome Men Reading."
Hello Thomas: Plenty of low-brow dreck in evidence, too, but I rarely bother to mention it unless the reader himself/herself is particularly amusing or visibly insane. Or both.
Posted by: Karen | December 17, 2010 at 03:39 PM
Have you seen today's Sketchbook post at NYTimes.com? It instantly made me think of this blog feature. :)
Also, along the lines of handsome men reading, you and Martina may be interested in this.
Posted by: M (@notarevolution) | December 17, 2010 at 06:48 PM
How very, very thrilling that someone is still reading Howards End. I'd like to read it again in the coming year. Such a wonderful book. When I was a girl, we called those long coats, 'maxi coats.' I had a black wool one with a big belt and an embroidered (is that even the right word?) penguin sewed on the lapel. I thought I was the coolest thing on earth. :<)
Posted by: Nan | December 17, 2010 at 09:16 PM
Hello "M" -- Thanks for the terrific NYT link! (How dare they pilfer my idea? LOL!) As for handsome men reading -- always a pleasure to behold.
Hi Nan! Great to "see" you here again. I know what you mean -- I always love to spot the classics, too. And I remember "maxi" coats, too. The girl at Grand Central was wearing a puffy down one that looked like a comforter with sleeves. : )
Posted by: Karen | December 18, 2010 at 11:06 AM
I loved "Never Let Me Go" and am glad to see that people are reading it. I gather the movie was not nearly as good, which is a real shame.
Posted by: JulieP | December 18, 2010 at 07:49 PM
Enjoy! LOL
HOT GUYS READING BOOKS
http://hotguysreadingbooks.tumblr.com/archive
It's just a lot of cuteness & perfectly safe to look at while at work (although you might get a bit distracted.)
Posted by: Odette | December 18, 2010 at 11:51 PM
Hi JulieP: I enjoyed it, too, but didn't even know there WAS a movie. LOL!
Hello Odette: My goodness -- who knew you lot were so prurient?! (Meanwhile...clicking through to link . . .) LOL!
Posted by: Karen | December 20, 2010 at 07:32 AM