I have a bad habit of sneaking a peak at what people are reading on BART. I've actively tried to restrain myself from doing this but I inadvertently find my eyes wandering over to a book and reading the title before I am even conscious of what I'm doing. I've also had to stop myself from commenting on their book choices, too. "Oh, you're reading The Hunger Games? Isn't it AWESOME?" or "Look, I'm also reading A Dance with Dragons! Aren't you addicted?!" I'm intrigued when I see someone reading Rick Steve's guide to Prague, ammused when I see someone reading a romance novel (a more-common-than-you'd-think occurrence), and impressed when I see someone reading a classic novel that I've never been able to get through.
I learned my lesson the other day when I glanced at the guy next to me and saw the title of his book: Sex at Dawn. A quick look on the Goodreads app revealed it could be one of two books: Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Human Sexuality, a non-fiction book about the evolution of monogomy (gotta admit, it sounds pretty interesting) or Sex at Dawn: An Erotic Tale of Sexual Hunger. hmmmm....I was really, really hoping for the former. I could not sit there with a straight face if I was sitting next to someone reading an erotic novel on BART.
Did I really learn my lesson? For about two days. Sadly, I'm back to my nosy ways.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Books
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I find myself doing this all the time! Glad to know I'm not the only one. I'm at the register most of the time at work (coffee shop in the library on campus) and have lots of opportunities to peek ha. Maybe it's just the inner book nerd in us :)
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