tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post1624141128029646477..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: Airplane readingJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-8033676602005142312006-10-03T15:57:00.000-04:002006-10-03T15:57:00.000-04:00I finished reading Sacred Games last week. The rev...I finished reading <i>Sacred Games</i> last week. The review was right---I couldn't put it down. It's an amazing book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-35549093727865526602006-10-01T13:37:00.000-04:002006-10-01T13:37:00.000-04:00I love airplane reading, too. In the past several ...I love airplane reading, too. In the past several years, I've developed a weird affinity for multi-hour layovers at airports: I've come to appreciate the rare time for complete disconnectedness from other people, the possibility of exploring almost every gate in the airport (this is a particularly good adventure in Minneapolis-St. Paul, by far my favorite airport in the U.S.), and the chance to read long books without interruption. I do wonder, though, who picks up <i>Henry IV, Parts I and II</i> from the dutifully stocked Shakespeare section of the airport bookstore. I think some airports now have an exchange policy, where travelers can read a book on a plane and exchange it at their destination airport--a great idea if I'm remembering the terms correctly.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01307958850120460298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-5478869063337730782006-09-29T21:57:00.000-04:002006-09-29T21:57:00.000-04:00I bought a copy of Rohinton Mistry's 'A Fine Balan...I bought a copy of Rohinton Mistry's 'A Fine Balance' in a Delhi bookshop and was engrossed for much of the 8-hour train ride back to where I was living in Rajasthan. Then I emailed friends in London, frothing about it, only to find that he was old news over there.. Dickensian in all the right ways, apart, perhaps, from the humour. Not quite as funny as Dickens. But a great read, if you haven't seen it before.Marinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387553977006099896noreply@blogger.com