一次邂逅就是一篇書評：IG 地下鐵書評，帶你走入紐約客的地鐵閱讀室……

這個計畫進行了兩年之後，她已經知曉某些地鐵路線特別適合獵捕書蟲，比如 G 線（布魯克林－皇后區）和 F 線（皇后區－曼哈頓－布魯克林）。此外，她還說：「有些老紐約人告訴我，我把一些地鐵站裡正在消失的東西找回來了。」

「這些故事讓我們知道，我們並沒有想像中的孤單，也比想像的與彼此更加緊密。即使是在這個世界最大城市之一。」她在主網站中，下了這樣的註解。

一起來看幾則地下鐵書評吧：

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. Kelie: "NPR reported recently that long books are more popular now. People want to invest in the story and like how long it is. What I love about 1Q84 are its two opposing stories and its two different realities – one of which is potentially an illusion. In the story, the way characters know which reality they're living in is by how many moons are in the sky. All Murakami characters are soulful but banal characters. There's depth to them but they are not dramatized. I love Murakami. Lately I've been looking for two moons and think I might be in a two moon reality." @cinders_gallery #newyork #subwaybookreview #book #bookreview #1q84 #harukimurakami #twomoons @npr

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《1Q84》，村上春樹
Kelie：「NPR報導說，最近厚一點的書比較受歡迎。人們比較願意花時間去讀一則故事，希望故事可以長一點。我喜歡《1Q84》的地方是，它是兩則反面的故事，兩個不同的現實──其中一個很可能是幻覺。在故事裡，角色用以辨認他們住在哪個現實裡的方法，是看看天空有多少月亮。所有村上的角色都是充滿感性卻平庸的角色。明明就有深度可以去鑽，他們卻並未被戲劇化。我很愛村上。最近我一直在尋找兩個月亮，覺得我搞不好身在擁有兩個月亮的現實裡。」

Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín. Conrad: "The story is about a woman who loses her husband and goes on a journey to find a new voice and identity. She has to transform her life – it already is changing because of her loss and she can't stop it. She is raising her children, but there is a dissonance as to what she's paying attention to in terms of her own needs versus the needs of her children. She notices this and begins to question herself. The story is relevant to me. A few months ago I lost my dog. He wasn't my husband, but he very well could have been. Losing him has created a new me. I usually look for books that have a strong command of language. This isn't the best example of it, but I stayed with the story and am glad I did. It was soothing." @KentPinnock #colmtoibin #norawebster #novel #loss #transformation #husband #dog #love #bookreview #newyork #brooklyn #subwaybookreview

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《我的母親諾拉》（暫譯，原名為：Nora Webster），柯姆．托賓（Colm Tóibín）
Conrad：「這個故事在講一個失去丈夫的女人，出發前往一趟尋找新的聲音與身分的旅程。她必須改變人生──雖然她因為喪夫而已經在改變了，而且停不下來。她要撫養小孩，不過在她專注的事物中，也就是她的個人需求，與孩子的需求之間卻存在著衝突。她發現這一點，於是開始質疑自我。這個故事和我非常貼近。幾個月前我失去了我的愛犬。他雖然不是我的丈夫，但已經差不多算是了。失去他，造就了新的我。我通常會找語言技巧高超的書來看。這本不是絕佳例子，不過我還是把故事讀下去了，而且很高興有這麼做。這本書很撫慰人心。」

On The Road by Jack Kerouac. Nicole: "I just moved here and a friend sent On The Road to me as part of a care package. It's a great choice and pretty relevant to my life. I'm just starting an adventure and this book is all about adventure. Kerouac didn't have a plan for his journey and when he would leave or come back to New York. Maybe because of this he can find special moments along the way. I especially like how many times he says in the book that he falls in love when he arrives some place new or meets new people. I've been here for about a month and am definitely starting to fall in love with this city." @n.harpy #jackkerouac #ontheroad #novel #classic #beat #counterculture #jazz #poetry #drugs #salparadise #merica #roadtrip #bookreview #newyork #manhattan #brooklyn #subwaybookreview

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《在路上》（暫譯，原名為：On The Road by），傑克．凱魯亞克（Jack Kerouac）
Nicole：「我才剛搬來這裡，有個朋友在寄來的關懷包裹（care package）中附了本《在路上》給我。送得真是太好了，和我的生活非常貼近。我正要開始一場冒險，而這本書說的就是冒險。凱魯亞克並沒有為旅程訂下計劃，也沒有打算幾時離開或返回紐約。可能因為這樣，他才能在路上找到特別的時光。我尤其喜歡他數次在書中說，他愛上前往新的地方或與新的人們認識。我來到這裡已經大約一個月了，而且完全就要開始愛上這座城市了。」

資料來源：The Guardian、Subway Book Review、Subway Book Review、Bustle。