CoverSpy MKE

A team of word nerds hits the streets, buses, parks, and bars to find out what people are reading now. A chapter of the original @coverspy (NYC)

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@CoverSpy Playing cover detective is one of most fun parts of the job. Got any clues?

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So what are WE reading? http://t.co/4FFdrSyCQF

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Research Design, John Creswell, F, 20s, long brown hair down, black sweater, glasses, same woman as last week, pape…

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A Dance With Dragons, George R. R. Martin, F, 20s, short blond hair, striped leggings, waiting at the bus stop, pap…

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Go Set A Watchman, Harper Lee, M, 40s, plaid shirt, jeans, light hair, hardcover, Gold Line

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Research Design, John Creswell, F, 20s, green sweater, long brown hair in a pony tail, glasses, paperback, Gold Line

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Toughness, Jay Bilas, M, 30s, close-cropped red hair, wearing athletic gear, hardcover, Tosa Colectivo

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Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not, M, 20s, wet-look hair, reading at the laundromat, paperback

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The Martian, Andy Weir, F, 20s, brown hair, glasses, geometric print scarf, paperback, Tosa Colectivo

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Blasphemy, Douglas Preston, M, 60s, glasses, Gold Line

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How To Get Rich, Felix Dennis, M, 20s, curly hair, glasses, downtown

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Unknown, M, 20s, blond hair, cutoff shorts, walking while reading, no dust jacket, Prospect and Kenilworth

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A Tale For The Time Being, Ruth Ozeki, F, 20s, long black hair, long print skirt, sandals, park bench in Lake Park.

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Book of the Dead, Patricia Cornwell, F, 50s, red head scarf, sunglasses, trenchcoat, just starting, Route 30X

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Unknown, Kindle, F, 60s, salt and pepper hair, carrying a reusable shopping bag, Route 14

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Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire, F, 30s, black curly hair, Badger Bus from Madison to Milwaukee

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Iliad, Homer, M, late teens, lamenting how bad his Greek is, no dust jacket. Wearing a life jacket, dockhouse @ MCSC

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Unknown title, unknown author, M, 30s, black hair, patio at Red Dot

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni, F, 40s, sapphire ring, auburn hair, listening to music, Gold Line

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Swann’s Way, Marcel Proust, M, 20s, wavy brown hair, sitting up very straight, Route 14