Reading on the tube

Here's a link to a delightful Tumblr blog (pictures, not words) celebrating reading on the New York subway Underground New York Public Library. It is a joy and there really ought to be a London Underground equivalent. I've looked and whilst I can find blogs on the history of the tube, tube etiquette, tube art and underground music (busking that is), I've found nothing on books or reading habits. In any event, my curiosity about other people's reading habits has recently been frustrated by the number of Kindles (full of dirty secrets I wonder?) on the District Line.

Rather bizarrely, my research for this post has thrown up a Reading (the place, but you can understand Google's confusion) baking club (who knew there were such things) where the July challenge is to bake something inspired by a London underground station. Suggestions include carrot cake for Warren Street, marmalade cake for Paddington, marble cake for Marble Arch and so on. The rules state that cup cakes, brownies and muffins are not allowed but that, unlike our book group, men may participate. It's meant to be fun but I think I'll stick with the olives, peanuts and sauvignon blanc at our book group meetings.