That's What I Call Commuting: Real Stories from Conductors on Chicago's Metra Lines

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Summary: What a fun book!
Review: I ride Mike's train every day and have for about a year. My daily commutes seem very ordinary and boring, but Mike's book points out that a lot of interesting events do happen! Of course, he has 30 years of experience to go on. I particularly enjoyed the story about the guy who attempted to make his train by climbing over a freight train, only to end up in Iowa four hours later.

The book is short and a very easy read (it took me about an hour to read it cover-to-cover). However, the stories are memorable and told in such a way that, weather you live in Chicagoland or anywhere, you can relate. A very good gift for anyone who used to ride Chicago's Metra trains or anyone who enjoys trains anywhere.

Rating:
Summary: What a fun book!
Review: I ride Mike's train every day and have for about a year. My daily commutes seem very ordinary and boring, but Mike's book points out that a lot of interesting events do happen! Of course, he has 30 years of experience to go on. I particularly enjoyed the story about the guy who attempted to make his train by climbing over a freight train, only to end up in Iowa four hours later.

The book is short and a very easy read (it took me about an hour to read it cover-to-cover). However, the stories are memorable and told in such a way that, weather you live in Chicagoland or anywhere, you can relate. A very good gift for anyone who used to ride Chicago's Metra trains or anyone who enjoys trains anywhere.

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Summary: Good, but only about 50 pages worth of actual content
Review: The stories in this book are interesting to read, especially if you spent years riding the Metra trains as I did back in the 1980's. However there just isn't alot in this book. It seems like the authors did everything they could to stretch a small amount of content to fill an already small book. Each new story starts halfway down on an odd numbered page which leaves about 30 of the even numbered pages totally blank. All the text is also double spaced with even more unnecessary space between paragraphs. Would have been nice to fill some of this empty space with a photo or two, but there are none. If this was formatted as a 'normal' book, you'd probably have around 50 pages to read at best...which isn't much for a book that costs almost $25.