I agree, I used to do that commuting in and out of london
I needed something low-brow because my brain was too tied up the rest of the time.

Although, I mostly stuck to Rankin/Brookmyre/Hiassen kind of stuff. I tried to read "The Lost Symbol" once and actually threw it across the train in annoyance.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 2 May 2012, 10:18, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Just something to start your brain off
20 mins reading and some music
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 May 2012, 10:19, Reply)

I should be so fucking lucky
2 hours each way for me. For 5 years.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 2 May 2012, 10:21, Reply)

I do an hour each way plus a half hour walk in the morning and a 15 min bus ride at night.
Newpaper in the morning, proper book at night.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 2 May 2012, 10:24, Reply)

I like all of those. Stuart MacBride's pretty good as well.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Wed 2 May 2012, 10:26, Reply)