# Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - April 2023 edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [March 29, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2023-edition/981855 "2023-03-29T19:24:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![DZedNConfused](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dzednconfused/32/15991_2.png) [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2023-edition/981855/101 "2023-04-30T02:15:44Z")
I will get the new thread up tomorrow. I spent all day at the zoo and I’m wiped out. ---
**Author:** ![DZedNConfused](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dzednconfused/32/15991_2.png) [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2023-edition/981855/102 "2023-04-30T19:22:12Z")
I finished _The Moon Spinners_ by Mary Stewart. I read a bunch of her books in my teens, this included. Enjoyed it even now in my 50s. The library took back _Infomocracy_ by Malka Ann Older. I doubt I’ll get it out again: There were too many characters and not enough time spent with anyone other than Ken & Mishima to develop any feelings for them. The author did very little word building, I had to figure out the political system on my own which wasn’t easy on audio. Every time someone mentioned cetenals I heard sentinels and after awhile started picturing giant mutant killing robots. Martha Wells has done a better job in her Murderbot series of creating a corporation based all encompassing government with it’s fingers in every pie, and a far less tedious one than the ones in this book. Wells’ use of personal feeds, augmented humans and cyborg like SecUnits is much closer to the original cyberpunk vibe than whatever was going on with the tech in this book. Overall it wasn’t a bad read, it just couldn’t keep my attention. In other news, the new thread is up: [Spring is here! Spring is here, life is skittles and life is beer…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2023-edition/983379) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2023-edition/981855/103 "2023-04-30T20:37:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The British ambassador said at a dinner party, “When the President proposed to Mrs. Galt, she was so surprised she fell out of bed.” The joke got back to Wilson, who frostily told His Majesty’s Government that the ambassador was no longer welcome in the U.S. He was recalled and a new ambassador sent. > > On further digging, it looks like this might have been a senior British diplomat in Washington, but not the ambassador himself. Thanks. Not in the book, but I think I’ve heard that one before. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2023-edition/981855/104 "2023-04-30T20:51:45Z")
Now also reading _Climate Chaos: Lessons on Survival from Our Ancestors_, by Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2023-edition/981855.md?page=5)