Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - April 2026 edition

The rest of this month is appointments, appointments, appointments, so I’m getting this up now before I forget.
We made it to April unnuked! HOORAY! Some days, listening to the news, I wonder if I’ll be starring in my own version of Henry Bemis’ sorrow…

Anyway, whatcha all readin?

Print:
Blitz by Daniel-King of the 20 page tangent- O’Malley. I’m enjoying the story but I’m 200 pages in and we’re still debating about what to do about the incident on page 10. I’ll keep plugging along tho…

Kindle:
The Wedding Guest by Jonathan Kellerman. Milo and Alex’s 34 outing together. A little slow but I’m not here for mystery anyway, I’m here for the gents in all their bro-ey selves!

I tossed Murder in Mesopotamis by Dame Agatha Christie back to the library and ordered a print copy. No way was I spending 7+ hours listening to a woman whose male voices soundied like a bad head cold. Just ghastly, my dear.

Khadaji was one of the earlier members of SDMB, and he was well-known as a kindly person who always had something encouraging to say, particularly in the self-improvement threads. He was also a voracious, omnivorous reader, who started these threads 'way back in the Stone Age of 2005. Consequently, when he suddenly and quite unexpectedly passed away in January 2013, we decided to rename this thread in his honor and to keep his memory, if not his ghost, alive.

Last Month: Well that was March..

OK, it’s still March, but I won’t finish listening to this novel until sometime in April, so it’s going in this thread…

The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly

The latest in the Lincoln Lawyer series. This one deals with AI and the possibility of its harmful effects on its users. I like Connelly’s books, and thus far, I’m enjoying this one as well.

I finished Dungeon Crawler Carl over the weekend, and really liked it! It’s just the escapist adventure I was looking for. It’s also gross at times, or too heavy on the gaming stuff, but that was easy to skim over without losing anything.
I gave it five stars over at Goodreads, and read some reviews that said the writing is callous or misogynist. I see their point, but at the same time, I think it’s part of a character development arc. You’re gradually shown how all of the game participants, even the bad guys, are being exploited. If the author tends to describe women by how attractive they are (or aren’t), I can acknowledge that fault and still have fun with the story.

Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World Edward Dolnick

How the development of paleontology in the 1800s changed people’s worldview. Entertaining book, lots of funny anecdotes and eccentric British aristocrats.