# Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - August 2023 edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [August 1, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2023-edition/987892 "2023-08-01T01:16:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 36
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> [@Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - March 2023 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/135): > > I just finished [The Dreamers](https://www.amazon.com/Dreamers-Novel-Karen-Thompson-Walker/dp/0812994167) by Karen Thompson Walker. By that I mean I just now, after having stayed up late reading and then lolling in bed reading and then carrying it into the kitchen to read while feeding the cats, finished this book and then rushed right here to tell everyone. > [@Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - March 2023 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/138): > > It sounds a little like _[Blindness](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40495148-blindness)_ by José Saramago, which is one of my favorite novels. I’ll have to give this a try. _The Dreamers_ finally came up in my hold list, and @InternetLegend is right, it’s an engrossing read. I got a chuckle because the first line of the book is a quote from _Blindness_. It was a little weird to read a book published in 2019 about a pandemic. So much mimics our experience, but then you come across jarring differences. Paper masks?? Those are so month one of a pandemic; N95 or nothing! But the pandemic was just the background. It’s really a character study of hope, tragedy, dreams, love, and loss. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2023-edition/987892)._