# Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - February 2024 edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [January 30, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2024-edition/996849 "2024-01-30T00:45:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2024-edition/996849/81 "2024-02-28T18:42:04Z")
The title of Warner’s book has a _ST_ connection, too, **CalMeacham** : [All Our Yesterdays (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/All_Our_Yesterdays_(episode)) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2024-edition/996849/82 "2024-02-28T19:47:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The title of Warner’s book has a _ST_ connection, too, **CalMeacham** : As a longtime Star Trek fan, I could hardly miss that. But Warner’s book is about fandom pre-Trek. He probably had the original line from a much earlier work, Shakespeare’s **Macbeth** , in mind (Act 5, Scene 5, line 22, to be specific and pedantic.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2024-edition/996849/83 "2024-02-28T19:49:07Z")
Yes, indeed, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2024-edition/996849/84 "2024-02-28T23:07:43Z")
I finished listening to _The Latecomer_ by Jean Hanff Korelitz. This was a highly entertaining read, well-written and humorous, with a cast of characters that I took turns loving and loathing. Again thanks to @Ulf_the_Unwashed for the recommendation! Question for the Dopers: I just had the author Philip Margolin recommended to me. Anybody here read any of his books? It appears that he’s a very prolific author. ---
**Author:** ![lawf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@lawf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawf)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2024-edition/996849/85 "2024-02-29T16:57:44Z")
Kristof and WuDunn’s [Half the Sky](https://www.bartleby.com/lit/half-the-sky) - Re-conceptualizes gendered oppression, which many people have argued is just “re-hashing.” I think, however, that such arguments not only miss the point but seem to encourage a flippant approach to the work. When writing about gendered oppression, or just oppression and social justice for that matter, the point isn’t to make viral arguments or to break new ground. The point is to relate the contemporary and the historical, which this work does. It requires sensible readership, which is unfortunately in short supply today, especially among the book reviewing crowd. Though I must mention that there are many who take these works seriously, which is encuraging. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2024-edition/996849/86 "2024-02-29T17:04:52Z")
Can’t speak to Margolin, but I’m happy you liked _The Latecomer._ I have another Korelitz book–_Admission_–sitting on my desk, but a couple of nonfiction books are ahead of it. Looking forward to reading it though! ---
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2024-edition/996849/87 "2024-02-29T21:14:52Z")
Next month: [Time MARCHes on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2024-edition/998294) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2024-edition/996849/88 "2024-03-01T00:35:03Z")
Finished _Fire on the Track: Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women_, by Roseanne Montillo, which was okay. Next up: _Skin Folk: Stories_, by Nalo Hopkinson. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2024-edition/996849.md?page=4)