Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - January 2026 edition

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Another year has passed, another 100+ books read, discuseed, maybe thrown across the room… I hope everyone who celebrated a holiday in December had a happy holiday, and that the rest of you who didn’t celebrate had some time off to relax and maybe read a book or three. Did anyone get books for their gift receiving holiday of choice? My hubby bought me a hard back copy of Swordheart by T. Kingfisher and I raided Barnes & Noble’s year end sale for The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow, Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, and How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristin Perrin. I am looking forward to reading them in the coming months.

Currently I am reading:

Print: Swordheart by T. Kingfisher, I think I strained a few muscles laughing last night…

Kindle: The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown, I love it but….

Audio: Spooky Business by S.E. Harmon, reread and just as hard as the first time since it involves a serial killer and his victims.

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.

Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - December 2025 edition
What is the first sentence from the book you are currently reading?
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Last Month: SIXTY degrees fahrenheit.. on Christmas??! When did the Rocky Mountains become Australia?!

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Finished Softly As I Leave You
By Priscilla Presley.

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And what did you think?

Zipped through The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski, illustr. by P. J. Lynch, a heartwarming kids’ book about a gruff woodcarver in a Civil War-era small town who is won over by a widow and her little boy when they ask him to carve a Christmas creche set for them.

Also just finished All Systems Red by Martha Wells, the first Murderbot book, which was OK but not great, I’d say. I’ll probably go on to the next book in the series, though.

Now starting Democracy in One Book or Less by David Litt, a former Obama speechwriter, my book club’s next selection.

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They get better… at least in my opinion, I know some people here don’t like them. I like snarky heros tho :smiley:

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Thanks! I tend to like 'em, too, if they’re well-written (John Scalzi has a particular knack for 'em).

Hope you’ll all weigh in here: Your Top Ten Books of 2025

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So far I do like Scalzi’s heros too.

Oh I was thinking about that thread yesterday and waiting for it.