# Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - July 2020 edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2020-edition/913825 "2020-06-30T18:09:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [July 28, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2020-edition/913825/81 "2020-07-28T21:28:24Z")
Finished _Man Plus_ , by Frederik Pohl. Meh. Now I’m reading _On The Wealth of Nations_ by P.J. O’Rourke, a commentary on Adam Smith’s work. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2020-edition/913825/82 "2020-07-29T13:51:50Z")
I was going to say the exact same thing as **Elendil’s Heir.** ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2020-edition/913825/83 "2020-07-29T14:00:19Z")
Sounds like I made the right decision! I don’t think a baseball reference could have helped much. 🙂 This morning I read [Prosper’s Demon](https://www.amazon.com/Prospers-Demon-Parker/dp/1250260515/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1596030527&sr=8-1), a very short novella about a man who casts out demons. It was an enjoyable and well-written read, but will no doubt be soon forgotten. I wouldn’t have minded reading a book-length tale about the character. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2020-edition/913825/84 "2020-07-29T14:10:04Z")
**DB** , I really liked this novel, about a rebellion in Hell led by a demon who wants to get back in God’s good graces and return to Heaven: [https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Demon-Wayne-Barlowe/dp/0765309858/ref=tmm\_hrd\_swatch\_0?\_encoding=UTF8&qid=1596031731&sr=1-4](https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Demon-Wayne-Barlowe/dp/0765309858/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1596031731&sr=1-4) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2020-edition/913825/85 "2020-07-29T14:43:07Z")
Thanks, I’ll check it out! ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2020-edition/913825/86 "2020-07-30T00:06:20Z")
Bedside book: _Women of Valor: The Rochambelles on the WWII Front_, non-fiction by Ellen Hampton. An all-female group of ambulance drivers serving with the French 2nd Armoured Division in North Africa and Europe. They were right up where the action was – one was killed; one disappeared, fate unknown; and several were wounded. One woman was shot at (the bullet bounced off her helmet), captured by the Germans, released, and hit in the neck by shrapnel (friendly fire) – all on the same day! After the war ended, several of the women trained as paratroopers and then followed the 2nd Armoured to Indochina. Car book: _The Last Wish_, fantasy by Andrzej Sapkowski. The first in the Witcher series. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2020-edition/913825/87 "2020-07-30T12:06:43Z")
Finished **Twenty Thousand Leagues Remembered** , a collection of short stories celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of Jules Verne’s _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_. One of the entries was mine (“The Game of Hare and Hounds”), and I was curious to see what others had come up with. Not sure what to read next. I’ve got Leigh Perry’s **The Skeleton Makes a Friend** , the latest in her “Skeleton” mystery stories. I’m also re-reading a lot of H. P. Lovecraft, and might re-read “The Call of Cthulhu”. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2020-edition/913825/88 "2020-07-30T12:52:36Z")
Starting today on [The Postmortal](https://www.amazon.com/Postmortal-Drew-Magary/dp/0143119826/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15OVZ9WS19C1P&dchild=1&keywords=the+postmortal&qid=1596113409&s=books&sprefix=the+postmortal%2Caps%2C155&sr=1-1) by Drew Magary, a sci-fi novel about a society which finds the cure for aging. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2020-edition/913825/89 "2020-07-30T15:24:01Z")
_Buying Time_ by Joe Haldeman is an interesting take on that theme, **DB** , set in a near-future crime-ridden, dystopic America, although I have to warn you the ending is disappointing. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2020-edition/913825/90 "2020-07-31T00:31:55Z")
I finally finished _The Boy from the Woods_ by Harlan Coben. This was the first book I’ve read by this best-selling author, and, quite frankly, I was not overly impressed. Perhaps this was not Coben’s best effort. In that case, are there any Coben fans than could recommend another book of his that I should read? I’m now reading _Camino Winds_ by John Grisham. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2020-edition/913825/91 "2020-07-31T05:32:49Z")
New thread will go up tomorrow. I had a headache today and forgot. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2020-edition/913825/92 "2020-07-31T16:19:12Z")
_Home_ is the only Harlan Coben novel that I’ve read, and I enjoyed it. Finished _On The Wealth of Nations_ by P.J. O’Rourke, a commentary on Adam Smith’s work, which I found moderately interesting and entertaining. Now I’m reading _Feathers_, by Jacqueline Woodson. My copy is from the library, and it turned out to be autographed. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2020-edition/913825/93 "2020-07-31T21:03:37Z")
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