# Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - June 2022 edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [May 29, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319 "2022-05-29T19:23:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [June 22, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319/61 "2022-06-22T18:15:47Z")
Finished _Anthropocene Rag_ by Alex Irvine, a science fiction Weird Western, which I enjoyed a lot. However, it’s that rare book that would’ve been improved by making it longer. Maybe there will be a sequel–there doesn’t seem to be one now. Now I’m reading _Audience-Ology: How Moviegoers Shape the Films We Love_, by Kevin Goetz with Darlene Hayman. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319/62 "2022-06-22T20:11:23Z")
Finished _Detranstion, Baby_ by Torrey Peters today. Dysfunctional people doing dysfunctional thing… ocassionally in dresses. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319/63 "2022-06-22T21:15:34Z")
Finishing up **The Annotated Flatland** by Edwin A. Abbott (notes by Ian Stewart)… There’s a LOT more social satire than I remember – more than the first half of the book is devoted to it, before he gets to the analogies with other dimensions. Next up – my wife got me Christopher Moore’s **Razzmatazz** , the sequel to his next-to-last book, _Noir_. Looks like fun. I hadn’t even heard this was coming out. On audio, I just finished re-listening to my collection of Nero Wolfe novels. I started listening to **The Best of Fibber McGee and Molly** , but decided I can only take so much 1930s radio comedy at one sitting, so I’ve switched to **Full Force and Effect** , a Jack Ryan, Jr. novel by Mark Greaney and (sorta) Tom Clancy, who died before it was released. It says something that I’d rather listen to people being shot at that bad 1930s jokes, but I’m not sure what. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319/64 "2022-06-22T22:59:07Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Christopher Moore’s **Razzmatazz** , Damn. Wrong Christopher Moore. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319/65 "2022-06-23T17:33:30Z")
The other day I read [Hidden Pictures](https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Pictures-Novel-Jason-Rekulak/dp/1250819342/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y4Q8PXIHCUYG&keywords=hidden+pictures+jason+rekulak&qid=1656004850&sprefix=hidden+pictures%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-1) by Jason Rekulak, a novel about a nanny and her young charge, who may be possessed. There were a few times along the way that I had to struggle with plausibility, but for the most part I had a good time with this one. I’m currently reading [Shadow Show](https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Show-All-New-Celebration-Bradbury/dp/0062122681/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3W4KZKWJN1K06&keywords=shadow+show+book&qid=1656005037&sprefix=shadow+show%2Caps%2C86&sr=8-1), a collection of short stories in honor of Ray Bradbury. No duds yet, plus it includes a story by Joe Hill which I have read before but am always pleased to read again, _By The Silver Water of Lake Champlain_. 💔 ---
**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:** [June 24, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319/66 "2022-06-24T18:59:11Z")
Finished _Audience-Ology: How Moviegoers Shape the Films We Love_, by Kevin Goetz with Darlene Hayman, which was a fun read. Now I’m reading _Big Stone Gap_ by Adriana Trigiani. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319/67 "2022-06-26T14:08:23Z")
Finished _Big Stone Gap_ by Adriana Trigiani. Meh. Now I’m reading _Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery_, by Paul Craddock. ---
**Author:** ![lawf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@lawf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawf)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319/68 "2022-06-27T10:50:53Z")
Picked up Hanif Kureishi’s [Gabriel’s Gift](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Gabriel_s_Gift/mmDETU7L2FYC?hl=en&gbpv=0) last week. One of his more recent works; In typical Kureishi-style, there is plenty in the book that makes us wonder and mull, especially when it comes to the intricacies of domesticity. I’ve also been doing some introductory Ecology-related readings, just out of personal curiosity. Actually, the reading began when I re-watched that famous Carlin set where he goes, “the planet is fine; the people are fucked.” Funny, but true. Nonetheless, been reading up about [climax communities](https://www.bartleby.com/learn/free-expert-answers/what-is-a-climax-community) of late. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319/69 "2022-06-27T19:20:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Still digging John Scalzi’s _The Kaiju Preservation Society_. > > I’m now well into _Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway_ by Jonathan Parshall > and Anthony P. Tully, which got good reviews and which, unlike previous books I’ve read about the decisive 1942 carrier battle, focuses on the Japanese side of things (the authors are not fans of Adm. Yamamoto, as it happens). Pretty interesting for a naval history geek like me. Finished the first and liked it a lot. More than halfway through with the second, and U.S. Navy dive bombers have just pounced on the Japanese carriers. Awesome. Begun recently: _Star Trek: The New Voyages 2_ ed. by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath, a pretty good collection of _ST:TOS_ short stories. The best so far: “Snake Pit!” by Connie Faddis, in which Nurse Christine Chapel gets the chance to show her true heroism. _Travels with George_ by Nathaniel Philbrick, in which the author retraces the routes of Washington’s trips around the early republic, contrasting what the first President found with what, and how, we are as a country today. Pretty interesting so far. I’m also rereading the sf novel _Childhood’s End_ by Arthur C. Clarke, one of my favorites of his, with my son. Originally published in 1953 and with a revised first chapter Clarke wrote in 1989, it still holds up pretty well. All-powerful aliens show up and end war everywhere… but of course there’s a catch. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319/70 "2022-06-28T18:52:27Z")
Finished _Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery_, by Paul Craddock, which was interesting. Now I’m reading _The Lost Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Based on the Original Radio Plays by Denis Green and Anthony Boucher_, by Ken Greenwald. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319/71 "2022-06-28T18:56:18Z")
Finished listening to _The Late Show_ by Michael Connelly. Another excellent cop thriller featuring Detective Renee Ballard. Next audiobook: _The Burning_ by Jesse Kellerman and Jonathan Kellerman. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319/72 "2022-06-29T13:52:55Z")
When Robinson was aigning my copy of _Memory of Whiteness_ some years ago he added ‘my strange child’ to the dedication! When it came out I was taken with _Anthropocene Rag_ by Irvine so much that when I finished it, I immediately read the first 40 pages again! Enjoyed it at least as much even knowing where it was going, and I understood the weirdness better. Currently, I’ve just finished the latest by **Alastair Reynolds** , _Eversion_.It starts like _The Terror_, aboard a sailing ship heading for the Arctic, but nothing is as it seems. Enjoyable enough, with a neatly done happy ending for one of the characters. Tthis is the 5th of his books I’ve read over his career and it doesn’t really make me want to go back check out any I’ve missed. I’ll take a look at whever he does next though. Now I’ve just started _Dark Earth_ by **Rebecca Stott** , set in post-Roman Britain as the invading Saxons continue to arrive.Two young women, exiled with their father, attract the interest of the local Saxon lord when the father dies suddenly. Good so far, but I’ve only read 30 pages!. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319/73 "2022-06-29T18:49:43Z")
Especially the first sentence, which may be the best one I’ve read this year so far: “Once upon a time, twice upon a time, all the way up to six, and I am seven.” Just finished _The Lost Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Based on the Original Radio Plays by Denis Green and Anthony Boucher_, by Ken Greenwald. The best story was “The Adventure of the Iron Box” which was actually pretty good, but overall I can’t recommend this book–Holmes just isn’t himself here. Now I’m reading _Binge Times: Inside Hollywood’s Furious Billion-Dollar Battle to Take Down Netflix_, by Dade Hayes and Dawn Chmielewski. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319/74 "2022-06-30T00:41:36Z")
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