# Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - March 2023 edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [February 28, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511 "2023-02-28T22:26:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/81 "2023-03-20T12:52:55Z")
I’ve had several duds lately, so decided to pull a sure thing out of the TBR pile. Started this morning on [Destroyer of Worlds](https://www.amazon.com/Destroyer-Worlds-Return-Lovecraft-Country/dp/0063256894/ref=sr_1_1?crid=BM6UHJSET6DM&keywords=destroyer+of+worlds+matt+ruff&qid=1679316134&sprefix=destroyer+of+%2Caps%2C88&sr=8-1) by Matt Ruff. It’s a sequel to Lovecraft Country, which was pretty darn good. I’m also revisiting a book I read a couple of years ago, [Project 333](https://www.amazon.com/Project-333-Minimalist-Fashion-Challenge/dp/0525541454/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PGIJ03FH2SVO&keywords=project+333+by+courtney+carver&qid=1679316108&sprefix=333+projec%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-1), a self-help book about minimalism, focusing on wardrobe. It helped me purge a lot of unnecessary stuff out of my closet last time I tried it, but you know that stuff creeps up on you, so here I go again. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/82 "2023-03-20T15:12:52Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > I read _Women Talking_ some time ago, and it was so devastating that I can’t bring myself to see the movie, even though it looks like it would be very good. I finished _Women Talking_ and found it intriguing. The narration style is unique (at least to me), and the fact that it was based on true events added to my interest in the book. I will definitely see the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/83 "2023-03-20T16:42:48Z")
I started reading _Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara_ by Eve Golden of **Eve** who used to hang around on these boards fame. It’s utterly fascinating. I had to force myself to put it down and go to bed on time last night. It also makes me very sad that so many of her films were lost. Man, if I had access to a TARDIS for one hour I’d be going back to the 19-teens and snatching up a whole pallet-load of film reels. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/84 "2023-03-20T22:04:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **Mahaloth,** glad you loved _Replay,_ too. Only one thing wrong with _Replay_ – Grimwood died before he finished the sequel. ☹ Finished _The Blood Red City_, by Justin Richards, read _Witch World_, by Andre Norton, and started _Web of the Witch World_, also (of course) by Norton. Still reading _The Janus File_, by David Weber and Jacob Holo. Next up: _Three Against the Witch World_. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/85 "2023-03-20T22:16:16Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Finished _Tinker_ by Wen Spencer. Not recommended. I do strongly recommend her _A Brother’s Price_, if you haven’t read it yet. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/86 "2023-03-20T22:17:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Only one thing wrong with _Replay_ – Grimwood died before he finished the sequel. ☹ Yes, I imagine the jokes abounded that he is now replaying his last 25 years. He died of a heart attack, just like the characters in the book. It’s a shame since the epilogue indicated: A new character was gong to replay 1989-2017, which were all in the future when the first book came out. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/87 "2023-03-21T21:55:23Z")
Yes! I suppose, as is usually the case, that the sequel might not have measured up to the original, but I sure would like to have given it a try. I finished _The End_ by Ian Kershaw, about the last year of Nazi Germany. Very grim, a bit repetitive, and the concluding chapter provided an overview that really told you everything you needed to know, but it was still a book worth reading, all in all. I also just finished _Lessons in Chemistry_ by Bonnie Garmus, a somewhat farfetched feminist fantasy about a smart, beautiful chemist who overcomes workplace sexism, personal loss and religious prejudice in the early Sixties to become a national celebrity on a cooking show. Just started: _The Bald Eagle_ by Jack E. Davis, a history of Americans’ love/hate relationship with our winged national symbol (much more love than hate these days, fortunately). ---
**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 22, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/88 "2023-03-22T23:26:43Z")
Finished _Impossible Histories: The Soviet Republic of Alaska, the United States of Hudsonia, President Charlemagne, and Other Pivotal Moments of History That Never Happened_, by Hal Johnson, which is very interesting and I recommend, although I don’t agree with some of his proposed possible futures. Now I’m reading _A Palette for Ingrid_ by Lois Hobart. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/89 "2023-03-22T23:57:31Z")
Finished _The Janus File_, by David Weber and Jacob Holo, and _Web of the Witch World_, by Andre Norton. Started _Three Against the Witch World_, also by Norton. Next up: _Warlock of the Witch World_, ditto. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/90 "2023-03-23T18:05:55Z")
Currently, I’m reading _Hell Bent_ by Leigh Bardugo, the sequel to _Ninth House_. I’ve got about 40 other books from my local library sitting on my shelf. I’m also partway through _Sabriel_ by Gabriel Nix, though this is for a book club. Hopefully I’ll get some of my quicker reads (read: graphic novels) done in the next day or two. On my shelf are sitting _I Hate This Place, Vol 1_, _The Panic_ and _Once and Future, vol 4_, which should take an afternoon to get through. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/91 "2023-03-23T18:18:42Z")
I just finished reading an old Stuart Woods book, _Under the Lake._ I read it eons ago and I was looking for something that I could have my students read and discuss theme with but wasn’t as mind-numbingly boring as _Romeo and Juliet._ It’s a good read – most of Wood’s stuff is – and was as enjoyable as it was when I first read it ~25 years ago. I’m going to got to Powell’s this weekend and I’m sure I’ll come back with an armload of good stuff. I don’t have a TBR pile and that needs to change. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/92 "2023-03-23T20:20:52Z")
> [@TruePisces](#): > > … I’m also partway through _Sabriel_ by Gabriel Nix, though this is for a book club… My nieces loved that book back in the day. ---
**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 23, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/93 "2023-03-23T22:05:25Z")
Finished _A Palette for Ingrid_ by Lois Hobart. Meh. Now I’m reading _Swimming Lessons: New and Selected Poems_ by Nancy Willard ---
**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:** [March 24, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/94 "2023-03-24T12:26:54Z")
Finished Destroyer of Worlds, it was pretty good. One issue I had with it was that there wasn’t much of a recap, and it’s been several years since I read Lovecraft Country so it was a little hard to grab on to at first. When I saw the reviews at Goodreads, several mention a TV series I hadn’t known about, so maybe other readers were more up to date with the story. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/95 "2023-03-24T14:54:49Z")
Finished _Three Against the Witch World_, by Andre Norton. Started _Warlock of the Witch World_, also by Norton. Next up: _Sorceress of the Witch World_, after which I’ll start rereading the Belisarius series\* by Drake and Flint. \* The Witch World books have all been rereads, too, of course – I first read them back in the '60s ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/96 "2023-03-24T21:55:54Z")
Finished _Swimming Lessons: New and Selected Poems_ by Nancy Willard, of which the best were “At the Optometrist’s” and “Arbor”. Now I’m reading _We Are Legion (We Are Bob)_ by Dennis E. Taylor. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/97 "2023-03-24T22:10:52Z")
I finally finished listening to the audiobook of Jane Eyre. Thandiwe Newton is an incredible narrator. Loved listening to her. I enjoyed the story, too, but my goodness the romantic relationships are full of red flags I didn’t notice when I read it as a teenager. Yikes. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/98 "2023-03-25T00:19:15Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Now I’m reading _We Are Legion (We Are Bob)_ by Dennis E. Taylor. Oo! I dug that series. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/99 "2023-03-25T00:25:06Z")
> [@BetsQ](#): > > Yikes. Well, yeah. But I love that book, because I love Jane so much. I aspire to one day have such strength and integrity. Rochester thought she was going to take way more shit. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/100 "2023-03-25T03:27:08Z")
Just finished John Grisham’s THE RECKONING. Good read, if you like Grisham. Just starting THE LAST DAYS OF NIGHT by Graham Moore. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511.md?page=6)