# 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:** 6
**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 25, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/101 "2023-03-25T23:33:57Z")
Finished teasing _Hell Bent_ and now can’t wait for the next one to come out. I wasn’t really feeling either _Sabriel_ or _The Librarian of Burned Books_, so I picked up _After the Bite_ by Lynsay Sands. Sometimes mindless vampire pen is just what you need. ---
**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 25, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/102 "2023-03-25T23:36:54Z")
Finished _Long Bright River_ by Liz Moore. A decent read about homicide, addiction, dysfunction, and policing. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/103 "2023-03-25T23:47:46Z")
I started _All Systems Red_ by Martha Wells, the first Murderbot book. I’ve listened to it on audio before but I was able to get it in an epub bundle from Tor Books. I do miss Kevin R. Free’s narration though. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/104 "2023-03-25T23:55:55Z")
I just read Paris, the Memoir by Paris Hilton. For those who think she is a vapid rich girl, read it. Her parents sent her to places that supposedly helped troubled teens and she was abused there. For 2 years. I almost didnt finish it, it was difficult to think of the teens who were abused at these facilities. She probably wouldve been treated better at the Spahn ranch. ---
**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 26, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/105 "2023-03-26T00:58:20Z")
Yeah, well I was abused also, and didn’t have any money. I don’t waste any time hating Paris Hilton though. 🤷‍♀️ ---
**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 26, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/106 "2023-03-26T01:52:58Z")
Finished _Warlock of the Witch World_, by Andre Norton. Started _Sorceress of the Witch World_, also by Norton. Next up: _An Oblique Approach_, by David Drake and Eric Flint. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/107 "2023-03-26T06:48:34Z")
I’m in the middle of _Less Is Lost_ by Andrew Sean Greer. It’s about a writer going through a crisis, narrated by his partner, and I’m loving the writing. I find myself slowing down because I don’t want the book to be over. ---
**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 26, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/108 "2023-03-26T16:16:37Z")
> [@BetsQ](#): > > I finally finished listening to the audiobook of Jane Eyre. [Thandie] Newton is an incredible narrator. Loved listening to her…. She’s terrific in _Westworld_, too: smart, fierce, poised, beautiful, badass. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/109 "2023-03-26T16:22:53Z")
I just read “ruin of kings” by Jenn Lyons. It’s the first of 5 books, collectively called “a chorus of dragons”. It’s a really intriguing book set in a large and complicated fantasy world. ---
**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 26, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/110 "2023-03-26T21:06:02Z")
Finished _We Are Legion (We Are Bob)_ by Dennis E. Taylor, which was okay. Now I’m reading _Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions_, by Temple Grandin. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/111 "2023-03-27T02:07:40Z")
Finally finished _The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A New Collection_. Very good. I knew Fitzgerald from his handful of novels but didn’t quite realize how prolific a writer he was. He wrote a ton of short stories, and I enjoyed every one of them in this giant collection, many of them autobiographical to varying degrees, although the ones toward the end of his life were a lot sadder than his early ones. By that time he was battling alcoholism, and Zelda was going batshit crazy. Included here was _The Curious Case of Benjamin Button_. I never saw the Brad Pitt film, but the story takes barely 45 minutes to read – how they managed to stretch that out to almost three hours is hard to imagine. Next up is _Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania_, by Erik Larson. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/112 "2023-03-27T03:09:27Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Next up is _Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania_, by Erik Larson. It’s very good. I, personally, had a hard time reading it knowing what was going to happen to all those people Larsen was bringing to life. ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/113 "2023-03-27T12:41:15Z")
Over the weekend, I read [Weyward](https://www.amazon.com/Weyward-Novel-Emilia-Hart/dp/125028080X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=weyward&qid=1679918968&sr=8-2), a YA (?) novel by Emilia Hart. The story takes place in three different time periods, about women of the same lineage who have powers due to their connection to nature. By the time I got to the end of the book, I was really uncomfortable with how almost all men were portrayed as evil. It’s a women’s revenge fantasy, but even if that’s what I wanted to read, I wouldn’t have been connected enough to any of the characters to get my rocks off. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/114 "2023-03-27T16:19:40Z")
**Galileo and the Science Deniers** Mario Livio A biography of the scientist, focusing on his clashes with the Church over geocentrism versus heliocentrism A little dry in places, but good overall. Recommended ---
**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 27, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/115 "2023-03-27T20:09:52Z")
Just finished _After the Bite_ . Not sure what I feel like grabbing next, but whatever it is will be coming with me to pick BtY up from school. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/116 "2023-03-27T20:55:34Z")
Finished “All Systems Red” by Martha Wells on Kindle, I have previous listened to it through Audible. I still enjoyed, I still think the ending was rather abrupt and the action could have built up to a more explosive ending, but it was still an enjoyable read. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/117 "2023-03-27T21:00:02Z")
I loved that. Iike popcorn. I liked the characters, I liked the setting, and the plot was plenty good enough. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/118 "2023-03-27T21:23:50Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > **Replay** by Ken Grimwood Found it at at the used book store and have read three chapters. I think I’m going to like this one. ---
**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 27, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/119 "2023-03-27T22:33:05Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Found it at at the used book store and have read three chapters. I think I’m going to like this one. I felt it got pretty much better and better to the very satisfying ending. ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511/120 "2023-03-28T17:50:06Z")
Finished _Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions_, by Temple Grandin, which was interesting. Now I’m reading _Greenglass House_, by Kate Milford. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2023-edition/980511.md?page=7)