# Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - March 2026 edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-books-manga, books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [March 2, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2026-edition/1028125 "2026-03-02T01:39:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2026-edition/1028125/81 "2026-03-30T03:25:17Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > By the third in the series, I was exhausted by the novels’ use of exposition over scenes. It’s a deliberate choice that I can respect, but it was a struggle to finish After a break I came back to the series. The break served me well. I think I actually liked this third one most of the series. But more for the concepts regarding intelligence and sentience. I think. I think I am not. Therefore I am not. I think. 🤔 I was expecting a virtual unkindness? murder? of corvid pairs to be sent in after the pair had pointed out that had they been there … ---
**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 30, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2026-edition/1028125/82 "2026-03-30T23:37:05Z")
Finished _Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)_, by Sue Macy, which I enjoyed a lot. Also finished _Telling the Map_, a story collection by Christopher Rowe, of which the best story (novella, really) was “The Border State”. Next up: _Midwife on Call: Tales of Tiny Miracles_, by Agnes Light; and _The Time Machine Did It,_ by John Swartzwelder. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2026-edition/1028125.md?page=4)