# Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - May 2022 edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [April 30, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2022-edition/963718 "2022-04-30T12:59:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **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:** [May 31, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2022-edition/963718/81 "2022-05-31T12:01:32Z")
Read [Marathon Man](https://www.amazon.com/Marathon-Man-Novel-William-Goldman/dp/0345439724/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1653998018&sr=8-1), by William Goldman, over the weekend. I enjoyed it very much (however then I watched the movie, which I didn’t). I don’t usually dig spy thrillers, but this one hooked me. I find it interesting that William Goldman also wrote The Princess Bride, obviously a whole different kettle of fish. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2022-edition/963718/82 "2022-05-31T17:25:34Z")
He also wrote the screenplays for _All the President’s Men_ and _Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid_. A remarkably talented writer, and a fellow Oberlin graduate! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2022-edition/963718/83 "2022-05-31T17:53:02Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > William Goldman Didn’t he also adapt the works of a certain _ **S. Morgenstern** _? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2022-edition/963718/84 "2022-05-31T18:14:28Z")
Y’know, I think he just might’ve… He gave the commencement address at Oberlin the year before I graduated, and was very entertaining. His best story was about being constantly mistaken for William Golding, who wrote _Lord of the Flies_. After years of gently correcting people, he finally gave up and would just say “I’m so glad you enjoyed the book” when approached by its fans. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2022-edition/963718/85 "2022-05-31T19:55:59Z")
Continuing on my journey of listening to Michael Connelly books that I read years ago, I just downloaded and began listening to _Fair Warning_. 30 minutes in, and I don’t remember the plot, much less how it turns out. So it will be, once again, a new experience! ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2022-edition/963718/86 "2022-05-31T20:30:26Z")
**Far Sector** N.K. Jemisin (author) and Jamal Campbell (artist) A young woman from Earth joins the Green Lantern corps and is assigned to a distant part of the galaxy where three alien species live uneasily together on a giant artificial planet. Then a series of murders threatens to disturb the status quo even more. With mostly her wits and also a Power Ring, the young Lantern has to get things under control. Good story and some fantastic art. Hat tip to whomever mentioned this in a previous thread. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2022-edition/963718/87 "2022-05-31T20:31:25Z")
That’s really the best kind of reread in my opinion! ---
**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 1, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2022-edition/963718/88 "2022-06-01T12:53:03Z")
Finished Burroughs’ **The Wizard of Venus/ Pirate Blood** Eh. Now I’m reading Edmond Hamilton’s **The Star Kings** and re-reading Stephen King’s **Danse Macabre** , which I haven’t read in about forty years. The reason for the two is that a.) I picked up the Stephen King for free and b.) The Hamilton is the original September 1947 issue of **Amazing Stories** , which I got cheap and which is threatening to come apart if I don’t treat it well. So I only read it when I can be in a protected area. ---
**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 2, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2022-edition/963718/89 "2022-06-02T22:27:39Z")
You’re welcome! Finished _Ivory Shoals_ by John Brandon. The writing, especially the dialogue and description, was beautifully done, enough to consider it one of the best novels I’ve read this year, but there are some serious plot holes. Still good enough to recommend. Now I’m reading _Translating Myself and Others_, by Jhumpa Lahiri. ---
**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 3, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2022-edition/963718/90 "2022-06-03T19:30:06Z")
New thread: [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - June 2022 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2022-edition/965319) ---
**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 3, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2022-edition/963718/91 "2022-06-03T21:26:31Z")
Dude I put up the new thread five days ago… on May 29 Oh I see, you’re reposting the link 😃 Carry on! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2022-edition/963718.md?page=4)