# Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - November 2022 edition

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [October 30, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2022-edition/974044 "2022-10-30T21:45:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2022-edition/974044/32 "2022-11-10T21:48:35Z")

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> [@Catamount](#):
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> - _Cold Mountain_, Charles Frazier - Find from the sale shelf at the library. Now I have my very own copy so I can quit swiping my housemate’s.

I really struggled with that book, and then I saw the movie, and it made a huge difference. I liked the book _much_ better once I had the movie to give the characters their faces and the plot some structure.

> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> …Now I;m reading Rachel Maddow’s **Bag Man** , about the Spiro Agnew bribery scandal. I missed her podcast when it came out…

I didn’t read the book, but I really enjoyed the podcast. Hearing the voices of those involved (including the young DOJ lawyers who realized, with dawning horror, just what kind of a case they’d stumbled onto) was particularly worthwhile.

And see: [A long-secret 1973 memo on how to become President in a hurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-secret-1973-memo-on-how-to-become-president-in-a-hurry/948238)

> [@DZedNConfused](#):
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> I retarted **Kaiju Preservation Society**. This time I borrowed it from the library and am reading it on Kindle. It is far less… “exhausting” to read in print than listening to Will Wheaton’s over enthusiastic audio.

My son and I read the book aloud over the summer and liked it a lot (and didn’t mind at all Scalzi’s veiled swipes at a certain former President).

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