# Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' - November 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-november-2013/672763 "2013-10-31T17:13:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 77
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-november-2013/672763/77 "2013-11-26T04:56:39Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > I’ve made it to the second-to-last (last if you count the ones he finished) Dickens novel, _Our Mutual Friend_. I’m almost to the end of the first section and so far I’m liking it. There’s a definite Wilkie Collins influence with the murder mysteries he’s got going on. I’m especially liking the bitter newlywed couple as a nice contrast to the typical milquetoast Dickens heroines. It’s not bad, and I agree that it has a different flavour than some of his other books. Unfortunately (without mentioning any spoilers) it has a plot twist that’s even clunkier than usual because he changed his mind about something partway through. I finished **Waverley** ; I liked it, although the main character was kind of a bland guy who almost everyone loves for no particular reason. It was picturesque and funny, though. Now I’m reading **The Three Musketeers** and I think it will be similarly breezy. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-november-2013/672763)._