# Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- April 2018 Edition

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-april-2018-edition/811567>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 1, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-april-2018-edition/811567 "2018-04-01T02:45:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-april-2018-edition/811567/101 "2018-04-29T13:04:53Z")

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> [@nachtmusick](#):
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> If you can, please help a guy out with his next book purchase:
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> **The Godfather**
> 
> Like everybody else, I think that The Godfather is one of the best movies ever. I have often thought that the novel by Mario Puzo would make a fantastic read. When I mentioned this to one of my friends who has read it, she told me that it wasn’t a very good book. Was she right?
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> …
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> If any of you have read either of these books, please let me know what you thought.
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> Thanks,
> 
> -A Doper Tired of Wasting Money on Bad Books

I thought the book was great fun- maybe not a masterpiece but enjoyable - I’ve re-read it several times. The Lucy story is somewhat cringeworthy but I didn’t mind it that much.

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**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:** [April 29, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-april-2018-edition/811567/102 "2018-04-29T20:18:09Z")

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> [@nachtmusick](#):
>
> If you can, please help a guy out with his next book purchase:
> 
> **The Godfather**
> 
> Like everybody else, I think that The Godfather is one of the best movies ever. I have often thought that the novel by Mario Puzo would make a fantastic read. When I mentioned this to one of my friends who has read it, she told me that it wasn’t a very good book. Was she right?

I thought it was a fantastic book. But I read it as a teenager, so I’m not sure how much I would like it now as a first read.

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**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:** [April 29, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-april-2018-edition/811567/103 "2018-04-29T21:29:41Z")

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New Thread: [Well April is gone, time for May flowers](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=853933)

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**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:** [April 30, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-april-2018-edition/811567/104 "2018-04-30T05:04:05Z")

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I listened to _The Godfather_ as an audiobook recently; it was my first time “reading” the book. Puzo is great at world-building and describing the shifting alliances and betrayals among the _Mafiosi_, but his dialogue and characterization is sometimes surprisingly clumsy. Still worth a read, I’d say.

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