# Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' Thread - February 2015 Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-february-2015-edition/711245 "2015-01-29T17:42:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-february-2015-edition/711245/81 "2015-02-26T19:14:26Z")
> [@araminty](#): > > I also whipped through Randall “xkcd” Monroe’s _What If?_, which was diverting in its way. My graduate degree is in science communication, so I like to think I know what I’m talking about when it comes to pop-sci, and there were a few missteps here. Randall is obviously a smart numbers guy, and his explanatory style, plus stick-figures, is great for illustrating certain concepts. Just not all. Where did you think he was lacking? ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-february-2015-edition/711245/82 "2015-02-26T21:28:24Z")
I recently read _Measuring The World_, which was an absolute delight: > **[Measuring the World: A Novel : Kehlmann, Daniel: Amazon.ca: Books](https://www.amazon.ca/Measuring-World-Novel-Daniel-Kehlmann/dp/0307277399)** > > Measuring the World: A Novel : Kehlmann, Daniel: Amazon.ca: Books ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-february-2015-edition/711245/83 "2015-02-26T23:39:07Z")
I’m in a rereading mode because I haven’t got time to browse. As soon as my work project is out the door, I’m going shopping for more. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-february-2015-edition/711245/84 "2015-02-27T00:12:24Z")
March thread is up, hoping for warm weather but not to fast for the Northeast, no need to have Boston float away March Thread: [Spring is here! Spring is here! Life is skittles and life is beer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=750356) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-february-2015-edition/711245/85 "2015-02-27T00:17:21Z")
I have no idea why, other than that OneClickDigital had the ebook immediately available, but I’m rereading Dominick Dunne’s novelization of the O.J. Simpson trial, _Another City, Not My Own_. It’s almost as much dishy fun this time as it was when I read it 20 years ago. Faye Resnick, Barry Scheck, Christopher Darden, Paula Barbiari, Kato Kaelin, Carl Whosits, Marcus Whatsis. I wonder what happened to all those people? Well, the ones who are still alive and not in prison. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-february-2015-edition/711245/86 "2015-02-27T00:20:14Z")
Just finished John Grisham’s _Playing for Pizza_, about a Cleveland Browns third-string quarterback who has an absolutely terrible last NFL game, and ends up playing in the American-style football league in Parma, Italy. It’s light-hearted and funny, and as someone who doesn’t like football all that much, I found it surprisingly engaging. Not at all typical Grisham fare (as with _The Broker_, you can see he put an Italian vacation to good use), but worth a read. I’m also about halfway through \*\*Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual \*\*by Lee Brimmicombe-Wood, a nice tie-in to the second Alien movie (although in an annoying Courier font and with occasionally-amateurish illustrations). ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2015, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-february-2015-edition/711245/87 "2015-02-27T07:25:29Z")
Another yowsah! for **Playing for Pizza**. I was very pleasantly surprised to find Grisham capable of anything but a legal whodunnit. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-february-2015-edition/711245/88 "2015-02-27T14:43:48Z")
Yup. And it sure made me hungry - all that discussion of Italian food and wine. Yum! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-february-2015-edition/711245.md?page=4)