Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- January 2019 Edition

[Ulf_the_Unwashed]

Okay, bit the bullet and started a February thread. It’s at this location: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21469695#post21469695.

Of course, now that I’ve opened this thread to tout that one, this thread will temporarily appear above that one, but whatcha gonna do?

Post away.

[Jack_Burden]

@Left_Hand_of_Dorkness

I was on a long trip south, so I read a Southern book: All the King’s Men. Absolutely beautiful language, marred principally by the protagonist’s casual, and historically accurate, racism, that comes across as just assumed by the author. I know you gotta read people within context, but the amount of n-words crapped around the book were more than a little distracting. But if you can set that aside, what a gorgeous bit of prose, with some really compelling characters.

I agree, that protagonist is COMPLETELY irredeemable.