# Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- May 2017 Edition

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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 29, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-may-2017-edition/785538 "2017-04-29T23:29:28Z")
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#### Post date: [May 1, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-may-2017-edition/785538/11 "2017-05-01T19:32:00Z")

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(replying to some posts from last month, I hope that isn’t considered bad form)

> [@Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- April 2017 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-april-2017-edition/783418/6):
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> Just finished the second of Mick Herron’s Slough House thrillers. This is a great series so far…MI-5 personnel who have fucked up on the job are assigned to the Slow Horses (Slough House). Wackiness ensues. Actually not wackiness, but very tense, well written taut thrillers. Starting on the third one this weekend. […].

Had fun reading those. It had been a while that I read a spy thriller.

> [@Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- April 2017 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-april-2017-edition/783418/8):
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> I just finished [The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22733729-the-long-way-to-a-small-angry-planet). It’s space opera set in a universe somewhat like Star Trek, with a Galactic Commons involving lots of different species.  
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> I enjoyed it a lot. Not a life-changing book, but a very fun perspective on a well-worn formula.

I agree with your verdict: Nothing profound; Very entertaining.

> [@Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- April 2017 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-april-2017-edition/783418/37):
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> Finished “reading” Michael Moore’s _Here Comes Trouble_ on audio. Intersting stuff.  
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This couldn’t grab my attention, I found it too meandering, too … just tell a story please.

> [@Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- April 2017 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-april-2017-edition/783418/73):
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> **The Collapsing Empire** by Scalzi was awesome! He needs to get busy writing on that series. I didn’t start the Old Man’s War series until it was over, so I didn’t have to wait. I’m already chomping at the bit.

While I thoroughly enjoyed everything Scalzi has written, this is not quite on the the same level as “Old Man’s War”.

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