# Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' Thread - November 2015 Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417 "2015-11-02T14:27:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417/81 "2015-11-25T00:10:56Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > I’m on a David Mitchell jag. I just finished **The Bone Clocks** and now I’m reading **Ghostwritten** , which I think is my favorite of his. There are nine stories that make up the novel. I’ve read seven of them so far and they’ve all been completely engrossing. I’m seven stories into **Ghostwritten** , too! Isn’t it amazing? His ability to change his “voice” for his characters, and the depth of his knowledge of cultures and history, is very impressive. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417/82 "2015-11-25T01:20:18Z")
I think it’s my book of the year, **jayrey**. Just flat out brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417/83 "2015-11-27T23:51:28Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Finished [The Hired Girl](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_10/189-9446184-8897366?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=the+hired+girl&sprefix=the+hired+%2Caps%2C202) and it was just marvelous. I’m thinking of giving it to someone for Christmas. I’m glad you liked it! I thought it was really a pip. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417/84 "2015-11-28T13:08:24Z")
Just finished _Empire in Black and Gold_, volume one of the ten book Shadow of the Apt series by **Adrian Tchaikovsky**. Epic fantasy on a world in which the various peoples have taken on the behaviours and sometimes the attributes of various insect & arthropod species - the title refers to the encroaching armies of the wasp-men, who are trying to conquer the lands of beetle-men, ant-men, mantis-men, etc. I’m enjoying it a lot more than I thought I might, although I’m not sure how far I’ll go with the series. In any case, next up is **Jack McDevitt** ’s new book, _Thunderbird_. It’s a sequel to his 1996 novel, _Ancient Shores_, in which a perfectly preserved yacht was found buried in the mid-West, miles from any water. But near where there used to be water millennia ago! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417/85 "2015-11-28T21:43:37Z")
I’m reading “Sneaky People” by Thomas Berger. I suspect the Coen brothers read it too, since it has a lot in common with “Fargo.” Southern accents rather than Minnesota accents, of course. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417/86 "2015-11-28T21:57:08Z")
I \*should \* get the new thread up tonight. Feel free to throw shoes at me if I forget. 😃 ---
**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:** [November 29, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417/87 "2015-11-29T01:33:27Z")
Finished _The Castle in the Forest_, by Norman Mailer. His final novel, published in the year of his death at age 84, in 2007. Historical fiction detailing the family background and childhood of Adolf Hitler, as told by the devil in charge of shaping his influences. Very interesting. Next up is _A Delicate Truth_, the most recent novel by John le Carre. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417/88 "2015-11-29T01:46:44Z")
Save your shoes! December Thread: [Will you look at that, we actually have snow!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=776583) ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417/89 "2020-07-06T22:45:05Z")
I just happened to see this message about author, Lucia Berlin. She was my dad’s first cousin and the story you describe, Tiger Bites, is about my extended family in El Paso. The famous Mexican director, Pedro Almodovar is working on a movie based on this story right now. Kate Blanchett is likely to play Lucia. Exciting stuff… skeleton in the closet stories people in my family only whispered about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417.md?page=4)