# Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- November 2017 Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2017-edition/800181 "2017-10-29T20:50:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![chaika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chaika/32/405_2.png) [@chaika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaika)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2017-edition/800181/61 "2017-11-28T16:30:27Z")
I finished _Go, Went, Gone_ and highly recommend it. Also read an interesting book called _A Moonless, Starless Sky_ by Alexis Okeowo. The writer tells stories of ordinary people in various African countries, e.g. a young woman in Somalia who loves playing basketball. Nicely written, compelling (though often harrowing) stories. I have almost finished Anthony Horowitz’s _Magpie Murders_. Complete fluff but very entertaining, especially if you like old-fashioned detective fiction in the Agatha Christie vein. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2017-edition/800181/62 "2017-11-30T02:19:36Z")
I finished reading **Vathek** by William Beckford. It’s a pastiche of an Arabian Nights tale written in 1782. It was quite faithful to the source material, I thought, but it didn’t blow me away. Numerous writers have been inspired by it over the years; for instance, H. G. Wells mentions it by name in his semi-autobiographical work **Tono-Bungay** and the Wikipedia article mentions Lord Byron, Keats, Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, etc. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2017-edition/800181/63 "2017-12-01T02:30:46Z")
New thread: [I’m already done with Christmas Music…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=843441) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2017-edition/800181/64 "2017-12-01T19:45:37Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I finished reading **Vathek** by William Beckford. It’s a pastiche of an Arabian Nights tale written in 1782. It was quite faithful to the source material, I thought, but it didn’t blow me away. Numerous writers have been inspired by it over the years; for instance, H. G. Wells mentions it by name in his semi-autobiographical work **Tono-Bungay** and the Wikipedia article mentions Lord Byron, Keats, Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, etc. Interesting - never heard of it before!: [Vathek - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vathek) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2017-edition/800181/65 "2017-12-01T20:34:35Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I like the author’s work enough that I’m reading another one now, [In the Garden of Beasts.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Garden_of_Beasts) That’s a really good book. Very ominous. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2017-edition/800181.md?page=3)