# Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- September 2017 Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-september-2017-edition/795116 "2017-08-30T18:22:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [September 28, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-september-2017-edition/795116/101 "2017-09-28T00:39:08Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Recent reads > > _Thornhill_, by Pam Smy. Someone on here read it recently and it looked interesting. Whoever you were, thank you! I enjoyed it a lot, though I didn’t find a kindle to be the right medium. Still, it’s creepy and spooky in just the right doses, considering I started it at 10 at night when my husband was out of town. Why is Kindle the wrong format? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-september-2017-edition/795116/102 "2017-09-28T00:43:29Z")
> [@DZedNConfused](#): > > Why is Kindle the wrong format? It’s both text and pictures and the kindle made it feel… less good than I imagine it would be on paper. Very precise, huh? ---
**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:** [September 28, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-september-2017-edition/795116/103 "2017-09-28T00:48:29Z")
Ahhh gotcha. Okay, I will get a print copy if I decide to read it. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-september-2017-edition/795116/104 "2017-09-28T00:51:01Z")
> [@DZedNConfused](#): > > Ahhh gotcha. Okay, I will get a print copy if I decide to read it. Now I’m doubting myself. I thought as I was reading it that I wished I had it in paper. And when I saw on Goodreads that the book has lots of pages, I thought that would be a better experience than on the kindle where it felt more compressed. But I haven’t seen it in paper, so I am JUST MAKING STUFF UP DON’T TRUST MEEEEE! ---
**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:** [September 28, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-september-2017-edition/795116/105 "2017-09-28T00:58:05Z")
Nah, I prefer print if possible anyway. And I’d rather trust a friend’s gut feeling.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-september-2017-edition/795116/106 "2017-09-29T13:41:12Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > But I haven’t seen it in paper, so I am JUST MAKING STUFF UP DON’T TRUST MEEEEE! 😃 A paper version is in my TBR pile, so I’ll come along and validate you one of these days. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-september-2017-edition/795116/107 "2017-09-29T15:37:06Z")
I just got **The Stone Sky** , the conclusion to NK Jemisin’s latest trilogy. The story is dark as hell, and not in a sexy game of thrones way; it’s like Jemisin started with the question of, “How can I make cultists bringing about the apocalypse into sympathetic protagonists?” and worked from there. It’s sooooo good. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-september-2017-edition/795116/108 "2017-09-29T16:34:12Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I just got **The Stone Sky** , the conclusion to NK Jemisin’s latest trilogy. The story is dark as hell, and not in a sexy game of thrones way; it’s like Jemisin started with the question of, “How can I make cultists bringing about the apocalypse into sympathetic protagonists?” and worked from there. It’s sooooo good. I think she’s amazing, though she’s not a popcorn read at all and, well, I’m having a popcorn year. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-september-2017-edition/795116/109 "2017-10-01T18:07:57Z")
Finished _Troubleshooting Your Novel: Essential Techniques for Identifying and Solving Manuscript Problems_, by Steven James. It will be useful if I ever get around to finishing the novel I’m working on. Now I’m reading\* Empire of Ivory\*, the fourth book in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-september-2017-edition/795116/110 "2017-10-01T18:36:49Z")
I finished **The Furthest Station** byBen Aaronovitch last night. **Grrlbrarian** had loaned it to me on Kindle…but I got distracted and didn’t get it read before it expired. My apologies! I am curious about the American print of this, Amazon says 144 pages, I bought the English printing, because it was half the price, and it’s only 118 pages with a huge font… ---
**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:** [October 1, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-september-2017-edition/795116/111 "2017-10-01T23:15:20Z")
New thread? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-september-2017-edition/795116/112 "2017-10-02T00:45:16Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > New thread? Oh damn… hang on a sec. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-september-2017-edition/795116/113 "2017-10-02T00:53:04Z")
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