Welcome to the Book Nook! This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism.

This week’s recommended discussion: Where do you go for recommendations, or how do you find new books to read? I get a ton of recommendations here – without even trying! But when I’m doing some late-night browsing on Amazon, I always read the most negative reviews to see if the criticisms make sense.
h/t sallgood, man

One caveat: because we’re here to use our words, this is a NO GIF/YouTube/social media embed zone (the OTs are full of clutter, and I want to keep that out of this thread).

upcoming topics:
1/10: how many do you read at the same time (h/t Colonel Mustard)
1/17: this book is killing me