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: Does reading a book’s reviews change your opinion of the book?
hat tip to sungglewumps

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:
12/5: the Avocado recommended it
12/12: winding down
12/19: favorite reads of the year
12/26: holiday free skate
1/2: resolutions and/or looking forward to in 2019