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: Are there books you were forced to read, then re-read them later and had a different reaction. Did a high school teacher or a book club torture you, then were later vindicated? Did you love a book when you were younger, then revisited it and felt different?
hat tip to G 40F6D8

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:
4/10: when do you give up on a book (h/t sic humor)

Book Nook posts every Wednesday at 8:15 AM Eastern (unless WordPress suddenly changed things up on me, like it did last week).