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: What are the most notable opening lines from books? Good, bad, elegant, the key to the whole book, or anything else that makes them memorable.
(hat tip to Colonel Mustard)

Settle into your favorite chair, and let’s celebrate the written word.

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. Pictures of books related to a post are fine, though.

upcoming topics:
11/13: biographies of fictional people (h/t to The Lancashire Crab)
11/20: introductions
11/27: feasts (books that are feasts OR literal feasts in books)
12/4: opinions against the tide (h/t to sic humor)

Book Nook posts every Wednesday at 8:15 AM Eastern.