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: best (or worst) read this year. Your best-of doesn’t have to be books published this year, and if you want to cast your ballot for the Avocado’s best of 2019 books, voting is open for the next 2 days.
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:
12/25: Merry Christmas free skate
1/1: Happy New Year free skate/goals for the new year
1/8: goals for the new year
1/15: mannered prose – what works or fails (h/t to lebkuchen)
1/22: writers who ruin their own series (h/t to upvote moneydog)
1/29: short stories (h/t to Thomas the Fifth)
Book Nook posts every Wednesday at 8:15 AM Eastern.