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: goals for the new year. The only real goal I have is setting my Goodreads challenge for the new calendar year. And maybe to be bossed around less by library (I currently have 5 checked out, and I’m feeling the pressure to get through them before they’re due).

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:
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.