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:  Which books are you proud to have read (weirdly proud or just normal proud)?  Inspired by a comment about King a few weeks ago, I realize I’m weirdly proud of having read Tommyknockers twice.  I underestimated how fast I’d read what I brought on a trip, and that was the only other book I could find in English.  Granted, I wouldn’t have chosen to do that, but since it happened, I’m taking credit (such as it is!).

Because we’re here to use our words, this is a NO GIF/YouTube/social media embed zone. The OTs are full of contextless clutter and reactions, and I want to keep that out of this thread. Pictures relevant to a post are fine, though.

upcoming topics:
9/23:  banned book week starts September 27
9/30:  treat yourself
10/7:  adaptations redux (always new ones to discuss)
10/14:  swap out books from high school required reading lists
10/21:  trick or treat (h/t MisterSplendiferous)
10/28:  masters of horror (h/t MisterSplendiferous)

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