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:  Banned Book Week begins Sunday.  What experiences have you had with censored books?  What are some of you favorite banned titles?

Banned and challenged list from the ALA:  http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics 
Wikipedia’s list of books banned by governments, by country:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments

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:
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)
11/4: no topic due to US election / please VOTE

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