Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism.
This week’s prompt: What are some books that are good enough for a reread, but have a section or sections that you would skip over because, overall, they don’t add much to the book? Thanks to Pastyjournalist for the idea!
Ideas for prompts are always welcome!
Today’s literary birthdays (All info courtesy of Wikipedia)
François-René de Chateaubriand (1768) French politician, diplomat, and writer of fiction, history, philosophy and travel books (RIP 1848)
Juliusz Słowacki (1809). Polish poet and playwright (RIP 1949)
Mary Renault (AKA Eileen Mary Challans, 1905), British novelist best known for her historical fiction (RIP 1983)
Richard Wright (1908), American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction (RIP 1960)
Syd Hoff (1912), American writer and illustrator of children’s books (RIP 2004)
Per Olof Sundman (1922), Swedish novelist (RIP 1992)
Joan Aiken (1924), English writer of short stories and novels for children and adults, daughter of American writer Conrad Aiken (RIP 2004)
Ferenc Sánta (1927), Hungarian novelist (RIP 2008)
Michael Stean (1953), Chess grandmaster and author of chess books
Feel free to comment about any of these folks, and/or let us know if I missed somebody.
Posting pictures is fine as long as they are book related, but I would like this thread to continue to be a NO GIF/YouTube/social media embed zone as much as possible. Thanks, and happy commenting!