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.
No Book Nook next week, as a lot of people will be busy with the holiday. You and your hangovers will be expected to show up in two weeks, but you can get your answers written out ahead of time for that week’s prompt: Best books you read in 2024, regardless of what year they were actually published.
This week’s prompt: What books have you put off reading because you are intimidated by them/ Thanks to Pastyjournalist for the idea!
Ideas for prompts are always welcome!
Today’s literary birthdays:
Charles Dufresne (1610), French historian and philologist (RIP 1688)
Saki (AKA H.H. Munro (1870) British short story writer (RIP 1916)
Bhikhari Thakur (1887), Indian playwright and poet (RIP 1971)
Abe Burrows (1910), American playwright, winner of the Pulitzer Prize (RIP 1985)
Alfred Bester (1913), American science fiction writer, winner of the Hugo Award (RIP 1987)
Robert Leckie (1920), American military historian and novelist (RIP 2001)
Alison Plowden (1931), English historian (RIP 2007)
Michael Moorcock (1939). English science fiction and fantasy writer, winner of the Nebula Prize
Joan Wallach Scott (1941), American historian
All information courtesy of Wikipedia
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