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 books have sent you into a reading spiral, where you felt the need to read more books that were similar, or more books by the same author? Thanks to RED for the prompt idea!

Ideas for prompts are always welcome!

Today’s literary birthdays:
Moliere (AKA Jean-Pierre Poquelin, 1622), French playwright (RIP 1673)
Algernon Sidney (1623), English philosopher and political theorist (RIP 1683)
Franz Grillparzer (1791), Austrian playwright and poet (RIP 1872)
Alexander Griboyedov (1795), Russian playwright and poet (RIP 1829)
Mihai Eminescu (1850), Romanian poet and novelist (RIP 1889)
Stanislaw Wyspiański (1869), Polish  playwright and poet (RIP 1907)
Mazo de la Roche (1879), Canadian short story writer, novelist and playwright (RIP 1961)
Nǎzim Hikmet (1902), Turkish poet, playwright and novelist (RIP 1963)
Ivor Cutler (1923), Scottish poet and author of books for children (RIP 2006)
W.R. Mitchell (1928), British historian (RIP 2015)
Ernest J. Gaines (1933), American novelist and short story writer (RIP 2019)
Robert Silverberg (1935), American science fiction writer, winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards
Jose Dalisay Jr. (1954), Filipino novelist and playwright

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. Thanks, and happy commenting!