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: Any and all thoughts on myths and legends, including novels, nonfiction books, stories, essays, plays, poems, graphic novels or comic books that were inspired by them. Feel free to post illustrations and book covers. Thanks to RED and Mongo for inspiring this prompt!
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!
Today’s literary birthdays:
Eric Stenbok (1860), Estonian poet and short story writer (RIP 1895)
Gabriele D’Annunzio (1863), Italian poet and playwright (RIP 1938)
Tian Han (1898), Chinese playwright and poet (RIP 1938)
Sylvi Kekkonen (1900), Finnish novelist, short story writer and essayist (RIP 1974)
Petras Cvirka (1909), Lithuanian novelist, short story writer and children’s author (RIP 1947)
Jack Kerouac (1922), American novelist and poet (RIP 1949)
Harry Harrison (1925), American science fiction novelist, short story writer and editor (RIP 2012)
John Clennon Holmes (1926), American novelist and poet (RIP) 1988)
Edward Albee (1928), American playwright (RIP 2016)
Józef Tischner (1931), Polish philosopher (RIP 2000)
Virginia Hamilton (1936), American children’s author (RIP 2002)
Anne Summers (1945), Australian nonfiction writer known for her works on feminism
Dave Eggers (1970), American novelist, memoirist and editor
Arina Tanemura (1978), Japanese manga artist
Header image by Steele Savage