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: Blurbs. Simon & Schuster has recently announced that they will no longer require authors to provide blurbs for their works. Some authors are pushing back on doing them. What do you think about blurbs? Has one ever influenced you to buy a book? Thanks to dollymix for the prompt idea!

Ideas for prompts are always welcome!

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:
Johannes Magnus (1488), Swedish theologian and historian (RIP 1544)
Tobias Smollett (1721), Scottish novelist (RIP 1771)
William Allingham (1824), Irish poet and diarist (RIP 1889)
Minna Canth (1844), Finnish playwright (RIP 1897)
Irving Wallace (1916), American novelist (RIP 1990)
Hans Küng (1928), Swedish theologian (RIP 2021)
Emma Andijewska (1931), Ukrainian-German poet, novelist and short story writer
Phillip Roth (1933), American novelist and short story writer (RIP 2018)
All information courtesy of Wikipedia