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 weeks prompt: Owning multiple editions of the same book. Do you do this? If so, what books and why? Thanks to Mongo for the suggestion!
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:
Théodore Aubanel (1829), French poet (RIP 1886)
Edward Bellamy (1850), American novelist and short story writer (RIP 1898)
Élémir Bourges (1852), French novelist (RIP 1925)
A.E. Housman (1859), English poet (RIP 1936)
Dorothea Bleek (1873), South African anthropologist (RIP 1948)
Robert Frost (1874). American poet (RIP 1963)
Joseph Campbell (1904), American mythologist (RIP 1987)
Mona Williams (1905), American novelist, short story writer and poet (RIP 1991)
Mahadevi Varma (1907), Indian poet (RIP 1987)
Tennessee Williams (1911), American playwright and poet (RIP 1983)
Jacqueline de Romilly (1913), French philologist and classical scholar (RIP 2010)
Hwang Sun-wǒn (1917), Korean short story writer, novelist and poet (RIP 2000)
Gregory Corso (1930), American poet (RIP 2001)
Erica Jong (1942), American novelist and poet
Bob Woodward (1943), American author of books on politics and current affairs
Patrick Süsskind (1949), German novelist
Dorothy Porter (1954), Australian poet (RIP 2008)
Natsuhiko Kyogoku (1963), Japanese mystery writer
All information courtesy of Wikipedia