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: Do you like going to book fairs and library book sales? What are your favorites? What memorable bargains have you acquired? Thanks to Thwarting The Swamp Cow for the prompt idea!
Suggestions 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:
Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680), French playwright (RIP 1754)
Étienne Aignan (1773), French translator, political writer, librettist and playwright (RIP 1824)
Charles Baudelaire (1821), French poet, essayist, translator and art critic (RIP 1867)
Jacques Futrelle (1875), American mystery writer, creator of the Thinking Machine (RIP 1912)
Frank King (1883), American cartoonist, creator of Gasoline Alley (RIP 1969)
Joseph Krumgold (1908), American children’s book author (RIP 1980)
Lev Kopelev (1912), Soviet political writer (RIP 1997)
Johannes Bobrowski (1917), German poet, novelist and short story writer (RIP 1965)
Carl Amery (1922), German novelist, short story writer and essayist (RIP 2005)
Leonard W. Levy (1923), American legal historian (RIP 2006)
Paule Marshall (1929), American novelist (RIP 2019)
Fern Michaels (1933), American romance and thriller novelist
Ken Kalfus (1954), American short story writer and novelist
Joolz Denby (1955), English poet and novelist
Margaret Peterson Haddix (1964), American children’s books author
Gerard Way (1977), American comic book writer
All information courtesy of Wikipedia