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: Used bookstores. Do you have any current or past favorites? Any stories about owners or fellow customers or bookstore pets? Any bargains or treasured finds? Thanks to Scribbles for the 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:
Max Nettlau (1865), German historian (RIP 1944)
Alice B. Toklas (1877), American memoirist (RIP 1967)
Władysław Witwicki (1878), Polish author of books on psychology, philosopher, art and philosophy historian, and translator (RIP 1947)
Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Czech humorist, short story writer and novelist (RIP 1923)
John Crowe Ransom (1888), American poet, essayist, literary critic and editor (RIP 1974)
Erni Krusten (1900), Estonian novelist, short story writer and poet (RIP 1984)
Paul Kuusberg (1916), Estonian novelist (RIP 2013)
Gerda Lerner (1920), Austrian-American historian (RIP 2013)
Hugh Hood (1928), Canadian novelist, short story writer and essayist (2000)
Félix Guattari (1930), French political philosopher (RIP 1992)
Tony Harrison (1937), English poet, playwright and translator
Larry Niven (1938), American science fiction novelist and short story writer
Jon Bing (1944), Norwegian novelist, short story writer, playwright and children’s author (RIP 2014)
Annie Dillard (1945), American poet, novelist, essayist and literary critic
All information courtesy of Wikipedia