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: Spoilers. Do you care about spoilers? Do you read the end of the book first? Have any books been spoiled for you? Have you ever spoiled a book for somebody else? Thanks to Lebkuchen for the idea!
Suggestions for prompts are always welcome! If you have a prompt idea, please @ me in your comment so it doesn’t slip past me.
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:
Alexander Pope (1688), English poet, essayist and translator (RIP 1744)
Tudor Arghezi (1880), Romanian poet and writer of children’s books (RIP 1967)
Manuel Pérez y Curis (1884), Uruguayan poet (RIP 1920)
Regina M. Anderson (1901), American playwright and librarian (RIP 1993)
Suzanne Lilar (1901), Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (RIP 1992)
Manly Wade Wellman (1903), American science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery and comic book writer (RIP 1986)
Romain Gary (AKA Émile Ajar, 1914), French novelist (RIP 1980)
Harold Robbins (1916), American novelist (RIP 1997)
Robert Creeley (1926), American poet, essayist and novelist (RIP 2005)
Jocasta Innes (1934), British author of books on cooking, crafts and homemaking (RIP 2013)
Janet Dailey (1944), American romance novelist (RIP 2013)
Elizabeth Buchan (1948), English novelist
James Clancy Phelan (1979), Australian thriller and YA novelist