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: What books have you read that that started out shaky but greatly improved by the end? Or what books have started out great but then fallen apart? Thanks to Pastyjournalist 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:
John Cleveland (1613), English poet (RIP 1658)
Salawat Yulayev (1754), Russian poet (RIP 1800)
Ernst Laas (1837), German philosopher (RIP !885)
Jean d’Ormesson (1925), French novelist and playwright (RIP 2017)
Ariano Suassuna (1927), Brazilian playwright and novelist (RIP 2014)
Erich Segal (1937), American novelist (RIP 2010)
Torgny Lindgren (1938), Swedish novelist and poet (RIP 2017)
Joyce Carol Oates (1938), American novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet and nonfiction writer
Māris Čaklais (1940), Latvian poet and children’s books author (RIP 2003)
Younus AlGohar (1969), Pakistani poet