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: Looking back over the long and glorious history of the Book Nook, what are some highlights you recall? Books you learned about from your fellow commenters that you liked, interesting insights, etc.
Next week’s prompt: I don’t think we’ve done a show your shelves since I started posting these, so take some pictures and show off your books and bookcases!
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:
Hannah Webster Foster (1758), American novelist (RIP 1840)
Jeppe Aakjær (1866), Danish poet and novelist (RIP 1930)
Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880), American poet and playwright (RIP 1966)
Carl Van Doren (1885), American biographer and critic
H.D. (aka Hilda Doolittle, 1886), American poet, novelist and memoirist (RIP 1961)
Franz Werfel (1890),Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet (RIP 1945)
Viswanatha Satyanarayana (1895) Telugu poet, novelist, short story writer and playwright (RIP 1976)
Georges Bataille (1897), French philosopher, novelist, and poet (RIP 1962)
Isabel Colegate (1931), English novelist (RIP 2023)
Mary Oliver (1935), American poet (RIP 2019)
Peter Lovesey (1936), English mystery novelist and short story writer (RIP 2025)
Jared Diamond (1937), American historian
Babette Cole (1950) English children’s writer and illustrator (RIP 2017)
Pat Cadigan (1953), British-American science fiction novelist and short story writer
Alison Bechdel (1960), American cartoonist