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: Show your shelves! Post some pictures and show off your book collection and bookcases!
Suggestions for prompts are always welcome!
Today’s literary birthdays:
Émile Augier (1820), French playwright (RIP 1889)
Mykhail Kotsiubynsky (1864), Ukrainian short story writer and novelist (RIP 1913)
William Carlos Williams (1883), American poet (RIP 1963)
Martha Ostenso (1900), Norwegian-American novelist (RIP 1963)
Frank O’Connor (1903), Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (1966)
John Creasey (1908), English mystery, science fiction, western and romance novelist (RIP 1973)
Elizabeth Enright (1907), American children’s novelist, illustrator and short story writer for adults (RIP 1968)
Mary Stewart (1916), English novelist and poet (RIP 2014)
Ib Melchior (1917), Danish-American science fiction and thriller novelist and short story writer, author and co-author of various nonfiction books (RIP 2015)
Agostinho Neto (1922), Angolan poet (RIP 1979)
Park Honan (1928), American literary biographer (RIP 2014)
Robert B. Parker (1932), American detective novelist (RIP 2010)
Ken Kesey (1935), American novelist, poet and essayist (RIP 2001)
Sitakant Mahapatra (1937), Indian poet and critic
Carl Dennis (1939), American poet
Robert Graysmith (1942), American true crime writer
Enrique Krauze (1947), Mexican historian and essayist
Gail Carson Levine (1947), American YA novelist
Tamasin Day-Lewis (1953), English author of books on food and cooking
Cheryl Strayed (1968), American novelist and non-fiction writer