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: If you could own a bookstore, what would your bookstore be like?

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:
William Beckford (1760), English novelist (RIP 1844)
Charles Cros (1842), French poet and humor writer (RIP 1888)
Annie Besant (1847), English author of books on women’s rights and spiritualism (RIP 1933)
Louis Untermeyer (1885) American poet, anthologist and critic (RIP 1977)
Ernest Haycox (1899), American author of Western novels and short stories (RIP 1950)
Daniel J. Boorstin (1914), American historian (RIP 2004)
Jerome Bruner (1915), American author of books on psychology (RIP 2016)
Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919), Indian poet (RIP 2000)
David Herbert Donald (1920), American historian and biographer (RIP 2009)
Sandy Gall (1927), Scottish contemporary affairs author (RIP 1925)
Tim O’Brien (1946), American novelist
Brian P. Cleary (1959), American poet, author of children’s books and humor and advice books for adults
Jon Guenther (1968), American thriller writer
Ronen Altman Kaydar (1972), Israeli poet and novelist
Aleksandar Đuričić (1982), Serbian novelist and playwright