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. Happy belated Independent Book Store … Continue reading The Book Nook Visits the Bookstore (5/11)
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. As we spent last week’s … Continue reading The Book Nook Seeks Something Substantially Sizable (5/4)
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. As the days of beach … Continue reading The Book Nook Seeks Something Somewhat Shorter (4/27)
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 Book Nook is … Continue reading The Book Nook, Not Sane, Stood by Itself Against Its Hills, Holding Darkness Within (4/20)
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. In the Netherlands it happens … Continue reading The Book Nook Goes Local (4/13)
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. As April is apparently National … Continue reading The Nook Looks at Poetry Books (4/6)
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 is all about … Continue reading The Book Nook Looks at Other Languages (3/30)
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. Hey everyone, thanks for all … Continue reading The Book Nook Tries to Catch a Whale (3/23)
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. As I write this I’m … Continue reading The Book Nook Takes a Rest (3/16)
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. Yesterday was International Women’s Day, … Continue reading The Book Nook Celebrates Women (3/9)
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. Sometimes you just need books … Continue reading The Book Nooks Seeks Comfort (3/2)
VistaVision was a film format created by Paramount Pictures in 1954. As a lot of people know, American movie studios were struggling in the 1950s. Television had become much more widespread and more popular as a result, leaving film studios … Continue reading The VistaVision Day Thread (2/28)
Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 movie directed by Todd Haynes starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Brian Slade, a glam rock artist who is legally totally not based on David Bowie. It also features Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Eddie Izzard, Ewan … Continue reading The Velvet Goldmine Night Thread (2/24)
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. For those who might not … Continue reading The Book Nook Celebrates Black History Month (2/23)
Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor, director, and diplomat, would have turned 95 today. He got his breakthrough role in the incredible No Way Out (1950) and continued acting in movies for roughly 5 decades after that. He was the first … Continue reading The Day Thread of Sidney Poitier (2/20)
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. Hollywood loves them some books … Continue reading The Book Nook Tries to Adapt (2/16)
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. Today’s thread is all about … Continue reading De Boekenhoek (2/9)
John Towner Williams, born this day in 1932, was a jazz pianist and session musician for a variety of Hollywood movies. He releases a few jazz albums under the names of John Towner and Johnny Williams. His piano playing can … Continue reading The John Towner Day Thread (2/8)
On January 31st noted composer Philip Glass celebrated his 85th birthday. Referring to himself as a composer of “music with repetitive structures” rather than a minimalist composer (a distinction that sounds moot perhaps but his style is quite different from … Continue reading The Day Thread of Philip Glass (2/3)
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. Imagine you’re the sole survivor … Continue reading The Book Nook’s Stuck on a Desert Island (2/2)
You thought you were safe from Jar Jar? You’re wrong. No one is ever safe from Jar Jar. Happy posting! Continue reading The Night Thread of Jar Jar After Dark (1/31)
